Annual Report and Balance Sheet 2019

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Toowong Rowing ClubANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

8am Saturday 27 July

TRC Function Centre Keith Street St Lucia

Meeting Agenda

Welcome and Introductions

Apologies

Acceptance of minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting

Receiving of the Management Committee’s Report

Receiving of the Financial Statements

Receiving of the Auditor’s Report

Proposed resolutions to General Business from Members (Resolutions to Matters submitted to the meeting

with notice prior to the meeting.)

a. Retirement of all Management Committee members and other Office Bearers for 2019.

b. Election and Introduction of Management Committee members and other Office Bearers for 2020.

Appointment of the Auditor for the 2019/2020 financial year

Meeting close

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Minutes of Annual General Meeting Saturday 28 July 2018Toowong Rowing Club

Meeting commenced at 8am

Welcome and Introductions

The Chairman Peter Schryver declared the meeting open at 8.05am. He welcomed members, Honorary Life Members and guests and thanked everyone for attending. He asked for apologies to be tabled.

Attendees:

Apel, ElliottBellingham, KarenBliss, JohnBosher, DonaldBourne, JulieBrookes, JeremyBrown, KatherineBrown, LynetteBuchbach, DouglasBunting, ChristopherCarter, PatriciaCavell, WendyClarke, ShelleyClatworthy, AndrewCoates, JennyCoit, AynslieConn, Jenny

Cornish, LachlanCoulton, AlanCruikshank, SaoirseDe Waal, AnnetteDickinson, HelenDwyer, KeiranElliott, MarionEllis, AngelinaEvans, TraceyFilkin, JanelleForbes, LuellaGamble, SusanGamble, WelwynGame, MarkGibb, JimGrady, WendyGregg, Peter

Gunningham, RobertGuy, NicolaHall, CameronHerries, RobynHowden, KatherineKaradimitris, LeonidasKeily, GavinKerrison, RussellLyndon, ChristopherMagnus, NathanMalouf, CalManning, JamesMcDonnell, TimMonks, DeborahMulligan, TerryMurphy, MichaelNugent, Katrina

O’Dwyer, PhilipO’Rourke, KerryO’Keeffe, FrancesPark, PeterPettigrew, PaulPoiner, RichardPrice, JackRobinson, SarahSchryver, PeterTaylor, PaulTynan, AndrewWatters, CarolWilliamson, ThomasZuk, NoelaLawrence, Geoffrey

Apologies:

Brown, EmmaBrowne, AndrewByrne, SarahCarter, DavidChancellor, LauraConnolly, MarkConnolly, TerenceCoonan, Madeleine

Cryle, GabeGerber, AndrewGerber, IsobelGerber, SophieGifford, JethroJames, AmyLambros, KatherineMacsporran, Alan

Parry, HamishPettigrew, MatthewPincus, BenjaminPurcell, DarrynRaven, ClareRobson, IanSerra, DaniellaThomsen, Shane

Varendorff, JohnVitelli, BrendanWaters, AlistairWilson, ElizabethGerber, StephanieHutchinson, John

Acceptance of the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2017

Motion: That the minutes of the Toowong Rowing Club (Inc.) AGM 2107 be accepted as true and correct. Proposed: Wendy Cavell Seconded: Michael Murphy

Receiving of the Management Committee’s Report

Peter Schryver presented the TRC Annual Report and thanked Angelina Ellis, Liz Wilson and Gavin Keily for their considerable effort in its preparation and production. He said he would like to have a discussion as to the direction for the future of the Club and about how he is concerned that there is nothing documented on the subject. With this in mind he has worked with the Committee to produce the Strategic Plan 2018-2022 which he presented by PowerPoint explaining it in detail as he read through the document.

Key points relating to the purpose and philosophy of the plan are listed below.

• Our vision is that the Club be a sustainable successful high performing home for athletes, coaches and volunteers.

• That the aim of the committee is to present to members a proposal for a relevant, accurate and appropriate plan for the future.

• The document would be a guide in decision making, future planning and to assist in the committee handover process. The philosophy is that the plan is manageable, achievable and desirable.

• A formal plan should be in place to satisfy our current governance models. Brisbane City Council from whom we lease our land require us to have such a plan. It is also an essential prerequisite in grant applications.

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• Under current practice Rowing Australia and the Australian Sports Commission require us to commit to a vision, a purpose and agree on our core values.

• The history and values of Toowong Rowing Club would be maintained and respected under the proposed new plan.

• Club values as outlined in the document are to act with integrity, respect, accountability and inclusion in developing and growing the sport of rowing within our club and the broader community.

• In the future, no decision should be made without reference to our Strategic Plan which would be refined and finished after any feedback from this AGM.

There were no questions from the membership but Chris Lyndon expressed his support on the topic of Governance as stated in the plan. He agreed that the Club needs to ensure that our income stream is not key area dependant. He also named a number of rowing clubs that had failed by deviating too far from the core business of running a rowing club. In these cases, he said that extraneous business had become the focus.

Karen Bellingham questioned the Chairman’s reference to a downturn in Club memberships asking if he could explain the reason. Cameron Hall responded on behalf of the committee. Whilst unsure as to the reason for the decrease he quoted some relevant figures saying we had 36 less members this year at a cost to income of circa $22,000. Of the decline, he noted that 16 members were from the sub 20-year-old group, 6 from the 20 to 30-year-old group, the same from the 40 to 50-year-old group as well as a few 50 to 65 year olds. Peter Schryvers comment on the point was that there had already been an increase in memberships since the figures were taken at the end of Club financial year but he noted that there had been a peak in membership in the 2016/17 years. He felt that these figures reflected a trend that numbers were drifting back to the norm of the previous 8 years or so.

Karen Bellingham asked for analysis as to the reason for the decline. Peter Schryver agreed to investigate.

In introducing Kerry O’Rourke to speak about the Proposed (West Shed) Development Peter Schryver noted that the two main areas of concern for committee are the provision of adequate bathroom facilities and the diversification of our income stream within an area we know. Kerry took the floor to speak about the proposed development as a possible means to an income stream to provide infrastructure and facilities. He made the following points.

• His immediate plan is not about proceeding with a building but rather to secure the land which he says is zoned for Sport & Recreation. If Kerry can obtain an agreement to re-configure the lease boundaries he will know what parcel of land he has at his disposal when the time comes to go ahead with a building development. He said it will secure the future of the club and made reference to how that aligns with the Strategic Plan.

• He noted that Brisbane Boys College are considering a re-development of their shed.

• He has been speaking with Brisbane City Council since 2013 and says they are keen to keep the area from St. Thomas’ Kindergarten to the University as a major rowing precinct.

• TRC needs to secure the lease on this prime land to prevent it from being taken by another club or school.

• Kerry presented and explained the lease maps and showed his drawings including the footprint of the proposed new building. He said the boundaries on the leases in question were at odd angles. He wants to tidy up the dimensions of the boundaries and believes that Brisbane City Council has agreed to this in principle.

Luella Forbes enquired as to the full extent of the cost of reconfiguring the lease boundaries and other costs involved in implementing the plans for the development. Kerry replied that there was no cost, it would require only an exchange of letters and once granted the payment of annual lease fees. Peter Park answered a question from the floor estimating the increase in annual lease fees would be approximately $200 per annum assuming Council would base its calculation on what is paid per square metre for our existing lease.

Paul Pettigrew asked about the timing requirement and cost involved for the submission for a Development Approval. Kerry said one of the Council conditions would be that TRC would have to apply for a Development Approval in the future but he believed once paperwork for the leases was complete it would be a long-term arrangement without a time frame. He said this is not BCC granting the lease, it is an intention to grant the lease subject to conditions. He added that the Club would have to indicate to BCC their preparedness to go along with those conditions.

Jack Price asked Kerry to remind those present as to why we as the club would want the extra land and what it represents for the members. He asked what was there that the Club could use or afford to capitalise. He queried the substantial expense of a development. Kerry referred to the Strategic Plan document saying again that he needed an option on the land for the future of the Club.

Peter Gregg asked if our neighbours had been consulted. Kerry assured him the neighbours on either side (Brisbane Boys College Boat Shed & St. Thomas’s Kindergarten) had been approached and that kindergarten only wanted to be kept updated on the building plan. He said BBC are awaiting information regarding the intention of TRC. At this point Peter Schryver added that BBC own the shed next door and that Kerry has been dealing with the BBC Old Boys (Chris Beech) not the School Business Services Manager. He said he had been told by an appropriate spokesperson for BBC that they were not interested in funding any development on the facility next door.

Terry Mulligan noted that Kerry had not properly answered questions posed by Jack Price and that he also could not see the need for a development next door saying that TRC was one of the biggest clubs in Australia. He considered it would be a waste of time and money particularly in our current financial situation. Another member voiced agreement with Terry.

Noela Zuk suggested projection data should be used to indicate whether participation in the sport of rowing was growing enough to justify such a multi-million-dollar investment. She said decisions needed to be based on hard data not emotion about leaving a footprint or a legacy. The Chairman joined the discussion again saying he was in receipt of an email from BCC (11/2017) stating that before TRC could proceed further BCC would need to know that there was a Strategic Plan in place and that the proposed development aligned with the criteria of the Strategic Plan. In addition, Council would need assurance that TRC had the approval of its neighbours and also a feasibility study/ business plan to ensure

the development would not financially cripple the club. Until those conditions were met TRC could not move forward with council.

Philip O’ Dwyer considered that it was an option for the future that we were discussing not an obligation to a business plan or a multimillion dollar investment. Peter Schryver reiterated that Council required their conditions to be met before they would allow any further advances from the Club.

Russell Kerrosin (West Shed Sub-Committee) was asked to speak to the membership at this point. Russell informed the meeting that in looking at expanding to the site next door a key point of consideration for the sub-committee was always the potential for future income streams. He said that it was incredibly important to put our foot on the piece of land for the moment, at minimum cost, to make sure it is not taken by another organisation. He also noted that our present boatshed was overcrowded. Club Captain Jack Price interjected noting that TRC had one of the biggest sheds in Australia and that he considered it was not overcrowded. Andrew Tynan asked if there had been thought given to re-developing our current site considering obvious inefficiencies in space usage. Russel Kerrosin concluded by saying that he did not mind if nothing happened on the land next door but he would care if there had not been a thorough investigation as to the value of the site for the club in the future. Nathan Magnus agreed with Russell on this point. Cal Malouf agreed the idea was to create an income stream through commercial enterprise and said that Kerry O’Rourke had told him that income generated would be able to run the whole club.

Deborah Monks expressed concern that members still did not have a firm of idea as to a cost of what is being proposed and that no progress should be made without an estimation of cost, a business plan and knowledge of exactly what is required for the next three to five years. Her opinion was that whilst there would be an expected income stream from the proposed commercial development there would be considerable cost including that of providing management. She said that at some point the Club would become so big that it could no longer rely only upon our volunteers. Kerry replied that there would be no money spent until he had the land. Peter reiterated the above-mentioned Council requirements.

Mark Game entered the discussion saying that he disagreed on several points as stated by Peter Schryver and that there was some misunderstanding and miscommunication of the multiple prongs of communication from Council. He said there needed to be more discussion with Council and offered his services to negotiate, on proper terms, a Heads of Agreement with Council. Noela Zuk and Janelle Filkin expressed related views on the need for a clear communication strategy. Others interjected here with passionate and relevant arguments on the topic but due to time constraints the discussion needed to be closed.

Motion: That Committee be authorised to pursue the concept of securing the land (as shown on the diagram presented to this meeting by Kerry O’Rourke - the block west side of Clubhouse) but that no commitment be made to any costs (including for Development Approval or Business Plan) without formal consultation with the Membership. Moved: C. Lyndon Seconded: A. Coulton Vote: Show of hands indicated a clear majority of 43 votes in favour of the motion.

Peter Schryver undertook to keep a formal plan of his communications with BCC and organise a meeting between

BCC, Mark Game, Kerry O’Rourke and himself and report back to Membership.

Peter Schryver now spoke in relation to an alternative option for development and income. He has been approached by the St. Peters Lutheran College Rowing Master and their Business Services Manager. They need a home for their small rowing programme. The potential income stream between TRC and SPLC could possibly support an on-footprint development to deliver one of committee’s strategies to provide new change rooms for the membership. Peter Schryver said a partnership was needed to make this happen and it would be most beneficial in securing grants to cover any shortfall. The in principal discussions Peter Schryver has had with SPLC indicate there would be a potential income of $50.000 per year which importantly is a rowing related income. A core value considered in any discussion with SPLC will be that no TRC member loses access to any club operations or equipment nor will they be negatively impacted in any way. The plan must be manageable, achievable and desirable. To attract a younger demographic into the club Peter Schryver said that TRC would have to supply suitable change rooms and possibly a new boat bay. He also mentioned the recent issues with and costly repairs to the pontoon and suggested that long term we would need to think about a new pontoon.

