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Welcome to ANA Rowing Club

Home of the 2007 & 2008 State Pennant & Masters Champions

This is the online home of one of Western Australia’s most vibrant and progressive rowing clubs. We hope you enjoy your time here and get the chance to come down and visit us at the Hinds Reserve in Bayswater, Perth sometime soon.

ANA is made up of a mixture of recreational and racing members and is proud to be able to offer rowing to anybody who would like to be involved in the sport, in whatever capacity that may be. Our goal is to promote rowing for every body. 

If you cannot find what you’re looking for, please feel free to contact us. We are always happy to share our enthusiasm for this wonderful sport.

 

 

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Goals

ANA’s goal is to be the premier rowing club in Western Australia (and then the world!). 

We aim to promote the sport of rowing in WA and to provide a safe and fun environment for people to learn how to row and then provide on-going support to improve their skills to whatever level they aspire to.

Location

ANA’s boatshed and clubrooms are located at the Hinds Reserve, Bayswater. It is just upstream of the Garrat Rd Bridge with access via Milne St. We share the Reserve with Perth College Rowing and with the WAIS kayaking program, plus the many locals who use the area for canoing, kayaking, swimming, fishing, walking, running, cycling, picnics and BBQs. The Hinds Reserve is a very busy but friendly place to be. 

ANA members can row upstream for at least 10km, past Guildford Grammar School, until the river becomes too narrow for easy navigation. This stretch of river is wide enough to row comfortably with several boats abreast, but narrow enough to provide shelter from winds and sun. Most of it is lined with native bushland and parks and we are usually surrounded by native birdlife (black swans, pelicans, cormorants, grebes, darters) and even the occasional dolphin.

We can also row downstream all the way to Fremantle (25km), or onto the Canning River all the way down to the Shelley Bridge (20km), although we normally stick to the part upstream of the Graham Farmer Freeway, with just the odd trip into Perth City. This stretch is wider, and consequently rougher, with more power boats. However, it is still almost always rowable and provides good wide straight sections for our elite and sub-elite crews to practice racing pieces.

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History

The club was formed in 1920 as part of the Australian Natives Association (ANA) Aquatic Club. A group of members from other clubs were fed up with ‘imported’ (British and European) rowers coming in and taking all the places in the top crews. They wanted to start their own club so affiliated with the ANA whose requirement for membership was that you were born in Australia.

The ANA was a friendly society formed in Melbourne in 1871, intended to promote “moral, social and intellectual improvement of its members” with no political or sectarian influences. The ANA was very influential in Australia from the 1880s to the 1970s. It played a very important role in the Federation of Australia and helped shape policy on defence (establishing an Australian rather than British defence force), transport (standardizing railway gauges across Australia), aboriginal welfare, decimal coinage, conservation of natural resources, housing, education and health (maternal and infant welfare). It initiated the campaign to promote Australian-made goods (“Buy Australian-made”) and develop Australian manufacturers, and was prominent in the establishment of Australia Day as a national celebration. The ANA merged with another friendly society in 1993 to form Australian Unity.

The rowing club was housed in the Aquatic Club headquarters, also the head office of the ANA in WA, just upstream of the West Australian Rowing Club near Barrack St in the city. The Aquatic Club also catered for swimming, sailing and social activities – a total of 130 members when construction of the headquarters was completed in 1922. The headquarters were said to be the finest aquatic club building in the Commonwealth (by the Club itself of course!).

The original rowers included several members of the WA Interstate Eight crew (now King’s Cup). The initial boat fleet consisted of 2 fours built for the club, and no oars (they had to be imported from England and were delayed in transit) but they still managed to win the Maiden Pair, Junior Pair, Maiden Four and Junior Four in their first year.

In 1923 the ANA Ladies Rowing Club was formed, prompting a revival in ladies’ rowing in WA. At this point, WA was the only state not represented in the ladies’ races at the National Championships, even when they were held in WA. 

Stan O’Brien (one of our life members) was the Aquatic Club President in 1930.

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The club won the Championship Pennant in the 1960-61 rowing season.

The Aquatic Club boatshed was destroyed by fire in 1961, destroying all boats, equipment and memorabilia.

The club relocated to Canning Bridge and begun to rebuild its boat fleet. Conditions at Canning were cramped, with no space to expand. However the rowers continued to compete successfully, winning several Championship Pennants until their final Pennant win in 1975.

In 1992, the club made the difficult decision to move to its present location in Bayswater. This was a very controversial and divisive issue, as many members lived close to the Canning location. The club lost most of its membership in the move so was forced to rebuild for the second time in 30 years, this time rebuilding a membership base instead of its boat fleet.

