Australian Masters Rowing Championships

Australian Masters Rowing Championships 2019 EVENT PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, 22.05.2019 - SATURDAY, 25.05.2019 CHAMPION LAKES REGATTA CENTRE Contents Welcome Message from Hon. Paul Papalia CSC MLA Minister for Tourism ............................................................. 4 Rowing WA ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Message from the President of Rowing WA .............................................................................................................. 7 History of the Australian Masters Rowing Championships ....................................................................................... 9 Progression System .................................................................................................................................................. 13 Regatta Information ................................................................................................................................................ 15 Spectator Information ............................................................................................................................................. 17 Race Schedule .......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Club Colours ............................................................................................................................................................. 37 2019 AMRC 3 Welcome Message from Hon. Paul Papalia CSC MLA Minister for Tourism Australian Masters Rowing Championships | 22 – 25 May 2019 On behalf of the Government of Western Australia, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the Champion Lakes Regatta Centre for the Australian Masters Rowing Championships. The State Government is proud to be a sponsor through Tourism Western Australia. Supporting mass participation events, such as the Championships, is part of the Government’s plan to promote the State and increase visitor numbers. The Championships will attract competitors from every State in Australia, as well as the Australian Capital Territory, across twelve age divisions. International competitors and representatives from more than 20 international rowing federations have also been invited to take part. This represents a fantastic opportunity to showcase all that WA has to offer to overseas markets such as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. Since this event was last held at the Champion Lakes Regatta Centre in 2010, our capital city has changed markedly. Perth has undergone a major transformation, now boasting world-class accommodation and entertainment infrastructure, vibrant nightlife and a wide variety of new bars and restaurants, as well as being safe, clean and close to nature. I hope all involved in these Championships enjoy their time in Perth and have the chance to explore more of WA. I also wish everyone a successful event. HON PAUL PAPALIA CSC MLA MINISTER FOR TOURISM 4 2019 AMRC Rowing WA Rowing WA Staff Chief Executive Officer Daniel Tackenberg Administration & Functions Manager Tiffany Bellamy Sport Development Manager Vanessa Paun Event & Operations Coordinator Alex Blanksby Making Waves Coordinator Cameron Thorn Rowing WA Board President David Rose Director Finance Simon Cubitt Director High Performance Verity Keogh Director Regattas Neil Smith Director Facilities Kerryn Briody Director Rachael Taylor Director Craig James OAM Director Lisa Smith Director Alan Stewart Rowing WA (RWA) is the state governing body for the sport of rowing in Western Australia Rowing WA is a non‐profit sporting organisation representing member rowing clubs and affiliated school rowing programs in Western Australia. The delivery of rowing programs is administered by individual rowing clubs and also by schools conducting rowing programs. Through the club and school system the sport caters for male and female rowers from elite to novice level including disabled athletes. Over 2,500 club and school rowers regularly participate in rowing activities in Western Australia. Rowing WA represents the interests of Western Australian rowers at national level through affiliation with Rowing Australia (which is recognised as the governing body for the sport in Australia), at State Government level through interaction with the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and with the high performance program operated by the West Australian Institute of Sport. 2019 AMRC 5 AMRC Social Function! CELEBRATE THE MASTERS! FRIDAY, 24TH MAY 2019 Dont' forget your OPTUStickets!!! STADIUM "THE LOCKER ROOM" 6:30PM - 9:30PM Purchase your tickets online at: www.rowingwa.asn.au/amrc2019/social-function Message from the President of Rowing WA On behalf of Board of Rowing Western Australia (RWA), it is with great pleasure that I welcome competitors, coaches, supporters and officials to the 2019 Australian Masters Rowing Championships. We are honoured to have been chosen by Rowing Australia (RA) to host this pinnacle event for masters rowing in Australia in 2019. We are particularly delighted that so many have chosen to make the trek across the Nullarbor and across the seas to the remotest capital city on earth, and to this great FISA-accredited racing course here at Champion Lakes. We are particularly pleased to welcome the contingents of competitors from Japan, Hong Kong, The UK and China. We hope our visitors will stay on to enjoy some great West Aussie hospitality after the event. In addition to the championship events, there are also a good number of competitors who have chosen to stay on the extra day to compete in the epic Perth to Fremantle Head race. There is an exciting week of racing ahead! An event like the Australian Masters Rowing Championships is simply not possible but for the dedicated army of volunteers who will be supporting the day to day running of the event and who have done so much work in the lead up. The organising committee from Rowing Australia and Rowing Western Australia, led by RWA CEO, Daniel Tackenberg, have done an outstanding job. They have collaborated closely and effectively over the past 12 months to prepare this premium course and to organise and promote the racing and social events. Finally, let me thank our sponsors; The Government of Western Australian and Thrifty Car Rental. Their support reduces the financial burden on competitors and adds to the quality of the program we are able to offer. May the racing be fun, spirited and competitive; May you reignite friendships and create new ones; and May you delight in everything Western Australia has to offer. David Rose President of Rowing WA. 2019 AMRC 7 CELEBRATE NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK !!! CELEBRATING 3 0 YEARS OF VOLUNTEERING ROWING WA THANKS ITS VOLUNTEERS! OUR VOLUNTEERS MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE ! ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS YOU CAN GIVE IS YOUR TIME . THERE ' S NOTHING STRONGER THAN THE HEART OF A VOLUNTEER . THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS! ROWING WA WOULD LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR TIME GENEROUSLY THIS WEEK ! AMRC 2 0 1 9 & NATIONL VOLUNTEER WEEK ! This year Volunteering Australia will be celebrating This year National Volunteer Week coincides with 30 years of National Volunteer Week. the 2019 Australian Masters Rowing Championships - Established in 1989, National Volunteer Week was a huge national event that attracts rowers from all the first collaborative attempt to promote over our country as well as internationally. volunteering nationally. It is the largest celebration Without our dedicated team of volunteers who have of volunteers and volunteerism in Australia and freely given their time, Rowing WA would not be provides an opportunity to highlight the role of able to host this national event in our State. volunteers in our community and to say thank you to We would like to sincerely thank all our volunteers the more than 6 million Australians who volunteer. who have given their time during this week! History of the Australian Masters Rowing Championships Men’s Eight The Brian Vear Memorial Trophy This event is named in memory of Brian Vear, past Chairman of the RA Masters Committee, who passed away in 2008. Brian was a great rower, administrator and innovator in the sport. He was Chairman of the Rowing Australia Masters Committee until late 2007, an active master’s rower and a life member of Rowing Victoria. His work was of greatest importance in the development of masters rowing. Under his reign as Chairman of the Australian Masters Committee, the Australian Masters Championships regatta was created and this is now one of the major regattas in Australia. In 2008 Rowing Australia approved the recommendation of the RA Masters Committee to name the perpetual Interstate Men’s Masters Eight trophy in Brian’s honour. His widow Julia presented the trophy in the same year at Nagambie. Women’s Eight The women's eight trophy was brought about by rowers from Toowong Rowing Club (QLD) who had become a recognised force at the National Masters Championships in 2004 having won the Women’s D eight for the second year in a row. The trophy is inscribed: Australian Masters Championship Women's Interstate Eight Donated in 2005 by Silvio Pradella celebrating the success of the Qld Womens Eight Crew Interstate Masters The trophy was brought into existence by Marion Elliot, Carol Watters and Glynnis Hood. 2019 AMRC 9 F.ABBOTT P.ABERLE D.ABOOD S.AIMI K.ALEXANDER

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