Motion: That Committee proceed with further in principal discussions with relevant stakeholders (St. Peters Lutheran College) regarding the possibility of proceeding with an on-Clubhouse lease footprint development. Moved: Peter Schryver Seconded: Noela Zuk Vote: Show of hands/clear majority for the motion

Peter Schryver’s next step is to further discuss the partnership with the school and to explore the risks involved. He will meet with relevant St. Peters staff, BCC and State Government representatives to have an in-principle discussion. Peter Gregg has on file and offered a full set of business plans for remodelling the change rooms. Kerry O’Rourke warned of the issues involved with having younger people around the Club. Chris Lyndon warned that he did not know of any incidences where clubs and schools had worked well together. Peter replied saying that it was a common scenario in Melbourne and concluded by saying that whatever the decision it must be low risk and manageable for the club.

Peter Schryver formally thanked Carol Watters for running the Function Centre for so many years saying that TRC owed her a significant amount of gratitude for what she had done for the Club. He announced that she would like to retire on a date to be advised. Revenue of the function centre could not justify replacing Carol with a full time salaried employee. Committee is looking at a business plan for the centre and will report back to the membership. Peter asked that anybody with an interest or desire to help Committee to move forward with the Function Centre should please let us know.

Presentation of the Financial Statements and Auditors Report

Treasurer Peter Park noted the following.

• Financial Reports had been emailed pre-AGM to allow members time to digest.

• Changes in demographic, membership and business the model for Function Centre had made difference in the bottom line.

• In the 3 months post current end of financial report year there had been an increase in membership.

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• Function Centre should be in a healthier financial state by end of this financial year due to reduction in operating overhead even though the income stream would be lower. It was already showing profit for first three months, 1/4/18 to 30/6/18.

• Cash in bank and operational cash is sufficient to keep the club functioning for the remainder of this year until income from HOTB and collection of 2019 memberships.

• Cash in bank figure ($84,000) is after purchase of two Pairs, an Eight, some major boat refurbishment costs and expenses incurred for the pontoon only approximately $10,000 less than in 2017.

• Auditor satisfied with the books.

• Seat money collection is complicated but Peter is working with club book keeper to resolve.

• Long overdue money owed by Rowing Queensland for AIS and QIS rowers difficult to collect.

• Capital purchases this year over $60,000.

• Repair & maintenance this year $39,500 of which $32,000 was for major work on two older Eights and work on two Fours plus shoes and riggers for the Ellis.

• Better record this year for insurance claims but premiums remain similar.

Motion: That the Auditors Report of the Treasurers books and accounts 2017/2018 be accepted by the Membership of Toowong Rowing Club. Proposed: Peter Park Seconded: Andy Clatworthy

General Business and proposed resolutions to General Business from Members

Senior Social Rower/Proposal for new Membership Category

Chris Lyndon presented a case to introduce a new membership category for senior social rowers. A ‘Senior Social Rower’ would be over the age of 65 years, not enter any rowing competition and not use a club boat more often than twice a week. He said only three or four present members would qualify. He argued that such a category would retain members who want to row only socially and potentially attract back those who have left because of the expense. He suggested it may act an as attraction to the Club for 65year olds who are leaving the work force. Chris feels that the cost to the club of this new category would be negated by the new members it would attract and that the club would gain a valuable resource in willing volunteers from this demographic.

Terry Mulligan pointed out that the Club already had provision for members to appeal for assistance in times of financial hardship. Michael Murphy questioned why other demographics in the club would not be included in the motion i.e. young/student rowers. Kieran Dwyer also objected noting that full time students had less income than pensioners.

Ange Ellis presented by PowerPoint on behalf of the Committee. She began by saying that she was not attempting to persuade but rather to inform. She said she would be the first person to encourage senior membership and was very supportive of Chris’s attempts in that sense but she stressed the importance of sustaining pathways for all members irrespective of their age.

She presented the following data from Revolutionise.

• Currently 75 members in all categories over the age of 65.

• Currently 34 members are over the age of 65 and paying full fees.

Ange continued by saying that there might only be a small number of people who would be interested in rowing only once or twice a week but stressed that potentially this might extend to something bigger. For example, the members who qualify for this category now could increase by 18 members in five years and potentially create a compounding impact on the revenue of the Club. She said that TRC needs to find the right way to balance our membership whilst making sure that what we do is financially responsible and fair to all those who may need financial assistance to continue in the sport. Ange gave examples of other clubs many of whom do not offer concessional options for rowers and mentioned that the issue being discussed had been dealt with very thoroughly by Committee in 2016. (Motion 24/5/16: To adopt an operating protocol allowing long standing members to apply for reduced or deferred membership fees in special circumstances such as retirement travel, remote or distant residence, Centrelink/support pension or general financial hardship.) This is the functioning arrangement to this day and the facility has been used by a number of members from all demographics.

Chris Lyndon strongly disagreed with the figures presented by Ange and said that rather than a liability the arrangement could be an increment to the club in that it may attract new members in the age category in question. The topic was closed before a vote on the motion.

Motion: That a new class of membership be created i.e. Senior Social Rower. The membership fee for a Senior Social Rower shall be 50% of that paid by full rowing members at the relevant date. Moved: Christopher Lyndon Seconded: Peter Park Vote: Secret Ballot For the motion 19 votes Against 64 votes Scrutineers: Julie Bourne/Jim Gibb

Election of Office Bearers

Peter Schryver announced the retirement of the 2018 committee. He advised that Leo Karadimitris had nominated to take a position on the committee. Since there were no other management committee nominations from the floor no election was necessary as all 9 committee positions for 2019 were filled. Noela Zuk congratulated the outgoing committee for preparing the Strategic Plan 2018-2022.

2019 Committee: Peter Schryver (President) Peter Park (Treasurer) Katherine Howden (Secretary) Jack Price (Captain) Angelina Ellis & Cameron Hall (Vice Captains) Mark Game, Jenny Coates & Leo Karadimitris (General Committee)

Patron: Jack Hutchinson

President: Kerry O’Rourke

Vice Presidents: Lyn Brown, Doug Buchbach, Marion Elliot, Peter Huggett, Tom Jack, Russell Kerrison, Chris Lyndon, Terry Mulligan, Shane Thomsen, Andrew Tynan, John Varendorff, Peter Gregg

As a result of the death of Frank Moss and the retirement of Red McNeil there were two unfilled Vice President positions. Kerry O’Rourke said that John Varendorff and Peter Gregg had been nominated to fill the vacancies. Noela Zuk enquired as to the actual roll of Vice Presidents. Kerry replied saying that Vice Presidents, amongst other roles, made sure things ran smoothly and maintained the culture of the Club.

Motion to Increase Membership Fee

As per the agenda the Management Committee propose to increase the base Club membership fee by 3% as of membership year 2019. Peter Schryver noted that the Club had significant cost in acquitting the membership renewals and it had not increased the fees for three years. He said that this year the Committee had chosen to internalize the cost to the Club (circa $3900) of credit card payments and not pass it on to members. In answer to a question from the floor regarding bank transfers, Peter indicated that unlike bank transfer, credit card payments were to be encouraged because they self-reconciled in our accounting system thus reducing accounting costs. The 3% increase amounts to $24.

Motion: The TRC Management Committee propose to increase the base Club membership fee by 3% as of membership year 2019. Moved: Peter Schryver Seconded: Paul Pettigrew Vote: Show of hands indicated a clear majority in favour of the motion

Appointment of the Auditor for the 2018/2019 Financial Year

Peter Park wishes to appoint auditor Jason O’Connor for a further three years at a fixed price of $1800 per annum.

Motion: That Jason O’Connor continue to audit Toowong Rowing Club accounts at a price fixed for the next 3 years. Moved: Peter Park Seconded: Cameron Hall

Meeting Closed

Meeting was declared closed at 10pm.

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Acworth, Lachlan Adrian, Humphrey Alfredson, Justin Anderson,Daniella Andrew, Cameron Apel, Elliott Ardrey, Liam Armitage,Jack Ayres, Harry Babkov, Anton Baildon, Tony Bailey, Clayton Barber, Ryan Barry, Lachlan Bedggood, Bruce Bell, Chris Bellingham, Karen Bliss, John Bohlscheid, Lisa Bosher, Donald Bourne, Julie Bowser, Jack Brady, Troy Briker-Bell, Heather-AnnBristow, Steven Brookes, JeremyBrown, Emma Brown, Lynette Browne, Andrew Browning, Wil Buchbach, Douglas Bugg, Tim Campbell, Max Capper, Brenden Capstick, Robert Carr, MitchCarter, David Carter, Patricia Case, Norman Cavell, WendyCavell, Michael Chadwick, James Chancellor, Laura Christie, Max Clarke, ShelleyClarke, Thomas Clatworthy, Andrew Clements, Todd Clough, Andrew Coates, JennyCoit, Aynslie Colquhoun, Matthew Conn, JennyConn, Jeff Connolly, Terence Connolly, Mark Conrad, Rod Cooney, Hamish Coulton, Alan CrawFord, John Crook, Sam Crowe, MaxCruikshank, Saoirse Cryle, GabeDe La Paix, Elicia De Leacy, Megan De Waal, Annette Dipple, Austin Dixon, Xavier Doneley, Tyson

Douglas, Katelin Douglas, Alex Douglas, Karen Dwyer, Keiran Edgecombe, Joe Elliott, Marion Ellis, Angelina Fallon, James Farr, Andrew Fennon, Thomas Feros, NickFilkin, Janelle Forbes, Alexander Forbes, Luella Foxton, Scott Frank, BillyFrost, David Gabrielli, Brian Gamble, Welwyn Gamble, Susan Game, MarkGame, Isaac Garner, James Gasteen, Chris Gerber, Nicole Gerber, Stephanie Gerber, Sophie Gerber, Andrew Gerber, Isabel Gibb, Jim Gifford, Jethro Gould, Roger Grady, Wendy Gregg, Peter Guest, HarveyGunningham, Robert Halley, Jasmine Harp, DanteHart, Mikey Hartley, Alex Hatfield, Bill Havas, DeclanHazlewood, Lachlan Hedberg, Angus Henzell, Oscar Herries, Robyn Hicks, Peter Hockings, Ashleigh Hodgson, Judith Hope, LucyHorder, Sebastian Horder, Dean Howard, Adrian Howden, Katherine Huggett, Peter Hurn, Timothy Hutchinson, Jack Jack, Tom Jacobsen, Desmond James, AmyJell, Peter Jooste, BrendonKaradimitris, Leonidas Karrasch, Haimish Keefer, LesKeily, GavinKelly, Julie-AnnKelly-Knowles, Samuel Kennedy, Alex Kennedy, Steve

Kenny, Samuel Kerrison, Russell Kibble, JackKing Koi, Thomas Kirk-Lauritsen, Gavin Lambros, Katherine Law, Robert Lawrence, Geoffrey Logan, Peter Loveday, Michelle Lowe, James Lyndon, Chris MacGregor, Peter Mackie, Ian Macsporran, Alan Magnus, Nathan Mahoney, Ron Maiden, GregoryMaloney-Repar, John Malouf, Cal Manning, James Marler, Bronwyn Martin, Harrison Martin, Randall Matheson, Miles McDonnell, Tim McGeever, Mitchell Mckenzie, EllaMcLean Williams, Andrew McNeil, RobMcRae, Stephan McStea, Connor Milanovic, Alex Monks, Deborah Moynihan, Anthony Mulligan, Terry Munn, Angus Munro, Lachlan Murphy, Michael Musgrave, Elizabeth Nugent, Katrina O’Dwyer, PhilipO’Keeffe, Frances Ochert, DavidPark, Peter Parker, Kylie Parry, Hamish Parry, Sam Pearson, Luke Perkins, Ian Petersen, Georgia Pettigrew, Nick Pettigrew, PaulPettigrew, Matthew Pincus, Benjamin Place, Christian Place, Joshua Poiner, Richard Powell-Lunney, Lilee Price, JohnPrice, Jack Purcell, DarrynRamswarup, Rohaan Raven, ClareReady, Mathew Ridgway, Sadie Ringwood, Andrew Robb, Amanda Robinson, Sarah

Robinson, Phoebe Robson, Ian Roelfes, LeonRogers, Joshua Ross, Reece Routh, Harry Ruffin, Wade Ryals, Tom Salisbury, Mitch Sansoni, Carol Schryver, Peter Shakespear, Peter Sharp, AndrewSharp, Jessica Sharp, SusanSheppard, Blake Simon, Smart Smith, Rebecca Stevens, NickStevens, Stuart Taylor, Paul Taylor, Max Theodore, Lucy Thomas, Daniel Thomsen, ShaneThomson, Christopher Toon, Michael Toovey, Lachlan Tucker, EmmaTully, Sophia Tynan, Andrew Underhill, Asha van Mourik, Robert Varendorff, John Vitelli, Brendan Walker, John Wallrock, Nick Walsh, David Warland, Evan Warren, Heather Waters, Alistair Watter, Darcy Watters, Carol Weekes, Ray Weekes, Penny Whitehill, CraigWillemsen, Sebastien Williams, Elliott Williams, Ryan Williamson, Thomas Wilson, Elizabeth Zerner, MargaretZuk, Noela

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSDonald Bosher (2005) Wendy Cavell (2014) Alex Hartley (1999) Peter Huggett (2004) John (Jack) Hutchinson (1990) Tom Jack (1997)Haimish Karrasch (1997) Les Keefer (2004) Russell Kerrison (2009) Christopher Lyndon (1999) Ron Mahony (2004) Calile Malouf (1976)Terry Mulligan (1979)Robert (Red) McNeil (2016) David Orchert (1989)

Kerry O’Rourke (2008) Darryn Purcell (2016) Michael Toon (2005)John Varendorff (2007)

FINANCIAL LIFE MEMBERS Robert ArmstrongChristopher Bell Lynette BrownDouglas Buchbach Robert CarrollPatricia CarterCharles ClarkePeter CroaghMartin DoyleWilliam FoleyJohn GarnseyRupert GraffStephen GreenPeter GriffithsAlex HartleyRichard HoltGraham HussieJohn (Jack) HutchinsonKenneth HutchinsonDan KelleherChris LyndonNathan MagnusRichard MagnusCalile MaloufPeter MartinJohn MasseyTerry MulliganKerry O’RourkeHugh PattersonSilvio PraedellaMerv RussellFred SchefflerShane ThomsonPaul TurnerJohn Varendorff

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS (DECEASED)Alex Petrie J. Peacock Charlie Horn Phil Mullingen Joe Avery Jim Cameron Bill Doherty Bill Dowd Jim Dowrie Cec Grimley Charlie Horn Dave Magoffin John Mayne Alec McVinish Ron Ormand George Osbaldiston Jack Pritchard Bill Strickland Jim Nunan Frank Moss

TRC FINANCIAL MEMBERS 2019

Dear Members

It is my pleasure to present to you the Annual Report for the Toowong Rowing Club.

