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Changes to Pathways & Youth Development Camp

As we approach another week of uncertainty RACT have made the decision to shorten pathways/youth camp this weekend.

The camp will now run on Saturday 18th January 7.30-10am,
with an extra session from 10-10:30am for coxswains. There will NOT be any
sessions on Friday 17th or Sunday 19th.

Girls are to meet at CGGS shed for 7.30am and boys at
CGS. Please bring trainers, a water bottle and food for between sessions. Any
asthmatics must bring their puffers. If you are not an asthmatic, but the smoke
has been impacting your breathing in anyway, please let us know.

If you havn’t yet completed the forms, please send those
through asap.

Further training options will be discussed at a later
date.

Any queries please contact Renae on ractpathways@gmail.com or 0432 748
815.

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Rowing ACT statement on bushfires & Canberra conditions

Firstly our hearts go out to those who have been affected by the bushfires ravaging Australia, particularly south-eastern Australia. The devastation these bushfires have wrought across the country is truly heartbreaking and Rowing ACT will be working with Rowing Australia and other state rowing bodies to see what fundraising and support we can provide. Those wanting to donate to the relief effort can do so via the Red Cross at https://www.redcross.org.au/campaigns/disaster-relief-and-recovery-donate#donate. You can also donate goods via Givit at http://givit.org.au/.

Although bushfires
have not spread to the ACT so far, the smoke from surrounding bushfires has
meant our air quality has consistently been among the worst in the world over
the last few weeks. Rowing Australia has moved the Men’s National Training
Centre to Lake Barrington in Tasmania, and has closed their head office in
Yarralumla for the foreseeable future. Rowing ACT staff will work out of the
Rowing Australia building as conditions allow; we will still be available during
business hours via phone and email. Our High Performance camp has been moved
from Jindabyne to Sydney; we would like to thank those people from Jindabyne,
Rowing Victoria and Rowing NSW, as well as those from Mosman & Nagambie
Rowing Clubs, and the Queensland Academy of Sport, who have helped us with this
given the ever-changing conditions. Staff will continue to monitor conditions
with pathway camp and state team training details to come over the coming
weeks.

Given the poor air
quality (the Air Quality Index at Civic at 7am on 6 January was 1783, nearly 9
times the hazardous level), Rowing ACT recommends that people stay off the
water until conditions improve. Up-to-date air quality information can be found
on the ACT Health page at https://www.health.act.gov.au/about-our-health-system/population-health/environmental-monitoring/monitoring-and-regulating-air.
The poor air quality has meant that the AIS and ACTAS are periodically closing their
facilities; updates can be found on the ACTAS Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/actacademyofsport/,
and the AIS Aquatic & Fitness Centre Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/AISAquaticFitness/.
The AIS position statement on smoke pollution and exercise can be found at https://ais.gov.au/position_statements#smoke_pollution_and_exercise.
This position statement recommends rescheduling strenuous outdoor activities
when the AQI is over 100. Please ensure that the air quality is good enough for
any on or off-water activities you take part in.

Lake levels are also very low, meaning that if you do get
out on the water then you will need to keep a close eye out for submerged objects
that may now be close to the surface. Given the lack of serious rain forecast
for the immediate future & continuing poor air quality forecast, any clubs
or schools due to host rowing camps during January should contact the visiting
clubs or schools if they have not already done so and suggest alternative
venues.

Those concerned about the conditions in the ACT can keep
track of current alerts via the ACT Emergency Services Agency website at https://esa.act.gov.au/. We ask that
everyone stay safe during this time.

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State Team Coaches & Training Squad Announcement

We are excited to be able to announce the coaches and
training squads for the 2020 ACT State Team. There was a strong interest in
this year’s team, and this is something we hope to be able to build on into the
future.

I would like to thank our selectors Bruce Hick and Donna
Martin for their work.

The selected coaches are as follows:

Interstate Team Head Coach: Dave Fraumano
Senior Men’s Squad (King’s Cup & Penrith Cup) – Renae Domaschenz, Iain
Smith
Senior Women’s Squad (Queen’s Cup & Victoria Cup) – Nigel Harding
Youth Women’s Coach – Renae Domaschenz, Caroline Pijpers
Youth Men’s Coaches – Dave Fraumano, Mark Kwiatkowski

The squads have been named below. Please watch out for
further emails detailing the training arrangements.

