Pathway 8+ Training day last Sunday

Last Sunday Rowing Victoria held a Pathway 8+ Training day at Boathouse Drive. It was great to see underage athletes from Regional Victoria and Metro-Melbourne come together and place six eights of aspiring under 18 state team athletes on the Yarra!

The day commenced with a morning water session, followed by an educational seminar presented by Ana Holt (VIS Lead Sports Scientist, Rowing) on 'how to get the most out of your training'. The day concluded with a second session on the water!

A big thank you to all our wonderful Coaches listed below for their assistance on the day:

Noel Donaldson (VIS)

Matt Ryan (MUBC)

Annabelle Eaton (SKC)

Craig Smith ( CGS)

Brigette Carlile (St Catherines)

Andrew Cleary  (TGC)

Phill Morgan (CGS)

Ed Fuller (MUBC)

Tom Creber (Banks)

Tayla Duncan (CGS)

If you missed out on this great opportunity, you can still nominate for the Victorian Pathway 8+ State Team! Click here to Nominate now! Nominations on 24th February 2021.

Level 2 Coaching Accreditation Course

Rowing Australia’s new blended learning Level 2 coaching course is now live. This course replaces the previous Level 2 course. The first Level 2 Workshop will be held on Sunday the 17th of January 2021. 

Coaches have four modules to complete online before going to a one-day workshop run by their State Rowing Association. 

The 4 online modules cover Athlete well-being, Training Methodologies, Inclusive Coaching, and Rigging. 

The workshop has coaches working in small groups, to refresh some of the online modules, resolve problem based scenarios, demonstrate coaching on the ergo and have individual assessments on Rigging and Rowing technique. 

At the conclusion of the workshop, coaches will either, be assessed as competent and gain their accreditation, or be informed of what they need to do to gain the Level 2 accreditation. 

Click here to register now!

Masters State Team Information

The following updates have been made to the Nominations for the Master's State Team for 2021.

Nominations for the Athletes and coaches wishing to be considered for Masters Team selection must now be completed by 5:00 pm 14th January 2021. Please view the full selection policy by clicking here.

To nominate now please Click here.

Nominations for all 2020/21 Victorian State Teams are now open!

Nominations for Pathway 8+, Youth (U/21), Para, and Senior Teams are now open and live on our website. Click here to nominate now!

To view the Selection requirements for each of the 2020/21 Victorian State Teams please click here.

Notice* Selection requirements for Youth (U/21) State Teams have recently been updated. Click here to view now!

To nominate for the Pathway 8+ please click here!

Pathways Co-ordinator Announcement

We are also very excited to welcome back Jen Szuster to our RV staff team. Jen re-commences her role as Pathways Co-ordinator on the 18th of January 2021.

We would also like to farewell Cerise Newlyn and thank her for the amazing work she has done for the Pathways Program during the year 2020. Cerise will finish her role at RV on the 8th of January 2021. 

For any pathway inquires in between please contact Noel Donaldson.

Rowing Victoria's Weekly Local Legend   -  David England

Australian former rowing coxswain, coach, and rowing administrator. He was an Australian national champion, an Olympian, and won a bronze medal at the 1977 World Rowing Championships.

England's senior club rowing was from the Melbourne University Boat Club. In Melbourne Uni colours he contested and won the national lightweight eight title twice at the Australian Rowing Championships in 1972 and 1979. England was in the stern of the Australian heavyweight eight selected to compete at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. That crew finished in overall fifth place. 

David has continued his impressive involvement in the sport in many ways from coaching to administration. Following the 1984 Kings Cup Regatta, David's career took him overseas for 17 years. During this time he was an active member of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club - Rowing Section  (1984-1993) and Walton Rowing Club, England (1993 - 2001). Upon return to Australia, he immersed himself actively at MUBC and assisted the Women's squad there as a coach. He was Finance Director of Rowing Australia from 2007 - 2009 and also has served as a board member.

For more details on David's incredible achievements please click here! 

Do you know somebody who is a local rowing legend?

Provide us with their name and story for a chance to be featured in Rowing Victoria's weekly featured athlete via email at: 

memberservices@rowingvictoria.asn.au 

Yarra Dredging Update

Following significant consultation with Parks Victoria, Rowing Victoria has been advised that the dredging program will continue from Winter 2021 in a number of sections of the Yarra river from around Herring Island to the World Trade Centre. Specific to the rowing community:

• The Southern Arch of the Morrell st Bridge and adjacent Botanic Gardens landing.
• The “VRA Bend”, between Banks RC and the Henley Judges Tower
• The Princes Bridge Southern and Northern Arches.

Additional areas have been highlighted for action including the section between the 800m start and Swan St bridge and the Caroline St landing.

This notification is great news for both the safety and competitive needs of the Victoria Rowing Community.

Waterways and Safety

Let's Keep our waterways safe and be mindful of everyone out on the water during the Christmas period.

With the weather warming up, boat traffic will increase. Specifically for the Yarra, the number of commercial vessel journeys will grow, so please continue to be alert towards all river users. Please refresh your knowledge of the waterway rules, acknowledging the direction of travel and bridge arch use.

Megaphone Restrictions:

All coaches using megaphones are to abide by the restrictions below. Taking extra caution around residential areas is kindly appreciated. 

We strongly recommend that clubs/schools transition to using radios and radio boxes rather than megaphones.

To view or purchase Radios please click here.

Yarra River Electric Boat Update

As those on the Yarra would attest to, the numbers of Electric Boats (Go Boats & On a Boats) have increased significantly in the couple of months. Go Boats had a 250% increase in bookings last month than 12 months ago.  Unfortunately, the number of reported incidents and near misses between these boats and rowing boats has also increased, some causing significant and irreparable damage to rowing equipment. We have been fortunate, that the injuries inflicted upon rowers has been relatively minor.

Rowing Victoria this week met with representatives of the Electric Boat companies, Parks Victoria and Maritime Safety Victoria to develop solutions to ensure all river users can enjoy the river safely, responsibly and respectfully.

To view the discussed implementations and guidelines please click here.

Upcoming Regattas Updates

• 2020 RV Omnium Regatta #2 - (Postponed) (Clubs and Schools)

          - The RV Omnium will be postponed until Early 2021. Date TBC shortly. 

• 2021 MRA Rutherglen Regatta (9/1/2021 & 10/1/2021) 

          - Entries open 15/12/2020

Australian Sports Foundation Athlete Survey

With travel restrictions, lockdowns, postponed and cancelled competitions, financial uncertainty, and health implications due to COVID-19; this pandemic has surely had an impact on our athletes. We want to hear from athletes far and wide so we can do our part to support Australian sport and its athletes who continue to inspire us all to live an active and healthy life.

We’ve created a 10-minute survey to understand the impact on your funding as an athlete and support needed to help it recover. 

Athletes who complete the survey will go into the draw to win one of 2 x ISC SPORT apparel prize packs to the value of $250 each for their time.

Click here to complete the Athlete Survey.

Local Sporting Champions Program

The Local Sporting Champions program provides financial assistance for coaches, officials, and competitors aged 12-18 participating in state, national or international championships. Applicants must meet the following criteria here to receive a Local Sporting Champions grant. 

Applications are currently open until 11:59 pm (AEDT) on 31 December 2020 for Round 3. Click here to apply now!

Incident Reports

Please help us to ensure that rowing in Victoria is as safe as possible. If you are involved or witness a rowing related incident please record it on the Rowing Victoria website.

Community and Club Grants

To view all current community and club sports grants please click here.

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