Mildura Rowing Club

NEWSLETTER – Mildura Rowing Club
July 2010

Hi Everyone

The following is an update to some activity at the Rowing Club as present.

Winter Training

Winter training is starting to gather some interest. Similar to the last couple of years, training will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 5-30pm for those interested. The training will include ergo work, jogging and some boxing so bring your gym gear including sneakers. To enable ease in coordinating training, I would appreciate any new people letting me know you will be attending.

New Ergo

The Club Committee has purchased another new ergo to support members preseason training making 5 machines now available for club use. I would like to thank Andrew Mason for his support to the club by lending his machine for the last 2 or so years. (Johnny Orange has been setting some blistering times to beat.)

Mildura Weir Being removed

You may be aware that there will be some work completed on the Mildura Weir over the next 3 / 4 weeks. The river is expected to be dropped by 4 metres and until the river returns to normal levels, around mid August, it is anticipated that no club rowing boats will be able to be taken out during this period.

Training Timetable

During this time it is expected that there will be more demand to use the ergo’s. Following discussions at recent Committee meetings is has been resolved to structure some training times to suit the increasing number of members to the club and our limited resources. As the new season commences general time slots will be available for members by age categories especially for popular Sunday morning rowing. These times are in effect as of now and are as follows;

Sunday Mornings.

Seniors – 8-00am to 9-00am.

Juniors 9-00am to 10-30am.

As the season gets underway it is expected that these times will blowout however it is designed as something to work towards to encourage more effective use of our facilities. Juniors are given more time to sleep in on a Sunday to help teenagers try to make training times.

At present time slots of 9-00am and 9-30am are taken by 2 Junior groups who have been training at these times for a number of weeks. If you would like to reserve a time slot so you are not inconvenienced or cause inconvenience to other groups, please forward your request to seek confirmation.

Mountain Bike Ride to Apex.

One Junior group of girls is organising a mountain bike ride to Apex Park and back on Sunday 1st August at 9-30am for those that are interested in an alternative training session. Pancakes afterwards was mentioned as well.

There are a few more news items to come so expect more updates shortly.

Regards
Rob Ellis
Club Captain

Regatta Entries

Strong entries have again being received this year for a great weekend of Rowing. Weather conditions are expected to be around 28 degrees over the weekend and better still, no Blue Green Algae. For members able to log onto ‘ROMS’, Rowing Australia’s central rowing data base, you will be able to check your racing events and time table.

Working Bee

Thank you to the members who helped tidy up the Clubrooms the other weekend. The clubrooms are starting to take shape as part of our preparation for the weekend’s events. This Friday morning at 8-00am we will be preparing the course and completing a final check over the clubrooms. If you can provide assistance it would be appreciated. It will also be the last training session for the Mixed Masters Eight. Good luck to all crews participating at Mildura and Wentworth over the weekend.

Dinner

Ross Skinner has been very busy over the last few weeks along with a few helpers. Ross has again organised a special dining event Saturday Night at the Mildura Rowing Club. While seats are limited there are still a few more vacancies to enable local and visiting clubs to attend. Details are attached.

Sponsors

I would also like to acknowledge the following sponsors for their support to our major annual rowing event. Support financially and in-kind assists the club conduct a successful Regatta and showcase the great facilities we have in Mildura and surrounding Region.

Tasco
Dr Allan Coveney Orthodontist
Sunraysia Funerals
Coomealla Memorial Sporting Club Limited
Powercor
Bendigo Bank
Sunraysia Daily
Cash Tyre Service
Devillee’s Air Conditioning & Refrigeration
Tristar Medical Group
PS Melbourne
Mildura Working Man’s Club
Sunraysia Plaster Group
Wentworth Services Sporting Club Ltd
Ken Hollis Accounting
Wally Greens Pest Control
David Carson Electronics
Sunbeam
Mildura Rowing Club Life Members

Regards

Rob Ellis
Club Captain
Mildura Rowing Club

Hi Everyone

In this Email

· Working Bee last Saturday

· Zoot Suits

· Easter Regatta Entries

· Sponsors

Working Bee

Thank you to all who attending the working bee last Saturday. Great effort by all in preparing the clubrooms for our annual event. We are getting down to the business end of our season and your efforts will help with the smooth running of our regatta and showcase our facilities to visiting clubs.