The move to Bayswater has proved to be a visionary decision. The club’s current location offers unparalleled water, space for massive expansion of the boat fleet and proximity to a population otherwise unexposed to rowing. It has also led to strong links with several schools who also row in the area.

If anyone who has any past memorabilia or information on our history, we would love to hear from you. Please contact the Committee.

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Rowing is a sport that almost anyone can do, at any stage of their life. It is low impact and provides a whole-body workout for those wishing to get fit. Or, it can offer a fantastic outlet from the stresses of modern life and be wonderfully relaxing. The club also offers an active social scene, with many friendly new people to meet.

We recommend that people
learning to row be:

• Older than 12 years of age

• Less than 120kg 

• Be able to swim at least 100m, fully clothed.


ANA offers two different ways to learn to “scull”. “Sculling” refers to the type of rowing where each person has two oars. Sculling can be done in single sculls (1 person, 2 oars), double sculls (2 people, 4 oars) or quadruple sculls (4 people, 8 oars) Sweep oar rowing, where each person only has one oar, is generally taught informally to members within the club after they can scull. Sweep oar rowing is done in pairs (2 people, 2 oars), fours (4 people, 4 oars) and eights (8 people, 8 oars).


Sculling Course

ANA offers Sculling Courses all-year-round. This is a five (5) week course which teaches complete beginners how to handle and row a single scull. There is also some rowing in crew boats, but the main focus of the course is teaching people to row a single scull. The course runs on Sunday mornings at 9 am with each lesson taking approximately 1.5 hrs

The course costs $100, payable on your first lesson by cash or cheque.

This includes the 5 lessons, plus a couple of additional sessions afterwards to help you decide if you would like to join the club. There is no obligation to join up, although if you would like any further information about the club, just ask or check out the rest of our website

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Sculling Courses in summary . . . .

Time: Sunday mornings, 9am

Place: Hinds Reserve, Bayswater

Cost: $100

Sculling course dates are subject to change as events or weather conditions require. They generally run for five consecutive weeks, but may have weeks off in the middle, eg for Easter. There is generally one week off between courses. The planned dates for the sculling course are below. Please contact us to confirm the dates.

Next available courses in AUGUST
contact via email below

We can only cater for 10 people on each course, so please contact us to book your spot.

learntorow@anarowingclub.org.au

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ANA Challenge Cup
Bayswater learn-To-Row regatta

Next regatta will be promoted when dates confirmed

challengecup@anarowingclub.org.au

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Sculling Academy

Rowing WA runs a sculling academy at Canning Bridge in Applecross. This is not a structured course but can teach beginners to row, or hone the skills of experienced rowers. Sessions are available at a range of times on weekdays and weekends so you can attend whichever sessions suit you. You pay for the sessions as you attend.

Full details can be found at www.rowingwa.asn.au/sculling

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How to join up

If you have not rowed before, we recommend you complete one of our Learn-to-Row options before joining the club.

If you have already done so, or have rowed previously, please follow the steps below to join the club.

Complete a Membership Application Form

Get two existing club members to sign your application form (or contact the Secretary if you don’t know two existing members)

Submit the form with at least 6 months membership fees (see summary below) via the correspondence box in the shed, by mail, or in person to the Secretary or Treasurer.

Your Application will be posted in the boatshed then reviewed at the next committee meeting for approval (it is very rare for applications to be rejected). You will then be notified that your membership has been accepted.

You must also complete a Shed Information and Equipment Care course. This course covers general boat safety, correct boat handling practices and also covers the Club’s Code of Conduct - in forms and docs. It takes 1 to 2 hours and is held at the boat shed, usually on a weekend morning. The Shed Information course is an essential part of club membership and all members must have completed it.

Contact the Secretary to find out when the next course is.

You are welcome to continue rowing prior to formal acceptance of your membership, and prior to completing the Shed Information course. However, you must be under the supervision of an experienced member. Once you are approved and you have completed the Shed Information course you will be given access to the boatshed so you can row whenever you want. 

Membership Fees – 2009

Our membership year runs from 1 April to 31 March.
Membership subs reduce to half for people joining after 1 October.

Membership Type

Annual Fee

Racing

$500

Student Racing (full time tertiary)

$370

School Student Racing

$300

Recreational

$370

Gym

$150

Social (non rowing)

$50

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We aim to provide rowing and coaching to all levels and aspirations: beginners,
recreational
, club racers, elite racers and options for non-rowing members.

Coaching is available to everyone as part of being a member at ANA.

We also welcome visitors from other rowing clubs, particularly those visiting Perth from other parts of Australia or overseas. If you are visiting Perth and would like to fit a row into your holiday (or work!) schedule, please contact the Captain to arrange a suitable time and crew.

