Congratulations to all our Rowers who headed up to Sydney to compete in the 2023 Australian Masters Rowing Championships this past week. The ACT had athletes competing from ANU Boat Club, Black Mountain Rowing Club, Canberra Rowing Club and the ADF Rowing Club – a strong contingent to represent our territory!
ANU was the best of the ACT clubs coming in at 20th on the medal tally and 3.5 golds in the bag. ADF and Black Mountain both took home some bling but it was in the interstate where the ACT shone.
Three crews, all claiming a podium position is a great result for our small state. Stuart John started us off well, taking home a silver in the PR3 Men’s Masters Single – a strong row from Stu! Sue Donoghue stormed out of the gate to take home the gold in clear water, making that back-to-back for Sue! Our Women’s quad was strong off the blocks and was leading through the 500m but was pipped by Victoria to take home a strong silver.
We are very proud of all the ACT crews, and every athlete who participated over the weekend. Well done to all!
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Rowing ACT is excited to announce the crews that will be representing the ACT at the Australian Masters Rowing Championships in Sydney early next month. These crews been working hard for the past few months and we are excited to see them compete!
Our Masters PR3 Men’s Single will be contested by Stuart John who is looking to upgrade his fourth from last year into podium position. Stuart also represented the ACT at the Australian Rowing Championships earlier this year, so his ACT pride will be on display loud and proud!
Our Masters PR3 Women’s Single is defending champion Sue Donoghue – can she go back to back?
Finally our Masters Women’s Quad is looking strong with Adair Ferguson coming back from last year’s strong 4th place crew, whilst Dearne Grant makes her return to the crew after a year off, and Zoe Lynam and Jane Clews helping to make a highly competitive boat!
Congratulations to the ACT School’s Pathway’s Eights who competed in Sydney last week at the Rowing Australia School’s Pathways Regatta! Both crews represented the ACT with distinction and should be very proud of their efforts.
The Pathways Regatta is held consecutively with the Rowing Australia Under 19 Trials and sees the best school rowers compete head to head for the pride of their state. The two ACT Eights both made A finals, and rowed fantastically across the 2 days of competition.
Thursday afternoon saw the eights on the course for their heats, with the women’s crew of Holly Howard, Zoe Macintosh, Jade Wilson, Sophie Mckay, Emily Walker, Ash Watts, Madison Duncan, Imogen Lang and Cox, Amelia Mukherjee take out second place in a fiercely contested heat, whilst the men’s crew of Harry Budd, Austin Bennie, Elliot Jallier, Luke Jallier, Connor Malouf, Rohan White, Dylan Outram, Jamie Bjerregaard and Cox Jack Mcdonald hold onto third in their heat, scrapping through to the final.
Thursday night was the annual pathways dinner, a long standing Rowing Australia tradition that encourages all states athlete’s to mingle and make new friends! Guest speaker Tara Rigney spoke about the hardships of rowing, how she bounces back (even after falling in at Nationals!) and feeling starstruck meeting Ash Barty at the Olympics!
Friday morning was the finals, and both crews performed spectacularly! The Women’s eight had a flying start to finish 4th, just off the podium whilst the Men’s crew had a battle with Victoria in the final 500m and came up short by a seat to finish 5th.
All crews should be proud of their efforts, and the way they held themselves whilst representing the ACT. A massive thanks to our coaches, Sarah Peterswald, Caroline Pijpers, Riley Taylor and William Hatcher, with additional thanks to the Rowing ACT staff, Tom Creber and Sarah Davoren who supported the team.
Final congratulations to our two Under 19 trialists, Darcy James and Jesse Rosin who rowed fantastically in the singles on Thursday, with Darcy finishing second in the B final and Jesse taking out second in the A final.
Good luck to the following crews who will be competing in Sydney at the Rowing Australia School’s Pathways Regatta, which is part of the Under 19 Australian Team trials.
Women’s Pathway’s Eight:
Holly Howard
Zoe Macintosh
Jade Wilson
Sophie mckay
Emily walker
Ash watts
Madison duncan
Imogen lang
Cox: Amelia Mukherjee
Coaches:
Sarah Peterswald
Caroline Pijpers
Men’s School’s Pathways Eight:
Harry Budd
Austin Bennie
Elliot Jallier
Luke Jallier
Connor Malouf
Rohan White
Dylan Outram
Jamie Bjerregaard
Cox: Jack Mcdonald
coaches:
William Hatcher
Riley Taylor
Further good luck to the ACT athletes competing in the Under 19 Trials!
