May 24, 2024

Included in this edition of Rowing Tasmania's eNews:

• Bont AMRC2024 wrap-up
• Relive Bont AMRC in pictures
• Upcoming State Winter Camps
• AGM and 2024 Awards Presentation Night - save the date!
• End of Season Survey - have your say
• More on recent Level 2 Coaching Workshops
• eSafety Sport: Online abuse is not OK
• Mental health first aid training

Australian Masters Rowing Champs - and that's a wrap!

Great conditions, great racing, great regatta - the 2024 Bont Rowing Australian Masters Rowing Championships at Lake Barrington had it all!

Tasmania's Masters athletes bagged a swag of medals from 199 events across the four days (May 8-11) of the regatta and our State crews claimed medals in four of the five Interstate races in which we entered crews:

Gold: Men's Pr3 1X (Michael Taylor) and ISM4x (Michael Wilson, Mark Bonham, Patrick Bird, Deon Birtwistle);

Bronze: ISW4x (Sandra Wilson, Alison Kirkwood, Jane Hilliard, Sabrina Sonda) and ISM8+ (James Cowley, Jonathon Pitt, Kim Morgan, David Fisher, Chris Fox, Aaron Midgley, Phil Hutton, Tom Wilcox, cox: Georgina Rumbel).

The best-performing Tasmanian club on the event's Medals Table was North Esk - 7th of the 84 clubs competing.

Three Tasmanian clubs finished in the top 20 of the Club Point Score - North Esk, 3rd; Lindisfarne 9th; and, Buckingham 14th.

In the Individual Point Score (top 20) results, Michael Wilson was 4th with 125.25 points, Robert Wrigley 5th (123.25), Tom Wilcox 13th (108.75) and Sam Casey 16th (107).

Rowing Tasmania congratulates all our affiliated Clubs on their performances and would also like to thank the many volunteers and officials who worked tirelessly before, during and after the event to help make AMRC2024 such a success.

The next 10 months will be busy as we work our way up to next year's Australian Rowing Championships at Lake Barrington from March 24-30. We hope to see you there!

                                                                PICTURES: RA/Gary Linagh

For all the results from AMRC2024, click here

Relive the AMRC2024 - check out the pix!

Andrew Guerin's collection of fantastic pictures from the 2024 Australian Masters Rowing Championships at Lake Barrington numbers in the thousands.

Head over to his website Australian Rowing Images to relive the excitement of the regatta in pictures of the racing, medal presentations and general shots from around the event site and boat park.

Grab yourself some great pictorial memories!

2024 Awards Presentation and Rowing Tasmania AGM

Rowing Tasmania's 112th Annual General Meeting and the 2024 Rowing Tasmania Awards Presentation function wil be held on Friday, 30th August, at New Town Bay Rowing Centre, 5 Marine Esplanade, New Town.

7:30pm: Awards Presentation
8:20pm: Annual General Meeting

As part of Rowing Tasmania's commitment to providing exceptional experiences for competitive rowers, we value your feedback on the regatta season.

The 2023-24 Rowing Tasmania End of Year Survey is designed to gather insights into various apsects of the regatta experience, including event organisation, venue facilities, communication, safety measures, race experience and overall satisfaction.

Your input is crucial in shaping future regattas to better meet the needs and expectations of our rowing community.

Please take the time to complete the 2023-24 Rowing Tasmania End of Year Survey by clicking here.

Earlier in May, Rowing Tasmania facilitated Level 2 Coaching Practical Workshops in the North and South of the State.

These were run for us by Rowing Australia's Sport Development Manager, Ron Batt.

The following Level 2 coaches successfully completed the course:

Nadia Bleaken (SBRC), Susan Weeding (TUBC), Hamish Johnston (BRC), Shaun Finlayson (TIS), Abbie Crow (BRC), Jane McGann (TUBC), Thomas Green (Launceston Grammar), Jack Pears-Cavanagh (MRC), Andrew (Andy) Brown (SOC), Will Green (Launceston Grammar), James (Jim) Cuming (Launceston Grammar), Sarah Ashlin (Launceston Grammar), Jim Wilson (SOC), Abbey Boutcher (SOC), Richard Clark (NERC/SPC), Jamie Breden (SOC), David Tippett (MRC), Stuart Doyle (TRC).

Congratulations all!

eSafety Sport: Play it safe and fair on and offline

We are online every day as part of sporting life.

We use team apps, share images in chats and scroll through social media feeds to help us connect with others, but being online also comes with the risk of abuse.

Online abuse in sport is not OK.

The eSafety Commissioner, Australia’s independent regulator for online safety, has resources to help the wider sports community prevent and deal with online harm.

Whether you’re a volunteer, coach, official, competitor or fan, eSafety Sport has something to help to prevent and manage online abuse.

eSafety Sport provides tailored information for sports administrators, coaches or officials, parents and athletes and competitors, practical information on how to recognise and deal with online abuse in sport, as well as top tips to stay safe online.

Join us in giving online abuse a red card. Explore eSafety Sport today: eSafety.gov.au/sport

Free mental health first aid training

One for our members in the North and North West:

Spaces are available for the Alcohol and Drug Foundation's in-person Mental Health First Aid training course for accredited Good Sports Club members.

Workplace Alive & Well's Darren Clark will teach you how to provide initial support to other adults who may be experiencing a mental health problem or crisis until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis is resolved.

The 2-day course is at Ulverstone Sports & Leisure Centre, West Ulverstone, on June 4-5 and runs from 10am-4.30pm each day.

To register your interest, or if you have any queries, contact Hugh Graham, hugh.graham@adf.org.au.

Please note: This Mental Health First Aid training course is not a therapy or support group.