All visitors should have the permission of the Captain or Secretary to use club equipment so please make sure you contact one of us, even if you know other members at the club.

 

Beginner

We offer coaching sessions to new members who have learnt to row, either through one of our learn-to-row programs, or at other organizations. These sessions aim to increase the confidence and competence of new rowers so that they can get the most out of their experience on the water.

Times will generally be arranged to suit individuals, and are small groups only – often only two rowers and a coach, rowing alongside or in the boat with the beginners. After a rower is confident with their ability (the number of sessions required varies, but will usually be between 5 and 15) we aim to move rowers into one of our other coaching groups, depending on their goals.

Please contact our Learn-to-row officer for more information or to organize a session.

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Recreational

Recreational rowing is available to anyone who wishes to enjoy their rowing without getting involved in the racing side of things. Recreational members vary from beginners who have just completed a learn-to-row course to ex-elite members who now enjoy a more relaxed involvement in the sport.

We do not have formal session times or coaching arrangements for recreational rowers. However there are some specific times that crews can normally be found heading out for a row.

Wednesday, 6pm.

Sunday, 7am.

If you would like to get involved in one of these sessions, or find some people to row with at an alternate time, please contact our Captain.

Club Racing

The racing season in Western Australia runs from mid-April to late September. Long distance (“head”) races are generally held early in the season, followed by Pennant Regattas leading up to the State Championships in September.

The races are split into 5 grades (A, B, C, D and E) plus Masters (>27yrs) and SubJunior (<15yrs) categories so everyone can find a level suitable for them. You do not need lots of experience to race – it is something you learn as you go along. Racing is a great way to improve your rowing skills, learn to row a range of different boats, meet new people, improve your fitness and have a lot of fun.

We try to provide coaches for two sessions a week for around 5 different squads, based on their skill levels and ages. The coaches and squads will vary each season based on who is available and how many racing members we have in different grade and age categories. More details of our current coaching structure can be found on the Racing page of the Member section.

Being an active racing member requires a minimum level of commitment. If you are rowing in a crew you will be expected to come to a minimum of two, but usually three or four, training sessions per week. These are usually early in the morning.

Your squad may also do additional sessions such as weights or ergos (rowing machines) once or twice a week. Like most things, you will get out of it what you put in. If you are serious about racing and want to be in fast crews, you can choose to do additional training sessions. However, if you are just racing for fun (which a lot of people do), you can do a minimum number of rowing sessions and no additional training. It’s all up to you.

If you race you will also be expected to attend boat loading prior to each regatta you attend, and boat unloading after the regattas. You are also expected to help out with club fundraising events and maintenance sessions throughout the year.

If you are interested in racing with ANA, please check out the Racing page of the Membership section and contact the Captain.

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Elite Racing

ANA is serious about developing elite athletes from within the club. Whenever possible we attempt to form squads based at ANA to help athletes train for the National Championships. When we don’t have sufficient numbers to support coaching at ANA we will provide whatever assistance we can to secure coaching for our athletes at other clubs or venues.

The squads generally consist of junior (U17, U19) and Senior B (U23) athletes and train from October until the Nationals in March. These squads require a lot of commitment, training up to 12 times per week on the water or in the gym. A good performance at Nationals may lead to selection in an Australian team for World Championships or even the Olympics.

Athletes from other clubs are welcome to train with our squads for a fixed fee for the training period. Please contact the Captain if you would like to pursue this option.

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Non-Rowing Options

There are many options available for being involved in the sport of rowing, without actually doing any rowing.

ANA offers a social membership for people who wish to be part of the club but not row. There are many ways these people can get involved in club activities, from cooking the Sunday morning BBQ, equipment maintenance, helping out at club events, or even just coming down and attending club social functions. Below are some other non-rowing ways that you can be an integral part of the club.

Coxswains are the people who yell at and steer the large crew boats. Coxes are a vital part of a crew and are in short supply at ANA, like most places. If you’d like to be involved in rowing and even racing without doing the hard training, maybe you’d like to take up coxing? Most coxes are reasonably small (<65kg), as racing crews don’t like the cox to be the heaviest person in the boat! Recreational crews will often have larger coxswains.

Umpires and race officials are a necessary part of running regattas. While racing experience is preferred, most people can learn to be a race official. Taken seriously, this can lead you to umpiring at national and even international events. Or you can just do a couple of sessions a year to help the club out and have some fun.

Coaches are always in demand. If you have rowing experience but do not wish to row yourself, we are always looking for coaches and would welcome any assistance.

