Archive for year: 2008

The ISRA Regatta is being held on the Yarramundi Reach course next weekend, 23-24 February. The draw will be published within the next few days. Rowers not involved in the regatta are asked to keep clear, particularly since there will be many visiting crews. Daramalan College Regatta – call for entries The Daramalan College Regatta on 01 March is the last normal round regatta before the Australian Championships and ACT Championships. Entries for the regatta close with ACTRA next weekend – see your club for details. An event list can be seen here. ACT State Team Dinner – Friday, 22 February The ACT State Rowing Team Dinner is being held this coming Friday at the Southern Cross Club, Woden. An invitation can be found here. RSVP 19 February please.

A boat clash has required an adjustment to the draw.Division 1 of the MGB 2x event will move to 11:50. This means some races will start 5 minutes later than the previously advertised time. Timeliness for Event Starts – Bow Numbers Can all competitors please ensure they arrive at the start marshalling area at least 10 minutes before the advertised starting time of each event. Our boat race officials attempt to be lenient with late arrivals, but it is getting out of hand and making running the regattas difficult. You can expect to be disqualified more readily in the future. Also causing difficulties for our voluntary officials is the use of non-standard boat numbers, or no number at all. Please ensure you use a regulation colour and size number. These can be hired from the finish judging tent.

The results of last Saturday’s regatta can be seen here. ISRA Regatta – Call for Entries Entries are now open for the Independent Schools Rowing Association Regatta that is being held on Yarramundi Reach on 23 & 24 February. Entries close with ACTRA (through Rowing Manager) on 12 February. An event list is available here. Call for Nominations – Selection Panel for Australian Masters Rowing Championships Rowing ACT is seeking nominations for persons to make up the panel to select rowers and coxswains to compete at the 2008 Australian Masters Rowing Regatta in the Interstate events. Two selectors will make up the panel. Selectors must have a sound understanding of high performance rowing and knowledge of local rowers. They must be prepared to act in the best interest of the ACT rowing community and conduct a transparent selection. Please forward your nomination via by 5pm Wednesday 6th February to the Executive – Rowing ACT. Once the selectors are announced on Friday 8th February, crew nomination forms and selection policy will be circulated. Please contact ACTRA if you have any questions.

The second regatta bulletin for the Australian Rowing Championships has now been published on the regatta web site. The regatta is being held at the regatta centre Penrith, NSW.

A Kayaking Gran Prix is taking place on Saturday 19th January from 10:00 till sundown and then Sunday 20th January from 07:00 until 15:00 on the rowing course from the 1800 m mark to the 500 m mark. The rowing course and Weston Park have been booked for these times and there will be at least 8 large hard-plastic buoys and the two pontoons on the course for the duration of the event. Rowers using the course outside of these times are warned to keep a sharp lookout for these obstacles as hitting them may cause harm. For those users of the lake who are interested, most of the participants in the Grand Prix are Olympic 2008 hopefuls so this event gives Canberrans a unique opportunity to see Australias top paddlers in action. Lake Burley Griffin rowing traffic poster and water safety guidelines coming soon A newly revised rowing traffic poster and complementary water safety guidelines will be published shortly. Drafts of these documents were incorrectly published on this site on Monday.