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nd e

xits

. In

this

rol

e sh

e w

as r

espo

nsib

le fo

r pr

ovid

ing

com

mer

cial

ly-

focu

sed

cons

truc

tive

lega

l adv

ice

with

ext

ensi

ve

invo

lvem

ent

in s

trat

egic

and

ope

ratio

nal p

lann

ing.

She

is a

Mem

ber

of t

he Q

ueen

slan

d L

aw S

ocie

ty a

nd

a M

embe

r an

d M

ento

r of

the

Aus

tral

ian

Cor

pora

te

Law

yers

Ass

ocia

tion.

Fla

via

has

been

adm

itted

as

a le

gal

prac

titio

ner

of t

he S

upre

me

Cou

rt o

f Vic

tori

a, S

upre

me

Cou

rt o

f Que

ensl

and

and

the

Hig

h C

ourt

of A

ustr

alia

.

On

the

wat

er, F

lavi

a w

as a

suc

cess

ful r

ower

at

both

Sta

te

and

Nat

iona

l lev

el a

nd n

ow c

ompe

tes

at M

aste

rs le

vel a

s a

mem

ber

of t

he U

nive

rsity

of Q

ueen

slan

d B

oat

Clu

b.

She

join

ed t

he B

oard

of R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

in D

ecem

ber

2012

and

is c

urre

ntly

Dep

uty

Cha

ir, a

s w

ell a

s C

hair

ing

the

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce C

omm

issi

on.

Dire

ctor

Sally

Cap

pSa

lly C

app

poss

esse

s a

wea

lth o

f exp

erie

nces

in b

oth

the

corp

orat

e an

d sp

ortin

g fie

lds.

Sal

ly is

cur

rent

ly

Chi

ef O

pera

ting

Offi

cer

at t

he V

icto

rian

Cha

mbe

r of

C

omm

erce

and

Ind

ustr

y, a

nd h

as p

revi

ousl

y he

ld a

nu

mbe

r of

influ

entia

l cor

pora

te r

oles

incl

udin

g H

ead

of

Mar

kets

in V

icto

ria

at K

PMG

Pro

fess

iona

l Ser

vice

s, a

s

Com

pany

Dire

ctor

s an

d C

hief

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cutiv

e O

ffic

er

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Age

nt-G

ener

al fo

r th

e V

icto

rian

Gov

ernm

ent

in E

urop

e an

d Is

rael

, Man

agin

g D

irec

tor

of t

he C

omm

ittee

for

Mel

bour

ne, M

elbo

urne

Reg

iona

l Exe

cutiv

e fo

r A

NZ

, an

d m

anag

ing

dire

ctor

of A

ustr

alia

n H

erita

ge G

roup

, an

inve

stm

ent

fund

list

ed o

n th

e A

SX.

In a

dditi

on t

o th

ese

corp

orat

e ro

les

Sally

has

pra

ctic

ed a

s a

law

yer

and

held

a n

umbe

r of

hig

h pr

ofile

dir

ecto

rshi

ps,

incl

udin

g at

the

Col

lingw

ood

Foot

ball

Clu

b w

here

she

w

as t

he c

lub’

s fir

st fe

mal

e di

rect

or. S

he h

as a

lso

been

a

trus

tee

for

the

Nat

iona

l Bre

ast

Can

cer

Foun

datio

n an

d he

ld d

irec

tors

hips

on

the

boar

ds o

f the

Uni

vers

ity o

f M

elbo

urne

’s F

acul

ty o

f Com

mer

ce a

nd t

he N

atio

nal

Aus

tral

ia D

ay C

ounc

il.

Dire

ctor

And

rew

Gue

rinA

ndre

w is

a li

fe m

embe

r of

Mer

cant

ile R

owin

g C

lub

with

a

long

his

tory

of c

lub

adm

inis

trat

ion

and

coac

hing

. He

is a

pas

t A

ustr

alia

n ju

nior

tea

m m

embe

r an

d a

succ

essf

ul

light

wei

ght

oars

man

. He

was

an

Aus

tral

ian

team

man

ager

w

hich

incl

uded

the

199

2 &

199

6 O

lym

pic

Gam

es a

nd

num

erou

s W

orld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips.

And

rew

is a

cur

rent

inte

rnat

iona

l row

ing

umpi

re

havi

ng o

ffici

ated

at

2000

Oly

mpi

c G

ames

and

tw

o W

orld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips.

His

cur

rent

pas

sion

is

for

row

ing

hist

ory

whi

ch h

e re

cord

s on

his

web

site

w

ww

.row

ingh

isto

ry-a

us.in

fo. H

e ha

s al

so s

erve

d as

Pr

esid

ent

of R

owin

g V

icto

ria

and

Vic

tori

an C

ounc

illor

to

RA

, and

is c

urre

ntly

a t

rust

ee o

f the

Bro

mle

y T

rust

an

d a

life

mem

ber

of R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

.

In h

is n

on-r

owin

g lif

e, h

e is

law

yer

and

also

gov

erna

nce

prof

essi

onal

bei

ng a

Fel

low

of C

hart

ered

Sec

reta

ries

A

ustr

alia

.

Dire

ctor

Mer

rick

How

esM

erri

ck H

owes

was

app

oint

ed a

s a

dire

ctor

on

the

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia B

oard

in M

ay, 2

014.

Mer

rick

is a

lso

the

Cha

irm

an o

f RA

’s A

udit

and

Ris

k C

omm

ittee

and

has

pr

evio

usly

ser

ved

on R

A’s

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce O

vers

ight

C

omm

ittee

.

Mer

rick

is a

hig

hly

expe

rien

ced

seni

or e

xecu

tive

with

sig

nific

ant

finan

cial

exp

erie

nce

who

is c

urre

ntly

M

anag

ing

Dir

ecto

r of

AC

PA P

ty L

td, a

par

t of

the

gl

obal

deb

t fin

anci

ng fi

rm A

ncho

rage

Cap

ital,

and

has

prev

ious

ly fo

unde

d an

d ru

n Sh

earw

ater

Cap

ital,

and

held

se

nior

fina

ncia

l exe

cutiv

e po

sitio

ns a

t G

oldm

an S

achs

JB

W

ere,

Mer

rill

Lyn

ch a

nd M

acqu

arie

Ban

k.

In a

dditi

on t

o hi

s si

gnifi

cant

bus

ines

s ex

pert

ise

Mer

rick

(M

cVill

y Pe

arce

pin

num

ber

354)

als

o en

joye

d a

succ

essf

ul r

owin

g ca

reer

incl

udin

g w

inni

ng

a C

omm

onw

ealth

Gam

es s

ilver

med

al, r

epre

sent

ing

Aus

tral

ia a

t fo

ur W

orld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

and

win

ning

nu

mer

ous

Aus

tral

ian

cham

pion

ship

titl

es.

Dire

ctor

, Ath

lete

s Re

pres

enta

tive

Cam

eron

McK

enzi

e-M

cHar

gA

s M

cVill

y Pe

arce

pin

num

ber

607,

Cam

eron

was

a

mem

ber

of t

he A

ustr

alia

n R

owin

g T

eam

bet

wee

n 20

01 a

nd 2

012,

incl

udin

g re

pres

entin

g A

ustr

alia

at

the

2008

and

201

2 O

lym

pic

Gam

es. C

amer

on a

chie

ved

grea

t su

cces

s as

an

athl

ete,

his

car

eer

high

light

ed b

y a

Oly

mpi

c Si

lver

med

al in

the

Men

’s F

our

in B

eijin

g,

and

also

incl

udin

g Si

lver

and

Bro

nze

med

als

at W

orld

C

ham

pion

ship

leve

l and

2 G

old,

3 S

ilver

and

4 B

ronz

e W

orld

Cup

med

als.

Off

the

wat

er, C

amer

on h

as a

Bac

helo

r of

Sci

ence

an

d a

Mas

ter

of A

pplie

d Fi

nanc

e fr

om t

he U

nive

rsity

of

Mel

bour

ne a

nd e

xten

sive

exp

erie

nce

in t

he fi

nanc

e in

dust

ry.

Cam

eron

has

a h

isto

ry o

f inv

olve

men

t w

ith t

he R

A

Ath

lete

s’ C

omm

issi

on, i

nclu

ding

in t

he s

trat

egic

pl

anni

ng a

nd d

evel

opm

ent

of t

he a

thle

te b

ody,

whi

ch h

e no

w C

hair

s.

Dire

ctor

And

rew

Row

ley

And

rew

Row

ley

has

had

a lo

ng in

volv

emen

t w

ith r

owin

g,

havi

ng s

pent

the

last

25

year

s in

the

spo

rt a

s a

part

icip

ant

and

adm

inis

trat

or. A

ndre

w’s

ser

vice

to

the

row

ing

com

mun

ity h

as in

clud

ed v

ario

us r

oles

on

the

Boa

rd

of R

owin

g N

SW o

ver

11 y

ears

, inc

ludi

ng a

s a

Boa

rd

mem

ber,

Dep

uty

Pres

iden

t an

d Pr

esid

ent.

Fol

low

ing

the

conc

lusi

on o

f his

tim

e on

the

Row

ing

NSW

Boa

rd,

And

rew

rep

rese

nted

NSW

as

a C

ounc

ilor

to R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

, a r

ole

he h

eld

until

his

ele

ctio

n to

the

RA

B

oard

.

In h

is p

rofe

ssio

nal c

aree

r, A

ndre

w h

as h

eld

a nu

mbe

r of

ro

les,

incl

udin

g as

CE

O o

f the

Ste

ve W

augh

Fou

ndat

ion

and

his

curr

ent

role

as

the

Man

agin

g D

irec

tor

of A

bilit

y

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ustr

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Firs

t A

ustr

alia

. A c

omm

on t

hem

e th

roug

hout

And

rew

’s

prof

essi

onal

life

has

bee

n hi

s ex

peri

ence

and

rel

atio

nshi

ps

with

in t

he n

ot fo

r pr

ofit

sect

or o

f whi

ch h

e ha

s a

very

go

od u

nder

stan

ding

.

Dire

ctor

C

arm

en W

earn

eC

arm

en b

eing

s a

uniq

ue c

ombi

natio

n of

row

ing

and

corp

orat

e ex

peri

ence

to

the

Boa

rd. C

arm

en (

form

erly

C

arm

en K

lom

p) is

McV

illy

Pear

ce p

in n

umbe

r 50

7,

and

repr

esen

ted

Aus

tral

ia a

t th

e 19

96 O

lym

pic

Gam

es

and

four

Wor

ld C

ham

pion

ship

s be

twee

n 19

90 a

nd

2000

, win

ning

3 G

old,

2 S

ilver

and

5 B

ronz

e M

edal

s at

In

tern

atio

nal l

evel

dur

ing

that

tim

e, in

clud

ing

a W

orld

C

ham

pion

ship

Bro

nze

med

al.

Follo

win

g he

r ro

win

g ca

reer

Car

men

has

forg

ed a

n im

pres

sive

car

eer

as a

hig

hly

qual

ified

mar

ketin

g an

d bu

sine

ss p

rofe

ssio

nal,

pred

omin

antly

in c

orpo

rate

fin

ance

. Car

men

is c

urre

ntly

a S

enio

r A

ccou

nt M

anag

er

at D

eloi

tte,

hav

ing

prev

ious

ly le

d co

rpor

ate

busi

ness

de

velo

pmen

t fo

r A

shur

st, a

nd p

erfo

rmin

g se

nior

rol

es

with

in E

rnst

& Y

oung

.

Car

men

will

als

o br

ing

valu

able

eve

nt m

anag

emen

t ex

peri

ence

to

the

Boa

rd h

avin

g pr

evio

usly

bee

n th

e V

enue

Ope

ratio

ns M

anag

er fo

r ro

ad e

vent

s at

the

200

2 M

anch

este

r C

omm

onw

ealth

Gam

es.

Dire

ctor

Brya

n W

eir

Bry

an W

eir

was

ele

cted

to

the

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia B

oard

in

May

of 2

015.

An

acco

mpl

ishe

d ro

wer

, Bry

an is

McV

illy

Pear

ce p

in n

umbe

r 21

4, a

nd r

epre

sent

ed A

ustr

alia

in t

he

Men

’s C

oxle

ss P

air

at t

he W

orld

Row

ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

in L

ucer

ne in

197

4, a

s w

ell a

s be

ing

part

of t

he N

ew

Sout

h W

ales

Kin

g’s

Cup

Eig

ht in

197

6. A

t a

row

ing

adm

inis

trat

ion

leve

l, pr

ior

to h

is r

ole

with

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia, B

ryan

has

hel

d th

e po

sitio

ns o

f Dep

uty

Pres

iden

t of

Row

ing

New

Sou

th W

ales

, Boa

rd M

embe

r of

the

Syd

ney

Inte

rnat

iona

l Row

ing

Reg

atta

and

Pr

esid

ent

of M

osm

an R

owin

g C

lub.

Wei

r gr

adua

ted

from

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f New

Sou

th

Wal

es w

ith d

egre

es in

Law

and

Com

mer

ce in

197

6. H

e jo

ined

the

law

firm

Fre

ehill

Hol

lingd

ale

& P

age

(now

Fr

eehi

lls),

bec

omin

g a

part

ner

in 1

980.

In

1993

he

left

Com

pany

Dire

ctor

s an

d C

hief

Exe

cutiv

e O

ffic

er (c

ontin

ued)

Free

hills

to

beco

me

a di

visi

onal

dir

ecto

r of

Mac

quar

ie

Ban

k, w

here

he

rem

aine

d un

til 1

998.

Sin

ce t

hen

he h

as

(with

a b

usin

ess

part

ner)

est

ablis

hed

and

oper

ated

a

priv

ate

inve

stm

ent

and

advi

sory

gro

up, w

hile

he

is a

lso

a D

irec

tor

of L

.J. H

ooke

r L

td, a

pos

ition

he

has

held

sin

ce

2014

.

Chi

ef E

xecu

tive

Off

icer

Mic

hael

Sco

tt M

icha

el S

cott

was

app

oint

ed a

s th

e C

hief

Exe

cutiv

e O

ffice

r of

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia in

Feb

ruar

y, 2

015.

The

For

mer

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Aus

tral

ian

Inst

itute

of S

port

(2

001-

2005

) an

d C

EO

of t

he N

ew S

outh

Wal

es I

nstit

ute

of S

port

, Mic

hael

has

als

o ha

d su

cces

s as

CE

O o

f the

20

07 W

orld

Sw

imm

ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

Cor

pora

tion

and

as D

irec

tor

of S

port

and

Rec

reat

ion

Vic

tori

a.

A h

ighl

y su

cces

sful

and

exp

erie

nced

exe

cutiv

e bo

th in

A

ustr

alia

and

inte

rnat

iona

lly, M

icha

el jo

ined

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia h

avin

g pr

evio

usly

hel

d th

e ro

le o

f Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce D

irec

tor

of S

wim

min

g A

ustr

alia

and

pri

or

to t

hat

he w

as t

he N

atio

nal P

erfo

rman

ce D

irec

tor

at

Bri

tish

Swim

min

g.

Mic

hael

is a

hig

hly

rega

rded

lead

er in

spo

rt a

nd h

e sh

ares

our

vis

ion

of b

eing

the

num

ber

one

row

ing

natio

n in

the

wor

ld. M

icha

el b

ring

s a

uniq

ue s

et o

f sk

ills

from

his

lead

ersh

ip o

f nat

iona

l and

sta

te in

stitu

tes

of s

port

, com

mer

cial

eve

nts

man

agem

ent

and

lead

ing

high

per

form

ance

spo

rt p

rogr

ams

in A

ustr

alia

and

In

tern

atio

nally

.

9Ro

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g A

ustr

alia

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ual R

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t 201

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Pres

iden

t’s R

epor

t

It g

ives

me

grea

t pl

easu

re

to p

rese

nt t

he 2

015

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia (

RA

) A

nnua

l Rep

ort.

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last

ye

ar h

as b

een

a bu

sy a

nd

prod

uctiv

e pe

riod

for

RA

. I

am e

ncou

rage

d by

the

fo

unda

tions

tha

t ha

ve b

een

esta

blis

hed

in a

num

ber

of k

ey a

reas

tha

t w

ill

enab

le R

A a

nd it

s M

embe

r A

ssoc

iatio

ns t

o vi

goro

usly

pu

rsue

our

col

lect

ive

visi

on –

to

be t

he n

umbe

r on

e ro

win

g na

tion

in t

he w

orld

and

Aus

tral

ia’s

lead

ing

Oly

mpi

c sp

ort.

Thi

s la

st y

ear

has

seen

a c

hang

e in

lead

ersh

ip a

t R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

, with

the

app

oint

men

t of

Mic

hael

Sco

tt a

s th

e ne

w C

hief

Exe

cutiv

e O

ffice

r. M

icha

el t

ook

up t

he r

ole

in

May

201

5 ha

ving

com

e fr

om a

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce r

ole

at S

wim

min

g A

ustr

alia

and

we

are

exci

ted

to h

ave

him

at

the

helm

of R

A. I

wou

ld li

ke t

o al

so t

hank

form

er C

EO

, A

ndre

w D

ee, f

or h

is h

ard

wor

k fo

r ou

r sp

ort

for

man

y ye

ars.

The

Boa

rd a

nd s

taff

of R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

hav

e m

aint

aine

d a

focu

s on

ach

ievi

ng o

ur v

isio

n bo

th o

n an

d of

f the

w

ater

; fro

m b

eing

the

num

ber

one

rank

ed G

old

med

al

natio

n at

Wor

ld C

ham

pion

ship

s an

d O

lym

pic

and

Para

lym

pic

Gam

es, t

o bu

ildin

g th

e be

st a

nd m

ost

vibr

ant

row

ing

com

mun

ity a

t cl

ub, s

choo

l and

sta

te le

vel,

righ

t th

roug

h to

impl

emen

ting

a w

orld

bes

t de

velo

pmen

t pr

ogra

m t

hat

will

bui

ld fu

ture

gen

erat

ions

of c

ham

pion

s.

It is

not

onl

y ou

r at

hlet

es t

hat

oper

ate

in a

com

petit

ive

envi

ronm

ent.

As

a sp

ort

row

ing

com

pete

s fo

r ta

lent

, fo

r fu

ndin

g an

d th

e re

cogn

ition

and

sup

port

of

gove

rnm

ents

, bus

ines

ses

and

com

mun

ity o

rgan

isat

ions

. A

n al

ignm

ent

arou

nd o

ur v

isio

n an

d a

com

mitm

ent

to t

he v

alue

s th

at a

re in

trin

sic

to A

ustr

alia

n ro

win

g w

ill c

ontin

ue t

o di

ffer

entia

te u

s in

thi

s co

mpe

titiv

e en

viro

nmen

t. R

ower

s at

all

leve

ls s

hare

val

ues

such

as

tea

mw

ork,

tru

st, f

ocus

, dis

cipl

ine,

det

erm

inat

ion,

tr

aditi

on a

nd in

tegr

ity. T

hese

val

ues

rem

ain

fund

amen

tal

to o

ur s

port

and

cre

ate

a cu

lture

and

env

iron

men

t th

at is

un

ique

to

row

ing.

To

this

end

we

have

mad

e pr

ogre

ss in

som

e ke

y ar

eas

thro

ugho

ut 2

015.

At

the

sam

e tim

e, t

here

are

are

as

that

we

will

nee

d to

impr

ove

and

ther

e ar

e so

me

key

stra

tegi

c in

itiat

ives

und

erw

ay w

hich

will

con

tinue

to

driv

e A

ustr

alia

n ro

win

g to

war

ds b

eing

the

num

ber

one

natio

n in

the

wor

ld. T

he B

oard

and

exe

cutiv

e of

RA

are

ve

ry fo

cuse

d on

con

tinui

ng t

o im

prov

e ou

r pe

rfor

man

ce

acro

ss a

ll ar

eas

of t

he s

port

. Whi

lst

RA

’s m

ajor

ac

hiev

emen

ts a

re li

sted

in d

etai

l thr

ough

out

this

rep

ort,

I

have

list

ed a

num

ber

of h

ighl

ight

s be

low

as

an in

dica

tion

of b

oth

the

prog

ress

we

have

mad

e th

roug

hout

201

5,

and

the

oppo

rtun

ities

ava

ilabl

e fo

r A

ustr

alia

n ro

win

g to

co

ntin

ue t

o im

prov

e th

roug

hout

201

6 an

d be

yond

.

RA S

trat

egy

and

Gov

erna

nce

As

part

of i

ts r

ecen

t re

stru

ctur

e, R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

has

es

tabl

ishe

d a

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce C

omm

issi

on a

nd a

N

atio

nal P

artic

ipat

ion

Com

mis

sion

to

prov

ide

grea

ter

guid

ance

and

ove

rsig

ht t

o th

ese

criti

cal e

lem

ents

of o

ur

spor

t.

The

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce C

omm

issi

on is

cha

rged

with

gu

idin

g th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

the

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce

Plan

, and

ove

rsee

ing

its im

plem

enta

tion,

incl

udin

g re

view

ing

the

prog

ress

of s

trat

egie

s an

d ac

tions

with

in

the

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce P

rogr

am. T

he fo

cus

of t

he

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce C

omm

issi

on is

to

max

imis

e m

edal

ou

tcom

es a

t th

e 20

16 R

io a

nd 2

020

Tok

yo O

lym

pic

and

Para

lym

pic

Gam

es, a

nd t

o m

onito

r th

e im

plem

enta

tion

and

ongo

ing

achi

evem

ent

of t

he a

gree

d pe

rfor

man

ce

obje

ctiv

es o

f the

hig

h pe

rfor

man

ce a

ctiv

ities

of R

A. I

n pa

rtic

ular

, I w

ould

like

to

ackn

owle

dge

the

tirel

ess

effo

rts

of F

lavi

a G

obbo

in e

stab

lishi

ng a

nd le

adin

g th

e H

igh

Perf

orm

ance

Com

mis

sion

, whi

ch is

alr

eady

del

iver

ing

impr

oved

res

ults

.

The

Nat

iona

l Par

ticip

atio

n C

omm

issi

on is

res

pons

ible

fo

r ov

erse

eing

the

dev

elop

men

t of

the

Nat

iona

l Pa

rtic

ipat

ion

Fram

ewor

k, a

nd r

evie

win

g its

ope

ratio

n an

d de

liver

y, a

long

with

faci

litat

ing

the

invo

lvem

ent

of k

ey s

take

hold

ers

and

inde

pend

ent

expe

rts

in t

he

plan

ning

and

del

iver

y of

the

Fra

mew

ork.

The

Nat

iona

l Pa

rtic

ipat

ion

Com

mis

sion

, Cha

ired

by

Bry

an W

eir,

has

mad

e si

gnifi

cant

pro

gres

s, in

clud

ing

final

isin

g R

owin

g’s

first

Nat

iona

l Par

ticip

atio

n Fr

amew

ork

and

iden

tifyi

ng

the

natio

nal p

artic

ipat

ion

prio

ritie

s th

at w

ill g

row

our

sp

ort.

Thi

s ye

ar h

as a

lso

seen

the

dev

elop

men

t of

the

RA

202

0 St

rate

gic

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce P

lan

whi

ch a

ims

to id

entif

y st

rate

gic

prio

ritie

s, t

he id

eal h

igh

perf

orm

ance

str

uctu

re

and

inve

stm

ent

prio

ritie

s fo

r th

e T

okyo

qua

dren

nium

an

d be

yond

. Fol

low

ing

a re

view

of e

xist

ing

info

rmat

ion,

da

ta a

nd p

lans

, the

pro

ject

has

use

d a

broa

d co

nsul

tatio

n

10Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Pres

iden

t’s R

epor

t (co

ntin

ued)

proc

ess,

invo

lvin

g ov

er 5

0 in

terv

iew

s w

ith a

wid

e ra

nge

of s

take

hold

ers

incl

udin

g th

e R

A H

P le

ader

ship

gr

oup

and

repr

esen

tativ

es fr

om t

he A

IS, S

IS/

SAS,

St

ate

Row

ing

Ass

ocia

tions

, clu

bs, c

oach

es, a

thle

tes,

pa

thw

ay c

oord

inat

ors,

pre

viou

s co

ache

s, a

nd o

ther

s w

ho h

ave

prov

ided

rel

evan

t in

put

into

the

pro

cess

. The

co

nsul

tatio

n pr

oces

s is

now

com

plet

e, a

nd d

raft

ing

of t

he

plan

has

com

men

ced

with

the

fina

l ver

sion

ava

ilabl

e in

m

id-2

016.

Add

ition

ally

, Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia h

as p

artn

ered

with

the

A

IS P

athw

ays

and

Dev

elop

men

t un

it to

rev

iew

our

pa

thw

ay a

ctiv

ity a

nd e

stab

lish

a pl

an fo

r th

e fu

ture

. The

re

sulti

ng P

athw

ays

Plan

, whi

ch w

ill b

e in

corp

orat

ed

into

the

RA

202

0 St

rate

gic

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce P

lan,

w

ill e

nsur

e on

goin

g su

stai

nabl

e id

entifi

catio

n, s

uppo

rt

and

deve

lopm

ent

of a

thle

tes

capa

ble

of m

edal

win

ning

pe

rfor

man

ces

at S

enio

r W

orld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

and

Oly

mpi

c G

ames

. The

Pat

hway

s pl

an w

ill e

stab

lish

a ne

twor

k of

Sch

ool,

Clu

b, S

tate

and

Ins

titut

e pa

rtne

rs

to d

eliv

er P

athw

ay P

rogr

ams

and

effe

ctiv

e da

ily t

rain

ing

envi

ronm

ents

for

path

way

ath

lete

s an

d co

ache

s th

at

resu

lt in

sus

tain

able

and

suc

cess

ful a

thle

te t

rans

ition

. The

op

erat

ion

of t

he P

athw

ays

Plan

will

ens

ure

that

a s

tron

g an

d pe

rfor

man

ce b

ased

sys

tem

is in

pla

ce a

nd o

pera

ting

to s

uppo

rt o

ur a

thle

tes

for

the

next

Oly

mpi

c C

ycle

and

be

yond

.

The

RA

Boa

rd h

as m

aint

aine

d a

focu

s on

goo

d go

vern

ance

, mee

ting

on 1

4 oc

casi

ons

thro

ugho

ut t

he

year

in b

oth

face

to

face

and

tel

econ

fere

nce

mee

tings

. T

he R

A C

ounc

il al

so m

et fo

rmal

ly w

ith t

he B

oard

on

thre

e oc

casi

ons

and

cont

inue

s to

pro

vide

vita

l inp

ut

into

RA

’s s

trat

egy

and

the

natio

nal d

eliv

ery

of r

owin

g’s

colle

ctiv

e pr

iori

ties.

Add

ition

ally

, the

Sta

te C

EO

’s a

nd

RA

man

agem

ent

mai

ntai

n co

nsta

nt c

omm

unic

atio

n to

di

scus

s op

erat

iona

l asp

ects

of r

owin

g’s

adm

inis

trat

ion.

I

sinc

erel

y th

ank

all S

tate

Pre

side

nts,

Cou

ncill

ors

and

thei

r re

spec

tive

staf

f for

the

ir o

ngoi

ng s

uppo

rt, a

ssis

tanc

e an

d co

llabo

ratio

n w

hich

has

bee

n pa

rtic

ular

ly e

vide

nt in

the

de

velo

pmen

t an

d in

itial

del

iver

y of

row

ing’

s fir

st w

hole

of

spo

rt s

trat

egic

pla

n.

RA

con

tinue

s to

enj

oy a

str

ong

and

effe

ctiv

e re

latio

nshi

p w

ith t

he F

eder

al G

over

nmen

t th

roug

h th

e A

SC a

nd is

en

orm

ousl

y ap

prec

iativ

e of

the

fina

ncia

l sup

port

whi

ch

is c

ritic

al t

o th

e op

erat

ions

of R

A. I

n pa

rtic

ular

I t

hank

th

e Fe

dera

l Gov

ernm

ent,

led

by t

he H

on S

ussa

n L

ey,

the

Min

iste

r fo

r Sp

ort,

for

its s

igni

fican

t su

ppor

t w

ithou

t w

hich

Aus

tral

ian

row

ing

wou

ld n

ot b

e ab

le t

o de

liver

its

brea

dth

of p

rogr

ams

acro

ss t

he r

owin

g co

mm

unity

.

Inte

rnat

iona

l Per

form

ance

The

per

form

ance

s of

the

Aus

tral

ian

Row

ing

Tea

m a

t th

e 20

15 W

orld

Row

ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

in A

igue

bele

tte,

Fr

ance

, wer

e hi

ghlig

hted

by

the

exce

ptio

nal

perf

orm

ance

s of

Kim

Bre

nnan

, who

rec

laim

ed h

er

Wom

en’s

Sin

gle

Scul

l titl

e, a

nd t

he p

ara-

row

ing

crew

s of

Eri

k H

orri

e (A

rms

and

Shou

lder

s M

en’s

Sin

gle

Scul

l)

and

Gav

in B

ellis

and

Kat

hryn

Ros

s (M

ixed

Tru

nk a

nd

Arm

s D

oubl

e Sc

ull)

who

bot

h se

cure

d go

ld fo

r th

e th

ird

year

in a

row

in t

heir

res

pect

ive

cate

gori

es. I

n ad

ditio

n to

the

se g

old

med

als,

Aus

tral

ian

crew

s al

so w

on t

wo

furt

her

silv

er m

edal

s in

Oly

mpi

c cl

ass

even

ts, a

nd s

ecur

ed

Rio

qua

lifica

tion

for

seve

n O

lym

pic

boat

s an

d tw

o Pa

raly

mpi

c bo

ats.

