Rowing Victoria's Active Minutes Challenge

Rowing Victoria recognises the challenges that all Victorians are facing during the Stage 4 Lock down due to Covid-19. We want to help our community to stay connected during this lock down by challenging our clubs and schools to stay active!

Physical activity is vital for our mental health and wellbeing, which is why this challenge will be aiming to build connection and reduce feelings of isolation for all Victorians by staying active. The Rowing Victoria Active Minutes Challenge will be tracking the total minutes of each club and school within Victoria over 4 weeks to find Victoria’s most active Club/School!

So, connect with your club or school and encourage everyone to stay active and log their minutes for the challenge!

Please follow the link here for more information on our event page!

Leaderboard updates - 

Total minutes per Club/ School Leaderboard: 

Congratulations to the current Top 5 Clubs / Schools

1. Gennazano FCJ College with a total of - 9,903 Active minutes

2. Korowa Anglican Girls School with a total of - 8,159 Active minutes

3. Melbourne Girls College with a total of - 7,379 Active minutes

4. Power House Rowing Club with a total of - 5,912 Active minutes

5. Corio Bay Rowing Club with a total of - 3,524 Active minutes

Results are live and constantly updating! Thank you to everyone participating in the challenge we look forward to seeing who is in our Top 5 Next week!

You can join in at anytime via our submissions page here and date back your sessions as far as the 15th of August!!

To stay tuned for regular updates, follow us via our social media:

Instagram - rowing_victoria 

Facebook - Rowing Victoria

Rowing Victoria's Weekly Local Legend     -     Angelique Everett 

Introducing Angelique Everett as Rowing Victoria's first Weekly Local Legend!

Angelique is the President at Carrum Rowing Club, she joined the Carrum Rowing community as a teenager and has since made her return 6 years ago to the club. Angelique rowed as a junior for the club and fell in love with the sport, whilst spending time also Surf Boat Rowing she has always returned to Rowing. Outside of rowing Angelique is also a very Talented Musician, playing a vast range of instruments.

Angelique was nominated to recognise her effort with in the club as president. She is described as "working tirelessly, doing everything from running the committee, to working the steering group for the NWSC, organising events and training sessions, coordinating regattas and fundraising. All whilst working full time and raising her young Daughter. You name it she does it! "

Thank you Angelique for your outstanding work within our Rowing Victoria Community!

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 

Rowing Australia’s Anti-Doping Policy has been amended :

Rowing Australia’s Anti-Doping Policy has been amended and is effective 10 August 2020.

The changes bring our sport in line with the establishment of Sport Integrity Australia which will replace the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) as the National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) in Australia from 1 July 2020.

The changes which come into effect on 10 August 2020 are:

• Replacing the words Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) with Sport Integrity Australia (SIA)
• Recognising the National Sports Tribunal (NST) for first instance hearings by all athletes, and appeals by non-international-level athletes,
• Introducing the concept of ‘lower level athlete’ to allow greater flexibility in dealing with and sanctioning athletes below International or National level, and
• Removing the Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel.

For more details please click here to ensure your up to date with all the latest changes.

COVID-19 UPDATES:

• Rowing Communities in Metropolitan Melbourne have unfortunately seen an increase in COVID-19, and the move to stage 4 has limited the potential to row in Melbourne.  Rowing Victoria’s full statement can be found HERE
• Regional Victoria have now also seen State Government restriction levels increase to stage 3. Rowing Victoria’s full statement and Guidelines for Regional Victoria can be found HERE

General Meeting Updates

Rowing Victoria’s next general meeting will be held on the 15/9/2020. For more details and to register please visit the Rowing Victoria Event page HERE.

VPP Rowing Science

The Victorian Pathway Program Rowing Science web page is your new home for coaching and training resources. From time to time, we will post the latest tips, tricks and training tools from our Victorian and national high performance and pathway experts in the areas of rigging, technique, performance data and indoor rowing! Jump on and take a look at the current resources from our VIS Rowing Team in nutrition, physiology, Injury prevention and sports medicine, strength and conditioning, and performance and lifestyle!

Better yet, we want to hear from you! Follow the link and give us feedback on what sort of resources you would like to see more of!

Click Here to share with us your feedback!

Head of the Yarra Entries open now!

Be sure not to miss out on one of Australia’s Premier regattas by securing your entry in the 2020 Head of the Yarra!

• Please note: Entries are risk free as any entries which need to be removed prior to the close of entries on the 16^th of October for any reason can do so without fee.

Annual Awards Nominations have reopened :

Due to the postponement of this year Rowing Victoria Annual Awards until the AGM, we have decided to reopen the nominations! If you know of an outstanding:

• Club Person
• Coach
• School Person
• Umpire
• Regatta

Make sure their outstanding contribution is recognised by nominating them HERE

Expanded Business Support Fund

With the stage 3 and 4 restrictions in parts of Victoria, the State Government has introduced additional business support that some Club's may be eligible for.  

Clubs can apply if they:

• are operating in a postcode that is affected by the return to Stage 3 restrictions (not necessarily their registered address); and
• are an employing business; and
• are currently registered to pay GST; and
• have a payroll of less than $3 million per annum; and
• hold an Australian Business Number (ABN) and have held that ABN at 16 March 2020 (date of the State of Emergency declaration); and
• have been engaged in carrying out the operation of the business in Victoria on 16 March 2020.

Applications can be made up until 14th of September via this link here. 

Incident Reports

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

To register now click here!

Are your contact details up to date? 

To ensure your club and members are not missing any important information you can check to see if your contact details are up to date on the Rowing Manager website https://www.rowingmanager.com/

First Aid Training 

Life Saving Victoria offers first aid training to Clubs and Schools including in regional centres.  Additional information is available here.