ANNUAL REPORT ROWING QUEENSLAND 2019 Rowing Queensland Ltd - Annual Report 2019 CONTENTS PAGE __________________________________________ Rowing Queensland acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands and waterways across Queensland and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. Rowing Queensland also wish to recognise the outstanding contribution that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make to sport in Queensland and to celebrate the power of sport to promote reconciliation and reduce inequality. 03 04 05 Our Vision, Principles, Objective and Strategy Board of Rowing Queensland Key Volunteers Limited 06 07 08 Rowing Queensland Staff Member Clubs and School Associations Life Members 09 12 15 CEO & Chair’s Report Community Activities Report Queensland State Rowing Centre Report 17 19 23 BRO Report Development Report 2019 North Queensland Report 25 27 29 2019 Central Queensland Report High Performance Report 2019 International Representatives 30 31 32 Olympic Representatives World Champions Queensland Representative Results 33 35 36 2019 Queensland Representative 2019 Queensland Club Premiership 2019 /20 Queensland State Athletes results Champions 40 41 44 2019 Queensland Interregional 2019 Queensland Schools 2019 Queensland Masters School Champions Champions Champions 49 Financial Report 02 Rowing Queensland Ltd - Annual Report 2019 OUR VISION, PRINCIPLES, OBJECTIVES AND Our Objectives STRATEGY o Activate and engage the Queensland _________________________________________ Rowing Community In line with our 2017-2020 Strategic Plan o Enhance the “regatta experience” for both participants and spectators Our Vision o Improve the quantity and quality of Queensland athletes, coaches and Lead, enable and inspire officials our member clubs and o Grow awareness, participation and new schools to get more opportunities for the sport in Queensland o Develop and foster a number of strategic Queenslanders involved in rowing … for longer… at partnerships and alliances that will significantly increase our revenue base different levels… and in o Work closely with Rowing Australia to many locations. implement a range of national programs. Our Guiding Principles Our Strategy o We aim high—both on and off the o To interact directly and regularly with all key stakeholders in growing our sport in water o We respect the past but look to the Queensland future o To increase the number of people participating, enjoying and attending o We view rowing as a sport for all regattas Queenslanders and a sport for life o To support our athletes, coaches and o We value and promote integrity in officials by offering well defined pathways all aspects of our organisation— to National Underage Teams. governance, coaching, volunteers o To promote the benefits of rowing as a and competition “sport for life” o We support the key national o To grow Rowing Queensland’s financial strategic initiatives articulated in strength and decrease reliance on the Rowing Australia “Whole of government funding support Sport” plan. o To play an active role in developing a united “Whole of Sport” strategic direction for the 03 sport of rowing in Queensland and Australia Rowing Queensland Ltd - Annual Report 2019 BOARD OF ROWING QUEENSLAND Ltd. ___________________________________________________________________________ MR. NICK PARR MS. EMMA BROWN CHAIR DEPUTY CHAIR Dr. JOHN RYNNE Dr. CHLOE SCHAUBLE MR. DUNCAN FREE OAM BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBER . MR. SIMON DALY MS. SAMARA QUINLAN BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBER 04 Rowing Queensland Ltd - Annual Report 2019 KEY VOLUNTEERS ________________________________________________________________ Regatta Secretary MR. ROBERT ALEXANDER OAM Boat Race Officials Association Mr. PHIL GUNNING / MS. WENDY ALEXANDER MS. KAREN MILLS MR. GREG YOUNG (retired) SECRETARY ROSTER COORDINATOR PRESIDENT DR. STEVE HINCHY OAM MR. BRUCE MCCARTHY MS. CAROLINE SCHOMBERG UMPIRE’S PANEL UMPIRE’S PANEL UMPIRE’S PANEL State Team 2019 MR. PETER HOWARD MR. PETER TIERNEY MS. CLAIR RAVEN HEAD SELECTOR SELECTOR SELECTOR MR. JOHN MCGINNESS MR. ANDREW MCNICOL MR. BRIAN PARMENTER MASTERS SELECTOR MASTERS SELECTOR MASTERS SELECTOR MR. ANDREW SERVICE STATE TEAM MANAGER 05 Rowing Queensland Ltd - Annual Report 2019 ROWING QUEENSLAND STAFF ___________________________________________________ ______________________________________ I MR. ANDREW SERVICE MR. IAN HOLZBERGER CEO AND MANANGER HIGH COMPANY SECRETARY PERFORMANCE AND PATHWAYS MANAGER MS. LUCY BENJAMIN MR. MIKE PARTRIDGE MEMBERSHIPS, PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER SPORT AND AND ADMINSTRATION DEVELOPMENT AUDITOR NORMAN J HOARE, MORRISS AND BATZLOFF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 06 Rowing Queensland Ltd - Annual Report 2019 MEMBER CLUBS AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS ___________________________________________________________ 41 MEMBER CLUBS BBC Old Collegians Rowing Club Pine Rivers Rowing Club Bond University Rowing Club Redlegs Rowing Club Brisbane & GPS Rowing Club River City Women’s Rowing Club Brisbane Grammarians Rowing Club Riverway Rowing Club Brisbane Rowing Club Rockhampton Fitzroy Rowing Club Bundaberg Rowing Club Sunshine Coast Rowing Club Cairns Rowing Club Storm King Boat Club Centenary Rowing Club Tablelands Rowing Club Coastal Rowing & Touring Australia Inc Toowong Rowing Club Commercial Rowing Club Townsville and JCU Rowing Club Cowbell XIII Rowing Club Tweed Heads & Coolangatta Rowing Club Cowbelles University of Queensland Boat Club Dragons Rowing Club Vintage Vikings Rowing Club Dutton Park Rowing & Supporters Club V.O.M.I.T.S Gold Coast Master Rowers Wide Bay Rowing Club Grammarians Rowing Club Griffith Uni Surfers Paradise Rowing Club Innisfail Rowing Club 3 SCHOOL ASSOCIATE KAND Rowing Club King’s College Rowing Club Lake MEMBERS MacDonald Rowing Club Mackay 1. Brisbane Schoolgirls Rowing Association Rowing Club 2. Gold Coast Region All Schools Rowing Maroochy River Rowing Club Association Murwillumbah Rowing Club Noosa 3. Great Public Schools’ Association of Yacht and Rowing Club Oxenford Queensland Inc Rowing Club 07 Rowing Queensland Ltd - Annual Report 2019 ROWING QUEENSLAND LIFE MEMBERS _____________________________________________________________________________________ Mr Roger Morton Mr Robert Alexander OAM Mrs Marjorie Morton Mr Fred Jacques Dr Steve Hinchy OAM Mr Bruce Greenland Mr Robert Barrett Mr Calile Malouf Mr Duncan Free OAM Mr Jack Pritchard Mr Peter Huggett OAM Dr Don McClymont Mr Jim Dowrie OBE Mr Chris Cottrell Mr Jack Hutchinson 08 Rowing Queensland Ltd - Annual Report 2019 CHAIR & CEO REPORT ________________________________________________________ Rowing in Queensland continues to QSRC is fully functioning having strengthen with in excess of now been developed to stage two 4,650 registered members of a long-term Master Plan. It across all aspects of the sport from boasts a permanently buoyed 10 recreational through club lane 2000m course, a developed competitive, school, masters and trailer and boat park, adjacent high performance. The size of the parking, and permanent buildings 4,650 state and the number of including a large storage shed, MEMBERS favourable waterways results in ablutions and supporting regionalisation of the sport. Our infrastructure. The boat park area rowing and training waterways, has been turfed, which proved to which are often shared with be a challenge to maintain commercial and recreational users, throughout the dominant drought are very busy indeed. The Brisbane conditions during 2019. However, River is very heavily used by clubs, the recent rains have seen a rapid schools, commercial operators and recovery in the turf’s condition. other recreational users daily. It is a major focus of the organisation’s The QSRC is located 90 kilometres safety and access programs to south west of Brisbane by road and 24% OF AUS ensure a “no harm” and enjoyable 60 kilometres from the coast. UNDERAGED environment and underwrite its Positioned on Lake Wyaralong, a TEAMS ARE availability for rowing. deep, permanent, man-made water storage, the course’s racing QUEENSLANDERS Queensland has continued to lanes are oriented north–south. perform strongly at a representative These features combine to make level making up 24% of the the course very fair even in windy Australian underaged teams, conditions. Rarely is it un-rowable. increasing year on year. Senior Australian and National Training The development of QSRC will Centre (NTC) representation underwrite the long-term future of remains a challenging area for rowing in Queensland but has the State with 4 athletes training come at a considerable cost to the QLD STATE across both the National Training organisation at both a financial ROWING Centres. and human resources level. CENTRE Rowing Queensland is in the last year of it's current strategic plan, which was dominated by the development and delivery of the Queensland State Rowing Centre (QSRC)at Lake Wyaralong. 09 The development has been funded by a In South East Queensland, the State combination of a State Government grant, Championship regatta was followed by a cash reserves and debt that now must be busy year that included regatta series across serviced. At a human resources level, Rowing masters, schools (GPS boys, BSRA girls, Gold Queensland is a small organisation of four Coast), and long course events (Winter Series, employees who, along with the Board and Head of the Brisbane, Head of the Tweed community volunteers, have worked above etc.). The Queensland Schools Rowing and beyond to deliver QSRC. They have done Championships was rowed at the QSRC in this