Fur

ther

, at

the

U23

Wor

ld R

owin

g C

ham

pion

ship

s in

Plo

vdiv

, Bul

gari

a, A

ustr

alia

cla

imed

tw

o si

lver

med

als

and

two

bron

ze m

edal

s, a

ll in

Oly

mpi

c bo

at c

lass

es, a

nd a

t th

e Ju

nior

Wor

ld C

ham

pion

ship

s in

R

io, A

dam

Bak

ker

won

a b

ronz

e m

edal

in t

he M

en’s

Si

ngle

Scu

ll. W

e ac

know

ledg

e an

d co

ngra

tula

te t

he

athl

etes

tha

t ac

hiev

ed t

hese

pod

ium

per

form

ance

s an

d qu

alifi

ed t

heir

boa

ts fo

r R

io, a

nd lo

ok fo

rwar

d to

w

atch

ing

thei

r pr

ogre

ss o

ver

the

next

12

mon

ths

in w

hat

will

be

a cr

itica

l yea

r fo

r A

ustr

alia

n ro

win

g pe

rfor

man

ce.

Whi

lst

ther

e w

ere

a nu

mbe

r of

ple

asin

g in

tern

atio

nal

perf

orm

ance

s fr

om A

ustr

alia

n cr

ews

in 2

015,

the

ove

rall

resu

lts o

f the

Aus

tral

ian

Row

ing

Tea

m fe

ll sh

ort

of

the

targ

ets

that

had

bee

n se

t. I

f we

are

to a

chie

ve o

ur

perf

orm

ance

obj

ectiv

es in

201

6 w

e m

ust

inte

nsify

our

fo

cus

on o

ur ‘C

ampa

ign

Rio

’ str

ateg

y an

d di

rect

our

in

vest

men

t to

war

ds t

hose

ath

lete

s, c

oach

es a

nd in

itiat

ives

w

hich

will

pro

vide

the

gre

ates

t pe

rfor

man

ce r

etur

n.

To

that

end

, I a

m p

leas

ed w

ith t

he p

rogr

ess

whi

ch h

as

been

ach

ieve

d fr

om t

he r

ecen

t R

A r

estr

uctu

re, i

nclu

ding

gr

eate

r st

rate

gic

dire

ctio

n fr

om t

he C

EO

, and

ena

blin

g an

enh

ance

d on

wat

er a

nd p

erfo

rman

ce fo

cus

from

the

co

achi

ng t

eam

, led

by

Hea

d C

oach

, Chr

is O

’Bri

en. T

he

chal

leng

e be

fore

the

hig

h pe

rfor

man

ce t

eam

, ath

lete

s an

d co

ache

s, in

clud

ing

thos

e se

ekin

g qu

alifi

catio

n th

roug

hout

201

6, is

to

capi

talis

e on

eve

ry o

ppor

tuni

ty

pres

ente

d th

roug

hout

the

yea

r, an

d to

ens

ure

that

eac

h tr

aini

ng s

essi

on, s

elec

tion

activ

ity a

nd r

ace

is m

axim

ised

.

Whi

lst

the

imm

edia

te fo

cus

of t

he h

igh

perf

orm

ance

pr

ogra

m is

the

ach

ieve

men

t of

our

Win

ning

Edg

e ta

rget

s at

Rio

, RA

rec

ogni

ses

that

sus

tain

ed s

ucce

ss in

the

futu

re

will

req

uire

a g

reat

er in

vest

men

t in

its

tale

nt p

athw

ays.

T

he P

athw

ays

Plan

whi

ch is

und

er d

evel

opm

ent

will

pr

ovid

e a

fram

ewor

k fo

r su

stai

nabl

e su

cces

s, a

nd w

ill

be u

nder

pinn

ed b

y th

e fa

bulo

us t

alen

t w

hich

con

tinue

s

11Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

to e

mer

ge fr

om o

ur s

choo

ls s

yste

m, a

nd is

adv

ance

d th

roug

h ou

r Ju

nior

, Und

er 2

1 an

d U

nder

23

Nat

iona

l T

eam

cam

paig

ns.

Nat

iona

l Eve

nts

One

of t

he m

ajor

hig

hlig

hts

of t

he p

ast

year

has

bee

n th

e su

cces

sful

sta

ging

of t

he S

ydne

y In

tern

atio

nal

Row

ing

Reg

atta

(SI

RR

). I

n co

nduc

ting

this

eve

nt, R

A

once

aga

in b

roug

ht t

he w

orld

row

ing

com

mun

ity t

o A

ustr

alia

n sh

ores

, and

it w

as a

n ho

nour

to

host

a n

umbe

r of

inte

rnat

iona

l cre

ws

who

use

d ou

r ev

ent

as p

repa

ratio

n ah

ead

of t

he O

cean

ia a

nd A

sian

Fin

al O

lym

pic

Qua

lifica

tion

Reg

atta

.

The

Syd

ney

Inte

rnat

iona

l Row

ing

Reg

atta

has

bui

lt on

the

suc

cess

es o

f pre

viou

s ev

ents

, and

201

5 ag

ain

deliv

ered

a fe

stiv

al o

f row

ing

that

sho

wca

sed

the

Aus

tral

ian

Ope

n R

owin

g C

ham

pion

ship

s, A

ustr

alia

n Sc

hool

s R

owin

g C

ham

pion

ship

s an

d th

e K

ing’

s an

d Q

ueen

’s C

ups

Inte

rsta

te R

egat

ta. W

e ha

d ov

er 1

300

entr

ies

at t

he e

vent

thi

s ye

ar, w

hich

was

als

o at

tend

ed

by t

hous

ands

of s

pect

ator

s, w

hile

our

live

str

eam

ing

of

Sund

ay’s

rac

ing

prov

ided

tho

usan

ds a

cros

s th

e gl

obe

with

the

opp

ortu

nity

to

see

the

best

in A

ustr

alia

n ro

win

g. W

e th

ank

the

NSW

Gov

ernm

ent

for

exte

ndin

g its

sup

port

of t

he e

vent

for

a fu

rthe

r th

ree

year

s, u

ntil

2019

, and

look

forw

ard

to c

ontin

uing

to

deve

lop

the

Aus

tral

ian

Row

ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

into

a s

igni

fican

t an

d su

cces

sful

eve

nt w

ithin

the

Aus

tral

ian

spor

ting

cale

ndar

.

The

Aus

tral

ian

Mas

ters

com

mun

ity c

ontin

ues

to e

xpan

d un

der

the

lead

ersh

ip o

f the

RA

Mas

ters

Com

mis

sion

, as

exe

mpl

ified

by

the

succ

ess

last

yea

r of

the

Aus

tral

ian

Mas

ters

Row

ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

in S

ydne

y, N

ew S

outh

W

ales

whi

ch a

ttra

cted

a r

ecor

d-br

eaki

ng 1

,631

ent

ries

fr

om 1

12 c

lubs

. I lo

ok fo

rwar

d to

see

ing

anot

her

stro

ng

turn

out

at t

he 2

016

even

t se

t to

be

held

on

Lak

e K

awan

a on

the

Sun

shin

e C

oast

, Que

ensl

and.

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia t

his

year

als

o fo

rmed

a w

orki

ng

grou

p to

dev

elop

a N

atio

nal E

vent

s St

rate

gy. T

he

wor

king

gro

up c

ompr

ises

sta

ff fr

om R

A, r

epre

sent

ativ

es

of M

embe

r A

ssoc

iatio

ns a

nd a

n in

depe

nden

t ev

ents

ex

pert

in t

he fo

rm o

f Ant

hony

Eve

rard

, the

Hea

d of

th

e B

ig B

ash

Lea

gue.

The

wor

king

gro

up is

tas

ked

with

de

velo

ping

a c

oord

inat

ed a

nd c

lear

str

ateg

y, w

hich

will

en

able

the

spo

rt t

o de

liver

sus

tain

able

par

ticip

atio

n,

com

mer

cial

and

per

form

ance

obj

ectiv

es t

hrou

gh

our

even

ts. I

n de

velo

ping

thi

s st

rate

gy, t

he w

orki

ng

grou

p w

ill r

evie

w t

he c

urre

nt o

bjec

tives

of o

ur e

vent

s,

oppo

rtun

ities

for

addi

tiona

l eve

nts,

and

rec

omm

end

man

agem

ent

mod

els,

com

mer

cial

isat

ion

oppo

rtun

ities

an

d id

entif

y th

e im

med

iate

pri

oriti

es in

dev

elop

ing

row

ing’

s ev

ent

plat

form

.

Com

mun

ity D

evel

opm

ent

A s

igni

fican

t ac

hiev

emen

t in

201

5 w

as t

he c

reat

ion

of

a N

atio

nal P

artic

ipat

ion

Fram

ewor

k w

hich

, thr

ough

ex

tens

ive

cons

ulta

tions

, ana

lysi

s of

the

RA

Who

le o

f Sp

ort

Plan

, ASC

Pla

y Sp

ort

Aus

tral

ia s

trat

egy

and

the

Gem

ba p

artic

ipat

ion

rese

arch

, has

iden

tified

the

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

prio

ritie

s th

at w

ill g

row

the

par

ticip

atio

n pr

ogra

ms

and

oppo

rtun

ities

with

in r

owin

g.

The

tw

o pr

iori

ty a

reas

iden

tified

thr

ough

the

Nat

iona

l Pa

rtic

ipat

ion

Fram

ewor

k ar

e In

door

Row

ing

and

seco

ndly

the

ASC

’s S

port

ing

Scho

ols

Prog

ram

. The

ke

y fo

cus

of t

he F

ram

ewor

k is

max

imis

ing

the

rete

ntio

n of

cur

rent

and

pas

t ro

wer

s w

ithin

our

spo

rt, w

hile

als

o at

trac

ting

thos

e w

ho h

ave

neve

r ro

wed

bef

ore.

In a

dditi

on t

o th

is, R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

has

bee

n w

orki

ng

with

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Que

ensl

and

to c

reat

e an

onl

ine

educ

atio

n sy

stem

for

coac

hes

whi

ch w

ill p

rovi

de c

oach

ing

info

rmat

ion

and

trai

ning

in a

rea

dily

and

eas

ily a

cces

sibl

e fo

rmat

to

all p

rosp

ectiv

e ro

win

g co

ache

s ac

ross

the

co

untr

y. T

he le

vel 1

pro

gram

of t

his

exci

ting

initi

ativ

e w

ill b

e ro

lled

out

in t

he s

econ

d ha

lf of

201

6, a

nd

repr

esen

ts a

fant

astic

opp

ortu

nity

to

furt

her

expa

nd t

he

row

ing

com

mun

ity.

Fina

nces

and

Fun

drai

sing

R

A’s

fina

ncia

l pos

ition

rem

ains

hea

lthy

as a

res

ult

of

the

soun

d fin

anci

al m

anag

emen

t of

Mic

hael

Sco

tt a

nd

the

RA

tea

m a

nd t

he o

vers

ight

and

fina

ncia

l pro

cess

es

prov

ided

by

the

RA

Aud

it an

d R

isk

Com

mitt

ee. W

e ar

e gr

atef

ul fo

r th

e co

ntin

ued

finan

cial

sup

port

of t

he

Aus

tral

ian

Spor

ts C

omm

issi

on, A

ustr

alia

n O

lym

pic

Com

mitt

ee a

nd A

ustr

alia

n Pa

raly

mpi

c C

omm

ittee

, as

wel

l as

all o

f RA

’s c

orpo

rate

par

tner

s. T

his

ongo

ing

supp

ort

enab

les

RA

to

achi

eve

its c

ontin

ued

prog

ress

bo

th o

n an

d of

f the

wat

er a

nd I

sin

cere

ly t

hank

all

of o

ur

corp

orat

e su

ppor

ters

and

par

tner

s, in

clud

ing

Des

tinat

ion

NSW

, Han

cock

Pro

spec

ting

and

the

Geo

rgin

a H

ope

Foun

datio

n, fo

r th

eir

vita

l con

trib

utio

n an

d as

sist

ance

.

In p

artic

ular

, RA

was

exc

ited

to e

nter

into

a p

artn

ersh

ip

with

Han

cock

Pro

sect

ing

and

the

Geo

rgin

a H

ope

Foun

datio

n in

201

5 w

hich

will

pro

vide

our

row

ers

and

coac

hes

with

the

bes

t po

ssib

le p

repa

ratio

n fo

r R

io,

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ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

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t 201

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thro

ugh

the

Han

cock

Pro

spec

ting

and

Geo

rgin

a H

ope

Foun

datio

n D

estin

atio

n G

old

Cam

p.

In a

dditi

on t

o th

is in

valu

able

sup

port

from

our

go

vern

men

t an

d co

rpor

ate

part

ners

, RA

has

enh

ance

d its

ef

fort

s to

incr

ease

rev

enue

s fr

om fu

ndra

isin

g ac

tiviti

es.

I w

ould

par

ticul

arly

like

to

than

k al

l of t

he g

ener

ous

dono

rs t

hat

have

con

trib

uted

to

the

‘Row

ing

for

Gol

d’

prog

ram

whi

ch h

as r

aise

d ov

er $

170,

000

to d

irec

tly

supp

ort

our

row

ers

whi

ch w

ill u

ltim

atel

y re

sult

in

enha

nced

pre

para

tions

and

per

form

ance

s fr

om o

ur e

lite

crew

s.

I w

ould

like

to

ackn

owle

dge

the

time

and

effo

rt t

hat

cont

inue

s to

be

cont

ribu

ted

by m

y fe

llow

Dir

ecto

rs o

n th

e B

oard

of R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

. The

siz

e an

d co

mpl

exity

of

RA

’s o

pera

tions

, as

wel

l as

the

num

ber

of in

itiat

ives

im

plem

ente

d ac

ross

the

bus

ines

s, r

equi

res

cont

inuo

us

com

mitm

ent

and

lead

ersh

ip a

nd I

tha

nk a

ll R

A D

irec

tors

fo

r th

eir

dedi

catio

n an

d pa

ssio

n in

ens

urin

g th

e co

ntin

ued

prog

ress

of R

A t

owar

ds o

ur v

isio

n.

I w

ould

als

o lik

e to

ext

end

my

sinc

ere

grat

itude

to

the

staf

f of t

he R

A o

ffice

for

thei

r de

dica

tion

and

prof

essi

onal

ism

in c

ontin

uing

to

deliv

er t

he m

yria

d pr

ogra

ms

and

activ

ities

in s

ervi

ce o

f the

Aus

tral

ian

row

ing

com

mun

ity. I

n pa

rtic

ular

I w

ould

like

to

ackn

owle

dge

the

ongo

ing

effo

rts

of C

EO

Mic

hael

Sco

tt

for

his

lead

ersh

ip a

nd c

ontr

ibut

ion

to g

row

and

dev

elop

A

ustr

alia

n ro

win

g.

I lo

ok fo

rwar

d w

ith g

reat

ent

husi

asm

to

wat

chin

g th

e pr

epar

atio

ns o

f our

elit

e cr

ews

in R

io, a

nd b

eyon

d th

at

am e

xcite

d to

wor

k w

ith a

ll st

akeh

olde

rs a

s w

e co

ntin

ue

to b

uild

a v

ibra

nt r

owin

g co

mm

unity

acr

oss

Aus

tral

ia a

nd

wor

k to

del

iver

on

our

visi

on o

f bei

ng t

he n

umbe

r on

e ro

win

g na

tion

in t

he w

orld

.

Rob

Sco

ttP

resi

dent

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iden

t’s R

epor

t (co

ntin

ued)

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ustr

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ual R

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The

pas

t ye

ar h

as s

een

cons

ider

able

suc

cess

and

pro

gres

s fo

r A

ustr

alia

n sp

ort

on

the

wor

ld s

tage

, for

th

e A

ustr

alia

n Sp

orts

C

omm

issi

on (

ASC

) an

d ou

r el

ite s

port

par

tner

s an

d at

hlet

es.

The

Gov

ernm

ent’

s 20

14–1

5 in

vest

men

t of

nea

rly

$120

mill

ion

cont

inue

s to

be

refin

ed t

o en

sure

fund

ing

is a

ligne

d to

spo

rts

with

the

gre

ates

t po

tent

ial t

o co

ntri

bute

to

Aus

tral

ia’s

Win

ning

Edg

e 20

12–2

022

targ

ets

and

max

imis

e ou

r ch

ance

s at

suc

cess

.

Sinc

e W

inni

ng E

dge

was

laun

ched

, the

AIS

re-

allo

cate

d $2

0 m

illio

n of

hig

h pe

rfor

man

ce fu

ndin

g am

ong

spor

ts a

nd b

oost

ed d

irec

t at

hlet

e fu

ndin

g (d

AIS

) by

$3

.6 m

illio

n or

40

per

cent

.

The

Spo

rts

Tal

ly 2

015

— t

he a

nnua

l rep

ort

card

for

Aus

tral

ian

spor

ts —

rev

eale

d pr

omis

ing

sign

s as

we

gear

up

for

the

Rio

201

6 O

lym

pic

and

Para

lym

pic

Gam

es,

whi

le h

ighl

ight

ing

som

e of

the

cha

lleng

es p

rese

nted

by

our

perf

orm

ance

at

the

2014

Gla

sgow

Com

mon

wea

lth

Gam

es.

In M

arch

the

Com

mis

sion

laun

ched

Pla

y.Spo

rt.A

ustr

alia

. —

our

pla

n to

hel

p N

SOs

build

par

ticip

atio

n in

spo

rt

and

mak

e su

re a

ll A

ustr

alia

ns e

njoy

its

bene

fits.

Spo

rts

have

the

opp

ortu

nity

to

attr

act

mor

e th

an 4

.5 m

illio

n A

ustr

alia

ns in

to t

heir

com

mun

ities

. It’

s im

port

ant

that

w

e w

ork

toge

ther

to

ensu

re t

hat

mor

e A

ustr

alia

ns,

part

icul

arly

you

ng A

ustr

alia

ns, p

artic

ipat

e in

spo

rt m

ore

ofte

n an

d th

at w

e ha

ve s

tron

g or

gani

satio

ns t

hat

deliv

er

the

prod

ucts

and

opp

ortu

nitie

s A

ustr

alia

ns w

ant.

Som

e hi

ghlig

hts

in 2

014–

15 in

clud

ed:

P

erso

nal e

xcel

lenc

e —

The

mos

t si

gnifi

cant

ath

lete

w

ellb

eing

pro

gram

in A

IS h

isto

ry, i

ncor

pora

ting

myA

ISPl

aybo

ok —

a n

ew h

igh

perf

orm

ance

ath

lete

le

arni

ng a

nd d

evel

opm

ent

plat

form

.

A

IS S

port

s D

raft

— A

thle

tes

sele

cted

in t

his

fast

-tr

acke

d de

velo

pmen

t ca

me

toge

ther

at

the

AIS

to

shar

e th

eir

jour

neys

as

they

tra

nsiti

on t

o O

lym

pic

or

Com

mon

wea

lth G

ames

spo

rts.

A

IS C

entr

e fo

r P

erfo

rman

ce C

oach

ing

and

Lea

ders

hip

— M

ore

than

45

coac

hes

grad

uate

d fr

om t

he c

entr

e, p

rovi

ding

dev

elop

men

t an

d m

ento

ring

for

our

brig

htes

t co

ache

s an

d ad

min

istr

ator

s.

As

our

atte

ntio

n st

arts

to

focu

s on

Rio

and

the

maj

or

even

ts le

adin

g up

to

the

Gam

es, I

look

forw

ard

to t

he

ASC

tea

min

g up

with

you

r or

gani

satio

n to

hel

p pu

t ou

r at

hlet

es in

the

bes

t po

ssib

le p

ositi

on a

nd e

nhan

ce o

ur

chan

ces

of s

ucce

ss.

John

Wyl

ie A

M

Cha

ir

Aus

tral

ian

Spor

ts C

omm

issi

on

Mes

sage

from

the

Aus

tral

ian

Spor

ts C

omm

issi

on

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ustr

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Ann

ual R

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I w

as h

onou

red

to b

e ap

poin

ted

as t

he C

hief

E

xecu

tive

Offi

cer

of

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia (

RA

) in

May

of 2

015.

I h

ave

enjo

yed

a lo

ng a

nd

posi

tive

rela

tions

hip

with

th

e sp

ort,

and

hav

e al

way

s ha

d gr

eat

adm

irat

ion

for

the

dedi

cate

d an

d pr

ofes

sion

al r

ower

s an

d co

ache

s th

at I

’ve

wor

ked

with

in m

y tim

e as

the

Dir

ecto

r of

the

NSW

Ins

titut

e of

Spo

rt

and

the

Aus

tral

ian

Inst

itute

of S

port

. Sin

ce jo

inin

g th

e or

gani

satio

n I

have

als

o ob

serv

ed t

he s

tren

gth

and

pass

ion

of t

he b

road

er r

owin

g co

mm

unity

, and

I

have

enj

oyed

wha

t ha

s be

en a

bus

y an

d pr

oduc

tive

first

ye

ar in

the

spo

rt, f

eatu

ring

pro

gres

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ions

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia a

ppoi

nted

a n

ew C

hief

Com

mer

cial

O

ffice

r in

late

201

5 w

hich

has

res

ulte

d in

a s

igni

fican

t in

crea

se in

RA

’s c

omm

erci

al a

nd fu

ndra

isin

g ca

pabi

lity,

an

d ha

s pr

oduc

ed a

num

ber

of p

leas

ing

busi

ness

de

velo

pmen

t ou

tcom

es, m

ost

nota

bly

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of

a p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith H

anco

ck P

rosp

ectin

g an

d th

e G

eorg

ina

Hop

e Fo

unda

tion

whi

ch w

ill s

uppo

rt o

ur

athl

etes

in t

heir

Rio

cam

paig

ns.

In a

dditi

on t

o th

e su

ppor

t of

RA

’s M

ajor

Spo

nsor

s H

anco

ck P

rosp

ectin

g an

d th

e G

eorg

ina

Hop

e Fo

unda

tion,

RA

ack

now

ledg

es t

he s

uppo

rt o

f its

oth

er

spon

sors

and

cor

pora

te s

uppo

rter

s th

roug

hout

201

5,

incl

udin

g:

C

roke

r O

ars

Sy

kes

Rac

ing

JL

Rac

ing

Fi

lippi

T

he J

RT

Par

tner

ship

– c

orpo

rate

law

yers

D

esig

ner

Pain

twor

ks/

The

Reg

atta

Sho

p

ICO

NPH

OT

O

Med

ia M

onito

rs

And

rew

Jon

es T

rave

l

VJ

Rya

n &

Co

– co

rpor

ate

acco

unta

nts

iS

EN

TIA

Sp

orts

link

Inte

rnat

iona

l

Spor

tlyze

r

RA

is c

urre

ntly

dev

elop

ing

a C

omm

erci

al S

trat

egy

whi

ch

will

iden

tify

the

prio

ritie

s fo

r fu

rthe

r di

vers

ifica

tion

of R

A’s

rev

enue

str

eam

s, a

nd b

uild

on

our

rece

nt

com

mer

cial

and

fund

rais

ing

succ

esse

s, w

hich

incl

ude

leve

ragi

ng R

A’s

net

wor

ks t

hrou

gh t

he R

owin

g Fo

r G

old

prog

ram

to

prov

ide

dire

ct s

uppo

rt t

o ou

r po

dium

at

hlet

es. I

n pa

rtic

ular

, I w

ould

like

to

ackn

owle

dge

the

gene

rous

don

atio

ns o

f Jef

f Dav

id, F

lavi

a G

obbo

and

Ja

mes

Mac

Ken

zie,

and

Rob

Sco

tt t

owar

ds t

his

prog

ram

.

Furt

herm

ore,

RA

’s m

edia

and

com

mun

icat

ions

act

ivity

co

ntin

ued

to p

rogr

ess

thro

ugho

ut t

he r

epor

ting

peri

od,

with

maj

or a

chie

vem

ents

incl

udin

g th

e de

sign

and

la

unch

of a

new

, use

r fr

iend

ly w

ebsi

te w

hich

pro

vide

s a

com

mun

icat

ions

hub

for

Aus

tral

ian

row

ing,

bro

ad m

edia

co

vera

ge o

f eve

nts

natio

nally

and

inte

rnat

iona

lly a

cros

s br

oadc

ast,

onl

ine

and

prin

t m

edia

, and

the

con

tinue

d gr

owth

of R

A’s

soc

ial m

edia

pre

senc

e, p

rim

arily

thr

ough

Fa

cebo

ok, T

witt

er a

nd Y

ouT

ube.

Aus

tral

ian

Spor

ts C

omm

issi

on (A

SC) a

nd

Aus

tral

ian

Inst

itute

of

Spor

t (A

IS) S

uppo

rt

The

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent,

thr

ough

the

Aus

tral

ian

Spor

ts

Com

mis

sion

, con

tinue

s to

be

RA

’s la

rges

t fin

anci

al

supp

orte

r.

In 2

015,

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent

supp

ort

to r

owin

g to

tale

d $8

,482

,807

, com

pris

ing

a co

mbi

natio

n of

ASC

bas

e an

d pr

ojec

t fu

ndin

g. T

he c

ontin

ued

supp

ort

of t

he F

eder

al

Gov

ernm

ent,

bot

h fin

anci

al a

nd t

hrou

gh a

dvoc

acy

and

othe

r as

sist

ance

is v

ital t

o th

e on

goin

g pr

ogre

ss o

f R

A. F

urth

erm

ore,

RA

’s p

ositi

on a

s a

Foun

datio

n sp

ort

prov

ides

the

opp

ortu

nity

to

cont

ribu

te t

o a

num

ber

of

indu

stry

wid

e fo

rum

s th

at s

hape

the

futu

re A

ustr

alia

n sp

ortin

g la

ndsc

ape.

RA

is p

artic

ular

ly a

ppre

ciat

ive

of t

he o

ngoi

ng s

uppo

rt o

f th

e Fe

dera

l Gov

ernm

ent

and

is g

rate

ful f

or t

he le

ader

ship

of

the

Hon

Sus

san

Ley

MP

who

is d

rivi

ng a

num

ber

of

natio

nal i

nitia

tives

from

the

offi

ce o

f Min

iste

r fo

r Sp

ort.

T

he d

irec

tion

prov

ided

by

the

Fede

ral G

over

nmen

t ha

s be

en e

nthu

sias

tical

ly d

eliv

ered

by

the

Aus

tral

ian

Spor

ts

Com

mis

sion

, led

by

Cha

irm

an M

r Jo

hn W

ylie

AM

, su

ppor

ted

by t

he e

ffor

ts o

f the

bro

ader

exe

cutiv

e an

d m

anag

emen

t te

am a

t th

e A

SC a

nd A

IS.

The

ASC

and

AIS

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

RA

with

ess

entia

l se

rvic

es, a

dvic

e an

d su

ppor

t in

add

ition

to

thei

r fu

ndin

g pr

ogra

ms.

RA

is a

ppre

ciat

ive

of t

he c

ontin

ued

vita

l co

ntri

butio

n of

the

ASC

and

AIS

and

in p

artic

ular

ac

know

ledg

es t

he s

uppo

rt o

f Sim

on H

ollin

gsw

orth

, M

att

Favi

er, M

icha

el T

hom

pson

, Nic

k H

unte

r, G

avin

M

acD

onal

d an

d N

ick

Cas

sidy

.

17Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Aus

tral

ian

Oly

mpi

c C

omm

ittee

(AO

C) F

undi

ng

Supp

ort

The

Aus

tral

ian

Oly

mpi

c C

omm

ittee

(A

OC

) ha

s th

e ex

clus

ive

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r th

e re

pres

enta

tion

of A

ustr

alia

at

the

Oly

mpi

c G

ames

, You

th

Oly

mpi

c G

ames

and

at

regi

onal

, co

ntin

enta

l and

wor

ld m

ulti-

spor

t co

mpe

titio

ns p

atro

nise

d by

the

In

tern

atio

nal O

lym

pic

Com

mitt

ee (

IOC

).

To

help

ach

ieve

Aus

tral

ian

Oly

mpi

c T

eam

obj

ectiv

es, t

he

AO

C p

rovi

des

fund

ing

(AO

C F

undi

ng)

to it

s m

embe

r N

atio

nal F

eder

atio

ns (

NFs

), a

thle

tes

and

coac

hes.

AO

C F

undi

ng is

der

ived

from

inco

me

dist

ribu

tions

fr

om t

he A

ustr

alia

n O

lym

pic

Foun

datio

n, g

rant

s fr

om

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Oly

mpi

c C

omm

ittee

(IO

C)

know

n as

Oly

mpi

c So

lidar

ity, g

rant

s fr

om t

he O

rgan

isin

g C

omm

ittee

s fo

r th

e O

lym

pic

Gam

es (

OC

OG

s),

spon

sors

hip,

lice

nsin

g an

d fu

ndra

isin

g fo

r O

lym

pic

Tea

ms

by t

he A

OC

, Sta

te/

Ter

rito

ry O

lym

pic

Cou

ncils

an

d th

e O

lym

pic

Tea

m A

ppea

l Com

mitt

ees.

AO

C F

undi

ng fo

r 20

16 O

lym

pic

Tea

m p

repa

ratio

n is

det

erm

ined

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith it

s Pr

ogra

m a

nd

Fund

ing

Gui

delin

es fo

r th

e 20

16 O

lym

pic

Gam

es, R

io

(Gui

delin

es).

