The Order of Events for the ACT Rowing Championships can be found here.

• Heats and finals will be run for all events. Heats will be held in the morning with finals in the afternoon. Finals will be conducted in the order indicated in the order of events. Only A Finals will be conducted. Heats will be held in the morning for events with more than 6 entries, all others will be straight finals in the afternoon.
• The Order of Events can not be changed to accommodate rowers wishing to enter conflicting events.
• Entries will close in ROMS at 6pm on Sunday 18th March. Entries can only be made by club’s, not individuals.
• All Masters events will be run on Rowing Australia handicaps. These handicap times can be found on pages 178 182 of the Rowing Australia rules. Depending on the number of entries received for each event, the races will be divided up into age groups. That is, if there are only 6 crews entered across all age groups, then only one race will be held. If there are 12 crews entered, then 2 races will be held with the lowest handicap times in one race and the largest handicap times in the second race.
• Schoolboys events will not be Championship events these will be held the following weekend at the Federal Head of the Lake Regatta.
• There are double points for championship events.

Temporary Lake Closure – Saturday, 10 March Central Basin of Lake Burley Griffin is closed all day next Saturday (0600-2300hrs) for the fireworks preparation and then display. A good excuse to go to Nagambie for the Australian Rowing Championships! 150 Years of Rowing – A Sports Science Presentation An interesting presention on the progressive increase in boat speeds over the last 150 years or so can be found here.