Our club first and foremost has been built on a platform of performance over our remarkable 130 year history. The last 12 months have not seen that legacy diminish. We have seen many members achieve their personal performance goals with some achieving the highest honour of rowing for our country. Laura Chancellor and Phoebe Robinson are the two newest members from Toowong Rowing Club to row for their country. Well done ladies.

The efforts that go on behind the scenes of donning an Australian, Queensland or Toowong racing suit on the start line, amount to hard work and sacrifice over many months and years not just from our athletes but our coaches, volunteers and families.

Last year at our AGM the membership was presented with, and in turn accepted our Strategic Plan for 2019-2021. At the Annual General meeting your committee will update you on how we performed in delivering on our plan.

Part of our strategic plan was to ensure our income was not key area dependent. In other words, we can’t rely on our membership fees solely to fund our club.

With that in mind we continued to refine and improve our Head of the Brisbane regatta. The profit for our club this year is increasing as we improve the event with structure and consistency. Profit for the 2018 event delivered a nett income for our club of $26,455. Thanks must go to the whole team of HOB volunteers that delivered this amazing result.

We have welcomed into our club the BBC Old Collegiates. Being able to provide a home for the “Old Boys” and have them function as members of our club has been a complimentary relationship. Having the Old boys with us generates the same income per athlete as any member rowing for Toowong.

We have trialled and now agreed on a service agreement between St. Peters Lutheran College and our club. The St. Peters boys program has been successfully running out of our club for the last 12 months. Not only has this generated income financially but will in the long term, provide an income stream of future members. Historic data shows that many athletes leave the sport post school but return later in life. When they return to the sport many will look to Toowong as their first club of choice.

We have started a change process with our functions centre. First and foremost, Carol Watters, club member and Venue Manager, has indicated her wishes to travel more, row more and scale back her involvement in the functions room operation. This has now evolved for Carol into retirement. Our club owes Carol an amazing debt of gratitude. Carol’s dedication to the venue was given in order to see this beautiful space secured for our club.

The profit for the type of functions we hold has been reducing which is in an industry trend. Our goal now is to use the functions room as a venue for hire but prior to that occurring a business plan needs to be approved to ensure its complimentary to our club and does not inhibit our membership from using the venue for rowing related activities. We will communicate these plans to you once they are finalised.

Finally, on a personal note I’d like to thank my committee and in particular President Kerry O’Rourke for their commitment and support during the last year.

I look forward to continue working with all the great people in this amazing community called the Toowong Rowing Club.

Yours in rowing,

Peter SchryverChairperson

Chairman’s Report

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To me, the magic is in the people who lead and inspire by example – and we are fortunate at TRC to have many, who stand up “going above and beyond” and freely give so much of their time and soul into our Club. In this spirit, I want to pay thanks to outgoing Club Captain (2015-2019) Jack Price who has uniquely contributed in so many ways. On behalf of TRC I thank you Jack and wish you well in the next chapter of your life in Sydney and we welcome every future opportunity you have to row with us and be an ongoing participant in the TRC family.

With the “operational/on-water” aspect of the Club being my remit as Club Captain, my Vision is simple:

Increasingly cement TRC’s dominance as Australia’s premier high performance club across Senior A/B, Youth, Junior and Masters age cohorts alike – at State, National and International level. This is our core business and from this position of strength, the symbiotic relationship with the other aspects of our Club Membership base allows us to thrive as an overall Club in both financial strength and pride!

In particular I thank our Vice-Presidents for their ongoing cultural leadership and helping to crystallise this Vision.

As incoming Captain I have initially sought to consult widely across all the various cohorts of our Club, along with input from our President Kerry O’Rourke and Chairman Pete Schryver, with the view of designing a series of small but incremental steps that will simply make our rowing more efficient and effective. I look forward to receiving everybody’s ongoing advice and input as I develop then communicate my initiatives as the year(s) ahead unfold.

Some of the Club Captain initiatives completed thus far to help make our rowing more efficient and effective include:

Fleet audit, including technical specifications of all boats and identification of next boat purchase requirements

4-/X already delivered

2-/X arriving soon

“Boat Rack Stickers” with Crew Weight Kg and +/-/X configuration options, deployed upstairs onto all racks with boats positioned optimally

Safety improvement for accessing boats on “high racks”

The old white/rusty step ladders were thrown out

Replaced with new 150Kg rated yellow plastic boxes or Aluminium Ladders

Captain’s Report

Long term sustainable Trailer capability (reducing accelerating wear on current trailer and achieving capacity for required scale of participation at regattas for HP and Masters)

Planning for suspension upgrade to existing TRC Trailer and installation of sliding steps

Upcoming purchase of 2nd large Trailer in early 2020

Getting rid of “old junk” lying around shed (pink-tape spring-clean)

Completed the task of bringing the Honours Boards up to date (not updated since 2011)

Future initiatives in mind include:

Complete “Boat Rack Stickers” with Crew Weight Kg and Pair -/X configuration options for all boats in lower shed (inc boat racking position review of all Pairs and Sculls)

Re-classify many boats, to see RED/YELLOW/GREEN “DOT” system re-activated

Boat allocations re-done, via “collaborative autonomy” system (removing Club Captain as yes/no bottle-neck and inaccurate “white-boards” so question of “Can I use Boat X on Day Y” can be answered easily) so we get a much more effective and appropriate use of our fleet, by essentially small subset of boat(s) allocations delegated to cohort/squad leaders/coaches.

This will in turn provide a new approach to “running maintenance” responsibility and care of our fleet, enabling the boatmanship efforts and expert skills of Peter Park (in particular) to be more strategically leveraged.

And if all the above falls into place as hoped….then we can trial an online boat allocation/reservation system I have in mind, which will also allow the replacement of the paper-based books used (not consistently by all, unfortunately) for logging out/in each time you row – which will have automated safety alert functionality if a crew or sculler does not return.

Simple initiatives that I believe are achievable and underpin the Vision.

I conclude my report with reflection and gratitude on how TRC has helped me personally over my life journey as an example of the value of being a long term TRC member. The very short version is from first becoming a member in 1986 and then after being able to return 25 years later as first a Coach then transform to Masters Athlete, I have lost 105Kg and been able to complete two seasons of Masters training/racing without injury to a credible standard. I can

How good is TRC?!

How good is Queensland?!

It is no small miracle for us to have achieved what we as a Club have over the past 130 years. You will learn as you enjoy reading the detailed reports from others, TRC had another (even more)

dominating year of success across the whole spectrum of efforts by all cohorts in the Club.

now look forward to at least 2-3 more decades of the same at TRC – and I expect Peter Jell to still be going strong when I get there! This recent health-recovery journey was made possible by the inspiration I saw in other TRC Members over the past eight years being back at the Club – each in their own different way – most notably: Terry Mulligan, Gavin Keily, James Manning, Paul Taylor, John Bliss, Kiwi Dwyer, Ange Ellis, fellow 1986/87 rower Julie Bourne and my 1st Coach to see a spark of rowing potential in me in 1984 at BBC – Tom Jack. Thank you.

Every one of us has our own unique story and I am sure each and every one of you has your own way you similarly draw strength from others around you at the Club, especially to get through the tough times or find that spark of courage you need every now and then in normal life or in the last 250m of a big race. Know

that when you are at TRC you will be inspiring others around you, perhaps without even realising. This peer-support is what makes a Club great and allows us as individuals to improve in life and achieve greatness (whatever that means for you personally) in our sport of Rowing. It is that simple and it is a very special thing.

With great appreciation to TRC for what it has given me in life, I am committed as your new Club Captain to do my best to lead by example and hopefully inspire what it means and show the benefits possible in having TRC as a core part of your DNA over a lifetime!

Yours in rowing,

Paul Pettigrew Club Captain

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Trailer-AXLE

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This year our Club is 130 years young. How proud our founders would be to see that this year we were the number three high performance club in Australia and again the number one master’s club in the country. With seven of our members selected to wear the green and gold

Yes, the athletes and the coaches lead our Club at state & national regattas to bring home the medals, but the whole TRC family share the pride of those who have performed so well.

There are, however, many who contribute in their own way without seeking accolades.

Where would this Club be, however, without the personal efforts of Peter Park. Not only has he been the treasurer but has given enormous slabs of his time with boat repairs and maintenance. The fleet is in the best condition in all its 130 year history. Thank you, Peter.

Jack Price for the years as Club Captain and high performance athlete. We do miss you at TRC. Paul Pettigrew for taking over the reins this year as CC – thanks for your leadership.

Mark Game has been membership director for many years having done an amazing job in this role. His work with junior members is first class and provides a base for future TRC athletes, keeping our club up with the best in Australia.

Peter Jell gave ten days of his life driving the boat trailer to Perth and back. WOW!! Without this effort what chance would we have in topping the medal tally.

President’s ReportLyn Brown, Michael and Wendy Cavell, Marion Elliott, Trish Carter for Saturday breakfasts

John Bliss for his efforts with “learn to row”, his boat repair skills with Peter Park and his welcoming manner with new members and old rowers. Thanks, Blissy!!

Jim Gibb and Alex Milanovic with mowing.

Janelle Filkin & HOB Team for managing & running the Head of the Brisbane Regatta, our major fundraising event.

Ange Ellis, Liz Wilson and Gavin Keily for the preparation of this Annual Report, a first-class document.

Carol Watters has retired as the Function Room Manager. She took this from a standing start in 2008 and turned it into a major source of funds to the Club. It will be the new committee’s job to see where the future is for this facility.

Special thanks must go to Club Chairman Peter Schryver and the Committee who work hard to manage this big, active club with so much going on.

There is another “Green Bridge” raising its head and this time by the Brisbane City Council not the University. I hope to meet with James Mackay the new Councillor for our area to discuss and will then report to the Committee. This will have impact on our West Shed proposal.

We all look forward to our 130 anniversary celebrations at the end of the year.

Kerry O’Rourke

President

This financial year has seen the Clubs overall cash position improve in line with the comments on issues and direction raised in last years report and provide a stable base to support the ongoing operation of the club.

Key financial issues to note from the Clubs Audited accounts included in this report :

Capital equipment – Boats / Oars / Mower $ 26,200

Boat repairs and refurbishment $ 23,200

Membership income returned to previous levels $ 146,000

CLUB CASH POSITION ( REFER CLUB INCOME AND FUNCTION P & L )

Club income $ 210,358

Club Expenses $ 219,900 -Depreciation $ 59,719 + Capital Eq. $ 26,200 = $ 186,381

Club Surplus $ 23,977

Venue Income $ 159,940

Venue Expense $ 124,928 – Depreciation $ 4,000 = $ 120,928

Function Surplus $ 39,012

Function Center ( Venue ) operation returned to profit in the transition period to December 2018 moving away from one off functions as Carol transitioned to retirement from the role of Function Manager.

INSURED VALUES Clubs fleet $ 570,000

Pontoon $ 180,000

Buildings $ 3,500,000

This club operations during the past financial year have been met from within our income and seen both new equipment purchases and refurbishment of boats in addition to repairs and maintenance works carried out .

Moving forward, the management and maintenance of the clubs assets is one of the challenges for the club as the desire for continuing improved equipment and amenity to support the social and competitive desires of the members in line with the Clubs Strategic Plan 2018 – 2022 .

Peter ParkTreasurer

Treasurer’s Report

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The 2018/19 season was packed full of events, aimed to develop athletes towards state and national representation.