Senior Men’s Squad (King’s Cup & Penrith Cup):

Tom Anglim Lagones

Caleb Antill

Tyron Boorman

William Clark

Harrison Glackin

Alex Grzeskowiak

Hamish Harding

William Hatcher

Cormac Hayes

Luke Letcher

Alexander Migdalias

Thomas Perry

Lachlan Stevenson

Nicholas Tanner

Senior Women’s Squad (Queen’s Cup & Victoria Cup):

Eleanor Barr

Ella Beniamini

Jerushah Bull

Sarah Connor

Sarah Edwards

Adair Ferguson

Bianca Gillett

Catherine Khan

Kerry Knowler

Alex Moylan

Jana Pretorius

Lilli Reardon

Louisa Ritchens

Sandra Sweeney

Katie Tagg

Jacqueline Williams

Coxswains:

Deanna Carscadden

Sarah Davoren

Renae Domaschenz

Vinhara Goonesekera

Selections for the single scullers and youth crews will be
announced in 2020 as per the selection documents.

Congratulations to all of those selected in the squads, and
best of luck in your preparations.

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School holiday rowing program

Capital Lakes Rowing Club is running a school holiday rowing program from January 13-24, 2020. Click here for more program information and click here to complete the registration form.

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Pathways & Youth Eights Nominations Open

Nominations for the Pathways Eights Program are now open. We are also re-opening nominations for the Youth Eights in the lead up to the first training camps happening at the start of December.

Pathways rowers must currently be attending Year 9, 10 or 11 at a Canberra School, while any rower under the age of 21 is able to nominate for the Youth program. Rowers may nominate for one or both of the programs.

See http://rowingact.org.au/state-team/ for more information & how to nominate.

The Pathway 8+ event is an interstate schoolboy/schoolgirl 8+ regatta held annually at Australian underage selection trials at the Sydney International Regatta Centre (In 2019 this event is currently scheduled around Easter  20th-23rd April, however exact dates will be confirmed in the new year). The aim of the pathway 8+ event is to expose school age rowers and coaches to the next level of rowing. It is a chance for young rowers to experience state selection processes, compete against their school age counterparts from around the country, to work with high level coaches and to encourage school rowers to make the next step in their rowing pathway. The pathway 8+ program involves them participating in regular development camps, state selection processes and crew experience outside their club/school program.

Any questions should be directed to hp@rowingact.org.au

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New Rowing ACT Head Coach announced

Rowing ACT has a new head coach, with successful school and
club coach Dave Fraumano to take the reigns from December.

Dave has a number of successes since beginning his coaching
career back in 2003. After starting at Mercantile Rowing Club, Dave has coached
local, interstate, and international crews, including the Men’s Lightweight
sculls at 2013 Under-23 World Championships and the Victorian Penrith Cup crew
from 2012-2015. He has also taken Mercantile crews to the Head of the Charles
in Boston, and the Henley Royal Regatta in the United Kingdom.

Since taking over as Head of Rowing at St Catherine’s School
in Toorak in 2012, Dave has built the rowing program into a local force. During
his time at St Catherine’s the Senior 1st VIII won the 2016
Championship, finished second in the 2018 event, and has featured in five out
of seven A finals at the Head of the Schoolgirls regatta. Dave holds a Master’s
degree in Sports Coaching from the University of Queensland.

Dave takes over from the late Nick Garratt. Nick passed away
suddenly in July, with Rowing ACT Assistant Coach Renae Domaschenz acting as
head coach since then. Rowing ACT would like to thank Renae for her efforts
during a difficult time after Nick’s passing; she will remain as Assistant
Coach. They would also like to thank Rowing Australia and the ACT Academy of
Sport for their help during the recruitment process.

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Rowing Victoria State Pathway Coordinator

Victorian Pathway Program (VPP), is the joint management committee of Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) and Rowing Victoria (RV) that delivers the pathway for rowing in Victoria.

RV is responsible for the overall management, promotion and development of the sport and represents nearly 90 affiliated rowing clubs and 8,000 competitive and recreational members throughout the state. VIS delivers athlete management to all categorised athletes identified in the pathway program.

