Australia has 13 crews competing at the London Olympic Games. The rowing regatta will take place from Saturday 28 July to Saturday 4 August.
The AOC’s media team will constantly load race previews, reports and other articles about the Australian Olympic Rowing Team. To keep up with all of the latest news on our athletes and their performances please visit www.olympics.com.au.
The Rowing Australia website will feature daily image galleries.
Bulletin 1 for Australian Clubs and Schools is available now.
Rowing ACT will be conducting a single day Learn to Row (Level 1) coaching course on the 14th October and a two day Club/School (Level 2) coaching course on the 29th and 30th September. Registrations are now open. For more detailed information including instructions on how to enrol see the Upcoming Workshops page within the Coaching link above. Alternatively click here.
The 2012 Under 23 World Rowing Championships in Trakai, Lithuania commenced last night. ACTAS/Canberra Rowing Club member Angus Moore will be racing in the Australian men’s eight who will commence their campaign in the second of two heats on Thursday (Tonight). They will race the local Lithuanians along with crews representing Spain, Romania and the United States at 2:17pm local time which is 9:17pm AEST.
You can follow Gus and the other members of the U23 Australian Rowing Team throughout the event at:
Flight Centre Group Travel is pleased to advise that it has acquired some last minute Olympic rowing tickets which are available for purchase as part of a Supporters Packages for the London Olympic Games.
The Supporters Packages include a ticket in the grandstand for each session of the Olympic regatta, as well as accommodation options in and around Windsor, the central hub for all ground transport to the rowing course.
Any supporter not staying in Windsor will likely experience enormous difficulties with traffic and transport to the course. For peace of mind, and the easiest Olympic rowing experience, contact Amy Pocock at Flight Centre to book your Olympic Supporters Tour.
Availability of packages and tickets is extremely limited so contact Amy as soon as possible to confirm your Olympic experience!
The Rowing ACT regatta dates for the upcoming season are now final. The Regatta Subcommittee met in late April to schedule the upcoming season and make recommendations to the Rowing ACT Committee who have now approved the below program. Regrettably following the Regatta Subcommittee meeting Rowing NSW amended their regatta schedule presenting a clash between the ACT Championships and the NSW Schoolgirl Head of the River. The Rowing ACT committee felt that there were major problems associated with rescheduling the ACT Championships due to constraints involving the extended National Championship/World Cup regattas, other inter-state regattas and the school end of term. We have retained the 9th and 10th of March as the ACT Championship weekend.
In addition the Regatta Subcommittee agreed to implement a new grading proposal previously outlined on the rowing ACT website here. The new grading system will replace the rower score grading system in favour of a much simpler system. The only change implemented by the Subcommittee was to replace Introductory with Novice. Guidelines for the new grading system are;
• Elite [E] (1800m). International Representatives, AIS athletes, those aspiring to represent, those who wish to compete against the best.
• Senior [S] (1800m) Experienced rowers, ACT and Inter-state Champions, School first crews.
• Intermediate [IA] (1500m). Rowers with several seasons experience, Year 10 Rowers at school, experienced and competitive masters rowers.
• Intermediate [IB] (1000m). Rowers who have progressed from beyond their first season.
• Novice [N] (1000m): Those in their first season of rowing.
While the final standard regatta Order of Events and ACT Championships Order of Events are yet to be finalised the typical Standard Order of Events incorporating the changes will be;
2012-2013 SEASON DATES
1.Disher Cup Regatta – October 20
2.Col Panton Marathon Regatta – October 21
3.Capital Lakes RC Regatta (Point score #1) – October 27
4.Radford College Regatta (Point score #2) – November 10
5.Canberra Grammar School Regatta (Point Score #3) – November 17
6.Lake Tuggeranong Festival Cup (Point Score #4) – December 1
7.Black Mountain RC Regatta (Point score #4) – December 8
8.Head of the Molonglo – December 16
9.Australia Day Bridge to Bridge race – January 26
10.Canberra Girls Grammar School Regatta (Point Score #5) – February 2
11.Australian National University BC Regatta (Point score #6) – February 9
12.Independent Schools Rowing Association Regatta – March 2 & 3
13.ACT State Championships [Day 1 Marist College, Day 2 Canberra RC] (Point score #7) – March 9 & 10
14.ACT Schools Head of the Lake – April 7
15.ACT Masters Trial Regatta – April 20
16.Australian National Masters Championships Regatta – April 25 to 28
Masters rowing and ‘recreational’ rowing have continued to grow in popularity and numbers in every state. In an effort to better and more widely represent that growing community across a range of areas, the board of Rowing Australia are calling for ‘Expressions of Interest’ from motivated individuals to become a member on the Rowing Australia Masters Committee.
