Archive for month: April, 2012

This morning Rowing Australia announced the 2012 Australian Senior A Non-Olympic crews and the 2012 Australian Under 23 Teams.

Rowing ACT congratulates all athletes named in the crews, and wishes them the best of luck particularly Angus Moore in the men’s eight and manager Bob Cook, both of whom are from the ACT. Bob’s selection as manager of this team compliments that of his daughter Sarah, who was announced recently as a member of the Australian women’s eight who will attempt to qualify their boat for the Olympics.

Rowing Australia announced today the 2012 Australian Junior Rowing Team following the conclusion of the recent selection trials conducted at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

The team will compete at the Junior World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from 15th – 19th August.

Congratulations to ACT’s Luke Letcher who made the Australian Junior Men’s Quad Scull crew to compete in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from 15th – 19th August and we wish him the best of luck at the World Championship regatta.

The other members of the crew are Riley Lum (SA), Daniel Whitehead (NSW), and Harry Jones (Qld). The crew will be coached by Peter Kupcis (Victoria).

Luke’s selection follows on from his success at the National Regatta when he won the Championship Under 19 Single Sculls, was a member of the winning Under 19 Quad Sculls and was also a member of third placed Schoolboy Quad.

Luke continued his dominant form from the National regatta through the selection trials, and his crew has enormous potential to challenge the Europeans if the crew can combine well. Luke will continue training in Canberra, with the crew coming together at several training camps prior to their departure.

Rowing ACT is seeking nominations from Masters Athletes wishing to be considered for the 2012 ACT Rowing Team to compete at the 2012 Australian Masters Rowing Championships. This year’s Championships will be held in Ballarat between the 22th and 27th May.

If you are interested in competing in any of the following boat classes please complete a ” nomination form “:file_download/233 nomination form and email to davidbagnall7@gmail.com as James is now on leave. All nominations recieved to date (13/4/12 1656) have been passed to David.

Interstate Men’s Masters D Eight
Interstate Women’s Masters D Eight
Interstate Men’s Masters D Coxless Quad
Interstate Womens’s Masters D Coxless Quad

We are now nearing the end of the pontoon acquisition project. Ecoway have over the last week completed the installation of the three Connect-A-Dock pontoons. Two have been fitted on the Western side of Yarralumla Bay and the other in Jerrabomberra Creek to help facilitate access to the lower lake for a number of clubs.

We would like to thank all those who have made contributions to the project. Firstly to the ACT Government Department of Sport and Recreation for significantly assisting with the purchase. Also to the NCA for their contribution to the installation and approvals. To Doug Lumsden of Space Saver Rowing Systems for spending many late nights negotiating with the American suppliers. And finally all those who assisted with the unloading and construction of the pontoons.

Thanks you to all involved. We hope those using them temporarily and well into the future enjoy them.

The dates for the 2012 Winter Time Trial Series are now available. We look forward to seeing you out in the cold.

# 19th & 20th May
# 16th & 17th June
# 28th & 29th July
# 18th & 19th August
# 8th & 9th September

Please note this year entries for each Winter Time Trial will close at 9pm on the Friday preceding the time trial.

The format of the event is singles and pairs on the Saturday, doubles, quads, fours and eights on Sunday. Rowing ACT is willing to accept double entries on Saturday, however crews must be early novice. Clubs need to be aware these crews will NOT be competing in any official category and will not be awarded prize or point score rewards.

The series winner for each category of boat is determined by a point score based on handicap times. Crews/scullers receive one point for each race they complete, plus one point for each opponent in that race that they beat on handicap time. Crews can accumulate series points provided they do not change more than 25% of their crew from one time trial to the next.