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World Rowing Cup on Fox Sports 3 this weekend

The Australian Rowing Team is all set to compete this weekend in the final round of the World Rowing Cup. The event runs from Friday 11 July to Sunday 13 July on the Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland and sees Australia entering 22 crews across 17 events.

In the third and final World Rowing Cup event of the season, Australia will be aiming to claim victory not only in many of the events it is competing in but also get its hands on the World Rowing Cup, the trophy awarded to the country with the most World Rowing points at the end of the three events each year.

A list of all the crews competing for Australia at the World Rowing Cup III can be found here on World Rowing’s website, Australia features on Pages Four and Five. For detail on the form of the Australian Rowing Team check out the Rowing Australia website here.

Fox Sports Australia will be broadcasting the finals of World Rowing Cup III on Sunday 13 July from 1830 to 2330 (AEST) on Fox Sports 3. World Rowing will also be live-streaming the finals via www.worldrowing.com.

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2014 – 2015 ACT Regatta Season Dates Confirmed

The Rowing ACT regatta dates for the upcoming season are now final. The Regatta Subcommittee met in late June to schedule the upcoming season. The calendar includes two pre premiership season events, the Disher Cup and Col Panton Memorial Marathon. The Premiership season then starts on the 1November with the Capital Lakes RC regatta. The Head of the Molonglo Marathon has been moved to November to allow crews preparing for the Head of the Yarra some preparation and to link to a very special November tradition to be announced soon.

The 2014 half of the season concludes on the 6th December with the Black Mountain RC regatta and the season recommences in January with the Australia Day Bridge to Bridge race for eights. Once again the ACT Schools Head of the Lake will feature in the program along with a sprint regatta to conclude the summer season.

The Regatta Subcommittee will continue to review and make changes where required to the regatta Order of Events and ACT Championships Order of Events. Once this process has been completed the final order of events will be published.

2014-2015 SEASON DATES

18 October 2014 – Disher Cup Regatta

26 October 2014 – Col Panton Memorial Marathon

1 November 2014 – Capital Lakes RC Regatta

15 November 2014 – Canberra Boys/Girls Grammar Regatta

16 November 2014 – Head of the Molonglo Marathon

22 November 2014 – Lake Tuggeranong Festival Cup Regatta

6 December 2014 – Black Mountain RC Regatta

26 January 2015 – Australia Day Bridge to Bridge Race

7 February 2015 – Australian National University BC Regatta

21 February 2015 – Radford College Regatta

14-15 March 2015 – ACT State Championships (CRC/Marist)

21 March 2015 – ACT Schools Head of the Lake (Daramalan)

18 April 2015 – ACT Sprint Regatta (ANUBC)

 

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Grzeskowiak and Davis Successful in Trans Tasman Racing

ACT athletes Cara Grzeskowiak and Sarah Davis have been outstanding as part of an Australian Under 21 team competing in the first leg of the Trans Tasman competition against New Zealand in Penrith. They are part of a team that are combining in a mixture of small and large boat events for the Rusty Robertson Trophy.

Cara was a convincing winner of the single Sculls event ahead of Sarah, followed by the Kiwi Representatives. This is Cara’s first International event. The two Canberra girls then joined in a quad with Melbourne and Sydney University lightweights Lucy Trembath and Holly Lawrence to comfortably win the quad sculls.

At the end of Saturdays racing Australia led New Zealand in the point score 128 to 102, with eight-oared races for men and women to be held this morning to complete the Australian leg of this competition. The Kiwis will hope to take some points from the Australian crews to keep this series alive.

The second leg of this Trans Tasman contest will be held at Lake Karapiro near Cambridge, N.Z in late August.

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Michael Cusack is RACT’s next Executive Officer

Michael Cusack has been appointed incoming Rowing ACT Executive Officer.

Michael will work alongside James Hammond up until 25th July when James departs for Adelaide. This transition period will provide Michael with much of the knowledge that James has acquired in the role during his successful tenure.

Michael comes to the job from his previous role with qualifications and experience as a town planner. Valuable skills that he brings to RACT that are relevant to this job include stakeholder consultation, project management, client management, data collation, quantitative analysis, and liaison with ACT planning authorities.

Michael has been an ACT representative rower, and ACT senior champion as well as a volunteer coach of school junior crews so that he understands the local rowing scene from both the high performance perspective and the challenges associated with novice introductory years.

I think the ACT rowing Community will find Michael easy to deal with and hard working.
As a Committee we look forward to a productive working relationship with Michael.

David Bagnall (President)

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Luke Letcher wins Gold at International Holland Beker Regatta

Black Mountain Rowing Club’s 20 year old single sculler Luke Letcher had wins in the Under 23 single sculls over both days of the Holland Beker on the Bosbaan in Amsterdam, over the weekend. Luke was competing with other Australian Rowing team scullers at this International event as preparation for the World under 23 Championships in Varese, Italy in late July. Luke recorded personal best times on both days of competition in very fast but bumpy conditions. Luke’s ability to handle these difficult tail conditions is an indication of his technical improvement under National Sculling Coach Lyall Macarthy.

