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The Old Splash  News Archive 2003
30 Dec 2003	Rowing Australia News Rowing Australia has commenced publishing a newsletter, the first of which is available on the Rowing Australia web site. Items of interest are: new RA address and contact details; change of personnel at RA; RA Annual General Meeting; Youth Cup 2004; Youth Olympic Festival; Adaptive rowing selection for World Championships 2004; Coach accreditation review; national coaching conference; 2004-9 High Performance Plan; National selection 2004, calendar of dates.
11 Dec 2003	Rowing Australia Coaches' Conference ­ 03 October 2004 Melbourne Rowing Australia has announced the 2004 Coaches' Conference, timed to allow analysis of the Olympic Games results, and how these will be translated into action for the following Olympic Games. There will be more information in February 2004. Go to the Rowing Australia web site for more details.
02 Dec 2003	Buoys on the Yarramundi Reach course We are looking for the return of missing buoys from the course on Yarramundi Reach. If you find any buoys, in particular the 500m buoy that is missing since the weekend, please tell us at ACTRA (through the contact link on the left), or better still, bring the buoys around to the Canberra Rowing Club boatshed. Canberra Rowing Club has volunteered to maintain the buoys on the course until permanent arrangements are put in place.
27 Nov 2003	Rowing Australia Call for Volunteers Rowing Australia is asking for people to assist with the Olympic selection events during the period December to April. All the events are at Penrith, only a short drive from here. See here for details.
20 Nov 2003	2004 Pan Pacific Masters Games These games will be held from 6-14 November 2004 on Queensland's Gold Coast and includes rowing amongst the 40 sports offered. See the web site for details.
19 Nov 2003	ACTAS Rowing Scholarship Holders Announced The following athletes and coaches will be offered ACTAS Rowing Scholarships for the 2003/04 season: Women: Sarah Cook, Tara Huntly, Sonia Mills, COACH: Liz Harley                 Jessie Foran/Clare Lutton, COACH: Katrina McKenzie Men: Dan Coombes, Jaime Fernandez, Chris Ritchie, Ben Southwell, Tom Westgarth.           Mack Wilcox/James Crouch. COACH: Gordon Marcks
16 Nov 2003	Partial Lake Closure ­ Wednesday, 19 November The National Capital Authority is closing part of West Basin of Lake Burley Griffin on Wednesday, 19 November from 0300hrs to 1300hrs for a military training exercise. The area closed is the northern section bounded on the south by a line from the tip of Black Mountain Peninsula to Spinnaker Island to the tip of Acton Peninsula (the Museum). ANU Boat Club is locked in by this order.
04 Nov 2003	National Selection Aspirants If you aspire to national selection you need to ensure you get all relevant information from , ACTAS Head Rowing Coach. There are national selection policies available and information about how important the next ACTAS/AIS time trial (15 Nov) is. Contact him this week! ACTRA Review The ACTRA Committee has recently commissioned Brendan Lynch to conduct a "Review of the ACT Rowing Association". The Committee now would like to receive the views of members on the strategies for further development of the sport that the report recommends. The report in all its glory is available here in PDF format, but be warned, it is approx 700Kb. A smaller version but still with all the same words (80Kb) is available here. This report will be discussed at a General Meeting of ACTRA to be held at 6.30 pm on Thursday 13 November at the ACT Rugby Union Club.
30 Oct 2003 Updated 2030hrs	James Tomkins & Drew Ginn ­ 2003 FISA Male Crew of the Year FISA has announced the award for male rower or crew of the year has gone to the Australian 2- who won at the recent world rowing championships. The Evers-Swindell sisters from New Zealand (when are they moving here?) won the female award.
24 Oct 2003 Updated 1100	Col Panton Marathon - Sunday 2 November The entries for the Col Panton Marathon must be submitted to ACTRA by 1600hrs this coming Sunday, 26 October. As usual, there is a $5 seat fee. Boats need to arrive at Kingston boat harbour by 0645hrs. Late arrivals may be excluded (as well as being a safety hazard). Updated details are provided here. and see next story for why there is an early start. Australian Masters Games Lake Use Rowing is not the only sport using Lake Burley Griffin during the Australian Masters Games (1-9 November). There is a canoe marathon on both Saturday and Sunday 1-2 November from 0900 to 1300 each day. They start at the Molonglo River and go to Scrivener Dam and back. There are also canoe sprint racing on Yarramundi Reach on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 4-6 November from 0800 to 1300. There is sailing in West Basin on Wednesday to Sunday, 5-9 November for which that basin is officially closed to "unauthorised vessels" during each afternoon, all day Saturday, and only the morning on Sunday. Lastly, the Triathlon is on Sunday, 9 November in Central Basin from 0845 to 1200.