The group went away in July to their inaugural winter small boats camp which boosted their confidence ahead of the time trials that kicked off in September. Notable mentions to the 1x+ boat class, taking the win in the TRC talent show. The acquisition of the Silvio Pradella allowed the squad to have more hit outs in the 8+, particularly around Head of the Yarra, where we had two men’s and two women’s high performance eights competing. The group battled through a 50km row between Ipswich and Brisbane in eights and a four in what was one of the toughest Saturdays of the season. Another edition of the famed Kibble Cup was enjoyed, but particularly by Tom Williamson who now has a hat-trick lined up if he can win again in 2020. The group made light work of their Christmas break by riding 500km in 6 days in the Festive 500 and found out that the Ipswich ride was as hard as the stories sound. We boated an open women’s eight at the Head of the Tweed, which built the group towards their second place at QLD states with the aim to go one better in 2020! Hamish Parry and Amy James continue their pursuit of Tokyo 2020 at the senior level, with Hamish selected in the 2019 team to qualify the Olympic boat class LM2x.

High Performance Squad Report

Junior Boys – James Fallon

After finishing schoolboy rowing and graduating from high school, the shift back into the sport was very smooth as the team at Toowong understood and catered for not only my needs but others in similar situations. Being so used to the “brotherhood” aspect that schoolboy rowing gives young men, mixing in with boys from different schools that I had been competing against for so long seemed like a big change. However, the culture and companionship shown by the athletes made for an easy transition back into the sport. From the get-go, it was made evident that no matter what crew you rowed in at school be it third VIII to first VIII, we all start off as juniors again. Having the opportunity to work alongside the under 21’s and witness how they train, the dedication to their nutrition intake and rest whilst maintaining a strict routine, demonstrated the step up from school level rowing. Pumping out the kilometres on the water, then followed up by ergos and or cycles/spin sessions, the step up in intensity was made evident from the beginning. Yet with common goals, and dedication to training, the sense of “brotherhood” that was once felt at school started to flood back.

A junior camp held on the Tweed River down at Murwillumbah provided the perfect opportunity for the squad to grow and get to know each other. Having only been out of school for three months I had the opportunity to compete at the Queensland State Championships Regatta. Being the first regatta outside of school, coming

Junior Girls – Sophie Gerber

Thanks to the coaches for a great season. Key results from this season were:

QLD Schoolgirls pathway crew representatives - Emma Tucker

QLD womens youth 8 crew representatives - Laura Chancellor, Phoebe Robinson, Sophie Gerber, Lucy Theodore, Ashleigh Hockings (cox), Lucy Hope (reserve)

Australian Representatives 2019 Laura Chancellor, Phoebe Robinson

Head of the Brisbane Gold Medal Open women coxless quad - Laura Chancellor (str), Phoebe Robinson, Lucy Hope, Sophie Gerber

Head of the Yarra Gold Medal Women B grade eight - Georgia Peterson (cox), Laura Chancellor (str), Phoebe Robinson, Leukie Smith (GUSP), Jess Scott

(GUSP), Hilary Ballinger (GUSP), Taylor McCarthy-Smith (KRC), Sophie Gerber, Amy James

QLD State Championships

BRONZE MEDALWomen U21 Scull - Lucy Hope

Women Group 2 Quad Scull - Sarah Robinson (str), Clare Raven, Lily Devereaux, Ella McKenzie

SILVER MEDALWomen U21 Pair - Laura Chancellor (str), Phoebe Robinson

Women U19 Scull - Lucy Hope

Women U19 Coxless Four - Sophie Gerber (str), Lucy Hope, Sophia Tully, Emma Tucker

Women Eight - Ashleigh Hockings (cox), Laura Chancellor (str), Phoebe Robinson, Taylor McCarthy-Smith (KRC),

Rebecca Smith, Sarah Robinson, Lucy Hope, Katelin Douglas, Lucy Theodore

Women Quad Scull - Laura Chancellor (str), Phoebe Robinson, Katelin Douglas, Lucy Theodore

GOLD MEDALWomen U21 Coxless Quad Scull - Laura Chancellor (str), Phoebe Robinson, Lucy Theodore, Katelin Douglas

Women U19 Coxless Quad Scull - Laura Chancellor (str), Sophie Gerber, Emma Tucker, Sophia Tully

Women U21 Eight - Ashleigh Hockings (cox), Laura Chancellor (str), Phoebe Robinson, Leukie Smith (GUSP), Jess Scott

(GUSP), Sophie Geber, Lucy Hope, Katelin Douglas, Lucy Theodore

Women U19 Eight - Sadie Ridgeway (cox), Laura Chancellor (str), Phoebe Robinson, Sophie Geber, Lucy Hope, Sophia Tully, Emma Tucker, Lily Devereaux, Ella McKenzie

NSW State Championships

BRONZE MEDALWomen U19 Scull - Lucy Hope

SILVER MEDALWomen U19 Scull - Laura Chancellor

GOLD MEDALWomen U19 Scull - Phoebe Robinson

Women U21 Eight - Ashleigh Hockings (cox), Laura Chancellor (str), Phoebe Robinson, Leukie Smith (GUSP), Jess Scott

(GUSP), Taylor McCarthy-Smith (KRC), Lucy Hope, Katelin Douglas, Lucy Theodore

Women U19 Quad Scull - Laura Chancellor (str), Phoebe Robinson, Lucy Hope, Jade Mansell (GUSP)

Australian Rowing Championships

BRONZE MEDALWomen U19 Scull - Lucy Hope

Women U19 Coxless Four - Karly Firmin (str) (UQBC), Elke Marriott, Elly Ready (UQBC), Mia Vecchio (UQBC)

SILVER MEDALWomen U19 Eight - Georgia Peterson (cox), Laura Chancellor (str), Phoebe Robinson, Sophie Geber, Lucy Hope, Sophia Tully, Emma Tucker, Elke Marriott, Ella McKenzie

GOLD MEDALWomen U21 Double Scull - Laura Chancellor (str), Phoebe Robinson

Women U19 Pair - Laura Chancellor (str), Phoebe Robinson

Women U19 Coxless Four - Laura Chancellor (str), Phoebe Robinson, Lucy Hope, Sophie Gerber

Amy James 2018

And with all the highs, there remain a few lows. Our squad stalwart of over a decade, Jack Price, moved to Sydney to pursue further study. With his departure we lose a sensible and calm thinker, a mentor, an incredibly tenacious and successful racer, and a great friend. Good luck Jack to the next chapter and see you back at regular squad training in 2021!

Our coaches Keiran ‘Kiwi’ Dwyer, Leo Karadimitris, Andy Clatworthy and Andrew Gerber all put in massive amounts of effort to make the season run smoothly. Thanks to all the other support coaches and parents who are also on hand to assist when called upon.

More squad and event reports to follow…

Laura Chancellor

Laura and Phoebe NSW States

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Head of the Yarra – Tom Williamson

2018 saw the Toowong High Performance Squad’s second consecutive year involved in the Head of The Yarra, showcasing a considerable step up in performance and overall placings to the previous year. 22 TRC HP athletes competed in 2 composite Men’s crews in the Men’s Open and B division 8+’s and fielded 1 straight and 1 composite Women’s B grade 8+’s, alongside athletes from UQ, KAND, Commercial and Griffith Uni in a cohesive display of Queensland talent.

In a time of 25:55.46, our open Men came away with a commendable 5th place overall against strong Victorian and New South Welsh crews. Nick Pettigrew and Elliot Apel led the charge in stern pair, backed up by 1 KAND and 3 Commercial athletes in the middle of the boat and our resident Senior A lightweights Hamish Parry and Jack Price sitting it up in the bow end. As our state’s flagship boat, it was promising to see our top athletes hold their own in a cut-throat field of NTC athletes.

In the Men’s B Grade 8, another Toowong duo, Tom Williamson and Chris Thomson set the rhythm in the stern, with Jethro Gifford and Ben Pincus calling the race from 2 and 3, supported by muscle-for-hire from KAND and UQ. The crew came away with an impossibly close second place in their division, missing out on medals by 0.64 of a second, and cementing a spot in the top 10 overall, coming in at number 8. What’s more, Toowong has a new claim to fame on the Yarra river with the B 8+ coming away with a Strava course record for Big Bend.

Our straight Toowong Women’s 8+ fought tooth and nail in the B division, putting on a shining display of club pride. Lucy Theodore, Kenzi Wareham, Imogen Alton, Katelin Douglas, Sarah Robinson, Beck Smith, Shelley Clarke, Kat Brown and cox Lillee Luney did TRC proud donning the old gold for a spectacular hit out in a tough field.

The performance of the day however must go to the composite Women’s B Grade 8+ who came away with a win in their division and 7th overall for the Women’s crews. With Georgia Peterson in the cox seat, Junior Australian representatives Laura Chancellor and Phoebe Robinson were given the keys alongside several of their Aus crewmates driving the legs in middle 4. One junior schoolgirl, Sophie Gerber, got the call-up to 2 seat while Amy James swung along in bow, lending some experience to the otherwise extremely young crew. This incredible result by such a comparatively inexperienced crew in a field as strong as this is a testament to the quality and depth of Toowong’s junior program.

The HOTY is a key event for our High Performance Athletes to showcase their ability, and offers a unique opportunity to work in collaboration with other clubs from around the state in a concerted effort to exhibit Queensland’s strength. Additionally, the head race affords some of our younger athletes the invaluable opportunity to compete alongside our Senior A athletes. The HP squad hopes to keep their trip to Melbourne as a permanent fixture in their season calendar and are excited to build off past efforts in the coming years.

QLD States – Katelin Douglas

Toowong Rowing Club dominated the U21 field of racing at QLD this year with 3 athletes placing in the top four of both the U21 men’s and women’s single scull. This was also backed up with solid performances in the U21 crew boats with gold medals in the men’s and women’s eights, women’s quad and men’s double scull. The strength and depth of the lightweight squad was apparent yet again this year with Toowong taking gold in both the men’s and women’s open lightweight scull and four athletes placing in the top five of the men’s open lightweight scull. The clubs’ emerging junior athletes didn’t disappoint with 2 gold, 5 silver and a bronze medal over the weekend.

Overall, Toowong wrapped up the three day regatta with a total of 14 gold, 14 silver and 9 bronze medals. Congratulations to everyone who raced and a big thank you to all the coaches, parents and friends who supported!

NSW States – Ben Pincus

On the 15th of February, the Toowong High performance squad headed to The Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith for the NSW Rowing Championships. Toowong had a successful week, placing 4th in the final points tally, which was the highest position achieved by an out of state club at the regatta. Individually, we saw from great racing from the squad, particularly from the women’s squad. The final for the U19 women’s single scull had an all Toowong podium, thanks to Phoebe Robinson, Laura Chancellor and Lucy Hope. Lucy Theodore and Katelin Douglas achieved 3rd and 5th place in the U23 lightweight women’s scull respectively, an impressive achievement in their first race rowing in an age group above their own. Amy James had an impressive performance, coming 3rd in the women’s elite lightweight scull, and 2nd in the double scull. In the men’s squad, the lightweights achieved a few podium spots. Miles Matheson came 2nd in the U21 lightweight men’s single scull, and Tom Williamson came 3rd in the U23 lightweight men’s single scull. Hamish Parry attained a silver in both the men’s elite lightweight single (behind his Australian doubles partner, Leon Chambers) and double scull events. Overall, the NSW Rowing Championships were a great learning experience for the Toowong squad, and allowed them to get a better understanding of how they compared to the other clubs’ athletes as they headed into nationals.

Nationals – David Carter

TRC produced another strong performance at the 2019 Sydney International Rowing Regatta with a final tally of 16.25 Medals. This included 7 Gold, 6.25 Silver and 3 Bronze medals, culminating in an impressive third place on the Medals Table (edged out by strong rivals Sydney University and Sydney Rowing Club). Toowong, yet again, has demonstrated how it is not only the number one High Performance Program in Queensland, but one of the very best at a national level. These results reflect the persistent hard work put in by both the Club rowers and especially their noteworthy coaches. Congratulations to all.

Whilst it is hard to highlight all of the successful national achievements of the TRC athletes at Penrith, there were a few notable and outstanding performances. Achieving their first national golds together were Laura Chancellor and Phoebe Robinson who absolutely blitzed the field in the Junior Women’s Pair, then backing up and winning the U21 double less than an hour later! Jethro Gifford and Ben Pincus, who proved that persistence was key by winning the under 21 Men’s Pair. And, Lucy Theodore’s tenacious win in the under 23 Lightweight Women’s Single was spectacular! The performances of many of the TRC rowers were such that they were invited to national trials with some achieving, for the first time, national selection! Well done to all.

