Rowing ACT Newsletter April 2011

Rowing ACT April 2011

2011 2011 National U17 Eight Champions Canberra Grammar School National U23 Single Scull Champion Amy Fowler

2011 National U23 Single Scull 2011 National Schoolboy Quad Champions Radford College Champion Nic Barnier

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2011 Australian National Rowing Championships

Canberra Rowing crews romped home with four Golds and one Bronze from the 2011 Australian Rowing Championships in Adelaide. Canberras’ best rowers also won two Golds, two Silvers and two Bronze medals in composite crews from other States/Territories.

Amy Fowler and Nicholas Barnier both won their Under 23 Championship Single Sculling events with Amy Fowler also coming first in the Women’s’ Open Quad Scull where she teamed up with a Sydney University composite team and the Women’s under 23 Eight. As well as being the Under 23 Single Champion Nic Barnier, joined Angus Moore to get a Bronze in the Under 23 Double Men’s Scull.

The Radford College crew of Kieren Northam, Luke Letcher, Alex Stuchberry, Jordan Davies and cox Marni Mount won Gold in the Schoolboy Coxed Quad Scull and Canberra Grammar School won the Under17 Schoolboy Eight with a crew of Conor Burdette, Emmanuel Drakakis, Andrew Robertson, Robert Campbell, Philip Zhu, Caleb Antill, Charlie Mackenzie, Nicholas del Rio and cox Edward Smith‐ Roberts.

See other results for ACT rowers at the bottom of the newsletter.

1st Amy Fowler Under 23 Women’s Scull Canberra Rowing Club

1st Nicholas Barnier Under 23 Men’s Single Scull Canberra Rowing Club

1st Kieren Northam, Luke Schoolboy Coxed Quad Scull Radford College Letcher, Alex Stuchberry, Jordan Davies; Cox Marni Mount

1st Conor Burdette, Emmanuel Schoolboy Under17 Schoolboy Canberra Grammar School Drakakis, Andrew Eight Robertson, Robert Campbell, Philip Zhu, Caleb Antill, Charlie Mackenzie, Nicholas del Rio, Cox Edward Smith-Roberts

3rd Angus Moore & Nicholas Under 23 Men’s Double Scull Canberra Rowing Club Barnier

ACT members of composite crews 1st Four: Amy Fowler Under 23 Women’s Eight Bunbury Composite 1st Two: Amy fowler Open Women’s Quad Scull Sydney Uni Composite 2nd Three: Rhiannon Hughes Under 23 Quad Scull Uni QLD Composite 2nd Three: Sorelle Bowman Open Women’s Quad Commercial composite 3rd Bow: Sarah Cook Open Women’s Double Scull Sydney/ QLD uni 3rd Bow: Dylan Conolan Open Men’s Lightweight Quad Mercantile, ANU composite

Rowing ACT April 2011 Dear Rowing Community Some major changes have occurred since the end of the local regatta season. The most significant of these is James Hammond starting as our Administrative and Development Officer. I am sure that James will contribute significantly to the growth and development of rowing. He can be contacted on his mobile (0421404510) or at [email protected]

James’ first task has been to call for nominations for selectors, coaches and rowers for the ACT Youth Cup crews. Further information is on the RACT website (http://www.rowingact.org.au/). The notice includes a call for a nomination for a Chair of Selectors whose role is to build an ACT team culture, and to provide the principal contact for ACT Youth and Senior athletes and the RACT committee. The appointee will drive the squad preparation and training through the winter and the local season through his/her coordination of the ACT’s Youth and Senior representative squad coaches. Tenure is preferable for a period of 2‐3 years. The appointment of a Chair of Selectors follows on from consultation with coaches, athletes and clubs led by Sarah Cook, the ACT member of the RA Athlete’s Commission, and Olympic rower. I thank Sarah for her efforts in coordinating the review of the ACT state representative crews at the 2011 Inter‐State Regatta.

Another major change for the Association is that the RACT Office returns to Sports House at 100 Maitland Street Hackett. We are grateful to ACTSport, and ACT Croquet for offering to share their office with RACT. Sports House has good facilities for meetings, and also provides an opportunity to network with other sports.

At the completion of the summer season, I would like to thank all our Boat Race Officials for their substantial contribution. The BROs had to manage regattas following the loss of the buoyed course, and this was challenging. I congratulate them on helping us have a very good season.