Spe

cific

ally

, AO

C F

undi

ng is

pro

vide

d th

roug

h on

e of

thr

ee p

rogr

ams:

20

13 A

ustr

alia

n Yo

uth

Oly

mpi

c Fe

stiv

al (

AYO

F)

20

16 A

ustr

alia

n O

lym

pic

Tea

m P

repa

ratio

n –

Fund

ing

to N

Fs

ad

idas

Med

al I

ncen

tive

Fund

ing

For

the

cale

ndar

yea

r 20

15, t

he A

OC

pro

vide

d th

e fo

llow

ing

supp

ort

to R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

’s a

thle

tes:

adid

as M

edal

Inc

entiv

e Fu

ndin

g $1

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imbe

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w

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mpi

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sey

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sten

For

ster

ling

$7

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don

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Oly

mpi

c G

ames

def

erre

d pa

ymen

t)

The

AO

C is

pro

ud t

o be

abl

e to

sup

port

Aus

tral

ian

athl

etes

to

real

ise

thei

r O

lym

pic

drea

ms.

Aus

tral

ian

Para

lym

pic

Com

mitt

ee (A

PC)

Fund

ing

Supp

ort

2015

was

ano

ther

suc

cess

ful y

ear

for

RA

’s P

ara-

row

ing

prog

ram

, hig

hlig

hted

by

the

perf

orm

ance

s of

bot

h E

rik

Hor

rie

(Arm

s an

d Sh

ould

ers

Men

’s S

ingl

e Sc

ull)

an

d G

avin

Bel

lis a

nd K

athr

yn R

oss

(Mix

ed T

runk

and

A

rms

Dou

ble

Scul

l) t

o de

fend

the

ir r

espe

ctiv

e W

orld

C

ham

pion

ship

titl

es, a

nd s

ecur

e be

rths

at

the

2016

R

io P

aral

ympi

c G

ames

. The

se p

erfo

rman

ces

resu

lted

in

Aus

tral

ia b

eing

ran

ked

the

top

Para

-row

ing

natio

n in

th

e w

orld

for

the

thir

d co

nsec

utiv

e ye

ar. T

his

enor

mou

s ac

hiev

emen

t is

the

dir

ect

resu

lt of

pla

nnin

g, r

esou

rcin

g an

d su

ppor

t by

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia a

nd t

he A

ustr

alia

n Pa

raly

mpi

c C

omm

ittee

, del

iver

ed t

hrou

gh t

he le

ader

ship

of

the

Sen

ior

Coa

ch P

ara-

row

ing

and

Para

-row

ing

Tal

ent

Coo

rdin

ator

. In

addi

tion,

RA

con

tinue

s to

dev

elop

the

Pa

ra-r

owin

g de

velo

pmen

t pr

ogra

ms

that

und

erpi

n th

e el

ite a

thle

tes

and

Para

lym

pic

boat

cla

sses

, and

hop

es t

o se

cure

furt

her

qual

ifica

tion

spot

s in

201

6.

The

APC

con

tinue

s to

pro

vide

RA

with

sig

nific

ant

fund

ing

to d

eliv

er it

s Pa

ra-r

owin

g pr

ogra

m, i

nclu

ding

$4

92,0

00 in

201

5. T

he o

ngoi

ng s

uppo

rt o

f the

APC

is

cri

tical

for

the

cont

inue

d su

cces

s of

our

elit

e Pa

ra-

row

ing

athl

etes

and

RA

tha

nks

Lyn

ne A

nder

son

and

her

dedi

cate

d an

d pr

ofes

sion

al t

eam

at

the

APC

for

thei

r on

goin

g su

ppor

t.

Stat

e In

stitu

tes a

nd A

cade

mie

s of S

port

(SIS

/SA

S)T

he s

even

Sta

te I

nstit

utes

and

Aca

dem

ies

of S

port

tha

t co

nduc

t ro

win

g pr

ogra

ms

cont

inue

to

play

a v

ital r

ole

in A

ustr

alia

’s h

igh

perf

orm

ance

row

ing

syst

em, b

oth

by p

rovi

ding

a la

rge

prop

ortio

n of

the

nat

iona

l tea

m

with

con

tinue

d su

ppor

t th

roug

h th

e da

ily t

rain

ing

envi

ronm

ent,

and

thr

ough

the

out

stan

ding

con

trib

utio

ns

on A

ustr

alia

n R

owin

g T

eam

s of

the

ath

lete

s, c

oach

es a

nd

supp

ort

staf

f fro

m t

he S

IS/

SAS

netw

ork.

RA

con

tinue

s to

wor

k w

ith t

he N

atio

nal I

nstit

ute

Net

wor

k to

ach

ieve

str

ateg

ic a

nd o

pera

tiona

l alig

nmen

t to

del

iver

per

form

ance

out

com

es u

nder

Row

ing’

s W

inni

ng E

dge,

and

we

than

k bo

th t

he t

echn

ical

and

ad

min

istr

ativ

e st

aff o

f the

SIS

/SA

S ne

twor

k fo

r th

eir

colla

bora

tion

and

ongo

ing

cont

ribu

tion

to o

ur h

igh

perf

orm

ance

pro

gram

s at

all

leve

ls.

In a

dditi

on, R

A is

cur

rent

ly w

orki

ng w

ith o

ur N

atio

nal

Inst

itute

Net

wor

k pa

rtne

rs t

o de

velo

p a

natio

nal h

igh

perf

orm

ance

str

uctu

re w

hich

will

pos

ition

Aus

tral

ian

row

ing

for

sust

aina

ble

succ

ess

at b

ench

mar

k ev

ents

. We

look

forw

ard

to t

he o

utco

me

of t

his

proc

ess,

whi

ch w

ill

deliv

er a

nat

iona

l pro

gram

, sys

tem

and

str

uctu

re t

hat

is

18Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

alig

ned

with

our

vis

ion,

to

be t

he n

umbe

r on

e ro

win

g na

tion

in t

he w

orld

. In

part

icul

ar, I

ack

now

ledg

e th

e su

ppor

t an

d co

ntri

butio

n of

the

SIS

/SA

S D

irec

tors

to

this

pro

cess

, and

I lo

ok fo

rwar

d to

wor

king

with

the

m t

o im

plem

ent

our

exci

ting

new

hig

h pe

rfor

man

ce s

yste

m.

Mem

ber

Ass

ocia

tions

(SSO

s)T

he s

even

Mem

ber

Ass

ocia

tions

pla

y an

ess

entia

l rol

e in

the

con

tinue

d de

velo

pmen

t of

Aus

tral

ian

row

ing.

T

he v

ital r

ole

of t

he M

embe

r A

ssoc

iatio

ns is

par

ticul

arly

es

sent

ial i

n pr

ovid

ing

safe

and

incl

usiv

e co

mpe

titio

n op

port

uniti

es, d

evel

opin

g lo

cal c

lubs

and

com

mun

ities

an

d de

liver

ing

a m

yria

d of

dev

elop

men

t an

d ed

ucat

ion

initi

ativ

es w

ithin

the

ir o

wn

envi

ronm

ents

. The

co

ntri

butio

n of

the

SSO

s ca

nnot

be

unde

rest

imat

ed a

nd

RA

tha

nks

the

Boa

rd a

nd E

xecu

tive

of e

ach

Stat

e an

d T

erri

tory

org

anis

atio

n fo

r th

eir

cont

inue

d co

ntri

butio

n to

the

del

iver

y of

our

who

le o

f spo

rt p

lan,

and

for

thei

r tir

eles

s de

dica

tion

in d

evel

opin

g ro

win

g ac

ross

the

co

untr

y.

In p

artic

ular

, RA

val

ues

the

cons

truc

tive

feed

back

and

co

ntri

butio

n th

at t

he C

EO

s of

eac

h M

embe

r A

ssoc

iatio

n co

ntin

ue t

o pr

ovid

e th

roug

h th

e re

gula

r C

EO

s M

eetin

g fo

rum

. In

addi

tion,

the

RA

Cou

ncil

cont

inue

s to

pro

vide

si

gnifi

cant

inpu

t to

the

str

ateg

ic d

irec

tion

of A

ustr

alia

n ro

win

g, a

nd R

A t

hank

s Iv

an A

dlam

for

his

cont

inue

d co

ordi

natio

n of

Cou

ncil’

s va

luab

le c

ontr

ibut

ion.

FISA

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia c

ontin

ues

to e

njoy

an

effe

ctiv

e w

orki

ng r

elat

ions

hips

with

the

inte

rnat

iona

l row

ing

com

mun

ity d

urin

g a

chal

leng

ing

and

exci

ting

time

for

the

inte

rnat

iona

l fed

erat

ion

(FIS

A)

whi

ch w

ill in

clud

e fo

rmul

atin

g ro

win

g’s

resp

onse

to

the

IOC

’s A

gend

a 20

20 p

lan,

con

side

ring

row

ing’

s fu

ture

Oly

mpi

c an

d W

orld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ip p

rogr

amm

es, a

nd e

xpan

ding

th

e in

tern

atio

nal r

owin

g co

mm

unity

. RA

con

tinue

s to

pr

ovid

e un

equi

voca

l sup

port

of i

mpo

rtan

t m

easu

res

at

inte

rnat

iona

l lev

el, p

ropo

sals

to

achi

eve

gend

er e

qual

ity

and

grea

ter

univ

ersa

lity.

RA

als

o su

ppor

ts F

ISA

’s e

ffor

ts t

o ex

pand

the

in

tern

atio

nal r

owin

g co

mm

unity

thr

ough

its

ongo

ing

cont

ribu

tion

to t

he O

cean

ia R

owin

g C

onfe

dera

tion

(OR

CO

N),

and

its

supp

ort

of in

itiat

ives

to

grow

ro

win

g ac

ross

the

Oce

ania

reg

ion.

RA

ack

now

ledg

es

the

lead

ersh

ip a

nd s

uppo

rt o

f Lee

Spe

ar, O

cean

ia’s

re

pres

enta

tive

to F

ISA

, in

prom

otin

g th

e re

gion

’s

inte

rest

s at

the

inte

rnat

iona

l lev

el a

nd fu

rthe

ring

the

de

velo

pmen

t of

row

ing

thro

ugho

ut O

cean

ia.

In a

dditi

on t

o its

rep

rese

ntat

ion

at F

ISA

Con

gres

s m

eetin

gs, R

A d

eleg

ates

als

o en

joy

repr

esen

tatio

n on

FI

SA C

omm

ittee

s, in

clud

ing:

W

arw

ick

Mar

ler

– FI

SA R

owin

g Fo

r A

ll C

omm

issi

on

A

mbe

r H

allid

ay –

FIS

A A

thle

tes’

Com

mis

sion

(un

til

Nov

embe

r 20

15)

H

anna

h E

very

Hal

l – F

ISA

Ath

lete

s’ C

omm

issi

on

(fro

m N

ovem

ber

2015

)

C

amer

on A

llen

– FI

SA E

vent

s C

omm

issi

on

N

ick

Hun

ter

– FI

SA U

mpi

res

Com

mis

sion

B

arba

ra F

enne

r –

FISA

You

th C

omm

issi

on

T

ara

Hun

tly –

FIS

A P

ara-

row

ing

Com

mis

sion

C

onny

Dra

per

– FI

SA T

echn

olog

y C

omm

issi

on

Con

clus

ion

As

outli

ned

abov

e, R

A h

as m

ade

sign

ifica

nt p

rogr

ess

in

som

e ke

y ar

eas

thro

ugho

ut 2

015.

The

se a

chie

vem

ents

ar

e th

e di

rect

res

ult

of t

he o

ngoi

ng c

omm

itmen

t an

d tir

eles

s ef

fort

of t

he B

oard

and

sta

ff o

f RA

to

deliv

er a

su

cces

sful

and

sus

tain

able

spo

rt a

t bo

th t

he e

lite

and

com

mun

ity le

vel.

I th

ank

the

entir

e R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

te

am fo

r th

eir

cont

inue

d de

dica

tion,

pas

sion

and

ex

pert

ise.

At

the

sam

e tim

e, w

e re

cogn

ise

that

the

re a

re s

igni

fican

t op

port

uniti

es fo

r fu

rthe

r im

prov

emen

t, a

nd w

e ha

ve

impl

emen

ted

a nu

mbe

r of

key

str

ateg

ic p

lann

ing

activ

ities

w

hich

will

con

tinue

to

driv

e A

ustr

alia

n ro

win

g to

war

ds

bein

g th

e nu

mbe

r on

e na

tion

in t

he w

orld

. The

Boa

rd

and

exec

utiv

e of

RA

rem

ain

focu

sed

on c

ontin

uing

to

impr

ove

our

perf

orm

ance

acr

oss

all a

reas

of t

he s

port

an

d, t

oget

her

with

our

nat

iona

l par

tner

s, a

re d

edic

atin

g ou

rsel

ves

to t

he p

ursu

it of

our

who

le o

f spo

rt v

isio

n,

to b

e th

e nu

mbe

r on

e ro

win

g na

tion

in t

he w

orld

and

A

ustr

alia

’s le

adin

g O

lym

pic

spor

t.

Chi

ef E

xecu

tive

Off

icer

’s Re

port

(con

tinue

d)

19Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Com

petit

ion

Repo

rt

RA

con

duct

ed a

num

ber

of s

ucce

ssfu

l eve

nts

thro

ugho

ut

the

repo

rtin

g pe

riod

, pro

vidi

ng t

he p

inna

cle

even

ts

for

the

natio

nal r

owin

g se

ason

, whi

lst

cont

inui

ng t

o br

ing

maj

or in

tern

atio

nal r

egat

tas

to A

ustr

alia

n sh

ores

. In

par

ticul

ar, t

he c

ontin

ued

succ

ess

of t

he S

ydne

y In

tern

atio

nal R

owin

g R

egat

ta (

SIR

R),

the

con

tinue

d gr

owth

of t

he A

ustr

alia

n M

aste

rs R

owin

g C

ham

pion

ship

s (A

MR

C)

and

the

succ

essf

ul a

nd e

njoy

able

Wor

ld R

owin

g M

aste

rs R

egat

ta (

WR

MR

) de

liver

ed q

ualit

y ev

ents

and

ex

peri

ence

s fo

r th

e A

ustr

alia

n ro

win

g co

mm

unity

.

In a

dditi

on, i

n la

te 2

015

RA

and

its

Mem

ber

Ass

ocia

tions

agr

eed

to d

evel

op a

Nat

iona

l Str

ateg

y fo

r al

l nat

iona

l eve

nts

whi

ch w

ill id

entif

y st

rate

gic

prio

ritie

s, m

anag

emen

t m

odel

s, c

omm

erci

al o

ptio

ns,

and

oppo

rtun

ities

for

natio

nal c

ompe

titio

n. T

he

Nat

iona

l Eve

nts

Stra

tegy

will

rev

iew

the

bro

ad

obje

ctiv

es o

f nat

iona

l eve

nt, i

nclu

ding

dev

elop

men

t of

the

spo

rt, d

evel

opm

ent

of a

thle

tes

and

appr

opri

ate

com

mer

cial

isat

ion

of R

A’s

nat

iona

l eve

nt a

sset

s. T

he

Nat

iona

l Eve

nts

Stra

tegy

will

als

o de

fine

and

prio

ritis

e th

e ke

y st

rate

gies

to

achi

eve

thes

e ob

ject

ives

. We

look

fo

rwar

d to

wor

king

with

our

Mem

ber

Ass

ocia

tions

to

deve

lop

the

Nat

iona

l Eve

nts

Stra

tegy

, and

to

build

ing

a pl

atfo

rm fo

r th

e su

stai

nabl

e ex

pans

ion

and

succ

ess

of

Aus

tral

ian

row

ing

even

ts.

An

over

view

of t

he m

ajor

ach

ieve

men

ts o

f eac

h of

the

N

atio

nal a

nd I

nter

natio

nal e

vent

s co

nduc

ted

thro

ugho

ut

the

repo

rtin

g pe

riod

is p

rovi

ded

belo

w.

2015

Syd

ney

Inte

rnat

iona

l Row

ing

Rega

tta,

23

–29

Mar

ch 2

015,

Syd

ney,

NSW

The

Syd

ney

Inte

rnat

iona

l Reg

atta

Cen

tre

(SIR

C)

was

ag

ain

the

stag

ing

venu

e fo

r A

ustr

alia

’s la

rges

t ro

win

g ev

ent,

the

Syd

ney

Inte

rnat

iona

l Row

ing

Reg

atta

(SI

RR

),

cond

ucte

d fr

om M

onda

y 23

to

Sund

ay 2

9 M

arch

201

5.

The

wee

k-lo

ng e

vent

hos

ted

by R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

(R

A)

in p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith D

estin

atio

n N

SW (

Stra

tegi

c Pa

rtne

r)

com

pris

ed t

he A

ustr

alia

n O

pen

Row

ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips,

th

e A

ustr

alia

n O

pen

Scho

ols

Row

ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

and

the

Kin

g’s

and

Que

en’s

Cup

s In

ters

tate

Reg

atta

.

A t

otal

of 1

781

dom

estic

and

46

inte

rnat

iona

l ath

lete

s fr

om H

ong

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g, I

ndon

esia

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uatu

, Chi

na a

nd

Sing

apor

e co

mpe

ted

in 1

19 e

vent

s ov

er t

he s

even

day

s of

co

mpe

titio

n, in

clud

ing

the

inau

gura

l 200

0m p

ara-

row

ing

even

t.

A d

edic

ated

and

ent

husi

astic

wor

kfor

ce o

f sta

ff a

nd

volu

ntee

rs, w

ith t

he s

uppo

rt o

f com

mitt

ed s

pons

ors,

pa

rtne

rs a

nd s

take

hold

ers

incl

udin

g tr

ade

exhi

bito

rs a

nd

SIR

C v

enue

man

agem

ent

cont

ribu

ted

to t

he o

vera

ll su

cces

s of

the

eve

nt.

Key

hig

hlig

hts

from

the

eve

nt in

clud

e:

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otal

cum

ulat

ive

atte

ndan

ce o

f 29,

416

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dom

estic

bro

adca

st o

f the

Kin

g’s

and

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en’s

In

ters

tate

Reg

atta

rea

chin

g a

com

bine

d au

dien

ce o

f 92

,108

(in

clud

ing

live

and

repl

ay).

A

tot

al r

each

of 5

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via

456

med

ia a

rtic

les

and

repo

rts

over

the

eve

nt p

erio

d

Im

pres

sive

soc

ial m

edia

act

ivity

, der

ivin

g re

cord

nu

mbe

rs o

f int

erac

tions

on

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book

, Tw

itter

and

In

stag

ram

.

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icke

t sa

les

tota

ling

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tic

kets

adm

issi

ons.

T

he R

OW

unio

n M

arqu

ee -

a d

edic

ated

ven

ue

for

row

ers

past

and

pre

sent

was

a s

ucce

ssfu

l new

in

itiat

ive

whi

ch w

as w

ell a

tten

ded

and

attr

acte

d po

sitiv

e re

view

s.

T

he R

owin

g w

ith t

he A

NZ

AC

S ex

hibi

tion

was

ta

stef

ully

pre

sent

ed in

rec

ogni

tion

of t

he C

ente

nary

of

AN

ZA

C, a

nd in

trod

ucin

g th

e 20

19 C

ente

nary

of

the

Kin

g’s

Cup

.

Su

cces

sful

con

duct

of t

he in

augu

ral 2

000m

par

a-ro

win

g ex

hibi

tion

race

.

Whi

lst

outs

ide

the

form

al r

epor

ting

peri

od, R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

was

ple

ased

to

exte

nd it

s pa

rtne

rshi

p w

ith t

he

NSW

Gov

ernm

ent,

thr

ough

its

tour

ism

and

maj

or e

vent

s ag

ency

Des

tinat

ion

NSW

, for

the

SIR

R t

o be

con

duct

ed

at S

IRC

thr

ough

unt

il 20

19. R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

tha

nks

Des

tinat

ion

NSW

for

its c

ontin

ued

supp

ort

for

the

even

t,

and

we

look

forw

ard

to c

ontin

uing

to

grow

the

SIR

R,

utili

sing

one

of t

he b

est

row

ing

cour

ses

in t

he w

orld

, th

e SI

RC

whi

ch is

a le

gacy

ven

ue fo

rm t

he S

ydne

y 20

00

Oly

mpi

c G

ames

.

Entry

Sta

tistic

sT

he S

IRR

eve

nt a

ttra

cted

the

follo

win

g nu

mbe

r of

en

trie

s:

2015

tot

al b

oat

entr

ies:

1,

236

Seat

s:

3,34

5

Indi

vidu

al a

thle

tes

(dom

estic

):

1781

Indi

vidu

al a

thle

tes

(int

erna

tiona

l):

46

20Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Com

petit

ion

Repo

rt (c

ontin

ued)

The

five

larg

est

field

s at

the

201

5 SI

RR

wer

e:

Even

tEn

tries

Unde

r 17

Wome

n’s Si

ngle

Scull

46

Unde

r 17

Men’s

Sing

le Sc

ull37

Scho

olgirls

Sing

le Sc

ull37

Unde

r 17

Wome

n’s D

ouble

Scull

35

Unde

r 19

Wome

n’s D

ouble

Scull

29

Cha

mpi

on C

lub

Poin

tsco

reClu

bSta

tePo

ints

Toowo

ngQL

D21

0

Merca

ntile

Vic20

1

Sydn

eyNS

W16

2

Melbo

urne U

nivers

ityVic

157

Sydn

ey U

nivers

ityNS

W14

0

Mosm

anNS

W13

1

UTS

NSW

101

Swan

Rive

rWA

90.2

5

Unive

rsity

of Qu

eens

land

QLD

90

Adela

ideSA

59.7

5

Inte

rsta

te R

egat

ta P

oint

Sco

re

Place

State

Point

s

1st

Victor

ia52

2nd

New

South

Wale

s43

3rd

Quee

nslan

d38

= 4t

hWe

stern

Austr

alia

30

= 4t

hTas

mania

30

6th

South

Austr

alia

19

7th

Austr

alian

Capit

al Ter

ritory

10

2015

Aus

tral

ian

Mas

ters

Row

ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips,

28–

31 M

ay, S

ydne

y In

tern

atio

nal R

egat

ta C

entr

e, N

SWT

he 2

015

Aus

tral

ian

Mas

ters

Row

ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

(AM

RC

) w

as h

eld

at t

he S

ydne

y In

tern

atio

nal R

egat

ta

Cen

tre

from

Thu

rsda

y 28

to

Sund

ay 3

1 M

ay 2

015.

The

ev

ent

was

ver

y su

cces

sful

ly h

oste

d by

Row

ing

New

Sou

th

Wal

es, w

ith t

he a

ssis

tanc

e of

Nat

iona

l Boa

t R

ace

Offi

cial

s an

d a

volu

ntee

r w

orkf

orce

. The

tho

roug

h pl

anni

ng a

nd

smoo

th e

xecu

tion

of t

he e

vent

con

trib

uted

to

the

over

all

succ

ess

of t

he e

vent

, whi

ch w

as e

njoy

ed b

y a

reco

rd

num

ber

of c

ompe

titor

s. T

he o

rgan

isat

ion,

faci

litie

s an

d se

rvic

es p

rovi

ded

at t

he e

vent

wer

e ex

cept

iona

l, an

d R

A

than

ks a

nd c

ongr

atul

ates

Row

ing

NSW

and

the

eve

nt

Org

anis

ing

Com

mitt

ee, l

ed b

y C

EO

Ton

y B

low

er, f

or

orga

nisi

ng s

uch

an e

njoy

able

and

suc

cess

ful r

egat

ta.

Entry

Sta

tistic

sT

he A

MR

C e

vent

att

ract

ed t

he fo

llow

ing

num

ber

of

entr

ies:

Tot

al b

oat

entr

ies:

1,6

31 c

ompa

red

to 1

405

in 2

014.

Seat

s: 5

,288

com

pare

d to

4,4

95 in

201

4.

Indi

vidu

al a

thle

tes:

1,1

17 c

ompa

red

to 9

36 in

201

4

Clu

b M

edal

Tab

le

CLUB

STAT

EGO

LDSIL

VER

BRON

ZEToo

wong

QLD

1621

12

Canb

erra

ACT

2410

13

Melbo

urne

Vic16

1311

North

Shore

NSW

1213

10Me

lbourn

e Univ

ersity

Vic18

142

Drum

moyn

eNS

W10

115

Corio

Bay

Vic9

511

Mosm

anNS

W11

47

Black

Mou

ntain

ACT

46

11St

Georg

eNS

W6

105

2014

Wor

ld R

owin

g M

aste

rs R

egat

ta,

9–12

Oct

ober

201

4, B

alla

rat,

VIC

The

Wor

ld R

owin

g M

aste

rs R

egat

ta (

WR

MR

) is

the

pi

nnac

le a

nnua

l eve

nt in

mas

ters

row

ing

wor

ldw

ide

and

appe

alin

g to

mas

ters

row

ers

wor

ldw

ide

betw

een

the

ages

of

27

and

85+.

Fol

low

ing

a bi

d pr

oces

s su

ppor

ted

by t

he

City

of B

alla

rat

(Hos

t C

ity)

and

the

Stat

e G

over

nmen

t of

Vic

tori

a (S

trat

egic

Par

tner

), R

A w

as p

leas

ed t

o be

aw

arde

d th

e ri

ghts

to

host

the

201

4 W

orld

Row

ing

Mas

ters

Reg

atta

at

the

hist

oric

ven

ue o

f Lak

e W

endo

uree

in

Bal

lara

t V

icto

ria

from

Thu

rsda

y 9

to S

unda

y 12

O

ctob

er 2

014.

A t

otal

of 1

113

com

petit

ors

com

pete

d in

216

eve

nts

over

th

e fo

ur d

ays

of c

ompe

titio

n. C

ompe

titor

s tr

avel

led

from

ar

ound

to

wor

ld t

o co

mpe

te in

Bal

lara

t an

d 30

cou

ntri

es

wer

e re

pres

ente

d w

ith o

ver

32%

of c

ompe

titor

s co

min

g fr

om o

ther

nat

ions

.

Key

hig

hlig

hts

from

the

eve

nt in

clud

ed:

T

he r

ejuv

enat

ion

of t

he 1

956

Oly

mpi

c re

gatt

a co

urse

at

Lak

e W

endo

uree

, Bal

lara

t,

21Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

T

he c

ondu

ct o

f a 1

956

Oly

mpi

c R

euni

on, w

ith 2

0 O

lym

pian

s fr

om t

he 1

956

Oly

mpi

c G

ames

reu

nite

d to

com

pete

in a

row

pas

t fo

llow

ed b

y a

spec

ial

cere

mon

y to

rec

ogni

se t

his

won

derf

ul a

chie

vem

ent

M

edia

cov

erag

e re

ache

d a

cum

ulat

ive

audi

ence

of

2,09

8,90

9 vi

a 17

0 m

edia

art

icle

s an

d re

port

s ov

er

the

com

petit

ion

and

prom

otio

n pe

riod

95

.7%

of c

ompe

titor

s ra

ted

thei

r ex

peri

ence

as

satis

fact

ory,

goo

d or

ver

y go

od

10

0% o

f eve

nt v

olun

teer

s ra

ted

thei

r ex

peri

ence

as

satis

fact

ory,

goo

d or

ver

y go

od

The

ove

rall

succ

ess

of t

he e

vent

wou

ld n

ot h

ave

been

po

ssib

le w

ithou

t th

e de

dica

ted,

ent

husi

astic

and

pr

ofes

sion

al w

orkf

orce

of 2

00 p

eopl

e, c

ompr

isin

g R

A

and

RV

sta

ff, F

ISA

per

sonn

el a

nd v

olun

teer

s, w

ith t

he

fant

astic

sup

port

and

ass

ista

nce

of t

he C

ity o

f Bal

lara

t,

Bal

lara

t R

egio

nal T

ouri

sm, a

nd t

rade

exh

ibito

rs. R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

tha

nks

and

cong

ratu

late

s al

l inv

olve

d on

the

ir

cont

ribu

tion

to a

suc

cess

ful a

nd e

njoy

able

WR

MR

. RA

al

so a

ckno

wle

dges

the

val

uabl

e su

ppor

t an

d as

sist

ance

fr

om it

s st

rate

gic

part

ner,

the

Vic

tori

an M

ajor

Eve

nt

Com

pany

.

