Wow what a treat – it’s not too often that Richmond gets to christen three boats in one season. In case you have been under a rock, we recently celebrated the addition of the new tub four, aka ‘Justin Thomas’, and the coxless quad – ‘Roberto Perillo’ into the family. This new boat is extra special because we are its first home – yes it’s a brand newie. Another cool thing is that it is also the largest piece of equipment any club is likely to own – a heavy weight eight.
The club is booming at the moment so there is no shortage of bums for the 9 seats. Our ability to purchase this boat is testament to the hard work of every member at RRC. The fundraising activities over the last season, and ensuring that we recoup all fees, as enabled the committee to go shopping – always fun!
Now to get this boat on the water you need a lot of friends – or perhaps family. So it is maybe no surprise that the most appropriate name to be bestowed to it is – The Schouten Family.
Now the Schouten’s story is long, but I’m just going to give you a few facts about why we should name the 8+ after them. The Schouten’s have produced some excellent rowers – Peter, Ben, Laura, Tom, Rob, Nick, all of whom have competed, and won, at Junior, Youth, State and National levels. Jenny while not often seen on the water, she is the powerhouse behind getting them there – when Jenny isn’t working at Rowing Victoria, she has been known to wash 6 zooties per regatta. The washing line on the club website – that’s the Schouten’s! Peter and Jenny, previous recipients of the President’s Award, have also been extremely generous with their time, car (for towing abilities), trailer drive lessons, fixing stuff at the club, catering and waving the RRC flag at any opportunity.
Joining the club some years ago from Carrum Rowing Club, the Schouten’s have made an enormous impact on our club and we are glad that they made the transition to the Yarra. With the addition of Charlotte, Matilda and Troy to the clan – they won’t need to next last minute emails looking for an extra rower or cox. Ok ……… well maybe in a few years.
So on behalf of the 147th RRC Committee I’d like to say thank you and congratulations.
The actual physical ‘christening’ of all three boats will take place in the next month or so as we need to make sure the Schouten’s, Justin and Roberto are all available. I hope to be able to give you a date shortly so you too can plan to be there.
Thanks
Emma Catford
Gray Matters stakes her claim for Rowing PA of the Year
Why am I late this time? I’ve been on strike. Nicole failed to send my entry for Rowing Personal Assistant of the Year 2010. (Although, yes I forgot to send Simon’s). Something about impending motherhood, a career, exceptional chocolate fund raising, and I fear she has been listening too closely to rumours of work experience students who have suggested that I do not know the difference between the fax and the Bob Stanley (I was storing documents there in the shoes BTW to fax at a more convenient moment) and a dictaphone and the cox box (simple multi tasking by dictating minutes while coxing saved me hours which could be better devoted to colour photocopying car parking passes). Anyway, she managed to get a late entry and we have saved the kitty on the $5 a day drain the frigging gen Y work experience kids were costing us. (Sorry Simon, they wouldn’t except further late entries).
So I thought I might mention some below outstanding items that Nicole has mentioned in the last couple of team meetings (where I have carefully drawn big love hearts with Katie 4 Oarsome Foursome 4 Eva on my notepad whilst she has continued to waffle on about petty cash, the cost of stamps and the zootie machine wash testing)
1) Alright greedy guts, your chocolate money is due. (I am in final discussions with channel 10 for biggest gainer for 2011 to coincide with our next fundraising drive) It’s $28.80 per box (payable into your B-Pay fundraising account). This also means that everyone should have picked up their chocolate boxes by now – the bar is open so there are no excuses. Now we didn’t sell these at cost, we made a profit, not sure what we do with that yet, might have been mentioned in a number of recent meetings. But I’m sure it will crop up again. In the mean time, use that money to buy me a drink and I’ll let you know (this money may be to be raised twice to cover beverage expenses)
2) The boss (as I had refused to open mail) received regatta entries for APSM (All People Smell Mouldy (when wet)) on May 8th and hopefully the weather will be nicer than at Barwon. It’s the last regatta of the season and the bosses last regatta as HOR (before the boss goes to have a baby girl rower) – so lets make it a good one.
Personally, the HOR would love to see RRC crush Powerhouse in a mixed 8. (Watch out for a couple of girls (well they entered as girls) that flogged JK and I few years ago, you’ll know them, they have red eyeballs and are part machine, might be best to crash into them at the start and render their boat unrowable, or hope it rains and they short circuit).