The innovation that we trialed on regatta days with reverse traffic flow was a success. I have received many positive reviews of this change, and thank all of you for that feedback. We will be adopting reverse traffic flows for all regattas in the future.

The season was also a success with limited disruption due to windy weather or blue green algae. Hopefully these environmental challenges will not jeopardize the viability of our sport as they have recently.

Looking forward; various Masters’ crews are training for both the NSW and National Masters’ Regattas, and we in the ACT host the Winter Time Trials (WTT) across the Winter and Spring Months. The dates for a couple of these WTT events have changed to avoid clashes with other regattas so check the RACT Calendar to confirm you have the correct dates in your diary.

Enjoy your training, and see you on the water. David Bagnall

Congratulations to Nick Barnier, Angus Moore, Amy Fowler and Sarah Cook who have just been participating in the National Selection Trials in Sydney. They have all been selected to be in Australian crews. Nick has been selected in the Under 23 Men’s quad scull, Angus in the Under 23 Men’s Coxed Eight and Amy in the Under 23 Women’s Quad Scull to contest the 2011 World Under 23 Championships in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Sarah will be representing Australian in the Women’s Quad Scull at the 2011 World Championships – the top 7 crews qualify for the 2012 Olympics.

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Interview with Sarah Cook Sarah Cook is excited to be rowing in the Australian Women's Quad Scull at the World Championships in Bled, Slovenia. Although this is the first time that Sarah has been selected in a sculling boat in the Senior A team, she has been a member of the various Australian sweep crews over the previous seven seasons. Although the initial transition from sweep to sculling was challenging, Sarah is looking forward to the quad, a boat that she believes that she is physiologically suited to. The crew includes International medalists Brooke Pratley and Sally Keogh, and is stroked by the stroke of the National Champion Women's Quad, Amy Ives. Sarah observed that when the crew boated last Friday for their first ever row together, they had good combination. They posted one of the top prognostic times of all the various potential Australian crews on that first row at the National Selection Trials. When in Australia, the crew will principally train in Canberra, under coach Jason Lane, from South Australia. The crew will have an extended 3 month European tour that will include competition at the Henley Royal Regatta in England (June 29– July 3) and World Cup 3 in Lucerne, Switzerland (July 8–10), before attending a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport’s European Training Centre in Varese, Italy ahead of the 2011 World Rowing Championships.

Radford College Schoolboy Quad Scull March ACTSport Konica Team Sportstar of the Month

The Radford College Quad Scull have been awarded the hotly contested ACTSport Team sportstar of the Month for March. ‘The Crew of Kieren Northam, Luke Letcher, Alex Stutchbery, Jordan Davies and Coxswain Marni Mount has been undefeated in 2011, winning not only the National Champion Schoolboy Quad Scull of Australia in Adelaide in March, but also the NSW, the ACT, the Independent Schools and the NSW Rowing Association Head of the River Championships against the very best rowers of their ages across the country. Radford are the undisputed best Australian school crew in the quad scull and have won all of their races in the quad by a clear margin’. http://actsport.com.au/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=24&tx_ttnews[backPid] =1&cHash=9415968833

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Black Mountain Rowing Club held an end of the season celebration and recognition of the efforts of the BROs and those repairing and maintaining the course (Buoy Boys‐ right). Thank you for all your hard work!

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ACT Champs has big sendoff with International guests! Chris Polyichanin

Some calm but wet conditions presented for the 2 days of the ACT Championship Regatta for 2011. Well done to Radford School for overall points score for the Regatta with minor premiers Canberra RC in 2nd and Canberra Boys Grammar School in 3rd.

The results for the premier events in the Open Championship categories (and RowingACT Trophies) as follows:

Women’s Open Championship 1x – GOLD Rhiannon Hughes Canberra RC, SILVER and BRONZE Korean National Team Women’s Open Championship 2x – GOLD Korean National Team, SILVER and BRONZE Canberra RC Women’s Open Championship 4x – GOLD Canberra RC, SILVER ANU Boat Club, BRONZE Black Mountain RC Women’s Open Championship 8+ ‐ GOLD Canberra Girls Grammar School, SILVER Canberra Rowing Club, BRONZE Canberra Girls Grammar School Men’s Open Championship 1x – GOLD Nick Barnier (Canberra RC), SILVER Korean National Team BRONZE Jo Gubler (Canberra RC) Men’s Open Championship 2x – GOLD Canberra RC, SILVER and BRONZE Korean National Team Men’s Open Championship 2 ‐ GOLD Canberra RC, SILVER ANU Boat Club/Lake Tuggeranong RC composite, BRONZE Canberra RC Men’s Open Championship 4 ‐ “Banjo Cup” Trophy race ‐ GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE Canberra RC Men’s Open Championship 8+ ‐ “Uriarra Cup’ ‐ GOLD Canberra RC, SILVER Canberra Boys Grammar School #2, BRONZE ANU Boat Club / Lake Tuggeranong RC composite

