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11/19/2019 World champions & regatta calendars https://mailchi.mp/ea1af2f4a6ea/world-champions-regatta-calendars 1/7 View this email in your browser SEPTEMBER 2019 We encourage interested readers to sign up here to receive this monthly newsletter automatically. September Highlights: World Champion! | Regatta Calendar | Winter Time Trials | AGM Head of the Molonglo | N ick Garratt | High Performance Fundraiser | BRO news Hot Shot | Contact Kathryn Ross, World Champion! ANU Boat Club's Kathryn Ross has marked a stunning return to the World Championships in the PR2 Single Scull, setting a world's best time then winning the gold medal in Austria. Kathryn was one of two Australian gold medallists at the event, along with the Women's Fours crew. It was also a regatta to remember for Renae Domaschenz - not only did she coach Kathryn to World Championship success, she also coxed the PR3 Mixed Four to fourth. Capital Lakes' Cara Grzeskowiak and her Women's Quad Scull finished 10th overall, while ANU's Caleb Antill finished 12th overall as part of the Men's Double Scull. Capital Lakes' Nikki Ayers and Black Mountain's Luke Letcher were both reserves, with Nikki competing in the reserves race before the Championships. Subscribe Past Issues Translate

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View this email in your browser

SEPTEMBER 2019

We encourage interested readers to sign up here to receive this monthly newsletterautomatically

September HighlightsWorld Champion | Regatta Calendar | Winter Time Trials | AGM

Head of the Molonglo | Nick Garratt | High Performance Fundraiser | BRO newsHot Shot | Contact

Kathryn Ross World ChampionANU Boat Clubs Kathryn Ross has marked a stunning return to the World Championships in the PR2Single Scull setting a worlds best time then winning the gold medal in Austria

Kathryn was one of two Australian gold medallists at the event along with the Womens Fours crew It wasalso a regatta to remember for Renae Domaschenz - not only did she coach Kathryn to WorldChampionship success she also coxed the PR3 Mixed Four to fourth

Capital Lakes Cara Grzeskowiak and her Womens Quad Scull finished 10th overall while ANUs CalebAntill finished 12th overall as part of the Mens Double Scull Capital Lakes Nikki Ayers and BlackMountains Luke Letcher were both reserves with Nikki competing in the reserves race before theChampionships

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That winning feeling - Kathryn Ross on the podium after winning gold in the Womens PR2 Single Scull atthe World Championships Copyright Rowing Australia

201920 Regatta Calendar

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Rowing ACT is happy to announce that the 201920 Regatta Calendar has now been released Thiscalendar includes a number of new features including an ACT Head of the LakeACT Championshipsdouble-header on the weekend of March 14-15 the ACT Grade Championships on 29 February and theACT Masters Championships on 4 April

Not that this will stop the old favourites Developed in conjunction with the Regatta Sub-Committee thisseasonrsquos calendar includes five regular pointscore regattas the Tuggeranong Cup the Capital LakesSprint Regatta and the Col Panton Memorial Marathon New to the calendar are the ACT MastersChampionships on 4 April an ACT Grade Championships on 29 February and a twilight regatta to finish2019 on 7 December Wersquove included draft programs for the Masters Championships with the draft for theGrade Championships to follow in the next week Wersquore looking for your input into how these two regattasshould run wersquod also like to hear your suggestions for the 7 December Twilight Regatta If yoursquod like tocontribute then please email eorowingactorgau with your comments by 19 October

Wersquove listened to the rowing community and made some changes to our regular regatta program The newprogram includes menrsquos and womenrsquos Masters quad events while the C D amp E quad heats and finals areno longer included Year 8 9 amp 10 school races are now in place of the heats with the C D amp E graderaces in place of the finals Both of these are now stand-alone events and will run as divisional racesThese events will run on a trial basis for 201920 and will be reviewed at the end of the seasonThe calendar has also included feedback from our BRO community who will be working hard to make theregattas run as smoothly as possible We always need new BROs and regatta volunteers though asregattas are subject to cancellation if there arenrsquot enough volunteers for them If you are interested involunteering as a BRO or as a general volunteer please contact Executive Officer Stuart John ateorowingactorgau for more information and training details We will be looking to all our clubs andschools to assist with volunteers throughout the regatta season to ensure that we have a great season