21 Oct 2003	Rowing on the Lakes After a day of having a prohibition on using the lakes, we have been informed that the algae is not bad enough to prevent boating on the lakes. However, swimming is still prohibited. Youth Cup Regatta - Adelaide The Youth Cup Regatta was on in Adelaide last weekend and a team traveled there representing the ACT. Full results are available from the Rowing Australia web site. Victoria won the Cup easily on the points scored by its crews. Results to hand for ACT competitors are: Sarah Cook 1st in U21W1X Div 1 B final Tara Huntly 2nd in U21W1X Div 2 A final Crouch/Roper 2nd in U21M2- Div 1 B final Hawke/Cook 4th in U21M2- Div 2 B final Bradley/Burraston 4th in U21LW2X A final Miles Foran 5th in U21M1X Div 1 B final David Halpin 5th in U21M1X Div 2 B final Foran/Lutton 3rd in U21W2- Div 1 A final Robertson/Newton 2nd in U21W2- Div 2 A final Wilcox/Ritchie 1st in U21LM2X A final Foran/Huntley/Lutton/Cook 1st in U21W4- B final Halpin/Hawke/Cook/Roper 4th in U21M4- B final Burraston/Bradley/Robertson/Newton 3rd in U21W4X B final Crouch/Wilcox/Foran/Ritchie 4th in U21M4X A final U21W8+ 2nd in B final U21M8+ 5th in B final Australian Success at Head of the Charles A Melbourne University Rowing Club crew won the eights section of the HoC 4.5km time trial race in Boston, USA. Drummoyne Rowing Club came second. Fifty three eights competed and some sources say that the USA national team members were in eights in this event (unconfirmed).
09 Oct 2003	Buoys on the Rowing Course Buoys are still being cut from their moorings daily in Yarramundi Reach. We now suspect that coaches are doing it with standard outboard motors. Can you please ensure all coaches are aware of the damage careless steering is causing. We also need loose buoys to be collected and returned to Canberra Rowing Club in Yarralumla Bay. CRC has volunteered to maintain the buoy infrastructure until ACTRA is able to organise an ongoing maintenance programme.
08 Oct 2003	Regatta ­ ANU Sprint ­ Sat, 11 Oct The ANU Sprint Regatta is on Saturday, 11 October. The draw is available here. Read about the interesting format for the racing at this regatta here.
03 Oct 2003	Loose Buoys on the Rowing Course The new buoys on the rowing course are already being chopped out by motor boats and/or ferries. If you see a loose buoy please retrieve it if it is safe to do so, or get someone else to. They should be returned to the CRC boatshed, or a message sent to CRC or ACTRA where the buoys are. The buoys will then be replaced on the course.
02 Oct 2003	NTC Time Trial Date Changed The next NTC Time Trial on Lake Burley Griffin has been moved from Saturday, 18 October to Friday, 17 October. See here for more information on the time trials being conducted in Canberra.
30 Sep 2003	National Women's Training Camp #2 The second National Women's Squad training camp will be conducted in Canberra from Thursday, 09 October to Sunday, 12 October. There will be 26 rowers/scullers, 2 coxes and 4 coaches. Please make them welcome and keep out of their way. Canberra rowers Jane Robinson, Donna Martin, Emily Martin, and Sonia Mills are taking part.
25 Sep 2003	Regatta ­ University of Canberra The first regatta of the season is being held this Saturday, 27 September. All races only 1000m. The draw is available here. Please note that the W2- and the W8+ events have been swapped around to facilitate changeover of boats. Comments to the organisers on the day. Late entries welcome especially W2 - please pay seat fees ($5) to race organisers.
24 Sep 2003	Regatta ­ Australian National University The ANU regatta is on Saturday, 11 October. Entries close on Sunday, 5 October at ACTRA, and probably earlier at your club. This is a sprint regatta with a special format. Read about the format here. National Women's Training Camp A National women's training camp will be conducted in Canberra from Friday, 26 September to Sunday, 28 September. They will be having two sessions a day on Lake Burley Griffin. Please make them welcome and keep out of their way. Canberra rowers Emily Martin, Taryn Langdon and Sonia Mills are taking part.
19 Sep 2003	ACT Event Calendar and Standard Draws Finalised The ACTRA committee last night approved the ACT regatta calendar and standard regatta event schedule. These are available on this site from the links above or from the Event Calendar link on the left of the page.
18 Sep 2003	ACT Selection Policy for Representatives at Nationals ­ DRAFT A draft selection policy has been issued and is available here as an MS Word file. It is being submitted to the ACTRA committee today.