National Team Trials – Lucy Theodore

This year, a large amount of Toowong athletes were invited to the Underage Selection Trials. The following attended these at SIRC in late April for their respective categories:

Junior Women’sPhoebe RobinsonLaura Chancellor

U21 Men’s SweepJethro GiffordBen Pincus

U21 Men’s Lightweight ScullingMiles Matheson

U23 Men’s SweepElliot Apel

U23 Women’s Lightweight ScullingLucy TheodoreKatelin Douglas

U23 Men’s Lightweight ScullingTom Williamson

At the conclusion of a very tough week of trialling, the following athletes became Australian Team representatives:

U21 Team, competing for the AUS v NZ Rusty Robertson Trophy:Jethro Gifford (sweep)Ben Pincus (sweep)Tom Williamson (lightweight sculling)Katelin Douglas (lightweight sculling)

U23 Team, competing in U23 World Championships in Sarasota, USA:Lucy Theodore (LW2-)

Junior Team, competing in U19 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan:

Phoebe Robinson (W2-)Laura Chancellor (W2-)

Further to this, Elliot Apel went over to the US-based U23 Australian Team Trials, taking place in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Along with Alex Jeremijenko and Angus Morrison, he qualified for the U23 Men’s Eight to compete in U23 World Championships in Sarasota, USA.

Australian U21 Team – Jethro Gifford

Toowong Rowing Club recently has had four athletes and coach Leo Karadimitris selected in the Australian U21 Trans-Tasman challenge team, with the first leg taking part in Penrith from the 27th of June to the 29th of June. The athletes who took part are as follows;

Men’s sweep:Jethro GiffordBenjamin Pincus

Men’s Lightweight Sculling:Tom Williamson

Female Lightweight Sculling:Katelin Douglas

Coach: Leo Karadimitris (Men’s sculling coach)

The week leading into the regatta provided these athletes an insight into what the national training facilities can provide as well as personal development opportunities for all involved.

Results from the weekend are as follow. Kaitlin Douglas achieved gold in the women’s lightweight double scull, gold in the Womens Quad and second in the Womens Eight. Tom Williamson Achieved gold in the men’s Double Scull, second in the Men’s Quad and second in the Men’s eight. Jethro Gifford and Benjamin Pincus Achieved Third in the Men’s Pair, Second in the Men’s Four, and Second in the Men’s Eight.

Overall the Toowong representatives and the Australian team has had a successful start to the racing series, with racing to continue in mid-August in which they will fly to New Zealand to race against Canada and New Zealand.

Ben and Jethro U21 2-

Ben and Jethro Nationals.

QLD State Team Kit

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Lightweights Weighing In

Lightweight 4-

Small Boats Camp Tom Williamson

Small Boats Camp

QLD States - Elliot and AdamSmall Boats Camp

Festive 500 - Ipswich

Hamish Parry 2018

HOTY AM8+

Hamish and Leon

HoTT BW8+

Hamish and Leon

Leo and Lucy Nationals

Training RainbowU21 M4+ Nationals

50km Row

HoTT OW8+ Miles Matheson

QLD States 2-

HP Training

Tom Williamson U21 LM2x

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JUNIOR BOY’S SQUAD REPORT

Since providing the report for the 2018 AGM, the squad consisting of the following boys continued to train up to the end of the school 3rd term when all boys then commenced training in their various school programs:

CHURCHIE BBC GREGORY TERRACE ST PETERS LCBilly Ward (Yr10) Angus Hedberg (Yr10) Mitch McGeever (Yr9) Oscar Nielsen (Yr9)Liam Ardrey (Yr10) Mitch Salisbury (Yr10) Dario Andrijich (Yr10) Liam Dewar (Yr10)Christian Place (Yr11) Harvey Guest (Yr10) Kai du Plessis (Yr11) Oliver Grabski (Yr11)Tim Hurn (Yr11) Blake Sheppard (Yr10) Ben Strange (Yr11) BRISBANE SHAugustus John (Yr11) Harry Ayres (Yr10) Oliver Dowling (Yr11) James Farmer (Yr10)Jack Meppem (Yr11) Thomas Clarke (Yr10) Charlie Betts (Yr10)*Will Quayle (Yr11) Sam Braithwaite (Yr11)Pat Brookes (Yr11) Morgan Jones (Yr11)Alex Kriticus-Wood (Yr11) Lachlan Barry (Yr11)Lachlan Toovey (Yr11)Alex Cunningham (Yr11)

Some of those boys, together with Isaac Game (Churchie year 12), originally from the 2016 squad but training with Kiwi in the Senior HP Squad since 2017, competed at the South Queensland Schools Championships at Wyaralong (21-22 July 2018) and the Queensland Schools State Championships in Rockhampton (22-24 September 2018).

Prior to the State Championships some boys trialed for their respective Interregional Quads. Nielsen and Dewar were successful in being selected in the Metropolitan West U16 IR4x(+), Salisbury, Braithwaite, Jones and Barry in the Metropolitan West Open IR4x+, McGeever and Andrijich in the Metropolitan North U16 IR4x(+), Ward in the Metropolitan East U16 IR4x(+) and Toovey and Game (for the 3rd year running) in the Metropolitan East Open 4x(+). Podium results from those events were as follows:

NAME EVENT RESULT

South Queensland Schools ChampionshipsGame Boys Open 1x 1st Hurn Boys U17 1x 1st Andrijich Boys U16 1x 3rd Nielsen Boys U15 1x 3rd Game (Invitational crew) Boys Open 2x 1st Hurn & Toovey Boys Year 11 2x 2nd Hedberg & Salisbury Boys Year 10 2x 1st Nielsen & Dewar Boys Year 9 2x 3rd Place & Hurn Boys Year 11 2- 1st Kriticos-Woods, Toovey, Place, Quayle & Cunningham (cox) Boys Open 4+ 2nd Quayle, Kriticos-Woods, Toovey, Game Boys Open 4x(+) 2nd Hurn, John, Toovey, Place Boys Year 11 4x(+) 1st Kriticos-Woods, Quayle, Toovey, Place Boys Year 11 4+ 1st Game (Invitational crew) Boys Open 8+ 1st

Queensland Schools State Championships Game & Toovey (Met East) Interregional Boys Open 4x(+) 1stSalisbury, Braithwaite, Jones & Barry Interregional Boys Open 4x(+) 3rdAndrijich & McGeever Interregional Boys U16 4x(+) 3rd Game Boys Open 1x 2ndHurn Boys U17 1x 2ndDewar Boys U16 1x 2nd Nielsen Boys U15 1x 2nd Hurn & Place Boys Year 11 2- 1stSheppard, Salisbury, Guest & Hedberg Boys Year 10 4+ 3rd

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Following the Queensland Schools Championships in Rockhampton all boys commence their school pre-season training with their respective schools. Following the conclusion of the boys 2019 Head of the River, Ardrey, Place, Toovey, Guest, Clarke, Barry, Salisbury and Hedberg competed at the Australian National Rowing Championships at SIRC (25-31 March 2019) with the Senior HP squad. Notable results were Christian Place’s 2nd in U23 LM2x and 3rd in Open LM8+. Christian Place, Tim Hurn, Will Quayle, Pat Brookes, Lachlan Toovey and Lachlan Barry were also all selected in the Queensland Pathway Eight Squad for 2019.

Adopting our approach from last year to build the squad, we again focused on “looking for competitive rowers in top school crews who are striving to represent Queensland long term”. As part of that process we conducted a series of trial sessions on 27-28 April and 4-5 May 2019. All sessions were well attended by quality athletes. From those trials a solid squad of the following athletes was formed:

NAME SCHOOL CREW NAME SCHOOL CREW

PLACE, Christian ACGS Open 1st VIII AYRES, Harry BBC Yr 11 1st VIII

TOOVEY, Lachlan ACGS Open 1st VIII CLARKE, Thomas BBC Yr 11 1st VIII

ARDREY, Liam ACGS Yr 11 1st VIII SHEPPARD, Blake BBC Yr 11 1st VIII

COONEY, Hamish ACGS Yr 11 1st VIII SALISBURY, Mitch BBC Yr 11 1st VIII

PARRY, Samuel ACGS Yr 11 1st VIII KENNY, Sam BBC Yr 11 1st VIII

PLACE, Joshua ACGS Yr 11 1st VIII WATTERS, Darcy BBC Yr 11 1st VIII

CHADWICK, James ACGS Yr 11 2nd VIII McSTEA, Connor BBC Yr 11 2nd VIII

HAVAS, Declan ACGS Yr 11 2nd VIII ANDREW, Cameron BBC Yr 11 2nd VIII

ROSS, Reece ACGS Yr 11 2nd VIII DIXON, Xavier BBC Yr 11 2nd VIII

TAYLOR, Max ACGS Yr 11 2nd VIII FENNON, Thomas BGS Yr 10 1st Quad

RAMSWARUP, Rohaan ACGS Yr 11 3rd VIII FORBES, Alexander BGS Yr 10 2nd Quad

HENZELL, Oscar ACGS Yr 11 5th VIII KENNEDY, Alexander BGS Yr 10 2nd Quad

CHRISTIE, Max ACGS Yr 9 1st Quad CAPSTICK, Robert GT Open 1st VIII

WILLEMSEN, Sebastien ACGS Yr 9 9th Quad KING KOI, Thomas GT Open 2nd VIII

BARRY, Lachlan BBC Open 1st VIII REPAR, John GT Open 2nd VIII

BRAITHWAITE, Sam BBC Open 1st VIII MCGEEVER, Mitch GT Yr 10 1st Quad

HEDBERG, Angus BBC Open 1st VIII MUNN, Angus GT Yr 9 !st Quad

CROOK, Sam BBC Yr 10 1st Quad HAZLEWOOD, Lachlan Kenmore SHS

The squad is offered training sessions on Tuesday (for selected year 11 & 12 boys only in an 8+ to train with an HP U19/21 8+ and Randal Martin’s Kings Cup Development Squad); Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday each week with emphasis on 4x(-), 4- and & 8+ during the week and small boats on Sunday. Boys nominate at the beginning of each week the sessions they will be attending. As terms 2 and 3 represents their off season, the coaching team is keen to find a balance with their off season extra-curricular commitments and study.

A Schoolboy 8+ is currently competing in the RQ Winter Series Regattas and an 8+, 4- and two 4x(-) recently competed in the Head of the Tweed. The next opportunity for these boys is to compete at the Southern Schools Championships at the end of this month in and the Queensland Schools Championships in September.

Well done to all the boys from the 2018 squad on their achievements and to the new 2019 squad for the effort and commitment they have put into training so far.

Finally, a special thanks to Zoltan Shepherd (BBC Director of Rowing) for his support and assistance.

Mark Game & Andy Clatworthy

This report covers those competition masters who competed in regattas over the past year. For those members the primary competitions were the Head of the Yarra on 24 November 2018, the State Titles at Wyaralong Dam on 4/5 May 2019 and the Australian Championships at Champion Lakes Perth from 22/25 May 2019.

Head of the Yarra

Toowong was represented by ten crews with four of those crews from our high performance group. Club member Randal Martin competed in a UQBC composite crew which won the masters C division.

The club won the masters mens G8 division and were second in the masters womens F8 division. The winning crew was Jell, Pettigrew, Wallrock, Keily, Park, MacSporran, Thomsen, Lyndon Coxed by Michael Toon. The silver medallists were Elliott, Bourne, Cruikshank, Evans, Filkin, Lambros, Herries, Kelly coxed by Danni Serra.

Queensland State Titles Wyaralong Dam

The regatta this year was held in generally fair if sometimes extremely windy conditions with the club winning 39 gold medals, 21 silver medals and 12 bronze medals a long way ahead of the other clubs. No doubt because of the Nationals being in Perth, the number of participating athletes was well down on normal. A schedule of the gold medal winning crews is as follows:-

Master’s Rowing 2018/2019GOLD MEDALS

M A-M 4+ MacSporran, Gould, Jell, Wallrock, C Luck*

W F8 Elliott, Bourne, Herries, Warren, Cruikshank, Nugent, Brown, Carter, C Serra

W AB2x Lambros, Schmeider*

M F2- Jell, Wallrock

M D8+ Draydon*, Pettigrew, Manning, Hobart*, Martin, Keily, Malakellis* Law C Toon

M E 2- Conn, Keily

W D1x Filkin

W G-M 2- Warren, Elliott

M AB8+ Martin, Pettigrew, Manning, Hobart*, Conn, Keily, Moynihan, Law, C Toon

M G-M 4- MacSporran, Gould, Jell, Wallrock

M C9+ Martin, Pettigrew, Manning, Hobart*, Colquhoun, Howard, Moynihan. Law C Toon

M E4x Brett*, Fitzgerald*, Russell*, O’Dwyer

W F2- Herries, Bourne

M F4- MacSporran, Gould, Jell, Wallrock

M AB1x Manning

M D2- Law, Moynihan

W C2x Nugent, Cruikshank

W E8+ Schmeider*, Lambros, Filkin, Bourne, Elliott, Warren, Herries, Kelly C Serra

M E4- Conn, Pettigrew, Gould, Keily

Mix G-M 4- Wallrock, Jell, Elliott, Warren

Mix C4x Manning, Russell, Dwan*, Gardener*

Mix E8+ Bedggood* Clements*, Baildon, Gould, Monks, Coats, De Waal, Forbes C McShea

W AB2- Lambros, Schmeider*

M F2x O’Dwyer, Fitzgerald*

M AB4- Draydon*, Hobart*, Manning, Pettigrew

M G-M 2- Jell, Wallrock

M C4- Draydon*, Pettigrew, Martin, Hobart*

Mix AB4x Price, Murphy, Raven, Brown

Mix C8+ Schmeider*, Pettigrew, Manning, Hobart* Malakellis* Lambros, Cruikshank, Filkin C Toon

W D2- Kelly, Cruikshank

M F8+Wallrock, Jell, Gould ,MacSporran, Colquhoun, Shakespear, O’Dwyer, Doneley C Toon

M D4- Manning, Pettigrew, Conn, Keily

W C4x Schmeider*, Lambros, Paynter*, Holland*

W E2- Kelly, Cruikshank

M E8+ Martin, Pettigrew, Gould, Keily, Jell, MacSporran, Wallrock, Law C Toon

M G-M 8+ Wallrock, Jell, Gould, MacSporran, McRae, Shakespear, Park, Hatfield, C Toon

W C4- Filkin, Holland* Cruikshank, Nugent

M C2- Pettigrew, Martin

W A-M 4+ Schmeider*, Lambros, Herries, Bourne, C Luck*

* Denotes a member of another club rowing composite

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Australian Masters Championships Champion Lakes Perth

The regatta was held over four days on the man-made Champion Lakes course outside Perth. The weather conditions treated the competitors very well with great conditions for almost the entire regatta. The club achieved a total of 50 medals comprising 26 gold, 15 silver and 9 bronze with a number of those made up of composite crews as shown below.

