The final lane draw for tomorrow’s regatta can be found here. The weather should be fantastic for this regatta. Come along and enjoy the racing with something to eat and drink from the CGS stall. ACT Youth Rowing Squads Announced Following trials over the last couple of weeks, selections have been finalised for squads of 10 for both the men’s and women’s youth eights to represent the ACT at the 2008 Kings Cup Regatta. Congratulations to all who participated in the trials and thank you to all who assisted in the trialling process. From the squads of ten, further selections will need to be made for the final eights. More information will be circulated to squad members as soon as possible about the final selection process. Coaches will be in contact with the athletes directly regarding the training schedule leading in to Nationals. Please contact Gordon Marcks (p: 02 6207 4393) if any further information is required.
Women’s Youth Eight Squad COACH: Tom Westgarth (ACTAS/CLRC) COXSWAIN: Anna Trundle (CGGS) BALMAKS Emily (CGGS) COOK Emma (SUBC-NSW) EDWARDS Haylee (CRC) FOWLER Amy (ACTAS/CRC) GRECK Meilissa (LTRC) MCDONALD Ailie (ACTAS/CLRC) NORTHAM Christabelle (ACTAS/CGGS) SHAW Samantha (RAD) STOCKER Rachel (LTRC) TAMSITT Veronica (ACTAS/CGGS) Men’s Youth Eight Squad COACH: Jaime Fernandez (ACTAS/CGS) COXSWAIN: Nicholas Purnell (CGS) BARNIER Nicholas (ACTAS/CGS) BARNIER Matt (CGS) BRADSHAW Toby (RAD) GRAHAM Reese (CRC) HART James (CGS) LAWRENCE Sam (CGS) MOORE Angus (CGS) OWEN Riley (ACTAS/CLRC) TRIDGELL Anthony (CGS) WALDREN Henry (CLRC)The second regatta bulletin for the Australian Rowing Championships has now been published on the regatta web site. The regatta is being held at the regatta centre Penrith, NSW.
The first ACT regatta for 2008 is being held on Saturday, 02 February. Entries are to be submitted through your club by next weekend. See your club for closing time. The event list will be similar to previous regattas this season, variations will be confirmed in the next couple of days.
A Kayaking Gran Prix is taking place on Saturday 19th January from 10:00 till sundown and then Sunday 20th January from 07:00 until 15:00 on the rowing course from the 1800 m mark to the 500 m mark. The rowing course and Weston Park have been booked for these times and there will be at least 8 large hard-plastic buoys and the two pontoons on the course for the duration of the event. Rowers using the course outside of these times are warned to keep a sharp lookout for these obstacles as hitting them may cause harm. For those users of the lake who are interested, most of the participants in the Grand Prix are Olympic 2008 hopefuls so this event gives Canberrans a unique opportunity to see Australias top paddlers in action. Lake Burley Griffin rowing traffic poster and water safety guidelines coming soon A newly revised rowing traffic poster and complementary water safety guidelines will be published shortly. Drafts of these documents were incorrectly published on this site on Monday.
January’s newsletter can be found here [460Kb PDF].
The Canberra City Half Ironman Triathlon will require the closure of the section of Central Basin between Nerang Pool (Commonwealth Park) and Aspen Island (Carillon). The closure is between 06:00 and 08:00. Its also likely that a sailing event will be held down to Scrivener Dam and back in the afternoon. Club Point Score after Regatta #3 The updated club point score is availablehere. The Back Splash – December ACTRA Newsletter The latest ACT rowing newsletter can be found here [650Kb PDF].
The results of last Saturday’s regatta can be found here. NTC Time Trial – Saturday, 8 December The next ACTAS 5km time trial is to be held on Saturday 8th December. This is primarily a selection event for 2008 national nominees but is open to local rowers who wish to participate. It will be conducted as per the previous 5km time trials except that the AIS/National Squad athletes will not be there. They will be competing at the national time trial in Penrith on the same weekend. Entries must be made to Gordon Marcks at ACTAS by 5pm Wednesday 5 December. You can contact Gordon on p:02 6207 4393 (BH), m:0407 787270
The draw for this weekend’s regatta has been published and can be seen here. A press release about the BMRC Sculls Challenge can be seen here. ACT Club Premiership Point Score Progress The club point score after last weekend’s regatta (#2) can be found here. Coaches for ACT Junior Representatives chosen At the November meeting of the ACT Rowing Executive, The Board of ACT Rowing endorsed the selection of Junior Coaches for the 2008 Kings Cup. They are:
- Tom Westgarth Womens Junior Eight
- Jaime Fernandez Mens Junior Eight
Squad selection will be conducted in January for the Junior teams. Closing date for nominations has been extended this this Saturday, 1 December. Gordon Marcks and Nick Barnier Receive Awards Rowing Australia has announced that ACT and Australian rowing coach Gordon Marcks has been named ACTAS Sportsmans Warehouse Coach of the Year. Gordo was rewarded for his excellent domestic season within the ACTAS program and then for his role as head coach of the Australian team at the 2007 World Junior Rowing Championships in Beijing in August. He was presented the award by ACT Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation Mr. Andrew Barr MLA and Senator Kate Lundy at the presentation on Monday 19 November. Nick Barnier, who was part of the Australian Junior Team, was also recognised as part of the ACTAS squad of the year. Thinking of Nominating for the Australian Rowing Team? Nominations close tomorrow, Friday 30 November. See the RA web site for more details. Rowing Australia Special Olympic Deal RA is offering a travel package for supports of rowing at the Beijing Olympics next year. You should contact Sam Irvine at RA for more information.
The results of last Saturday’s regatta can be foundhere.