17 Sep 2003	ACT Youth Cup Team Announced Gordon Marcks, ACTAS Rowing head coach, announced yesterday that following the completion of trials for the Youth Cup, the team has been selected to represent the ACT at the Youth Cup Regatta in October: Women's Team: Yasmin BURRASTON (CRC) Jenny BRADLEY (CGGS) Sarah COOK (CRC/ACTAS) Jessie FORAN (BMRC) Tara HUNTLY (CRC/ACTAS) Clare LUTTON (ANU) Sarah PHILLIPS (CGGS) Rachel ROBERTSON (RAD/ANU) Erin TANNER (RAD) - Coxswain Dafydd GWYN-JONES (CGGS) - Coach Men's Team: Ben COOK (ANU/CGS) James CROUCH (ANU) Miles FORAN (DARA) David HALPIN (CGS) David HAWKE (CRC/TS) Chris RITCHIE (ANU) Robert ROPER (ANU) Mack WILCOX (ANU/ACTAS) Henry DAVIS (CRC) - Coxswain Katrina MCKENZIE (ANU) - Coach
16 Sep 2003 (catching up on the last 3 weeks)	ACT Success at the World Championships It is a bit late getting posted here, but better late than ever... Congratulations to ACT rowers who competed at the World Championships in late August at Milan. Specfically Jane Robinson getting first in the W4x; Craig Jones and Mitchell Punch who got 4th place in the M4x to qualify the boat for the Olympics next year; and Donna Martin who had an interrupted preparation for the very tough W1x to get into the C Final. Read a summary prepared by Taryn Langdon. The Masters who also recently attended their World Championships at Vichy did not come back with any wins (the only position that gets a medal), but they were able to confirm that the wine and food was good. Boat Race Officials Boat Race Official's training is being held this Saturday, 20 September. It is an ACTRA requirement that each club provide at least 2 BROs so that officials do not have to do every regatta. Nominate to your Club's Captain, or directly to ACTRA's Keven Mongan on 2658 5971 or by right now. Daramalan College Head Coach Daramalan Rowing Club was seeking expressions of interest for the position of Head Coach. For details and further information, please contact the President on 0429 908 817 urgently (this was to cloase on 10 September 2003 but was not previously posted here). Rowing Australia National Coaching Conference Cancelled The Rowing Australia web site has announced the cancellation of the National Coached Conference due to lack of numbers signing up. RA still intends to organise one for next year. Note that this is not the Coaching & Officiating '03 - Investing in the future conference, that is still going ahead in November. Coaching and Officiating Conference This is not rowing specific. The Coaching and Officiating '03 - Investing in the future conference is here! It is hosted at the Australian Sports Commission and will be held at the Australian Institute of Sport, November 27-29 2003. The conference is designed for those people involved in coaching and officiating. It will assist sports in improving, recruiting and retaining coaches and officials in all sports, at all levels. For more information on the conference, including how to register, please visit the web site or ring (07) 3858 5418. Shoalhaven Regatta Postponed The Shoalhaven Regatta that was to be held over the October long weekend, 4-5 October has been postponed to a later date. The Shoalhaven clubs are frequent visitors to our regattas and when a new date is announced for this regatta, Canberra crews should make an effort to attend. It is held at a beautiful spot. Email Ken Novich at glebe@miscellaneum.com.au for more information. Murray RiverRowathon The Rowathon Home-Page has been updated and now includes new downloads: a larger scale town map of Robinvale and a statement from the Royal Flying Doctor Service for your major sponsors and donors. It informs them they will receive receipts from the Royal Flying Doctor Service. It would be helpful if you could give an early indication of how many participants you think your club/group will have in the Rowathon. Please contact the organisers through the websiste. Lake Tuggernong Rowing Club Big Night Out LTRC is has its resident/touring band The Zinc Fingers playing at the YMCA Yacht Club this Saturday Night, 20 Saturday night. A good way to unwind after your Boat Race Official training! Tickets at the door from 06:30pm, or ring Michelle on 6296 2055. Winter Time Trials - Final Results The final results from the Winter Time Trials on 30-31 August are now available on this site for Saturday, Sunday and the list of Winners. Chief Executive Officer - Rowing Victoria Rowing Victoria is looking for a new Chief Executive Officer. Sportspeople Victoria is handling the recruiting and details are available from its website. Closing date is this Friday, 19 September. New Web Site for ANU Boat Club The venerable ANUBC has an new web site (well... a new location for its web site). Find it here.
