Click below link to nominate.
The form will close after 5pm on the 13th of February 2015. No late nominations will be accepted.
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Rowing ACT has announced the process by which ACT State crews will be selected for the 2015 Australian Masters Rowing Championships. The Inter-state events are:
Women’s Eight
Women’s Quad
Men’s Eight
Men’s Quad
Nominees must nominate which boats they wish to be considered for selection prior to the close of entries on 13/2/2015.
Nominees will be required to complete a 1000m time trial on Saturday 21st February 2015.
Separate time trials/races will be conducted for quad scull nominees in single sculls and for eight oared nominees in coxless fours.
Time trials will be conducted prior to other events at the regatta. If less than eight crews (or scullers) nominate for any of the time trials, then they will be conducted as a straight selection race. No Masters handicaps will be applied, i.e. all crews (or scullers) will start together.
Nominees wishing to be considered for the quads must trial in single sculls.
Selection of the quads will be based on the rankings from the sculler trials, as well as ensuring each crew averages 50 years or greater at December 31, 2015.
Nominees wishing to be considered for the eights will trial in coxless fours.
The average age of the trialling fours must be 50 years or greater, and all crew members must have nominated and be available to compete in the state crew. The first two fours across the line will be selected as the state eight-oared crew. Crews averaging less than 50 years will not be considered for selection.
No substitutions will be allowed either at the selection time trial or after selection of the crew. Crew composition remains the responsibility of the selector up to and including race day.
The selection of coxswains will take into account the recommendation of the selected crew, past and present performance in training and competition, weight, and steering ability.
Email nominations close with actra@rowingact.org.au at 5pm on Friday 13th February 2015.
Nominees for ACT representative crews must be registered members of the Rowing ACT, and must agree to abide by the Rowing Australia Code of Conduct.
Over the January – February period several of our member clubs will be hosting interstate schools out of their facilities. These schools will be undertaking approximately week long rowing camps on Lake Burley Griffin.
Rowing ACT would like to remind host clubs that it is their responsibility to brief visiting school athletes and coaches on:
- The Lake Burley Griffin Safety Traffic Flow Rules – http://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/attachments/article/2739/Lake-Burley-Griffin-Safety-Traffic-Flow-Guide.pdf
- Coach Boat Etiquette on Lake Burley Griffin – http://rowingact.org.au/a-reminder-on-coaching-boat-etiquette/
Careful briefing of visiting clubs will significantly reduce the possibility of conflict between these school and the Rowing ACT community / other lake users.
The Bridge to Bridge rowing race is held annually as part of the Australia Day festivities in the National Capital.
The event is for mixed eights (4 men & 4 women) and runs from Kings Avenue Bridge, through Central Basin to Commonwealth Avenue Bridge. Many of the crews compete in fancy dress outfits.
The race start time will be 8.35am, from Kings Avenue Bridge.
The best viewing for spectators will be from the Central Basin foreshore between the High Court and the National Library buildings.
Entries are now open.
Pymble Ladies College will be visiting Canberra in January, and will be conducting time trials on Tuesday 13th January.
The initial trial on Yarramundi Reach is planned for 6.30-8am (2 lanes only), again from 10-11.30 and then 2.30-4pm.
The Association can not exclude other users of the lake from the course at these times but we would request that all club and school coaches minimise their wash to provide optimal conditions for Pymble in their trials.
We are aware that other schools will be conducting trials during that and later weeks. If all coaches make an effort to minimise their wash, and avoid the course if possible during these various selection time trials, we can all enjoy the best training conditions in Australia.
ACTAS will be conducting the fourth of its monthly NTC Time Trials this Friday and Saturday mornings. Details below
PLEASE GIVE WAY TO PARTICIPATING ATHLETES. THEY HAVE PERMISSION TO TAKE THE SHORTEST COURSE POSSIBLE.
Friday Time Trial – Small Boats:
Start – 7:00am
Course – Participating athletes will be trailing from the white poles (finish of the Winter TT Course) to Kingston Harbor between 7:00am and 7:45am.
Saturday Time Trial – ACT Crews in Big Boats:
Start – 7:00am
Course – Participating athletes will be trailing from the white poles (finish of the Winter TT Course) to Kingston Harbor between 7:00am and 7:45am.
All Rowers, Coxswains and Coaches wishing to nominate for the ACT Interstate Team to compete at the 2015 Australian Interstate Regatta must follow the newly published Rowing ACT Selection Policy along with the Rowing ACT Selection Process. See below links:
Rowing ACT – 2015 Interstate Regatta Selection Policy – 20141209
Rowing ACT – 2015 Interstate Regatta Selection Process – 20141209
The final regatta for 2014 started off with ideal conditions but, unfortunately, had to be stopped because of severe thunderstorm activity. Regatta 1 also had to be stopped because of severe winds. This has followed a couple of seasons where the weather has been more forgiving. We can only hope that the 2015 regattas will run smoothly.
Thanks to all who attended the regatta, particularly those from interstate.
Below are a mix of photos from the regatta, including some of our hard working Boat Race Officials. The images may be used by rowers and Clubs. If anyone would like to add photos, or you have concerns about a photo that has been posted, please contact news@rowingact.org.au.
At a General Meeting on 3 December Member Clubs passed a special resolution to replace the Constitution with new Rules.
The trigger to the change was a cross-sport governance review conducted by the Australian Sports Commission. The opportunity was then taken to modernise the constitution as its provisions did not contemplate a digital world including electronic commerce and the internet. There are many changes but some of the major ones are as follows.
- The Association is now known formally as Rowing ACT rather than the ACT Rowing Association.
- Plain English has been used and terminology significantly reduced.
- Some whole-of-sport objectives are recognised.
- The rights and obligations of members are spelt out.
- Boat Racing Officials are now Individual Members of the Association in their own right.
- The Committee has been replaced by a slightly larger Board.
- Only the President will now be directly elected. The two other officials, the Director of Finance and Secretary, will be elected by the Board.
- The President and Directors will serve two-year terms.
- Some Directors will be appointees of the Board to allow the Board to achieve diversity or fill skill requirements.
Yabbaguru interviewed our own Luke Letcher in line with its goal of promoting ACT sport and athletes on a cross-sport platform. Luke is an elite rower who started his rowing career at Radford College and was trained for some time by David Bagnall. You can find his interview here.
If you have a rowing story that would like to publish, here or on Yabba, you can submit to news@rowingact.org.au.