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2025 Interstate Team Nominations Open

The Nominations for the 2025 Interstate and Pathways Teams are now open. The policy for Senior and Youth Team Members can be found here. This policy is the same as 2024.

The 2025 Senior and Youth Team Interstate Processes can be found here. The nominations for Senior Team Members close Friday 20th December 2024, whilst nominations for Youth Team Members close Wednesday 15th January 2025. Nominations for both teams may be made here

School Pathway Nominations

Nominations for the 2025 School Pathways Squad are also open. The policy for the Pathways Squad may be found here. The processes for the 2025 School Pathways Squad can be found here

Nominations for the School Pathways Squads are now open and will close on Wednesday 15 January 2025 at 5pm. Nominations may be made here.

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Agenda for the 60th Annual General Meeting of Rowing ACT Assoc. Incorporated

The Annual General Meeting will be held at 6:30pm, Tuesday 29th October 2024, at the Canberra Grammar School Rowing Centre. Please see the agenda and biographies of the nominees for the two elected director positions.

Agenda

Nominee Biographies

Annual Report

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Hiring! Events and Participation Officer

Rowing ACT is searching for an enthusiastic person to join our small team as an events and participation officer. The successful candidate would support the Executive Officer in the delivery of major events and stakeholder engagements, as well as the administration of the ACT Interstate Teams and other events.

For more information, interested individuals should head to the Job Description or email eo@rowingact.org.au

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Notice of the 60th Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting for Rowing ACT Association Inc. will be held on Tuesday 29th October at the Canberra Grammar School Rowing Centre, commencing at 6:30pm.

All members of the community are welcome to attend, although only one member per club or school may act as a voting proxy.

During this meeting, there will be two director positions for election. If you are interested in, or know of someone who would be a suitable nominee for an elected director position, please fill out the following form and email it to Sarah at eo@rowingact.org.au by close of business Monday 21st October 2024.

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Nikki Ayers PLY becomes the first Australian Paralympic Gold Medallist

We at Rowing ACT are so incredibly proud of our home grown legend, Nikki Ayers PLY who last night claimed Australian first ever Paralympic Gold Medal with double partner Jed Altschwager.

Nikki started from small beginnings here on Lake Burley Griffin with Capital Lakes Rowing Club Canberra and the ACT Academy of Sport not that many years ago, and we are so incredibly proud to have seen her grow to a Paralympic champion. From LBG to Nikki’s adopted training ground over with Rowing South Australia she and Jed have done the country proud.

Beyond the water, Nikki is true symbol of hope and achievement. She is an ambassador for Thrive with Pride, moonlights as a registered nurse when not smashing it as a paralympic rower and a great example of what determination and courage can lead to.

Nikki, all of Canberra is so very, very proud of you!

For more on Nikki and Jed’s incredible efforts, check out the Rowing Australia article on their race here.

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University Championships Competition Manager EOI

As many  would be aware, the Australian University Championships are being held in Canberra in September this year. 

Rowing ACT will be responsible for the management of the Rowing event, and as part of this, we are seeking Expressions of Interest for a paid role as Competition Manager to support the Executive Officer and Officials during the competition week. 

Interested individuals should send an email with their expression of interest to Kent Peters at president@rowingact.org.au

For more information, see the attached PD. Any questions, please do not hesitate to contact eo@rowingact.org.au

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Olympic Rowing Finals Live Site

Rowing ACT in collaboration with Rowing Australia will be hosting a Live Site for the Olympic Rowing Finals and we would like to invite our community to join us in celebrating our “Rowsellas” Olympic heroes. Show your Aussie pride and cheer on the Aussie team at the Dock in Kingston.

We anticipate that Final times will commence between 6:00pm-9:00pm, however, we share official times closer to racing, based on the official schedule, but make sure you put the following dates in your calendar:

  • Wednesday 31st July: Women’s quad finals
  • Thursday 1st August: Women’s Double Scull Finals and the Men’s and Women’s Four finals
  • Friday 2nd August: Men’s and Women’s Pair’s finals
  • Saturday 3rd August: Women’s Single final and Men’s and Women’s Eights finals

Rowing ACT and Rowing Australia would love to see as many of our community down at the Dock, joining in the Olympic Spirit. We encourage everyone to wear Rowing Blazers, Supporter Gear or  Green and Gold to show your support.