Entry

Sta

tistic

sT

he W

RM

R e

vent

att

ract

ed t

he fo

llow

ing

num

ber

of

entr

ies:

Tot

al b

oat

entr

ies:

1,1

72

Seat

s: 3

,584

(no

t in

clud

ing

coxs

wai

n se

ats)

Indi

vidu

al a

thle

tes

(dom

estic

): 1

,113

The

larg

est

field

s at

the

201

4 W

RM

R w

ere:

Even

tEn

tries

Mens

D Si

ngle

Scull

28

Mens

C Sin

gle Sc

ull26

Mens

E Sin

gle Sc

ull23

Mens

E Do

uble

Scull

23

Mens

A Sin

gle Sc

ull21

Wome

ns C

Doub

le Sc

ull21

Mens

B Do

uble

Scull

21

Wome

ns C

Quad

ruple

Scull

21

Med

al T

able

Club

State/

Coun

tryGo

ldSil

ver

Bronz

e

Melbo

urne

Vic31

1412

Melbo

urne U

nivers

ityVic

2215

7

Essen

don

Vic19

125

Canb

erra

ACT

1010

11

Corio

Bay

Vic8

115

Richm

ond

Vic8

49

Bank

sVic

143

2

Wend

ouree

-Balla

ratVic

93

6

GPA

Brazil

65

6

Merca

ntile

Vic13

31

North

Shore

NSW

95

3

Dyna

moRu

ssia

114

1

Cardi

nal

Vic5

64

Hawt

horn

Vic4

56

Mitsu

bishi

Japan

26

7

FISA

Inte

rnat

iona

l Um

pire

rep

rese

ntat

ion

The

ong

oing

rep

rese

ntat

ion

of u

mpi

res

at n

atio

nal a

nd

inte

rnat

iona

l eve

nts

rem

ains

a p

rior

ity o

f the

Um

pire

s C

omm

issi

on. T

he fo

llow

ing

umpi

res

wer

e ap

poin

ted

to

offic

iate

at

FISA

Int

erna

tiona

l Reg

atta

s th

roug

hout

201

4 an

d 20

15:

2014

Wor

ld R

owin

g C

up 2

, Ai

gueb

elet

te:

Gre

g Sm

ith

2014

Wor

ld R

owin

g U

23 C

ham

pion

ship

s, Va

rese

: M

icha

el E

asta

ughf

fe

2014

Wor

ld R

owin

g C

ham

pion

ship

s, Am

ster

dam

: Ph

il Fr

aser

2014

Wor

ld R

owin

g M

aste

rs R

egat

ta,

Balla

rat:

Vic

tor W

alte

r

Nic

k H

unte

r

Phil

Fras

er

Cra

ig Ja

mes

Jo

hn M

urdo

ch

2015

Wor

ld R

owin

g C

up 1

, Bl

ed:

Cra

ig Ja

mes

2015

Wor

ld R

owin

g C

up 2

, Va

rese

: An

drew

Gue

rin

2015

Wor

ld U

nive

rsity

Gam

es R

egat

ta,

Chu

ngju

: W

illia

m W

ebst

er

22Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

2015

Wor

ld R

owin

g U

23 C

ham

pion

ship

s, Pl

ovdi

v:

Ren

e K

lupa

cs

2015

Wor

ld R

owin

g Ju

nior

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips,

R

io:

Gre

g Sm

ith

2015

Wor

ld R

owin

g C

ham

pion

ship

s, Ai

gueb

elet

te:

John

Mur

doch

2015

Wor

ld R

owin

g M

aste

rs R

egat

ta,

Haz

ewin

kel:

Geo

ff N

orth

am

Than

ks a

nd A

ckno

wle

dgem

ents

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia s

ince

rely

tha

nks

all o

f the

sta

ff,

volu

ntee

rs, c

ontr

acto

rs, o

ffici

als

and

othe

r pe

rson

nel

invo

lved

in t

he s

ucce

ssfu

l pla

nnin

g an

d de

liver

y of

th

e R

A’s

pro

gram

of n

atio

nal a

nd in

tern

atio

nal e

vent

s th

roug

hout

the

rep

ortin

g pe

riod

. The

con

tinue

d su

cces

s of

row

ing

even

ts is

due

to

the

pass

ion,

ent

husi

asm

and

de

dica

tion

of t

he o

rgan

isin

g co

mm

ittee

s an

d w

orkf

orce

s th

at c

ontin

ue t

o co

ntri

bute

sig

nific

ant

time,

eff

ort

and

supp

ort

to d

eliv

erin

g qu

ality

eve

nts

and

expe

rien

ces

for

row

ers,

coa

ches

, offi

cial

s an

d sp

ecta

tors

. RA

look

s fo

rwar

d to

wor

king

with

thi

s pa

ssio

nate

and

ded

icat

ed

com

mun

ity, a

long

with

our

Mem

ber

Ass

ocia

tions

to

deve

lop

a N

atio

nal E

vent

s St

rate

gy w

hich

will

ena

ble

us t

o bu

ild o

n ou

r cu

rren

t ac

hiev

emen

ts b

y cr

eatin

g a

plat

form

for

the

sust

aina

ble

expa

nsio

n an

d su

cces

s of

A

ustr

alia

n ro

win

g ev

ents

.

Com

petit

ion

Repo

rt (c

ontin

ued)

23Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

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ual R

epor

t 201

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Coa

ch a

nd O

ffic

ial E

duca

tion

The

num

bers

of c

oach

acc

redi

tatio

ns b

eing

pro

cess

ed h

as

cont

inue

d to

incr

ease

. All

coac

hes

proc

esse

d re

ceiv

e th

e R

A C

oach

ing

Acc

redi

tatio

n ca

rd.

The

tota

l num

ber

of a

ccre

dite

d co

ache

s as

at

31/

12/

2015

was

145

4 of

whi

ch 5

41 a

re fe

mal

e an

d 91

3 m

ale.

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figur

es in

bra

cket

s ar

e fo

r 20

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anua

ry to

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mber

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0)

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grade

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ditati

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l 198

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263

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l 232

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h – Le

vel 4

9 (1

0)1

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3 (0

)

The

new

onl

ine

Lev

el 1

coa

chin

g co

urse

will

be

deliv

ered

th

roug

h th

e U

nive

rsity

of Q

ueen

slan

d’s

port

al. T

his

inno

vativ

e ne

w p

rogr

am h

as b

een

fund

ed t

hrou

gh a

n A

ustr

alia

n Sp

orts

Com

mis

sion

gra

nt. I

t w

ill a

llow

any

co

ach

in t

he c

ount

ry t

o ga

in t

heir

coa

chin

g ac

cred

itatio

n at

a t

ime

that

sui

ts t

hem

. Tha

nks

are

due

to a

ll in

volv

ed

in h

elpi

ng t

o pr

oduc

e th

is n

ew o

nlin

e co

urse

par

ticul

arly

th

e re

view

gro

up w

hich

incl

uded

Bar

bara

Fen

ner,

Rod

Si

lcox

and

Vic

ky S

penc

er u

nder

cha

ir I

van

Adl

am.

The

Lev

el 2

cou

rse

will

als

o be

rev

iew

ed a

nd a

men

ded

late

r in

201

6. A

ll fo

ur c

ours

es w

ill b

e re

nam

ed L

evel

1,

2, 3

and

4.

The

RA

Offi

ciat

ing

Acc

redi

tatio

n ca

rds

are

prod

uced

in

hou

se a

nd a

re s

ent

to U

mpi

res

as t

hey

accr

edit,

re-

accr

edit

or u

pgra

de. I

n th

e la

st y

ear

109

(78)

wer

e ac

cred

ited

4 w

ere

reac

cred

ited

and

13 u

pgra

ded.

The

re

are

now

220

acc

redi

ted

offic

ials.

Dev

elop

men

t Rep

ort

Part

icip

atio

nIn

201

5 a

Proj

ect

Man

agem

ent

Gro

up (

PMG

) w

as

form

ed t

o cr

eate

the

Nat

iona

l Par

ticip

atio

n Fr

amew

ork.

T

he g

roup

com

pris

ed o

f 3 R

A s

taff

, 4 m

embe

rs o

f St

ate

Row

ing

Ass

ocia

tions

, a r

owin

g cl

ub m

embe

r, tw

o A

ustr

alia

n Sp

orts

Com

mis

sion

sta

ff a

nd a

con

sulta

nt.

The

Fra

mew

ork

was

info

rmed

by

RA

’s W

hole

of S

port

St

rate

gic

Plan

and

the

Gem

ba r

esea

rch,

and

alig

ns w

ith

the

ASC

’s P

lay.S

port

.Aus

tral

ia. S

trat

egy,

whi

ch a

ims

to s

ee m

ore

Aus

tral

ians

, par

ticul

arly

you

ng A

ustr

alia

ns,

part

icip

atin

g in

spo

rt m

ore

ofte

n.

The

Gem

ba m

arke

t re

sear

ch u

nder

take

n by

RA

re

com

men

ded

that

Row

ing

focu

s its

res

ourc

es o

n ex

plor

ing

targ

eted

and

pri

oriti

sed

oppo

rtun

ities

ac

cord

ing

to p

artic

ipan

t ty

pe t

o in

crea

se p

artic

ipat

ion

incl

udin

g:

R

eten

tion

Opp

ortu

nitie

s (C

urre

nt a

nd P

ast

Row

ers)

A

ttra

ctio

n an

d A

cqui

sitio

n O

ppor

tuni

ties

(Nev

er

Row

ed)

B

rand

ing

and

Com

mun

icat

ions

Im

prov

emen

ts

The

re w

as a

bro

ad c

onsu

ltatio

n pr

oces

s in

volv

ing

appr

oxim

atel

y 35

inte

rvie

ws

with

a w

ide

rang

e of

st

akeh

olde

rs in

clud

ing

repr

esen

tativ

es fr

om t

he A

SC,

Stat

e R

owin

g A

ssoc

iatio

ns, c

lubs

, sch

ools

, coa

ches

, M

aste

rs C

omm

issi

on, W

omen

in R

owin

g C

omm

ittee

, pa

thw

ay c

oord

inat

ors,

and

oth

ers

who

pro

vide

d re

leva

nt

inpu

t.

The

PM

G p

ropo

sed

that

suc

cess

in P

artic

ipat

ion

is

defin

ed a

s:

G

reat

er e

ngag

emen

t, in

clus

ion

gend

er e

quity

and

di

vers

ity e

nsur

ing

mor

e A

ustr

alia

ns, p

artic

ular

ly

youn

g A

ustr

alia

ns, p

artic

ipat

e in

row

ing

mor

e of

ten;

Ye

ar-o

n-ye

ar m

embe

rshi

p an

d pa

rtic

ipat

ion

grow

th

for

row

ing

in a

ll st

ates

and

ter

rito

ries

;

A

str

ong

Nat

iona

l Gov

erni

ng B

ody

and

Mem

ber

Ass

ocia

tions

tha

t de

liver

the

pro

duct

s an

d op

port

uniti

es A

ustr

alia

ns w

ant.

The

pro

pose

d Pe

rfor

man

ce D

rive

rs t

hat

will

del

iver

su

cces

s in

Row

ing

Part

icip

atio

n in

clud

e:

R

elev

ant

Prod

ucts

D

rivi

ng D

eman

d fo

r L

ifelo

ng P

artic

ipat

ion

and

Ret

entio

n

Fo

cusi

ng o

n Yo

unge

r A

ustr

alia

ns

24Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

B

ette

r U

nder

stan

ding

of t

he E

nvir

onm

ent

G

ende

r E

quity

St

reng

then

ing

the

Cap

abili

ties

of R

A a

nd t

he

Mem

ber

Ass

ocia

tions

and

Sta

keho

lder

s

Prop

osed

opp

ortu

nitie

s id

entifi

ed fo

r gr

owth

incl

ude:

A

cqui

sitio

n: R

ecru

itmen

t to

Row

ing

(bri

ngin

g ne

w

row

ers

into

the

spo

rt)

T

rans

ition

: Bri

dgin

g th

e G

ap (

keep

ing

yout

h ro

wer

s in

the

spo

rt)

R

eten

tion:

Sec

urin

g th

e B

ase

(kee

ping

exp

erie

nced

ro

wer

s in

the

spo

rt lo

nger

)

N

ew M

arke

ts (

attr

actin

g ne

w p

artic

ipan

ts t

o th

e sp

ort)

The

se p

roje

ct o

utco

mes

wer

e ut

ilise

d to

dev

elop

ro

win

g’s

first

Nat

iona

l Par

ticip

atio

n Fr

amew

ork,

whi

ch

was

app

rove

d in

late

201

5. T

he N

atio

nal P

artic

ipat

ion

Fram

ewor

k (N

PF)

has

iden

tified

the

num

ber

one

prio

rity

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

as

an I

ndoo

r R

owin

g Pr

ogra

m

(IR

P), w

ith t

he s

econ

d pr

iori

ty id

entifi

ed a

s a

Spor

ting

Scho

ols

Prog

ram

(SS

P) t

arge

ted

at s

econ

dary

sch

ools

. R

A is

the

refo

re a

imin

g to

con

duct

a N

atio

nal I

ndoo

r R

owin

g C

ham

pion

ship

s in

201

6.

Nat

iona

l Par

ticip

atio

n C

omm

issi

onT

he R

A B

oard

est

ablis

hed

the

Nat

iona

l Par

ticip

atio

n C

omm

issi

on (

NPC

) to

pro

vide

adv

ice

to t

he B

oard

an

d M

anag

emen

t T

eam

on

maj

or s

trat

egic

issu

es w

ith

the

NPF

, and

pro

vide

app

ropr

iate

ove

rsig

ht fr

om, a

nd

repo

rtin

g to

, the

RA

Boa

rd o

n al

l Nat

iona

l Par

ticip

atio

n m

atte

rs. T

he C

omm

issi

on m

ay a

lso

brin

g to

geth

er t

he

key

stra

tegi

c de

cisi

on m

aker

s fr

om t

he s

port

and

its

stak

ehol

ders

in a

chie

ving

the

se p

urpo

ses.

The

NPC

will

:

Pr

ovid

e gr

eate

r em

phas

is o

n gr

owin

g pa

rtic

ipat

ion

num

bers

in t

he p

rior

ity a

reas

iden

tified

in t

he N

PF

M

onito

r th

e im

plem

enta

tion

and

ongo

ing

achi

evem

ent

of t

he a

gree

d pe

rfor

man

ce d

rive

rs o

f th

e N

PF

In

con

junc

tion

with

RA

’s M

embe

r A

ssoc

iatio

ns,

ensu

re t

hat

RA

’s N

atio

nal P

artic

ipat

ion

prog

ram

has

th

e m

ost

effe

ctiv

e st

ruct

ure,

peo

ple,

res

ourc

es a

nd

rela

tions

hips

to

deve

lop,

lead

and

exe

cute

the

NPF

Pr

ovid

e gr

eate

r in

volv

emen

t of

key

sta

keho

lder

s an

d in

depe

nden

t ex

pert

s in

the

pla

nnin

g an

d de

liver

y of

R

A’s

NPF

Ado

pt a

Sch

ool P

rogr

am (A

SP)

Thi

s pilo

t par

ticip

atio

n pr

ogra

m re

ceiv

ed fu

rthe

r fun

ding

fr

om th

e A

ustr

alia

n Sp

orts

Com

miss

ion,

ext

endi

ng th

e pr

ogra

m to

a fo

urth

yea

r. T

here

wer

e th

ree

new

clu

bs

amon

g th

e 16

clu

bs su

ppor

ted

in th

e pr

ogra

m in

201

4–15

. T

hey

wer

e: S

hoal

have

n, T

wee

d H

eads

and

a n

ew ro

win

g cl

ub a

t Ips

wic

h. T

he n

umbe

rs fo

r the

four

th y

ear a

re sh

own

belo

w w

ith th

e pr

evio

us y

ear’

s num

bers

in b

rack

ets.

Dev

elop

men

t Rep

ort (

cont

inue

d)

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win

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Ann

ual R

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Club

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7,50

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SHS

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Coas

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Biship

Drui

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35 (3

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(25)

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26Ro

win

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ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Maj

or A

SP O

utco

mes

ach

ieve

d in

201

4–15

:

The

pro

gram

has

hel

ped

in t

he c

reat

ion

of a

new

ro

win

g cl

ub –

Ips

wic

h Yo

uth

RC

.

Fo

urte

en o

f the

pro

gram

s ar

e in

rur

al o

r no

n-m

etro

polit

an a

reas

.

M

aroo

chy

Riv

er R

C a

re n

ow b

uild

ing

thei

r ne

w

boat

shed

.

O

ver

the

four

yea

rs t

here

hav

e be

en 2

208

stud

ents

in

the

pro

gram

.

O

f the

se, 7

41 h

ave

take

n ou

t m

embe

rshi

ps w

ith

row

ing

club

s, a

nd 6

39 h

ave

race

d in

a r

egat

ta

Illic

it D

rugs

in S

port

(ID

IS)–

Educ

atio

n Pr

ogra

mW

hilst

the

fund

ing

for

RA

from

the

Fede

ral D

epar

tmen

t of

Reg

iona

l Aus

tral

ia, L

ocal

Gov

ernm

ent,

Art

s an

d Sp

ort

to d

eliv

er th

e Il

licit

Dru

gs in

Spo

rt p

rogr

am h

as n

ow

ende

d, th

e pr

ogra

m h

as b

een

a su

cces

sful

inno

vatio

n an

d ha

s in

form

ed a

thle

tes

abou

t th

e po

ssib

le c

onse

quen

ces

of

usin

g ill

icit

drug

s.

Prog

ress

and

Out

com

esK

ey o

utco

mes

in li

ne w

ith t

he a

ims

of th

e R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

ID

IS E

duca

tion

Prog

ram

incl

uded

:

T

he n

atio

nwid

e ro

llout

of R

A’s

‘ID

IS E

duca

tion

Prog

ram

’ acr

oss

all p

lann

ed le

vels

of i

mpl

emen

tatio

n

V

ideo

inte

rvie

ws

with

Am

bass

ador

s Sc

ott

Bre

nnan

an

d K

im B

renn

an w

idel

y sh

own.

The

se tw

o ou

tsta

ndin

g O

lym

pic

med

alist

s an

d ro

le m

odel

s ha

ve

been

wel

l rec

eive

d.

T

arge

ted

the

Nat

iona

l Row

ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips.

N

ew in

terv

iew

s fil

med

with

Kim

Bre

nnan

and

Dav

id

Cra

wsh

ay.

ID

IS p

rese

ntat

ions

mad

e to

all

Seni

or A

Tea

m

nom

inee

s.

ID

IS T

estin

g Po

licy

now

in fo

rce

for

all N

atio

nal

Tea

m n

omin

ees

IDIS

Pro

gram

Sta

tistic

sID

IS p

rese

ntat

ions

wer

e m

ade

to 8

79 a

thle

tes,

coa

ches

an

d pa

rent

s in

five

Sta

tes.

The

bre

akdo

wn

was

:

Loca

tion

of pr

esen

tatio

ns

NSW

6

QLD

5

SA3

VIC2

WA4

Natio

nal C

hamp

ionsh

ips37

Natio

nal T

rials

3

Gran

d Tota

lAth

letes

Coac

hes

No. o

f Pres

entat

ions

879

771

108

60

Illic

it D

rugs

in S

port

Sch

ool V

isits

In c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith t

he r

espe

ctiv

e sc

hool

Row

ing

Coo

rdin

ator

s, I

DIS

ses

sion

(s)

wer

e de

liver

ed t

o sc

hool

an

d C

olle

ge r

ower

s at

the

follo

win

g es

tabl

ishm

ents

:

State

Scho

olAt

hletes

Coac

hes

No.

pres

enta

tions

NSW

Lindis

farrne

10

11

MLC

133

1

Nowr

a High

20

21

PLC

73

1

St Jo

seph

's65

41

SAPe

mbrok

e Coll

ege

183

1

St.Pe

ter's

Girls

181

1

WAAll

Saint

s Coll

ege

271

1

Kelm

scott

High S

choo

l30

31

Penri

thJun

ior Te

am Tr

ials

149

1

Natio

nal C

hamp

ionsh

ips33

336

37

U23

Team

Trials

169

1

NSW

Twee

d Hea

ds RC

132

1

QLD

Cente

nary

RC64

94

Maroo

chy R

iver R

C24

41

SAPa

thway

8s

121

Port

Adela

ide RC

187

1

VICBa

irnsd

ale RC

201

1

Naga

mbie

RC23

81

WABu

nbury

RC10

11

Curtin

Uni

161

1

Dev

elop

men

t Rep

ort (

cont

inue

d)

27Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Maj

or ID

IS O

utco

mes

ach

ieve

d:

Thi

s pr

ogra

m h

as b

een

wel

l rec

eive

d an

d its

str

engt

h ha

s be

en in

eng

agin

g di

scus

sion

s w

ith a

thle

tes

abou

t th

e po

ssib

le c

onse

quen

ces

of t

akin

g ill

icit

drug

s.

T

he im

port

ance

of a

n at

hlet

e ch

oosi

ng t

heir

pee

r gr

oup

care

fully

is r

einf

orce

d by

our

Am

bass

ador

s vi

deo.

O

ur A

mba

ssad

ors

clea

rly

stat

e no

t to

tak

e su

pple

men

ts a

s ro

win

g pe

rfor

man

ce is

det

erm

ined

by

on

and

off w

ater

beh

avio

ur.

A

fter

six

yea

rs t

he D

epar

tmen

t ha

s tr

anis

itone

d th

e de

liver

y to

an

onlin

e m

etho

d. R

A h

as d

eter

min

ed

that

all

athl

etes

nom

inat

ing

for

Nat

iona

l Tea

ms

(exc

ept

the

Juni

or T

eam

) w

ill c

ompl

ete

this

cou

rse.

Con

clus

ion

The

re h

as b

een

a gr

eat

deal

of a

ctiv

ity in

the

D

evel

opm

ent

area

. It

is a

n ex

citin

g tim

e no

w t

hat

RA

has

a N

atio

nal P

artic

ipat

ion

Fram

ewor

k as

wel

l as

prog

ress

ing

with

inno

vativ

e co

ach

educ

atio

n pr

ogra

ms.

I

am v

ery

grat

eful

to

the

RA

sta

ff a

nd S

tate

Dev

elop

men

t O

ffice

rs fo

r th

eir

wor

k he

lpin

g w

ith t

hese

act

iviti

es.

28Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Ove

rvie

w o

f A

ustr

alia

n Te

am R

esul

ts 2

015

seas

on*

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Gold

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r A W

orld R

owing

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–

Vares

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21

6

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r A W

orld R

owing

Cup 3

–

Luce

rne

22

15

Senio

r A W

orld C

hamp

ionsh

ips

– Aig

uebe

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32

5

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r 23 W

orld R

owing

Cham

pions

hips

– Plo

vdiv

22

4

Junior

Worl

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ing Ch

ampio

nship

s –

Rio de

Jane

iro1

1

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er to

the de

tailed

resu

lts se

ction

of th

e Ann

ual R

eport

The

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce T

eam

201

5T

he p

rofe

ssio

nal t

eam

of s

taff

run

ning

the

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce p

rogr

am a

re a

s fo

llow

s:

Lead

ersh

ip Te

am:

C

hris

O’B

rien

, Nat

iona

l Tea

m P

erfo

rman

ce

Dir

ecto

r

Ja

ime

Fern

ande

z, G

ener

al M

anag

er –

Spo

rt

H

aral

d Ja

hrlin

g, R

A S

trat

egic

Adv

isor

Coa

chin

g St

aff:

L

yall

McC

arth

y, S

enio

r C

oach

M

ark

Fang

en-H

all,

Seni

or C

oach

Si

mon

Cox

, Sen

ior

Coa

ch

G

ordo

n M

arck

s, S

enio

r C

oach

– P

ara

Row

ing

Spor

ts Sc

ienc

e &

Spo

rts M

edic

ine:

T

ony

Ric

e, N

atio

nal P

erfo

rman

ce S

cien

ce

Coo

rdin

ator

L

aris

sa T

reas

e, C

hief

Med

ical

Offi

cer

K

ellie

Wilk

ie, L

ead

Phys

ioth

erap

ist

A

dam

Hun

ter,

Bio

mec

hani

cs L

ead

B

ronw

en L

undy

, Lea

d D

ietit

ian

H

arry

Bre

nnan

, Str

engt

h &

Con

ditio

ning

Lea

d

Je

ff S

imon

s, L

earn

ing

& P

erfo

rman

ce L

ead

Ope

ratio

ns, L

ogis

tics

& A

dmin

istra

tion:

W

ayne

Dip

lock

, Nat

iona

l Per

form

ance

Sup

port

M

anag

er

G

eorg

ie L

ee, H

igh

Perf

orm

ance

Ope

ratio

ns

Coo

rdin

ator

Si

mon

Boo

th, H

igh

Perf

orm

ance

Pro

gram

C

oord

inat

or

T

ara

Hun

tly, P

ara-

Row

ing

Tal

ent

Dev

elop

men

t C

oord

inat

or

N

aom

i Wag

staf

f, H

igh

Perf

orm

ance

Adm

inis

trat

ion

Coo

rdin

ator

Tale

nt P

athw

ay:

B

arna

by E

aton

, Nat

iona

l Tal

ent

Path

way

Man

ager

A

ndre

w R

ande

ll, S

tate

Tal

ent

Path

way

Coo

rdin

ator

–A

CT

L

izzi

Cha

pman

, Sta

te T

alen

t Pa

thw

ay C

oord

inat

or

–NSW

A

ndre

w S

ervi

ce, S

tate

Tal

ent

Path

way

Coo

rdin

ator

–Q

LD

C

hris

tine

Mac

Lar

en, S

tate

Tal

ent

Path

way

C

oord

inat

or–S

A

G

rant

Pry

or, S

tate

Tal

ent

Path

way

Coo

rdin

ator

–T

AS

V

erity

Keo

gh, S

tate

Tal

ent

Path

way

Coo

rdin

ator

–W

A

Hig

h Pe

rform

ance

Com

mis

sion

Lat

e in

201

5, t

he B

oard

of R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

form

ed

the

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce C

omm

issi

on (

HPC

) to

ove

rsee

th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of o

ur H

igh

Perf

orm

ance

Pla

n.

The

HPC

con

side

rs a

nd a

dvis

es t

he R

A B

oard

and

M

anag

emen

t on

str

ateg

ic is

sues

rel

evan

t to

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce r

owin

g. T

he fo

cus

of t

he C

omm

issi

on is

to

max

imiz

e m

edal

out

com

es a

t th

e 20

16 R

io a

nd 2

020

Tok

yo O

lym

pic

and

Para

lym

pic

Gam

es a

nd a

chie

ve o

ur

agre

ed p

erfo

rman

ce t

arge

ts in

the

follo

win

g ke

y ar

eas

- L

eade

rshi

p an

d G

over

nanc

e, A

thle

te p

erfo

rman

ce a

nd

Path

way

s, C

oach

ing,

the

Dai

ly T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

t,

Com

petit

ion,

Per

form

ance

ser

vice

s, C

ultu

re a

nd

Pers

onal

Exc

elle

nce,

and

Res

earc

h an

d In

nova

tion.

The

HPC

is c

hair

ed b

y R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

Dep

uty

Cha

ir,

Flav

ia G

obbo

. She

is jo

ined

by

Cam

eron

McK

enzi

e-M

cHar

g (R

A A

thle

tes’

Com

mis

sion

Cha

ir),

Jai

me

Fern

ande

z (G

ener

al M

anag

er –

Spo

rt),

Chr

is O

’Bri

en

(Nat

iona

l Tea

m P

erfo

rman

ce D

irec

tor)

, Rei

nhol

d B

atsc

hi, a

nd in

depe

nden

t m

embe

r D

avid

But

tifan

t. T

he

Com

mis

sion

mee

ts r

egul

arly

, rep

orts

to

the

RA

Boa

rd

and

invo

lves

key

sta

keho

lder

s in

its

delib

erat

ions

.

The

cre

atio

n of

the

HPC

has

str

eam

lined

rep

ortin

g an

d ap

prov

al p

roce

sses

for

the

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce T

eam

an

d w

e th

ank

the

Com

mis

sion

for

thei

r de

dica

tion

and

com

mitm

ent

to e

nsur

ing

thos

e m

atte

rs r

equi

ring

co

nsid

erat

ion

and

appr

oval

are

see

n to

in a

tim

ely,

co

nsid

ered

and

pro

fess

iona

l man

ner.

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce R

epor

t

29Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Ath

lete

s C

omm

issi

onT

he R

A A

thle

tes’

Com

mis

sion

con

tinue

s to

pla

y an

im

port

ant

role

as

an a

dvoc

ate

that

pro

vide

s gu

idan

ce a

nd

supp

ort

to o

ur a

thle

tes

in a

ran

ge o

f mat

ters

, inc

ludi

ng

natio

nal t

eam

sel

ectio

n, a

nd w

as a

n in

tegr

al p

artn

er

in t

he o

pera

tions

of k

ey a

spec

ts o

f the

HP

Prog

ram

. C

amer

on M

cKen

zie-

McH

arg

cont

inue

s hi

s le

ader

ship

of

this

gro

up a

s C

hair

of t

he A

thle

tes’

Com

mis

sion

.

Even

ts A

nd A

ctiv

ities

ART

eam

Deb

rief

The

deb

rief

is c

erta

inly

an

impo

rtan

t pr

oces

s un

dert

aken

po

st W

orld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

and

the

proc

ess

this

yea

r w

as

enha

nced

to

ensu

re a

ny g

aps

wer

e id

entifi

ed le

adin

g in

to

2016

.

The

Nat

iona

l Tea

m d

ebri

ef p

roce

ss in

201

5 w

as

cond

ucte

d by

the

Hea

d C

oach

or

Tea

m L

eade

r in

eac

h of

the

res

pect

ive

team

s:

A

ver

bal d

ebri

ef w

ith e

ach

crew

and

coa

ch t

oget

her

with

the

Hea

d C

oach

/T

eam

Lea

der

was

con

duct

ed

at t

he W

orld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

loca

tion

follo

win

g th

e co

nclu

sion

of r

acin

g by

eac

h cr

ew. T

he p

urpo

se o

f th

is d

ebri

ef w

as t

o pr

ovid

e a

foru

m t

o im

med

iate

ly

capt

ure

thou

ghts

pos

t ra

cing

, ens

ure

that

any

is

sues

wer

e de

alt

with

pri

or t

o at

hlet

es a

nd c

oach

es

depa

rtin

g th

e te

am e

nvir

onm

ent

and

focu

sed

spec

ifica

lly o

n th

e ra

cing

asp

ects

at

the

Wor

ld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips.

E

ach

team

mem

ber

was

pro

vide

d a

Tea

m

ques

tionn

aire

des

igne

d to

pro

vide

an

oppo

rtun

ity

to c

aptu

re fu

rthe

r th

ough

ts o

n sp

ecifi

c ar

eas

of t

he

prep

arat

ion,

tog

ethe

r w

ith a

ny o

ther

bro

ader

issu

es.

T

he t

hird

com

pone

nt, w

here

nec

essa

ry, w

as a

te

le-h

ooku

p or

face

to

face

mee

ting

betw

een

the

crew

, coa

ch a

nd H

P le

ader

ship

sta

ff u

pon

retu

rn

to A

ustr

alia

. Thi

s st

ep p

rovi

ded

the

oppo

rtun

ity t

o fu

rthe

r ex

plor

e an

y ar

eas

that

had

bee

n id

entifi

ed a

s re

quir

ing

furt

her

atte

ntio

n in

the

firs

t tw

o ph

ases

of

the

debr

iefin

g pr

oces

s.

