On Wednesday 28 January CGS will be conducting selection trials in singles over 1500m on the regatta course from 06:00 08:00 using lanes 5 and 6. Please ask coaches to take particular care with speedboat activity on the course during this period.
Information on this year’s Bridge to Bridge race can be found here. The race is late in the day, stil does not require entries or seat fees and will still be great fun.
The YOF starts on Wednesday and runs until Sunday. The ACT has a great team of young athletes going. The rowing is at SIRC, Penrith on Saturday and Sunday and if it is like previous events, entry is free. You can see more information at the YOF web site and the rowing program is here. But NSW Rowing Association is running the regatta and all the real information will be here. The ACT team members are: Women: Christabelle Northam, Emily Balmaks, Sorelle Bowman, Imogen Cowan, Melissa Greck, Chloe Mackenzie, Amelia Waldren, Samantha Shaw, Shannon Narracott, Daffyd Gwynn-Jones (coach), Tara Huntly (asst coach), Sarah Cook (asst team mgr). Men: Nick Barnier, Mathew Barnier, Dane Buchhorn, Dylan Conolan, Clancy Horman, Callum Mackenzie, Angus Moore, Riley Owen, Scott Sheridan, David Wright, Gordon Marcks (head coach), Bob Cook (team manager). Canberra Rowing Club Regatta – Call for Entries The CRC Regatta is being held on Saturday, 31 January. Entries must be placed through your club so that they reach ACTRA no later than 25 January. Standard ACTRA List of Events The standard list of events has been changed for the CRC and following regattas. The new list can be found here. The changes are:
- For grade D and E there are now separate school events and open events. In situations where entries are insufficient to conduct races in school and open categories the races may be combined to avoid adding to the length of regattas. This is a reorganisation of the existing pattern of entries and will not result in additional races on the programme.
- An events for MGD 2x (school and open) has been added to the list.
Independent Schools Rowing Association Regatta – 14-15 February The ISRA regatta is being held in Canberra this year. Entries close, through Rowing Manager, on 3 February via school or club regatta entry secretaries. The event list can be found here.
In preparation for next week’s Youth Olympics, the ACT team will be running a mini regatta on the Yarramundi Reach course on this Saturday morning. Program consists of three sets of two events at 07:00, 07:20 and 09:00. Please show consideration and keep out of the way. Coaches, please don’t wash off the crews. If you have a visiting rowing camp group at your boatshed, please tell them about this.
- Sunday, 11 January 06:30 to 11:00 – Tarcoola Reach partially closed and Lady Denman Drive closed for a triathlon run from Black Mountain Peninsula.
- Friday, 23 January 17:30 to 19:30 – Central Basin partially closed for Canberra Challenge Triathlon.
- Saturday, 24 January 12:00 to 17:00 -Central Basin partially closed for Canberra Challenge Triathlon.
- Sunday, 25 January 06:00 to 10:00 -Central Basin partially closed for Canberra Challenge Triathlon
- Sunday, 15 February 07:30 to 10:00 – Yarralumla Bay and nearby section of Alexandrina Drive for a triathlon.
Another rowing book from the publisher of “Peter Antonie – Out of His Shell” is coming out during January. It is a history of professional sculling by Stuart Ripley. A flyer is available here.
The results of yesterdays regatta have been published and can be found here. The first two hours of the regatta had light to no wind, and then it picked up to 35-40 kpm/h with gusts to 50. This resulted in some races being shortened and running starts from the 1500m start. NTC Time Trial – Friday 12 December Entries to this time trial are due by 17:00 on Wednesday via email to Gordon Marcks at ACTAS. The time trial will be run between 06:45 and 07:45 and all other Lake Burley Griffin users are asked to keep clear between Yarralumla Bay and Kingston Foreshore. Advertisement: Peter Antonie – Out of His Shell Further copies of this book, written by Canberra author, journalist and rower Robin Poke, have become available. Just in time for Christmas. To purchase, see flyer here [1.1Mb PDF].
Triathlon ACT has advised that a swim leg of a triathlon will be held on Tarcoola Reach on Sunday 7 December. It will have a buoyed course outside the Radford boatshed that will enable traffic on the water to go around it. The swim will be 09:00-10:00. They will also be conducting a cycling race on Lady Denman Drive which will result in a road closure from 08:45 until 10:00. The road closure will prevent access to/from Black Mountain peninsula 08:45-10:00. Radford Regatta – Draw and Programme updates The programme for Saturday’s big regatta can be found here. An updated draw (only showing scratchings and slight changes) can be found here. A regatta instruction has also been issued.
A pair of spectacles were found at Yarramundi Reach spectator area last Saturday. If you wish to get them back, please contact the ACTRA office. 2009 Australian University Rowing Championships in Canberra The Australian University Sport Rowing Advisory Group has agreed to hold the next AURC event on Yarramundi Reach. The likely date is the weekend around 06 October 2009. This will be the fourth time in the 139 year history of the Australian University Rowing Championships that they have been held in Canberra. The previous occasions being 1970, 1980 and 1996. A detailed history of the Championships, including results from 1870, can be found here.