Full Rowing ACT 201920 Regatta Calendar (Yarramundi Reach unless specified)

October 12 Disher Cup (West Basin ndash Grevillea Park non point-score)October 20 Col Panton Memorial Marathon (East Basin ndash Weston Park non point-score)October 26 Black Mountain Rowing Club RegattaNovember 2 Tuggeranong Cup Regatta (Lake Tuggeranong)November 9 RadfordDaramalan RegattaNovember 23 CGGSMarist RegattaDecember 7 Capital Lakes Twilight Regatta (non point-score)February 1 Canberra Grammar School RegattaFebruary 15 Australian National University Boat Club RegattaFebruary 22 Capital Lakes Rowing Club Sprint Regatta (East Basin)February 29 Canberra Rowing Club ACT Grade Championships (draft program to be issued)March 14-15 ACT Head of the LakeACT Championships double-headerApril 4 ACT Masters Championships (draft program open for comment)

Annual General MeetingThe 2019 Rowing ACT Annual General Meeting is on Wednesday September 18 at 6pm at the YMCA onAlexandrina Drive The following nominations were received for Board positions Board President (one position)Alison Creagh

Board Members (three positions)Ben PageDeb StymanKent Peters All clubs are encouraged to send a representative if you wish to have someone act as a proxy then please

complete this form and email Stuart at eorowingactorgau

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Winter Time TrialsWere almost through our Winter Time Trial series with Winter Time Trial 5 coming up on September 14and 15 Theres plenty to aim for at this event with a number of point-score trophies up for grabs

In the mens single scull Black Mountains Ben Geier is out in front in the race for the Kwiatowski Cup 11points clear of Capital Lakes Geoff Nichols CGGS rower Grace Turner leads the womens series for theLyn Cirulis Plate 10 points clear of ANUs Sarah Connor in second

In the Sunday events the Capital Lakes double of Dario amp Electra Beltrami and Steve Grzeskowiak leadsthe Open competition while the CRC doubles teams of Sandra Sweeney Katie Tagg and RachaelCarnegie is well in front of the Womens competition Capital Lakes leads the Open quads while BlackMountain leads the Womens quads

For the full point-score head to the regatta page here

The Capital Lake octo at the Winter Time Trial 4 in August

Head of the MolongloThe 2019 Head of the Molonglo took place in some foggy conditions in early August The race whichstarts on the Molonglo River east of Lake Burley Griffin and finishes at Black Mountain Peninsula saw 14starters on a very cold winters day The apparent temperature on the day was -36 degrees - kudos to allthose who braved the cold

Fastest across the line was the CRC eight of Timothy Hodge Hilbert Van Pelt Joshua Watson AlvarClosas Sebastian Lang Aaron Garnham Cameron ONeil Nicholas Latimer and Alison Herbert as coxclosely followed by the CRCSchool composite crew The ADF Composite crew of Matthew BuchtmannDamon Hietbrink Jeremy Lawrence and Nic Williams was the fastest four while the CRCANU compositequad was next

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RIP Nick Garratt AM 1947 - 2019A large crowd gathered for the funeral of Rowing ACT head coach Nick Garratt on a cold July afternoonrecently with plenty of people travelling long distances to pay their respects

Not only was Nick respected both nationally and internationally his work ethic and character were widelyvalued and admired Nick was friendly calm and collegiate with a good sense of humour

As our head coach and a member of the ACT rowing community for the last few years the loss is personalto many of us including the current cohort of elite rowers He inspired many youngsters who progressedunder his tutelage to be National and World Rowing Champions Nick achieved great results initially inWestern Australia then in NSW at Mosman and finally in the ACT

His results with the ACT team were exceptional All four of ACT interstate crews and scullers won medalsin the 2019 interstate regatta the ACTrsquos best-ever results Nick was personally involved as the principalcoach of the ACT menrsquos lightweight four and sculler Cara Grzeskowiak and was influential with ournational para scullersHe was appointed a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2016 AustraliaDay honours Nick coached crews in the Sydney Athens Beijing and London Olympics with a fourth inthe menrsquos quad scull in Sydney and a sixth in the womenrsquos eights in London

Rowing ACT High Performance Fundraiser

Our High Performance fundraiser was a great success with over $18000 raised for the purchase of anew double scull This boat - named the Nick Garratt - will officially be christened later in the year Thank-

you to all those who donated

BROs on tourWere lucky to have three FISA-accredited Boat Race Officials in the ACT with two of them headingoverseas for international regattas recently

