ADELAIDE ROWING CLUB INC. (Founded in 1882 as I'Zingari Rowing Club) TH 136 ANNUAL REPORT Season 2018 / 2019 O FFICE BEARERS Ex Officio Patron...................... The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of Adelaide Mr Martin Haese (August ‘18-November ‘18) The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of Adelaide Ms Sandy Verschoor (November ‘18-current) Senior Vice Patron…. Don Sarah Vice Patrons…………. Phil Mangelsdorf, Grant Duncan, Patrick Hill, Geoff Hill, Dick Turnbull, Jock Jamieson, Brain Sawley, David Hislop, Jim Eglinton, Brian Dalton, Tas Binder, Edward Suttell, Tony Matthews*, John Osborne, John Jarvis, Tony Roberts, Neil Sarah President.................. Chris Greening Vice Presidents......... John Absolon, Joanne Howski, Rob Greening, Tim Dunstone, Trent Collins, Darryl Bosch, Tim Hennessey, Tom Guthrie, Patrick Winter, Danny Barrera, Stuart Masson, David Cropley, Mitch Oliver, Adam Salleh. Honorary Solicitor….. Ted Guthrie Honorary Auditor.….. Patrick Winter Honorary Architect…. Chris Greening Public Officer………… Mitch Oliver Committee Captain..................... Jessica McRae Vice Captain............ Tim Santin Alannah Gilsmore Secretary………......... Erica Webb Treasurer.................. Vicki Brown Bar Manager............. Portia Capoccia (ex officio) (Sept. ‘18 – Feb. ‘19) Mike Barenski (Feb. – August ‘19) General Members...... Ella Bramwell Trent Collins Bryn Coudraye Sophia Nery Daren Potts Tom Shelton Donna Webb 2 PRESIDENT'S REPORT This year 2018/19 has been nothing short of epic. Achievements on and off the water abound. We started the season electing a female gender positive committee in August, headed up by now seasoned Captain Jessica McRae, Vice Captains Alannah Gilsmore and Tim Santin. The Committee put on a lot of functions this year with Captains Christmas Cocktails a huge success and Christmas Morning again well patronised. The Annual Dinner was one for the ages, well attended and in fine spirits. We continue to place an emphasis on the first Thursdays of the month, with bistro food available – come along. Regarding the club’s members: In January the Club celebrated the union of Jarrad Schar and Chelsea Hill, both long time members with Jarrad a former Captain, we wish this lovely young couple the best in their future. This year we also celebrated the engagement of Daniel Ralph and his long term partner Katie, as well as the engagement of Shannon LeBlanc and her partner Tom. Sadly, the club lost Tony Matthews, an ARC Member for 65 of his 83 years, sadly losing his battle with cancer in March. Tony was a Senior Club Oarsman and Kings Cup Oarsman in the 1956 SA Crew. He was stroke of the famous St Peters 1st 8+ of 1953 that dead heated twice with Scotch. As well as a very successful Hotelier, Tony was an amazingly generous character and a strong supporter of the ARC - if you have ever eaten at the club, it would have been using cutlery and crockery donated by Tony, along with many other hospitality items. His advice and guidance to bar managers and committee members over the years was exemplary. He will be missed. Regarding the club’s finances: This year the club entered a new age of Patronage, signing up 2 new major club Sponsors. Our new Platinum Sponsor Olga’s Fine Foods – Represented by Masters Rower, coach and all-round amazing guy Dr George Ujvary. Also, our club has a new Gold Sponsor – Fulham Funerals, represented by Jamie Grant, Parent, Fundraiser and Raconteur par Excellence. It is with the greatest of thanks that we welcome the generosity of these organisations and look forward to expanding our sponsorship base into the future. While on issues financial, this year the Committee shone a light on the true cost of membership, publishing data demonstrating that: Our current cost (based on 2017/18) to provide 1 rowers experience for a season is $2,182…. this can be broken down into percentages of funding sources: 3 1. Bar & Functions Net Contribution 39% 2. Membership Revenue 31% 3. Rowing Event Revenue 17% 4. Fundraising Activities 4% 5. Sponsorship 1% 6. Miscellaneous 9% The data showing a very real dependence on the success of the clubhouse bar and facilities for the clubs ongoing viability. So please, if you are planning on a celebration – give us a go! On the water: The Club had a stellar year in S.A., Australia and Worldwide (a more comprehensive list of which will be in the Captains Report and at the rear of the Report): Our NTC athletes Alex Hill, Molly Goodman and Olympia Aldersey continue to represent our country with distinction winning National, World Cup and World Championships. Our SASI trained Athletes this year, had three athletes representing Australia at U23 level in Sarasota, Florida, with Club Vice-Captain Alannah Gilsmore coxing the Mens 8+, Mitch Reinhard in the LM2X and Angus Dawson winning a Gold Medal in the M4+. At the U21 level, SASI trained