Archive for month: September, 2008

The Col Panton will be starting at 07:00 on Saturday, 25 October. The early start is a return to past practice and is to avoid interference from and to other lake users. If you are not competing in the marathon, please keep out of the way between 07:00 and 08:00. Lake Burley Griffin water level to drop this week The NCA has authorised the lowering of the water level of the lake by approx 200mm on Thursday 2 October 2008 to perform restoration works on a jetty. Work has been scheduled to occur prior to the next forecast storm event this coming weekend to ensure minimal disruption to lake users. Please be careful around the shallow edges of the lake, and particularly where rocks have come near the surface in the past: near the Katie Bender memorial; east side of Black Mountain Peninsula; white posts near the AIS; either side of the rowing course in Yarramundi Reach between 250m and 1000m marks. This is not an exhaustive list. For more information regarding this work or the lowering of the lake, please contact Peter Clarke, Senior Project officer on 02 6271 289 Traffic Flow in Kingston Area The works at Kingston Foreshore have resulted in some close misses between Capital Lakes boats and those of other clubs. Note the following guidelines:

1. Boats travelling towards Kingston must go through the 1st or 2nd span on the Barton side of the lake.
2. They then row down the Barton/Kingston side of East Basin – finishing on the Kingston side of the CLRC access channel.
3. After stopping, row towards the mouth of the Molonglo River, being careful of traffic going to and from CLRC, and only turning towards Kings Avenue Bridge once you are well past CLRC.
4. On the way to Central Basin, pass under Kings Avenue Bridge using one of the 3 spans on the Russell side of the lake.

Star Picket thrown from Commonwealth Avenue Bridge There is a report that someone threw a star picket at the steam boat Enterprise last Saturday morning as it passed under Commonwealth Avenue Bridge. Please keep a watch and warn fellow rowers if you see anything suspicious. Also report anything suspicious to the police.

The date for the annual Col Panton race has been moved forward one day to Saturday, 25 October. This has been necessary to avoid a clash with triathlon competitions running on Sunday morning. Lake Burley Griffin level to be dropped for maintenance At the NCA Lake Users Group meeting this morning the lake custodian announced a need to do maintenance work on a wharf that could only be done with a lower water level. Some time in the next 4 weeks the NCA is going to wait for a rain forecast and then drain 20cm from the lake. The maintenance work will be accomplished quickly and if the weather forecast is correct the lower water level should only be with us for a couple of days. NCA will advise when they propose to take this action, we thus should have a few days warning of the drop. The NCA warning will be circulated on receipt. Australian Masters Games – 20-22 Feb 2009 Rowing Victoria is running the rowing regatta for the AMG at Geelong. Entries are now open at the AMG web site.

The winner list has been changed to correct the WTT#2 winner. The fastest boats were listed instead of the winners on handicap. Presentations tomorrow morning at Yarralumla Bay. ACTAS NTC Time Trials The first of the ACT-based high performance time trials is to be held next weekend – Saturday 20 September from 07:00 to 08:00. Non-participants should keep out of the way between Yarralumla Bay and Kingston Boat Harbour during this time.

The presentation of prizes for this year’s winter time trial series will be held at 09:30 at Yarralumla Bay this Saturday, 13 September. Prize winners will be named on the ACTRA web site on Thursday 11 September.

The final start lists are here: Saturday; Sunday