Notice of AGM

Rowing Victoria is pleased to advise that the 145^th Annual General Meeting will be conducted online on the 31^st October 2021.

Additional information including the agenda is available via the following link

https://www.rowingvictoria.asn.au/events/114103/

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We are pleased to advise that we have the following nominations for two positions on the Rowing Victoria Board. The nominations are:

Nominee                  Proposer                   Seconder

Suzan Andrews         Patrick McNamara    Nick Inglis

Claire Grayston         Kaye Schmidt             Kathryn Taylor

Rod Jones                   Stephen Mollard       Terry Phillips

Deborah Spring         Leeanne Ambrose     Patrick McNamara

As occurred last year, Rowing Victoria will be using Election Runner (www.electionrunner.com) to conduct the election in compliance with the obligations under Section 17 of RV’s Constitution.

Only Club and School delegates that satisfy the membership requirements of the Constitution will be invited to vote.

Election Runner supports weighted voting which satisfies the different voting rights that our Clubs have based on their competitive memberships.

We envisage that the election will open on the Wednesday 27^th October 2021 and close during the meeting. Results of the election will be available immediately after the election closes.

CELEBRATING ROWING VICTORIA'S LOCAL LEGENDS

The Victorian Rowing Community has many wonderful people within it. If you know an amazing person in your club or school that you think should be profiled. Please contact jen@rowingvictoria.asn.au 

This weeks Local Legend is Nicki Payne

Yarra River Dredging Schedule

Over the next five months Parks Victoria have scheduled a number of dredging operations.

Although current river access is limited, please be mindful of your surroundings whilst on the Yarra.

Dredging operations will be also suspended/ cleared for regattas.

15 October – 21 November        

• Dredging at Herring Island Landing & Como Landing,  disposal site upstream of Church Street Bridge
• Herring Island Landing & Como Landing closed – exclusion zone around works dredging site and disposal site

22 November – 28 November   

• Dredging at Burnley southern bank- navigational channel,  disposal site upstream of Church Street Bridge               
• Exclusion zone around works at dredging site and disposal site

29 November – 13 February      

• Dredging at Burnley Harbour, disposal site upstream of Church Street Bridge

• Exclusion zone around works at dredging site and disposal site

14 February – 22 March               

• Dredging at Botanic Gardens Landing, disposal site adjacent to Botanic Gardens

• Landing Botanic Gardens Landing closed – exclusion zone around works at dredging site and disposal site

Impact of COVID-19 on Community Sport.

As you will be well aware, COVID-19 has continued to wreak havoc on community sport in Australia over the past 18 months. This latest report from the Australian Sports Foundation highlights that community clubs all over Australia are facing unprecedented challenges, with more than 1 in 10 clubs at risk of going under during this ongoing crisis.

The report highlights serious and urgent challenges impacting community sports clubs in the areas of financial instability, declining participation and declining volunteering. The report makes it clear that sports clubs are struggling financially; not only is community sport largely shut down but traditional fundraising methods are also hampered or impossible due to Covid restrictions.

If you have time, we encourage you to join the upcoming ASF 45min webinar https://covid.sportsfoundation.org.au/webinarregistration where the ASF team of Sports Fundraising experts will walk you through some fundraising ideas through COVID and beyond. The webinar will cover in detail:

· Real examples of online fundraising, methods and results

· Tax-deductible fundraising and what you can raise funds for

· Fundraising through cancelled seasons and registration fees

Change Our Game Scholarship Grants Program

The Change Our Game Scholarship Grants Program provides funding for women to access professional learning and development opportunities that enhance skills in sport and recreation leadership and management.

Women working or volunteering in sport and active recreation in Victoria are eligible for funding, but must be nominated by recognised state sporting association, state sport and active recreation body, local government authority or regional sports assembly.  

Applications to Round 1 of the 2021-22 program open on Tuesday 28 September and close at 5pm, Monday 25 October 2021.  

For more information please visit the Change Our Game website or email changeourgame@sport.vic.gov.au.

Support for sporting organisations

The Sporting Club Grants Program will provide grants to assist active recreation and sporting clubs that incurred financial loss during the recent lockdowns in Victoria.

Victorian sport and active recreation organisations that were impacted by the recent lockdowns in Victoria can now apply for a funding lifeline courtesy of the Victorian Government’s Sporting Club Grants Program.

Grants of $2,000 for Victorian sport and active recreation organisations with a payroll of up to $3 million, to compensate for irrecoverable costs greater than $2,000 arising directly from the cancellation or postponement of events during lockdowns from Friday 16 July to 27 July 2021 and Thursday 5 August to 23 September 2021.

This funding is only available to organisations that are not eligible to seek funding from the Business Costs Assistance Program. Please check your eligibility.