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Forms to download  

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New Member Form
Renewing Subs Form
History of ANA
About Rowing
About The Boats
About The River
Challenge Cup Learn-To-Row Regatta
What is this?
Sculling Course Notes

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Contacts and committee at ANA
PO Box 6, Bayswater, WA 6933

The Committee

President
Captain
Vice Captain

Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Committee representatives


Our club is run entirely by volunteers. The Committee is elected at the AGM in February each year. We are always in need of more assistance and are happy to see new faces on the committee. If you want to be involved in how the club is run, please consider being on the committee.

Or, if you just want to give a hand with getting things done, or have some new ideas, please come and see us. 

President – The person to see for public relations issues, promoting the club and any general queries about the club in the wider environment.

James Carpenter - President

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Back for a fourth stint as President in 2009, most of you will know James from the highly successful 'ANA Wines' campaign which has been a great fundraiser for the club and also as a member of the club's ever increasing men's veteran group.

James has served on several committees before joining ANA in 2003. He has been involved in all of the club's fundraising activities during his time in the club and will be looking to continue that focus along with reviewing several areas of the clubs operations.

Mobile: 0407 270 314

Email: morley@signarama.com.au

 

Captain – the person to see for any and all queries relating to equipment and facilities use and rowing at ANA.

Stuart Ridgway - Captain for 2009 -2010 season

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Mobile: 0431 931 067

Email: Captain_ANA@hotmail.com

 

Vice Captain – backing up the Captain on all racing issues, or other Captain’s duties when others aren’t around.

Kay Jansen - Racing Vice Captain

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Treasurer – The person to see for anything to do with fees and money.

Siok Cheng - Treasurer

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Proving that you can never have too many good people in charge when it comes to money, Siok has held the role of Assistant Treasurer for the past several years and now steps up to the full rank of Treasurer. Siok has done a great job of keeping the money coming in, chasing debtors and making sure the bills get paid and he's played a big part in helping the club get to the strong financial position it's in today.

Siok is also the driving force behind the majority of the catering efforts run by the club each year as well as being Chef in Charge of the Sunday morning breakfasts.

Siok - Treasurer ANA Rowing Club (Inc)

Tel : 0416-018-843
Email:siok.cheng@gmail.com

 

Secretary – The person to see for anything to do with membership and general queries

Jess Bosio - Secretary

jess bosio

Mobile: 0402 107 081

Email: secretary.ana@gmail.com


 

Vice President - In charge of entertainment!!

Ian "Zen" Hilton - Vice President

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A long time rower with ANA and known distance sculler.

Ian can mostly be found on the far reaches of the Swan River when the moon is full.


Committee members

Glyn Heath - Committee member

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Glyn started rowing in 1977 at Monmouth, South Wales, and continued at University College of North Wales and Norwich before migrating to Australia in 1988. He spent two seasons at Perth and Collegians before joining ANA in 1989. He has competed continuously over the last 24 years and has not had a season without winning at least one rowing race. Glyn represented Wales as a cox for two years and has competed for various clubs in a number of national title events in UK and Australia. In recent years, Glyn has concentrated on sculling and won several sculling events at State Championships.

Out of the past 15 years, he has been Captain of ANA four times and Treasurer twelve (yes, there was one year where he did both !). Glyn was the driving force behind the club's relocation from Canning Bridge to Bayswater, introduced recreational rowing and the concept of the beginners regatta to the club and has played a major part in the the expansion (and upkeep) of the boat fleet from the 14 largely wooden boats held by the club in 1988 to meet the needs of both racing and recreational members. He also actively pursues any opportunities for improvement to the club facilities.

Jenni Longman - Committee member

Carole Pedri - Committee member

Jill Batt - Committee member - Racing selection

 

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Quick News
Bunbury Regatta results
Perth to Freo results
ANA Head Race Results
Coaching Courses
Nationals Results
Gourmet BBQ
Sharing the river amended
Summer Wines
Maintenance Day

Challenge Cup 09

Curry Night
Youth Olympics
Learn-to-row
Thursday Row & Nibbles
 
 
 
 
 

ANA REGATTA - 11 July 2009 at Champion Lakes

Volunteers required for food and general organisation.

Please get in touch with Stuart or Jess to make yourself available for this very important event and fundraising opportunity.

IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE

Row without lights and it could cost $440.

White light bow, red light stern.

NOT FLASHING

PENNANT TRAINING WEEK CALENDAR AVAILABLE

Click on members then racing

CHAMPION LAKES INVESTMENT NEWS

The Federal Government has just announced major Funding of 3.4 Million to complete a new starting pontoon and finishing tower at Champion Lakes.

See Press release for full details.

Coaching Position at Wesley College

Do you have the energy and enthusiasm to join Wesley's evolving rowing program?
We have three exciting opportunities for suitably experienced and qualified
individuals:

* Director of Rowing;

* Coaching Coordinator; and

* First VIII Coach.