29 Aug 2003	Winter Time Trial - Final Weekend Start List The start list for the last weekend of winter time trails the year are now available for Saturday and Sunday. Welcome to Shoalhaven who have crews competing this weekend. Unfortunately the weather forecast for this weekend is not promising. Clubs, please make sure that only rowers that can cope with conditions row. Crew changes or scratching can be notified to 0408 262962 or 6281 0851. Don't forget there will be the annual BBQ following the Sunday time trial where we will present prizes and perpetual trophies to the winners of individual races, fastest time and pointscore (where there is sufficient entries). The BBQ will be at CRC after the time trial with the presentation about an hour after the time trial. World Rowing Championships The World Rowing Championships started in Milan on Sunday. See the FISA web site for overall reports and details, and the Rowing Australia web site for Aussie-centric news. Generally, the Rowing Australia site should have daily reports in the news section. Web Site Holiday This web site might not be updated for two weeks from today due to a short holiday while the World Masters Rowing Championships are on.
25 Aug 2003	World Rowing Championships The World Rowing Championships started in Milan on Sunday. See the FISA web site for overall reports and details, and the Rowing Australia web site for Aussie-centric news. Generally, the Rowing Australia site should have daily reports in the news section. Australian Masters Games An initial analysis of the AMG Rowing entries has been posted on the AMG Rowing web pages. The backlog of paper entries is still being worked through and we are still aiming to produce the first draft draw on 07 September. You can still enter this wonderful event, so get to it!
20 Aug 2003	ACT Rowers at the World Championships The world championships commence in a couple of days (24 Aug). The FISA web site is a good source of information that frequently mentions Australians. Also, the Rowing Australia web site has Australian-specific news, including 'postcards' from our Jane Robinson. Also, Taryn Langdon (ACTAS PR) reports: The upcoming World Rowing Championships in Milan, Italy will be tightly contested as nations begin to fight for Olympic qualification. Winners of the 2003 World Championships will gain a slight psychological edge over the world's best as crews prepare for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, the next true test for the national crews. ACTAS athlete Jane Robinson and the Australian women's quad scull go into the World Championships as one of the favourites after the crew won the recent World Cup event in Switzerland. The crew asserts that they are ready for a tough battle in, what is regarded as one of the toughest events on the World Championship program. A win will give Australia a title that has eluded the Australian quad scull crews in recent history. Disappointingly, former ACTAS rower Donna Martin who was in the quad scull in their World Cup win has withdrawn from the quad through injury. Hopefully the young sculler who progressed through the ACTAS Talent Search Program will be fit to row in the women's single scull at the Championships. The women's scullers are coached by ACT/AIS coach Lyall McCarthy. Former ACTAS rowers Craig Jones and Mitchell Punch (Australian men's quad scull) will be hunting for a place in the men's quad scull final and a chance of a medal in Milan after a slightly disappointing 7th place at the last World Cup regatta. ACT and AIS head coach Reinhold Batschi is coaching the men's quad. ACT Regatta Pointscore - Final 2002-3 Positions The final pointscore position for each club at the end of the 2002-3 season is now available on this web site. ACTRA will be promoting the pointscore more heavily in the 2003-4 season. Don't forget to review the draft regatta timetable and get your comments in as described below. ACTRA Committee Meeting The ACTRA Committee is meeting on this Thursday, 21 August.
18 Aug 2003	Winter Time Trial #3 ­ Results The results, including pointscore progress, for the time trials on Saturday and Sunday are now available.
14 Aug 2003	Winter Time Trial #3 ­ Start Lists The start lists for the third weekend of Winter Time Trials are now available here for Saturday and Sunday. Draft Regatta Schedule for 2003-2004 A draft regatta schedule for the ACT has been prepared and is available on this site. Comments are welcome and can be made via or direct to your club's representative on ACTRA. Murray River Rowathon The second annual Murray River Rowathon is being held on 1 Nov 2003. See the details on the web site.
06 Aug 2003	Australian Rowing Team Still Training in Europe Don't forget to keep up-to-date with the Australian team in their training camps in Europe. You can read about it at the Rowing Australia web site. Essendon Rowing Club Saltwater Challenge The Essendon Rowing Club is running a 4km time trial on Saturday, 13 September that will have cash prizes. There are various categories. Read about it on the Essendon Rowing Club web site.
