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ACTRA Annual General Meeting – Preliminary Information

The Annual General Meeting of the ACT Rowing Association is expected to be convened in early September. In accordance with the ACTRA Constitution at least three weeks notice of the meeting will be given. Accompanying the notice advising of the AGM will be a call for nominations for the office bearers of the Association and four committee members for 2008-9. The office bearers are the President, the Vice-President, the Treasurer and the Secretary. Nominations of candidates for election as office bearers and ordinary committee members must be made in writing signed by two members of the Association and accompanied by […]

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ACT Rowers at the Olympics

Our ACT rowers completed their Olympic competition today with Sonia Mills coming second in the W2x B Final (8th best in the world), and Sarah Cook coming 4th in the W2- B Final (10th best in the world). Watching the Olympic rowing finals this weekend Arrangements have been made for rowing to dominate the ACT Rugby Club, 51 Blackall Street, Barton. This will be 16:00 to 20:00 Saturday, and 17:30 to 20:00 on Sunday. Come and watch rowing with rowers. Good food and drink available. Winter Time Trial #4 – Outcomes The Saturday results linked below have been confirmed as […]

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W1x H5 16:30 L3

M1x H5 17:30 L1 W2- H1 17:50 L3 [Sarah Cook] M2- H2 18:20 L2 W2x H2 18:50 L1 [Sonia Mills] M2x H3 19:20 L4 M4- H3 19:50 L3 Sun 10 Aug LW2x H1 16:50 L3 LM2x H2 17:30 L5 LM4- H1 18:00 L4 W4x H2 18:40 L4 M4x H1 18:50 L5 W8+ H2 19:30 L3 M8+ H1 19:40 L2

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ACT Athlete takes 3rd in World Junior Championships

Nick Barnier in the JM2x won a bronze medal with Sasha Belonogoff at the World Championships in Austria on the weekend. Ex-ACT resident, Fergus Pragnal also took 3rd place in the M2+ with a big finish rating 42spm. Winter Time Trial #4 – Call for Entries Entries for the last winter time trial before the Olympics are due this weekend at your club (there is one more WTT in September). The TT is being held the following weekend, 9-10 August. The point scores after 3 WTTs are available here: Saturday points;

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World Senior and Junior Rowing Championship start

The World Junior championships started today in Austria with the ACT’s main interest being Nick Barnier in the JM2x with Sasha Belonogoff. They won their heat in the fastest time of the 6 heats, more than 10 secs in front of second. Their next race is the quarter finals – at 19:48 Thursday AEST. The “Live Race Viewer” can be seen here. An ex-ACT rower, Fergus Pragnall is in the M2+ boat and he also won his heat.