Zoot Suits

Louise Skinner will be available at the clubroom this Sunday between 9am to 10am for people looking to purchase zoot suits, caps and polo shirts, all in club colours. There are limited numbers and sizes so it would be a great idea to catch up with Louise so you are organised to rowing over Easter.

Entries for Easter Regattas. (Mildura & Wentworth)

Your entries for our Easter Regatta need to be in by this weekend. We will be meeting at the clubrooms this Friday 26/3/2010 from 6-00pm to complete all entries. If you would like a hand completing your entries or to identify your rowing event, come along to the clubrooms and catch up with other members participating over Easter.

Sponsors

I would just like to acknowledge the support from our sponsors received to date. Their ongoing support is a major factor in assisting the club in running a successful Regatta again this year.

Coomealla Memorial Sporting Club Limited

Powercor

Bendigo Bank

Sunraysia Daily

Cash Tyre Service

Devillee’s Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

Tristar Medical Group

Mildura Working Man’s Club

Sunraysia Plaster Group

Wentworth Services Sporting Club Ltd

Sunbeam.

Regards

Rob Ellis

Club Captain

Renmark rowers attending a training session at Wentworth this Sunday.
Working Bee for Easter Regatta Saturday 20th March
Good Friday Working Bee.

Rowing training at Wentworth this Sunday, 14th March.

Bobbie and Sam from Wentworth Rowing Club have invited members over to Wentworth this Sunday, 14th March, for a training session in conjunction with members from Renmark Rowing Club who will be in town on the weekend. They expect to commence training at around 9-30am and a BBQ lunch will conclude the session. For members interested in coming over to Wenty I would appreciate if you could let me know as it will help organise numbers for training. We will look to leave from the Mildura Rowing Club at 9-00am and head over to Wenty from there. Some members might want to just go over on under their own steam. Members from Wentworth Rowing Club have been great supporters of the activity in Mildura so it would be good to return the favour.

There will still be training sessions from 8-00am at Mildura for those that can’t make the trip over to Wentworth.

Working Bee for Easter Saturday 20th March

The Committee have requested support from members to help with a Working Bee on Saturday 20th March, starting time 9-00am. We will be looking to prepare the clubrooms for our major annual event over Easter. Your support in attending will help may light work and show case our facilities to visiting clubs.

Good Friday Working Bee

Good Friday is a very busy day at the Rowing Club as we need to set up the course and place lines across the river. Could you let me know if you are able to help out on the day. Most of the jobs are completed early in the morning so we can get back home and relax with family members especially those who might have travelled over Easter.

Regards
Rob Ellis

Mini Regatta

Our next mini regatta is being organised for Friday 26th of February. Members are encouraged to be at the Rowing Club at around 6-00pm so events can be worked out. These events create a great social evening with a bit of friendly competition between members and clubs. A BBQ tea will be available to finish off the evening.

Easter Regatta.

Henley on the Murray at Mildura on Saturday and Henley on the Darling at Wentworth on Sunday

The Clubs annual regatta, in Rowing Victoria’s calendar of events, will be held at Mildura and Wentworth over Easter. These events are quickly approaching. We would like to encourage members to start thinking about getting a crew together and start training if they are interested in participating. If you are looking to compete and would like assistance with organising crews or you would like to be nominated to join a coaching squad please advise by return email.

CLUB ZOOT SUITS

If you are in possession of a club zoot suit (6 still missing since last Easter) could these be returned as soon as possible. (to Louise Skinner louise@stockdaleleggomildura.com ).

We are in the process of doing an order for new zoot suits, hats and polo shirts, please advise Lou if you are interested in purchasing any of these items.

We also have a few second hand zoot suits that can be purchased for $30. New zoot suits will be approx $60.

State Championship at Nagambie last weekend.

You may be aware that 8 members competed at the State Championships at Nagambie last Saturday and Sunday. The events were strongly contested and Mildura Rowing Club was well represented in Finals with a few medals being able to make the trip back home. There has been a huge effort made by all MRC competitors at the Championships with early morning trainings sessions leading up to the weekend, travelling over to Nagambie and holding their own against strong opponents. The Committee of the Mildura Rowing Club is proud of members efforts and especially to their coaches putting long training hours. We would also like to acknowledge family members of the participants for their additional support.