31 Jul 2003	Peter Antonie wins the Tomas Keller Medal Peter Antonie (read his rowing history at the Rowing Australia web site or at the Rowing Victoria web site) has won the Tomas Keller Medal, the highest honour that rowing's international association gives for contributions to rowing. Read about it on the FISA web site. ACTRA Regatta Season Planning meetings The ACTRA regatta planning committee will meet on Tuesdays,12 August, 26 August and 9 September to draft and finalise the ACT Regatta calendar. The committee consists of up to two delegates from each affiliated club. Club delegates need to bring along KEY DATES to the first meeting, ie. School term dates, school fete days, uni exams, dates of interstate events you know your club/school will be going to. The meetings will be held at the Brumbies Club, Griffith at 1830hrs. From: Gordon Marcks at the U23 World Rowing Championships Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2003 7:15 Subject: U23 4X Update (LAST ONE!!) Hi all, The night before the race the talk was pretty short and really only about focussing on the simple things like fast catches, strong leg drive...... We also talked about that the main aim of the race being to come off the water knowing that we had had our best row. We knew that if we could do that, that would probably be enough to win the event as no other crews had come close to us. We knew that a couple of the crews would be fast over the first 500 and with a greater effort for the final, they might be ale to stick with us for 750m but wouldn't be able to maintain that speed. It all went pretty much according to plan except that the boys went faster than what I had anticipated and really had a brilliant row. The first 500 was a bit tight but with our noses in front, the middle 1000 saw us move away from the field with about a 4sec margin with 500 to go. The crew reallylooked fantastic and in total control and I think I got the impression that they really enjoyed the last 300m or so with no reall need to step for the line. I had dropped back at that stage because of the cycle path being too dangerous with all the people but I had no doubt what the result would be.The splits were something like 1:26 for the first 500 and then 1:29 for the last three 500's. I really don't know what else to write except a huge thankyou to Graham Tanner and Cathy Finlay and the rest of the team, and to all the support staff back home - particularly Steve Anderson and Michelle Paccagnella. Obviously there's heaps more but we'll get around to all that as soon as I get back. From here I'm spending a couple of days in Italy with the senior team (men) and will try to get to Munich by the weekend. Very much looking forward to being back home and can't wait to get out on the water before it gets too warm........ Yarramundi Course The buoys marking the rowing course in Yarramundi Reach are to be renewed starting Friday, 8 August. It is expected to take 3-4 days to complete. The work will replace all buoys, placing distance signs on the 250m buoys, and realigning the longitudinal and lateral guide cables. We expect that the contractor, Ian Dickenson, will only be working at times there are few if any rowers using the Reach. You also need to be careful over this period on Yarramundi Reach because the buoys may not be there to assist safe traffic flow, particularly in low visibility. Special attention should be taken (ie. row at low speed) at the finish of the course and between the 1000m and 1500m starts. Australian Masters Games 2003 Entries for the 9th Australian Masters Games close on 15 August. The online registration web site has undergone some remodelling for rowing in the past few weeks. New instructions have been published in the rowing section of the AMG site. Indoor Rowing is still having some corrections made to its online entry pages and should be available shortly. Australian Masters Rowing Championships 2004 Rowing Australia has selected the Sydney International Regatta Centre and NSWRA as the holders of the 2004 Masters Championships. The ACTRA bid for this event along with 3 other venues. The 2005 championships will be in Queensland, at Bundaberg we believe. [That's all folks. Obviously I have been falling behind in the news postings]
28 Jul 2003	World Under 23yo Championships ­ Final Our ACT representatives in the U23 World Championships have won gold. The U23 Men's 4X- with Tom Westgarth and Henry Gundy sculling and Gordon Marcks coaching dominated the race, moving away from the other crews all the way to the finish. The Australian U23 squad collected a total of 4 golds, 4 silver and 1 Bronze. Read more details at Rowing Australia.
25 Jul 2003	World Under 23yo Championships The ACT has some representatives at the World Under 23 Championships being held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia this weekend. Our interest is the Men's Quad Scull with Tom Westgarth and Henry Gundy rowing and Gordon Marcks coaching. Kathy Finlay is providing physio support to the team. Their first heat is scheduled for 1800hr EST. Gordon has reported back that he is very happy with their preparation and so, although they have not seen much of their opposition yet, they are confident of a good result. A repechage is scheduled for Saturday (if the boys want the additional row), and the semi-finals and finals on Sunday. It has been very hot in Belgrade (over 40ºC), but the course is good. There have been evening thunderstorms to provide some relief from the heat. The team has worked well and is in good accommodation. They had the traditional bad shirt competition on the first night.
23 Jul 2003	Winter Time Trials #2 The second round of the ACT Winter Time Trials was held last weekend. Results are available for Saturday and Sunday. These results have a small number of corrections from those first published on the weekend. The third round of Time Trials are on the weekend of 16-17 August. The participation level of small boats is very good, but there has been a drop in the number of 'big' boats competing. This reflects badly on your level of organisation... get yourselves into crews and entered for the next WTT. ACTRA AGM The Annual General meeting of the ACT Rowing Association was held last night. Highlights of the reports presented will be published here in the next couple of weeks. The new committee is listed here in the usual place. A set of By-Laws (pdf format) were adopted that match the Association's new (as of December 2002) constitution.
