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.
With great sadness, Rowing ACT acknowledges the passing of Dennis Hatcher, former Australian Rower and former ANUBC coach, on the 9th of June.
ANU Boat Club shared the following post:
Dennis’ health had deteriorated over the past year, and particularly the last two to three months.
Dennis had a distinguished career in rowing and Australian sport. He represented Australia at the World Rowing Championships in 1978 and 1979, winning a bronze medal in the lightweight eight in 1978.
He later became a national selector, co-selecting Australia’s World Championships teams from 1989 to 1994, and the Olympic team in 1992 which won Australia’s first Olympic rowing gold medals in 44 years.
Dennis’s working career included roles as a Deputy Director of the Australian Institute of Sport, Director of the Northern Territory Institute of Sport, and Director of Sport Science at the ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence in Qatar.
Dennis was the ANU Boat Club’s men’s squad coach in 2018, and coached the ANU student eight that toured China that year.
Our thoughts are with Dennis’ family at this time.
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.