Interested individuals are encouraged to send an expression of interest to actra@rowingact.org.au. The RA Board will ask each State Association office to provide a recommendation of their nominees.
This is a unique opportunity for masters’ rowers to be involved in their own future.
CLOSING DATE: Individuals must submit an expression of interest by no later than 31 July 2012 and must include a one page letter of introduction and copy of your CV (max 3 pages please).
For more information view the formal call for. Expressions of Interest .
Rowing Australia, and its partners Rowing New South Wales, Destination NSW and FISA are proud to announce the appointment of Ticketek Australia as its ticketing partner for the 2013 Sydney International Rowing Regatta to be held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre from the 18th to 24th March 2013.
Customers will be able to purchase tickets to this exciting event that includes Samsung FISA World Cup, Australian Open Rowing Championships, Australian Open Schools Rowing Championships and the King’s and Queen’s Cup Interstate Regatta via Ticketek’s comprehensive multi-channel sales distribution platform. Australia’s number one Entertainment and Events website Ticketek.com, world leading mobile site, call centre and extensive retail agency network that will ensure convenient access to a range of family, GA and VIP ticekt packages.
In the coming weeks, details of the ticketing packages will be announced to the general public through Ticketek.
Further information will be provided at both the Sydney International Rowing Regatta and Rowing Australia websites.
Furthermore the first of many newsletters has now been published. These newsletters will continue to provide vital information for all involved. View the newsletter here.
For more information please contact: info@rowingdownunder.org
This year’s Conference has been tailored around the central theme The True Power of Coaching. Content will target school and club level coaches, though it is intended the majority of sessions will interest and benefit all levels of coach.
We are excited and honoured for Jason Dorland to be this year’s Keynote speaker. Jason is an author, performance coach and professional keynote motivational speaker and presenter who shares his experiences as an Olympic athlete, coach and entrepreneur with the intention of inspiring and motivating others to re-think their approach to business, sport and life. Visit Jason’s website at www.jasondorland.com.
Register before 15 July, 2012 to receive a free copy of Jason’s book ‘Chariots and Horses’ when you arrive at the Conference.
The registration fee for this year’s Conference is $660 per delegate.
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!!
See the Conference website for full details.
The first days racing began with Caleb Antill, who despite racing ill, managed to defeat the Victorian sculler to come 1st in the B final of the men’s division one single scull. This was the first of four B final wins for the day. Two ACT crews qualified for the A finals, Francis Snelgar (ANUBC) in division 2 of the men’s single, and, Nicholas del Rio (CGS) and Alexander Carey (ANUBC) in the men’s division 2 of the coxless pair.
Day two began with ACT’s men’s coxless fours knocking out the Victorian crew to qualify for the A final. Next, was the women’s coxless quad which pushed ahead of South Australia and Western Australia to qualify for the A final in which they came a respectable fifth. The third order of the day was the men’s coxless quad drawing a tough heat but finishing well with a B final win. Saturdays racing concluded with ACT women’s coxless four (which included a very last-minute replacement, Alyce Dowling) racing against a well-disciplined Tasmanian crew. The ACT crew secured a close 2nd in the B final.
The final day opened with the men’s eight defeating Victoria and taking the final place in the A final of the men’s eights – a feat not achieved by an ACT youth cup crew for more than five years. The guys then finished with a respectable sixth place behind NZ, SA, NSW, QLD and WA.
Our women’s eight raced nobly against tough competition in the heat to find themselves in the B final. They started the final with the clear intention of getting out in front and staying there. Fortunately by the 2000 metre mark the ACT women had opened up more than an 8 second margin to comfortably claim 1st place to Western Australian.
A full list of results is available on the ROMS website
Thank you to all those who competed along with coaches Chris Polyichanin, Renae Domaschenz, James Hammond, Jason Cain and Team Manager, Caroline Pijpers for their extraordinary voluntary commitment. Getting up early and training during the winter in Canberra shows true dedication to the rowing sport. A particular thank you to Alyce Dowling (CGS) who joined the team 30 minutes before the team departed to replace someone due to an unfortunate injury.