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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 in August. All three scullers are part of the next generation of rowers who can step up to Olympic places after Rio.

Under 21 sculler Tyron Boorman (Black Mountain) will compete in the Trans Tasman Challenge against New Zealand. The kiwis are always tough competition and this regatta is a great stepping stone for athletes transitioning from junior ranks.

The recently arrived Sydney student Romola Davenport, who rows for ANU locally, has also been selected in an Australian Women’s under 19 quad. Romola is an ANU student and we look forward to her progress through the future.

Head coach Andrew Randell should be pleased with these results, and that local coaches have also been selected. Andrew has been announced as coach of the Olympic women’s double, Vicky Spencer is coaching Cara, Rene Domaschenz is coaching the Under 21 women and Gordon Marcks is coaching Kathryn’s Para double.

Great results for Andrew and his team of ACTAS coaches.

It’s starting to get colder and darker in the mornings. As we approach winter it is more and more important that rowers think about safety.

Please ensure that the Watercraft Safety on Lake Burley Griffin Traffic Flow Guide is followed and that all boats (rowing boats/tinnies) are lit in the dark with white light visible from 360^o. 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 Report Form should be completed and submitted ASAP to safety@rowingact.org.au with a copy being kept in the club.

Keep safe – and shout loudly if a rower is on collision course in your direction, they maybe unaware that you have stopped or are even there!

 

Great news for masters rowers! This year, 4 masters rowing races are being included at the Sydney International Rowing Regatta in Penrith, March 23 to 29. These will be sprint races over 500 meters: a men’s and a women’s quad, and a men’s and a women’s eight. These are open to all masters rowers, so now is the time to get your crews organised and the training started.
The inclusion of masters races in the Open Championship Regatta, follows a number of initiatives put in place through the Masters Commission over the last couple of years. The accuracy of the revised handicaps, introduced in 2013, was tested in the new Club 8 events run for the first time at the 2016 AMRC regatta, with very exciting finishes involving crews from C to G categories crossing the line within fractions of a second of each other. The sprint races in March will test the handicaps for shorter events, and provide for more exciting finishes.

Another issue progressed last year was a survey of masters rowers on preferred locations and rotation strategies for AMRC regattas. The outcome was a proposal for a rotation strategy that included a return to Penrith each 4 years. The RA Board will consider this rotation strategy as part of the National Event Strategy review.
Information about the Masters Commission is set out on the Rowing Australia website under governance, together with minutes from the monthly teleconference meetings. If there is something you would like the Masters Commission to address over the coming year, contact the ACT representative on the Commission, Susan Linacre at sjlinacre@gmail.com.

Sue Linacre

Canberra Grammar School Rowing would like to extended ACT Rowing community members an invitation to attend the CGS Annual Dinner on the 27^th of February 2016, 6.30 – 11.03 at the The Conservatory Restaurant.

For the invitation see here – CGS ROWING DINNER INVITES 2016

TICKETS AND RSVP BY: MONDAY 15TH of February 2016 at Try Booking: www.trybooking.com/181053