The current World Champion Men’s Four crew of Jack Hargreaves, Spencer Turrin, Alexander Hill and Joshua Hicks are set to make appearances at the ACT Rowing Championships this coming weekend on Lake Burley Griffin. The crew form part of a high profile line-up of entries from the AIS National Rowing Centre men’s training squad which is based here in Yarralumla.
The Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC squad members will be racing this weekend with Hargreaves, Hill, Turrin and Hicks being the headline performers following their outstanding win at the World Rowing Championships in Florida last October. The Men’s Four crew also won silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Amongst the 22 National squad members competing this weekend, a number of rowers are ACT athletes. The ACT’s top male rowers entered include Luke Letcher and Caleb Antill (2016 World Champion U23 Quad gold medal crew members) and Tom Perry (current National Light Weight Men’s Champion single scull). The top ACT female competing this weekend is Cara Grzeskowiak (finalist U23 World Championships single scull). National squad rowers will be competing on Saturday in the Championship Men’s Singles event (7.50am heats, 9.55am finals), Men’s Pair (8.00am heats, 10.05am finals) and also an invitational Men’s Quad special event (11.25am). *
Including the NTC headliners, 591 ACT and interstate elite and age group rowers will be vying for several prestigious trophies across 2 days of racing this weekend. Rowers from Adelaide, Commercial, Glebe, Melbourne University, Mercantile, Mossman, Nagambie, Sydney University, Leichhardt, Drummoyne, Newington Masters, North Shore, Sydney, St George, Shellharbour, Shoalhaven, St Augustine’s, Torrens and UTS Haberfield Rowing Clubs will be mixing it up with rowers from our 12 ACT rowing clubs.
Rowing ACT has a new perpetual trophy – The Tarcoola Trophy which has been donated by the Letcher family. It is to be awarded to the winner of the ACT Champion U19 Men’s Single Scull.
The Letcher family have been significant contributors to ACT Rowing.
Luke has won multiple National Championships (including the National Under 19 single scull title) and is a current member of the Australian team.
Vicky is active in BMRC administration and has been on the Rowing ACT Board and can be seen on regatta days out on the water as a BRO and as a competitor.
Graham is our diligent photographer providing excellent photos for every regatta for Facebook.
The trophy is to be called the Tarcoola Trophy.
It is named after Tarcoola Reach.
This is the reach that runs from the AIS shed past Radford to BMRC.
This stretch of water is a favorite for the Letcher family.