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WTT #5 Start Lists Available

Lady Denman Drive Closure

Lady Denman Drive will be closed tomorrow to accommodate a cycle race passing through. Police will be managing rolling closures. It is expected access to Black Mountain Peninsular will be affected between 8:05am and 8:15am. Please note this is different to previously advertised closures as the Start time for the race was changed.

View or download the Saturday Start List.

View or download the Sunday Start List.

COURSE MAP

Note: The WTT Course has been slightly changed to allow a smoother turn onto the Yarramundi Reach course. Please note scullers and crews are advised that the marshal tinny at the turn onto the course will no longer provide a target for turning. The tinny will now roam with a safety priority.

View the Course Map

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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Canberra Rower Sarah Bourke Announced as Finalist for FISA Award

The international rowing federation FISA has announced that ANU student Sarah Bourke has been shortlisted for an international award.

Sarah is one of six athletes, and the only Australian, to be announced as a finalist for World Rowing’s Parmigiani Spirit Award. The award is for a university rower who has demonstrated the core values of rowing in his or her social, academic and sporting life and, through these values, also enabled or inspired exceptional success in other people’s lives – for example in education, business, sport or charity.

The finalists were selected from 25 nominees from 12 countries. Further details including a short biography of Sarah can be found at www.worldrowing.com

The winner will be determined by the end of September.

Well done Sarah!.

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ACTAS NTC Time Trial Dates Revised

Note: Following the publication of this notice the date for the October Time Trial has been revised from October 18 & 19 to October 25 & 26 to align with the Rowing Australia schedule. The ACTAS bulletin below has now been updated.

The format and dates for this season’s NTC time trials has now been confirmed. The dates have been uploaded to the Rowing ACT Event Calendar. For further details including changes this year, format and entries view the ACTAS bulletin.

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Season Presentation Celebration

Event Flyer

Purchase Tickets by October 15.

You are invited to join us at the Rowing ACT Presentation Season Celebration on 20th October at the Canberra Southern Cross Yacht Club, Yarralumla from 1pm.

We encourage all rowers and those involved in rowing to join us to celebrate achievements throughout the past year and catch up with friends, fellow clubs members, BROs and even your competition.

The afternoon will include the postponed Summer Season presentations, the Winter Time Trial Series presentations and the Singapore Airlines ticket draw.

Tickets for the event are a modest $30 which is intended only to cover the cost of the event. This includes a selection of cocktail menu items and one ticket to enter the draw to win two return Singapore Airlines tickets to any of their European destinations.

We hope to see you there!

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Call for entries WTT #5, 21st and 22nd September

The fifth and final of the Rowing ACT 2013 Winter Time Trials will be held on the 21stth and 22nd September 2013. The format of the event is singles and pairs on the Saturday, doubles, quads, fours and eights on Sunday. Please note that doubles will now longer be allowed to compete in Saturdays Time Trial.

Winter Time Trial Seat Fees remain at $6.60 inc GST.

The course is 3km long and runs from near the Governor Generals wharf, around a turning boat near the 1800m start, down Yarramundi Reach, around Kurrajong Point and up Tarcoola Reach finishing at the first of the white timber piles, opposite the AIS in Lotus Bay.

The series winner for each category of boat is determined by a point score based on handicap times. Crews/scullers receive one point for each race they complete, plus one point for each opponent in that race that they beat on handicap time. Crews can accumulate series points provided they do not change more than 25% of their crew from one time trial to the next.

Entries should be via your club and sent by email to James Hammond. Entries close at 10pm on the Friday preceding the time trial (September 13). Larger clubs may collate entries into the template spread sheet below.

Download the spread sheet template.

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Sykes Racing Single for sale to suit heavyweights

Builder:

• Jeff Sykes

Construction:
• Carbon Kevlar and honeycomb.
• Aluminium wing rigger

Mould: 25
Croker Blades included!

$4,000.00

Built for average weight of 95kg

This is a minimum weight boat, built for Daramalan College in 1998. It is in good condition (could do with a re-spray if you want the look of a new boat) and would suit a sculler above 80kg and would easily cope with 100kg. I have recently rowed the boat and was surprised at how comfortable it felt – still lively and responsive, despite its age (and mine!).

This boat currently belongs to Paul Rowe and I am selling it on his behalf.

It is currently stored in the Daramalan Boats Shed in Canberra and I can arrange for you to view the boat. I can also arrange for transport to Sydney, if necessary.

Contact: Charlie Rowe on 0422 331 365

or

cnrowe@optusnet.com.au

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Learn to Row Coaching Course – REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN

Rowing ACT will be conducting a single day Learn to Row (Level 1) coaching course on Sunday the 20th October. Registrations are now open. For more detailed information including instructions on how to enrol see the Upcoming Workshops page within the Coaching link above. Alternatively click here.

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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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WTT 4 Provisional Results

*Winter Time Trial* number 4 was held in great conditions. A 10 km light wind from the west and a temperature of 12 degrees gave competitors contrast to the tough conditions leading up to today’s event.

The Sunday big boats event was held in windy and slightly challenging conditions.

View the Saturday Results.
An amendment has been posted for The Saturday result

View the Sunday Results.

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WTT #4 Start Lists Available

START LISTS

View or download the Saturday Start List.

View or download the Sunday Start List.

COURSE MAP

Note: The WTT Course has been slightly changed to allow a smoother turn onto the Yarramundi Reach course. Please note scullers and crews are advised that the marshal tinny at the turn onto the course will no longer provide a target for turning. The tinny will now roam with a safety priority.

View the Course Map

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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