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Rowing Queensland

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3842 1200

Address: 150 Jane St 4101 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.rowingqld.asn.au

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25.01.2022 How good is rowing in Townsville Thank you to Riverway Rowing Club and Townsville & JCU Rowing Club for hosting HP Manager, Andrew Service, earlier this week. It’s great to see the talent in our regions!

22.01.2022 We love to see it! Great turnout for the 3rd Women in Rowing Lunch yesterday, thank you to all the wonderful women who braved the cyclonic conditions, and to Queensland and Australian Representative Cox Caitlin Hockings for being the guest speaker! Thanks also to the amazing Sherelle Rowan and Thea Sitcheff for organising the event once again

21.01.2022 Development Manager, Mike Partridge’s trip up the Queensland coast continues! He has run a Learn to Row session on Lake Awoonga in Gladstone, which has become a successful hub for Indoor Rowing, so we are keen to see if they can extend their enthusiasm to the water as well. Rockhampton also hosted a Level 2 Coaching Workshop for a great group of their up and coming coaches, and Mackay Rowing Club got Mike out on the water for a training session

19.01.2022 It’s brilliant to see that the great Dr Steve Hinchy will be honoured every year at the Australian Rowing Championships

19.01.2022 Looking forward to the Hyne Timbers Bridge to Bridge hosted by Wide Bay Rowing Club this weekend!

19.01.2022 We all thought COVID would mean we wouldn't be able to get our yearly regatta merch, but we were wrong! The Regatta Shop has made online ordering available for South Qld Schools Championships merchandise, so just click the link below and get your gear :D

19.01.2022 RQ on the coast! HP Manager, Andrew Service, has been visiting Somerset College and Oxenford Rowing Club on the Gold Coast over the past two weeks Thank you for hosting an RQ visit

18.01.2022 Tomorrow is the last day to purchase tickets to this year's Women in Rowing Lunch, so make sure to get in quick and don't miss out!!

17.01.2022 Well done to all the winners of the Brisbane Winter Racing Series - Big Boats! The final on Saturday saw some absolutely cracking racing, and we can’t wait to do it all again next year Men’s Masters 8+ Toowong; Mitch Carr, Paul Pettigrew, Bruce Bennett, Paul Taylor, Bob Law, Jeff Conn, Adrian Howard, Stuart Stevens, Cox: Carol Watters... Coach: Terry Mulligan Women’s Masters 8+ UQBC; Cathryn Rodmell, Sidonie Carpenter, Nicky Hughes, Danielle Morrison, Alison Kolb, Annie McDonnell, Marguerite King, Margot Draydon, Cox: Elizabeth Egerton Coach: Edward Draydon Men’s Masters 4x UQBC; David King, Graham Piper, Chris Nielsen, David Pullar Mixed Masters 4x Dragons; Guillermo Gomez Ansaldo, Tracey Capes, Jenna Gould, John Dickson Women’s Masters 4x Commercial; Georgie Gardener, Louise Street, Andrea Paynter, Jo Cook Women’s Open 4x Centenary Jemma Thomson, Rebecca More O'Ferrall, Jessica Malcolm, Sophie Malcolm Coach: Michael Opstelten Boys’ 4x Centenary; Cameron Dugdell, Adam Keymer, Lachlan Brooks, Joseph Buckley, Cox: Charlie McBride Girls’ 4x Centenary; Lillian Hall, Katelyn Brooks, Madison McCue, Lucy McFarlane, Cox: Julius King Men’s Masters 4- Old Collegians Rowing Club; Bruce Bedggood, Justin Alfredson, Daniel Thomas, Todd Clements Women’s Masters 4- Sunshine Coast/Toowong; Julie-Ann Kelly [TOOW], Lynette Brown [TOOW], Tracey Evans [TOOW], Elicia De La Paix [SUNC] Men’s Open 4- Commercial; Michael Malakellis, Glenn Wright, James Russell, Ben Finemore @toowong_rowing_club @uqbc @rivercitywomensrowingclub @centenaryrowingclub @commercialrowing @brisbanegrammariansrowing @brisbanegpsrowingclub @brisbanerowingclub

16.01.2022 Check out the results from Sunday’s AIRC below

15.01.2022 Don't forget that entries for the QSRC Club Series Regatta close soon! Make sure you get your crews in on time ;) If you're heading out to the regatta and would like to drive an umpire boat or are available to help out with bow numbers, email [email protected] and let us know!

14.01.2022 Darren Hocking Photography did another great job at last weekend's QSRC Club Series #2, click the link below to see the full album! https://www.darrenhocking.com/p43618195

14.01.2022 RQ would like to say a big thank you to Bundaberg Rowing Club, St Lukes, Shalom College & Bundaberg High for welcoming Ian and Servo there this week. They had some great sessions on the River and Bucca as well as extremely beneficial meetings

13.01.2022 Thank you to Commercial Rowing Club for hosting the Dr Steve Hinchy Memorial Service yesterday. It was a great afternoon with friends and family of the late Rowing Australia and Rowing Qld life member sharing stories of his achievements. We were also very pleased to launch the sales of the book on his life, Dr Stephen Hinchy: A True Rowing Friend at the event. Unsurprisingly the book was very popular, however more copies will be getting printed shortly. Please email [email protected] if you would like to purchase a copy.

