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Radford College Grading trials Saturday, 21st and Wednesday 25th January

Radford College will be conducting grading trials on the Yarramundi course this Saturday from about 6:30am to 11am and next Wednesday 25th January from 7 till 8:30am.

Scullers will be racing a 1500m time trial in lane 7 only and will be displaying bow numbers. Radford will have marshals above the 1500m mark and safety boats down the course to deal with incidents. The Wednesday time trial will be run from the 1000m mark.

Radford ask that other lake users keep clear of time trialists and that coaching tinnies keep wash to a minimum as per Rowing ACT protocols. If […]

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Function to farewell Andrew Randell and Michael Cusack

Rowing ACT will host a farewell drinks and nibbles function at Weston Park in the shade of the oak trees next to the rowing pontoons on Tuesday 17th January from 6pm.

Bring drinks and nibbles and celebrate Andy and Mike progressing to their respective next challenges.

All rowers and supporters are welcome to attend. RACT will provide tables, ice, mineral water, paper plates.

Bring a plate of food to share, and lets have a party.

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Rowing Australia hires Andrew Randell

Rowing Australia today announced that Andrew Randell will be joining Rowing Australia’s Men’s National Training Centre (NTC).
Rowing ACT congratulates Andrew on this acknowledgement of his exemplary coaching, and we wish him well. Andrew will still supervise the ACT High performance camp at Jindabyne in January, and RACT has approached appropriate High Performance coaches to assume Andrew’s role up until the National Regatta, so that our athletes are not inconvenienced. We will look to advertise and find a replacement after the National Regatta.

Randell joins Rowing Australia having turned around an under-performing ACTAS program to contribute significantly to the […]

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ACT Rowers International rowers’ success

ACT rowers have been successful over the last several days with Angus Moore from Canberra University teaming with University of South Australia’s Nathan Bowden to win a bronze medal in the World University Games in Poznan, Poland.
Great racing against tough competition for Angus who is attempting to re-establish his International credentials.

In New Zealand Tyron Borman was part of a very successful Under 21 Australian team competing in the Trans-Tasman Rusty Robertson Trophy which Australia has won. Tyron was successful in being unbeaten in both the single and quad sculls against tough kiwi competition. A great result for […]

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ACT Rowers in World Champion Under 23 crew

ACT rowers Luke Letcher and Caleb Antill were part of a winning World Champion Under 23 Quad Scull crew competing overnight at Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The two ACT scullers teamed up with Mosman rowers Tom Schramko and Robert Black, and trained in Perth under Antonio Maurogiovanni, prior to departing for Europe. The crew took the lead following their typical powerful start, showed great rhythm in the middle stages of the race, and then held off the fast finishing New Zealanders in the last 50 metres. A great race against a quality field, and a credit to Antonio’s coaching. Local […]

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ACT has strong representation in National Teams

Rowing Australia announced National teams for the Under 23 and Under 21 competitions and the ACT has good representation in several crews. These athletes join Hannah Every-Hall (Canberra Rowing Club) who will compete in the Olympic Qualification Regatta at Lucerne in May to qualify for the Olympics, and World Champion Kathryn Ross (ANU) who will compete in the Para Olympics Trunk and Arms Mixed Double.

Today’s announcement lists Luke Letcher (Black Mountain) and Caleb Antill (ANU) in the Men’s under 23 Quad Scull, and Cara Grzeskowiak in the Women’s Under 23 Single, to compete in the World Championships in Rotterdam […]

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Grzeskowiak And Letcher ACT’s best at National Championships

ACT scullers Cara Grzeskowiak from Capital Lakes RC and Luke Letcher from Black Mountain RC have again been the best of the ACT performers at the National regatta over a week of racing at Penrith. The two potential Australian Under 23 Representatives both won their Under 23 Double Sculls and came second in their respective Under 23 Single Scull Championship Races. Both also had great races in their respective Inter-state Single Scull titles. Cara again grabbed third place behind current World Champion Kim Brennan (Victoria), and Sally Kehoe (Queensland), pushing to within a boat length of Kehoe at the finish. […]

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ACT Kings Cup Regatta crews announced

The ACT has announced its representative crews for the 2016 Kings Cup regatta in Penrith on 20th March.
The crews are:
Mens Single Scull for the President’s Cup: Luke Letcher Coach: Lyall McCarthy

Women’s Single Scull for the Nell Slatter Trophy: Cara Grzeskowiack Coach: Andrew Randell

Lightweight Mens Four for the Penrith Cup: Mac Wilcox, Francis Snelgar, Callum MacKenzie, Tom Perry Coach: Andrew MacKenzie.

Good luck to these crews and to all the various ACT based club crews competing at the National Regatta.

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NSW Rowing Championships and Olympic selection news

ACT based rowers have progressed closer to Olympic selection following the NSW State Rowing Championships at Penrith on the weekend. Kathryn Ross of ANU with her doubles partner Gavin Bellis of Victoria are likely members of the Para Olympic team, lightweight Hannah Every-Hall is also potentially heading to the Olympics again, and the surprise packet is Luke Letcher who has been drafted into the elite Men’s sweep oared squad. Cara Grzeskowiak had a good regatta but is rowing with an injury, and opted out of the Olympic selections.
Among the ACT individuals and club crews, a highlight was the […]

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New Boathouse Proposal for Black Mountain Peninsula

John Gasson and I presented a proposal to the Lake Users Group forum of the National Capital Authority on Wednesday, 2 December 2015.

My presentation provided a background history of how water sport has always been part of Lake Burley Griffin, and why there is a need for additional rowing boat storage around the lake.
John Gasson outlined details of the proposed facility on Black Mountain Peninsula.

David Bagnall

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