The club was crowned Championship Club of the regatta out of the 85 clubs winning medals with a total point score of 549 ahead of Melbourne University Boat Club on 458.75 points and Melbourne Rowing Club on 291.5 points. The points are allocated on a pro rata basis for composite crews, as is the official medal tally, both of which Toowong finished on top. Hence the medal totals reported above are different from the official tally on the event website.

GOLD MEDALS

W A2x Lambros, Schmeider*

W A 2- Lambros, Schmeider*

M B4- Draydon*, Hobart* Martin, Bugg

M B4+ Manning, Pettigrew, Colquhoun, Howard

M B8+ Draydon* Hobart* Martin, Isherwood*, Moynihan, Howard, Malakellis* Law C Toon

W C4+ Filkin, Holland*, Cruikshank, Nugent, C Luck*

W C8+ Schmeider*, Lambros, Paynter*, Holland* Bridgeford*, Filkin, Parker*, Kelly C Loveday*

M C4+ Martin, Hobart*, Manning, Pettigrew C Toon

M C8+ Schryver, Pettigrew, Manning, Bugg, Colquhoun, Howard, Moynihan, Law C Toon

W D8+ Schmeider*, Lambros, Cruikshank, Nugent, Bourne, Herries, Filkin, Kelly, C Ellis

M D4+ Manning, Pettigrew, Conn, Keily C Toon

M E 2- Conn, Keily

M F4+ Lowe*, Shinners*, Gould, MacSporran

M F8+ Lowe*, Shinners*, Gould, Jell, Wallrock, MacSporran, Tomczak*, George*, c Webster*

W G4+ Elliott, Bourne, Brown, Carter, C Ellis

M G4+ Wallrock, Jell, Gould, MacSporran, C Webster*

M G8+ Lowe*, Shinners* Wallrock, Jell, Gould, MacSporran, Macartney*, Brookes, C Webster*

W H-M2-Watters, Brown

W H-M4+ Elliott, Brown, Montgomery*, Watters, C Loveday*

W H-M8+ Cato, Walsh*, Ramage, Elliott, Watters, Brown, Taylor*, Small, C Nicolay*

M H2- Jell, Wallrock

M H8+Lowe*, Shinners*, Wallrock, Jell, Macartney, Stewart*, Park, Hatfield, C Webster*

M I8+ Wallrock, Jell, Shakespear, Park, Xouris*, Scott*, Macdonald*, Hatfield, C Toon

Mix AB4x Manning, Colquhoun, Lambros, Schmeider*

Mix C8+ Manning, Pettigrew, Malakellis*. Hobart*, Schmeider*, Lambros, Cruikshank, Filkin C Toon

Mix F-G8+ Lowe*, Shinners*, Wallrock, Jell, Herries, Bourne, Elliott, Carter, C Webster*

SILVER MEDALS

W B2- Cruikshank, Nugent

M B1x Manning

M B2x Schryver, Goldstein*

M D8+ Draydon*, Pettigrew, Manning, Hobart*, Conn. Keily, Moynihan, Law, C Toon

M E4- Conn, Keily, Gould, MacSporran

W F4+ Elliott, Bourne, Herries, Coates, C Luck

M F2- MacSporran, Gould

W G8+ Elliott, Bourne, Herries, Walsh*, Brown, Carter, Balch*, Watters, C Loveday*

M H 4+ Wallrock, Jell, Park, MacSporran, C Webster*

M I4- Jell, Shakespear, Park, Simson*

M J1x Hatfield

Mix C4x Schryver, Donoghoe*, Macartney*, Nugent

Mix E8+ Gould, Brookes, Conn, Bugg, Monks, Coates, De Waal, Forbes, C Luck*

Mix H-M4x Cross*, Smythe*, Cavill*, Park

M Club 8+ Martin, Pettigrew, Gould, Keily, Jell, MacSporran, Wallrock, Law, C Toon

BRONZE MEDALS

M B2- Howard, Colquhoun

W C2- Cruikshank, Nugent

M C2- Pettigrew, Martin

M D2- Conn, Keily

M E8+ Moynihan, Keily, Conn, MacSporran, Gould, Brookes, Malakellis*, Law, C Toon

W G2- Walsh*, Elliott

W H-M2x Watters, Brown

M I4x Park, Kelsall* Hatfield, Macdonald*

W Club 8+ Elliott, Bourne, Cruikshank, Filkin, Herries, Kelly, Brown, Coates, C Ellis

*Denotes a member of another club rowing composite

Separate reports are provided for the Men’s and Women’s Interstate Eights. Once again both crews won their events. In the case of the men, they have now achieved wins in six of the last seven years whilst for the women they have now achieved five wins in a row. There were five Toowong members in the men’s crew plus the cox, coach and reserve. In the women’s crew were three Toowong members plus the reserve.

Again, the results achieved this year reflect the strong commitment to doing the training necessary to succeed at a local and national level. The points schedule reported above recorded by Rowing Australia has now been going for five years with Toowong being the Champion Club in all but last year. With the third place gained in the Championship club tally by our High Performance group at their Nationals, Toowong can be very proud of itself especially against the southern clubs many of which have budgets in the millions of dollars.

The results do not just rely on the work done by athletes and coaches but also most importantly on those who work ‘behind the scenes’ to make it happen. In the case of the women Deborah

Monks has throughout the season taken on board the onerous task of looking after regatta entries for the women. Robyn Herries has continued on as she has for years being the ‘communication officer’ maintaining the email addresses for distribution of training programs etc. For many years Marion Elliott has undertaken the task of ‘accommodation officer’ in arranging for great places to stay on the rowing expeditions.

For the men Bob Law has been a tower of strength in looking after entries and playing a major role in a process of developing and managing an evolving schedule of entries for the Nationals taking into account race schedules, age issues and performance standards. The results speak for themselves. Bob also took on the task Marion does for the women in arranging great accommodation for the men in Perth. Thanks to their early start all our crews were housed in close proximity to the course.

We all owe a special vote of thanks to Paul Pettigrew for his contribution to our success. Using our past programs as a base, Paul has presented a program throughout the season in the Rowing Australia recommended format much beefed up from the past. Leading by example he has drawn a much enhanced workload from more athletes than I would have been game to ask for. Wearing his Captains hat, the organization behind our regatta arrangements has been first rate.

Lastly and in some ways the most important thank you. Our performance using our own equipment would not be possible without someone driving our boat trailer to regattas. Peter Jell has for many years taken on this task with this year to Perth and last year to Tasmania being the most onerous. With the travel adventures on the way to Tasmania and both coming and going to Perth this year we are very grateful to Peter supported by ANnette for supplying this essential service to us.

I conclude my report using the same last paragraph I have used in the past as follows:-

It has been said before that Toowong is not about the buildings or the fleet, fantastic though they are. Rather it is about the people who make up the club. There is no University Senate or School board who ‘owns’ Toowong but rather each individual member from the oldest to the youngest are all equal shareholders in the club. That pride of ownership across all programs is so important and the basis of the club’s greatest strength, the volunteers whose positive input makes the club so strong.

Terry Mulligan

AMRC Job Done

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ANZAC Row 2019

HOTBAMRC-WClub8+

Decomissioning RV Marion Elliott

AMRC Mens B4+

Great Australian Bight

AMRC WMC4+

Qld Masters Championships

Janelle-Gold-WMD1x

Marion Elliott

Mixed E8+ State Champs 2019

A Rainbow Row – Lyn and Trish

ME2- Gavin & Jeff

Team TimeWendy Grady & Daniella Anderson

TRC Masters Women Squad 2019 Santa’s Helpers Xmas Row 2018

Single Minded

Qld Masters ChampionshipsTRC Fleet State Masters

TRC WME8+

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The 2019 Queensland Masters Men’s 8 campaign unofficially kicked off in 2018, as the erg wheels spun and opposed rowing sessions became increasingly competitive. After the February selection trial, one on the tallest, heaviest and strongest crews in recent years was selected. The crew averaged 95 kg and height of over 194 cms.

The crew had the height, weight and power, now the challenge was to make the Cal Malouf go fast!

The team selected was:

Bow Bob Law (TRC)

Michael Malakellis (Commercial)

Gavin Keily (TRC)

James Manning (TRC)

David Hobart (UQBC)

Randall Martin (TRC)

Paul Pettigrew (TRC)

Str Ned Draydon (UQBC)

Cox Michael Toon (TRC)

Coach Terry Mulligan (TRC)

Reserve Tony Moynihan (TRC)

The crew rowed twice a week, mostly on the Brisbane River. A highlight was racing a number of one minute pieces with four Rowing Queensland Development 8’s. We had five 8’s abreast on the river and Hobie summed it well at the start of the first piece, when he said to the other crews, ‘you’re about to face your worst nightmare….you’re about to race people your parents age’. Who won?? Rowing did. As Masters rowers, we all agreed, it was a memorable session against some wonderful young people and it would be great to do it again.

Fast forward to Friday 24 May on Perth. After a minor mechanical hiccup on the way to the start line, we fronted up at the starting line for the Men’s Masters Interstate 8, racing against SA, WA, NSW and Victoria.

QLD Masters Men’s Interstate 8+ 2019

As the starter ‘s signal turned green, we took off rating 47 spm, before lengthening and settling at 40 spm. The SA crew had a canvas over us with the other crews dropping behind as we reached the 400 metres mark. It was at this point that Toony yelled to ‘Drop the hammer!’ The power and rating climbed, we drew level with SA and it became a sprint over the last 600 metres.

As we crossed the finishing line, slumped over oar handles and recovering, we hadn’t heard the commentator call the final result and were unsure whether we had pushed our bow ball in front.

‘Who won?!’ Tony yelled out to people on the bank

A man yelled back, ‘QUEENSLANDER!!’

We were pretty happy.

The Queensland Men’s Masters won in a time of 2:53:09, 0.89 seconds in front of South Australia. It was the fastest time in a Men’s Masters Interstate Final.

As we rowed back into the pontoon, we were met by the Queensland Women’s Masters 8, and in what is becoming a regular occurrence, found out that they had also won!! Congratulations to Ange and the crew!

A massive thanks to Peter Jell and his wife Annette, for making racing in Perth possible by towing the boats 10,000 km to and from Perth. A film could be made about their trip with highlights including a broken trailer axel, a kangaroo hitting the side of the trailer leaving Paul Pettigrew’s pair coated in blood, and more. Thanks so much Peter and Annette.

Thanks to Peter Park (and his team of ‘boat fairy’s) for maintaining the ‘Cal Malouf’ (and the rest of the TRC fleet) and also thanks to the Toowong Rowing Club for letting the crew use the ‘Cal Malouf’.

The biggest thanks goes to Terry Mulligan. Once again, Terry invested an incredible amount of time and energy, not only into the TRC Masters Men’s program, put also into this year’s Queensland Masters Men’s 8, making it six wins from the last seven years, and the fastest Men’s Masters Interstate 8….yet.

Thanks heaps Terry.

Bob Law

That was sweet!!

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Speculation before the trials for the Queensland Masters Women’s Interstate 8+ selection is inevitable. Following nominations and ergo trials in early February, the on-water trials were held at Lake Wyaralong prior to the Wyaralong Rowing Club Regatta held on 16th February 2019. It resulted in 7 rowers of appropriate age and skill and 2 coxswains prepared to join the Women’s Interstate 8+ crew. This was a disappointing start to the 2019 campaign, until two more women entered the fray, resulting in 11 women (9 rowers and 2 coxswains) forming the Queensland Masters Women’s 8+ squad.

The crew was selected with the final combination were:

Cox Michelle Loveday (River City Women’s Rowing Club)

Stroke Emma Schmeider (Pine River Rowing Club)

7 Seat Katherine Lambros (Toowong Rowing Club)

6 Seat Andrea Paynter (Commercial Rowing Club)

5 Seat Michelle Holland (Commercial Rowing Club)

4 Seat Margaret Bridgeford (River City Women’s Rowing Club)

3 Seat Janelle Filkin (Toowong Rowing Club)

2 Seat Kylie Parker (Commercial Rowing Club)

Bow Julie-Ann Kelly (Toowong Rowing Club)

Reserve Jenny Dunn (Toowong Rowing Club)

Coach John McGuinness (Commerical Rowing Club)

Ange Ellis (TRC), who coached the Queensland Masters Women’s Interstate 8+ to success over the previous 5 years, was unavailable for the coaching role and so John McGuinness (CRC) stepped up to the lead state coaching role over the 13-week campaign. John’s concentration on the proven process, and the 4 key elements of the stroke: catch precision & timing, dynamic drive (“bums off seats”), powerful clean held finish, rhythmic rock and still glide to the catch, had the boat moving efficiently early in the program. When John was away due to other coaching commitments, Ange stepped in bringing her experience and enthusiasm to the process.

New maroon entrants, Michelle, Kylie, Margaret & Jenny, quickly set themselves to state-level training and processes in partnership with the more experienced women. In particular, Jenny showed great sportsmanship and commitment as crew reserve being always ready to take a seat in training and racing over the season. The crew discipline and comradery formed a strong working unit to combine experience, technical proficiency, enthusiasm & calm that would be needed for the ISWM8+ race.

The first stage of the campaign was conducted out of Commerical RC, with CRC’s friendly and unwavering support much appreciated. To build the competitive edge, John arranged for competitive CRC quads to row opposed to the eight. On occasion a drone provided by Tony Rush (CRC) followed the eight, filming training sessions, and the cox Michelle Loveday recorded and filmed sessions using a Go Pro camera. Following each session, John requested input from the

QLD Masters Women’s Interstate 8+ 2019

crew, and incorporated ideas from the feedback, into the following training sessions. Justin’s Coffee Van provided the essential post session sustenance, and produced the orders by heart.

Once our LWT eight, the Terry Mulligan became available, the crew moved up river to train twice a week out of TRC. The conversion also included a shift to the Concept 2 oars (the ‘Magic Oars’!) which the crew quickly adapted to and liked. A Saturday session at Lake Wyaralong gave cox and crew invaluable experience on a buoyed course in variety of conditions. Competing against the Men’s 4- and other Women’s 8+ at the Queensland State Masters Championships, boosted confidence that the crew was capable of producing times to be very competitive at national level.

The 2019 Australian Masters Championship Regatta was held at Champion Lakes Perth. Over the 4-day event, the early morning weather was cold but quickly warmed up during the day to produce near perfect conditions with calm water and light tailwinds producing many quick race times.

On Friday 24th May, the women’s masters Q8+ competed in the WMC8+ as a preliminary race. The outcome was a very positive gold medal performance in the credible time of 3min 28 secs and a palpable forecast for the ISWMD8+ race later in the day.

At 4pm, the crew and coach gathered for a final briefing. The work had been done and now it would be put to the test... Hearts and Heads Together, Rowing as One. The Qld crew, drawn in Lane 2 next to main rivals Victoria, stepped out to a dominant start to take an early lead and continued to build a marginal over the 7-boat field in the first stages of the race. At 500m Queensland had clocked 1:39.89 secs, holding a 0.80sec lead over Western Australia, a further 2.20sec over Victoria, and another 1.53sec over New South Wales. WA and NSW fought bravely, however at 750m, Qld women still held the lead but braced themselves for a ‘do or die’ finish. Holding her nerve and a straight line, Michelle called for the crew to give whatever was left in the tank. At 1000m after 3:22.19 sec, Qld had extended its lead over the Western Australians to 1.02 sec and a further 2.38sec to New South Wales. It is a testament to hard work, discipline, self-belief and unity, that the Queensland Masters Women’s Eight, has now won 5 consecutive gold medals from 2015-19 in the Interstate event.

Thank you: to the Clubs for offering the equipment and venues, to John McGuinness for his time expertise and friendship, to Ange Ellis for contributing with her wealth of Interstate coaching knowledge, to Terry Mulligan for his support and advice, to Jo Cook and Peter Park for their assistance with equipment, to all those who offered their support and encouragement, and lastly, but certainly not the least thanks, to the crew.

Well done, Queensland.

Julie-Ann Kelly (Jak)

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Learn to row has been divided into two groups.

The first group is for adults which is run on a Saturday morning. This group meets for coffee on the deck and has the chance to socialise with members of the club. From there we move to the gym for technique work on the ergos before making our way onto the river. Many thanks to our volunteers - Robbo, Carol, Margo, Annette, Luella, Deb, Frosty, and Lyn.

The second group is for our younger athletes which is run on a Sunday morning. This group are talented athletes that have not had the opportunity to row at school. Many thanks to Jen and Jeff Conn for their enthusiasm, organisation and coaching.

Blissy

Learn To Row Report

As much as we tried to complete the 2018 Head of the Brisbane regatta before the Mirimar parted the waters, it was not to be. Only metres from the finish, a wash of tsunami proportions obliterated any hope of the TRC Open Women’s 8+ finishing the race dry…or in the boat at all.

Racing in her single, Saoirse Cruikshank kicked off the October 20 event at 7:46 am, and the lads from BBCOC Rowing Club in the Open Men’s 8+ crossed the line at 10:43 am to wrap up the day’s racing.

The Head of the Brisbane’s reputation as Queensland’s premiere Big River Rowing event continues to grow. In 2018 we increased the number of local participants and attracted a south-of-the-border crew, Sydney’s St. George rowing club, who showed us how it’s done by winning the Mixed Masters A-D8+. We hope to see them back again in 2019, along with other interstate crews. Spread the word—we are streamlining the boat hiring process.

Keep the feedback coming, we do listen. We were most excited about the suggestion of drone coverage. Mitchell Anderson, son of TRC’s Daniella Anderson, streamed the action at the HOTB-turn live to the @HeadOfTheBrisbane Facebook page while appearing in an episode of When Magpies Attack. Check the footage out on the Facebook page.

The HOTB Bear was meant to get skinnier as the social media campaign progressed. However, after spending his time cavorting with magpies, browsing the Regatta Shop’s HOTB merchandise (while drinking a beer), partaking in the complimentary Inspire Physio services, sleeping in his man-cave, and celebrating behind the TRC Function Centre’s bar, we believe he had to order a larger zootie. No judgement.

Even though we ordered the medals early, they did not arrive in time for the event. Luckily, we had enough left over from the previous year to award to the out-of-state crew, school crews, and many non-TRC crews. Believe it or not, the medals arrived on Monday,

Head Of The Brisbane 2018

October 22. We cannot thank everyone enough for their good humour and patience.

TRC seriously has the best spot in Brisbane, and we were overjoyed to see everyone relaxing on the deck and admiring our view with a hard-earned drink while groovin’ along with the Jazzy Chats Big Band featuring TRC’s own Aynslie Coit. Rob Brady and his team from the Regatta Hotel once again delivered on the scrumptious food that elevates the HOTB to a class above the rest.

Our gratitude goes out to all our sponsors. Without their donation of time, money, skills, equipment, or a combination of all, the HOTB would not be the success it was. Top effort again by Gav Keily and Clare Pender from Talbot Press; without them, we wouldn’t have the A-grade banners, sponsors’ logos, and t-shirt layout. To our anonymous donors, we applaud your generosity.

HOTB truly is a club event, and it does take a village to ensure its success. Shout out to the club members who looked after the officials, acted as boat marshals, helped crews on the pontoon, cleaned the river of debris, directed trailers in the car park, and assisted in the myriad of other tasks that upheld the illusion that we do this stuff every day.

Drum roll… The 2018 HOTB delivered a surplus of $26,455, which was an 18% gain on the previous year. Clap clap.

Toowong Rowing Club’s sole fundraising activity was, once again, an overwhelming success. The 2018 HOTB committee outdid themselves: Tracey Nayler, Katherine Lambros, John Price, Marion Elliot, Julie Bourne, Luella Forbes, Carol Watters, Karen Douglas, Jim Gibb, Deb Monks, Trish Carter, Janelle Filkin, and Stuart Stevens.

The 2017 HOTB set the bar high in its deliverables, and the 2018 campaign eclipsed that. We plan on taking the 2019 HOTB to the next level. Be a part of it.

Cheers

Janelle Filkin and Deb Monks

And the winner of the 2018 Head of the Brisbane (HOTB) was…the Mirimar!

Head of the Brisbane Sponsors

Slate Media Group - Photography: Smarte – HOTB website: Mitchell Anderson – Drones: Randall Martin – PA system

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TRC Club Awards & Boat Naming 2018

Annual Dinner Most Wins

Annual Dinner Juniors

2018 Annual Awards Ceremony and Drinks on the TerraceHead Of The Brisbane 2018

Medals-presentation

BBC Old Collegians-MC8+

Hugs for the winners

D’lightful WMD8+

Laura-and-PhoebePhysio tent

Blissy-and-Robert

On Saturday 27 October, members and friends of the Toowong Rowing Club gathered for the Annual Awards Ceremony on the Terrace at the club.

The Spring afternoon recognised and celebrated members who have achieved outstanding performance milestones and also acknowledged the contribution of the best club person who has served our club during the last 12 months:

• Australian Representation (for the first time): Laura Chancellor, Junior Worlds W4+ Phoebe Robinson, Junior Worlds W4-

• Most Improved Newcomer: Sophie Gerber Lucy Hope

• Most Outstanding Junior (Tom Jack Perpetual Trophy): Female: Laura Chancellor Male: Isaac Game

• Most Races Won: (Masters): Masters Female: Tracey Evans- 18 Gold Medals Masters Male: Peter Jell- 16 Gold Medals High Performance: Laura Chancellor- 11 Gold Medals

• Best Club Person: Janelle Filkin

• Most Outstanding Athlete (Jack Hutchinson Perpetual Trophy):

Hamish Parry

• Boat Naming: Sykes Eight: Silvio Pradella

Over 100 members from all age groups in our club attended the afternoon to enjoy a drink on the terrace. A different format was trialed based on member feedback with a view to getting more members of all demographics to attend. In years gone by the once popular formal sit down dinner has unfortunately seen reduced numbers due to cost and members wanting the opportunity to mingle amongst their peers.

Overall, the afternoon was a complete success. Celebrating our members on a beautiful Spring afternoon, with the sun setting on the Brisbane River certainly showcased our club. One member noted that in her 21 years in our club it was the most enjoyable social gathering she had been too.

I look forward to enjoying the next “drink on the terrace”.

Katrina Nugent

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2018 Kibble Cup

Kibble Cup Racers 2018

TRC TOURERS

Rowing In Russia 30 Aug – 10 Sept 2018

After a challenging visa application process Wel & Susan Gamble and I set out on a relatively unprescribed Russian adventure. Getting ourselves from the airport to our Olympic sports accommodation was the start with address complexities and language difficulties. We eventually made it to meet up with rowing friends from Norway, France, Germany, Netherlands and novices from Russia. Firstly we visited the Kremlin, Red Sq. St Basil’s Church and St Michael’s Cathedral. Day 2 was a 3.15am start to row 40klm down the Moskava R through Moscow. We were the first foreigners to be given permission(after years of negotiations) to row past the modern business district and the Kremlin and we had to be off the river by 8am. We were joined by two 8s of ex-pats, olympians and others as they had not been allowed to do this before. We finished our row at the spectacular statue of Peter the Great. Launching and getting the boats out of the water was not an easy exercise. We were rowing boats that seated 10 but most of the time we had 8 or less rowers.

We were off to Tapaca south of Moscow to row on the Oka R. A memorable visit to a communal farm in the middle of who knows where was a highlight of our whole trip – especially getting there and back. One of the Russian Olympic coaches accompanied us on the Oka and saw to our needs. His English was nil but every time we would ask how far to go it was always 2 miles. We started to call them “Russian miles” or maybe it’s a coaching tactic to build stamina. We were also accompanied by a bit of a rust bucket that belched black smoke but we later found out that it was friendly and not foe. We had interesting walks through forests, on quad bikes, in buses to find the obscure and interesting landing and launching spots. We ended our row in the historic town of Kolomna where we did more sightseeing and a guided tour of the Kremlin wall with interactive displays of past weaponry and fighting skills we returned to Moscow to walk through Gorky Park, attend a Georgian concert in the Lutheran Cathedral, attend a concert at the Bolshoi theatre, visit a school being used as a Mayoral polling booth and from our hotel witness the fireworks for the 871th birthday of Moscow city. Oh did I mention that we almost got caught up in 2 anti Putin marches? Luckily we were on the other side of the road.

All in all a fabulous adventure seeing different aspects of Russian culture and living standards, Russian driving styles, landscape and cityscape, history and cuisine and doing some rowing to wear it off. Most of the time only the Russians knew what was going on and the rest of us just shrugged our shoulders and said “We’ll see”.

Rowing in New Zealand 9 – 16 April 2019

Wel and Susan Gamble, Bronwyn and Warwick Marler and I had the pleasurable experience of rowing the North of the South Is on the FISA coastal tour. Again it was great to catch up with friends (old and new) from all over the world. We were rowing on the Marlborough Sound out of Picton and the out of Nelson. Our launches in Picton were timed to miss the Interislander ferries. We rowed in and out of a couple of sounds and ended up at the Momorangi Bay café for lunch the had a bit of a windy row home. However we were rewarded with a beautiful drive through the Blenheim winery region to Brancott Estate for dinner. The next day was a row across the shipping channels to Komutoto Bay where our planned whitebait BBQ lunch was aborted due to bad weather. We had a very rainy row back to Picton and had our lunch there. Day 3, with beautiful morning had us row to Lochmara Lodge for a very generous morning tea then off to Torea Bay where cold squalls came it making it difficult to get the boats out of the water, derigged and on the trailer. After a walk over the mountain we reached the Portage Lodge where the log fire was most welcome. From here we rowed to Raethi Lodge for another generous morning tea then rowing Kenepuru Sound to Havelock Harbour. Derig and load boats before lunch at the Mussel Pot at 4pm.

An hour and a half’s drive outside Nelson took us to the beautiful alpine Lake Roititi to row. On the way back we were treated to fabulous hospitality by Nelson RC at the angus stud farm owned by its president. Our last day’s row was from the Nelson RC, out of the harbour along the foreshore, along Rabbit Island and finishing at Grossi Point in Mapua Inlet. Saying goodbye is always difficult as old friendships have been cemented and new ones formed, but we always leave saying “Hope to see you on the water somewhere soon”.

Aynslie Coit

2018 Kibble Cup Winners: Tracey Evans, Tom Williamson, Phoebe Robinson & Leo Karadimitris

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A Blast From The Past

From 1969 onwards the club came into its own in relation to Queensland titles starting with the Lightweight Eight in 1969, Senior A Eight in 1970 and Lightweight Eights in 1971 and 1973. Early in the 1970 season a Senior 8+ comprising two experienced King’s Cup competitors, five maiden and one junior oarsmen combined in a squad of 12 to train for the State Championships. The seating of the Eight was finalised in late November as Rod Stewart (B) John Varendorf (2) Don Scott (3) Peter Benson (4) Tony Fanning (5) Bernie Moroney (6) Martin Dixon (7) Peter Gregg (Stroke) Peter Cole (Cox & Coach).

“It was the summer of 1970 when a determined Toowong eight beat a crack University crew to take the Clubs first state eights title since 1912.”

“Tony “Arch” Fanning and Bernie Moroney were the veterans in the crew in 1970 and were enthused by a handful of newcomers, some of whom they had coached as schoolboys. We had rowed through the 60s and had usually come second or thereabouts – Moroney said. When the young blokes came in, they were fearless and didn’t have much respect for the top crews. Stroke Peter Gregg who had been coached by the two veterans at Gregory Terrace said the crew became a close-knit group and believed a champion team could beat a team of champions – We were going to win”

From Love Of The Game by Bernie Pramberg, Courier Mail December 4-5 2010 when we celebrated 40 years after that historic win in 1970.

Peter Gregg

TRC HWT 8+ 1970. Peter Cole (cox/coach), Peter Gregg, Martin Dixon, Bernie Moroney, Arch Fanning, Peter Benson, Don Scott, John Varendorff, Rod Stewart

Winning Qld Championship Mens 8+ Maryborough 1970. Peter Gregg, John Varendorff, Bernie Moroney, Martin Dixon, Don Scott, Peter Cole, Arch Fanning, Rod Stewart

Regatta Fashion 1970. (left to right) Sue Thompson, Sue Fanning, Diane Dixon, Sue Benson, Annabelle Power, Rayleigh Whiting, Angela Cole.

TRC HWT 8+ 1973 Cox: Oliver Knight, Chris Lyndon, Doug Buchbach, Chris Hollingsworth, Shane Thomson, John Varendorff, Dave Ochert, Terry Finn, Dan Kelleher.

Doug Buchbach & John Varendorff TRC Juniors 1970

1974 Qld Kings Cup Crew. Chris Lyndon, Chris Reeve, Martin Doyle, Steve McCrae, Bob Alexander, Chris Hollingsworth, Rod Conrad, Chris Sasnaskas, cox: Dave Francis

TRC Mens LWT 8+ 1969

1969 Telegraph Report & Regatta Program

1973 Qld Champion Coxed Four Chris Lyndon, Doug Buchbach, Martin Doyle, Dave Ochert, cox: Oliver Knight

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BOAT NAME TYPE MAKE BUILT BOAT NAME TYPE MAKE BUILT

Pradella, Silvio 8+ Sykes 2018 Jack Price 2- / 2x Sykes 2016

Malouf, Cal 8+ Sykes 2019 Amy James 2- / 2x Sykes 2016

Mulligan, Terry 8+ Sykes 2019 McDonnell, Tim 2- / 2x Sykes 2013

Jack, Tom 8+ Sykes <2000 Silcox, Nick 2- / 2x Sykes 2013

Ellis, Angelina 8+ Sykes 2006 Terry Conelly 2- / 2x Hudson 2012

O’Rourke, Kerry 8+ Sykes 2006 Bailey, Clayton 2- / 2x Sykes 2010

Cavell, Wendy & M 8+ Sykes 2004 Pritchard, Jack 2- / 2x Sykes 2003

Caesar 8+ Sykes <2000 Dowrie, Jim 2- / 2x Sykes 2004

Hoyes, Bob 2- / 2x Sykes 2005

Dagge, Greg 4+ Sykes 2001 Mahony, Ron 2- / 2x Sykes 2003

Lyndon, Paula 4+ Sykes <2000 Varendorff, John 2- / 2x Kirs 2006

Jell, Peter 4+ Carmody 2012 Carol Watters 2- / 2x Kirs 2006

Edmonds, Graham 4+ Sykes <2000 Bosher, Don 2-/ 2x Ausrowtec 2006

Tynan, Andrew 4- Carmody 2009 Hooper, Ivan 2- / 2x Sykes 2003

Warren, Heather 4+ Sykes 1995

Toon, Michael 4- Sykes 1999 Hartley, Alex 2x Sykes <2000

MacPherson, Allen 2x Sykes <2000

Park, Peter 4- / 4x Sykes 2013 Gregg, Peter 2x Carmody 2008

Dwyer, Kiren 4- / 4x Sykes 2009

Hutchison, Jack 4- / 4x Sykes 2009 Purcell, Darren 2- Sykes 2006

Wolfpack 4- / 4x Sykes 2012 Carter, Trish 2- Sykes 2007

Jil Parmenter 4- / 4x Sykes 2004 Magoffin, Dave 2- Sykes 1998

Thomsen, Shane 4- / 4x Sykes 2003 Keily, Gavin 2- Sykes 2005

Moss, Frank 4- / 4x Carmody 2011 Huggett, Peter 2- Kirs <2000

Brown, Lyn 2- Sykes <2000

Buchbach, Doug 4x Sykes 1995 Orchert, David 2- Sykes <2000

Lyndon, Chris 4x Sykes 1995 Kerrison, Russel 2- Sykes <2000

McNeill, Rob 2- Sykes <2000

Birt, Rod 2- Sykes <2000

Karash, Hamish 2- Sykes <2000

11 Numbered Sculls 1x Various 2000- 2011

OARS

140 Sweep C2 / Croker 2000- 2018

78 Sculling C2v / Croker 2000 - 2016

CLUB BOAT FLEET 2019 Club Income Venue Income Income from Members Breakfast Saturday Income $10,688.75 Membership Fees $147,675.15 Hire of Venue $57,595.48 Boat Storage Fees $13,783.64 Hire of kitchen Miscellaneous Income $32.73 Hire Function Room Accessories $849.09 Shed Key & Locker Income $45.45 Garden Wedding Set-up $4,595.48

$161,536.97 Bar Takings $62,337.10 Donations & fundraising Catering Income $8,470.23 Donations Received $788.50 Corkage $136.37 Fundraising Income $40.91 Sale of Assets - Venue

$829.41 Wait staff income $15,267.50Total Venue Income $159,940.00

Head of Brisbane Income HOB Registrations $16,288.11 Venue Expenses HOB Sponsorship $13,636.37 Admin & bookkeeping Venue $9,125.08 HOB Other Income $2,470.45 Advertising Venue $330.92

$32,394.93 Bank Charges Venue Acc $1,239.92 Club Events / Income Breakfast Saturday Expenses $868.74 Annual Dinner $828.27 Caterer's Costs $2,139.89 Clothing Sales $231.83 Clean & Rubbish costs Venue $6,010.57 Rowing Programs $1,718.19 Tableware & Minor equip $27.28

$2,778.29 Depreciation Equip & Furn $4,000.00 Hire Cost of Drinks Sold $19,079.04 Hire of Boats $0.00 Electricity Venue $5,894.28

$0.00 Fees/licenses Venue $731.60Other Income Function Purchases $5,034.38 Insurance Recoveries - Boats $11,271.36 Gas Venue $478.59 Damages recovered from members $990.92 Hire Costs Functions $1,106.46 Interest Income $374.73 Telephone Venue $1,257.29 Sale of Club Assets $181.82 $12,818.83 Printing & stationery - venue $110.07

Rep & Maint Venue $3,775.51Total Income $210,358.43 Security Venue $1,321.17

Venue Staff ExpensesClub Expenses Casual Staff Wages $18,623.12 Administration Costs Venue Manager - CW $28,605.00 Audit Fees $1,800.00 Venue Assistant - TS $8,820.00 Bookkeeping Fees $4,585.15 Superannuation Expense $4,777.18 Computer expenses $269.91 $60,825.30 Postage & Stationery $99.52 Workcover Venue $1,572.27 Printing & Photocopying $2,057.86 Total Venue Expenses $124,928.36 Telephone $583.42

$9,395.86 Net Operating Profit $35,011.64 Bank, fin. & merchant charges Bank Charges $33.50 Less Extra-ordinary Expenses Merchant Charges Prior year adjustments to Accounts Receivable

$33.50 Member & coach exp Venue Net Profit/(Loss) $35,011.64 Clothing Purchases $222.73 Coaching Expenses $14,470.08 Affiliation Fee - Rowing Qld $1,585.45 Hire of equipment $94.55 2018-19 Major Asset Acquisition Report Hire of Boats $454.55 Fundraising Expenses Donations Date Details Amount Seat Fees ($4,071.04) Rowing Shells Other Member Expenses $1,366.53 14/06/2018 $11,000.00

$14,122.85 14/03/2019 $13,000.00

Rates, Utilities, Insurance Rates & Excess Water $5,722.41 Oars Electricity $1,473.58 27/03/2019 $1,400.00

Insurance $42,233.95 Permits/Licences & Fees $468.00 Land Equipment Registrations $868.50 12/10/2018 Kohler XT 775 Mower $1,118.18 Fuel & Oil $4,427.67 Security $1,321.17 $26,518.18

$56,515.28 Club Events / Expenses Annual dinner expenses $418.49 Clothing Purchases $632.80

$1,051.29 Head of Brisbane Expenses Head of Brisbane expenses $8,732.73

$8,732.73 Repairs & Maintenance Cleaning/Rubbish Removal $760.08 Rep & Maintenance - Boats $43,496.42 Rep & Maintenance - Refurb $2,244.34 Rep & Maintenance - Boat Shed $11,123.75 Rep & Maintenance - Trailers $673.90 Rep & Maintenance - Tinnies $6,959.27 Rep & Maintenance - Pontoon $1,713.08 Rep & small items - Gym $517.69 Rep & Maintenance - General $2,840.64

$70,329.17Other Expenses Interest Expense $45.97 Depreciation Expense $59,673.88

$59,719.85

Total Expenses $219,900.53

Surplus/ (Deficit) Income over Expenditure ($9,542.10)

4 x CII Sweep Skinny Sweep Oars Purchased from Rowing Australia

Toowong Rowing Club

Club Income & Expenditure StatementApril 2018 To March 2019 April 2018 To March 2019

Toowong Rowing Club

Venue Profit & Loss Statement

2016 Pair Amy James purchased from University of Qld2012 Sykes 4 purchased from Coffs Coast

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Toowong Rowing ClubANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

8am Saturday 27 July

TRC Function Centre Keith Street St Lucia

Meeting Agenda

Welcome and Introductions

Apologies

Acceptance of minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting

Receiving of the Management Committee’s Report

Receiving of the Financial Statements

Receiving of the Auditor’s Report

Proposed resolutions to General Business from Members (Resolutions to Matters submitted to the meeting

with notice prior to the meeting.)

a. Retirement of all Management Committee members and other Office Bearers for 2019.

b. Election and Introduction of Management Committee members and other Office Bearers for 2020.

Appointment of the Auditor for the 2019/2020 financial year

Meeting close