28th January 2022

Dear [[FIRST_NAME]],

Welcome to our latest edition of Oar Talk!  Join us in congratulating Annabelle McIntyre, awarded an OAM on Australia Day - see the full story below.  Don't forget to enter your crews for the EQ Neon Lights regatta, proudly supported by the City of Perth.

Tickets for our first Hour of Power for 2022 are on sale - get yours now for this popular rigging workshop presented by Mike Quinn.  All this & more news below.  Enjoy!

📸 𝐴𝑁𝐴 𝑅𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑙𝑢𝑏

Congratulations Annabelle McIntyre OAM!

The AOC has congratulated twenty four (24) Australian Olympians - including eight rowers - from the Tokyo 2020 Games who have been honoured in the Australia Day honours announced on Australia Day.

Congratulations to Annabelle McIntyre who was awarded an OAM for her history making gold medal win in Tokyo.  Annabelle returned home as the first WA female rower to ever win Gold at an Olympics.  A moment in time that we know we're not ever going to forget.  We will forever remember "where we were..." on that day.

Click HERE to read the full story.

Entries for the Elizabeth Quay Neon Lights Regatta are open!

Volunteer applications are also open & we would be love to have you join the team. Click HERE to access the volunteer form.

The EQ Neon Lights Regatta is proudly sponsored by the City of Perth.

Click HERE to enter your crews!

Basic Rigging | Presented by: Mike Quinn

Our Hour of Power workshops kick off 2022 with the ever popular Basic Rigging Course. Presented by Mike Quin, you will be taught all of the basic rigging techniques, what to look out for & how to set your boat up for your individual needs.

The workshop will be held at Swan River Rowing Club due to Rowing WA being closed for renovations.

Tickets are now on sale & can be purchased online HERE.

Rowing WA Renegotiates Speed Exemption for
Swan & Canning Rivers.

The review conducted this year by the Department of Transport (Maritime DoT) was the most thorough in some time due to a range of training-related incidents & community complaints over the past few years.

The new approval & exemption is available on the RWA website HERE.

Rowing WA has a new Water Safety Guidelines &
Risk Mitigation webpage

Rowing WA now has a new Water Safety Guidelines & Risk Mitigation page with valuable, up to date information in relation to the new water safety guideline.

Rowing WA’s Safety Guidelines seek to ensure that personal safety is paramount and that local codes of practice and rules are upheld.

As part of the new conditions under the Speed Exemption, all motorised vessel operators (i.e. coaches) will need to formally acknowledge that they have read and understood these new Safety Guidelines.

Click HERE to access the online accreditation process.

Rowing Pathway Coach
Western Australian Insitute of Sport

Are you passionate about rowing and coaching? Do you want to uncover and help develop the next generation of Western Australian rowers? The Western Australian Institute of Sport is looking for a Rowing Pathway Coach to join the successful WAIS rowing program.

The Pathway Coach supports the Rowing Head Coach in providing a nationally recognised daily training environment that develops rowers capable of successfully transitioning onto WAIS scholarship and Rowing Australia Underage national teams.

For more information please click HERE.

Early bird entry for the Australian Masters Games closes in just under 1 month’s time on Friday, 11.02.2022!

Be an early bird & grab the worm, saving $30 on your entry fee.

Click HERE to enter.

Boys in the Boat | Movie Update

Daniel James Brown talks George Clooney adaptation and the enduring power of ‘The Boys in the Boat’.

Ever since local writer Daniel James Brown’s megabestselling nonfiction book “The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Olympics” came out in 2013, there’s been a constant question: What about the movie?

Click HERE to read more.