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SCHOLARSHIP CLUB 2015 active rower and coach, and is Captain of Sydney Club. Win $1,000 in the Union of Rowers 2015 Scholarship Club OFFICE BEARERS 2015-2016 Our office bearers elected at the Annual General Tickets $25 each or four for $100. Meeting held on 23 August 2015 are:

Please support the Union of Rowers annual awards Patron - George Neilson OAM by contributing to the 2015 Scholarship Club. President – Paul Coates The most significant activity of the Union of Deputy President – No Nomination Rowers is the ongoing support the Union gives to Elite Vice-President – Terry Maher promising young athletes each year. This year the Public Officer – Anne Craig Union has made eight scholarship awards of Vice-Presidents – Eric Carter, Russ McLean $1,000 each. Over 100 of these awards have been Honorary Secretary – Phil Titterton made since 1992. Honorary Treasurer - Anne Craig Honorary Auditor - Simon Croot To fund these awards the Union runs the Committee Members - Brian Guthrie, Barry Scholarship Club and other activities. A number of Moynahan OAM, Barbara Ramjan, Dr Phil Sharp, members have already contributed to the David Sollom, Tim Wainman, Keith Jameson Scholarship Club this year. We are inviting all OAM, Louis Petrin, Jenny Cole members to support this very worthy cause.

th Subsequently at the October Executive Committee The lucky draw will take place on 5 December meeting Phil Titterton was elected to fill the vacant 2015 at the Sydney International Regatta Centre position of Deputy President. He will continue to during the Reindeer Regatta.. The holder of the hold the position of Honorary Secretary. winning ticket will receive a cash prize of $1,000.

A ticket in the Scholarship Club costs $25. A NION OF OWERS ASTERS contribution of $100 provides you with four NSW U R - M tickets. You can purchase as many tickets as you ROWER OF THE YEAR 2015 like. To purchase tickets, please complete the At the AGM in August, the Union’s award of attached form and return by mail or email. Masters Rower of the Year was presented to Mark PAUL COATES NEW PRESIDENT OF UNION Williams of Mosman Rowing Club. OF ROWERS Mark has been the backbone of the NSW Men’s Masters Interstate Quad for the past nine years. Rowing for Mosman Rowing Club, he is a state and Australian Champion in sweep oar and sculling boats (including the F single scull this year) and has won multiple world championships at FISA Masters Worlds and the World Masters Games. Mark has been a director of Rowing NSW, is a past President of Mosman Rowing Club, and was the “prime mover” of the Mosman Centenary History. He is a District Court judge and has chaired Athlete Appeal Tribunals and represented At the Union’s Annual General Meeting in athletes and sporting bodies in proceedings. August, Paul Coates was elected President of the Union for a two year term. Paul is a well-known

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50 YEAR SERVICE AWARDS ROWING NEWS The recipients of the Union’s awards for 50 years Silver-lined success at the of service to rowing in NSW for 2015 were Peter World Rowing U23 Mayoh, Michael McReynolds and John Bailey. Championships

Peter Mayoh started rowing at Riverview College The World Rowing U23 Championships took place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in July. and is an active Masters rower with Mosman Rowing Club. Peter has a distinguished record as a NSW was once again extremely well represented Masters rower, having represented the state, and is in the Australian team, with 11 of the 23 a current NSW and Australian champion in fours selected athletes coming from our state. and eights. He has won multiple FISA world championships in pairs, fours and eights. Peter The men’s double scull, featuring Mosman’s Tom remains an active Old Boy with St. Ignatius Schramko and ACT rower , came rowing. He is principal of an architectural practice into the regatta on a good run. Despite cruising which specialises in school developments, through the heat, the Aussies found themselves including rowing facilities. with too much ground to cover in the semi-final, finishing in a very close 4th place, and missing out on a spot in the A-final. A quicker start in the B-final saw Australia pushing the lead crews, Michael McReynolds was a stalwart of but they faded over the final quarter of the race, Drummoyne Rowing Club during the 1970s and finishing again in 4th, and 10th overall. 1980s. He was a key member of the NSW State Lightweight Four from 1972 to 1978, and coached UTS sculler Holly Lawrence joined the more his club Drummoyne at national level from 1982 experienced Queenslander in the to 1989.Racing with Peter Stroud, Michael women’s lightweight double scull, and looked to focussed on pairs and fours and won the NZ make an impression in her first World nd Lightweight Four championship in 1976. His Championships appearance. An easy 2 place in the heat saw the Australians in a good spot in participation in the sport was curtailed due to his the semi-final, but a typically strong finish by daughter’s disability. the Italian crew pushed them to 4th. Looking to finish the regatta on a high, Holly and Amy came out firing in the B-final, leading from start John Bailey was also a key member of state to finish to claim a win and 7th place in the lightweight fours in the 1970s and was a event. prominent sculler for Haberfield Rowing Club. He raced for Haberfield and Drummoyne, and later joined Balmain. John represented Australia as a lightweight sculler at the World Championships in 1977 and was selected for the lightweight double scull in Copenhagen in 1987. John went on to coach at Drummoyne, MLC, Loreto Normanhurst, and Sydney.