Furt

her

to t

he a

bove

a fa

ce t

o fa

ce S

enio

r de

brie

f was

co

nduc

ted

with

coa

ches

and

key

sup

port

sta

ff a

t th

e R

einh

old

Bat

schi

Nat

iona

l Tra

inin

g C

entr

e. A

sep

arat

e de

brie

f of a

ll m

edic

al s

taff

was

con

duct

ed in

Oct

ober

and

fa

cilit

ated

by

Dr

Lar

issa

Tre

ase

and

Kel

lie W

ilkie

.

Dom

estic

Tra

inin

g C

amps

It’s

bee

n id

entifi

ed t

hat

whi

le o

ur s

yste

m o

pera

tes

as a

de

-cen

tral

ised

mod

el, a

dom

estic

cam

ps fo

cus

is c

ritic

al

to u

ltim

ate

succ

ess.

With

cle

ar p

lann

ing,

agr

eed

focu

s

and

ongo

ing

revi

ew t

hese

hav

e be

com

e a

grea

t so

urce

of

impr

ovem

ent

and

a ke

y dr

iver

in s

ettin

g ou

r at

hlet

es a

nd

coac

hes

up fo

r in

tern

atio

nal p

repa

ratio

ns.

2015

Aus

tral

ian

Team

Sel

ectio

nIn

ord

er t

o pr

ovid

e at

hlet

es, c

oach

es a

nd a

dmin

istr

ator

s w

ith s

uffic

ient

tim

e to

pla

n th

eir

prog

ram

s, t

he H

igh

Perf

orm

ance

Pro

gram

dev

elop

ed t

he a

nnua

l Eve

nt

Req

uire

men

ts w

hich

sim

ply

and

clea

rly

deta

il th

e se

lect

ion

requ

irem

ents

thr

ough

out

the

seas

on. T

he E

vent

R

equi

rem

ents

wer

e ou

tline

d on

the

bas

is o

f the

Nat

iona

l Se

lect

ion

Polic

y.

The

Sel

ectio

n Pa

nel f

or t

he v

ario

us t

eam

s w

ere

as

follo

ws:

Se

nior

Tea

m: C

hris

O’B

rien

, Jai

me

Fern

ande

z D

avid

Yat

es, S

teph

an M

ann,

U

nder

23

Tea

m: C

hris

O’B

rien

, Jai

me

Fern

ande

z,

Bar

naby

Eat

on a

nd R

usse

ll H

ookw

ay

Ju

nior

Tea

m: C

hris

O’B

rien

, Jai

me

Fern

ande

z,

Bar

naby

Eat

on a

nd R

usse

ll H

ookw

ay

U

nder

21

Tea

m: C

hris

O’B

rien

, Jai

me

Fern

ande

z,

Bar

naby

Eat

on a

nd R

usse

ll H

ookw

ay

The

sel

ectio

n pa

nels

focu

sed

on fa

irne

ss, t

rans

pare

ncy

and

sign

ifica

ntly

enh

ance

d co

mm

unic

atio

n pr

oces

ses

for

athl

etes

and

coa

ches

whi

lst

trul

y se

ekin

g th

e be

st c

rew

s to

rep

rese

nt A

ustr

alia

.

US-

Base

d Se

lect

ion

Tria

lsR

owin

g A

ustr

alia

’s t

alen

t pi

pelin

e ex

tend

s to

ath

lete

s un

dert

akin

g st

udy

in U

S C

olle

ge p

rogr

ams,

with

op

port

uniti

es p

rovi

ded

for

men

and

wom

en t

o tr

ial f

or

the

Und

er 2

3 (U

23)

Aus

tral

ian

Row

ing

Tea

m in

tar

gete

d bo

at c

ateg

orie

s.

A p

repa

ratio

n an

d se

lect

ion

tria

l per

iod

took

pla

ce

at P

rinc

eton

, New

Jer

sey,

follo

win

g th

e fin

al C

olle

ge

Cha

mpi

onsh

ip R

egat

tas

for

men

and

wom

en. T

his

was

at

tend

ed b

y ei

ght

mal

e at

hlet

es a

nd s

even

wom

en. T

he

final

num

bers

wer

e re

fined

thr

ough

a p

re-q

ualifi

catio

n pr

oces

s to

ens

ure

that

the

sta

ndar

d of

ath

lete

’s t

rial

ling

was

con

sist

ent

with

Aus

tral

ian-

base

d se

lect

ion

tria

ls. A

m

en’s

and

wom

en’s

four

and

a li

ghtw

eigh

t m

en’s

sin

gle

wer

e se

lect

ed t

o th

e U

23 A

RT

eam

.

A t

hree

wee

k tr

aini

ng c

amp

was

hel

d at

Dar

tmou

th,

New

Ham

pshi

re p

rior

to

depa

rtin

g th

e U

SA fo

r E

urop

e.

The

pre

para

tion

phas

e w

as s

uper

bly

led

by c

oach

es T

om

Lau

rich

and

Vic

ky S

penc

er. T

he U

S-B

ased

Aus

tral

ian

Prog

ram

is a

cri

tical

com

pone

nt o

f the

NT

PP.

30Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Ove

rall

2015

Aus

tral

ian

Team

Per

form

ance

Su

mm

ary

2015

Sen

ior T

eam

Row

ing

Wor

ld C

ups

II &

III a

nd

Wor

ld R

owin

g C

ham

pion

ship

s–A

igue

bele

tte, F

ranc

eT

he 2

015

Wor

ld C

ham

pion

ship

s C

ampa

ign

was

an

impo

rtan

t st

ep t

owar

ds a

chie

ving

our

Rio

per

form

ance

ob

ject

ives

.

The

tea

m a

s a

who

le h

ad a

sol

id in

tern

atio

nal p

hase

to

thei

r pr

epar

atio

n. O

lym

pic

clas

s bo

ats

had

oppo

rtun

ity

to c

ompl

ete

two

roun

ds o

f the

Row

ing

Wor

ld C

up

- th

ese

even

ts s

aw o

ur c

rew

s co

mpe

ting

agai

nst

our

likel

y op

pone

nts

for

the

Wor

ld C

ham

pion

ship

s. M

edal

re

sults

at

thes

e ev

ents

saw

thr

ee m

edal

s (1

gol

d, 2

si

lver

) at

Wor

ld C

up I

I, a

nd fi

ve m

edal

s (2

gol

d, 2

silv

er,

1 br

onze

) at

Wor

ld C

up I

II. O

vera

ll, s

ix c

rew

s w

on

inte

rnat

iona

l med

als

in le

ad u

p ev

ents

.

The

opp

ortu

nity

to

unde

rtak

e fin

al p

repa

ratio

n pr

ior

to

the

Wor

ld C

ham

pion

ship

s at

the

AIS

ET

C p

rovi

des

an

idea

l per

form

ance

env

iron

men

t in

the

se fi

nal s

tage

s of

pr

epar

atio

n.

Com

petit

ion

at t

he 2

015

Wor

ld C

ham

pion

ship

s w

as t

he

initi

al a

nd m

ost

sign

ifica

nt o

ppor

tuni

ty fo

r qu

alifi

catio

n fo

r th

e 20

16 O

lym

pic

and

Para

lym

pic

Gam

es a

nd

ultim

atel

y sa

w t

he t

eam

ach

ieve

thr

ee m

edal

s (1

go

ld, 2

silv

er).

Fur

ther

mor

e, s

even

boa

ts q

ualifi

ed fo

r pa

rtic

ipat

ion

at t

he 2

016

Rio

Oly

mpi

c G

ames

and

tw

o qu

alifi

ed fo

r pa

rtic

ipat

ion

at t

he 2

016

Rio

Par

alym

pic

Gam

es. S

ome

of t

he u

nder

perf

orm

ing

crew

s at

thi

s ev

ent

wer

e im

pact

ed b

y a

num

ber

of fa

ctor

s in

clud

ing

inju

ry,

men

tal s

kills

, and

rac

e/ev

ent

stra

tegy

.

Whi

lst

the

achi

evem

ents

out

lined

abo

ve w

ere

plea

sing

, w

e al

so r

ecog

nise

tha

t ar

e op

port

uniti

es fo

r gr

owth

and

im

prov

emen

t in

ord

er fo

r th

e hi

gh p

erfo

rman

ce p

rogr

am

to p

erfo

rm t

o its

full

pote

ntia

l. In

the

sho

rt t

erm

, it

is

clea

r w

ith e

ach

of t

he q

ualifi

ed b

oats

as

to w

hat

step

s ca

n be

tak

en t

o en

sure

an

impr

oved

per

form

ance

in

2016

. Of t

he b

oats

tha

t ha

ve n

ot y

et q

ualifi

ed, w

e se

e th

e po

tent

ial t

o at

tem

pt fu

rthe

r qu

alifi

catio

n in

201

6,

whi

lst

at t

he s

ame

time

prov

idin

g fu

rthe

r de

velo

pmen

t fo

r 20

20 p

oten

tial m

edal

ath

lete

s. S

teps

are

als

o be

ing

take

n to

ach

ieve

sus

tain

able

impr

ovem

ent

and

succ

ess,

th

roug

h bo

th a

n op

erat

iona

l res

truc

ture

of t

he R

A h

igh

perf

orm

ance

uni

t an

d ou

r on

goin

g hi

gh p

erfo

rman

ce

stra

tegi

c pl

anni

ng p

roce

ss.

2015

Wor

ld R

owin

g U

nder

23

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips–

Plov

div,

Bul

garia

A p

erfo

rman

ce-b

ased

Und

er 2

3 (U

23)

Aus

tral

ian

Row

ing

Tea

m (

AR

Tea

m)

was

sel

ecte

d co

ntai

ning

ten

cr

ews,

incl

udin

g se

ven

Aus

tral

ian-

base

d cr

ews

and

thre

e cr

ews

from

the

US-

base

d A

ustr

alia

n pr

ogra

m. B

oats

w

ere

sele

cted

bas

ed u

pon

wat

er s

peed

, and

the

sel

ecto

rs’

asse

ssm

ent

of a

boa

t’s

abili

ty t

o m

ake

the

A fi

nal a

t th

e W

orld

U23

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips.

The

met

hodo

logy

use

d to

m

ake

this

ass

essm

ent

was

the

pre

viou

s tw

elve

yea

rs o

f da

ta in

tha

t bo

at c

lass

at

the

Wor

ld U

23 C

ham

pion

ship

s.

Perf

orm

ance

is a

key

obj

ectiv

e of

the

U23

AR

Tea

m,

com

bine

d w

ith d

evel

opin

g th

ese

athl

etes

and

coa

ches

for

futu

re S

enio

r A

com

petit

ion.

Fou

r cr

ews

won

med

als,

in

clud

ing

silv

er m

edal

s to

the

men

’s p

air

and

wom

en’s

qu

ad s

cull,

and

bro

nze

med

als

to t

he w

omen

’s p

air

and

men

’s q

uad

scul

l. T

hese

four

boa

ts w

ere

all O

lym

pic-

clas

s bo

ats.

Fur

ther

mor

e, s

ix o

f the

ten

cre

ws

mad

e A

fin

als,

and

all

ten

plac

ed in

the

top

ten

of t

heir

res

pect

ive

even

ts.

The

sta

ndar

d of

rac

ing

at t

he W

orld

U23

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

rem

ains

ver

y hi

gh a

nd a

num

ber

of n

atio

ns (

incl

udin

g A

ustr

alia

) ar

e no

w u

sing

thi

s re

gatt

a to

dev

elop

the

ir

youn

ger

Seni

or A

cre

ws.

2015

Wor

ld R

owin

g Ju

nior

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips–

Riod

e Ja

neiro

, Bra

zil

Thi

s te

am is

an

inte

gral

par

t of

the

AR

Tea

m –

Nat

iona

l T

alen

t Pa

thw

ay P

rogr

am. T

he a

im is

to

prov

ide

an

expe

rien

ce t

hat

intr

oduc

es o

ur y

oung

er A

ustr

alia

n at

hlet

es t

o hi

gh p

erfo

rman

ce s

tand

ards

, cul

ture

and

ex

pect

atio

ns t

hat

is c

onsi

sten

t th

roug

hout

eac

h of

the

A

RT

eam

s, a

nd w

ill e

vent

ually

lead

to

the

deliv

ery

of

Oly

mpi

c M

edal

‘Win

ning

Edg

e’ p

erfo

rman

ces.

Boa

ts

wer

e se

lect

ed b

ased

upo

n w

ater

spe

ed, a

nd t

he s

elec

tors

’ as

sess

men

t of

a b

oat’

s ab

ility

to

mak

e th

e A

fina

l at

the

Juni

or W

orld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

alon

g w

ith b

alan

cing

the

de

sire

to

prod

uce

a gr

eate

r op

port

unity

for

athl

etes

to

have

exp

osur

e to

inte

rnat

iona

l com

petit

ion.

Six

crew

s w

ere

sele

cted

, inc

ludi

ng a

wom

en’s

com

bine

d sc

hool

s pa

thw

ay e

ight

. Thi

s w

as t

he t

hird

yea

r of

thi

s in

itiat

ive

follo

win

g so

me

good

res

ults

in 2

013

and

2014

. T

he w

omen

’s e

ight

wer

e a

com

posi

te c

rew

from

a m

ix o

f V

icto

rian

sch

ools

. The

cre

w fi

nish

ed fo

urth

in t

he A

fina

l. Fo

ur o

f the

six

cre

ws

mad

e A

fina

ls, a

nd a

ll si

x pl

aced

in

the

top

nine

in t

heir

res

pect

ive

even

ts.

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce R

epor

t (co

ntin

ued)

31Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

The

focu

s fo

r th

is c

ateg

ory

is t

o en

sure

tha

t a

heal

thy

bala

nce

of h

ome-

base

d tr

aini

ng is

met

with

the

cre

w’s

pr

epar

atio

n. T

his

appr

oach

ena

bled

the

ath

lete

s to

co

ntin

ue t

heir

edu

catio

n/vo

catio

nal t

rain

ing

whi

le a

lso

activ

ely

purs

uing

an

inte

rnat

iona

l row

ing

care

er.

The

sta

ndar

d of

com

petit

ion

at t

his

rega

tta

cont

inue

s to

impr

ove

ever

y ye

ar a

nd p

rovi

des

a cl

ear

poin

t of

re

fere

nce

for

our

emer

ging

tal

ent

to a

spir

e to

.

Oth

er A

ustr

alia

Tea

ms

2015

Und

er 2

1 Tr

ans-T

asm

an C

halle

nge

The

key

pur

pose

of t

his

team

is t

o pr

ovid

e an

op

port

unity

for

the

best

und

er 2

1 at

hlet

es t

o ga

in h

igh

leve

l com

petit

ion

expe

rien

ce in

bet

wee

n th

e W

orld

C

ham

pion

ship

age

cat

egor

ies

of u

nder

19

and

unde

r 23

. The

Aus

tral

ian

and

New

Zea

land

Und

er 2

1 T

eam

s co

mpe

te in

a t

wo

roun

d, h

ome

and

away

Tra

ns-T

asm

an

Seri

es.

The

Und

er 2

1 T

eam

com

pris

es 2

0 at

hlet

es –

8 s

wee

pers

, 8

scul

lers

, 2 c

oxsw

ains

and

2 r

eser

ves

– th

at c

ompe

te

in v

ario

us b

oat

clas

ses

thro

ugho

ut t

he s

erie

s. T

he

first

rou

nd o

f the

ser

ies

was

con

duct

ed a

t th

e Sy

dney

In

tern

atio

nal R

egat

ta C

entr

e in

Jul

y, w

ith v

ario

us J

unio

r an

d U

nder

23

AR

Tea

m m

embe

rs jo

inin

g in

rac

ing

befo

re d

epar

ting

for

thei

r in

tern

atio

nal c

ampa

igns

. New

Z

eala

nd s

et u

p a

subs

tant

ial l

ead

of 5

0 po

ints

follo

win

g th

e fir

st r

ound

of r

acin

g.

The

fina

l rou

nd t

ook

plac

e in

the

last

wee

k of

Aug

ust

on

Lak

e K

arap

iro

in N

ew Z

eala

nd. T

he U

21 A

RT

eam

wer

e ul

timat

ely

defe

ated

by

New

Zea

land

, 319

to

233.

The

Tra

ns-T

asm

an S

erie

s is

a g

reat

initi

ativ

e th

at is

al

igne

d to

Win

ning

Edg

e pr

inci

ples

thr

ough

pro

vidi

ng

grea

ter

high

per

form

ance

and

pat

hway

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r at

hlet

es a

nd c

oach

es.

2015

Sum

mer

Uni

vers

iade

The

201

5 Su

mm

er U

nive

rsia

de w

as h

eld

in G

wan

gju,

So

uth

Kor

ea fr

om 5

– 7

Jul

y. T

hese

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

are

held

eve

ry t

wo

year

s an

d w

ere

this

yea

r at

tend

ed b

y 14

2 na

tions

. The

AR

Tea

m w

as r

epre

sent

ed in

thr

ee e

vent

s:

W4-

, LW

2x a

nd M

1x.

The

cre

ws

finis

hed

6th a

nd 9

th in

the

W4-

and

LW

2x

resp

ectiv

ely,

whi

le T

aylo

r W

ilcyn

ski w

as fo

rced

to

with

draw

from

the

M1x

sem

i-fin

al d

ue t

o in

jury

.

Para

-Row

ing

Prog

ram

The

Par

a-R

owin

g co

mpo

nent

of t

he A

ustr

alia

n R

owin

g T

eam

ach

ieve

d ou

tsta

ndin

g su

cces

s at

the

201

5 W

orld

C

ham

pion

ship

s w

ith t

wo

gold

med

als.

Aus

tral

ia is

ran

ked

top

Para

-Row

ing

natio

n in

the

wor

ld fr

om t

he 2

015

Wor

ld R

owin

g C

ham

pion

ship

res

ults

. T

heir

suc

cess

can

be

cont

ribu

ted

to a

num

ber

of

sign

ifica

nt fa

ctor

s in

clud

ing;

the

coa

ches

and

ath

lete

s w

orki

ng t

oget

her

as a

coh

esiv

e un

it, t

he A

RT

eam

bei

ng

fully

incl

usiv

e of

Par

a-R

ower

s in

pre

para

tion

for

Wor

ld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

(sel

ectio

ns, t

rain

ing

cam

ps, p

re-d

epar

ture

ca

mp

and

tour

arr

ange

men

ts)

and,

in t

he lo

ng t

erm

, th

e in

crea

sing

incl

usio

n of

Par

a-R

owin

g at

Sta

te a

nd

Nat

iona

l eve

nts.

Aus

tral

ia is

a w

orld

lead

er in

man

y as

pect

s of

its

prep

arat

ion

of p

ara-

row

ers

for

wor

ld e

vent

s.

Stat

e Tr

avel

Bet

wee

n 20

14 a

nd 2

015

finan

cial

yea

r, w

e vi

site

d fo

ur

stat

es (

NSW

, WA

, AC

T a

nd T

AS)

to

mee

t w

ith k

ey

stak

ehol

ders

and

dis

cuss

par

a-ro

win

g in

the

ir s

tate

. C

lass

ifica

tion

sess

ions

for

athl

etes

wer

e al

so c

ondu

cted

du

ring

som

e of

the

se v

isits

. The

se v

isits

are

gen

eral

ly

cond

ucte

d ar

ound

par

a ev

ents

at

the

resp

ectiv

e st

ate

cham

pion

ship

s w

ith e

ngag

emen

t fr

om t

he s

tate

as

soci

atio

ns.

Cla

ssifi

catio

nC

lass

ifica

tion

sess

ions

wer

e or

gani

sed

in e

ach

stat

e as

req

uire

d an

d re

ques

ted

by s

tate

ass

ocia

tions

and

co

inci

ded

with

the

Sta

te C

ham

pion

ship

s or

ano

ther

si

gnifi

cant

reg

atta

. Cla

ssifi

ers

wer

e flo

wn

in fr

om

inte

rsta

te w

hen

clas

sifie

rs w

ere

not

avai

labl

e in

the

st

ate.

Que

ensl

and

can

func

tion

inde

pend

ently

and

hel

d cl

assi

ficat

ion

sess

ions

whe

n ne

eded

as

they

hav

e th

e ap

prop

riat

e nu

mbe

r of

cla

ssifi

ers

in t

heir

sta

te. R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

con

duct

ed c

lass

ifica

tion

sess

ions

in W

A a

nd

NSW

, with

ath

lete

s fr

om o

ther

sta

tes

(SA

and

AC

T)

also

at

tend

ing

thes

e se

ssio

ns.

Dev

elop

men

tA

num

ber

of s

trat

egie

s ha

ve b

een

put

in p

lace

to

furt

her

deve

lop

curr

ent

athl

etes

. A R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

Par

a-R

owin

g C

amp

in C

anbe

rra

was

con

duct

ed in

Jan

uary

20

15 fo

r 5

days

whi

ch in

clud

ed a

thle

tes

from

the

Leg

s,

Tru

nk a

nd A

rms

(LT

A)

spor

t cl

ass.

The

ath

lete

s w

ere

expo

sed

to t

he e

lite

trai

ning

env

iron

men

t of

RA

and

th

e A

IS. A

thle

tes

gain

ed in

valu

able

kno

wle

dge

and

expe

rien

ce w

hich

the

y w

ere

able

to

take

bac

k to

the

ir

32Ro

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g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

hom

e tr

aini

ng e

nvir

onm

ents

. Thi

s in

itiat

ive

has

been

a

corn

erst

one

for

the

deve

lopm

ent

of t

he L

TA

cat

egor

y an

d sp

ecifi

cally

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia’s

end

eavo

urs

to h

ave

this

cla

ss o

f boa

t re

pres

ente

d at

the

201

6 Pa

raly

mpi

c G

ames

.

Ack

now

ledg

emen

tsA

long

with

the

tea

m o

f ded

icat

ed H

igh

Perf

orm

ance

Pr

ogra

m s

taff

the

re a

re a

num

ber

of o

rgan

isat

ions

and

ad

ditio

nal c

onsu

ltant

s, v

olun

teer

s an

d su

ppor

ters

who

m

we

wou

ld li

ke t

o th

ank

for

thei

r ef

fort

s an

d si

gnifi

cant

co

ntri

butio

n to

the

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia H

igh

Perf

orm

ance

Pr

ogra

m.

Aus

tralia

n Sp

orts

Com

mis

sion

The

Aus

tral

ian

Spor

ts C

omm

issi

on is

row

ing’

s m

ajor

pa

rtne

r. W

ithou

t th

e su

bsta

ntia

l fun

ding

allo

catio

n w

e ar

e pr

ovid

ed, w

e w

ould

cle

arly

str

uggl

e to

con

duct

th

e co

mpr

ehen

sive

pro

gram

we

now

run

thr

ough

out

Aus

tral

ia. T

here

has

bee

n so

me

sign

ifica

nt c

hang

e on

the

ba

ck o

f the

Win

ning

Edg

e fu

ndin

g pr

ogra

m fr

om t

he

ASC

and

row

ing

will

con

tinue

to

be o

ne o

f the

pri

ority

fu

nded

spo

rts.

Tha

nk y

ou m

ust

go t

o N

ick

Hun

ter

as r

owin

g’s

AIS

Sp

ort

Perf

orm

ance

Man

ager

, for

his

tir

eles

s w

ork

and

supp

ort

of o

ur N

atio

nal P

rogr

am.

Aus

tralia

n O

lym

pic

Com

mitt

eeT

he A

OC

has

con

tinue

d to

be

a gr

eat

supp

orte

r fo

r R

owin

g an

d th

is s

uppo

rt w

ill c

ontin

ue in

the

lead

up

to R

io 2

016.

Tha

nk y

ou t

o th

e en

tire

team

at

the

AO

C

and

we

look

forw

ard

to w

orki

ng c

lose

ly a

gain

ove

r th

e ne

xt 1

2 m

onth

s to

ens

ure

that

Rio

bri

ngs

abou

t a

grea

t O

lym

pic

resu

lt fo

r ro

win

g.

Nat

iona

l Ins

titut

e N

etw

ork

All

natio

nal i

nstit

utes

and

aca

dem

ies

rem

ain

a cr

itica

l par

t of

the

suc

cess

ful d

eliv

ery

of R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

’s H

igh

Perf

orm

ance

Pro

gram

. We

than

k al

l of t

he D

irec

tors

, Pr

ogra

m M

anag

ers

and

Coa

ches

for

thei

r su

ppor

t an

d lo

ok fo

rwar

d to

impl

emen

ting

the

new

202

0 H

igh

Perf

orm

ance

Pla

n th

at w

ill s

ee R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

and

the

N

atio

nal I

nstit

ute

Net

wor

k w

orki

ng m

ore

colla

bora

tivel

y in

the

yea

rs t

o co

me.

Nat

iona

l Tea

m S

elec

tors

We

pass

on

our

than

ks t

o al

l of t

he N

atio

nal s

elec

tors

for

thei

r tir

eles

s an

d va

luab

le c

ontr

ibut

ion.

Seni

or T

eam

: Chr

is O

’Bri

en, D

avid

Yat

es, S

teph

an

Man

n, J

aim

e Fe

rnan

dez

Und

er 2

3 T

eam

: Chr

is O

’Bri

en, J

aim

e Fe

rnan

dez,

B

arna

by E

aton

and

Rus

sell

Hoo

kway

Juni

or T

eam

: Chr

is O

’Bri

en, J

aim

e Fe

rnan

dez,

Bar

naby

E

aton

and

Rus

sell

Hoo

kway

Und

er 2

1 T

eam

: Chr

is O

’Bri

en, J

aim

e Fe

rnan

dez,

B

arna

by E

aton

and

Rus

sell

Hoo

kway

Ath

lete

s C

omm

issi

onIt

is im

port

ant

to r

ecog

nise

the

val

uabl

e ro

le p

laye

d by

th

e A

thle

tes’

Com

mis

sion

dur

ing

the

2015

dom

estic

an

d in

tern

atio

nal s

easo

n. A

spe

cial

tha

nk y

ou g

oes

to C

amer

on M

cKen

zie-

McH

arg

for

his

wor

k as

the

C

hair

man

of t

his

Com

mis

sion

.

AIS

Eur

opea

n Tr

aini

ng C

entre

(ETC

)T

he A

IS E

urop

ean

Tra

inin

g C

entr

e (E

TC

) st

aff l

ed b

y W

arw

ick

Forb

es p

rovi

ded

outs

tand

ing

supp

ort

of t

he

Seni

or A

tea

m w

hile

in E

urop

e in

201

5. A

s in

pas

t ye

ars,

th

e te

am w

as a

lso

grat

eful

for

the

supp

ort

and

frie

ndsh

ip

of t

he G

avir

ate

Row

ing

Clu

b du

ring

the

ext

ensi

ve

trai

ning

cam

ps in

Ita

ly.

Equi

pmen

t Spo

nsor

sFi

lippi

and

Cro

ker

Oar

s co

ntin

ued

thei

r su

ppor

t of

the

U

nder

23

and

Juni

or t

eam

s. T

heir

spo

nsor

ship

of b

oats

an

d oa

rs fo

r ou

r te

ams

allo

ws

our

athl

etes

to

have

wor

ld

clas

s eq

uipm

ent

whi

lst

redu

cing

the

cos

t to

the

ath

lete

s.

Spor

ts Sc

ienc

e an

d Sp

orts

Med

icin

e Te

amD

r L

aris

sa T

reas

e, K

ellie

Wilk

ie, T

ony

Ric

e an

d th

e w

hole

m

edic

al a

nd s

cien

ce t

eam

aro

und

Aus

tral

ia w

ho a

re t

oo

num

erou

s to

nam

e in

divi

dual

ly b

ut w

ithou

t w

hom

the

H

P pr

ogra

ms

thro

ugho

ut A

ustr

alia

cou

ld n

ot fu

nctio

n –

than

k yo

u.

Hea

d C

oach

/Tea

m L

eade

rsA

ll te

ams

in 2

015

wer

e ab

ly le

d by

a t

eam

of e

xper

ienc

ed

and

dedi

cate

d pe

ople

, ens

urin

g ou

r te

am b

ehav

iour

s re

mai

ned

perf

orm

ance

focu

sed.

Tha

nk y

ou t

o C

hris

O

’Bri

en (

Seni

or),

Bar

naby

Eat

on (

U23

and

U21

) an

d Ja

ime

Fern

ande

z (J

unio

r).

Team

Man

ager

sT

hank

s m

ust

go t

o al

l 201

5 T

eam

Man

ager

s–R

ay E

bert

an

d W

ayne

Dip

lock

(Se

nior

), A

ndre

w S

ervi

ce (

U23

),

Way

ne D

iplo

ck (

Jnr)

and

Nao

mi W

agst

aff (

U21

)–fo

r th

eir

grea

t w

ork

in m

anag

ing

our

natio

nal t

eam

s so

ef

ficie

ntly

whi

le o

vers

eas.

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce R

epor

t (co

ntin

ued)

33Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Boat

Rac

e O

ffici

als

Tha

nk y

ou t

o th

e m

any

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia B

oat

Rac

e O

ffici

als

who

hav

e gi

ven

up t

heir

ow

n tim

e to

ass

ist

and

offic

iate

at

all o

f our

Nat

iona

l Sel

ectio

n ev

ents

. The

se

offic

ials

hav

e al

way

s en

sure

d th

at o

ur t

rial

s ar

e co

nduc

ted

unde

r th

e in

tern

atio

nally

rec

ogni

zed

Law

s of

Boa

t R

acin

g.

