The Regatta Sub-Committee will meet on Tuesday August 6 to finalise the regatta calendar and order of events for the 2019/20 Rowing ACT season.
Click here for the agenda and information on what is being proposed. Any comments should go to your club representative in the first instance.
Funeral Details for Nick Garratt AM
Rowing Family, Nick’s funeral will be held on Thursday 18 July at 3pm at Norwood Park Crematorium, 65 Sandford Street, Mitchell, Canberra, ACT 2911. Dress code is relaxed.
The wake will be held at Thoroughbred Park – ‘Silks Room’, 1 Randwick Road, Lyneham from 4:30pm
In lieu of flowers, Nick’s family have asked for donations to be made to the Heart Foundation, with a link here for people to donate: https://heartfoundationinmemoriam.everydayhero.com/au/in-honour-of-nick-garratt-am
VALE NICK GARRATT
AM 1947 – 2019
It is with much sadness to advise that Rowing ACT head coach
Nicholas (Nick) Garratt AM passed away today.
Not only was Nick respected both nationally and
internationally, his work ethic and character were widely valued and admired. Nick was friendly, calm and collegiate with a
good sense of humour.
As our head coach and a member of the ACT rowing community
for the last few years the loss is personal to many of us including the current
cohort of elite rowers. He inspired many
youngsters […]
THE Rowing ACT 2019/20 draft regatta calendar is now available for comment. Should you have any concerns or comments regarding this calendar, please contact us at eo@rowingact.org.au.
Click here for the draft calendar.
It is with great sadness that Rowing ACT advise of the passing of Life Member Dr Bob Porra last week.
Bob was a member of the Executive Committee of the ACT Rowing Association from 1976 to 1984 as Honorary Secretary, Senior Vice President and President (1980-81).
He was a major contributor to
administration of rowing in the ACT across the full range of its
activities. These contributions included a major review of the governance
of ACTRA leading to adoption of a new constitution and incorporation in
1977. He took the lead in advancing well considered […]
Great news from Rowing Australia, with a number of ACT rowers selected in national squads!
Nikki Ayers (CLRC) and Kathryn Ross (ANU) are the women’s PR3 and PR2 single scullers for the 2019 FISA Para-Rowing Regatta, while Renae Domaschenz (ANU) will cox the PR3 mixed coxed four. (https://rowingaustralia.com.au/…/final-crews-confirmed-for…/)
ANU’s Jilly Roberts and Nathan Kennedy are both selected in the lightweight pair and double respectively for the 2019 World Rowing Under-23 Championships, which will be held in Florida in July. They’ll be familiar with their coach too, with Nick Garratt coaching both crews in the lead-up. (
Cameron is a friendly and energetic 20 year old who is an outdoors adventurer. He is a bushwalker, cyclist, rock climber and has a goal to become a competitive rower in local regattas. He is also keen to form friendships with fellow club members and join them on weekends away at rowing events.
We are looking for a rowing coach who will build Cameron’s rowing skills, develop valued roles for Cameron where he can give back to his club and foster relationships between Cameron and other club members.
The Role:
● 6 – 12 hours per week
[…]
Speedy Single Sculls seal spots
FIVE ACT rowers sealed finals berths in their single scull categories on Day 3 of the Sydney International Rowing Regatta (SIRR) in Penrith. Caleb Antill, Hamish Harding, Harry Glackin, and Nicola Greenland joined Nathan Kennedy and Jilly Roberts in their respective A Finals held tomorrow (Thursday).
Not that medalling will be easy for any of the rowers, particularly in the open men’s single sculls. ANU’s Caleb Antill won his semi-final by 1.76s over his double scull partner David Watts; Caleb’s time of 6:55.64 was just under a second behind the winner of the other semi-final. […]
This is a new position with the Australian National University Boat Club. The Coaching Coordinator will be responsible for leading the delivery of the club’s technical and coaching strategy. The Coordinator will be a team leader of the club’s volunteer-based coaching team to ensure a consistent coaching approach at all levels of the club, from novice through to high performance.
We are seeking an applicant who has the capacity to lead and manage the program and continue to build on our successes: