Archive for month: September, 2013

Rowing Australia, the ACT Academy of Sport (ACTAS) and Rowing ACT are pleased to announce that Andrew Randell has been appointed as ACTAS Head Coach and ACT Development Coordinator.

Andrew is currently the Director of Rowing and Head Coach at Prince Alfred College and the Adelaide Rowing Club. Prior to this Andrew worked predominately within high performance clubs and schools in NSW. He was involved in roles such as Director of Coaching at The King’s School, Technical Coordinator for Rowing NSW and Head Rowing/Technical Coach at NSWIS. In the past Andrew has also held the positions of Technical Director of Rowing and Head Coach of Heavy Weight Men at Sydney University Boat Club, Head Coach at Drummoyne Rowing Club and Director of Rowing at Sydney Grammar School.

Andrew has a Post Doctorate Fellowship in Exercise and Sports Science from the University of Sydney, a Doctorate of Philosophy in Medicine from the University of NSW, a Master of Science (Hons) from the University of Wollongong, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Canberra.

Andrew has held numerous National Team roles including Assistant Coach for the Australian Rowing Team at the Beijing Olympics, Head Coach of the Australian U23 team a number of times and a National Team Coach prior to that. He was also an Australian representative during his formative years.

Andrew spent many of his earlier years rowing in Canberra as a member of Canberra Rowing Club. He represented the ACT on several occasions in the Penrith Cup for lightweight fours.

Andrew indicated this morning he is looking forward to commencing in his new role. “I am very excited to be returning to my rowing roots. I see that the ACT rowing environment is a vibrant community and believe there is a lot of potential to build the program into the future. I am excited to see, and be involved in the development of all areas of rowing in the ACT including the school, club, elite and masters programs.”

After attending to the birth of his child towards the end of the year and finishing coaching duties in Adelaide, Andrew will commence his new role in early in 2014.

Until this time Ben Southwell will continue in his role as program caretaker and lead coach, a position he took up following Gordon Marcks’s transition to the National Rowing Centre of Excellence as head of Para-rowing.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Gordon for his many years of service and Ben for taking on his current role and ensuring services have continued for everyone currently involved in the ACTAS program.

We congratulate Andrew and look forward to working with him into the future.

This year’s Head of the Molonglo Marathon is to feature a similar course to last years, designed to test your endurance. The event will be conducted on Sunday 27th October starting at 7:30am.

Entries close 5pm Monday 21st October.

Categories and Course

View the HotM Course Map and Instructions

This years event features 4 Men’s and Women’s boat classes over a 10.2km course. Where 3 or more entries are received for one of the following boat classes the winning crew of the class will receive prizes.

• Men’s Open Eight
• Women’s Open Eight
• Masters Men’s Eight
• Masters Women’s Eight
• Men’s Club Coxless Quad Scull
• Women’s Club Coxless Quad Scull
• School Boy Coxed Quad Scull
• School Girl Coxed Quad Scull

Race Format

This years race will commence adjacent to the Water Police facility in Yarralumla and will conclude off the tip of Black Mountain Peninsular. The course is a challenging 10.2km lap including East, Central and West Basins. Crews will start in single file in order of boat class.

View the HotM Course Map and Instructions for further details.

Masters events will be handicapped as per the Rowing Australia handicapping rules. Crews with a higher average will start with a standard handicap multiplied by 10.2 (10.2km). For example a masters women’s grade G eight would start with a 6 minute and 17 second handicap over a grade A eight.

Seat Fee

A fee of $8.00 Inclusive of GST will applied to each seat. Coxswains are exempt.

Entries

Entries close 5pm Monday 21st October and are to be submitted by clubs via email to actra@rowingact.org.au. Clubs must insure they use the template entry form and include average age for masters eights.

Download the spread sheet template.

Lady Denman Drive Closure

Lady Denman Drive will be closed tomorrow to accommodate a cycle race passing through. Police will be managing rolling closures. It is expected access to Black Mountain Peninsular will be affected between 8:05am and 8:15am. Please note this is different to previously advertised closures as the Start time for the race was changed.

View or download the Saturday Start List.

View or download the Sunday Start List.

COURSE MAP

Note: The WTT Course has been slightly changed to allow a smoother turn onto the Yarramundi Reach course. Please note scullers and crews are advised that the marshal tinny at the turn onto the course will no longer provide a target for turning. The tinny will now roam with a safety priority.

View the Course Map

Please take the time to read the following information.

INSTRUCTIONS TO COMPETITORS

• Withdraws are to be emailed to actra@rowingact.org.au the night before each time trial.
• It is the responsibility of crews to ensure they are at the start on time (any crew who misses their allocated start time may be started at the end of the field). Crews should pay particular attention to the start time rather than boat number as some numbers may be missing.
• Clubs should ensure that scullers and crews have the skill and experience to complete the course under adverse weather conditions.
• Crews and scullers should take note of normal traffic rules on the way to the start.
• Slower crews should ensure that crews overtaking have space to pass on the most direct course.
• If you capsize during racing stay with your boat until a safety marshal arrives. Remember that your boat will float even when it is full of water.

BOW NUMBERS

Bow numbers will be available for collection from Black Mountain Rowing Club from 8am on Saturday.

OFFICIALS

Officials are required to meet at the Black Mountain Rowing Club at 8:45am on the morning of each trial for a briefing. Wherever possible bring a tinny and a megaphone.

Note: Following the publication of this notice the date for the October Time Trial has been revised from October 18 & 19 to October 25 & 26 to align with the Rowing Australia schedule. The ACTAS bulletin below has now been updated.

The format and dates for this season’s NTC time trials has now been confirmed. The dates have been uploaded to the Rowing ACT Event Calendar. For further details including changes this year, format and entries view the ACTAS bulletin.

The fifth and final of the Rowing ACT 2013 Winter Time Trials will be held on the 21stth and 22nd September 2013. The format of the event is singles and pairs on the Saturday, doubles, quads, fours and eights on Sunday. Please note that doubles will now longer be allowed to compete in Saturdays Time Trial.

Winter Time Trial Seat Fees remain at $6.60 inc GST.

The course is 3km long and runs from near the Governor Generals wharf, around a turning boat near the 1800m start, down Yarramundi Reach, around Kurrajong Point and up Tarcoola Reach finishing at the first of the white timber piles, opposite the AIS in Lotus Bay.

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.

Entries should be via your club and sent by email to James Hammond. Entries close at 10pm on the Friday preceding the time trial (September 13). Larger clubs may collate entries into the template spread sheet below.

Download the spread sheet template.