The VPP is looking to appoint a full-time State Pathway Coordinator who will be directly responsible for the successful delivery of campaigns focusing on underage athlete and coach pathways and the development of underage activities.

This is a 12 month maternity leave replacement role commencing December/ January.

Please click here for more information via the job advert on the SportsPeople website.  https://www.sportspeople.com.au/jobs/61056-state-pathway-coordinator-rowing-victoria

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2020 Interstate Regatta Selection Policy & Process released

The 2020 Interstate Regatta selection policy and process has now been released and is available online here.

It is the Rowing ACT Board’s intention to maximise the ACT team’s presence at the regatta. While the priority consideration for selection will be potential performance in 2020, there may also be crews targeted in 2020 for their development potential over several years.

The Rowing ACT Board aspires to having an ACT Women’s Eight competing in the 2020 Interstate Regatta for the Queen’s Cup centenary. As such we encourage people to nominate for this and other events to provide us with the largest possible talent pool to choose from.

Nominations for the state team – including coxswains and coaches – close at 5pm on Friday 18 October, 2019. Nominations can be made via the link on the Team Selection Process document.

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New Rowing ACT Board

The Rowing ACT Board has been confirmed for 2019, with Ben
James and Catherine Garrington joining as appointed directors. They join Ben
Page and Kent Peters as new directors and Alison Creagh as the new president,
taking over from David Bagnall, Vince McMahon, Bill Mason and Catherine Bowyer.

Capital Lakes’ Catherine Bowyer remains heavily involved with local rowing administration, accepting the position as chair of the Regatta Sub-Committee. This committee will be asked to meet on a more regular basis than in past years, allowing local clubs and schools greater input into events and regattas. Capital Lakes will nominate a new club member to represent their views at Regatta Sub-Committee meetings.

The new Board members come with great skills and backgrounds. Catherine Garrington has been involved with rowing for a number of years both as an athlete with ANU and as a Boat Race Official (BRO). She is a FISA umpire, allowing her to officiate at international events.

Ben James is a current rowing parent who has been associated with rowing since learning to row at Brisbane’s Church of England Grammar School (Churchie) in 1982. Ben stroked their 1st VIII, was Captain of Rowing and rowed at the Queensland titles in 1986. He rowed at ADFA and was a member of the first ADFA crew to win the Disher Cup in 1989. Ben has spent many hours rowing on Lake Burley Griffin while training, competing in ACT Regattas or supporting from the sidelines and volunteering as a parent.

Ben Page is a Canberra man who has been rowing since his
school days at Marist College. A coach with both Marist and Canberra Grammar
School, Ben recently volunteered as the assistant team manager for the ADF
King’s Cup team at Henley earlier this year. Ben assists with ADFA Rowing Club
and is coordinating this year’s Disher Cup.

Kent Peters is another rowing parent, with his sons Ethan
and Jaedon transitioning from CGS to Canberra Rowing Club. Kent has volunteered
as a BRO in both Perth and Canberra, and will become the new Director of
Finance.

On behalf of Rowing ACT we would like to thank David, Vince,
and Bill for their service over many years. We would also like to thank
Catherine Bowyer for her time on the Board and congratulate her in her new role
as Chair of the Regatta Sub-Committee.

Rowing ACT would like to recognise and thank Tom Trobe for
his work chairing the Regatta Sub-Committee over the last two years and also
thank Alison Chinn for her significant work as Regatta Secretary over the last three
years.

The 2019 Rowing ACT Board is:
Alison Creagh (President, CRC/ADF Rowing), Alison Chinn (CRC), Ben James (CGS),
Ben Page (ADFA), Caroline Pijpers (CGGS), Catherine Garrington (BRO), Deb
Styman (LTRC), Kent Peters (CGS/BRO), Nick Hunter (ANUBC)

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Help Kat Ross be named World Para Rower of the Year!

After breaking the World Record and winning the Women’s PR2 Single Scull at this years World Championships, Kat now has the possibility of being named Para Rower of the Year. To help her with this, please go to the form below and fill in a nomination! If Kat wins this award, she would be the first Australian Para to win it multiple times!

https://worldrowingforms.wufoo.com/forms/2019-world-rowing-awards-para

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