3) We will be holding time trials around the island this Sunday. I drove it the other day and it took me 9 minutes, so I am looking for the time closest to that. Franzie’s Novice Men’s 8 is going split in two bow four and stern four and battle it out for novice guys supremacy. The plan is mix up all female rowers into even crews and let be a battle of guts and glory.
Please, note that these time trials are for “bling” at presentation night. (And its super nice, without my success in previous years I would be having to drink only primas or stubbies or out of the tap at home) – which will be held on the 19th of June. If you are not happy, with your tub four time you can repeat the trial in any crew of your choosing three weeks later. Other time trial bling up for grabs is time trials in tub pairs and in tub single. These are from the club, around Swan Street Bridge. If you are interested in competing in the small boat time trials, please let your coaches know and they will arrange a time for you to do it safely.
I have a few special mentions.
Laura Schouten – Mother of two who knows what it means to keep pushing when the going gets tough. Awesome display in Sydney in a big head wind and gearing that most blokes would be bragging about.
Sam Morrison (AKA Captain Splash) – Another big pusher who in the third 500 meters of a 2K race moved from 5th to 2nd taking three boats lengths off the competition in the process.
Joe Lian-Lloyd – Awesome (and secretly seeing other crews, sobbing)
From Simon (MNB) Naturalists Award
Goes to Johno and Matt from the men’s eight for their efforts in losing a frog in Sam’s bed on the Sunday night of the regatta. The frog planted in Sam’s bed took a side exit while Johno and Matt when back for another beer. When the lads came back the frog was gone and the tricksters fearing that the frog had gone astray, ending up in someone else bed or even their own, pulled the cabin apart looking for the frog while abusing each other for losing the frog. Comedy at it best.
Lastly, Girls, Very important! Vote on the thingy button on the blog. The B team has voted so many times that Netspace and Intel have repossessed our computers. Some of those boys are probably in jail now for erroneous voting, press the button and bring us our deserving victory.
Katie Gray (PANS&SK – Personal Assistant to Nicole Stupka and Side Kick (get it))
Time Trial season kick's off
Last weekend saw the start of the club time trial season with seven crews posting times in the scull and four boat categories.
The men’s fours were the first crews to record times and the Development Squad crew of Charlie, Guy, Michael, Neil and Cox Dennis Beck recorded a credible time of 37 min 29 sec for the round the island course.
In the women’s fours, two crews posted times and
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women’s squad members Kate Diebold, Geraldine Goss, Susie Ballentyne, Anthea Amos and cox Nicole Stupka recorded the fastest time of 40 min 15 sec.
Three scullers also took to the water and Dennis Beck recored the fastest time of 7 min 58 sec, 44 seconds faster than his closest rival.
Crews and scullers have until 30 May to post times for them to be eligible for the 2009/10 season time trial trophies. Members are reminded that time trials accumulate club points with every time trial completed and a bonus points are given if the sculler or crew beats the fastest time posted to date.
If you want to do a time trial contact either Simon Crunden or Nicole Stupka to organise a suitable time.
Click here for information on the fastest times posted for this years time trials.
Club Championship Points on the line!
There are time trials scheduled for this weekend (Sunday) which will go towards the club time trial awards.
Time trials are held in regulation (tub) sculls, pairs (monster trucks) and fours.
The course for the scull and pairs is from the lamp post (use to be the tree until they cut it down) out the front of the club around Swan Street bridge and back to the club. The four is a bit more demanding as it is from the lamp post around the island and back.
Time trials mean points towards the club championship trophies for the men that is the Mal Scott Memorial and for the ladies the John Sawyer trophy and for the coxes the Don Edwards trophy.
Current points standings have five guys within two points of each other (and another three within striking distance) and with the masters racing coming up, the time trails could be the difference between taking home the bacon or taking a walk down the hall of mirrors (sorry don’t have a points update for the girls or coxes but I am sure it must be close).
Time Trial points are awarded as follows:
One point for each time trial that you do and an additional point for beating the fastest recorded time for the season (i.e. this year). At this point in time we have times posted for the tub four but not the scull or pair.