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The men’s coxed four was once again a US- based crew, selected from athletes attending American colleges. Louis Snelson (UC Berkeley) and Sam Hardy (Harvard), both from Sydney Rowing Club, joined West Australian Jack Cleary and Victorians James Croxford & Louis Copolov in the boat. An easy win in the heat saw the Aussies move straight into a middle lane of the A-final, while posting the fastest time across both heats. Unfortunately, the final played out quite differently, with the top 5 crews tussling for the podium. After going through the halfway mark in 3rd place, Australia were overwhelmed by Turkey and Germany and finished in 5th. The men’s pair of Nick Wheatley and Jack Hargreaves, both from Sydney Uni, have Mosman’s Robert Black and Sydney Uni’s already had a very successful international were joined by Tasmanian season, racing in the senior Australian team at William Mure and West Australian Chris Hayes in two World Cups with impressive results. They the men’s quad scull. Based on the Swan River came into the U23 Championships as favourites, in WA, the quad were one of Australia’s big and after easy wins in both the heat and semi- medal hopes, and they didn’t disappoint. final, it was easy to see why. Unfortunately, the Another cruising win in the heat gave them a Aussies weren’t able to have it all their own middle lane for the semi-final, taking out 2nd way, as often happens in international rowing, place and a good spot in the A-final. The with Romania taking the lead from the start of Canadians came into the final as the fastest the final. Despite a strong finish from the crew, with New Zealand on equal footing with Australians, the Romanian pair were able to hold the Australians. After Canada cleared out early, a small margin right through the race to cross in the Aussies found themselves in a fight for silver 1st, with Jack and Nick taking silver. with New Zealand over the last 500 metres, with the Kiwis eventually getting on top and Australian claiming a well-earned bronze medal.

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The women’s quad scull had quite a disrupted For full Australian results, visit the Rowing lead up to the regatta, with Sydney’s Leah Australia website. Saunders called in only weeks out from departure. She joined Mosman scullers Georgina For all Championship results, photos and videos, Gotch & Rowena Meredith, along with visit the World Rowing website. Queenslander Tessa Carty, in looking to set a mark on the world stage. It didn’t take the NSW at the World Rowing Australian crew long to do just that, after clearing out from the start of the heat to win by Junior Championships 4 seconds and grab a middle lane in the A-final. The final proceeded in quite an orderly fashion – The 2015 World Rowing Junior Championships Poland came out in front early, with Australia in took place in August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at 2nd and France in 3rd. This remained unchanged the site of the 2016 Olympic Regatta. throughout the entire race – the distance between the three crews barely changed right to NSW originally had 7 athletes selected in the the finish line, Australia finishing with a well- Australian Junior Team - Tom Barnes, Henry deserved silver medal. Kamp, Hamish McDonald, Toby Starkey and Benjamin Doyle in the men's coxed four, and Charlotte Medway and Rafaela Stalph in the women's pair.

Unfortunately, an injury to Rafaela meant Rowing Australia had to withdraw the women's pair from the regatta. Due to another injury in the women's four, Charlotte was not left out of the team - instead, she moved into the Queensland-based crew.

The women's four, featuring Madeleine Southall,

Lily Alton-Triggs and Josephine Theile, along with Charlotte, had quite a disrupted lead-up to the regatta. This disruption showed in their heat race: the Aussies came out quickly but were overhauled in the second half of the race, unable to keep up the pace to the finish line, finishing 5th. The repechage played out quite differently, with the girls having a strong final 500 metres. Unfortunately, their 3rd place wasn't enough to qualify for the A-final. The crew eventually had to withdraw from the B-

final due to illness.

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The men's coxed four of Tom Barnes, Henry LTA Mixed Coxed Four - Jeremy McGrath, Kamp, Hamish McDonald, Toby Starkey and Kathleen Murdoch, Josephine Burnand Benjamin Doyle started brightly, placing 2nd in (cox): The crew had a tough regatta and their heat. This meant the crew was relegated to continued to improve throughout the week. A the repechage, but posting the second fastest fine effort for the NSW athletes who have time across the two heats gave them plenty to moved into a new category this season! A 3rd be confident about. The repechage row that place in the B Final for the crew! same afternoon was equally successful, with the Aussies cruising over the line in 2nd place to Lightweight Men’s Quadruple Scull – Ed de take a spot in the A-final. The final turned into a Carvalho: Lightweight rowing is always a tough tight tussle, with barely a few seconds category, and after having just been nudged out separating all six crews as they raced down the of the A Final by 0.3seconds, the crew were course. Unfortunately for the Australians, the determined to put a great performance into the pace over the last 500 metres turned out to be B Final. The Australians led from the start and a little too fast as they crossed the line in 5th. pushed away in a dominant display for one they can be proud of in winning the B Final. For all the results & photos from the 2015 World Rowing Junior Championships, visit the World Men’s Pair – Nick Wheatley, Jack Rowing website. Hargreaves: Having experienced some great racing throughout the season the young pair World Championships Report took their best form into the regatta! A tough line up in the semi finals meant they had to find their best form to push into the A-final. The World Championships in September Unfortunately they found the pace of the A-final featured great racing in every category, from a bit too hot, however a great result having Australian athletes as well as some remarkable made the A-final in the Men’s Pair at the world performances from other international countries. champs!