Our Chief BRO Geoff Northam had a sneak peak at next years Olympic course in Tokyo when he workedat the World Junior Championships earlier this month while Nick Hunter crossed the Pacific for the Pan-American games in Peru

Well be running training sessions for Boat Race Officials in October - these people are needed to make

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

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our regattas run For more information or to sign up for updates please email Stuart ateorowingactorgau

The ACTs Nick Hunter at the Pan-American Games with Technical Delegate Sergio Ramirez ScolaroPresident of the Jury Santiago Fuentes Castaneda and Rowing Competition Manager Mario

Hot Shot of the Month

Each newsletter we will be showing some of the best photos of the past month This pic from BenFarinazzo shows a beautiful Canberra morning at Yarralumla Bay

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

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Send your best photos to eorowingactorgau or use rowingact or actrowing for a chance to featurenext month

Calendar

14-15 September Winter Time Trial 512 October Disher Cup

20 October Col Panton Memorial Marathon26 October BMRC Regatta

Make sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram

Contact

Stuart (Executive Officer)Email eorowingactorgau

Phone 0406 376 666

Katrina (High Performance Program Coordinator)Email hprowingactorgau

Phone 0478 622 342

Want to change how you receive these emailsYou can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

This email was sent to ltltEmail Addressgtgt why did I get this unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences

Rowing ACT middot PO Box 7074 middot Yarralumla ACT 2600 middot Australia

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httpsmailchimpea1af2f4a6eaworld-champions-regatta-calendars 27

That winning feeling - Kathryn Ross on the podium after winning gold in the Womens PR2 Single Scull atthe World Championships Copyright Rowing Australia

201920 Regatta Calendar

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11192019 World champions amp regatta calendars

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Rowing ACT is happy to announce that the 201920 Regatta Calendar has now been released Thiscalendar includes a number of new features including an ACT Head of the LakeACT Championshipsdouble-header on the weekend of March 14-15 the ACT Grade Championships on 29 February and theACT Masters Championships on 4 April

Not that this will stop the old favourites Developed in conjunction with the Regatta Sub-Committee thisseasonrsquos calendar includes five regular pointscore regattas the Tuggeranong Cup the Capital LakesSprint Regatta and the Col Panton Memorial Marathon New to the calendar are the ACT MastersChampionships on 4 April an ACT Grade Championships on 29 February and a twilight regatta to finish2019 on 7 December Wersquove included draft programs for the Masters Championships with the draft for theGrade Championships to follow in the next week Wersquore looking for your input into how these two regattasshould run wersquod also like to hear your suggestions for the 7 December Twilight Regatta If yoursquod like tocontribute then please email eorowingactorgau with your comments by 19 October

Wersquove listened to the rowing community and made some changes to our regular regatta program The newprogram includes menrsquos and womenrsquos Masters quad events while the C D amp E quad heats and finals areno longer included Year 8 9 amp 10 school races are now in place of the heats with the C D amp E graderaces in place of the finals Both of these are now stand-alone events and will run as divisional racesThese events will run on a trial basis for 201920 and will be reviewed at the end of the seasonThe calendar has also included feedback from our BRO community who will be working hard to make theregattas run as smoothly as possible We always need new BROs and regatta volunteers though asregattas are subject to cancellation if there arenrsquot enough volunteers for them If you are interested involunteering as a BRO or as a general volunteer please contact Executive Officer Stuart John ateorowingactorgau for more information and training details We will be looking to all our clubs andschools to assist with volunteers throughout the regatta season to ensure that we have a great season

Full Rowing ACT 201920 Regatta Calendar (Yarramundi Reach unless specified)

October 12 Disher Cup (West Basin ndash Grevillea Park non point-score)October 20 Col Panton Memorial Marathon (East Basin ndash Weston Park non point-score)October 26 Black Mountain Rowing Club RegattaNovember 2 Tuggeranong Cup Regatta (Lake Tuggeranong)November 9 RadfordDaramalan RegattaNovember 23 CGGSMarist RegattaDecember 7 Capital Lakes Twilight Regatta (non point-score)February 1 Canberra Grammar School RegattaFebruary 15 Australian National University Boat Club RegattaFebruary 22 Capital Lakes Rowing Club Sprint Regatta (East Basin)February 29 Canberra Rowing Club ACT Grade Championships (draft program to be issued)March 14-15 ACT Head of the LakeACT Championships double-headerApril 4 ACT Masters Championships (draft program open for comment)