Athletes Katelyn Nicholson and Oscar McGuinness were selected to represent Australia in the Trans Tasman event. Thanks go to Jason Lane, Christine Maclaren, Brynley Millward and all at SASI who helped these young athletes achieve their goals! At the National Championship regatta, we sent a large contingent to again figure well in results for State and club. Oscar McGuinness becoming national U23LM2X Champion. Notably, of all the achievements, we were very excited about our clubbies, with the CW4- (silver) and the now infamous “Clubble” CM2X (gold). Within our domestic season, ARC won Senior Mens and Womens Premierships, many State Championships, as well as attending country regattas, masters championships, the long row, Head of the Yarra and many other events. This year, if there was such a thing, the squad award would go to the Senior Women, who were nothing short of dominant during the season, as evidenced at the RowingSA Awards: o Champion of Champions - Verayna Zilm o Champion Senior Female - Verayna Zilm o Champion Junior Female - Tonya Lokteff o With Coach of the Year - Daren Potts o Champion Junior and Senior Male – James Andrewartha (ARC/SPC) 4 Thanks to all the ARC coaching staff and assistants for another great season – Ron Mobbs, Daniel Ralph, Daren Potts, Catherine MacDougall, Jessica McRae, Donna Webb and George Ujvary. Outside of the Club’s Committee the work of the I’Zingari foundation continues. Earnings from the invested capital will one day help to provide ongoing acquisitions. I thank those current and founding members for their work in this regard including current Chair Ted Guthrie and would recommend that all current and resting members invest in foundation membership. Finally, I have at last completed my pet project, which is the renegotiation of the Torrens Clubhouse lease. This has been recently completed and our future on the site is now confirmed for another 4 decades. My heartfelt thanks to Roscoe Shelton, Ted Guthrie and Vicki Brown for their assistance. It was a great year, and hopefully one that will set us up well for some continued successes on and off the water. Chris Greening President 5 C APTAIN’S REPORT As we close off the 136th season at ARC and reflect on the year that was, I realise that I have been in a very fortunate, position to oversee the many facets of this great club. It has given me a great insight into the different cogs at work and the far reaching impact that we have. One of the most visible successes is of course Alexander Hill becoming the first South Australian to win 2 President’s Cups, as well as defending champion of the Open Men’s Single at Nationals. More locally in our club and SASI based athletes, ARC picked up 18 state championship titles and 14 National titles, resulting in once again winning the South Australian Senior Women’s and Senior Men’s Premierships. On top of this Verayna Zilm was awarded the Champion Senior Women’s Trophy as well as Champion of Champions, Tonya Lokteff was awarded the Champion Junior Women’s Trophy, Daren Potts was awarded Coach of the Year, and Angus Dawson, Simon Lane and Jack Deans all finished in the top 4 of the Champion Senior Men’s Trophy. Our Senior Women have had potentially the best results on record for the club and their sheer level of enthusiasm and determination was second to none. Of our Yarra crew which placed 7th in the Open division (notably up against 2 NTC crews) 6 of these rowers then continued into our first grade championship eight. 7 if you include the injured Anna Collins. The women won every single heavy weight open event at the South Australian State Championships as well as a number of lightweight and underage events too. Of our first grade crew, all went on to compete for South Australia in either Queens, Youth, or Victoria Cup. In the Senior Men, our most notable achievement was that the South Australian Kings Cup crew, who received bronze, was comprised of 7 ARC current athletes, a former ARC captain (then NSW based), the son of an ARC social rower as cox, and co-coached by an ARC coach. At the time of writing, our National Training Centre athletes of Alexander Hill, Molly Goodman, and Olympia Aldersey, are in preparation for the World Championships in Austria after a successful World Cup campaign, with eyes fixed firmly on qualifying crews for the Tokyo Olympics. After competing in the women’s four in 2017 and 2018, Goodman moved into the stroke seat of women’s eight, leading the crew to gold in World Cup II in Poland, and silver in World Cup III in the Netherlands. 6 Aldersey had a successful transition from sculling to sweep this season, picking up a bronze and gold in the women’s four in World Cups II and III respectively. Hill has continued to cement his place as ARC’s most successful athlete, moving into the men’s pair in 2019 after making it two in a row as world champion in the men’s four in 2018.