There are a few rules to time trials including that you cannot repeat a time trial in any given boat class until 21 days after doing your previous time trial, and that a time can only be recorded by a coach or a member of committee (we had some shifty results back in the 60’s and 70’s).
To give everyone a fair chance of posting a few times, I will make myself available to any individual or crew that wants to attempt a time trial up until the closing date of Sunday 30 May. If you want to have a crack then send me an email and we will coordinate a time.
Finally I have negotiated with the HOR that we will be doing Challenge Races which again means more points. I will send out an email via the blog over the weekend so keep an eye out for the email and sign up.
PS – For those of you who are too young for Masters don’t be put off as racing will only give you a maximum of two points for a regatta (that is if you win) so doing a few time trials will keep you in the hunt for the club championship trophies.
PPS – For those who are interested in having a bit of a dip at the men’s four time trial, I will put on the line a slab of beer (any beer you like) for anyone that can beat the club record.
Richmond Women's 8 in Sydney
Here is a great video of the Richmond Girls at the recent NSW Club Championship regatta. They came third
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losing second place in a photo finish to St George and Leichart Rowing Club. It was an awesome race. Thanks to St George for sharing the clip with us….we look forward to reversing the result next year.
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Help!
When I was young and only coaching the DS
I never needed many more than just big Kev
But now those days are gone I’m coaching LTR
and without more help those boats ain’t going far
Help me if you can I’m one coach down
and it really ain’t my fault no one’s in town
help me get these learners off the ground
won’t you please, please help Saturday
And now the club has changed in oh so many ways
so many newbies it just leaves me in a daze
but right now we have to teach some more to get rowing right
and learn the Tiger roar
Help me if you can is all I’ll say
and I’d really like to see you at midday
just try not to wreck our boats for May
won’t you please, please help me.
and if you could help out yourself that would be greatly appreciated.
Justin (with apologies to the Beatles)
Gray Matters tall and chocolate sweet
Hi Team,
Chocolate money is due by April 14th – so sell hard or eat lots. As I am typing this I’ve had 3 freddos.
As I’m piling on the kilos all in the name of fundraising I am cheered by such thoughts as
- Errr heavier people are harder to kidnap
- Larger people are historically hot!
- No need for buttock enhancement surgery (can spend that money on cake)
- Constant health fears gives every day an exciting uncertainty and really helps you live in the moment!
Sydders
Sydney was awesome – I think Simon put stuff up on the blog. Lots of raving on facebook including photo’s.
Learn to Row
Better late than never, let your friends know or alternatively go in disguise and ask all those questions you have been too embarrassed to raise, eg who is Karen Anzinger and what poor soul had parents who named him/her Punt Road, Why is Backsplash necessary when you are going forward?, why do I always yet the slow erging machine?
We have a LTR course starting for the next four weeks, on Sat at noon (fits in perfectly after Yum Cha) – which means that in a month’s time there will be lots of new faces around the club. There will be a need for DS coaches so if people are interested in a new challenge, talk to Justin Thomas, Camel Musterer and DS coordinator.
Masters Regattas
Lots of fun if you dig ole people in zooties, they are not so easy to beat either, the older they are the bigger headstart they get, dig out your old fake ID which probably says you’re at least 3 years older than you are and we’ll use that for your entry.
Masters regattas – Think about your availability and let your coaches know if you are interested in racing (Click here for all the details).
Club Challenge Races
The club runs challenge races in fours, tub pairs and singles. Challenge races have been around for a long time and are a proud RRC tradition. Keep your ears and eyes open for information on when the races will be held.
See you next week.
Katie Gray PANS (Personal Assistant to Nicole Stupka)
Sydney Photo's
If you have been looking for some photo’s of Sydney then look no further:
Jenny Shouten’s Face book Album
Rowing NSW
Give’s you a good idea of how great a weekend it was.
Mountains of Chocolate
There is mountains of chocolate in the bar for people to collect to sell as apart of the annual chocolate drive.
If you have not yet picked up your box of chocolates then I suggest you try and get down to the club very soon as time to sell them is rapidly running out.
Chocolates can be picked up from Nicole Stupka this Sunday at the club house from 10 am or if you cannot make it this Sunday, then the bar will be open on Tuesday and Thursday mornings next week from 7:30 am for 30 minutes or so for you to pick them up.