Row

ing

Aus

tralia

Sta

ffW

ithin

the

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia o

ffice

Mic

hael

Sco

tt,

Mat

t T

regl

own,

Ala

stai

r R

ober

ston

, Cam

eron

Alle

n,

Luc

y B

enja

min

, Cla

re P

hilli

ps, C

assi

e Po

wte

r an

d R

ob

Win

kwor

th h

ave

all c

ontr

ibut

ed t

o th

e H

P Pr

ogra

m

thro

ugho

ut t

he y

ear

in s

igni

fican

t w

ays

– th

ank

you.

I’

d al

so li

ke t

o pe

rson

ally

tha

nk T

ara

Hun

tly, W

ayne

D

iplo

ck, G

eorg

ie L

ee, S

imon

Boo

th a

nd N

aom

i Wag

staf

f fo

r th

eir

supp

ort

in t

he a

rea

of H

igh

Perf

orm

ance

.

Ath

lete

s/C

oach

es/F

amili

es a

nd S

uppo

rters

We

also

sin

cere

ly t

hank

our

ath

lete

s an

d co

ache

s, t

heir

fa

mili

es a

nd s

uppo

rter

s fo

r th

eir

huge

com

mitm

ent,

ef

fort

s an

d sa

crifi

ces

as t

hey

stri

ve t

o be

the

bes

t th

ey c

an

be in

our

bel

oved

spo

rt.

34Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia A

thle

tes’

Com

miss

ions

Visi

on: T

o re

pres

ent A

ustr

alia

’s el

ite

row

ers a

nd c

ontr

ibut

e to

m

akin

g th

e A

ustr

alia

n R

owin

g Te

am th

e m

ost s

ucce

ssful

in

tern

atio

nal p

rogr

am in

wor

ld r

owin

g.

The

Oly

mpi

c ye

ar r

epre

sent

s th

e pe

ak o

f our

cyc

le,

and

with

it c

omes

the

pre

ssur

e fo

r at

hlet

es t

o ea

rn t

he

oppo

rtun

ity t

o re

pres

ent

thei

r co

untr

y at

the

pin

nacl

e ev

ent

for

our

spor

t. T

his

is a

cha

lleng

ing,

exc

iting

, and

at

times

str

essf

ul y

ear

for

athl

etes

. Ove

r th

e la

st 1

2 m

onth

s th

e R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

Ath

lete

s’ C

omm

issi

on (

RA

AC

) ha

s co

ntin

ued

to p

rovi

de a

n im

port

ant

role

in r

epre

sent

ing

the

athl

ete

grou

p an

d en

suri

ng it

is a

n ac

tive

and

posi

tive

part

icip

ant

in m

atte

rs d

irec

tly im

pact

ing

athl

etes

and

th

eir

perf

orm

ance

.

The

re h

as b

een

a lo

t of

cha

nge

with

in t

his

Oly

mpi

ad a

nd

the

RA

AC

has

est

ablis

hed

a ve

ry p

ositi

ve r

ole

wor

king

cl

osel

y w

ith R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

and

its

Boa

rd t

o pr

ovid

e in

put

on im

port

ant

mat

ters

, pro

cess

and

pol

icy

that

hav

e ha

d a

dire

ct im

pact

on

athl

etes

. It

is t

he R

AA

Cs

role

to

alw

ays

ensu

re it

s pe

rspe

ctiv

e an

d in

put

is p

erfo

rman

ce

focu

sed

and

cons

iste

nt w

ith t

he v

isio

n an

d m

issi

on o

f the

gr

oup.

The

RA

AC

is m

ade

up o

f mad

e up

of 6

cur

rent

tea

m

mem

bers

and

3 r

etir

ed m

embe

rs. T

he m

embe

rs a

re

nom

inat

ed a

nd v

oted

on

by t

he a

thle

te g

roup

with

ce

rtai

n co

nditi

ons

to e

nsur

e th

at t

here

is r

epre

sent

atio

n ac

ross

cat

egor

ies

and

gend

er. T

he a

ctiv

e te

am m

embe

rs

of t

he R

AA

C fo

rm t

he R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

Ath

lete

L

eade

rshi

p G

roup

with

in t

he t

eam

and

pla

y an

act

ive

lead

ersh

ip r

ole

duri

ng t

he s

easo

n an

d in

par

ticul

ar w

hen

tour

ing.

In

part

icul

ar, t

he L

eade

rshi

p G

roup

wor

ks w

ith

the

Hig

h Pe

rfor

man

ce T

eam

on

team

act

iviti

es a

nd

initi

ativ

es t

o pr

omot

e an

d bu

ild t

eam

cul

ture

.

Whi

le t

here

is m

uch

to b

e ex

cite

d by

thi

s ye

ar, t

he

pass

ing

of S

arah

Tai

t ha

d a

prof

ound

eff

ect

on t

he

RA

AC

, the

ath

lete

gro

up, a

nd t

he b

road

er r

owin

g co

mm

unity

. Sar

ah w

as a

n in

tegr

al m

embe

r of

the

RA

AC

ov

er t

he la

st 5

yea

rs a

nd h

er le

ader

ship

, exp

erie

nce,

in

telle

ct a

nd t

houg

htfu

l con

trib

utio

ns h

ad a

sig

nific

ant

influ

ence

on

the

deve

lopm

ent

of t

he R

AA

C in

to a

n ef

fect

ive

repr

esen

tativ

e bo

dy fo

r th

e at

hlet

e gr

oup.

Sara

h re

pres

ents

the

per

fect

rol

e m

odel

for

our

spor

t;

fierc

ely

dete

rmin

ed, s

he w

as n

ever

dri

ven

by in

divi

dual

ac

cola

des,

but

by

the

love

of t

he s

port

and

the

abi

lity

to

wor

k cl

osel

y w

ith h

er c

rew

mat

es t

o ac

hiev

e so

met

hing

ex

cept

iona

l. Sa

rah

led

by e

xam

ple,

was

not

afr

aid

to s

peak

up

whe

n it

was

nee

ded,

but

was

alw

ays

appr

oach

able

, co

nsid

ered

and

res

pect

ful t

o ev

eryo

ne. S

arah

will

hav

e a

last

ing

influ

ence

on

our

athl

etes

and

our

spo

rt.

As

our

athl

etes

sta

rt t

o na

rrow

the

ir fo

cus

tow

ards

the

w

ater

s of

Lag

oa R

odri

go d

e Fr

itas

in R

io in

201

6, t

he

RA

AC

and

Ath

lete

Lea

ders

hip

Gro

up w

ill c

ontin

ue

to p

lay

key

role

s in

ens

urin

g th

e te

am p

erfo

rms

to it

’s

exci

ting

pote

ntia

l.

Cam

eron

McK

enzi

e-M

cHar

gC

hair

, Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia A

thle

tes

Com

mis

sion

Ath

lete

s’ C

omm

issi

on R

epor

t

35Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

2015

has

see

n so

me

impo

rtan

t ch

ange

and

pro

gres

s in

R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

’s m

edia

and

com

mun

icat

ions

bus

ines

s.

The

re h

as b

een

a co

ntin

ued

focu

s on

enh

anci

ng o

ur

digi

tal c

hann

els

and

this

has

res

ulte

d in

furt

her

grow

th,

incl

udin

g so

cial

med

ia p

latf

orm

s th

at h

ave

incr

ease

d th

eir

reac

h an

d en

gage

men

t by

an

aver

age

of 6

3% t

his

repo

rtin

g pe

riod

. Dev

elop

men

t of

eng

agin

g vi

deo

cont

ent

is k

ey fo

r an

y gr

owth

in t

his

spac

e an

d th

roug

h a

targ

eted

str

ateg

y to

pro

duce

mor

e of

thi

s co

nten

t w

e ar

e no

w s

eein

g th

e st

ep c

hang

e th

is is

cre

atin

g. V

ideo

ac

coun

ted

for

a la

rge

perc

enta

ge o

f our

sha

red

cont

ent

in

2015

.

RA

als

o la

unch

ed a

new

web

site

with

enh

ance

d fu

nctio

nalit

y, in

clud

ing

the

abili

ty fo

r th

ose

new

to

the

spor

t to

be

able

to

sear

ch fo

r a

club

, via

our

‘Fin

d a

Clu

b’ a

pplic

atio

n, a

long

with

link

ing

the

site

to

be a

ble

to li

ve-s

trea

m o

ur e

vent

s an

d al

so li

nk in

with

all

our

soci

al m

edia

cha

nnel

s. T

he r

esul

ts h

ave

been

an

impr

oved

ex

peri

ence

for

our

row

ing

com

mun

ity w

hen

cons

umin

g in

form

atio

n on

the

site

, in

the

peri

od o

f Oct

ober

201

5 to

Mar

ch 2

016

we

had

over

100

,000

peo

ple

visi

t th

e si

te a

lone

. Thi

s ha

s be

en s

uppo

rted

by

a he

ight

ened

fo

cus

on o

ur d

atab

ase

com

mun

icat

ions

with

a n

umbe

r of

new

slet

ters

com

ing

onlin

e in

clud

ing

our

Pres

iden

ts

New

slet

ter

that

are

ava

ilabl

e fo

r th

e ro

win

g co

mm

unity

to

sig

n up

to

and

stay

info

rmed

.

The

med

ia a

nd c

omm

unic

atio

ns b

usin

ess

was

als

o re

stru

ctur

ed t

o fa

ll un

der

the

Com

mer

cial

Ope

ratio

ns

Uni

t, w

ith t

he a

ppoi

ntm

ent

of R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

’s fi

rst

Chi

ef C

omm

erci

al O

ffice

r in

Oct

ober

201

5. W

ith a

st

rate

gic

focu

s to

gro

w t

he s

port

’s c

omm

erci

al r

even

ue

stre

ams,

the

uni

t is

als

o re

spon

sibl

e fo

r br

and,

mar

ketin

g,

fund

rais

ing

and

com

mun

icat

ion.

The

re h

ave

been

som

e ke

y hi

ghlig

hts

for

this

new

are

a of

ro

win

g in

201

5 in

clud

ing

the

laun

ch o

f the

Row

ing

for

Gol

d fu

ndra

isin

g pr

ogra

m a

s w

ell a

s ac

quir

ing

Han

cock

Pr

ospe

ctin

g an

d th

e G

eorg

ina

Hop

e Fo

unda

tion

as m

ajor

sp

onso

rs o

f the

Aus

tral

ian

Row

ing

Tea

m a

nd R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

. Inv

estm

ent

secu

red

from

the

se in

itiat

ives

has

di

rect

ly s

uppo

rted

Aus

tral

ian

Row

ing

Tea

m a

s th

ey

prep

are

for

an im

port

ant

year

of c

ompe

titio

n in

201

6.

Med

ia a

nd C

omm

unic

atio

ns

36Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

The

Bob

by P

earc

e Fo

unda

tion

was

form

ed in

200

2 as

a

vehi

cle

for

past

Nat

iona

l Tea

m r

epre

sent

ativ

es t

o su

ppor

t th

e cu

rren

t N

atio

nal T

eam

rep

rese

ntat

ives

, and

to

keep

in

tou

ch w

ith r

owin

g at

the

nat

iona

l tea

m le

vel.

Whi

lst R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

ann

ually

con

trib

utes

a s

igni

fican

t am

ount

to

the

cost

of t

he u

nder

age

tour

s, t

he r

est

of

the

cost

has

to

be r

aise

d by

the

row

ers,

the

ir fa

mili

es,

club

s, I

nstit

utes

and

Sta

te A

ssoc

iatio

ns. T

he B

obby

Pe

arce

Fou

ndat

ion

seek

s co

ntri

butio

ns fr

om fo

rmer

tea

m

mem

bers

to

assi

st w

ith t

he e

xpen

ses

of in

divi

dual

s in

the

U

nder

23,

Und

er 2

1 an

d Ju

nior

Tea

ms.

In

part

icul

ar,

the

Foun

datio

n ha

s as

sist

ed a

thle

tes

who

hav

e su

ffer

ed a

pa

rtic

ular

fina

ncia

l har

dshi

p.

The

Tru

stee

s of

the

Fou

ndat

ion

are

Pete

r A

nton

ie

OA

M, J

ohn

Coa

tes

AC

and

Joh

n B

oultb

ee A

M.

The

Fo

unda

tion

is n

amed

aft

er t

he fi

rst

Aus

tral

ian

Oly

mpi

c G

old

Med

alis

t in

row

ing,

Bob

by P

earc

e, w

ho w

on t

he

Sing

le S

culls

in 1

928

and

1932

.

The

follo

win

g in

divi

dual

s co

ntri

bute

d to

the

Fou

ndat

ion

duri

ng t

he r

epor

ting

peri

od:

A

ndre

w M

iche

lmor

e

Jeff

Wat

t

Gra

eme

Boy

kett

C

amer

on J

ohns

ton

R

ober

t Ya

rrow

R

obin

Pok

e

John

Coa

tes

Jo

hn B

oultb

ee

Nic

k H

unte

r

Rus

sell

Hoo

kway

M

icha

el S

im

Geo

rge

Xou

ris

L

ione

l Rob

berd

s

Adr

ian

Mon

ger

R

ober

t L

ang

Je

ff S

ykes

Je

nnife

r C

hapm

an

And

rew

McK

inle

y

Gill

Cam

pbel

l

Pete

r A

nton

ie

Ove

r th

e co

urse

of 2

014

and

2015

, the

Tru

stee

s ga

ve a

ll m

embe

rs o

f the

Nat

iona

l Jun

ior,

Und

er 2

1 an

d U

nder

23

Tea

ms

the

oppo

rtun

ity t

o ap

ply

for

a gr

ant

on t

he

basi

s of

fina

ncia

l har

dshi

p, t

akin

g in

to a

ccou

nt s

uppo

rt

prov

ided

alr

eady

by

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia, S

tate

Ass

ocia

tions

, th

e A

IS, S

tate

Ins

titut

es a

nd C

lubs

. On

this

bas

is, 2

3 at

hlet

es w

ere

assi

sted

with

a t

otal

of $

24,0

00 in

gra

nts

acro

ss t

he t

wo

year

s.

The

fund

ing

prov

ided

mak

es a

sig

nific

ant

diff

eren

t to

A

ustr

alia

’s e

mer

ging

ath

lete

s, a

nd e

nabl

es y

oung

men

an

d w

omen

to

stay

in t

he s

port

long

er a

nd t

o ac

hiev

e se

nior

nat

iona

l tea

m s

elec

tion

(and

as

such

to

beco

me

mem

bers

of t

he B

obby

Pea

rce

Foun

datio

n an

d to

su

ppor

t fu

ture

gen

erat

ions

in t

heir

pla

ce).

The

Fou

ndat

ion

is r

egis

tere

d w

ith t

he A

ustr

alia

Spo

rts

Foun

datio

n, a

nd d

onat

ions

are

mad

e th

roug

h th

at b

ody,

an

d at

trac

t ta

x de

duct

ibili

ty.

The

Bobb

y Pe

arce

Fou

ndat

ion

37Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Dav

id B

oyke

tt O

AM

1934

–201

6R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

was

sad

dene

d to

ann

ounc

e th

e pa

ssin

g of

tw

o-tim

e A

ustr

alia

n ro

win

g O

lym

pian

, Dav

id B

oyke

tt

OA

M. M

r B

oyke

tt h

ad b

een

batt

ling

canc

er fo

r so

me

time

and

sadl

y pa

ssed

aw

ay o

n th

e m

orni

ng o

f 10

Febr

uary

201

6.

Bor

n in

193

4, M

r B

oyke

tt w

as a

lege

nd o

f Aus

tral

ian

row

ing,

an

Oly

mpi

c br

onze

med

allis

t, d

ual O

lym

pian

, A

ustr

alia

n R

owin

g T

eam

mem

ber

and

coac

h an

d an

in

nova

tor

in t

he a

reas

of c

oach

edu

catio

n an

d th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

you

th a

nd s

choo

l row

ing

in A

ustr

alia

.

A p

roud

Vic

tori

an a

nd m

embe

r of

Mer

cant

ile R

owin

g C

lub,

Mr

Boy

kett

firs

t re

pres

ente

d A

ustr

alia

in 1

956

as

a m

embe

r of

Aus

tral

ia’s

bro

nze

med

al w

inni

ng M

en’s

E

ight

at

the

Mel

bour

ne O

lym

pic

Gam

es. H

e w

ent

on

to r

epre

sent

Aus

tral

ia a

gain

at

Oly

mpi

c le

vel i

n 19

64 a

t th

e T

okyo

Oly

mpi

c G

ames

, whi

le h

e al

so r

epre

sent

ed

Aus

tral

ia a

t m

ultip

le W

orld

Row

ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips.

Mr

Boy

kett

was

McV

illy-

Pear

ce r

ower

num

ber

91

and

clai

med

sev

en K

ing’

s C

up t

itles

whi

lst

row

ing

for

Vic

tori

a’s

Men

’s E

ight

in t

he I

nter

stat

e R

egat

ta.

At

the

conc

lusi

on o

f his

row

ing

care

er c

ontin

ued

to

activ

ely

supp

ort

all a

spec

ts o

f the

spo

rt, i

nclu

ding

in

itiat

ing

and

man

agin

g th

e fir

st J

unio

r A

ustr

alia

n R

owin

g T

eam

at

the

Wor

ld R

owin

g Ju

nior

C

ham

pion

ship

s in

197

3. M

r B

oyke

tt w

as a

lso

know

n fo

r be

ing

a gr

eat

supp

orte

r of

wom

en’s

row

ing

whe

n th

e re

sour

ces

avai

labl

e to

tha

t ar

ea o

f the

spo

rt w

ere

spar

se in

co

mpa

riso

n to

the

pre

sent

day

.

He

wen

t on

to

be F

ISA

Um

pire

and

Aus

tral

ian

Um

pire

, w

hile

als

o co

ntin

uing

to

be h

eavi

ly in

volv

ed in

you

th

row

ing

deve

lopm

ent

at S

cotc

h C

olle

ge in

Mel

bour

ne

and

in V

icto

ria

as a

who

le. M

r B

oyke

tt w

as a

lso

part

of

the

fund

rais

ing

com

mitt

ee fo

r A

ustr

alia

n R

owin

g T

eam

s in

196

6, 1

967

(Cha

ir),

197

0, 1

973,

197

9 (C

hair

).

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia w

ill b

e m

akin

g M

r B

oyke

tt’s

McV

illy-

Pear

ce p

in a

vaila

ble

to h

is fa

mily

.

Phi

llip

Cay

zer

OA

M19

22–2

015

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia w

as s

adde

ned

to h

ear

of t

he p

assi

ng

of A

ustr

alia

n O

lym

pian

Phi

llip

Cay

zer.

Lea

der,

men

tor,

Oly

mpi

c ro

wer

and

coa

ch. P

hilip

Cay

zer

pass

ed a

way

pe

acef

ully

on

15th

Jul

y 20

15.

Phil

atte

nded

St

Jose

ph’s

Col

lege

Syd

ney

befo

re s

tudy

ing

indu

stri

al c

hem

istr

y. H

e he

ld s

enio

r ex

ecut

ive

role

s in

in

dust

ry.

Phil’

s se

nior

row

ing

was

all

unde

rtak

en a

t Sy

dney

R

owin

g C

lub

whi

ch h

e jo

ined

in 1

947.

He

mai

ntai

ned

a lif

elon

g as

soci

atio

n w

ith t

hat

Clu

b an

d w

as a

n ho

nora

ry

life

mem

ber.

The

row

ing

care

er o

f Phi

l Cay

zer

was

ste

llar.

He

was

ro

win

g at

a t

ime

of g

reat

str

engt

h in

NSW

and

so

was

no

t im

med

iate

ly b

reak

into

the

suc

cess

ful N

SW K

ing’

s C

up c

rew

s. H

owev

er b

y 19

49 h

e w

as in

the

tw

o se

at o

f th

e w

inni

ng c

rew

and

the

n st

roke

d th

e w

inni

ng 1

950

and

1951

cre

ws.

As

a re

sult

of t

he 1

949

win

in t

he K

ings

Cup

, the

cre

w

was

sel

ecte

d to

rep

rese

nt A

ustr

alia

in t

he 1

950

Em

pire

G

ames

at

Lak

e K

arap

iro

in N

ew Z

eala

nd. T

hey

won

and

de

feat

ed N

ew Z

eala

nd b

y ju

st a

foot

.

The

195

0 w

in in

the

Kin

g’s

Cup

res

ulte

d in

ano

ther

op

port

unity

to

repr

esen

t A

ustr

alia

with

the

NSW

cre

w

trav

ellin

g to

the

Can

terb

ury

Cen

tenn

ial G

ames

and

195

1 N

ew Z

eala

nd C

ham

pion

ship

s. T

hey

defe

ated

the

hig

hly

accl

aim

ed U

nive

rsity

of C

alifo

rnia

cre

w b

y a

canv

as

in b

oth

race

s. D

efea

ting

this

ren

owne

d C

alifo

rnia

n cr

ew w

as c

ritic

al in

per

suad

ing

the

Aus

tral

ian

Oly

mpi

c Fe

dera

tion

to s

elec

t an

eig

ht fo

r th

e 19

52 O

lym

pic

Gam

es. T

he fu

ll A

ustr

alia

n O

lym

pic

team

in 1

952

only

co

mpr

ised

96

peop

le.

The

195

1 N

SW c

rew

str

oked

by

Phil

won

the

Kin

g’s

Cup

by

1.5

leng

ths.

Thi

s w

as t

he s

elec

tion

even

t fo

r th

e 19

52 O

lym

pic

eigh

t an

d N

SW w

ere

duly

sel

ecte

d.

Sele

ctor

Joe

Gou

ld h

ad fa

ith in

the

cre

w a

nd s

tood

by

his

deci

sion

. To

the

cred

it of

the

cre

w a

nd G

ould

, the

eig

ht

won

a b

ronz

e m

edal

.

Aft

er b

eing

sid

elin

ed fo

r th

e 19

53 s

easo

n du

e to

a s

erio

us

car

acci

dent

whi

ch le

ft h

im in

hos

pita

l for

thr

ee m

onth

s,

Phil

retu

rned

to

stro

ke t

he S

ydne

y R

owin

g C

lub

crew

to

win

the

195

4 C

ham

pion

Eig

hts

of N

SW a

nd s

trok

e th

e N

SW K

ings

Cup

. The

cre

w w

as p

lace

d se

cond

to

Vic

tori

a in

alm

ost

unro

wab

le c

ondi

tions

in H

obar

t.

Phil

then

tur

ned

his

ener

gies

to

coac

hing

whi

ch h

e di

d w

ith d

istin

ctio

n. D

urin

g 19

60s,

Phi

l per

form

ed e

xcel

lent

co

achi

ng a

nd r

ecru

iting

wor

k at

Syd

ney

Row

ing

Clu

b w

hich

led

to s

ucce

ss fo

r A

ustr

alia

at

the

inte

rnat

iona

l le

vel.

He

coac

hed

the

coxe

d fo

ur o

f Ala

n G

rove

r, A

lf D

uval

, Mic

k A

llan,

Joh

n C

ampb

ell a

nd G

ary

Her

ford

w

ho c

ompe

ted

at t

he T

okyo

Gam

es in

196

4. H

e re

crui

ted

a nu

mbe

r of

nat

iona

l sen

ior

row

ers

to jo

in

his

squa

d at

Syd

ney

to c

reat

e th

e m

en’s

eig

ht fo

r th

e 19

68 O

lym

pics

. Unf

ortu

nate

ly fo

r Ph

il, o

vers

eas

wor

k co

mm

itmen

ts fo

rced

his

with

draw

al fr

om c

oach

ing

this

cr

ew a

fter

the

NSW

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips.

Obi

tuar

ies

38Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Dur

ing

the

seve

ntie

s, P

hil m

oved

to

Vic

tori

a fo

r w

ork

reas

ons

and

coac

hed

Mer

cant

ile R

owin

g C

lub

and

Vic

tori

an c

rew

s. H

is r

elat

ions

hip

with

Mer

cant

ile d

urin

g th

is p

erio

d w

as r

ecog

nize

d in

200

0 by

the

cre

atio

n of

an

annu

al c

ompe

titio

n be

twee

n th

e tw

o cl

ubs

know

n as

the

C

ayze

r C

up. T

his

com

petit

ion

cont

inue

s as

a m

ark

of t

he

grea

t fr

iend

ship

and

res

pect

hel

d fo

r Ph

il.

Upo

n re

turn

ing

to S

ydne

y R

owin

g C

lub

in t

he

eigh

ties,

he

cont

inue

d to

coa

ch C

lub,

sta

te a

nd n

atio

nal

crew

s th

roug

h to

rec

ent

year

s, d

evel

opin

g m

any

succ

essf

ul a

thle

tes.

He

also

ass

iste

d th

e C

lub

in s

enio

r ad

min

istr

ativ

e ro

les

whe

re h

is b

usin

ess

skill

s an

d sa

ge

advi

ce w

ere

used

to

grea

t ef

fect

. Syd

ney

Row

ing

Clu

b ha

s na

med

a t

otal

of f

our

boat

s af

ter

Phil

Cay

zer

and

one

afte

r hi

s w

ife, M

elva

Cay

zer

to r

ecog

nize

the

ir s

igni

fican

t co

ntri

butio

n to

the

Clu

b.

Phil

Cay

zer

rece

ived

an

Ord

er o

f Aus

tral

ia M

edal

in

1992

for

his

lifet

ime

serv

ice

to r

owin

g.

Phil’

s co

ntri

butio

n to

the

dev

elop

men

t of

a la

rge

num

ber

of A

ustr

alia

n ro

wer

s is

sig

nific

ant.

He

cont

inuo

usly

co

ache

d, m

ento

red,

ass

iste

d an

d ev

en e

mpl

oyed

som

e ro

wer

s fr

om 1

955

to r

ecen

t tim

es. H

e en

joye

d se

eing

yo

ung

peop

le s

ucce

ed. T

hose

who

he

coac

hed

rega

rded

Ph

il as

a fr

iend

.

And

rew

Gue

rin

16th

Jul

y 20

15

Sara

h T

ait

1983

–201

6R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

was

dee

ply

sadd

ened

to

lear

n of

th

e pa

ssin

g of

Aus

tral

ian

Row

ing

Tea

m m

embe

r an

d O

lym

pic

silv

er m

edal

list,

Sar

ah T

ait.

Sara

h ha

d be

en b

attli

ng c

ance

r si

nce

the

birt

h of

he

r se

cond

chi

ld, L

uca,

in M

arch

201

3, a

nd in

Fe

brua

ry 2

014

mad

e th

e de

cisi

on t

o st

ep a

way

from

ro

win

g to

bat

tle t

he d

isea

se, a

bat

tle s

he s

adly

lost

on

3 M

arch

201

6.

Bor

n, S

arah

Ann

e O

uthw

aite

, on

23 J

anua

ry 1

983

in

Pert

h, W

este

rn A

ustr

alia

to

pare

nts

Sim

on a

nd B

arba

ra

Out

hwai

te, s

he g

rew

up

with

her

thr

ee b

roth

ers

in t

he

subu

rb o

f Wem

bley

Dow

ns a

nd b

egan

row

ing

in Y

ear

Nin

e an

d he

r pa

ssio

n fo

r th

e sp

ort

stuc

k.

An

Env

iron

men

tal S

cien

ce a

nd A

gric

ultu

re g

radu

ate,

Sa

rah

mad

e he

r fir

st a

ppea

ranc

e on

the

inte

rnat

iona

l ro

win

g sc

ene,

whe

n in

200

0, s

he w

on a

silv

er m

edal

in

the

Juni

or W

omen

’s F

our

at t

he W

orld

Row

ing

Juni

or

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

in Z

agre

b, C

roat

ia.

From

tha

t da

y fo

rwar

d, S

arah

nev

er lo

oked

bac

k co

mpe

ting

at t

hree

Oly

mpi

c G

ames

(20

04, 2

008

and

2012

) w

ith h

er fi

nal O

lym

pics

bei

ng t

he o

ne t

hat

saw

he

r w

in a

silv

er m

edal

alo

ngsi

de K

ate

Hor

nsey

in t

he

Wom

en’s

Pai

r, th

e cr

ew w

as c

oach

ed b

y hu

sban

d, B

ill.

At

the

time

of h

er r

etir

emen

t in

201

4, S

arah

sai

d he

r gr

eate

st a

chie

vem

ent

in r

owin

g w

as t

akin

g ho

me

a si

lver

m

edal

at

Lon

don

2012

, say

ing:

“W

ithou

t a

doub

t, m

y gr

eate

st a

chie

vem

ent

has

to h

ave

been

com

bini

ng w

ith

Kat

e an

d ou

r co

ach,

Bill

, to

take

hom

e th

at s

ilver

med

al

for

Aus

tral

ia in

the

Lon

don

2012

Oly

mpi

cs. B

ill h

as b

een

a gr

eat

supp

ort

and

in la

st e

ight

yea

rs h

as m

ade

the

mos

t am

azin

g di

ffer

ence

to

my

row

ing

care

er, a

nd m

y lif

e,

both

as

my

husb

and

and

my

coac

h.”

In h

er t

ime

in t

he t

eam

she

won

num

erou

s ac

cola

des

incl

udin

g go

ld a

nd s

ilver

in t

he 2

005

Wor

ld R

owin

g C

ham

pion

ship

s an

d br

onze

in t

he 2

011

Wor

ld R

owin

g C

ham

pion

ship

s w

hile

she

cap

tain

ed t

he A

ustr

alia

n W

omen

’s R

owin

g T

eam

for

both

the

Bei

jing

(200

8) a

nd

Lon

don

(201

2) O

lym

pics

.

Sara

h re

ceiv

ed h

er M

cVill

y-Pe

arce

pin

, she

was

row

er

num

ber

651,

alo

ngsi

de h

er W

orld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ip

win

ning

Wom

en’s

Eig

ht c

rew

mat

es la

te la

st y

ear

(201

5).