Annual General MeetingThe 2019 Rowing ACT Annual General Meeting is on Wednesday September 18 at 6pm at the YMCA onAlexandrina Drive The following nominations were received for Board positions Board President (one position)Alison Creagh

Board Members (three positions)Ben PageDeb StymanKent Peters All clubs are encouraged to send a representative if you wish to have someone act as a proxy then please

complete this form and email Stuart at eorowingactorgau

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

11192019 World champions amp regatta calendars

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Winter Time TrialsWere almost through our Winter Time Trial series with Winter Time Trial 5 coming up on September 14and 15 Theres plenty to aim for at this event with a number of point-score trophies up for grabs

In the mens single scull Black Mountains Ben Geier is out in front in the race for the Kwiatowski Cup 11points clear of Capital Lakes Geoff Nichols CGGS rower Grace Turner leads the womens series for theLyn Cirulis Plate 10 points clear of ANUs Sarah Connor in second

In the Sunday events the Capital Lakes double of Dario amp Electra Beltrami and Steve Grzeskowiak leadsthe Open competition while the CRC doubles teams of Sandra Sweeney Katie Tagg and RachaelCarnegie is well in front of the Womens competition Capital Lakes leads the Open quads while BlackMountain leads the Womens quads

For the full point-score head to the regatta page here

The Capital Lake octo at the Winter Time Trial 4 in August

Head of the MolongloThe 2019 Head of the Molonglo took place in some foggy conditions in early August The race whichstarts on the Molonglo River east of Lake Burley Griffin and finishes at Black Mountain Peninsula saw 14starters on a very cold winters day The apparent temperature on the day was -36 degrees - kudos to allthose who braved the cold

Fastest across the line was the CRC eight of Timothy Hodge Hilbert Van Pelt Joshua Watson AlvarClosas Sebastian Lang Aaron Garnham Cameron ONeil Nicholas Latimer and Alison Herbert as coxclosely followed by the CRCSchool composite crew The ADF Composite crew of Matthew BuchtmannDamon Hietbrink Jeremy Lawrence and Nic Williams was the fastest four while the CRCANU compositequad was next

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

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RIP Nick Garratt AM 1947 - 2019A large crowd gathered for the funeral of Rowing ACT head coach Nick Garratt on a cold July afternoonrecently with plenty of people travelling long distances to pay their respects

Not only was Nick respected both nationally and internationally his work ethic and character were widelyvalued and admired Nick was friendly calm and collegiate with a good sense of humour

As our head coach and a member of the ACT rowing community for the last few years the loss is personalto many of us including the current cohort of elite rowers He inspired many youngsters who progressedunder his tutelage to be National and World Rowing Champions Nick achieved great results initially inWestern Australia then in NSW at Mosman and finally in the ACT

His results with the ACT team were exceptional All four of ACT interstate crews and scullers won medalsin the 2019 interstate regatta the ACTrsquos best-ever results Nick was personally involved as the principalcoach of the ACT menrsquos lightweight four and sculler Cara Grzeskowiak and was influential with ournational para scullersHe was appointed a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2016 AustraliaDay honours Nick coached crews in the Sydney Athens Beijing and London Olympics with a fourth inthe menrsquos quad scull in Sydney and a sixth in the womenrsquos eights in London

Rowing ACT High Performance Fundraiser

Our High Performance fundraiser was a great success with over $18000 raised for the purchase of anew double scull This boat - named the Nick Garratt - will officially be christened later in the year Thank-

you to all those who donated

BROs on tourWere lucky to have three FISA-accredited Boat Race Officials in the ACT with two of them headingoverseas for international regattas recently

Our Chief BRO Geoff Northam had a sneak peak at next years Olympic course in Tokyo when he workedat the World Junior Championships earlier this month while Nick Hunter crossed the Pacific for the Pan-American games in Peru

Well be running training sessions for Boat Race Officials in October - these people are needed to make

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

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our regattas run For more information or to sign up for updates please email Stuart ateorowingactorgau