Please see the College website for further information www.wesley.wa.edu.au

Please contact mw with any concerns

Damian Kelly
Head Of Sport
Wesley College

0412 543 158 (M)

08 9 368 8137

AUSTRALIAN SELECTION SUCCESS

Congratulations to Rhys Grant for his selection in the Australian U23 M VIII training at AIS Canberra under Rhett Ayliff. And Josh Hicks for the Mens Junior Coxed 4. A fantastic result after what I understand was a very tough and grueling selection process.

Well done to our other rowers, Hannah Jansen & Ash Miles, who did not get selected but still put in a great effort on behalf of their club and got a good way through the process.

Coming Events

Murdoch Pennant Regatta - 04 July
at Canning Bridge

CREW ENTRIES IN THE BOX IN THE SHED THIS SATURDAY WITH SEAT FEES FOR THE WHOLE CREW!!

 

EVERY THURSDAY - ROW AND NIBBLES

6pm at the sheds.

ALL ROWERS/CLUBS WELCOME

Bring some nibbles and we'll retire to the club after the row for refreshments.
Non ANA members small seat fee, come along and we'll fit you in.

Hope to see a few there.

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Sunday Breakfast 
On at the clubrooms every Sunday morning at 9am.  The cost ?  A mere $6 for a full fry up which will be expertly cooked by master chef Siok. 
Why not turn up for a row before hand and volunteer to be the guest cook for the morning after. 

We're always in need of help behind the BBQ to give Siok a much deserved break.

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Sculling Course - Learn-to-Row

Please contact learntorow@anarowingclub.org.au if you are interseted in joining the next course.

It starts at 9am Sunday mornings and runs for 5 weeks at a cost of $100

IMPORTANT:
You must be able to swim to join the course

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Club News Old news from - 2008 Older news available on request

BUNBURY REGATTA - 23 May 2009

Results available here

ROWING WA

FREMANTLE ROWING CLUB

RESULTS PERTH-TO-FREMANTLE RACES
3 MAY 2009

WOMEN’S SINGLE SCULL

NO.

CREW

STROKE

TIME

PTS

19

SRRC

B. MANN

1.13.29

6

9

WARC

G. HIRSCH

1.26.23

23

1

PLC-1

A. HUTTON

1.35.05

-

14

PLC-6

C. GOLDING

1.45.38

-

12

PLC-4

K.ENGELDOW

1.45.58

-

13

PLC-5

D. MILLER

1.54.36

-

MEN’S SINGLE SCULL

21

UWABC-1

M. GLORIE

1.07.08

6

8

FRC

J.WHITE

1.11.14

25

10

PLC

W. HUTTON

1.11.16

-

7

WARC-1

M. LANE

1.15.33

4

6

CUBC

J. BRACKEN

1.16.39

3

18

ANARC-2

B. PAPARO

1.19.40

2

20

SRRC-1

P. DOYLE

1.21.21

1

5

UWABC-2

M. WREN

1.23.27

0

3

ANARC-3

D. HOGAN

1.29.06

0

(NO. 16 ANARC-1 I. HILTON DISQUALIFIED)

WOMEN’S EIGHT

34

WARC-2

A. WALTERS

1.02.15

16

28

BRC

A. HAGAN

1.02.45

43

27

FRC

J. DICK

1.04.50

10

29

ANARC

S. MORRIS

1.06.20

8

25

WARC-1

J. STACEY

1.06.25

6

24

UWABC

K.HAMMOND

1.08.55

4

23

INVITATION

R. COOPER

1.15.50

-

30

SRRC

J. FITZGERALD

1.48.25

0

MEN’S EIGHT

42

SRRC

T. SKIPWORTH

0.51.02

16

40

WARC-2

M. COCHRAN

0.52.14

44

41

BRC

A. SEROKA

0.54.17

12

32

ANARC-1

W. OPDENVELDE

0.54.36

10

37

FRC-1

A. NORRISH

0.55.45

8

35

UWABC-3

D. GOYDER

0.56.43

7

36

CUBC

A. BOWLER

0.57.44

6

39

WARC-1

D. WINCH

0.59.00

5

31

ANARC-2

J. KERR

1.00.50

0

26

UWABC-1

P. SEILER

1.17.15

0

(NO. 38 UWABC-2 A. FEILDING DISQUALIFIED)

PENNANT POINTS

CLUB

PREVIOUS

NEW TOTAL

   

ANARC

70

90

   

BRC

0

55

   

CUBC

15

24

   

FRC

0

47

   

MURC

0

0

   

PRC

1

1

   

SRRC

49

72

   

UWABC

0

17

   

WARC

23

121

   

 

ANA Head Race Sun April 19

Great result from the first race of the season. Lovely weather and some good rowing. Well done all that took part and those that assisted shore side with great set up and catering.

