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ANU Rowers win Gold in Penrith

The ANU team achieved a win in the first finals of the Australian University Games rowing competition, raced today on the 2000 Olympic Games rowing course in Penrith.

ANU’s mixed four of Maddy Farrar, Cara Grzeskowiak, David Wright, Luke Letcher and cox Gen Kinoshita powered away from a high calibre Sydney University crew in the final. ANU was the defending title holder in this event.

The win capped off a great day for the ANU team, which qualified for the A finals in 12 of the 16 Games rowing events. Two of the finals were raced today, with the remaining finals to be held on Friday.

The ANU team is looking to improve on its third place in the overall rowing rankings, achieved at last year’s event.

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LTRC at Head of the Shoalhaven

A group of Lake Tuggeranong RC rowers including many junior and novice rowers had a very enjoyable trip away on the 20th of September to participate in the Head of the Shoalhaven. This event included a 7km Head race first thing in the morning and a 400m sprint regatta throughout the day. Our junior rowers all participated in the scenic Head race in quads and a four. Both the open boys crew and U19 girls crew won their categories.

The sprint regatta commenced shortly after the last boat finished the Head race. Parents and supporters enjoyed an ideal spectator location on the bank of the river, while our rowers enthusiastically competed in many of the sprint regatta races. The junior LTRC rowers did very well and added several medals to their Head race trophies as souvenirs of the day. 12 of our 19 rowers managed to come home with medals and trophies from this event.

This event is a very relaxed, fun day out and proved to be a wonderful way for our new competitive rowers to experience their first regatta. Our thanks go to the Shoalhaven RC for hosting this event and sharing their facilities with us. Lake Tuggeranong RC rowers will return again to the Shoalhaven River to enjoy this relaxed regatta.

Deb Styman – LTRC

HotS boys finishing

HotS girls quad

HotS mixed four

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Call for Boat Race Officials – 2014/15 RACT Season

We need your help!

Each year Rowing ACT runs a set of competitive regattas for the enjoyment of all rowers. For these regattas to be successful, there is a group of volunteers working to ensure regatta races run safely, with fairness and on-time. All three ingredients are essential for competitor and spectator enjoyment.

The average Rowing ACT regatta normally requires at least 20 officials and helpers to run. They are volunteers performing both officiating and administrative roles, covering umpiring, starting, judging, marshalling, boat driving, setup and recording roles. Without sufficient volunteers, Rowing ACT cannot effectively run regattas to time with adequate safety and fairness. Maintaining a healthy pool of volunteers is essential to conduct safe and enjoyable regatta events.

To keep our volunteer base healthy, Rowing ACT needs your help to identify and encourage volunteers to sign up for the upcoming regatta season. Most roles are simple to perform and require minimal knowledge of rowing. The main commitment is your time on regatta days, and a willingness to work to ensure our regattas are safe, enjoyable and successful. For those new to officiating or not familiar with rowing technicalities, you will not be thrown in at the deep end, nor expected to learn all the technicalities of rowing. Volunteers will be trained to perform assigned roles within their abilities and willingness to undertake. For those who are interested in taking a more enduring interest in officiating, support to obtain formal officiating accreditation is also available – although this is not necessary to become a valued or regular volunteer.

To ensure that you are prepared to start officiating, a training day will be held this year at Canberra Girls Grammar School Aquatic Centre on the 26th of October 2014. The training day will commence at 10:00 am.

The commitment sought from volunteers is flexible. If you are available for days when regattas are held, your help will be appreciated. If you are not due to other commitments, that is Ok as well. Any regattas you can assist at will be valued. Although most volunteers commit to the full duration of a regatta, we are also able to accommodate half day commitments, which may run from the start to noon, or noon through to completion.

If you are able to assist as a volunteer, please contact Rowing ACT by e-mail, or call Michael Cusack on 0406376666. We will welcome you at the training day and look forward to joining the friendly group of volunteers who keep our regattas running smoothly.

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Head of Molonglo Marathon

Movember

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The 2014 Head of the Molonglo is an Movember marathon event for eights, quads and coxed (student) quads. All participants must be registered rowers.

Entries: Entries, when opened, should be emailed to entries@rowingact.org.au. Participants will be informed of opening of entries on the website.

Start: 8am, 16 November, Burley Griffin Canoe Club, Molonglo Reach, Campbell – see area in red for approximate starting location.

Finish: Point of Black Mountain Peninsular (yellow cable sign).

Length. The Head of the Molonglo is one of the longer races in the ACT, about 7 kms.

Seat fees. Regatta seat fees of $8 apply.

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Golden Jubilee Medallions Launched

The Golden Jubilee Medallions celebrating rowing in the ACT were launched today at the presentations held in the Southern Cross Marquee. The medals are now on sale and have been pitched to recover costs i.e. they are celebratory and not a fund-raising exercise.

The medallions are a large coin measuring 70mm across and 6mm thick.

A Silver medallion, in a specially embossed BRO box, is to be awarded to the BROs and to our two stalwart course maintenance men, Alex and Simo. These are not for sale. The BROs will be those who are currently making, or have made, a substantial contribution to rowing in the ACT.

