September 22, 2023

Included in this edition of the newsletter:

• Rowing Tasmania's 2023 Awards Night
• Life Membership honours
• V-Insurance Group partnership
• National Integrity Framework explained
• Child and Youth Safe Organisations Framework online forums
• LBIRC start tower latest - see the pictures!
• Tasmanians at the World Rowing Championships
• Kirby Cup - October 7
• Enter AIRC for the chance to win a Concept2 erg

Annual Awards | New Life Members

The 2023 Rowing Tasmania Annual Awards were presented on Friday, August 25, leading into the Rowing Tasmania Annual General Meeting.

Life Member David Schier, OAM, who now resides in Victoria, was visiting Tasmania and was on hand to present awards to those winners who attended the function at Tamar Rowing Club.

For the full list of 2023 Award Winners, follow the link here.Three stalwarts of the Tasmanian rowing community were awarded Life Membership of Rowing Tasmania at the AGM.

Peter Wade, Julian Joscelyne and Grant Pryor were presented with their Life Membership pins by retiring Board Member Tim Morris.

Rowing Tasmania's Member Affiliates were presented with lengthy documentation that detailed the ongoing and wide-ranging commitment and years of dedication to the sport of rowing and to Rowing Tasmania made by Julian, Grant and Peter. You can read about some of their achievements here.

The three men are the 26^th, 27^th and 28^th persons to be recognised with Life Membership of Rowing Tasmania.

Click here for the Rowing Tasmania Inc 2023 Annual Report

Board election results

Declaration of the Poll: Congratulations to Tina Maher and John Bannon who have been elected to the Board of Rowing Tasmania.

The current Rowing Tasmania Board members and there contact details are available on our website here.

New insurance provider

Rowing Tasmania has partnered with V-Insurance Group to provide our affiliated clubs and members with a comprehensive insurance package that covers participation in our sport.

Customised web pages on the V-Insurance website outline the program and include useful information such as claims forms, summary of cover brochures and FAQs.

The policies arranged provide protection for Rowing Tasmania members at all levels across the rowing community.

Click HERE to visit our page on the V-Insurance website

V-Insurance also offers a customised Marine Hull Insurance program for clubs and individuals. Click on the flyer below and follow the links for more information.

National Integrity Framework

Play by the Rules Magazine Issue 42 is a special edition that covers the basics of the National Integrity Framework (NIF) and unpacks it for you, so you can read up on how it applies in a community club and what it can do to protect Australian sport.

The magazine also gets into the Start to Talk campaign, and Sport Integrity Australia's Child Safe Practices: Do's and Don'ts booklet, which helps make child safeguarding easy to understand. 

The issue gets into inclusion across the board, with articles covering:

• Who is Sport Integrity Australia?
• What does the NIF mean for clubs?
• How to make a report or complaint
• Interview with a National Integrity Manager

Rowing Australia has adopted the NIF and began operating under the framework  on 1 July 2022

To read Issue 42 of the Play By the Rules Magazine, click on the coverpage picture.

Child and Youth Safe Organisations Framework online forums

For workers (including volunteers) that engage with children and young people, online forums are being held for you to learn more about the Child and Youth Safe Organisations Framework.

To learn more, sign up to an online forum through the Department of Justice Tasmania link here. Or find out what you can do now to prepare for the Framework here.

Look out for this important poster on display at Lake Barrington.

Our start tower rises! 

What a welcome sight at Lake Barrington International Rowing Course this month! In June last year a severe storm caused major damage to the start pontoon and saw the start tower lost overboard.

Thanks to the hard work and long hours of Mick Goodger, John Oakley and their team we will have a start pontoon in place for the 2023-2024 season.

And aren't the pictures of the progress a sight for sore eyes!

Tasmanians at the WRC in Serbia

Rowing Tasmania member Henry Youl (Tamar RC) and fellow Tasmanians Anneka Reardon (ANUBC) and Sarah Hawe (Sydney RC) were members of the Australian Rowing Team that competed at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, from September 3-10.

Henry rowed in the bow seat of the Men's Quad Scull (pictured above. Photo: Rowing Australia) that finished 5th in the B Final (11th overall) in a time of 5.54.87. They needed to win the race to qualify for the boat for Paris 2024.

Sarah was a member of the Women's Four that placed 5th place in the A Final with a time of 6:48.23. Anneka and Lucy Coleman had an excellent race in the C Final of the Women's Lightweight Double Scull to win in 6:57.16 (placing 13th overall).

You can find Rowing Australia's daily wrap-ups of the Championships here

Changes for Years 7-9 at School Regattas

For the past three seasons, as a COVID measure, racing for the Years 7-9 boys and girls at School Regattas has been confined to one day of the two-day regatta. Following a submission from several schools, the Rowing Tasmania Board has agreed to the request for the Years 7-9 events to be held over the two days of the School Regattas. Schools Regatta 1 is at Lake Barrington International Rowing Course on 25-26 November.

Kirby Cup

The Kirby Cup will kick off the 2023-2024 season on Saturday, October 7, at New Town Bay.

A reminder that Club and School rowers wanting to row in the Kirby Cup must be registered for the new season to enter and to be covered by Rowing Tasmania's insurance.

2023-2024 REGATTA CALENDAR

Australian Indoor Rowing Championships

Click on the picture to enter the Australian Indoor Rowing Championships, access the Row Nation 6-week training program, and enter for your chance to win a Concept2 erg. You can take part virtually anywhere!

T&Cs as well as the full details to enter via the link in the picture.