The 2013-14 season may be officially over (don’t forget to buy your tickets now for next Saturday’s wrap up and celebration at the Kingston Hotel) but before you know it we will be frantically preparing for another blockbuster season with regattas, camps, fundraising and social events.
It’s important for us all to take the time over the Winter break to evaluate what we have done well this season, what we can improve on next season and most importantly look forward to what we would like to achieve next season. The committee is asking for your input with this and we invite you all to participate in this very quick survey to give us an overview of your thoughts. Your feedback and input is vital for the success of this process.
The results of this survey will be analysed and discussed at this years planning day which will occur on Saturday the 14th June. The venue will be the home of Geraldine Goss in Hawthorn, as our clubhouse will be undergoing major exciting improvements at this time, please contact me for the details. We would like to invite you to join us to help plan and constructively evaluate Richmond Rowing Clubs performance. If you are interested in getting more involved (perhaps standing for the committee next season) we would love to hear from you. Could you please let me know if you are able and intend to attend this day by emailing [email protected] so we have an estimate of numbers. Continue reading “Richmond Rowing Club Planning for 2014-15”
APSM Regatta – Staggered starts that sound ridiculous but deliver a great finish
Albert Park South Melbourne (APSM) Regatta demonstrated to me, and probably to others, that as ridiculous as handicaps sometimes sound they often make for a great race:
Imagine sitting there as one of three mixed eights: you are enlightened to the fact that crew A has zero handicap, crew B has 9 seconds and that you have 13 seconds – now, on a 1000m course, that sounded nuts. However, with 20 metres to go all boats were neck and neck, with less than a canvas between the first and last – it was all to play for. A photo finish resulted in our crew, despite a 13 second handicap and catching a crab in the first 20 strokes, emerging victorious. A thriller to take part in from start to finish.
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Success at the Australian Masters Championships 2014
Last weekend saw 8 competitive and determined tigers travel across the state border to South Australia to compete in the 2014 Australian Masters Rowing Championships. Our representatives were Ray Dennis, Geraldine Goss, Charlie Burke, Carolyn Manning, Barry Campbell, Michelle Joy, Michael Gehling and Karen Doggett. We may have been few in number but with friends from many other clubs in Victoria we made an illustrious team with a total of 36 entries between us. We even covered the the masters age catorgories of A (youngest, minimum age of 27) to J (average age of 80 or more). Continue reading “Success at the Australian Masters Championships 2014”
Buy your tickets now for Presentation night 2014!
It’s time to celebrate the season that was 2013-14.
It has been an amazing year at RRC with so much activity and progress both on and off the water. Remember way back at the start of the season we celebrated with our 150th gala dinner, then came the excitement and unrelenting training for Melbourne Head and HOTY and our Christmas hoe-down where we were serenaded with carols. Then the anticipation of a new year with the building work kicking off and club trips to Rutherglen, Tasmania, Ballarat and Geelong. Relive the memories from 7.30pm on Saturday 31st May at the Kingston Hotel in Richmond. We will congratulate the winners and offer thanks to all our coaches, coxes and volunteers. If you have photos, film clips or memories you want included in our season wrap up please let me know by contacting me at [email protected] Continue reading “Buy your tickets now for Presentation night 2014!”
Masters Season is here!
Saturday 29th March saw the masters season kick off at home on the Yarra River with 800m sprint races at Banks Masters Regatta.
Richmond were out in force and it was a successful sunny day in Melbourne with winning crews from all squads represented. The list of winners is an impressive one and the men’s squad unfortunately suffered a miscommunication on the official policy of making the women’s squad look good by winning several events. They even combined together to take out the mixed eight event: Continue reading “Masters Season is here!”
Presentation Night 2014
Time to celebrate the amazing season that was 2013-14.
We will be gathering at the Kingston Hotel in Richmond from 7.30pm on Saturday 31st May to relive the memories of the last year at RRC, congratulate the winners and offer thanks to all our coaches, coxes and volunteers. Continue reading “Presentation Night 2014”
Have you visited the new RRC website yet?
Richmond Rowing Club is proud to announce the activation of our new website. Still found at www.richmondrowing.com.au we have a newly designed site where we are hoping you will find lots of helpful information.
For example, check out the new calendar and events pages helping you plan your rowing and social diaries. For fundraising, redevelopment and regatta updates check out what’s happening via the blog.
For those of you competing in Banks Masters regatta next weekend click on the event page to link to the try booking seat fees site and don’t forget to note the RRC boathouse bar will be open after racing on Saturday 29th March.
This is an exciting development from our communications sub committee formed after last years club strategic planning and I hope to be able to bring you more updates as we build on other areas from the plan. I would like to say a huge thank you to Aaron Massey for all his hard work in designing the site and everyone who has offered help, input and time.
Club race crews for this Sunday (16th March)
Thanks to all those who signed up to club races this weekend.
The hat draw has been performed and we have three quads, which will race off and two eights which will race off. Here they are: Continue reading “Club race crews for this Sunday (16th March)”
Club races – Sunday 16th March
Following on from what no doubt will be a great evening at the clubhouse for the RRC Fundraising Quiz Night, we are having club races on Sunday March 16, reviving an old tradition the crews will be selected entirely at random from across the club, literally using a hat for the process! There will be a lunch after for $5 so it promises to be a fun day at RRC. Meet at 9:30am (please note this is an earlier start time than was first advertised due to a few conflicting commitments). We will aim to start at 10am and it will be great to see lots there.
Please complete the survey and respond NO if you’re NOT coming. This means we don’t have to second guess numbers attending for lunch. Which means we don’t waste money on food that isn’t required!
Club Fundraiser – Chocolate drive
Well done to all those who attended the quiz night this weekend, we are still tallying up the proceeds but it was a very successful evening and a big thanks to all those who made it happen – organisers, auctioneer and bar staff, Justin Thomas, Thalia Marshall, Jim Cooper, Vicki Brennan and Jemma Evans.
For those people still looking to help out with our 2014 fundraising drive we are asking club members to help sell chocolate to colleagues, friends and family. With a profit of $20-$30 on each box a contribution from everyone would significantly help us meet the redevelopment costs. Continue reading “Club Fundraiser – Chocolate drive”