Rowing New South Wales would like to Men’s Double Scull – Alexander (Sasha) congratulate all the athletes on great Belonogoff: Having medalled at each performances throughout the regatta! Please international regatta they had featured in this see below for an outline of the results. season, the double was looking in fine form coming into the World Champs. The A-Final was AS Men’s Single Sculls – Erik Horrie: Erik lead by the reigning champion Croatian Double continued his excellent form this season with a and the field pushed on to move with them. The fine display of sculling, leading from start to Aussie double were slightly off the pace and left finish over the 1,000m course. This is Erik’s behind in a hotly contested event. Finishing in third year in a row he has won this category and fifth in the A-final is a great effort in a field of he looks to continue to improve his dominant that class. display into the Paralympic Games next year! Men’s Four – : The Australian Four were favourites going into the Final having won at the Lucerne World Cup this year. The crew found themselves in a great position at the 1500m mark pushing ahead of the field, however a decisive wind to the line from the Italian Four forced the Aussies to settle for second place ahead of a fast finishing British Four. A Silver Medal for the Men’s Four is a great effort in a category of this standard!

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continued to push hard as the field closed in towards the finish line. The girls were pipped for the bronze medal coming up to the 2,000m mark leaving them with fourth place in a great race! Congratulations to the crew on a great effort.

From L-R , Josh Dunkley-Smith, From L-R , , Spencer Turrin, Alex Hill ,

Men’s Quadruple Sculls – Cameron Womens Pair – Genevieve Horton: After a Girdlestone: In the A-Final the Australian Quad close loss in their repechage, the young pushed the favourites Germany throughout the combination in the Australian Women’s Pair whole race. The experienced German crew made the most of their situation and won the C however was able to step up as the finish line Final in great style. Having struggled early on in approached. Congratulations to the Australian the regatta the girls hit their straps and blew Quad for their Silver Medal! away the rest of the field.

For more information, videos and photos you can go to http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2015- world-rowing-championships/

Our thanks to Rowing NSW for these reports.

OBITUARIES From L-R , , , Paul Rowe was an outstanding lightweight oarsman for Haberfield Rowing Club and for Men’s Eight – Christopher (Kit) Cunningham- Australia, and coached for St. George Rowing Reid, , Nick Purnell, Matt Club, the AIS, and Australia. Ryan, , Josh Hicks (Reserve): The Men’s Eight was a particularly tough category this season with many countries Phil Cayzer died in July at the age of 93. He was choosing to favour the big boat in the hope of one of the leading oarsmen of the 1950s, stroking qualifying for the Olympic Games next year. The three winning King’s Cup crews and was stroke of Australian Eight found the competition quite the Australian Olympic Eight of 1952 gaining the hard however managed to put down a bronze medal. He had a career as a coach spanning performance in the B Final that they can be 50 years at Sydney Rowing Club and Mercantile proud of, with a third place in a field that was Rowing Club and coached numerous state and highly competitive! national crews.

Lightweight Women’s Quadruple Scull – Laura Dunn, Georgia Miansarow, Sarah Pound: Max Annett rowed for Leichhardt Rowing club The UTS based crew had a fast start and moved and was a former State and International oarsman. out with the front of the pack early on. In He rowed in the winning King’s Cup crew of 1959 second place through the 1000m mark the crew and competed in the 1960 Rome Olympic Games.

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NSW Union of Rowers Scholarship Club 2015

Dear Member

Win $1,000 in the Union of Rowers 2015 Scholarship Club Tickets $25 each or four for $100.

Please support the Union of Rowers annual awards by contributing to the 2015 Scholarship Club. The most significant activity of the Union of Rowers is the ongoing support the Union gives to promising young athletes each year. This year the Union has made eight scholarship awards of $1,000 each. Over 100 of these awards have been made since 1992.

To fund these awards the Union runs the Scholarship Club and other activities. A number of members have already contributed to the Scholarship Club this year. We are inviting all members to support this very worthy cause.

The lucky draw will take place on 5th December 2015 at the Sydney International Regatta Centre during the Reindeer Regatta. The holder of the winning ticket will receive a cash prize of $1,000.

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