Grafton Rowing Club Newsletter - May, 2001

“THE CLUB IS FOR EVERYONE OF ALL AGES YOUNG AND NOT SO YOUNG TO ENJOY A ROW, A PADDLE, MEET NEW FRIENDS AND ENJOY A DRINK OR TWO AND  SOME PLEASANT COMPANY”

REGATTA RESULTS

Grafton Rowing Club and South Grafton High School have had some dedicated rowers traveling around NSW to participate in other regattas.

The results from the Pacific Age Championships held Saturday April 14, 2001 at Sydney International Regatta Centre are:

PACIFIC AGE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS:

Well done to everyone who rowed and received their placings - there were a lot of crews from Sydney and surrounding areas and Grafton really showed them that the country areas can shine.

MEDALS REGATTA HELD AT PENRITH, APRIL 29, 2001

Luke McBeath attended and came a very credible 5th overall in the Mens Lightweight Scull. His time was 7:52 and the wining time was 7:40.

SOUTH GRAFTON REGATTA, MAY 5, 2001

After a couple of false starts (floods!), the South Grafton regatta saw some close race finishes on a beautiful day.

SOUTH GRAFTON REGATTA RESULTS:

GRAFTON - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!

The final results for the Northern Rivers Rowing Association Trophies are;

GRAFTON IS THE WINNER !

Out of the 12 Trophies, GRC has taken out 8 of the first placings - our beloved President had to take the trophies home in his ute, and trailer.

 Everyone should be congratulated - it was a great season - GRC vet's were always closely contested by the proficient Murwillumbah squad.

Just by the by, last season saw GRC Vet's take out the Vet's Trophy 'Toilet seat" with about 10 vet's - mens only crews - this year has seen some 25 odd Vet crews contest the points, including a women's crew - woo hoo! It was great to see a GRC Vet ladies crews out there on the water after an absence of some 8 years or so. Also on the come-back scene is GRC club Captain Ken and President Greg who have joined in to enable the newcomers the privilege of their rowing expertise.

GRC younger members have also done extremely well, taking out the Youth Premiership and the GHS also doing well with 3rd place in the Junior Premiership

The precedent is set - ready to take on the ranks again next season, and Grafton will set its goal to be 12 out of 12

MASTERS TAREE 19/20 MAY 2001

The hard training is on - all the crews who are heading South to have some rowing and fun in the Masters.
The "River Rats" are in secret morning training sessions, whilst the other crews are training afternoons, and when they can get themselves out of bed, in the mornings as well! GOOD LUCK to everyone rowing at Taree

MINUTES FROM 4.4.01 MEETING

IN SUMMARY
Thanks received from Donaldson and Thompson families
Sponsorship declined from Nestle and Kellogg's
First aid courses and kits available
Invite to Medals regatta 21.4.01, and info on Masters at Taree
Awning discussed for canteen area - temporary shade suggested, Geoff will take care of this
Flood action plan revised
Naming of boats
Sponsors are on web site
Merchandising held over till next meeting, thanks Ann Raffle is underway
Costs regarding both Feb and March floods have noticed some formal agreements have to be written for future floods
Greg Ryan is working on the mural, Thanks Greg
Rowathon discussed
Winter regatta's and other social events to be held, Geoff will follow this up with members interested
Thanks expressed to GRC by Jim Timmins in assisting with cleanup with floods, with no real holdup with his crews training for CHS
Flood mud under kitchen floor, need to throw lime in
GCC federation centenary, stand
Thank you's sent to ABC, Council, 2GF for efforts during and after floods
Valmay leaving for Byron Bay, farewell to be organised

PRESENTATION NIGHT FRIDAY 25.5.01 6.3OPM ROCHES

With the onslaught of GRC members taking out so many final events over the last 12 months, there will quite a few awards to be handed out, if you don't want to miss out, make sure you come along and enjoy the nite

ROWATHON

ILUKA TO GRAFTON SATURDAY 7.7.01 $22 PER HEAD

A Leisurely row 65 kilometres from Iluka to Grafton. Start planning your crews - lnclude rotating crews for the designated stops - have your sunscreen, change of clothes and be prepared for great day

Click here for an entry form and further details (Acrobat pdf file - right click and "save as" to download to your hard disk - go to Adobe to download Acrobat Reader if you don't already have it)

Click here to find out about past rowathons

See Don (66426929) for further details, or email the club

VALMAY'S FAREWELL

The night was a huge success, with some "old" faces joining in to farewell Valmay and Michael who are off up the road to Byron Bay, which isn't so faraway, so we expect to see you both around for a row now and again

MAY BIRTHDAYS

Cheryl Cavanagh 14.5, Amy Hatton 22.5, Amy McLennan 22.5, Elizabeth Ensbey 5.5
A small distinguished group
Happy Birthday everyone, hope you got some great pressies

LEARNERS

Learners of a Saturday have been a little slow since the 2 floods, but we are still getting boats out on the water each Saturday, so bring a friend along. Remember, it's a low impact sport, with great benefits for fitness and it's fun.
First lesson is free for an hour or so - after that it is a mere $5.00 a session, which is deducted from your membership

RULES OF THE RIVER

Always have land close to you, just in case you do go for a dip - while heading west, row past the Crown, then cross over to Susan Island for your homeward trip and if you are heading down river (East), you row over near South Grafton Club, and back over to Macauley College side for the home journey, and now that the days are getting darker quicker, we need to put the lights on the boats for more safety and abide by Water ways regulations

DIP AWARD

Seems everyone is balancing the boats well, so no dip award this month, plus the weather is starting to cool down, so there is incentive to stay in the boats

WEBSITE

Rob has been updating the site, and It looks great we - now have our terrific Sponsors on show which is very important as this Club is solely run by an enthusiastic Committee and members and by sponsorship and donations - being a non-profit Organisation.

We will keep the site updated, and watch out for some new articles - and don't forget to vote for our wonderful site, and keep it in the TOP 10
address: http://graftonrowing.cjb.net

AGM

The AGM will be held in June - the date will be notified on the noticeboard at the rowing club, so stay tuned, and be there

IAN THORPE LITHOGRAPH

WHO AM I?

Hi there - it's me - Michael Collins (Oscar)

FOR SALE

William Hay Cleaver Sculling Blades

Top Condition - $325

Contact Andre  66477057

GRC SINGLETS

are available for $25.00 each, see Ann

GRC PHOTO ALBUMS AND SCRAPBOOK

Have a look at the photos of the past and present and if you have any you wish to add, please let me know, our scrapbook of newspaper items is growing all the time, Are You In There?????

DID YOU KNOW?

1996 Guinness Book of Records:

Olympics
Australians have won 14 Olympic Rowing medals. Henry Robert Pearce (NSW) 1905-76 won the most gold medals for the single sculls in 1928 and 1932. Sculler Mervyn Wood won the most medals - 3 (one gold, one silver and one bronze) in 1948, 1952 and 1956 respectively.

World Championships
Australia's first world champions were the lightweight coxless four in 1974. The first individual world title was the womens lightweight single sculls won by Adair Ferguson in 1985. The most titles is 3 by Gary Lynagh and Bruce Hick - Lightweight Quad 1991, Lightweight Double 1992 and 1993.

This newsletter is brought to you by  Ann and Don (editor). If you have anything to add to the next newsletter, please let Don (66426929) or Ann (66433347) know.

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