Rowing Development Officer Position – St George RC
For details on this full time position follow the below link.
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LTRC 20th Anniversary
Lake Tuggeranong Rowing Club is turning 20 and the Club wishes to extend an invite to the ACT rowing community to its upcoming Anniversary Cocktail Party.
This will be held at Town Centre Vikings in the Baa Moo Private Function Room on the 24th of September from 6:00pm – 8:00pm.
For full details see the invitation here – Lake Tug Rowng Club 20th Anniversary Invite
2015 Rowing ACT Coaching Series
The 2015 RACT Coaching Series will begin soon. This series will involve the below.
Learn to Row Coaching Course (Level 1)
Registrations are now open for this course. It will be held on the 19th of September at CGGS Aquatic Centre. Interested members should visit http://rowingact.org.au/coaching/upcoming-workshops/
Club/School Coaching Course (Level 2)
The dates of this course will be finalised shortly. Once this is done registrations for this course will be open. The intention is to run this course during October.
Coaching Seminars
There will be two coaching seminars run by RACT this season; one in the first half […]
WTT Point Score Update
The Winter Time Trial Saturday and Sunday point score totals are now available.
Here is a little snap shot of the point score leaders so far.
M1x – Kwiatkowski Cup
1st Angus Harding – 110 pts 2nd Tyron Boorman – 104 pts 3rd Caleb Antil – 103 pts
Fastest Time so far – 15:12.42 by Tyron Boorman in WTT#1
W1x – Cirulis Plate
10 points separate top 5 rowers in the point score
1st Taylor Caudle – 63 pts 2nd Sandra Sweeney – 62 pts 3rd Ellen Newton – 61 pts 4th […]
Vale Paul Rowe
The rowing community was saddened to hear of the death on 25 July 2015 of long time ACT rowing supporter and national rowing figure Paul Rowe.
Paul’s association with ACT rowing went back to the early 1970s when he competed in Canberra as a member of Haberfield Rowing Club. At Haberfield he reached the peak of his rowing career winning numerous NSW State titles. He was also successful at the national level, winning national titles in all classes of crew sculling boats and lightweight sweep and single sculling boats. As the NSW sculler he twice came second in the interstate […]
Southport School – Head Rowing Coach/First VIII Rowing Coach Position
The Southport School is a leading Anglican Day and Boarding school for boys. TSS has been established for 114 years and is a member of the Great Public School’s (GPS) Association of Queensland.
The Southport School is now seeking a Head Coach/First VIII Rowing Coach and preferably a qualified teacher to mentor and guide our rowing coaches, and to train the First VIII in our GPS Rowing program. TSS Rowing is highly competitive and seeks to appoint a candidate who will provide a professional national standard of training for our students, and coach development, whilst embracing the ethos […]
ADFA White Ribbon Regatta – Sat 25th July
ADFA will be hosting a small regatta this Saturday the 25th of July on the Yarramundi Reach rowing course.
This regatta will involve 7 small boat events run between 8:45 – 10:30am.
Other users of the rowing course are asked to be considerate of this event.
TAKE CARE ON THE LAKE – A SAFETY REMINDER
Please ensure that the Watercraft Safety on Lake Burley Griffin Traffic Flow Guide is followed, including all boats being lit in the dark with white light visible from 360o. Remember that overtaking vessels have a legal obligation to keep clear and give way to boats on your starboard (bow) side.
The Rowing Australia On Water Safety Guidelines are useful resources outlining safe use of waterways for rowers.
If there is an incident (collision, near miss and winter capsize – between 1 June and 30 September) a Rowing ACT Incident […]
New Website for Capital Lakes Rowing Club
Capital Lakes Rowing Club is pleased to announce the launch of its new website and club management platform. The Club would like to inform the ACT rowing community of its new domain name at www.capitallakesrowing.com and would like to encourage all to visit.
The Club is now offering a variety of programs, including learn to row, novice, intermediate, competition, and social rowing for juniors, schools and masters. The Club also offers a para-rowing program. For more information please visit our the website or call the Club Secretary on 0423 669 916.
National Database Update
Rowing ACT would like to provide an update on the progress of the National Database Project.
This project is being undertaken by Rowing Australia in partnership with State Associations.
Currently Rowing in Australia has membership data split across two membership systems that are managed separately (ROMS and Rowing Manager). The objective of the project is to have a single database which captures information on Rowing participants in Australia.
Other key Objectives of the project are:
– To record participate data of all participant classes, that can be viewed and reported on, as appropriate
– To […]