A m

embe

r of

Sw

an R

iver

RC

in W

este

rn A

ustr

alia

and

M

erca

ntile

RC

in V

icto

ria,

Tai

t ga

ve b

irth

to

her

and

Bill

’s fi

rst

child

, Lei

la, i

n 20

09 a

nd t

heir

sec

ond,

Luc

a in

201

3. A

row

ing

scho

lar

of t

he W

este

rn A

ustr

alia

n In

stitu

te o

f Spo

rt (

WA

IS)

and

mor

e re

cent

ly t

he

Vic

tori

an I

nstit

ute

of S

port

(V

IS),

she

is s

urvi

ved

by h

er

husb

and

Bill

, chi

ldre

n L

eila

and

Luc

a, p

aren

ts S

imon

and

B

arba

ra, a

long

with

the

ext

ende

d fa

mily

.

John

Rod

gers

1931

–201

6R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

was

sad

dene

d to

lear

n ab

out

the

pass

ing

of M

r A

lfred

Joh

n R

odge

rs, k

now

n as

Joh

n, o

n Sa

turd

ay M

arch

26

2016

. Mr

Rod

gers

’ fun

eral

too

k pl

ace

on M

onda

y 4

Apr

il in

Cro

nulla

.

Mr

Rod

gers

rep

rese

nted

Aus

tral

ia a

t th

e O

lym

pic

Gam

es

in H

elsi

nki i

n 19

52. H

e ro

wed

in t

he d

oubl

e sc

ull w

ith

Mur

ray

Rile

y, a

nd p

lace

d si

xth

over

all a

t th

e G

ames

. The

tw

o ha

d pr

evio

usly

row

ed t

he d

oubl

e sc

ull a

t th

e R

oyal

H

enle

y R

egat

ta, a

nd p

lace

d se

cond

.

A m

embe

r of

the

Kap

yla

Clu

b, a

gro

up o

f Aus

tral

ia

Oly

mpi

ans

who

com

pete

d in

195

2 G

ames

, Mr

Rod

gers

re

gula

rly

met

with

his

fello

w O

lym

pian

s at

reu

nion

s of

th

e cl

ub.

Obi

tuar

ies

(con

tinue

d)

39Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

At

Stat

e le

vel,

Mr

Rod

gers

rep

rese

nted

New

Sou

th W

ales

in

the

Kin

gs C

up R

egat

ta in

195

4 in

Hob

art,

fini

shin

g se

cond

, and

195

5 in

Ade

laid

e, w

here

the

cre

w p

lace

d th

ird.

A m

embe

r of

the

Syd

ney

Row

ing

Clu

b, M

r R

odge

rs

was

rec

ogni

sed

by t

he c

lub

in t

he 1

953/

54 s

easo

n w

hen

he w

as a

war

ded

the

John

Hac

kett

Mem

oria

l Tro

phy,

aw

arde

d to

the

row

er w

ho h

as w

on t

he m

ost

poin

ts

in t

he R

owin

g N

ew S

outh

Wal

es S

easo

n. P

rior

to

this

ho

nour

, he

had

also

won

the

A G

rade

Win

ter

Seri

es

Com

petit

ion

in 1

951,

and

the

n ag

ain

in 1

953.

Out

side

of r

owin

g, M

r R

odge

rs w

orke

d fo

r m

any

year

s in

the

mot

or v

ehic

le in

dust

ry, b

oth

in S

ydne

y an

d al

so in

ru

ral N

ew S

outh

Wal

es.

Mr

Rod

gers

was

McV

illy-

Pear

ce r

ower

num

ber

67 a

nd

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia w

ill w

ork

with

his

fam

ily t

o or

gani

se

the

pres

enta

tion

of h

is p

in in

due

cou

rse.

Sir

Don

Row

land

s K

NZ

M C

BE

AM

1926

–201

5R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

was

sad

dene

d to

rep

ort

that

Sir

Don

R

owla

nds

pass

ed a

way

on

18 M

arch

201

5 in

Auc

klan

d,

New

Zea

land

. Sir

Don

was

age

d 89

and

just

a w

eek

befo

re h

is p

assi

ng t

he G

over

nor

Gen

eral

of N

ew Z

eala

nd

visi

ted

him

in h

ospi

tal a

nd c

onfe

rred

his

Kni

ghth

ood

on

him

, and

in J

anua

ry o

f 201

5, R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

’s J

ohn

Bou

ltbee

tra

velle

d to

New

Zea

land

to

inve

st h

im a

s a

mem

ber

of t

he O

rder

of A

ustr

alia

.

As

a ro

wer

, Sir

Don

was

a C

omm

onw

ealth

Gam

es

Gol

d M

edal

list,

and

five

tim

es N

ew Z

eala

nd C

ham

pion

Si

ngle

Scu

ller.

He

was

a s

elec

tor

for

New

Zea

land

for

man

y ye

ars

and

held

sev

eral

rol

es in

NZ

Row

ing,

and

in

part

icul

ar w

as t

he C

hair

of t

he W

orld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

in

1978

and

Pat

ron

of t

he W

orld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

in 2

010.

H

e w

as V

ice

Pres

iden

t of

the

New

Zea

land

NO

C.

Sir

Don

rec

eive

d hi

s ho

nour

ary

AM

for

his

hard

wor

k an

d co

ntri

butio

n to

the

spo

rt o

f row

ing

havi

ng b

een

the

FISA

Con

tinen

tal R

epre

sent

ativ

e fo

r O

cean

ia 1

974

to

1992

, a p

ositi

on la

ter

held

by

the

Aus

tral

ian

Oly

mpi

c C

omm

ittee

’s J

ohn

Coa

tes.

Sir

Don

ass

iste

d R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

gre

atly

in o

btai

ning

th

e ho

stin

g of

the

199

0 W

orld

Row

ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

and

advi

sed

exte

nsiv

ely

on t

he c

reat

ion

of t

he c

ours

e th

at w

as t

o th

e ho

st e

vent

, Lak

e B

arri

ngto

n, T

asm

ania

. Si

r D

on la

ter

wen

t on

to

help

with

the

est

ablis

hmen

t of

th

e Sy

dney

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erna

tiona

l Reg

atta

Cen

tre

cour

se fo

r th

e Sy

dney

200

0 O

lym

pic

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es, a

cou

rse

whi

ch is

reg

ular

ly

utili

sed

for

maj

or c

ompe

titio

n st

ill.

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ife M

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ret M

cKEN

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201

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GM

saw

the

app

oint

men

t of

Mar

gare

t M

cKen

zie

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M a

s R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

’s n

ewes

t L

ife

Mem

ber

in r

ecog

nitio

n of

her

out

stan

ding

con

trib

utio

n to

row

ing

as a

com

petit

or, c

oach

, adm

inis

trat

or, a

nd

supp

orte

r bo

th a

t lo

cal,

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e an

d N

atio

nal l

evel

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Ms

Mac

kenz

ie h

as c

ompe

ted,

coa

ched

and

vol

unte

ered

ac

ross

bot

h N

ew S

outh

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es a

nd V

icto

ria

over

m

any

year

s an

d th

e m

ajor

ity o

f her

man

y si

gnifi

cant

ac

hiev

emen

ts r

elat

e to

the

pro

mot

ion,

gro

wth

and

ac

know

ledg

emen

t of

fem

ale

row

ing.

The

eff

orts

of M

s M

cKen

zie

and

othe

rs p

rovi

ded

the

foun

datio

ns u

pon

whi

ch t

he c

urre

nt s

tren

gth

of fe

mal

e ro

win

g in

Aus

tral

ia

has

been

bui

lt.

Life

Mem

bers

Mr

Noe

l F. W

ilkin

son,

BE

M, O

AM

(de

ceas

ed)

Mr

Rob

ert

Aitk

en, M

BE

(de

ceas

ed)

Mr

Ber

ry D

urst

on, A

M (

dece

ased

)D

r St

ephe

n H

inch

y, O

AM

Mr

John

Coa

tes,

AC

Mr

John

Bou

ltbee

, AM

Mr

Rei

nhol

d B

atsc

hi, O

AM

Mr

And

rew

Gue

rin

Mr

Dav

id Y

ates

Ms

Bar

bara

Fen

ner

Mr

Mic

hael

Eas

taug

hffe

Mr

Mik

e M

cKay

, OA

MM

r Ja

mes

Tom

kins

, OA

MM

r Pe

ter

Ant

onie

, OA

MM

s M

arga

ret

Mac

Ken

zie,

OA

M

Row

er o

f th

e Ye

ar A

war

dsT

he R

ower

of t

he Y

ear

Aw

ards

rec

ogni

se t

he m

ost

outs

tand

ing

cont

ribu

tions

from

vol

unte

ers

and

the

mos

t ex

cept

iona

l ach

ieve

men

ts o

f coa

ches

and

ath

lete

s th

roug

hout

eac

h ye

ar. T

hey

are

the

pinn

acle

aw

ards

w

ithin

the

Aus

tral

ian

row

ing

com

mun

ity a

nd a

re

awar

ded

to t

he m

ost

outs

tand

ing

fem

ale

row

er, m

ale

row

er, c

oach

and

vol

unte

er in

eac

h ye

ar.

The

Row

er’s

Row

er o

f the

Yea

r is

an

awar

d th

at

is n

omin

ated

and

vot

ed o

n by

ath

lete

s w

ho h

ave

repr

esen

ted

Aus

tral

ia o

n a

Juni

or, U

nder

23

or S

enio

r A

te

am in

eac

h ye

ar. I

t is

a m

ost

pres

tigio

us a

war

d, v

oted

on

by

an a

thle

te’s

pee

rs a

nd is

the

ulti

mat

e re

cogn

ition

of

an a

thle

te’s

con

trib

utio

n to

the

tea

m.

2014

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tralia

n Ro

wer

of t

he Y

ear A

war

ds

Kat

hryn

RO

SS—

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ale

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lete

or

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w o

f th

e Ye

ar

—T

runk

and

Arm

s M

ixed

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ble

Scul

lK

athr

yn R

oss

was

nam

ed t

he 2

014

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ale

Row

er o

f th

e Ye

ar a

fter

follo

win

g up

her

201

3 W

orld

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ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ip g

old

med

al in

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nk a

nd A

rms

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ed D

oubl

e Sc

ull w

ith a

noth

er d

omin

ate

seas

on in

th

e bo

at w

ith h

er p

artn

er G

avin

Bel

lis. R

oss

and

Bel

lis

won

gol

d at

the

Syd

ney

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rnat

iona

l Row

ing

Reg

atta

in

201

4, w

hile

als

o cl

aim

ing

top

plac

e in

the

Gav

irat

e In

tern

atio

nal P

ara-

Row

ing

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atta

and

the

n ca

ppin

g of

a

fant

astic

sea

son

by r

etai

ning

the

ir T

AM

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titl

e at

the

20

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orld

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ing

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mpi

onsh

ips

in A

mst

erda

m.

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in B

EL

LIS

—M

ale

Ath

lete

or

Cre

w o

f th

e Ye

ar-

Tru

nk a

nd A

rms

Mix

ed D

oubl

e Sc

ull

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in B

ellis

was

nam

ed t

he 2

014

Mal

e R

ower

of t

he

Year

. Bel

lis’ b

ack-

to-b

ack

gold

med

als

at t

he W

orld

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owin

g C

ham

pion

ship

s in

201

3 an

d 20

14 h

ave

furt

her

cem

ente

d th

e fo

rmer

Aus

tral

ian’

s A

rmy

Serg

eant

as

a fo

rce

to b

e re

ckon

ed w

ith in

the

par

a-ro

win

g w

orld

.

Gor

don

MA

RC

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ch o

f th

e Ye

arG

ordo

n M

arck

s was

nam

ed th

e 20

14 R

owin

g C

oach

of

the

Year

. Mar

cks b

ecam

e th

e Se

nior

Coa

ch o

f Par

a-R

owin

g at

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ing

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tral

ia a

fter t

he L

ondo

n 20

12 P

aral

ympi

c G

ames

and

focu

ssed

spec

ifica

lly o

n co

achi

ng th

e A

ustr

alia

n R

owin

g Te

am’s

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nk a

nd A

rms M

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ble

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l, to

w

hich

he

has d

one

with

apl

omb

scor

ing

back

-to-

back

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ld

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mpi

onsh

ip m

edal

s in

2013

and

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xand

er ‘S

asha

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LO

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er

of t

he Y

ear

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xand

er ‘S

asha

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onog

off w

as n

amed

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4 R

ower

of t

he Y

ear

afte

r co

mpe

ting

in t

he M

en’s

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ble

Scul

l acr

oss

the

2014

sea

son.

The

New

Sou

th W

elsh

man

, al

ongs

ide

Jam

es M

cRae

, cla

imed

silv

er in

201

4 W

orld

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owin

g C

ups

1 an

d 3,

whi

le h

e w

alke

d aw

ay w

ith b

ronz

e in

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201

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orld

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ing

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2 a

nd t

he 2

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ld

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ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

in A

mst

erda

m. B

elon

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f is

know

n fo

r be

ing

an a

rtic

ulat

e an

d w

ell-

resp

ecte

d m

embe

r of

the

tea

m w

hose

con

trib

utio

n to

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Aus

tral

ian

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ing

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m e

nvir

onm

ent

is a

lway

s po

sitiv

e an

d pr

ovid

es a

n ex

celle

nt e

xam

ple

to t

he e

ntir

e A

ustr

alia

n R

owin

g T

eam

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c W

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er o

f th

e Ye

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icto

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alle

r w

as n

amed

the

201

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olun

teer

of

the

Year

. Wal

ler

is a

long

-tim

e Pr

esid

ent

of t

he B

alla

rat

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ing

Ass

ocia

tion

and

until

201

4 w

as t

he lo

ng-

time

pres

iden

t of

Wen

dour

ee-B

alla

rat

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ing

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b.

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ler

for

man

y ye

ars

was

a m

embe

r of

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rd o

f

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Ann

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s an

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addi

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ll th

ese

activ

ities

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t W

alle

r ha

s do

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ith

pass

ion

and

dedi

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r de

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was

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dr

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rce

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nd t

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mpl

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tatio

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orld

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ters

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tral

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onou

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war

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ober

t ‘B

ob’ A

LE

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ND

ER

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ensl

ande

r R

ober

t ‘B

ob’ A

lexa

nder

was

aw

arde

d th

e M

edal

of t

he O

rder

of A

ustr

alia

in t

he G

over

nor

Gen

eral

’s A

ustr

alia

Day

Hon

ours

Lis

t fo

r 20

15. M

r. A

lexa

nder

rec

eive

d hi

s m

edal

in r

ecog

nitio

n of

his

co

ntri

butio

n to

the

spo

rt o

f row

ing

in A

ustr

alia

bot

h as

a c

ompe

titor

and

as

an a

dmin

istr

ator

.

Mr.

Ale

xand

er r

epre

sent

ed Q

ueen

slan

d 13

tim

es d

urin

g th

e In

ters

tate

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atta

with

a h

ighl

ight

bei

ng h

is v

icto

ry

in t

he 1

975

even

t w

here

he

clai

med

the

Pre

side

nt’s

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up fo

r th

e M

en’s

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gle

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l at

Lak

e K

urw

ongb

ah,

Que

ensl

and.

His

vic

tory

in 1

975

saw

him

the

n se

lect

ed

to r

ace

for

Aus

tral

ia in

the

Men

’s S

ingl

e Sc

ull a

t th

e 19

75 W

orld

Row

ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips,

whe

re h

e w

as u

nfor

tuna

tely

elim

inat

ed in

the

rep

echa

ge. P

ost

com

petit

ive

row

ing,

Mr

Ale

xand

er h

as h

ad e

xten

sive

ca

reer

wor

king

with

Row

ing

Que

ensl

and

as t

heir

Reg

atta

Se

cret

ary

sinc

e 19

86 a

nd w

as la

ter

mad

e a

life

mem

ber

of

the

orga

nisa

tion.

He

is a

tir

eles

s vo

lunt

eer

and

advo

cate

of

the

spo

rt a

nd c

ontin

ues

wor

king

clo

sely

with

Bri

sban

e an

d G

PS R

owin

g C

lub,

sch

ool r

owin

g as

wel

l as

Row

ing

Que

ensl

and.

Sir

Don

ald

RO

WL

AN

DS

The

late

Sir

Don

ald

Row

land

s of

New

Zea

land

rec

eive

d an

hon

oura

ry O

rder

of A

ustr

alia

in 2

015.

Sir

Don

re

ceiv

ed h

is A

M fo

r hi

s ha

rd w

ork

and

cont

ribu

tion

to

the

spor

t of

row

ing

havi

ng b

een

the

FISA

Con

tinen

tal

Rep

rese

ntat

ive

for

Oce

ania

from

197

4 to

199

2. H

e al

so

assi

sted

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia g

reat

ly in

obt

aini

ng t

he h

ostin

g of

the

199

0 W

orld

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ing

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

and

advi

sed

exte

nsiv

ely

on t

he c

reat

ion

of t

he c

ours

e th

at w

as t

o th

e ho

st e

vent

, Lak

e B

arri

ngto

n, T

asm

ania

.

Nic

hola

s G

AR

RA

TT

Mr.

Nic

k G

arra

tt, t

he H

ead

of C

oach

of M

osm

an

Row

ing

Clu

b in

New

Sou

th W

ales

, rec

eive

d th

e ho

nour

of

Mem

ber

in t

he G

ener

al D

ivis

ion

of t

he O

rder

of

Aus

tral

ia (

AM

) in

the

201

6 A

ustr

alia

Day

hon

ours

list

. M

r. G

arra

tt w

as m

ade

an A

M fo

r si

gnifi

cant

ser

vice

to

row

ing,

par

ticul

arly

thr

ough

coa

chin

g po

sitio

ns w

ith

the

Aus

tral

ian

men

’s a

nd w

omen

’s O

lym

pic

team

s.

Mr.

Gar

ratt

has

coa

ched

mal

e an

d fe

mal

e O

lym

pic

row

ing

crew

s at

the

follo

win

g O

lym

pic

Gam

es–L

ondo

n 20

12, B

eijin

g 20

08, A

then

s 20

04 a

nd S

ydne

y 20

00,

whi

le h

as a

lso

coac

hed

num

erou

s Se

nior

and

Und

erag

e A

ustr

alia

n cr

ews.

In a

dditi

on t

o hi

s co

achi

ng o

f nat

iona

l tea

m c

rew

s, M

r. G

arra

tt h

as b

een

the

Hea

d C

oach

of N

ew S

outh

Wal

es’

Kin

g’s

Cup

for

eigh

t ye

ars,

incl

udin

g ov

erse

eing

the

cre

w

to s

even

con

secu

tive

title

s fr

om 2

008

to 2

014.

He

has

also

bee

n M

en’s

Hea

d C

oach

, Row

ing,

New

Sou

th W

ales

In

stitu

te o

f Spo

rt, 2

001–

2005

. Sen

ior

Coa

ch, R

owin

g,

Wes

tern

Aus

tral

ian

Inst

itute

of S

port

, 199

1-20

01 a

nd

Hea

d C

oach

, Hab

erfie

ld R

owin

g C

lub,

198

5–19

91.

Lio

nel R

OB

BE

RD

S Q

CM

r. L

ione

l Rob

berd

s Q

C w

as r

ecog

nize

d in

the

201

6 A

ustr

alia

Day

Hon

ours

list

with

a M

embe

r in

the

Gen

eral

D

ivis

ion

of t

he O

rder

of A

ustr

alia

(A

M).

Mr.

Rob

berd

s re

ceiv

ed h

is h

onou

rs fo

r hi

s si

gnifi

cant

ser

vice

s to

law

, to

row

ing

and

to t

he c

omm

unity

.

The

New

Sou

th W

elsh

man

is a

pat

ron

of L

eich

hard

t R

owin

g C

lub,

a c

lub

he h

as b

een

a m

embe

r of

sin

ce

1947

and

has

rep

rese

nted

Aus

tral

ia a

t th

e hi

ghes

t le

vel.

Mr

Rob

berd

s co

mpe

ted

for

Aus

tral

ia in

the

Cox

ed F

ours

in

the

196

0 R

ome

Oly

mpi

c G

ames

, the

195

4 E

mpi

re

Gam

es—

whe

re h

e w

on g

old

in t

he M

en’s

Cox

ed F

our

—an

d th

e 19

58 E

mpi

re G

ames

whe

re h

e w

on a

silv

er

in t

he M

en’s

Eig

ht a

nd a

bro

nze

in t

he M

en’s

Cox

ed

Four

. Mr

Rob

berd

s is

als

o a

dono

r to

the

Bob

by P

earc

e Fo

unda

tion,

ass

istin

g A

ustr

alia

n R

owin

g T

eam

ath

lete

s in

th

eir

bids

to

com

pete

for

Aus

tral

ia.

Cra

ig J

AM

ES

In t

he 2

016

Aus

tral

ia D

ay H

onou

rs L

ist,

Mr.

Cra

ig

Jam

es r

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ved

a M

edal

of t

he O

rder

of A

ustr

alia

(O

AM

) fo

r se

rvic

es t

o ro

win

g, a

nd t

o sp

ort

in W

este

rn A

ustr

alia

. M

r. Ja

mes

is a

cur

rent

Dir

ecto

r on

the

Row

ing

WA

boa

rd

and

was

Pre

side

nt o

f Row

ing

WA

for

man

y ye

ars

and

has

also

hel

d th

e tit

les

of V

ice

Pres

iden

t an

d Se

cret

ary

with

in

the

orga

nisa

tion.

A L

ife M

embe

r of

Row

ing

WA

, Mr.

Jam

es is

the

Cou

ncil

Mem

ber

for

Wes

tern

Aus

tral

ia o

n th

e R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

C

ounc

il an

d w

as a

Boa

t R

ace

Offi

cial

at

the

2008

Bei

jing

Oly

mpi

c G

ames

. He

has

been

a m

embe

r si

nce

1969

of

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Wes

tern

Aus

tral

ia B

oat

Clu

b w

here

he

has

held

the

titl

es o

f Pre

side

nt, S

ecre

tary

and

Cap

tain

of

the

club

. In

addi

tion

to h

is s

ervi

ces

to r

owin

g, M

r. Ja

mes

ha

s be

en D

eput

y Pr

esid

ent

of W

este

rn A

ustr

alia

Spo

rts

Fede

ratio

n (1

995–

2008

) an

d re

ceiv

ed t

he J

ohn

Gra

ham

A

war

d fo

r E

xcep

tiona

l Ser

vice

, Dep

artm

ent

of S

port

and

R

ecre

atio

n W

este

rn A

ustr

alia

in 2

011.

42Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Aus

tral

ian

Cap

ital

Ter

rito

ry

Rega

tta

venu

eT

he h

ighl

ight

for

the

AC

T o

ver

2014

–15

has

been

the

pe

rman

ent

relo

catio

n of

our

thr

ee r

owin

g po

ntoo

ns t

o W

esto

n Pa

rk o

n th

e Ya

rram

undi

Rea

ch r

owin

g co

urse

pr

ior

to t

he 2

015-

2016

sea

son.

The

se p

onto

ons

wer

e or

igin

ally

pur

chas

ed w

ith a

gra

nt fr

om t

he A

CT

Spo

rt

and

Rec

reat

ion

Serv

ices

for

the

2013

Aus

tral

ian

Mas

ters

R

owin

g C

ham

pion

ship

(20

13 A

MR

C).

The

ass

ocia

tion

has

upgr

aded

the

201

3 A

MR

C v

enue

on

Yarr

amun

di

Rea

ch b

y se

curi

ng o

ur p

onto

ons

in a

bay

tha

t un

til

rece

ntly

was

ove

rgro

wn

with

inva

sive

pla

nts

and

tree

s.

Row

ing

AC

T p

aid

for

this

rel

ocat

ion,

and

the

sub

stan

tial

pont

oon

mou

ntin

g bl

ocks

, whi

le t

he N

atio

nal C

apita

l A

utho

rity

cle

ared

out

the

wee

ds, o

peni

ng u

p th

is

unde

ruse

d se

ctio

n of

Wes

ton

Park

for

row

ers

and

the

who

le c

omm

unity

.

2013

AM

RC

sho

wca

sed

Wes

ton

Park

as

a su

perb

ve

nue

capa

ble

of h

ostin

g la

rge

and

pres

tigio

us r

egat

tas.

T

his

exte

nsiv

e si

te c

an a

ccom

mod

ate

grow

th in

our

sp

ort

with

goo

d se

para

tion

of t

raffi

c, p

arki

ng, b

oat

trai

lers

, boa

t st

orag

e, s

pect

ator

s, b

oats

, com

petit

ors

and

mer

chan

disi

ng. T

here

is g

reat

vie

win

g cl

ose

to t

he c

ours

e w

ith n

earb

y pa

rkin

g, p

erm

anen

t on

site

cat

erin

g, c

offe

e an

d to

ilets

, and

goo

d di

sabi

lity

acce

ss.

Tho

se fr

om t

he r

owin

g co

mm

unity

who

are

wel

l tr

avel

led

and

have

row

ed in

tern

atio

nally

hav

e pr

aise

d th

e ve

nue

as c

ompa

rabl

e w

ith t

he b

est

1000

/15

00 m

etre

co

urse

s in

the

wor

ld. R

owin

g A

CT

is p

roud

tha

t w

e dr

ove

this

maj

or u

pgra

de in

row

ing

infr

astr

uctu

re t

hat

has

subs

tant

ially

enh

ance

d an

und

er-u

tiliz

ed s

ectio

n of

W

esto

n Pa

rk, a

nd fa

cilit

ated

thi

s m

ajor

upg

rade

for

our

spor

t w

hile

enh

anci

ng a

n es

tabl

ishe

d co

mm

unity

par

k.

Row

ing

AC

T Bo

atho

use

prop

osal

Row

ing

AC

T h

as b

een

invo

lved

in d

iscu

ssio

ns w

ith

the

AC

T G

over

nmen

t an

d T

riat

hlon

AC

T o

ver

seve

ral

year

s ab

out

build

ing

a jo

int

faci

lity

on B

lack

Mou

ntai

n Pe

nins

ula

to a

ccom

mod

ate

our

umpi

re la

unch

es a

nd

prov

ide

a bo

at b

ay fo

r de

velo

pmen

t of

our

spo

rt. O

ver

the

last

yea

r it

has

beco

me

appa

rent

tha

t th

e A

CT

go

vern

men

t’s

budg

et is

unl

ikel

y to

sup

port

thi

s pr

opos

al

over

the

nex

t fe

w y

ears

and

Tri

athl

on A

CT

has

ren

ewed

its

cur

rent

faci

lity

leas

e un

til 2

020.

In

light

of t

hese

de

velo

pmen

ts, R

owin

g A

CT

has

ope

ned

nego

tiatio

ns

with

Bla

ck M

ount

ain

Row

ing

Clu

b w

ho a

re lo

okin

g to

ex

pand

the

ir b

oat

stor

age

on B

lack

Mou

ntai

n Pe

nins

ula.

T

his

shou

ld a

llow

mut

ually

adv

anta

geou

s de

velo

pmen

ts

for

both

the

Ass

ocia

tion

and

Bla

ck M

ount

ain

RC

.

AC

TAS

AC

TA

S H

ead

Coa

ch A

ndre

w R

ande

ll ha

s co

ntin

ued

to

revi

taliz

e th

e A

CT

AS

prog

ram

and

its

inte

ract

ions

with

lo

cal c

lubs

. He

has

furt

her

over

seen

the

dev

elop

men

t of

our

bes

t lo

cal a

thle

tes,

dev

elop

ed v

ario

us p

athw

ay

prog

ram

s, a

nd c

oord

inat

ed t

alen

t id

entifi

catio

n. R

AC

T

ackn

owle

dged

his

con

trib

utio

n by

aw

ardi

ng A

ndre

w

the

Clif

f Hill

Tro

phy

for

his

outs

tand

ing

cont

ribu

tion

and

achi

evem

ent

acro

ss a

ll ou

r sp

ort.

And

rew

was

coa

ch

of t

he A

ustr

alia

n W

omen

s’ e

ight

in 2

015

and

will

be

coac

hing

the

wom

en’s

dou

ble

in 2

016.

RA

CT

will

be

invo

lved

with

dis

cuss

ions

abo

ut A

CT

AS’

ro

le u

nder

pro

posa

ls fr

om R

A fo

r tw

o hi

gh p

erfo

rman

ce

cent

res

(one

in C

anbe

rra)

con

cent

ratin

g on

cur

rent

se

nior

A a

thle

tes

and

Stat

e/te

rrito

ry C

ente

rs (

incl

udin

g A

CT

AS)

focu

sing

on

grea

ter

unde

r 23

and

und

er 2

1 at

hlet

e de

velo

pmen

t.

Row

ing

Aus

tral

iaR

owin

g A

CT

str

ongl

y su

ppor

ts t

he R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

si

ngle

dat

a ba

se a

nd R

evol

utio

nise

as

the

pref

erre

d pr

ovid

er. I

t is

cri

tical

for

our

spor

t to

be

able

to

incl

ude

and

iden

tify

all o

ur c

omm

unity

: com

petit

ors,

par

ents

, co

ache

s, b

oat

race

offi

cial

s an

d su

ppor

ters

. Sev

eral

A

CT

row

ing

club

s ha

ve a

dopt

ed R

evol

utio

nise

as

thei

r m

embe

rshi

p m

anag

emen

t so

ftw

are.

We

have

urg

ed a

ll of

ou

r cl

ubs

to s

ign

on t

o R

evol

utio

nise

.

To

com

plem

ent

the

sing

le in

clus

ive

data

base

Row

ing

AC

T s

uppo

rts

the

adop

tion

of a

sin

gle

natio

nal R

egat

ta

soft

war

e m

anag

emen

t sy

stem

by

the

end

of 2

016.