The ACTs Nick Hunter at the Pan-American Games with Technical Delegate Sergio Ramirez ScolaroPresident of the Jury Santiago Fuentes Castaneda and Rowing Competition Manager Mario

Hot Shot of the Month

Each newsletter we will be showing some of the best photos of the past month This pic from BenFarinazzo shows a beautiful Canberra morning at Yarralumla Bay

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

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Send your best photos to eorowingactorgau or use rowingact or actrowing for a chance to featurenext month

Calendar

14-15 September Winter Time Trial 512 October Disher Cup

20 October Col Panton Memorial Marathon26 October BMRC Regatta

Make sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram

Contact

Stuart (Executive Officer)Email eorowingactorgau

Phone 0406 376 666

Katrina (High Performance Program Coordinator)Email hprowingactorgau

Phone 0478 622 342

Want to change how you receive these emailsYou can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

This email was sent to ltltEmail Addressgtgt why did I get this unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences

Rowing ACT middot PO Box 7074 middot Yarralumla ACT 2600 middot Australia

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11192019 World champions amp regatta calendars

httpsmailchimpea1af2f4a6eaworld-champions-regatta-calendars 37

Rowing ACT is happy to announce that the 201920 Regatta Calendar has now been released Thiscalendar includes a number of new features including an ACT Head of the LakeACT Championshipsdouble-header on the weekend of March 14-15 the ACT Grade Championships on 29 February and theACT Masters Championships on 4 April

Not that this will stop the old favourites Developed in conjunction with the Regatta Sub-Committee thisseasonrsquos calendar includes five regular pointscore regattas the Tuggeranong Cup the Capital LakesSprint Regatta and the Col Panton Memorial Marathon New to the calendar are the ACT MastersChampionships on 4 April an ACT Grade Championships on 29 February and a twilight regatta to finish2019 on 7 December Wersquove included draft programs for the Masters Championships with the draft for theGrade Championships to follow in the next week Wersquore looking for your input into how these two regattasshould run wersquod also like to hear your suggestions for the 7 December Twilight Regatta If yoursquod like tocontribute then please email eorowingactorgau with your comments by 19 October

Wersquove listened to the rowing community and made some changes to our regular regatta program The newprogram includes menrsquos and womenrsquos Masters quad events while the C D amp E quad heats and finals areno longer included Year 8 9 amp 10 school races are now in place of the heats with the C D amp E graderaces in place of the finals Both of these are now stand-alone events and will run as divisional racesThese events will run on a trial basis for 201920 and will be reviewed at the end of the seasonThe calendar has also included feedback from our BRO community who will be working hard to make theregattas run as smoothly as possible We always need new BROs and regatta volunteers though asregattas are subject to cancellation if there arenrsquot enough volunteers for them If you are interested involunteering as a BRO or as a general volunteer please contact Executive Officer Stuart John ateorowingactorgau for more information and training details We will be looking to all our clubs andschools to assist with volunteers throughout the regatta season to ensure that we have a great season

Full Rowing ACT 201920 Regatta Calendar (Yarramundi Reach unless specified)

October 12 Disher Cup (West Basin ndash Grevillea Park non point-score)October 20 Col Panton Memorial Marathon (East Basin ndash Weston Park non point-score)October 26 Black Mountain Rowing Club RegattaNovember 2 Tuggeranong Cup Regatta (Lake Tuggeranong)November 9 RadfordDaramalan RegattaNovember 23 CGGSMarist RegattaDecember 7 Capital Lakes Twilight Regatta (non point-score)February 1 Canberra Grammar School RegattaFebruary 15 Australian National University Boat Club RegattaFebruary 22 Capital Lakes Rowing Club Sprint Regatta (East Basin)February 29 Canberra Rowing Club ACT Grade Championships (draft program to be issued)March 14-15 ACT Head of the LakeACT Championships double-headerApril 4 ACT Masters Championships (draft program open for comment)

Annual General MeetingThe 2019 Rowing ACT Annual General Meeting is on Wednesday September 18 at 6pm at the YMCA onAlexandrina Drive The following nominations were received for Board positions Board President (one position)Alison Creagh