15 Jul 2003	Rowing World Cup - Lucerne Regatta Nearly the entire Australian Rowing team were competing at the last of the Rowing World Cup regattas at Lucerne, Switzerland last weekend. The full results can be found on the FISA website. Articles on the regatta can be found on the FISA site and at Rowing Australia. There was an article in the Canberra Times today on Donna Martin and Jane Robinson winning their womens 4x race. When looking at the results, you need to keep in mind that some of the rowers are part of the under 23 squad and so their results in open competition are also very good. The women's 4- final was dominated by Australia taking 1st, 4th and 5th places! Henley Royal Regatta The HRR was run the previous week (ending 6 July) with the Australian women's squad competing. Catriona Oliver (Australia) won the Women's 1x (Princess Royal Challenge Cup) from Donna Martin (Black Mountain Rowing Club). B P Hopkins (Australia (Curtin Uni?)) came second in the men's 1x (Diamond Sculls). ACT Academy of Sport rower Jane Robinson, in the Australian Women's Quad scull went down by a length to the Ukraine National crew in the final of the Princess Grace Challenge Cup. Full results can be found at the HRR web site.
29 Jun 2003	ACTRA Full Board of Management Meeting A meeting of the ACTRA full board of management was held last Thursday. The FBoM is the ACTRA Executive and the representatives of each affiliated club. The main item of business was consideration of the new By-Laws that go with the constitution adopted last December. The ACTRA Annual General Meeting will be held in July. Winter Time Trial #2 The second 2003 winter time trial will be held on the weekend of 19-20 July. See the WTT page for details and enter early to ensure your starting position. Australian Women's Lightweight Squad A web site has been created by the Auslightychicks. Read the profiles of these athletes and be impressed. FISA Australian Rowing Article Read an article on the ANZ rowing preparations for the world championships at the FISA site.
19 Jun 2003	Australian Masters Games 2003 - Canberra The 2003 Australian Masters Games is being held in Canberra during early November. The games includes both Indoor Rowing (on Concept II ergometers) and a three day rowing regatta. Entries for both are through the AMG web site where you register for the games, then enter your events and pay. You can record your registration details and event preferences before paying. Your details are saved for your next session. We are also calling for volunteers to assist with the running of the regatta. We are assuming that most volunteers will want to also compete in the games and therefore many hands are required to make each responsibility light. If you are interested in helping make this another great AMG in Canberra, please contact Brendon Prout on Mb: 0412 286 181 or (preferred). Coaching Level 2 Session Don't forget the Level 2 seminar this Saturday. See below for more information.
15 Jun 2003	Winter Time Trials The first Winter Time Trials for 2003 was held this weekend, 14-15 June. See the WTT page for more information, or see your club noticeboard. This is a great series of events to be involved in that will keep you focused on your personal fitness throughout winter. The rowing conditions normally vary from superb to sublime, although this weekend we started with "bracing to testing". Saturday's results and Sunday's results are now available.
11 Jun 2003	Video Analysis Offer Our Sport Development Officer, Adair Ferguson, is offering to provide a video analysis to crews or groups or rowers. This offer is open to masters rowers in particular. To take advantage of this offer, contact Adair by phone (6282 0639) or . Coaching Level 2 Session The medical module of the Coaching Level 2 programme will be presented by Dr David Coles at 10:30am on Saturday, 21 June 2003. This module is essential if you are aiming to gain your Level 2 accreditation. Contact Adair Ferguson by phone (6282 0639) or if you wish to attend.
05 Jun 2003	Australian Masters Rowing Championships The AMRC regatta was held at Nagambie, Victoria during 30 May to 1 June. Twenty seven rowers and one cox from Canberra Rowing Club competed. Some information on the CRC results can be found on the CRC web site. Some of the rowers represented the ACT in the Masters Interstate events with the results being: F4x- 1st; F8+ 4th; M4x- 4th; M8+ 3rd. The women's quad was a great tight and tough race right to the line, with a well deserved win to the ACT crew. NSW Masters Rowing Championships The NSWMRC regatta was held on the weekend of 17-18 May at the Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith. ACT Rowers (Black Mountain and Canberra Rowing Clubs) entered 281 seats in 85 crews with 79 rowers and two coxes. There were 15 first places to ACT club crews and many minor placings. The regatta was strongly supported by the NSW and Brisbane clubs, as well as the ACT, of couse.
