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The third of the Rowing ACT 2013 Winter Time Trials will be held on the 27th and 28th July 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 (July 19). Larger clubs may collate entries into the template spread sheet below.

Download the “spread sheet template”:file_download/410.

Black Mountain Rowing Club sculler Luke Letcher has been selected to represent Australia in the Trans Tasman competition, and is already racing the best from New Zealand at Sydney International Rowing Centre. Over the weekend Luke and ANU sculler Emily Caudle trialled against the best of Australia’s Under 21 rowers and scullers for a place on the Australian team. In these trials, Emily’s best result was winning the B Final for the women scullers. Luke showed good form in the single, and was selected in the Australian team. The New Zealand team have been training in Sydney in preparation for this contest and the first leg of the Trans Tasman competition is being held yesterday and today (9th and 10th July).
Yesterday Luke showed good form in the Men’s Trans Tasman singles race to win ahead of the other Australian sculler Wilson Mure, and ahead of both New Zealand representatives. This is a great result for Luke, as New Zealand has a great tradition of producing world class scullers.
The second leg of the Trans-Tasman competition will take place at Lake Karapiro in New Zealand between the 4th and the 8th of September 2013. There will also be an eights race over 5km against the current of the fast flowing Waikato River

The key purpose of this event is to provide an opportunity for the best Under 21 athletes to gain high level competition practice in between the World Championship age categories of Under 19 and Under 23.

The Under 21 Australian Team is a new activity on the Australian international calendar. It is a Trans-Tasman competition against New Zealand based on the Youth Cup (2002–2012) principle in 2013. The Under 21 Australian Team will comprise of a Men’s and a Women’s Eight plus a gender reserve. The eights will comprise 6 open weight athletes, 2 lightweight athletes and a coxswain. The same multi event format comprising sweep rowing and sculling will take place and some athletes can be expected to compete in both sculling and sweep categories.

View the Presentation Dinner flyer and Booking Form.

The 2013 Rowing ACT Presentation Dinner will be held on Saturday 20 July at the Yowani Country Club, Lyneham. This dinner recognises various successes throughout the season, and features interviews with four of the 2013 ACT Australian Representatives, Bonnie Andrews (Jnr W4x), Brittany Staniforth (Jnr W4-), Sarah Davis (Jnr W4x) and Stephaney Miniter (Jnr W4-).

We will also be awarding the annual premiership pennants for the overall point score winner and the men’s and women’s point score winners. There will be silent auctions throughout the evening, proceeds from which will assist with our representatives’ seat fee contributions, trivia and more!

Proceeds from the ticket sales will be reinvested into the trophy stock to repair and replenish those in need of repair or those missing altogether.

RSVP: Complete the booking form by 12 July and submit to actra@rowingact.org

We hope to see you there.

START LISTS

View or download the Saturday Start List. Updated 21/06/2013 8:44 AM.

Download the Sunday Start List

COURSE MAP

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.

Two new Superior Jetties rowing pontoons were installed yesterday. These jetties replace the single very old and fragile timber jetty that has served Black Mountain and Daramalan clubs through most of the entire clubs’ lives at Black Mountain Peninsula.
The pontoons were funded by a combination of funds from an ACT Sport and Recreational Services Capital Development grant, a substantial contribution from the National Capital Authority and Black Mountain Rowing Club funds.
The contribution from the NCA to replace the existing platform followed years of lobbying from the Association and the local clubs, because it was dilapidated and unsafe.
The funding from the ACT was in response to Black Mountain RC writing a successful grant proposal to duplicate the pontoon due to massive congestion bankside on most mornings with growth of the two clubs.

NCA co-ordinated the purchases as they were keen to have identical pontoons. There was extensive consultation with the clubs and RACT and we are confident that this is an excellent upgrade of facilities. The NCA were keen to retain control of these facilities and will maintain them.

The old pontoon will be recycled to Molonglo Reach for use by kayakers.

The new pontoons are concrete decks that were broom finished to be permanently non-slip in accordance with Australian Standards.
· They have a free board of 100mm as this meets the Australian Standards for Rowing pontoons.
· All components were manufactured within Australia providing positive local content.
· The pontoons will meet the requirement of AS3962 covering the stability for multiple crews.
· The pontoons have a 25 year design life
· Superior has carried out numerous rowing projects over its 25 year history, including the system for the Australian Institute of Sport.