Board Members (three positions)Ben PageDeb StymanKent Peters All clubs are encouraged to send a representative if you wish to have someone act as a proxy then please

complete this form and email Stuart at eorowingactorgau

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

11192019 World champions amp regatta calendars

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Winter Time TrialsWere almost through our Winter Time Trial series with Winter Time Trial 5 coming up on September 14and 15 Theres plenty to aim for at this event with a number of point-score trophies up for grabs

In the mens single scull Black Mountains Ben Geier is out in front in the race for the Kwiatowski Cup 11points clear of Capital Lakes Geoff Nichols CGGS rower Grace Turner leads the womens series for theLyn Cirulis Plate 10 points clear of ANUs Sarah Connor in second

In the Sunday events the Capital Lakes double of Dario amp Electra Beltrami and Steve Grzeskowiak leadsthe Open competition while the CRC doubles teams of Sandra Sweeney Katie Tagg and RachaelCarnegie is well in front of the Womens competition Capital Lakes leads the Open quads while BlackMountain leads the Womens quads

For the full point-score head to the regatta page here

The Capital Lake octo at the Winter Time Trial 4 in August

Head of the MolongloThe 2019 Head of the Molonglo took place in some foggy conditions in early August The race whichstarts on the Molonglo River east of Lake Burley Griffin and finishes at Black Mountain Peninsula saw 14starters on a very cold winters day The apparent temperature on the day was -36 degrees - kudos to allthose who braved the cold

Fastest across the line was the CRC eight of Timothy Hodge Hilbert Van Pelt Joshua Watson AlvarClosas Sebastian Lang Aaron Garnham Cameron ONeil Nicholas Latimer and Alison Herbert as coxclosely followed by the CRCSchool composite crew The ADF Composite crew of Matthew BuchtmannDamon Hietbrink Jeremy Lawrence and Nic Williams was the fastest four while the CRCANU compositequad was next

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

11192019 World champions amp regatta calendars

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RIP Nick Garratt AM 1947 - 2019A large crowd gathered for the funeral of Rowing ACT head coach Nick Garratt on a cold July afternoonrecently with plenty of people travelling long distances to pay their respects

Not only was Nick respected both nationally and internationally his work ethic and character were widelyvalued and admired Nick was friendly calm and collegiate with a good sense of humour

As our head coach and a member of the ACT rowing community for the last few years the loss is personalto many of us including the current cohort of elite rowers He inspired many youngsters who progressedunder his tutelage to be National and World Rowing Champions Nick achieved great results initially inWestern Australia then in NSW at Mosman and finally in the ACT

His results with the ACT team were exceptional All four of ACT interstate crews and scullers won medalsin the 2019 interstate regatta the ACTrsquos best-ever results Nick was personally involved as the principalcoach of the ACT menrsquos lightweight four and sculler Cara Grzeskowiak and was influential with ournational para scullersHe was appointed a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2016 AustraliaDay honours Nick coached crews in the Sydney Athens Beijing and London Olympics with a fourth inthe menrsquos quad scull in Sydney and a sixth in the womenrsquos eights in London

Rowing ACT High Performance Fundraiser

Our High Performance fundraiser was a great success with over $18000 raised for the purchase of anew double scull This boat - named the Nick Garratt - will officially be christened later in the year Thank-

you to all those who donated

BROs on tourWere lucky to have three FISA-accredited Boat Race Officials in the ACT with two of them headingoverseas for international regattas recently

Our Chief BRO Geoff Northam had a sneak peak at next years Olympic course in Tokyo when he workedat the World Junior Championships earlier this month while Nick Hunter crossed the Pacific for the Pan-American games in Peru

Well be running training sessions for Boat Race Officials in October - these people are needed to make

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

11192019 World champions amp regatta calendars

httpsmailchimpea1af2f4a6eaworld-champions-regatta-calendars 67

our regattas run For more information or to sign up for updates please email Stuart ateorowingactorgau

The ACTs Nick Hunter at the Pan-American Games with Technical Delegate Sergio Ramirez ScolaroPresident of the Jury Santiago Fuentes Castaneda and Rowing Competition Manager Mario

Hot Shot of the Month

Each newsletter we will be showing some of the best photos of the past month This pic from BenFarinazzo shows a beautiful Canberra morning at Yarralumla Bay

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

11192019 World champions amp regatta calendars

httpsmailchimpea1af2f4a6eaworld-champions-regatta-calendars 77

Send your best photos to eorowingactorgau or use rowingact or actrowing for a chance to featurenext month