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ACT at the Australian National Championships Regatta! Chris Polyichanin Congratulations to all competitors representing their local Schools, Clubs and the ACT for a terrific week at West Lakes. A terrific cluster of results ranging across so many categories of age and boat to show strong depth and culminating the strong efforts of coaches and crews on the LBG! One of the most successful showings for the National regatta from the ACT in many years, with even local rowing club CRC ranked in the top 10 Clubs from the country. Wonderful too to see the ACT field in the King’s Cup Open 8 race at the Interstate regatta (first showing in over 4 years) to generate significant excitement on and off the water! Well done to staff and support teams for coaching and coordinating such a large contingent. Particular mention to Gordon Marks (ACTAS) and Dafydd Gwynn‐Jones (CGGS) for getting us all there and back with the trailers in addition to a heavy program of coaching! Many commendable results from the regatta, with highlights (names of interstate competitors in composite entries not listed) of medals and those progressing to Finals including (in order of racing):

U23 Women’s Single Scull – GOLD – Amy Fowler (CRC) and FIFTH (B Final) Sorelle Bowman (CRC) U23 Men’s Single Scull – GOLD – Nick Barnier (CRC) and SIXTH Angus Moore (CRC) U23 Women’s Coxless Pairs – SIXTH (B Final) – Chistabelle Northam (ANU) U23 Men’s Lightweight Single Scull – SECOND (B Final) Jo Gubler (CRC) and FIFTH (B Final) Dylan Conolan (ANU) U23 Women’s Double Scull – FOURTH Sorelle Bowman (CRC) U23 Men’s Double Scull – BRONZE – Nick Barnier (CRC) / Angus Moore (CRC) and SIXTH Dave Wright (ANU) Under 19 Coxless Pairs – SIXTH (B Final) – Oliver Howse / Jonathon Peake Open Women’s Coxless Four – SILVER – Rhiannon Hughes (CRC) U23 Women’s Coxless Quad Scull – SILVER – Sorelle Bowman (CRC) and FIFTH Imogen Cowan (CRC) / Maddy van Ewyk (CRC) Open Women’s Coxless Quad Scull – GOLD – Amy Fowler (CRC) and FIFTH Rhiannon Hughes (CRC) U23 Men’s Coxless Quad Scull – BRONZE – Nick Barnier (CRC) / Angus Moore (CRC) U23 Women’s Eight – GOLD – Amy Fowler (CRC) and SIXTH Sorelle Bowman (CRC) Open Club Coxless Four – FIFTH – Mike Cusack (CRC) / James Edwards (CRC) / Gerard Kennedy (CRC) / Jo Gubler (CRC) Open Men’s Lightweight Quad Scull – BRONZE – Dylan Conolan (ANU) School Girl’s Single Scull – FIFTH Natalie Graf (Daramalan) and FIRST (D Final) Emily Caudle (CGGS) & FOURTH (D Final) Nicola Metcalfe (CGGS) School Girl’s Eights – SECOND (C Final) ‐ Jessica Rainbow (CGGS), Jessica Lyon (CGGS), Pip Marques (CGGS), Michallie Pearce (CGGS), Giorgia Stawaruk (CGGS), Emily Caudle (CGGS), Nicola Metcalfe (CGGS), Sophie Townsend (CGGS) and Nicola Sims (CGGS) School Boy Coxed Quad Sculls – GOLD – Kieran Northam (Radford) / Luke Letcher (Radford) / Alex Stuchberry (Radford) / Jordan Davies (Radford) and Marni Mount (Radford) School Boy’s U17 Eights – GOLD – Conor Burdette (CGS) / Emmanuel Drakakis (CGS) / Andrew Robertson (CGS) / Robert Campbell (CGS) / Philip Zhu (CGS) / Caleb Antil (CGS) / Charlie Mackenzie (CGS) / Nick Del Rio (CGS) and Edwards Smith‐Roberts (CGS)