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‘COME FORWARD’ – The NSW Union of Rowers Inc. Newsletter November 2015 SCHOLARSHIP CLUB 2015 active rower and coach, and is Captain of Sydney Rowing 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 P.O. Box 208, Five Dock 2046 Australia. Phone 0402 046 965 Website www.nswrowers.com Email [email protected] ‘COME FORWARD’ – The NSW Union of Rowers Inc. Newsletter November 2015 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 Luke Letcher, 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 Amy James 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. P.O. Box 208, Five Dock 2046 Australia. Phone 0402 046 965 Website www.nswrowers.com Email [email protected] ‘COME FORWARD’ – The NSW Union of Rowers Inc. Newsletter November 2015 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 Alexander Purnell 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. P.O. Box 208, Five Dock 2046 Australia. Phone 0402 046 965 Website www.nswrowers.com Email [email protected] ‘COME FORWARD’ – The NSW Union of Rowers Inc. Newsletter November 2015 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.

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