 

Full results on the Racing page, click on the members tab above

Winning Crews

WC4+

Womens C4+

MB4X+
MENS B4X+
WB4X+

WOMENS B4X+

 

 

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ANA CHALLENGE CUP 2009
BAYSWATER LEARN-TO-ROW REGATTA

How good was this day?!!

Well done to all that participated and helped at today's ANA Challenge Cup Baywater Learn-to-Row Regatta.

A VERY successful day with excellent rowing in difficult conditions.

Major thanks to Captain Peta Mulcahy and Ian Hilton for a beautifully organised and co-ordinated event. Nick Seuss for a great program of events and lovely regatta control table as well as assisting in boat preparation and program writing. Margaret McHugh for background co-ordination and ANA promotion on the day.

Siok for the ever amazing catering arrangements, all the girls that turned up at 6.30am to chop buns and onions!!! Pam, Carole, Jess and others who unfortunately have fallen foul of my short term memory issues!? Non coaching coxes that put in excellent efforts being thrown into all crews in all races. Claire Jansen (as usual!) Carole Pedri's son, Kelcey, Helen op den Velde.

Mum to be Robyn for an excellent first half starting in the worst conditions.

Tony Beech for marshalling boats all day on his own in a permeable membrane hulled boat whilst dealing with the general traffic too.

All the vets lads who carted the shed out to the jetty and back, special mention to Dave Haines for coming from Queensland to help on that front!!!

All who helped on the catering front and wine promotion, Helen and Wouter for all day photography of the event - available to view on our website soon.

ALL the coaches, fill-in coaches and helpers for getting crews to what looked like a pretty high standard of rowing.

Hope I've got most and apologise on those I missed. Long day and will try to top up on thanks later.

Pictures up and available for purchase here

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Summer Wines

Raising money for the Nationals Squad our range of excellent value and eminently drinkable wines areon offer with a NEW and flavousome Shiraz in the offing.

Of course we still have the excellent and highly sought Chardonnay, Merlot and Sparkling Pinot Chardonnay ready to be shipped to you on receival of your order.

Click here or on the pic below to download the tasting notes and order form. Be quick as these are moving fast.

Wine order formWine order form 09

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Sharing the river with the kayakers….

GENERAL RULE
Go around the island, carefully, by the far channel on Weds evenings

Dear all

I have recently met with Leone Cockman, president of Ascot Kayak Club, and we discussed the incidents at the island on Wednesday nights along with lighting issues on dark morning/evening outings.

We came to an arrangement whereby on Weds evenings, when they have a special event making it unsafe for boats to row along the usual route, they will have someone stationed on the island to direct traffic around on the left/bow side of the island going up river.

It is recommended that you go along slowly and close to the left hand bank giving plenty of room for boats coming downstream. We also ask rowers coming downstream to pay more attention at this point and row with a little more caution.

We also discussed as mentioned the lack of lights on some kayaks and she has sent a letter out to all their members calling for better lighting on kayaks out in the dark hours as well as the arrangements mentioned above.

The letter from Leonie is below.

We look forward to more amicable meetings on the river.

Stuart Ridgway
Captain ANA Rowing Club
Bayswater.
M: 0431 931 067

 

From: Leonie Cockman
AKC President 1/2/2009

Sharing the river with the rowers….

Our neighbours down river (ANA) tend to be using the river at the same time we do, so it makes sense that we should be keeping an eye out for each other. It also makes sense that since they are going backwards we are the ones and get out of the way if possible. (They keep to the left, so keep this in mind and give them plenty of room). Generally rowers row with the river bank on their left so if you paddle on the opposite side you will usually avoid them.

Recently Stuart Ridgway (Captain ANA) and I had a chat as a few of the ANA members were finding us (AKC members) a bit, well shall we say, not so well mannered. We decided that on Wednesday during our club race start (ie 5.45 till 6 30 pm) the ANA rowers will use the other side (or far side) of the island. If we have a special event or activity where it would not be safe for us or the rowers to use the usual route near our club we can have someone on the island to direct the rowers to the other side before they enter the channel. Wednesday is our club race night and for ANA it is when many of their recreational members row.

Another concern for the early morning rowers is the lack of lights on our craft or ourselves. If you are training in the dark please use your light. It should be something that can be seen from in front and behind. Rowers use a white light on the bow (ie coming towards) and a red light at the back (going away).

ANA like ourselves is going through a growth period and they have an increase in recreational rowers just as we have more social paddlers, the key here is more new people on the river for both clubs. We also agreed it would be a fun if we could do some cross over activities in the near future as we are cousins….and we should always be greeting our cousins with a “gooday mate,how’s it going”.