Other Australian Rowing Team scullers also had success. Kim Crow repeated last year’s win in the prestigious Women’s single event when she again showed herself as one of the very best in the world. The Holland Bekker provides prize money for the top elite men’s and women’s scullers, and is therefore keenly contested. Kim is looking to continue to improve through the World Cup regatta in Lucerne in two weeks through to when she returns to the World Championships in late August in Amsterdam.

Other good results for Australian Single Scullers included Nic Purnell coming third in the open men’s category, and James Wilson second in the Lightweight event. The Australian Rowing Team sculling group is building a quality squad heading towards Rio.

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Winter Time Trial 2 Results and Pointscore Update

Winter Time Trial Number 2 Results and Small Boat Point Score

Saturday Small Boat event was held in a beautiful Canberra day.
A bright crisp morning for the competitors. A slight breeze from the north and temperature of around 6 degrees presented great conditions for the event.

View or download the Saturday Small Boats. NB.Amended results showing missing club entry

Sunday Big Boats
The big boat event was held in beautiful Canberra conditions that were even better than the previous day. A bright crisp day with little of now wind. Temperature of 7 degrees.

View or download the Sunday Big Boats.

Point score so far.
The Small boat point score has been tabulated and is presented in the links below.
View or download the Small Boat point score after time trial 2.

The Big boat point score has been tabulated and is presented in the link below.
View or download the Big Boat point score after time trial 2.

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WTT #2 Start Lists Available

START LISTS

View or download the Saturday Start List V1.

View or download the Sunday Start List V2.

COURSE

Note: The WTT Course has been restored to the course prior to the lake lowering. The turn onto the Yarramundi Reach rowing course will take place on the 1800m start line however please note the marshal tinny at the turn will no longer provide a visual target for crews. The tinny will now roam with a safety priority. Crews are to aim for the orange buoy located at the start line. In addition the finish line will be returned to the first (most northern) white pole.

Please take the time to read the following information.

INSTRUCTIONS TO COMPETITORS

  • Withdraws are to be emailed to actra@rowingact.org.au the night before each time trial.
  • It is the responsibility of crews to ensure they are at the start on time (any crew who misses their allocated start time may be started at the end of the field). Crews should pay particular attention to the start time rather than boat number as some numbers may be missing.
  • Clubs should ensure that scullers and crews have the skill and experience to complete the course under adverse weather conditions.
  • Crews and scullers should take note of normal traffic rules on the way to the start.
  • Slower crews should ensure that crews overtaking have space to pass on the most direct course.
  • If you capsize during racing stay with your boat until a safety marshal arrives. Remember that your boat will float even when it is full of water.

BOW NUMBERS

Bow numbers will be available for collection from Black Mountain Rowing Club from 8am on Saturday.

OFFICIALS

Officials are required to meet at the Black Mountain Rowing Club at 8:45am on the morning of each trial for a briefing. Wherever possible bring a tinny and a megaphone.

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ACT Rowing Announces Innovative Coach Development Program

ACT Rowing today announced that it has initiated a program to sponsor the development of rowing club coaches.

Specifically this initiative will sponsor coaches to develop their skills by attending conferences, gain accreditation, and participate in camps and selection events. Beneficiaries will be ACT Club coaches, who aspire to coach High Performance crews and are committed to coaching in the future..

RACT President David Bagnall agrees with ACTAS Head Coach Andrew Randall, that good coaches drive the development of our sport and that the Association can provide incentives for coaches to increase their knowledge and skills, and achieve better outcomes.

“It is critical for the growth of our sport that all athletes are entrusted to club coaches who have the ability to develop athletes to their potential” Bagnall observed. “Those introductory experiences and the early subsequent seasons contribute significantly to the enjoyment of our sport, and the progress and skills that athletes acquire. Good coaches impart their knowledge, while making the sport fun. As an Association we think we can assist these goals. We are looking to assist our coaches upgrading their qualifications and skills.”

“We hope to contribute significantly to costs associated with Coach accreditation and Coaching Conference attendance to assist these mentors of our sport. Frequently club coaches are unpaid, and meet these and other expenses out of their own pockets. Coaching is a tough gig, involving substantial commitment to take athletes from learn-to-row to competition. For those coaches looking to advance both their crews and their own development we think we can help.”

You can help.

The Association has set up this program to help develop our sport, and the benefit will spread across all of the sport. Better coaching will flow through to all crews within the sport. Thus athletes who benefit from good coaching become better coaches themselves.

We are asking our supporters to contribute to this program.
This program is compliant with the ASF Sport Incentive Program.
Donations will be tax deductible.

To make your tax deductible donation simply download, complete and return the donation form.

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Royal Flying Doctors Service Murray Rowathon

Annually, the rowing community holds Australia’s longest and toughest race, the ‘Murray Rowathon’, as a fund raiser in support of the Royal Flying Doctors Service please see www.murrayrowathon.com.

This is the major annual event when rowers give back to the community.

Organisers are currently seeking both participants, and sponsors for those doing it tough on the day.

For more details view the Rowathon flyer

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Weston Park confirmed as official regatta site

Rowing ACT has confirmed Weston Park as the official site for future regattas. Please see the full message from Pat Davoren, Secretary of Rowing ACT.

Secretary’s letter

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