Please share amongst your club members and community.

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Paddle Australia Regatta – Lake Burley Griffin

With recent floods, Sydney International Regatta Centre is experiencing a severe algal bloom and as such Paddle Australia have relocated one of their Asia-Pacific regatta to Lake Burley Griffin. They will be running a competition on the Regatta course on Yarramundi Reach from Thursday 9th May – Saturday 11th May, with competition expected to start at 9am each day. Rowing ACT asks the community to avoid utilising the regatta course during their competition hours, and we will ensure to communicate the precise starting times where possible.

Paddle Australia will be utilising the Rowing ACT 1000m Start Platform, meaning that the platform will be moored on the 1000m start line for the duration of this competition. Lights will be attached to the platform for safety during the competition period, and we will do our best to ensure that the platform is moored in a safe location off the course as much as possible. Normal traffic flows will remain throughout this period.

Paddle Crews will training on Lake Burley Griffin from Monday 6th of May. Please keep an eye out for any crews during during training sessions (and welcome them to Canberra!).

Rowing ACT and Paddle Australia thank the community for your support. If anyone is interested in helping out, Paddle Australia has asked if we have anyone who could volunteer during the competition, which if you are available, we encourage you to help out. If you are available please get in contact with Sarah at eo@rowingact.org.au

If you have any issues, please don’t hesitate to get in contact with Sarah at eo@rowingact.org.au. 

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2024 Australian Rowing Championships Round Up

The 2024 Australian Rowing Championships in Sydney saw four ACT clubs send representatives up, being ANU, BMRC, CRC and CLRC along with 4 schools, being CGS, CGGS, Marist and Radford. A successful week in Sydney for all athletes and the ACT interstate team.

Our interstate team did the ACT proud, with 3 out of 5 crews taking home a medal. The challenge has been laid down to the ACT to see more crews take the field in the coming years.

This year in the Interstate crews, we introduced our representative numbers, to show our pride for all ACT crews past and present. In 2024:

Nikki Ayers PLY (#298) was once again the golden girl, taking home her 4th gold medal in the Interstate PR3 Women’s single, and 5th medal overall. She is the most successful PR3 Women’s single scull.

Stuart John (#360) has continued to go from strength to strength in the PR3 Men’s single, taking out 6th in the event.

Cara Grzeskowiak (#286) returned to the Interstate Women’s Single in a blaze of glory, claiming Bronze after 5 years away from the event. Her class and skills continues to shine bright.

Caleb Antill (#292) showed a return to form throughout the week and culminated his week with a bronze in the Interstate single.

The Interstate Men’s lightweight Four made a return to the course for the first time since 2019 with 4 new debutants being Ishan Shalliker (#364), Matthew Rickard (#365), Jonathan Adams (#366) and Alex Tomanonvits (#367) bringing home a classy 7th place.

Medals:

Gold:

  • Caleb Antill (ANU), OM 4x
  • Anneka Reardon (ANU) – OW LW 1x
  • Anneka Reardon (ANU) – OW LW 4x
  • Stuart John (ANU) – PR3 M 2-
  • Cormac Hayes (CRC) – MU23 2x
  • Nikki Ayers (CLRC) – PR3 W 1x
  • Nikki Ayers (CLRC) – PR3 Mix 2x
  • Harrison Braithwaite (Marist) – MU17 1x
  • Zara Turner (Radford) – SG 1x

Silver

  • Harry Glackin (CLRC), Cormac Hayes (CRC), Hamish Harding (ANU) – OM 4x
  • Sophie Jerapetritis and Alexandra Moylan (ANU) – Club W 2x
  • Stuart John (ANU) – PR3 Mixed 4+
  • Isabel King, Emily Walker, Samantha Burns, Eliza Lilley, Olivia Noonan (CGGS) – SG4x+
  • Connor Malouf, Angus Scott, Hamish Gaden, Hamish McKee, Cox: Izzy Faris (Radford) – SB 4x+

Bronze:

  • Catherine Khan, ANU – OW 1x
  • Anneka Reardon, ANU – OW 2x
  • Catherine Khan, ANU – OW 4x
  • Caleb Antill, ANU – OM 2x
  • Alex Perry-Dalton (ANU) – U23 W LW 4x
  • Jesse Rosin (CRC) – MU23 4x
  • Garvan Hayes, Charles Carter, Austin Bennie, Harrison Braithwaite, Cox: Theodore Campton (Marist) – SB 4x+
  • Connor Malouf, Angus Scott, Hamish Gaden, Hamish McKee, Cox: Izzy Faris (Radford) – SB 4x+ Sprint

A Finals:

ANU: Hamish Harding, OM 1x, Caleb Antill, OM 1x, Catherine Khan OW 2x, Hamish Harding OM 2x, Jonathan Adams– OM LW 1x, Ishan Shalliker and Max Reardon –  U23 LW M 2x, Alex Perry-Dalton – U23 LW 1x, Ishan Shalliker – U23 M LW 1x, Alex Perry-Dalton (ANU) – WU19 2x, Eloise Lambden and Bonnie Andrews – Club W 2x, Stuart John – PR3 M 1x, Stuart John – PR3 Mix 2x, Ishan Shalliker, Samuel Harrop, Jonathan Adams and Max Reardon – Uni M 4x Sprint; Sophie Jerapetritis, Eloise Lambden, Bonnie Andrews and Alexandra Moylan – OW 4x Sprint;

BMRC: Matthew Rickard and George Bowditch – OM LW 4x; George Bowditch and Matthew Rickard – MU23 LW 2x; George Bowditch – MU21 LW 1x;

CRC: Abby Rickards – WU23 4x, Cormac Hayes – MU23 1x, Abby Richards – WU23 LW 1x, Jesse Rosin – MU23 1x, Tahlia Turnbull – WU17 1x, Ben Haywood – SB 1x;

CGGS: Alex Perry-Dalton, Emily Walker, Samantha Burns, Eliza Lilley – WU19 4x; Elke Spiller, Mia Wyllie, Charlotte Bowen, Sophie Murphy, Heidi Bell – WU17 4x+; Alice Hincksman, Lucy Kordaris, Meg Story, Charlotte Bowen, Mia Wyllie, Elke Spiller, Grace Disney, Sophie Murphy, Cox: Heidi Bell – U17 SG 8+; Emily Walker, Isabel King, Samantha Burns, Eliza Lilley, Cox: Olivia Noonan – SG 4x+ Sprint;

CGS: Ralph Zhang, Magnus Dafter, Alexander Griffiths, Benjamin McGregor, Cox: Teniola Balogun – MU17 4x+; Aprillia Mitchell, Holly Howard, Imogen Horn, Hannah Griffiths, Cate Oliver, Madison Duncan, Estella Robertson, Jade Wilson, Cox: Chameesha Dayajeewa – SG 8+; Harry Budd, Nicolaas Van Der Walt, Cameron Schmidt, Dylan Outram, Cox: Timothy Robson – SB 4+;

CLRC: Harry Glackin – OM 2x;

Marist: Garvan Hayes – MU21 LW 1x;

Radford: Zara Turner  – WU19 1x; Joshua Miller, Rohan White, Hamish Gaden, Hamish McKee – MU19 4x;

ANU was our highest ranking club, placing third on the Club Point Score and 18th on the Medal tally. Marist College placed 11th on the School Boys point score whilst Canberra Girls Grammar sat in 13th place on the School Girls point score following the conclusion of racing.

Finally, we must acknowledge the umpires, staff, coaches and volunteers who all made the trek to Sydney for the week. It was particularly pleasing to see 2 of the ACT’s Level 3 umpires as part of the jury (Catherine Garrington and Jacqui Williams), whilst State Technical Official Sarah Connor also made the trip up, and in exciting news passed her Level 3 exam to join the jury at the end of the week.

Our small but mighty ACT contingent continued to show the strength that comes from the waters of Lake Burley Griffin. Congratulations to all.

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Level 2 Coaching Workshop

Rowing ACT is holding a level 2 coaching workshop as the practical portion of the Rowing Australia National Rowing Coaching Accreditation Level 2 course.

The workshop is include in the price of the course and individuals who have completed the online portion of the course can enrol for the workshop via this link

The course will take place on Sunday 7th April 2024 from 9am at the CGS Rowing Centre in Yarralumla.

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