Antique Gold medallions are the main medallions on sale. They will cost $15 for a single medallion in a black velvet embossed box, and $30 for a double as shown in the photo below.

antique gold medallions

 

 

A very limited number of shiny gold medallions have been produced and will be kept for presentations and for possible gifts to other partnering organisations. However, 5 single shiny gold medallions, and 5 double shiny gold medallions, have been offered for sale for $40 and $80 respectively. Two of the double boxes were sold today.

If you wish to purchase medallions you can make arrangements by email – treasurer@rowingact.org.au – for collection. We will also be making quantities available for sale through Clubs.

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Reminder about Tinny licences

The Water Police have indicated that from 1 October they will be checking boats for registration compliance. As clubs should be aware, the NCA has introduced a new tinny registration protocol, that has additional requirements for clubs to have fulfilled. Please ensure that all tinnies are registered, and that all tinny drivers are carrying their licences.

ALL A.C.T. TINNY drivers MUST have a NSW BOAT DRIVER’S licence, irrespective of the potential speed of their coaching boat. This A.C.T. requirement is different from that in N.S.W.

Ignorance of the local regulations will be hard to argue, given that you have been told.

The message from Paul Cartwright from the Water Police is reproduced below

The Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012 delegates members of the Australian Federal Police (SRG Maritime) to act as Maritime Safety Inspectors (MSI) on behalf of AMSA.

This delegation requires SRG Maritime members as Inspectors to enforce the provisions of the National Laws on waterways, both locally here within the A.C.T and nationally during Maritime operations. These powers include boarding vessels for the purpose of inspection/compliance and to ensure the vessel Master/Owner is complying with those laws in regards to:

Safe vessel operation and Maritime safety compliance (including on-board safety equipment and passenger numbers);
Sighting of vessel survey certificates, certificates of operation, vessel log books and other relevant documentation; and
Sighting of current and valid operating certificates for Crewing requirements, dependant on vessel classification and area of operations.

For the information of all lake users, from 01 October 2014 SRG Maritime will commence random vessel inspections and speak to vessel operators of all powered watercraft utilising Lake Burley Griffin and other A.C.T waterways.

These inspections will be conducted with the intent to minimise disruption to the operation of Commercial vessels, whilst ensuring that the activities of recreational club vessels aren’t unreasonably impacted. In many cases vessels will be approached when they tied alongside jetties or as they are launched from the various clubs, however there may times when the Police vessel will come alongside and request to speak to the Master of the vessel or in some circumstances to board the vessel requesting same.

I’d ask for your cooperation in ensuring full compliance with the Maritime regulations, so as to ensure the safety and enjoyment of all Lake Users.

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NTC Time Trial Tomorrow Morning – 7am

ACTAS will be conducting the first of its monthly NTC Time Trials tomorrow morning starting at 7:00am. Participating athletes will be trailing from the white poles (finish of the Winter TT Course) to Kingston Harbor between 7:00am and 7:45am.

PLEASE GIVE WAY TO PARTICIPATING ATHLETES. THEY HAVE PERMISSION TO TAKE THE SHORTEST COURSE POSSIBLE.

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Rowing ACT’s 50th Anniversary Celebration!

To mark the 50th anniversary of rowing in the ACT the Association will host a gathering at the Canberra Southern Cross Yacht Club on 28 September.

The Golden Jubilee Medallions, which Rowing ACT commissioned, will be launched and will be available for sale for the first time. They reflect rowing themes in the ACT and the large 70mm medallions are set in attractive single or double cases. They are an antique gold but there also will be a very limited edition of (shiny) gold medallions for sale. The medals are celebratory and therefore the overall prices have been set to recover costs and not to fundraise.

The event will also be for the 2014 award presentations. There will be trophy presentations for premiership winners and awards for the 2014 Winter Time Trail series. The Winter Time Trial awards winners will be based on the overall point score and the fastest boat in each category across the series.

Date: 28th September 2014
Time: 11:30am – 01:30pm
Venue: Canberra Southern Cross Yacht Club Marquee, Mariner Place, Lotus Bay, Yarralumla ACT 2600
Dress: Smart Causal

Light refreshments will be served.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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WTT#5 – Saturday Small Boats Start Time Change – 7:00am

The start time for the Saturday small boats of the Winter Time Trial number 5 has been changed from 9:30am to 7:00am due to an event clash.

Dragons Abreast ACT are hosting their 2014 Social and Corporate Regatta from Weston Park on Saturday 20th of September from 8:15am – 12:00pm.

The original amended event start time of 6:30am has been changed to 7:00am as Dragons Abreast ACT have kindly agreed to start their regatta 15 min later to allow WTT competitors a more practical start time.

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WTT#5 – Saturday Small Boats Start Time Change – 6:30am

The start time for the Saturday small boats of the Winter Time Trial number 5 has been changed from 9:30am to 6:30am due to an event clash.

Dragons Abreast ACT are hosting their 2014 Social and Corporate Regatta from Weston Park on Saturday 20th of September from 8:00am – 12:00pm.

Safety Notice – Bow Lights: Bow lights must be worn by rowers on water in limited light conditions. Please note that on the 21st of September twilight is scheduled between 5:45am and sunrise at 6:10am.

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