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Australian National Championships - Tasmania 2009

Nationals squad this year did us proud in Tasmania and a great haul of medals and good performances.

Pics available for viewing at the link to ANA Facebook above

AND THE RESULTS BY CLUB

NATIONAL ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009
THE THIRTEEN LEADING MEDAL-WINNERS

CLUB

GOLD

SILVER

BRONZE

TOTAL

Melbourne Uni Boat Club

11

8

5

24

Swan RiverRowing Club

9

8

3

20

Mercantile Rowing Club

8

0

7

15

Sydney Uni Womens R.C.

7

5

5

17

Sydney Uni Boat Club

7

5

3

15

Bunbury Rowing Club

7

2

3

12

Tamar Rowing Club

6

3

2

11

Uni of Queensland Boat Club

5

5

7

17

ANA Rowing Club

5

5

2

12

Commercial Rowing Club

4

7

7

18

Uni of W.A. Boat Club

4

4

3

11

Murray Bridge Rowing Club

4

3

1

8

West Australia Rowing Club

4

2

2

8

An excellent showing by the WA contingent. Well done all.

 

RECORD OF MEDALS WON AT THE 2009 AUSTRALIAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS
lake barrington, tasmania
2nd to 8th march 2009


NATIONALS - GOLD
Under 19 Women's Single Scull
BY - Alex Hagan

Under 19 Men's Single Scull
SRRC - David Watts

Under 19 Women's Pair
SRRC/WARC - Jessie O'Mahoney,
Daisy De La Hunty

Under 19 Men's Pair
SRRC/BY - David Prosser, Tom Gatti

Under 19 Men's Quad Scull
SRRC/BY - David Watts, David Prosser

Under 19 Women's Quad Scull
BY (Composite) - Alex Hagan

Under 19 Men's Coxless Four
SRRC/BY/WARC - Sam Collins,
Josh Hicks, David Prosser, Tom Gatti

Under 19 Men's Coxed Four
WARC - Zak Campbell, Mike Stott,
Matt Cochran, Sam Hughes

Under 19 Women's Double Scull
BY (Composite) -Alex Hagan

Under 19 Men's Double Scull
SRRC/WARC - David Watts, Matt Cochran

Under 19 Women's Eight
Maddison Jones, Rosie Burton, Nichola Foster, Chantelle Jones, Jessie O'Mahoney, Daisy De La Hunty, Jessica Watts, Hannah Jansen, Hannah Sutton

Schoolboys Single Scull
Trinity - David Watts

Open Men's Lightweight Single Scull
SRRC - Todd Skipworth

Under 23 Women's Double Scull
UWABC/ANA - Ashley Miles,
Georgia Baker

Under 23 Women's Coxless Quad Scull
ANA/SRRC/ANA (Composite) - Georgia Baker, Ashley Miles, Brittany Mann

Under 23 Women's Eight
UWA/BY/ANA (Composite) - Ashley Miles, Georgia Baker, Alex Hagan, Emily Rose,
Connor McCombe


NATIONALS - SILVER
Under 17 Women's Single Scull
BY - Jordan Vagg

Under 19 Men's Pair
ANA/SRRC - Sam Collins, Joshua Hicks

Under 19 Women's Coxless Four
ANA/SRRC/WARC - Jessie O'Mahony,
Jessica Watts, Daisy De La Hunty,
Hannah Jansen

Under 23 Men's Pair
SRRC/ANA - Cam Brewer, Rhys Grant

Under 23 Men's Coxless Four
ANA/SARC - Cam Brewer, Christian Eyres, Brendan Murray, Rhys Grant

Open Men's Single Scull
UWABC - Jeremy Stevenson

Open Men's Lightweight Pair
SRRC - Ross Brown, Perry Ward

Open Women's Coxless Four
UWABC (Composite) - Emily Rose

Open Men's Lightweight Coxless Four
SRRC - Tom Nicholls, Perry Ward, Ross Brown, Todd Skipworth

Open Women's Eight
UWA/SRRC/ANA/BY/WARC - Jessie O'Mahony, Alex Hagan, Georgia Baker, Megan Bagworth, Brittany Mann, Ashley Miles, Emily Rose

Open Men's Lightweight Eight
UWA/ANA/SRRC - Perry Ward, Ross Brown, Todd Skipworth, Tom Nicholls, Tim Philpot,
Perrin Franks, Brendan Longman

Open Men's Coxless Quad Scull
SRRC (Composite) - David Kelly,
James Gatti


NATIONALS - BRONZE
Under 19 Men's Coxless Quad Scull
WARC - Chris Tilley, Mike Stott, Matt Cochran, Sam Hughes