In case you are not aware, the chocolates are being sold to purchase new equipment for the club so we can continue our
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quest for world rowing domination.
This past weekend in Sydney saw the new ‘Precious’ men’s eight on the water for the first time and what an awesome boat it is, just ask any of the blokes who rowed in it. With the club rapidly moving rowers through the ranks and extending it’s reach across a variety of competitive modes (club, interstate and masters), it would be great to have more of this type of equipment available to compete in.
So if you have not picked up your chocolates, then get down to the club or email Karen, Rochelle or Susie and organise a time to pick them up.
Richmond takes on our northern neighbours in the NSW Club Championships
Twenty five members of the Richmond Rowing Club travelled to Sydney last weekend to compete in the Edward Trickett (NSW Club Championships Regatta).
The regatta – named after Australia’s first World Champion (in any sport), Edward Trickett who won the World Single Scull Championship in June 1876, was being held for the fourth time attracted over 530 entries from clubs throughout New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and Victoria (with Richmond being the sole Victorian club).
The weather on the first day (Saturday) was perfect for racing with sunshine and slight tail wind conditions producing fast times and amazingly competitive racing across all categories. The sunshine was out again on the Sunday but there was also a head wind that increased in intensity throughout the day pushing the times out and making it tough for all of the competitors.
Richmond crews performed extremely well over the weekend winning one gold, one silver and two bronze medals over the two day regatta.
The Women’s D grade eight stroked by Laura Schouten started the medal count by picking up the bronze medal in the first day of the regatta missing out on silver in a photo finish to Leichardt and St George. In an extraordinary close race, the girls were brilliant to hold their nerve in the first of many close finishes for the club over the weekend.
Sam Morrison produced a brilliant third 500 metres in his 2000 metre race to row from fourth to second to pick up a silver medal in the Men’s B grade single scull behind promising Mosman junior sculler Jay Ditmarsch.
The final medal on the first day, a bronze, was won by the Men’s D grade four rowing the James Butcher – the only wooden boat seen at the regatta. The crew stroked by Jonathon Downie were second until the final 100 metres of the 1000 metre race but were unable to hold out the fast finishing crew from Canberra.
The second day brought the club’s only gold medal of the regatta with Laura Schouten winning the Women’s C grade single scull in one of the best performances seen by a Richmond sculler in a number of seasons.
Laura showed great determination in the tough head wind conditions to over haul Hunter Valley sculler Rebecca Humphries in the third 250 metres of the 100 metre races to take the gold medal by just under three seconds.
There were many highlights for the weekend and some of the best rows by Richmond crews came from crews that didn’t feature on the podium.
The men’s eight were unlucky in the C grade eight to finish fourth in a race where the only 1.47 seconds separated the first five places. The men’s eight again showed their ability in the B grade eight against Sydney and Mosman. Sydney featuring a number of former representative rowers, blitzed the race to finish 22 seconds in front of the other two crews Mosman and Richmond.
The real race however was for second place between the Richmond and Mosman. Richmond lead Mosman for the first 900 meters of the race but were unable match the power of the highly fancied Mosman crew in the second half of the race finishing one and a half boat lengths behind in third to miss out on their chance to claim a medal for the weekend.
The Richmond women’s crews again showed their class in a number of races and had some unfortunate luck in the D grade four where equipment failure in the James Butcher pushed them from a good second to fourth in the final stages of their hotly contested final.
I have been privileged to be a part of a great weekend with the club. The regatta was superb and being able to row on the Sydney 2000 Olympic Rowing course was a great experience. The standard of racing was excellent, especially in the C & D grade sculling events and the Richmond crews that competed were extremely competitive which is a credit to the coaches who assisted in preparing the crews for weekend.
Huge thanks to the Schouten family who towed the trailer up from Melbourne (and back), and to all the Richmond rowers and supporters that attended the regatta and cheered on the Richmond crews over the weekend. Also a big thanks to the multiple cooks who kept us all well fed throughout the weekend, to the chiropractors who worked on our ITB’s and to Rowing NSW who put on a great regatta in an incredible venue. See you all again next year.
PS – Joe’s chocolate brownies are so good that single males who have tasted them will be lining up to propose.
Simon Crunden