Hopefully we will have a full story and photos available on our website shortly to describe a greater record of events.

Members who competed were
Stef Schneider
Ali Scott
Niki Scott
Giulia Iamarino
Alana Ashelford
Brett Davidson
Coached by Guy Wight

Luke Stephens
Eric Stephens
Coached by Dave Talbot

See you on the water

Click for a full size view.

A big thank you to everyone who helped organise our 100 Year ‘Back To’ celebrations for Mildura Rowing Club.  A big thank you also to everyone who travelled to participate in this milestone event.

A selection of photos from the weekend celebrations have now been posted to the Club Website.  Take a look.

World Masters Rowing

We have only heard a few stories from the Group in Sydney at the moment. The Ladies had a great row in the four on the Weekend and lead the field for more than half the race in one of the heats. There will be more stories to come as they are enjoying the atmosphere and meeting with all the other athletes so watch this space.

Bendigo Regatta

There will be a few Junior rowing members attending this weekend’s regatta in Bendigo. We wish them all the best to formally kick off our away competition season. There has been a fair bit of activity on the water recently with training and we have been advised that the Dimboola Regatta will be held in November as they have a full river for the first time in about 5 years.

Centenary Celebrations

Following this Sunday’s training session (18th October - say 10-00am), we would like a little support with a working bee for a clean-up around the club rooms. Planning for the centenary celebrations for the following weekend is in its final stage and we are expecting quite a few visitors to the club during the weekend.

Thanks for your support.

Rob Ellis
Club Captain

View from the bridge

The pictures tell it all!

Over last Sunday & Monday September 27 & 28, a combination of an environmental flow and good spring rains brought water down the Wimmera River all the way to the empty Dimboola Weir pool. Over the 2 days the water level lifted some 5 metres and consequently the river at Dimboola is now FULL!

Committee met on Monday night September 28th and resolved to proceed full steam ahead with the conduct of the 122nd Annual Dimboola Regatta, which has been cancelled for the last 3 years due to lack of water. We have notified RV of our request to proceed and are now awaiting confirmation from the Competition Committee - we do not currently envisage any problems in gaining full RV support.

We seek the support of all Rowing Victoria clubs and schools in order to help celebrate the return of rowing and in particular the traditional Annual Dimboola Regatta - we look forward to seeing you on Saturday November 21st at Dimboola.

The Dimboola Rowing Club will also host the Annual Horsham Regatta on Sunday November 22nd - make it a great double header rowing weekend!

Please note that in addition to the usual RV schedule of events, additional events to promote underage/school and masters rowing have been requested for both days: MU17, FU17 and M & F Masters 4 & 8. The Competition Committee will hopefully soon confirm these events.

Please forward this email to all your rowing contacts - we want your support to spread our great news!

John Nichols
Regatta Secretary
122nd Annual Dimboola Regatta
jnichols@netconnect.com.au

Thanks you for all participants during the morning. Everyone would agree that it was a much better day for rowing than Saturday. The morning mainly included Double Sculls and Quads/Fours in alternative events. Designated coaches were able to put forward multiple crews to fill Junior Male and Female races as well as members training for the World Masters in mid October. For those that aren’t aware, the World Masters crew is made up by members from Wentworth and Mildura rowing clubs. Other members from both clubs made up crews to create some challenging events under the handicap system.

Some of the highlights including;

·         Seeing a Junior girls 8 training on the water and then compete against each other in a quads scull race.

·         The World Masters mixed crews racing in a quad and a four went down to the wire.

·         Three Junior Male double sculls competing in multiple races to put their training into practice.

Thanks to the coaches for their involvement including Guy Wight, Bernie Currow, Geoff Talbot and Dave Talbot. We expect to start organising crews for the Bendigo Regatta coming up on the 17th October. I would encourage members to speak to their designated coach about participating or contact myself.

Thanks also to WIN TV for their attendance this morning and their continual support for promoting rowing in the local area and for Lindsay Strange for coming down to cook the BBQ.

Our next Mini Regatta will be held on Saturday 24th October at 10-00am and will be in conjunction with the Club’s Centenary Celebrations. Please note your calendar and for some members to work their training program into preparing for this event.

Today was a great start to the season.

Cheers for now.

Rob Ellis
Club Captain
Mildura Rowing Club
0148 548 316
www.mildurarowingclub.org.au