Active Kilometre Challenge

The Rowing Victoria Active Kilometers Challenge supported by Rowhaus

On Monday 13th September, Rowing Victoria launched the Active Kilometre Challenge to provide our community some frienedly  competition when we can't race against one an other. 

Richmond Rowing club have really shown their support for this program and are taking up 8 of the top 10 placings on the leader board.. Can your school or club beat them at this?  Come on join us in the Rowing Victoria Strava Club. Share in some friendly banter on social media with #vicrowingtogether. We will share the best photos and videos. 

The prize for week 1 will be announced on Monday. Keep a look out on our social media channel for who is the lucky winner. You still have time to be in the running for the prize,  join us on Strava and clock up those Kilometres! 

We would like to thank Rowhaus for their support! 

For more information about this program and how to engage check out all the details on our events page here 

#vicrowingtogether #rowingvictoria 

Notice of AGM

Rowing Victoria is pleased to advise that the 145^th Annual General Meeting will be conducted online on the 31^st October 2021.

Additional information including the agenda is available via the following link

https://www.rowingvictoria.asn.au/events/114103/

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Call for Board Nominations

Rowing Victoria is seeking nominations for two Board Positions. The nomination form is available on the following link

https://www.rowingvictoria.asn.au/events/114104/

1913759498993933. must be submitted by the 10^th October 2021, and nominees as well as those nominating and seconding the nominations must have current state memberships. Please liaise with your Club or School Administrations to clarify your membership status.

COVID-19 Updates

The latest Victorian COVID-19 updates relevant to rowing can be found on the RV website 

CELEBRATING ROWING VICTORIA'S LOCAL LEGENDS

The Victorian Rowing Community has many wonderful people within it. If you know an amazing perosn in your club or school that you think should be profiled. Please contact jen@rowingvictoria.asn.au 

This weeks Local Legend is Lynne Broad

ROWING IS AN ENDURANCE SPORT

WORDS FROM ROWING AUSTRALIA PATHWAYS MEDICAL LEAD AND FORMER CAPTAIN VICTORIA DR ALICE MCNAMARA 

Rowing is an endurance sport, but no amount of laps of Carrum, or hours staring at an ergo screen has prepared us for this.

Along with cross country skiers and elite cyclists, we are known to have the highest VO2 max; earned through hundreds and thousands of kms, through stamina, through patience, through staying calm and on a rhythm under pressure.

But this has really tested us.

18 months of ‘staying home’, of lockdowns, Zoom ergos or training alone.

Missing the weekly big boat. Missing the 8+.

Missing the Thursday night at the club. Missing our ‘home away from home’.

There is no easy way to talk about mental health in a pandemic. There will be many of us who are at an all-time low in terms of appetite for these discussions, but some who need and crave them. Many rowers are well trained to getting on with things.

But, for the Big White V, there is probably no better time for a pep talk, and to remember where we have come from and what we are inching, ever so slowly, back to.  

Where would we be without Volunteers??

Volunteers are hugely important for the safe, enjoyable and successful running of all Victorian regattas however in today’s busy world finding enough volunteers can sometimes be challenging for regatta hosts.   

Often we here from spectators, family and friends that they would enjoy helping out at regattas but don’t quite know how or who to ask.

To make the process easier for all Rowing Victoria has created a Volunteer Registration Portal. Simply fill out the short and easy form and Rowing Victoria will be in touch, letting you know when and how you can help out.  

RV Annual Award Nominations

Nominations for the 2021 RV Annual Awards are now open!

Nominations for the following awards can be made HERE

- Club Person of the Year

- Coach of the Year

- School Person of the Year

- Regatta of the Year

- The William Waterfield Outstanding Service Award

- The Kath Bennett Community Service Award

- The Bob Duncan Award

- The Susie Palfreyman Award

Support for sporting organisations

The Sporting Club Grants Program will provide grants to assist active recreation and sporting clubs that incurred financial loss during the recent lockdowns in Victoria.

Victorian sport and active recreation organisations that were impacted by the recent lockdowns in Victoria can now apply for a funding lifeline courtesy of the Victorian Government’s Sporting Club Grants Program.

Grants of $2,000 for Victorian sport and active recreation organisations with a payroll of up to $3 million, to compensate for irrecoverable costs greater than $2,000 arising directly from the cancellation or postponement of events during lockdowns from Friday 16 July to 27 July 2021 and Thursday 5 August to 23 September 2021.

This funding is only available to organisations that are not eligible to seek funding from the Business Costs Assistance Program. Please check your eligibility.

Want to know what's happening in Ballarat and at Lake Wendouree? 

Interested in attending events in Ballarat and at Lake Wendouree? Keep up to date with the latest by visiting the City of Ballarat Event Calendar website!