15 May 2003	ACT rowers achieve national selection. Under 23 rower Tom Westgarth was selected in the Australian under 23 Rowing Team last weekend. Westgarth was selected alongside former ACTAS rower Henry Gundry, Nick Hudson (NSW) and Eugene Arendsen (Qld) in the Australian under 23 men's quad scull. Westgarth and Gundry were both members of the Australian crew in 2002 and will be looking to better the crews 4th place at the 2002 World Under 23 Regatta. The 2003 Championships will be held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The coach of the crew still to be finalised ACTAS head coach Gordon Marcks looks to be one candidate. Marcks' appointment would mean the crew would be based in Canberra to prepare for the next 2 months before heading to Europe. The crew's first international race will be at the World Cup regatta in Switzerland in early August, before the World Under 23 Regatta in late August. Tom joins fellow ACTAS rower Jane Robinson on the Australian team in 2003. Robinson who made her 9th Australian team this year began training last week with the Australian women's sculling squad on Lake Burley Griffin. [Report reproduced with permission from ACTAS News]
03 May 2003	The Disher Cup Regatta was held today in perfect rowing conditions. This year the University of Canberra joined in as an official participant. ANU won the Disher Cup for men's 8s in a close fought battle with UC. See all the results and crews here.
01 May 2003	The Australian National Rowing Championships were at Lake Barrington in Tasmania on 21 to 27 April. Several ACT rowers won national titles, and many were very close. A report here, lists all our finalists, and a report on ACTAS scholars and Canberra Grammar School performances.
09 Apr 2003	The next Board meeting of ACTRA will be on Thursday, 1 May. This meeting will discuss aspects of the association's new constitution (156Kb pdf) and discuss the first draft of the Association's by-laws. The Association is aiming to have by-laws applying to the new constitution in place by 1 July this year.
08 Apr 2003	The Australian Masters Rowing Championships that were to be held at Ballarat have been moved to Nagambie because of low water in Lake Wendouree. We have received advice that the decision has been made and formal advice will issue today.
07 Apr 2003	The Yarramundi Reach rowing course buoy system is to be overhauled before the start of next regatta season. ACTRA is in the process of finalising arrangements for the upgrading of the buoys on the course. The work on the course will be funded jointly by ACTRA, the ACT Government and the AIS and is currently scheduled to be performed during August. A survey of the buoy system was conducted about 6 weeks ago and the cost of the refurbishment has been determined. The work will include the replacement of all 400 small buoys; supply of spares; new large buoys at each 250m with distance indicators; flagged buoys at start and finish; full realignment lengthwise and cross-wise.
05 Apr 2003	The results for the ACT Schools Regatta are now available here.
04 Apr 2003	The ACT Winter Time Trial Series has now been scheduled for the coming months. This is the 18th running of this very successful series that is always well attended and great fun. Put the dates in your diary now.
03 Apr 2003	The ACT Schools Regatta was held on a breezy day to test the race officials and novice rowers. The regatta was a lot of fun for both the serious and not-so-serious rowers, with informality and flexibility being emphasised. The full results will be posted here soon.
31 Mar 2003	The results of the NSW Schoolgirl Head of the River have now been posted on the NSW Rowing Association web site. Canberra Girls Grammar School was the only Canberra school competing and achieved many great results.
30 Mar 2003	The ACT Rowing Championships results are now enhanced by a report prepared by Taryn Langdon.
23 Mar 2003	The ACT Rowing Championships results are now available. Saturday's racing was in perfect racing conditions, although cool for some early in the morning. Sunday, was warmer with a slight side-tail breeze. It has been a wonderful season of racing in the ACT. All the best for those racing elsewhere in the next few weeks (Nationals in Tasmania and masters regattas in NSW and Victoria. The Disher Cup Regatta (between the ANU, RMC and ADFA) will be held in late April or early May. Negotiations are being undertaken to finalise the date.
21 Mar 2003	There are some short reports on the women's selection regatta in Adelaide over the weekend of 14-16 March, and of the Victorian Rowing Championships at the Rowing Australia web site. The women's report also got to the FISA site. The FISA site also includes stories on Croker Oars winning the Australian Sport Export Award and Peter Antonie being a finalist in the 2003 Thomas Keller Medal awarded by FISA for an outstanding career in rowing.
01 Mar 2003	The results for the Radford Regatta are now available. The regatta was severely affected by wind and events were cancelled after Race Nr 29. The races that were held went well, and despite the wind, the regatta was close to being on time when the water finally became too rough. Race fees for cancelled races will be refunded.
