Bulletin 1 for the 2015 AMRC, to be held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre, is now out and includes the event list and the indicative race schedule. (see http://www.rowingnsw.asn.au/amrc/ or (https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/index.jsp?job_id=4043&org_id=0).

The new schedule is based on the principles developed through consultation with the masters community following the 2014 AMRC regatta.

An innovation at the 2014 AMRC was the introduction of the club medal for the first club crew across the line in each event for quads, fours and eights. This year the club medal will be extended to include doubles and pairs.

Also, as part of the 2015 AMRC regatta a new event is being introduced – the Single Club Eights (Mens and Womens).  The event will open to all age categories and will be raced with relevant handicaps. The requirement for each entry will be that the rowers and cox are all from one club. The event is expected to be hotly contested and make for some exciting finishes both for those rowing, and those barracking on the side lines!

If you have any ideas related to masters rowing in Australia that you think the Masters Rowing Commission may be able to help with, get in touch with the ACT representative on the Commission, Susan Linacre on sjlinacre@gmail.com. For those interested, the minutes of the monthly meetings of the Commission are available on the Rowing Australia Website.

Susan Linacre – 12/01/2015