Under 19 Women's Coxless Quad Scull
WARC/BY - Meg Downes, Georgia Gibbs,
Jess O'Mahony, Hannah Vermesach

Under 23 Men's Pair
SRRC - Brendan Murray, Christian Eyres

NATIONALS - BRONZE (Continued)
Under 23 Men's Eight
BY/SRRC/ANA - Christian Eyres, Brendan Murray, Rhys Grant, Chris Bond, Cameron Brewer, Jeremy Ellis, Tim Widdicombe,
Rhys Gelmi

Open Men's Coxless Four
SRRC/UWA/BY - Jayden Edwards, Jeremy Stephenson, James Gatti, David Kelly

TOTAL:
Gold - 17
Silver - 12
Bronze - 5


INTERSTATE REGATTA
GOLD - PENRITH CUP


Men's Lightweight Four
Tom Nicholls, Perry Ward, Ross Brown,
Todd Skipworth.

SILVER

Men's Single Scull
Jeremy Stevenson

Women's Youth Eight
Hannah Jansen, Jess O'Mahoney, Jessica Watts, Chantelle Jones, Daisy de la Hunty, Alex Hagan, Brittany Mann, Ashley Miles, Hannah Sutton

Men's Youth Eight
Tim Widdicombe, Rhys Gelmi, Sam Collins, Josh Hicks, David Watts, Christian Eyres, Brendan Murray, Tom Gatti, Adam Doyle

BRONZE
Women's Eight
Brittany Mann, Jess O'Mahoney, Daisy de la Hunty, Ashley Miles, Alex Hagan, Megan Bagworth, Georgia Baker, Emily Rose, Rowan Ellis

Men's Eight
Todd Skipworth, Ross Brown, Cameron Brewer, Dave Kelly, Steven Fletcher,
Jeremy Stevenson, James Gatti, Rhys Grant, Connor McCombe

TOTAL:
Gold - 1
Silver - 3
Bronze - 2

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Gourmet BBQ evening
Wed 18 Feb

6.30pm at clubrooms.

This was indeed a gourmet night with some excellent food delicately seard on the ANA BBQs. Great to see a number of families present along with the Nationals Squads and their coaches.

Thanks to all who brought food and the various family members that helped put together a very enjoyable night.

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Maintenance and clean up day

Sat Feb 14. - 8.30am

Yet again a poor turnout to a maintenance day.

Usual suspects did a great job of sprucing up five of the Rec sculls and genarally moving boats around, tidying up and fixing up a couple of doubles and quads. If more had shown up maybe all the Rec sculls could have been done!!

Many thanks to Glyn Heath, Kay and Claire Jansen, Ian Hilton, Jess Bosio, Carole Padri, Mike Berson, Graham Mendelsohn, Helen O'Keefe, Karen Joesbury (not sure about the surname?), James Carpenter on the oars. Sorry if I missed any one.

Stuart

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WELL DONE to ANA members at the
2009 YOUTH OLYMPICS

3 ANA members competed at Youth Olympics at Penrith 17 & 18 January

Chris Bond, Ash Miles and Hannah Jansen.

The results are below, great effort.

Here are the results, very good too!!

Coxless Pair - Men (Final B): 1st - Bond/Eyres Australia
(6:53.58 500m 1:41.03/1000m 3:25.27/1500m 5:10.47)

Single Sculls - Women (Final A): 2nd - Ashleigh Miles Australia
(7:54.29 500m 1:56.06/1000m 3:57.92/1500m 5:57.01)

Quadruple Sculls - Men (Final B): 2nd - WA Prosser/Bond/Watson/Adendorff Australia
(6:23.80 500m 1:32.57/1000m 3:09.18/1500m 4:47.53)

Coxless Four - Women (Final A): 5th - WA Miles/Jansen/De La Hunty/Hagan Australia
(7:09.35 500m 1:44.74/1000m 3:34.55/1500m 5:24.12)

Eight - Women (Final A): 5th - WA Jansen/Depiazzi/Gibbs/O'Mahony/Drennan/Hagan/De La Hunty/Miles/Sutton (cox) Australia
(6:55.58 500m 1:40.75/1000m 3:25.65/1500m 5:11.60)

Eight - Men (Final A): 5th - WA Watson/Prosser/Bond/Adendorff/Watts/Eyres/Murray/Gatti/Doyle (cox) Australia
(6:01.39 500m 1:28.08/1000m 3:00.70/1500m 4:31.06)

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Wed 21st Jan
Curry Night
6.30pm at clubrooms.
Well done to all members that provided food and attended this function. It was a good night and we raised a good amount of money as well as having a mountain food which was of the usual excellent quality we have come to expect at these events.

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