12.01.2022 A successful and informative presentation for and about coxing by Caitlin Hockings this afternoon at the club. Great to see so many young members and others taking advantage fo Caitlin's formidable experience.

11.01.2022 What a cracking few days for Queenslanders on the Erg! Congratulations to George Petelin from Gold Coast Masters Rowers for his 2000m World Record, and to Rebecca Markwell from Bundaberg Rowing Club for her TWO, yes you heard it, TWO World Records for the 100m and 1 Minute Events!! Concept2 Australia

11.01.2022 Public Health Alert Queensland Health has expanded its list of venues where cases of the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre cluster visited. Anyone who has b...een to these locations at the times specified should monitor their health and if they develop any COVID-19 symptoms, even mild, get tested. New locations include: Forest Lake Tavern in Forest Lake on 14 August between 6:30pm and approximately 10:30pm Richlands Magistrates Courthouse in Richlands on 17 August between 12:15pm and 12:30pm Bendigo Bank at Elizabeth St Shopping Centre in Acacia Ridge on 17 August between 12:45pm and 12:55pm Munch Inn Café at Elizabeth St Shopping Centre in Acacia Ridge on 17 August between 1pm and 1:10pm Sia’s Takeaway, Kingston Road in Slacks Creek between approximately 11:30am and approximately 11:45am 21/8/20 Graceville Netball courts and canteen, Faulkner Park in Graceville between 8am and 10:15am 22/8/20 The update also clarifies the visit to the Orion Shopping Centre in Springfield on 21 August was only to the Orion Nail Bar between 4:15pm and 5pm. The updated list is available on the Queensland Health website: https://www.qld.gov.au//current-s/contact-tracing/_recache To find your nearest fever clinic, visit: www.qld.gov.au/covid19testing

11.01.2022 I’d rarely heard words so welcome. And out of the mouth of my 14 year-old son, no less. Dad, I’m not sure I want to row next year. I did my best to appear ...rueful, or at the very least quizzical, but under the table, my right arm spasmed involuntarily. It may or may not have been a private little air punch. Unwitnessed by adolescent eyes, of course. That’s OK mate, I reassured him. Rowing’s not for everybody. It’s good that you’ve had a crack. My elation of course was driven entirely by selfishness. No more waking up at 3.45am, to be at the shed by 4.15, ready to go. Tick. No more more weekend trips down to Wyaralong (where?) to see the last 150m of the race, having spent the initial 1350m cheering for the wrong crew. Or crews, depending on the quality of your binoculars. At rowing regattas, you get to appreciate the dash to the finish line, but that’s about all. Mate, if you don’t want to row, tthat's fine. It’s your call. Whatever you decide. His two elder siblings had also rowed at school - perhaps initially more out of curiosity than anything else. But they’d enjoyed it - at least talking about the race after the race. The ergos? Not so much. To better understand what the kids were experiencing, I decided I’d get better do some rowing myself. I joined the Old Boys rowing association, or whatever it was called, and set my alarm. That social experiment lasted eight weeks. I found it a little unfulfilling to be honest. Nobody in the pitch-potch crew - not even the cox, could stay in sync with me. Granted, they were mostly newcomers to the sport, but hardly dripping in natural talent. In retrospect, I blame the coach. I know he was getting up at 4am every Thursday out at the goodness of his heart, but boy, talk about anger management issues. Seat 4 - not like that - use your legs then your arms, head up, straighten your back, keep your elbows in, twist the blade with your outside hand. Not that one, the other one. You’re too tense - for God’s sake. JUST RELAX. I nodded knowingly. What chance did we have as a crew with a gibberer like that in the boat? Completely uncoordinated. And in capable of following simple instructions. Then I realised I was Seat 4. As I said, that coach - serious anger management issues. Over early morning coffee after our third session on the river, I asked politely how long he’d been in the army. What do you mean? I work in advertising, he retorted indignantly.. Whoops. I wasn’t encouraged to stay on after the completion of the two month trial. Sergeant Major Order-Barker had clearly white-anted me. Never mind - as we know, rowing’s not for everybody. For a few weeks after the family’s Grade 9 rowing retirement, I was enjoying the sleep-ins, and the leisurely 6.30 cups of coffee in bed. But then I saw an email from the school, updating the rowing community on details of the first regatta of the season. I was hit by a pang of guilt, followed seconds later by a twinge of sadness. No more rowing. really? I was just starting to enjoy it Is there any sport on the planet that even comes close to teaching us the same volume of valuable lessons, as the ancient and regal pursuit of rowing? Accountability, cohesion, timing, teamwork, discipline, precision, endurance, courage - the list is never ending. There’s also no sport that sits closer to the precipice of disaster. The slightest of schoolboy errors, an oar two centimetres too low on the water, the twist of a blade a split second too early or too late, and it can all turn to hell in a hand basket. The boat stalls abruptly, and the rest of regatta glides by. A winning lead, traded for last place, on the back of one infinitesimally small mistake. Sometimes the best crews don’t win. Another harsh but salient life lesson. Get it right when it matters most. Curiously, of all our elite (Olympic) athletes, our rowers are probably among those afforded least public acclaim. Without a catchy name and the marketing might of tinned peaches behind them, they remain largely anonymous, even a little un-relatable. Perhaps that’s because rowing is seen as the exclusive domain of elite private schools and hoity toity universities. Did I hear someone say Yale and Harvard, slogging it out on the Thames in New Connecticut? Or Pimms and boaters on the bank of the Henley, watching crews from Oxford and Cambridge and elsewhere stretch out in their zooties? Jolly good show, old chap. Yes, there is that. But maybe it’s because we never really get to know our rowers. It’s not like too many of them are getting arrested outside night clubs at 4am. How could they be? They’re already in the boat, on the water by then. No, rowers are typically intense, disciplined, focused, high achievers, who don’t have a spare second in their day. A few years ago, at a conference in Sydney, I got chatting to Mike McKay, a member of the Awesome Foursome. You’d to search long and hard to find a more engaging, impressive, down to earth individual, Over a beer, I asked McKay about his why - the reason he rose before light six mornings a week, trained like a maniac, worked full time, studied, and very occasionally, lived. He didn’t hesitate. I just loved the visibility, the four time Olympian and dual gold medalist said. When you’re in a boat with a bunch of blokes, there’s nowhere to hide. You know how hard you’re working, and so do they. But no matter how much pain you’re in, how close your are to a lung popping out of your mouth, you’re never going to ease up, because you’ve got a responsibility to your crew mates. Coming first, winning gold, that’s great but what makes it so special is doing it together. And that was that. He grabbed another couple of beers from a passing waiter and we started talking about tinned peaches. Very solid citizen, Mike McKay. The son any father would be proud of. At the right moment, I might encourage boy wonder to have just one more season down at the shed. I’m not quite finished with rowing yet. www.inqld.com.au

