The ISRA Regatta is being held on 20-21 February on the
Yarramundi Reach rowing course. Entries close 17:00 09 February 2010.
The final draw for next Saturday’s regatta has been published here.
All boats are to be in the marshalling area at Kings Ave Bridge at 5:45PM. We
need to get everyone through Central Basin before other boats get in the way, the
organisers have put us down as the first race so the water won’t be chopped
up too much for us. The race starts at 6:10pm and will be called live to the
crowd at Regatta Point. There are several other events going on around that time
and all crews are advised to keep a good lookout, there will be other users on
the lake in the vicinity who may not be used to rowers. The course
[500kb pdf] and exclusion zone information has been provided. Fancy dress is
encouraged!
The National Capital
Authority has issued warnings for blue-green algae in LBG:
- Extreme Alert for East Basin – water closed for primary contact – Rowing
OK - High Alert for Lotus Bay, Yarralumla Beach, Black Mountain Beach, and
Weston Park East and West beaches – water closed for primary contact – rowing
OK. - Medium Alert for the Ferry Terminal area in West Basin – take care
here.
Also note that there are high levels up the Molonglo River and it is closed
above the Silvia Curley Bridge.
Any ACT athletes thinking about national selection need to act quickly. Go to the
Rowing Australia web site and to Gordon Marcks at ACTAS [Mob:
0407 787 270] for more information.
An ACTAS/AIS NTC 5.5km time trial will be held this Friday 22nd January as part
of the selection process for the 2010 national teams. It is a mandatory event for
those athletes intending to nominate for the U23 and open teams (inc. adaptive).
Contact Gordon Marcks at ACTAS for details [Mob: 0407 787 270].
Radford College will be conducting selection trials in lanes 5 & 6 of the
Yarramundi course this Sunday and again on Wednesday from 7.00am. Testing should
be completed by around 11.00am. Other lake users are asked to consider the
importance of these tests for our scullers and minimise speedboat wash wherever
possible.
There are several schools conducting rowing camps on Lake Burley Griffin starting
this week. Everyone needs to take care, keep to the traffic guidelines, and
assist the visitors have a safe and pleasant stay.
Lake Closures around Australia Day
The National Capital Authority has annouced some Lake Burley Griffin closures for
events associated with Australia Day:
- 23 – 26 Jan 05:45 to 15:00 entire West Lake: Four days for the
Australian Spiral Championships. Spirals are single handed sailing boats and
there are more than 60 boats entered in these races. - 23 Jan 11:30 to 19:00 Central Basin: Canberra Capital National
Triathlon - 24 Jan 06:30 to 15:00 Central Basin: Canberra Capital National
Triathlon - 26 Jan 06:00 to 12:00 Central Basis: Australia Day events
The organisers of the Australia Day events have assigned the start time for the B2B at 18:10, on Australia Day of course.
CGGS will be conducting a selection time trial on the course in lanes 5 & 6
on Thursday 21 January starting at 6:30am. It would be appreciated in wash could
be kept to a minimum to assist in fair racing.