Calendar

14-15 September Winter Time Trial 512 October Disher Cup

20 October Col Panton Memorial Marathon26 October BMRC Regatta

Make sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram

Contact

Stuart (Executive Officer)Email eorowingactorgau

Phone 0406 376 666

Katrina (High Performance Program Coordinator)Email hprowingactorgau

Phone 0478 622 342

Want to change how you receive these emailsYou can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

This email was sent to ltltEmail Addressgtgt why did I get this unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences

Rowing ACT middot PO Box 7074 middot Yarralumla ACT 2600 middot Australia

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11192019 World champions amp regatta calendars

httpsmailchimpea1af2f4a6eaworld-champions-regatta-calendars 47

Winter Time TrialsWere almost through our Winter Time Trial series with Winter Time Trial 5 coming up on September 14and 15 Theres plenty to aim for at this event with a number of point-score trophies up for grabs

In the mens single scull Black Mountains Ben Geier is out in front in the race for the Kwiatowski Cup 11points clear of Capital Lakes Geoff Nichols CGGS rower Grace Turner leads the womens series for theLyn Cirulis Plate 10 points clear of ANUs Sarah Connor in second

In the Sunday events the Capital Lakes double of Dario amp Electra Beltrami and Steve Grzeskowiak leadsthe Open competition while the CRC doubles teams of Sandra Sweeney Katie Tagg and RachaelCarnegie is well in front of the Womens competition Capital Lakes leads the Open quads while BlackMountain leads the Womens quads

For the full point-score head to the regatta page here

The Capital Lake octo at the Winter Time Trial 4 in August

Head of the MolongloThe 2019 Head of the Molonglo took place in some foggy conditions in early August The race whichstarts on the Molonglo River east of Lake Burley Griffin and finishes at Black Mountain Peninsula saw 14starters on a very cold winters day The apparent temperature on the day was -36 degrees - kudos to allthose who braved the cold

Fastest across the line was the CRC eight of Timothy Hodge Hilbert Van Pelt Joshua Watson AlvarClosas Sebastian Lang Aaron Garnham Cameron ONeil Nicholas Latimer and Alison Herbert as coxclosely followed by the CRCSchool composite crew The ADF Composite crew of Matthew BuchtmannDamon Hietbrink Jeremy Lawrence and Nic Williams was the fastest four while the CRCANU compositequad was next

Subscribe Past Issues Translate

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RIP Nick Garratt AM 1947 - 2019A large crowd gathered for the funeral of Rowing ACT head coach Nick Garratt on a cold July afternoonrecently with plenty of people travelling long distances to pay their respects

Not only was Nick respected both nationally and internationally his work ethic and character were widelyvalued and admired Nick was friendly calm and collegiate with a good sense of humour

As our head coach and a member of the ACT rowing community for the last few years the loss is personalto many of us including the current cohort of elite rowers He inspired many youngsters who progressedunder his tutelage to be National and World Rowing Champions Nick achieved great results initially inWestern Australia then in NSW at Mosman and finally in the ACT

His results with the ACT team were exceptional All four of ACT interstate crews and scullers won medalsin the 2019 interstate regatta the ACTrsquos best-ever results Nick was personally involved as the principalcoach of the ACT menrsquos lightweight four and sculler Cara Grzeskowiak and was influential with ournational para scullersHe was appointed a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2016 AustraliaDay honours Nick coached crews in the Sydney Athens Beijing and London Olympics with a fourth inthe menrsquos quad scull in Sydney and a sixth in the womenrsquos eights in London

Rowing ACT High Performance Fundraiser

Our High Performance fundraiser was a great success with over $18000 raised for the purchase of anew double scull This boat - named the Nick Garratt - will officially be christened later in the year Thank-

you to all those who donated

BROs on tourWere lucky to have three FISA-accredited Boat Race Officials in the ACT with two of them headingoverseas for international regattas recently

Our Chief BRO Geoff Northam had a sneak peak at next years Olympic course in Tokyo when he workedat the World Junior Championships earlier this month while Nick Hunter crossed the Pacific for the Pan-American games in Peru

Well be running training sessions for Boat Race Officials in October - these people are needed to make