11.01.2022 Congratulations to Mac Russell for yet another TWO Concept2 World Records! Let’s see what he can do in the Australian Indoor Rowing Champs... Rowing Australia #AIRC

10.01.2022 Great to see Tim Davies from TODAY getting out in a boat on the mighty Fitzroy. Great job to The Rockhampton Grammar School for teaching him everything he knows

07.01.2022 RQ are getting around! Check out these shots of HP Manager, Andrew Service’s visit to Maroochy River Rowing Club to chat about the pathways that our young athletes can follow, as well as Ella and Jaeve from Genesis Christian College being presented with their Queensland Pathway Zooties. Development Manager Mike is on a road trip up north, and the first stop has been Maryborough to visit Wide Bay Rowing Club and run a Level 2 Coaching Course, as well as get on the water with some Maryborough State High School rowers We look forward to seeing you on our travels!

06.01.2022 As well as being a Queensland State Champion, Jaeve from Pine Rivers Rowing Club is an aspiring indigenous artist participating in the Bundarra Young Artists Competition. Follow the link below to see her submission and give her a vote! We are proud to have such a talented young woman in our community :D

03.01.2022 Congratulations to these Maryborough State High School students for their achievements at Head of the Brisbane!

02.01.2022 We are proud to commission our third rowing quad scull, named ‘Spirit of the 47th’ in honour of our school heritage and the 47th Battalion which gives Maryborou...gh State High School her colours. The restoration work has been completed on site by our expert manual arts senior students, led by Gavin Grantz, Head of Department Technology. She will join our other two boats ‘Duncan Chapman’ and ‘Non Sine Pulvere Palma’ on the water on Thursday in preparation for the Hyne Bridge to Bridge event on Saturday. #MaryboroughRowing #ValuedDevelopedEmpowered

02.01.2022 Massimo Restaurant & Bar have let us reopen ticket sales until the end of today because the wonderful Caitlin Hockings has just been locked in as our guest speaker! Caitlin is a long-time Queensland and Australian Representative Coxswain, so we don't know if we'll be able to shut her up...

02.01.2022 Be one of the first 400 entrants into the #AIRC20 to get yourself a FREE event t-shirt. Click the link below to enter now! https://rowingaustralia.com.au/abou...t-ev/airc-entry-details/ Rowing ACT Rowing NSW Rowing Victoria Rowing Tasmania Rowing South Australia Rowing WA Rowing Queensland Coles Aon Australia Concept2 Australia 776BC Sport Australia Cancer Council Australia #virtual #virtualcompetition #virtualrowing

01.01.2022 Entries for the first QSRC Club Series Regatta close tomorrow night! Don't forget to get your crews in ;)

01.01.2022 Got questions about the Brown Snake Omnium? Click the link below to answer all your questions and get your entries in!