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Rowing ACT is excited to announcement the Senior Squads for the ACT Interstate Crews that will compete at the Interstate Regatta at the 2023 Australian Rowing Championships in Perth, WA. Final crews will be announced closer to the event.
A reminder that Youth and Pathway Team nominations remain open until Wednesday the 25th of January
The 2023 Masters Selection Policy and nomination are now open via the link below. For any questions, please contact Sarah at masterscoord@rowingact.org.au
Rowing ACT is pleased to launch blazers that can be purchased by members of the community. The blazers are custom made by Noone, and feature a royal blue blazer, with gold, black and blue piping, with the Rowing ACT logo embroidered on the breast pocket. The blazers come in a unisex fit.
Blazers are able to be purchased by ACT Interstate (including Masters) Team Members (past and present), ACT Olympians and Paralympians (past and present), Boat Race Officials, Board Members, Staff and Life Members.
For past and former ACT Interstate (including Masters) Team Members, the Rowing ACT logo can be replaced with the ACT Crest if desired. This pocket will be affixed once the blazers have been delivered.
The blazers can also be embroidered with significant achievements in rowing. Full details on embroidery are included on the attached Rowing ACT Blazer Policy, which has been approved by the Board.
The cost of blazers are $319 which is to be paid to Rowing ACT prior to the order being confirmed. Anyone interested in purchasing a blazer is asked to provide the following to eo@rowingact.org.au by 21 October. Delivery of the blazers is anticipated in January 2023.
Name:
Email Address:
Size:
Breast Pocket: Rowing ACT logo or ACT Crest (past members of the ACT Interstate/Masters Interstate Team only)
Embroidery (please provide details of all embroidery – embroidery to be arranged on delivery of the blazes and invoiced separately):
Congratulations to the ACT School Boy and School Girl Crews who competed in the Rowing Australia Pathways Competition over Sunday the 1st and Monday the 2nd of May.
Both Crews represented their state and schools with pride, with the School Boy eight making the A Final on Monday.
ACT’s Rebecca Jones on the podium. Copyright Rowing ACT/Sarah Davoren
The ACT had a huge contingent of clubs, schools, athletes, coaches and supporters make their way down to Nagambie for the 2022 Australian Rowing Championships. Athletes from ANU Boat Club Canberra Grammar School Canberra Rowing Club Canberra Girls Grammar School Marist College Canberra Radford Sport Daramalan College and Orana Steiner School competed across the week of the 28th of March through till the 3rd of April. Congratulations to ANU Boat Club who were 5th on the medal tally at the end of the week and to all our medal winners.
Nikki Greenland in the Women’s Interstate Single. Copyright Rowing ACT/Sarah Davoren
Interstate Results: Nick Neales – Men’s PR3 Interstate Single 🥇 Gold
Rebecca Jones – Women’s PR3 Interstate Single 🥉 Bronze
Caleb Antill – Men’s Interstate Single 🥈 Silver
Nikki Greenland – Women’s Interstate Single – Fourth
Damien Schroder, Rafael Priest, Ethan Toscan, Hamish Roberts, Jake Scheman-Roberts, Will Gregory, Cormac Hayes, Chris Bush, Cox: Ben Heatley – Men’s Youth Eight – 6th
Rowing ACT has elected to reopen nominations for the Masters Men’s and Women’s Interstate Eights as advertised on social media.
With the announcement of the move of the 2022 Australian Masters Rowing Championships from Western Australia to Ballarat, Rowing ACT is looking to see if it is possible to boat a Men’s and Women’s eight in addition to already selected crews.
Currently there are 7 nominees for the men’s eight, 4 nominees for the women’s eight and 1 nominee for coxswains. If you there is anyone within your club who would be interested in nominating for these crews or have any questions about nominating, please ask them to email Sarah via masterscoord@rowingact.org.au
Nominations will remain open until Friday the 11th of March.