26 Feb 2003	Rowing Australia has revamped the Australian Rowing magazine. You can subscribe to this magazine by contacting Rowing Australia. There is a short article about the magazine on the FISA website.
19 Feb 2003	The NSW Rowing Championships results for ACT rowers listed on 10 February missed two results. They are: ChU17W1x: Rachel Robertson (Radford) - 5th ChSG1x: Clare Lutton (St Claire's) - 4th These results have been added to the list below. Sorry for the omission, but it is great to find there were even more good results, particularly some that reinforce the breadth that school rowing is gaining in the ACT. ACT scullers took three of the first four places in the ChSG1x in a field of 21.
10 Feb 2003	The NSW Rowing Championships have been completed. A summary of the ACT results in finals have been extracted. For full results, see the official page at this link. ChU19W1x: Sarah Cook 3rd and Tara Huntly 4th. ChU23M1x: Tom Westgarth 2nd and Ben Searle 7th. ChU23W1x: Taryn Langdon 4th. ChU21M8+: CGS 3rd. ChSB4x+: CGS 2nd. ChSB1x: Miles Foran 3rd ChSB4+: CGS 7th ChSB8+: CGS 6th. ChME1x: B final ­ Mitchell Punch 1st, Henry Gundy 3rd. ChME1x: A final ­ Craig Jones 6th ChMELw2-: Coombes/Wilcox 3rd ChME2-: B Final - Webster/Mongan 9th ChMELw4-: ANU/CLRC 3rd ChME4-: CRC/Dara 9th ChWE4-: Taryn Langdon in a composite crew came 3rd ChU17M1x: Ben Cook 3rd ChU17W1x: Rachel Robertson 5th ChU19W2x: Huntly/Cook 2nd ChWE2x: Knowler/Mills 4th ChME2x: Mitchell Punch 1st in composite crew; Craig Jones 3rd in composite; Westgarth/Southwell 5th ChSG1x: Sarah Cook 1st; Tara Huntly 2nd; Clare Lutton 4th ChSG8+: CGGS 3rd ChMELw2x: Bond/Graham 5th
11 Jan 2003	Youth Olympics: The second and last day of the Youth Olympics competition at the Sydney International Regatta Centre saw better weather for racing. Queensland dominated the events for the bigger boats, but our young team bring home valuable experience. Details at Rowing Australia. W4x: Clare Lutton, Margot Harley, Tara Huntly and Sarah Cook came 7th. W4-: Yasmin Burraston, Jessie Foran, Jenifer Bradley and Sarah Phillips came 8th. W8+: Yasmin Burraston, Jessie Foran, Jenifer Bradley, Sarah Phillips, Clare Lutton, Tara Huntly, Margot Harley, Sarah Cook and Genevieve Tait (cox) came 7th. M4x: Jack Chenoweth, Mark Halpin, Grant Hardy and Mack Wilcox came 8th. M4-: Joe Power, Miles Foran, Fergus Pragnell and Charles Boyle came 8th. M8+: Jack Chenoweth, Charles Boyle, Miles Foran, Joe Power, Grant Hardy, Mark Halpin, Fergus Pragnell, Mack Wilcox and Tristan Dakin (cox) came 6th.
09 Jan 2003	Youth Olympics: The first day of the rowing at the Youth Olympics has seen our ACT representatives competing in the smaller boats. The regatta was held in difficult cross wind conditions. Details at Rowing Australia. ACT representatives were: W1x: Sarah Cook has come 6th in the A final, and Tara Huntly has come 4th in the B final. W2-: Both our ACT pairs were in the B Final and came 6th and 7th. These crews were Clare Lutton and Margot Harley, and Jessie Foran and Sarah Phillips respectively. WL2x: Jenifer Bradley and Yasmin Burraston came 6th in this event. M1x: Mark Halpin took third and Grant Hardy 8th in the B final. M2-: Joe Power and Fergus Pragnell made 7th in the A final. Miles Foran and Charles Boyle made 8th in the B final. ML2x: Jack Chenoweth and ??? Turnbull came an excellent 3rd in this final, less than 5 seconds behind the winners.
2002	The ACT Academy of Sport has announced the rowing scholarships for the 2002-3 season. The women are Taryn Langdon (LTRC), Jane Robinson (DRC), Lisa Star (LTRC) and Sarah Cook (CRC). They are to be coached by Gordon Marcks and Liz Harley. The men are Charles Lundy (CRC), Ian Mongan, Ben Seale, Ben Southwell, Adrian Webster, Tom Westgarth, Dan Coombes and Mack Wilcox. They are to be coached by Nick Hunter and Andrew McKenzie.
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