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The ACTs Nick Hunter at the Pan-American Games with Technical Delegate Sergio Ramirez ScolaroPresident of the Jury Santiago Fuentes Castaneda and Rowing Competition Manager Mario

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14-15 September Winter Time Trial 512 October Disher Cup

20 October Col Panton Memorial Marathon26 October BMRC Regatta

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Contact

Stuart (Executive Officer)Email eorowingactorgau

Phone 0406 376 666

Katrina (High Performance Program Coordinator)Email hprowingactorgau

Phone 0478 622 342

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RIP Nick Garratt AM 1947 - 2019A large crowd gathered for the funeral of Rowing ACT head coach Nick Garratt on a cold July afternoonrecently with plenty of people travelling long distances to pay their respects

Not only was Nick respected both nationally and internationally his work ethic and character were widelyvalued and admired Nick was friendly calm and collegiate with a good sense of humour

As our head coach and a member of the ACT rowing community for the last few years the loss is personalto many of us including the current cohort of elite rowers He inspired many youngsters who progressedunder his tutelage to be National and World Rowing Champions Nick achieved great results initially inWestern Australia then in NSW at Mosman and finally in the ACT

His results with the ACT team were exceptional All four of ACT interstate crews and scullers won medalsin the 2019 interstate regatta the ACTrsquos best-ever results Nick was personally involved as the principalcoach of the ACT menrsquos lightweight four and sculler Cara Grzeskowiak and was influential with ournational para scullersHe was appointed a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2016 AustraliaDay honours Nick coached crews in the Sydney Athens Beijing and London Olympics with a fourth inthe menrsquos quad scull in Sydney and a sixth in the womenrsquos eights in London

Rowing ACT High Performance Fundraiser

Our High Performance fundraiser was a great success with over $18000 raised for the purchase of anew double scull This boat - named the Nick Garratt - will officially be christened later in the year Thank-

you to all those who donated

BROs on tourWere lucky to have three FISA-accredited Boat Race Officials in the ACT with two of them headingoverseas for international regattas recently

Our Chief BRO Geoff Northam had a sneak peak at next years Olympic course in Tokyo when he workedat the World Junior Championships earlier this month while Nick Hunter crossed the Pacific for the Pan-American games in Peru

Well be running training sessions for Boat Race Officials in October - these people are needed to make

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our regattas run For more information or to sign up for updates please email Stuart ateorowingactorgau

The ACTs Nick Hunter at the Pan-American Games with Technical Delegate Sergio Ramirez ScolaroPresident of the Jury Santiago Fuentes Castaneda and Rowing Competition Manager Mario

Hot Shot of the Month

Each newsletter we will be showing some of the best photos of the past month This pic from BenFarinazzo shows a beautiful Canberra morning at Yarralumla Bay

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Calendar

14-15 September Winter Time Trial 512 October Disher Cup

20 October Col Panton Memorial Marathon26 October BMRC Regatta

Make sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram

Contact

Stuart (Executive Officer)Email eorowingactorgau

Phone 0406 376 666

Katrina (High Performance Program Coordinator)Email hprowingactorgau

Phone 0478 622 342

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our regattas run For more information or to sign up for updates please email Stuart ateorowingactorgau

The ACTs Nick Hunter at the Pan-American Games with Technical Delegate Sergio Ramirez ScolaroPresident of the Jury Santiago Fuentes Castaneda and Rowing Competition Manager Mario

Hot Shot of the Month

Each newsletter we will be showing some of the best photos of the past month This pic from BenFarinazzo shows a beautiful Canberra morning at Yarralumla Bay

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Calendar

14-15 September Winter Time Trial 512 October Disher Cup

20 October Col Panton Memorial Marathon26 October BMRC Regatta

Make sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram

Contact

Stuart (Executive Officer)Email eorowingactorgau

Phone 0406 376 666

Katrina (High Performance Program Coordinator)Email hprowingactorgau

Phone 0478 622 342

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Calendar

14-15 September Winter Time Trial 512 October Disher Cup

20 October Col Panton Memorial Marathon26 October BMRC Regatta

Make sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram

Contact

Stuart (Executive Officer)Email eorowingactorgau

Phone 0406 376 666

Katrina (High Performance Program Coordinator)Email hprowingactorgau

Phone 0478 622 342

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Rowing ACT middot PO Box 7074 middot Yarralumla ACT 2600 middot Australia

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