R

owin

g A

CT

was

an

earl

y ad

opte

r of

the

Row

ing

NSW

R

egat

ta M

anag

er s

yste

m t

hat

in o

ur v

iew

sur

pass

ed a

ll al

tern

ativ

e sy

stem

s w

hen

asse

ssed

aga

inst

cri

teri

a of

cos

t an

d us

abili

ty. R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

is t

o be

com

men

ded

for

its s

uppo

rt o

f thi

s w

hole

of s

port

initi

ativ

e.

Gov

erna

nce

The

Ass

ocia

tion

has

deve

lope

d an

d ad

opte

d a

new

St

rate

gic

Plan

for

the

peri

od 2

015–

2020

. The

pla

n em

phas

ises

nat

iona

l pol

icy

alig

nmen

t an

d co

nsis

tenc

y in

pla

nnin

g, g

over

nanc

e, m

anag

emen

t an

d se

rvic

e pr

ovis

ion.

In D

ecem

ber

2014

Row

ing

AC

T in

trod

uced

new

rul

es.

The

se g

ave

effe

ct t

o th

e ou

tcom

e of

the

cro

ss-s

port

go

vern

ance

rev

iew

con

duct

ed b

y th

e A

ustr

alia

n Sp

orts

C

omm

issi

on a

nd t

ook

the

oppo

rtun

ity t

o m

oder

nise

the

co

nstit

utio

n.

Aro

und

the

stat

es

43Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

New

Sou

th W

ales

Dur

ing

2015

the

Boa

rd o

f Row

ing

New

Sou

th W

ales

un

dert

ook

a co

mpl

ete

revi

ew o

f our

str

ateg

ic p

lan.

W

hils

t w

e w

ere

trac

king

wel

l aga

inst

the

pla

n w

e se

t in

20

13, t

he a

rriv

al o

f a n

umbe

r of

new

boa

rd m

embe

rs

and

the

need

to

ensu

re c

onsi

sten

cy w

ith a

nd s

uppo

rt o

f th

e W

hole

of S

port

Pla

n se

t by

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia g

ave

us a

goo

d op

port

unity

to

revi

sit

our

stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

. T

he o

utco

me

is a

n up

date

d pl

an a

ligni

ng N

SW w

ith

the

natio

nal a

gend

a w

hich

we

are

wor

king

to

depl

oy

with

clu

bs a

nd s

choo

ls a

cros

s th

e st

ate.

In

addi

tion

our

cons

titut

ion

has

been

upd

ated

to

refle

ct t

he r

equi

rem

ents

of

the

Aus

tral

ian

Spor

ts C

omm

issi

on’s

man

dato

ry

gove

rnan

ce p

rinc

iple

s as

wel

l as

ensh

rini

ng t

here

in o

ur

oblig

atio

ns t

o su

ppor

t th

e up

date

d R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

co

nstit

utio

n. W

e be

lieve

we

have

a s

olid

gov

erna

nce

stru

ctur

e in

pla

ce t

o ef

fect

ivel

y m

anag

e th

e af

fair

s of

R

owin

g N

SW in

to t

he fu

ture

. Our

Boa

rd h

as a

bro

ad

expe

rien

ce b

ase

and

a go

od m

ix o

f gen

der,

age

and

row

ing

orie

ntat

ion

(per

form

ance

, par

ticip

atio

n, m

aste

rs,

scho

ol, e

tc.)

whi

ch e

nabl

es u

s to

mai

ntai

n a

bala

nced

ag

enda

and

ens

ure

that

all

aspe

cts

of o

ur s

trat

egy

are

equa

lly w

eigh

ted.

From

a b

usin

ess

pers

pect

ive

Row

ing

New

Sou

th W

ales

co

ntin

ues

to p

erfo

rm in

acc

orda

nce

with

our

sta

ted

obje

ctiv

es. O

ur b

alan

ce s

heet

is in

a s

tron

g po

sitio

n an

d w

e co

ntin

ue t

o bu

dget

for,

and

achi

eve,

a m

oder

ate

oper

atin

g su

rplu

s ea

ch y

ear

of a

roun

d 3%

of t

urno

ver.

In o

rder

to

grow

the

bus

ines

s an

d en

able

our

ser

vice

s to

th

e ro

win

g co

mm

unity

to

be e

xten

ded

we

are

look

ing

to in

crea

se m

embe

rshi

p nu

mbe

rs a

nd t

o di

vers

ify

our

reve

nue

base

from

spo

nsor

ship

s an

d co

rpor

ate

rela

tions

hips

. Thi

s is

an

enor

mou

s ch

alle

nge

as w

e st

ill

rely

on

mem

ber

subs

crip

tions

and

reg

atta

ent

ry fe

es fo

r ab

out

80%

of o

ur in

com

e. W

e ha

ve g

ood

rela

tions

hips

w

ith a

num

ber

of v

ery

supp

ortiv

e sp

onso

rs, p

artic

ular

ly

Ben

tleys

, but

we

need

to

do m

ore

in t

his

area

.

An

area

of o

ngoi

ng c

once

rn in

New

Sou

th W

ales

is

mai

ntai

ning

acc

ess

to s

afe

and

suita

ble

wat

erw

ays

for

trai

ning

and

the

con

duct

of h

arbo

ur a

nd r

iver

reg

atta

s.

In la

te 2

015

we

wer

e ad

vise

d of

a p

ropo

sed

ferr

y w

harf

de

velo

pmen

t on

the

Par

ram

atta

Riv

er w

hich

wou

ld

sign

ifica

ntly

impi

nge

upon

the

tra

inin

g ac

tiviti

es o

f se

vera

l clu

bs a

nd s

choo

ls r

aisi

ng s

erio

us s

afet

y co

ncer

ns.

We

have

em

bark

ed u

pon

a pu

blic

cam

paig

n to

gar

ner

the

supp

ort

of t

he r

owin

g an

d br

oade

r ri

ver

user

co

mm

uniti

es t

o lo

bby

the

Stat

e G

over

nmen

t an

d en

sure

our

conc

erns

are

hea

rd a

nd o

ur n

eeds

con

side

red.

Whi

le

the

initi

al c

ampa

ign

is fo

cuss

ed o

n a

spec

ific

proj

ect,

we

will

leve

rage

the

sup

port

to

be m

ore

proa

ctiv

e in

oth

er

area

s.

Ove

rall

num

bers

of r

egat

tas

bein

g he

ld a

nd s

eats

bei

ng

race

d ar

e re

lativ

ely

stea

dy a

s in

man

y w

ays,

esp

ecia

lly

duri

ng t

he p

eak

sum

mer

mon

ths,

our

infr

astr

uctu

re is

op

erat

ing

at c

apac

ity. W

e ca

n ha

ve u

p to

eig

ht r

egat

tas

bein

g he

ld a

cros

s th

e st

ate

on a

sin

gle

wee

kend

with

m

any

long

day

s of

rac

ing.

Thi

s pr

esen

ts s

ome

chal

leng

es

in lo

gist

ics

and

time

com

mitm

ent

for

staf

f, B

RO

’s a

nd

volu

ntee

rs, a

nd w

e ar

e w

orki

ng h

ard

to e

nsur

e th

at

the

serv

icin

g of

res

ourc

es in

thi

s ar

ea is

ade

quat

e. O

ur

stra

tegi

c fo

cus

for

com

petit

ion

is t

o de

velo

p gr

eate

r op

port

unity

in s

peci

fic a

ge a

nd g

rade

cat

egor

ies

with

un

der

21, u

nder

23

and

B g

rade

bei

ng t

he h

ighe

st

prio

ritie

s.

Para

-row

ing

cont

inue

s to

gro

w a

cros

s th

e bo

ard

with

in

crea

sed

num

bers

of r

ecre

atio

nal r

ower

s as

wel

l as

thos

e co

mpe

ting

at r

egat

tas.

Our

inte

nt is

tha

t pa

ra r

owin

g be

re

gard

ed a

s an

inte

gral

com

pone

nt o

f our

spo

rt a

nd t

hat

appr

opri

ate

reso

urce

s ar

e al

loca

ted

to e

nsur

e its

ong

oing

de

velo

pmen

t. W

e ar

e aw

aitin

g de

liver

y of

a p

urpo

se

built

bar

ge t

o as

sist

with

the

on-

wat

er m

anag

emen

t an

d co

achi

ng o

f par

a ro

wer

s w

hich

will

gre

atly

impr

ove

acce

ssib

ility

and

saf

ety.

The

re a

re a

num

ber

of c

lubs

pu

ttin

g a

trem

endo

us a

mou

nt o

f eff

ort

and

reso

urce

s in

to t

his

aspe

ct o

f our

spo

rt a

nd it

is e

ncou

ragi

ng t

o se

e th

e po

sitiv

e re

sults

. Con

grat

ulat

ions

to

all o

f the

at

hlet

es, c

oach

es a

nd s

uppo

rt s

taff

who

mad

e 20

15 s

uch

a su

cces

sful

yea

r an

d w

e lo

ok fo

rwar

d to

con

tinui

ng t

he

grow

th t

rend

in c

omin

g se

ason

s.

Whi

le o

ur s

tate

tea

m p

rogr

ams

cont

inue

to

perf

orm

wel

l re

sulti

ng in

tw

o go

ld, t

wo

silv

er a

nd o

ne b

ronz

e m

edal

at

the

201

5 In

ters

tate

Reg

atta

and

a s

econ

d pl

acin

g in

th

e R

A C

up fo

r th

e ov

eral

l poi

nt s

core

, we

are

stri

ving

to

do b

ette

r. O

ur E

lite

Dev

elop

men

t Pa

thw

ay p

rogr

am in

N

SW is

bei

ng r

evie

wed

to

ensu

re t

hat

we

max

imis

e th

e op

port

uniti

es fo

r ou

r at

hlet

es a

nd c

oach

es t

o pe

rfor

m

at t

heir

bes

t an

d ac

hiev

e st

ate

and

natio

nal s

elec

tion

whe

reve

r po

ssib

le. T

his

revi

ew w

ill b

e un

dert

aken

in

conj

unct

ion

with

NSW

IS a

nd R

A t

o en

sure

con

sist

ency

an

d co

ntin

uity

of p

roce

ss. W

e th

ank

the

Com

petit

ion

Com

mis

sion

for

thei

r va

luab

le w

ork

in p

rovi

ding

the

st

rate

gic

lead

ersh

ip fo

r ou

r St

ate

Tea

m P

rogr

am a

nd

mai

ntai

ning

the

hig

hly

effe

ctiv

e re

latio

nshi

p w

ith

the

New

Sou

th W

ales

Ins

titut

e of

Spo

rt a

nd R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

’s h

igh

perf

orm

ance

uni

t.

44Ro

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ustr

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ual R

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t 201

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ility

in t

he s

taff

ran

ks h

as a

ssis

ted

in fa

cilit

atin

g a

cont

inui

ty o

f dir

ectio

n an

d fo

cus.

All

of o

ur e

mpl

oyee

s di

spla

y ou

tsta

ndin

g de

votio

n to

dut

y an

d lo

yalty

to

the

orga

nisa

tion

and

the

spor

t. I

ncre

ased

reg

atta

act

iviti

es

and

ever

mor

e de

man

d fo

r de

velo

pmen

t ac

tiviti

es

such

as

coac

hing

cam

ps a

nd t

rain

ing

cour

ses

alon

g w

ith h

igh

leve

ls o

f clu

b an

d m

embe

r co

mm

unic

atio

ns

requ

ires

a t

rem

endo

us a

mou

nt o

f out

-of-

hour

s ac

tivity

an

d w

e ar

e fo

rtun

ate

to h

ave

such

a w

ell q

ualifi

ed a

nd

dedi

cate

d te

am. V

olun

teer

s ar

e an

ess

entia

l par

t of

our

or

gani

satio

n to

sup

plem

ent

our

empl

oyed

sta

ff c

apab

ility

. W

e re

cogn

ise

thos

e w

ho h

ave

cont

ribu

ted

in w

hate

ver

capa

city

and

furt

her

reco

gnis

e th

at w

e ne

ed t

o do

mor

e to

eng

age

with

our

con

stitu

ents

in o

rder

to

prot

ect

and

grow

thi

s va

luab

le r

esou

rce.

Ivan

Adl

amP

resi

dent

Aro

und

the

stat

es (c

ontin

ued)

45Ro

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ustr

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Que

ensl

and

2015

will

be

rem

embe

red

as a

mile

ston

e ye

ar fo

r R

owin

g Q

ueen

slan

d w

ith t

he c

omm

ence

men

t of

con

stru

ctio

n of

our

new

cou

rse

at W

yara

long

Dam

. Man

y ye

ars

in t

he p

lann

ing

and

with

the

fant

astic

sup

port

of t

he

Que

ensl

and

Gov

ernm

ent

a ne

w 1

0 la

ne F

ISA

reg

ulat

ion

cour

se w

as fi

nally

und

erw

ay. W

hile

the

firs

t re

gatt

a (Q

ld

Stat

e C

ham

pion

ship

s) w

as h

eld

in 2

016,

201

5 w

as w

hen

all t

he h

ard

wor

k w

as d

one.

A h

uge

than

k yo

u to

our

pr

ojec

t pa

rtne

rs t

he Q

ueen

slan

d G

over

nmen

t, S

EQ

W

ater

, Sce

nic

Rim

Cou

ncil,

Wya

ralo

ng R

owin

g C

lub,

Q

ueen

slan

d A

cade

my

of S

port

and

the

wid

er r

owin

g co

mm

unity

. We

now

look

to

stag

e 2

of t

he d

evel

opm

ent

whi

ch w

ill in

clud

e th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

the

row

ing

shed

s, a

cces

s ro

ad, c

onst

ruct

ion

of t

he fi

nish

tow

er a

nd

inst

alla

tion

of t

he h

eld

star

t.

Que

ensl

and

Row

ers

dom

inat

ed t

he U

nder

21

natio

nal

sele

ctio

n w

ith 5

0% o

f the

tea

m a

nd 3

2% o

f the

Und

er

19 t

eam

. Our

Jun

ior

crew

s al

so fe

atur

ed s

tron

gly

with

tw

o 2nd

pla

ces

at t

he p

athw

ay r

egat

ta a

nd 3

Qld

boa

ts

com

pete

d in

Jun

ior

Wor

ld C

ham

pion

ship

s. A

dam

Bak

ker

finis

hed

3rd in

the

Jun

ior

Men

’s S

cull

even

t.

Row

ing

Que

ensl

and

also

enj

oyed

suc

cess

on

the

wat

er a

t th

e In

ters

tate

Reg

atta

at

the

2015

Nat

iona

l C

ham

pion

ship

s an

d th

e in

ters

tate

rac

es a

t th

e A

ustr

alia

n M

aste

rs C

ham

pion

ship

. A s

peci

al m

entio

n an

d co

ngra

tula

tions

mus

t be

mad

e to

the

Que

ensl

and

Men

’s

Lig

htw

eigh

t Fo

ur c

rew

who

wer

e ab

le t

o w

in t

he P

enri

th

Cup

for

the

3rd

year

in a

row

. Res

ults

from

the

var

ious

re

pres

enta

tive

crew

s ar

e be

low

:

Kin

gs C

up—

5th (

8: D

anie

l McC

arth

y, 7

: Ang

us L

illic

rap,

6:

Sco

tt L

aidl

er, 5

: Ben

Mor

ley,

4: D

an B

undo

ck, 3

: N

atha

n G

olds

tone

, 2: H

amis

h Pa

rry,

1: P

atri

ck C

zaki

lew

, c:

Dan

iella

Ser

ra, c

oach

: Chr

istia

n O

neto

and

Zol

tan

Shep

herd

)

Que

ens

Cup

—2nd

(8:

Jes

sica

Hal

l, 7:

Mad

die

Edm

unds

, 6:

Tes

sa C

arty

, 5: S

ally

Keh

oe, 4

: Cha

rlot

te T

rave

rs,

3: S

arah

Zill

man

n, 2

: Fle

ur S

prig

gs, 1

: Fio

na A

lber

t,

c: J

enni

fer

Gilb

ert,

coa

ch: I

an E

dmun

ds a

nd T

om

Wes

tgar

th)

Yout

h V

III

Men

—2nd

(8:

Jac

k A

rmita

ge, 7

: Oliv

er

Smith

, 6: H

arle

y M

oore

, 5: D

arcy

Wru

ck, 4

: Nic

k Pe

ttig

rew

, 3: T

om M

cTag

gart

, 2: C

allu

m C

hish

olm

, 1:

Tom

Dav

idso

n, c

: Tho

mas

McL

ella

n, c

oach

: Pau

l Pe

ttig

rew

and

Joh

n B

owes

)

Yout

h V

III

Wom

en—

2nd (

8: M

iller

Fer

ris,

Elle

n Po

zzi,

6: C

aitli

n C

roni

n, 5

: Kat

e R

owan

, 4: E

lois

e Pa

rker

, 3:

Lily

Alto

n-T

rigg

s, 2

: Mad

die

Sout

hall,

1: T

yler

Fer

ris,

c:

Cai

tlin

Hoc

king

s, c

oach

: Jir

ik H

asel

grov

e)

Lig

htw

eigh

t M

ens

Four

—1st

(4:

Dar

ryn

Purc

ell,

3:

Nic

k Si

lcox

, 2: T

im M

cDon

nell,

1: J

ack

Pric

e, c

oach

: K

eira

n D

wye

r)

Lig

htw

eigh

t W

omen

s Q

uad—

5th (

4: A

lice

Dor

ing,

3:

Han

nah

Nor

ris,

2: A

lana

Hew

ish,

1: M

aria

Tom

assi

ni,

coac

h: C

ourt

ney

Tal

bot

and

Ale

x Fi

eld)

Sing

les—

4th A

my

Jam

es a

nd 6

th B

en M

orle

y

Mas

ters

VII

I –

1st (

8: F

leur

Spr

iggs

, 7: C

hris

tine

Tay

lor,

6: E

licia

De

La

Paix

, 5: J

ulie

-Ann

Kel

ly, 4

: Sao

irse

C

ruik

shan

k, 3

: Tra

cey

Eva

ns, 2

: Sal

ly B

road

ley,

1:

Deb

bie

Flyn

n, E

dwin

a L

uck,

coa

ch: J

ohn

McG

uinn

ess

and

Ang

elin

a E

llis)

Mas

ters

VII

I—1st

(8:

Chi

p M

cKib

ben,

7: I

an L

uxfo

rd,

6: D

avid

Ree

ce, 5

: Gav

in K

eily

, 4: J

ames

Man

ning

, 3:

Adr

ian

How

ard,

2: P

aul T

aylo

r, 1:

Bob

Law

c: M

icha

el

Too

n an

d co

ach:

Ter

ry M

ullig

an)

Mas

ters

Qua

d—5th

(4:

Alis

on K

irkw

ood,

3: J

anin

e R

eid,

2:

Mar

gare

t B

ridg

efor

d, 1

: Vik

i Wal

ters

, coa

ch: A

ndre

w

McN

icol

and

Eliz

abet

h R

alst

on)

Mas

ters

Qua

d—4th

(4:

Gle

nn S

mith

, 3: M

icha

el S

mith

, 2:

Bru

ce M

axw

ell,

1: I

an N

ewel

l, co

ach:

Dan

iel B

undo

ck

and

Jenn

ifer

Gilb

ert)

Row

ing

Que

ensl

and’

s re

latio

nshi

p w

ith g

over

nmen

ts;

loca

l, st

ate

and

fede

ral,

has

cont

inue

d to

be

very

po

sitiv

e an

d as

suc

h al

l lev

els

of g

over

nmen

t ha

ve b

een

gene

rous

with

the

ir fi

nanc

ial s

uppo

rt. P

artic

ular

ly t

he

supp

ort

of t

he Q

ueen

slan

d G

over

nmen

t th

roug

h th

e D

epar

tmen

t of

Nat

iona

l Par

ks, S

port

& R

acin

g sh

ould

no

t be

ove

rloo

ked.

Row

ing

in Q

ueen

slan

d w

ould

like

to

sin

cere

ly t

hank

the

con

tinue

d su

ppor

t fr

om t

he

Que

ensl

and

Aca

dem

y of

Spo

rt, B

risb

ane

City

Cou

ncil,

R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

, Lan

ier,

Bun

dabe

rg R

egio

nal C

ounc

il,

Roc

kham

pton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil,

Mits

ubis

hi M

otor

s,

Des

igne

r Pa

intw

orks

and

The

Hai

nes

Gro

up. T

he

colle

ctiv

e su

ppor

t fr

om t

hese

org

anis

atio

ns e

nabl

es

RQ

to

prov

ide

cont

inue

d an

d im

prov

ed s

ervi

ces

to

all m

embe

rs. T

his

year

con

tinue

d to

bui

ld o

n th

e su

cces

ses

of p

ast

year

s an

d co

ntin

ues

to s

tren

gthe

n ou

r sp

ort

in p

rovi

ding

var

ious

opp

ortu

nitie

s to

par

ticip

ate

thro

ugho

ut t

he s

tate

.

46Ro

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ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

2015

als

o sa

w t

he r

esig

natio

n of

Ros

s Sy

mon

ds

afte

r ne

arly

6 y

ears

in t

he C

EO

’s r

ole.

Ros

s’s

fisca

l m

anag

emen

t an

d ad

min

istr

ativ

e ap

titud

e st

eere

d th

e R

owin

g Q

ueen

slan

d bo

at t

o a

uniq

ue s

ituat

ion

of

havi

ng fu

nds

in t

he b

ank

to d

evel

op t

he n

ew c

ours

e at

W

yara

long

Dam

. I w

ould

like

to

wis

h R

oss

all t

he b

est

in h

is fu

ture

end

eavo

urs.

Mur

ray

Stew

art

join

ed R

owin

g Q

ueen

slan

d la

te in

the

yea

r, in

the

CE

O’s

rol

e, a

nd h

as

hit

the

grou

nd r

unni

ng fi

nalis

ing

all t

he a

ppro

vals

to

get

Wya

ralo

ng D

am u

nder

way

. Dur

ing

the

year

Ben

Gro

th,

our

trus

ted

Reg

atta

Ope

ratio

ns C

oord

inat

or, m

oved

to

a ne

w r

ole

with

Que

ensl

and

Ath

letic

s an

d D

anni

Ser

ra,

Com

mun

icat

ions

Coo

rdin

ator

, ret

urne

d to

her

stu

dies

. It

wou

ld b

e re

mis

s of

me

not

to m

entio

n Pe

ter

Hic

ks

(Spo

rt D

evel

opm

ent

Man

ager

) w

ho in

the

abs

ence

of t

he

abov

e st

aff,

shou

lder

ed a

hug

e bu

rden

for

the

last

hal

f of

the

year

.

The

org

anis

atio

ns v

olun

teer

’s d

edic

atio

n an

d co

mm

itmen

t of

ten

goes

wel

l bey

ond

wha

t w

ould

no

rmal

ly b

e ex

pect

ed a

nd I

wou

ld li

ke t

o si

ncer

ely

than

k ou

r m

any

volu

ntee

rs a

cros

s th

e st

ate

for

thei

r on

goin

g ef

fort

s. I

wou

ld a

lso

like

to t

hank

the

RQ

Boa

rd w

hich

is

func

tioni

ng a

s w

ell a

s I

can

rem

embe

r in

my

six

year

s of

in

volv

emen

t.

As

the

Row

ing

Que

ensl

and

com

mun

ity lo

oks

tow

ards

an

othe

r ye

ar, I

am

con

fiden

t th

at t

he s

ucce

sses

of t

his

2015

will

con

tinue

into

the

new

-yea

r an

d w

e w

ill h

ave

grea

ter

resu

lts t

o co

me,

on

and

off t

he w

ater

.

Nic

k P

arr

Cha

irm

an

Row

ing

Que

ensl

and

Ltd

Aro

und

the

Stat

es (c

ontin

ued)

47Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Sout

h A

ustr

alia

Row

ing

SA h

as s

een

som

e si

gnifi

cant

cha

nges

thr

ough

20

15, a

nd a

num

ber

of s

igni

fican

t ev

ents

, act

iviti

es a

nd

deve

lopm

ent

in o

ur s

port

ove

r th

e pa

st e

ight

een

mon

ths.

Gov

erna

nce,

Boa

rd a

nd S

taff

ing

A n

umbe

r of

cha

nges

at

Boa

rd a

nd m

anag

emen

t le

vel

occu

rred

thr

ough

out

2015

, as

follo

ws:

Fo

rmer

Cha

irm

an A

last

air

McL

achl

an s

tepp

ed d

own

prio

r to

the

201

5 A

GM

, aft

er t

wo

year

s in

the

rol

e an

d si

gnifi

cant

inpu

t ac

ross

all

leve

ls o

f Row

ing

in

SA o

ver

man

y ye

ars.

Ph

ilip

Pate

rson

has

tak

en o

n th

e ro

le a

s C

hair

man

, al

ong

with

a n

umbe

r of

new

Boa

rd m

embe

rs,

brin

ging

a v

arie

ty o

f tar

gete

d sk

ill s

ets

and

an

enth

usia

sm t

o ta

ke t

he s

port

to

new

leve

ls in

the

co

min

g ye

ars.

M

icha

el H

arbi

son

was

app

oint

ed P

resi

dent

, aft

er

prev

ious

ly s

ervi

ng o

n th

e B

oard

and

as

Cha

irm

an

befo

re t

akin

g on

the

rol

e as

Lor

d M

ayor

of t

he C

ity

of A

dela

ide

from

200

3 un

til 2

010.

Mic

hael

bri

ngs

a pa

ssio

n fo

r ro

win

g, a

s w

ell a

s hi

s ex

celle

nt n

etw

orks

an

d ex

peri

ence

in b

oth

busi

ness

and

gov

ernm

ent.

Su

e H

agle

y re

sign

ed a

s C

EO

in O

ctob

er 2

15 a

nd

the

Boa

rd a

ppoi

nted

Dav

id H

utto

n to

the

rol

e,

com

men

cing

in D

ecem

ber

2015

. Dav

id c

omes

to

Row

ing

SA w

ith 2

0 ye

ars’

exp

erie

nce

in S

port

s an

d N

ot-f

or-P

rofit

Man

agem

ent

and

Adm

inis

trat

ion

expe

rien

ce, m

ainl

y in

Aus

tral

ian

Foot

ball

with

bot

h Po

rt A

dela

ide

Foot

ball

Clu

b an

d th

e SA

Nat

iona

l Fo

otba

ll L

eagu

e.

R

owin

g SA

als

o w

elco

med

Pee

r R

icha

rds

as it

s ne

w

Stat

e D

evel

opm

ent

Offi

cer

in la

te 2

015,

ret

urni

ng

to S

A a

fter

wor

king

in R

owin

g fo

r m

any

year

s in

the

Q

ueen

slan

d sc

hool

s pr

ogra

m.

The

Boa

rd a

ckno

wle

dges

and

tha

nks

both

Ala

stai

r an

d Su

e fo

r th

eir

tirel

ess

wor

k an

d in

put

into

the

SA

Row

ing

com

mun

ity in

rec

ent

year

s.

Spec

ial m

entio

n m

ust

be m

ade

of B

ob P

enni

ngto

n w

ho h

as h

eld

num

erou

s A

dmin

istr

ativ

e an

d O

ffici

al

posi

tions

in R

owin

g at

Sta

te, N

atio

nal a

nd I

nter

natio

nal

leve

l. B

ob’s

ser

vice

to

Row

ing

as a

Boa

t R

ace

Offi

cial

ex

tend

ed t

o of

ficia

ting

at t

wo

Oly

mpi

c G

ames

and

ot

her

Inte

rnat

iona

l eve

nts,

he

is w

ell k

now

n an

d hi

ghly

re

gard

ed t

hrou

ghou

t th

e A

ustr

alia

n ro

win

g co

mm

unity

. A

fter

hol

ding

dow

n m

any

role

s in

clud

ing

Row

ing

SA

Boa

rd m

embe

r fo

r ov

er 2

0 ye

ars,

Cha

irm

an, P

resi

dent

, an

d B

oat

Rac

e O

ffici

al, B

ob h

as r

etir

ed a

t th

e en

d of

2015

and

leav

es a

won

derf

ul le

gacy

in t

he s

port

. We

than

k B

ob fo

r hi

s si

gnifi

cant

con

trib

utio

n to

the

spo

rt in

SA

and

bey

ond,

and

we

look

forw

ard

to c

ontin

uing

to

build

on

stro

ng fo

unda

tions

tha

t he

and

so

man

y ot

hers

ha

ve b

uilt.

The

new

Boa

rd a

nd C

EO

are

cur

rent

ly w

orki

ng t

hrou

gh

a re

view

of t

he 2

012-

16 S

trat

egic

Pla

n, in

clud

ing:

O

ngoi

ng G

over

nanc

e re

view

C

omm

issi

ons

stru

ctur

e

Su

ppor

t of

Clu

bs in

all

aspe

cts

of D

evel

opm

ent

Fa

cilit

ies

plan

ning

Faci

litie

s an

d In

fras

truc

ture

Row

ing

SA a

re in

debt

ed t

o th

e vi

sion

and

har

d w

ork

of t

he p

eopl

e w

ho h

ave

serv

ed t

he s

port

her

e in

SA

ov

er m

any

year

s, a

nd w

e ar

e in

the

fort

unat

e po

sitio

n to

ow

n ou

r ow

n Fa

cilit

y ov

erlo

okin

g th

e 2,

000

met

re

buoy

ed c

ours

e at

Wes

t L

akes

. Thi

s m

ulti-

purp

ose

faci

lity

(inc

ludi

ng O

ffice

s, B

oats

heds

, Caf

é &

Fun

ctio

n R

oom

) pr

ovid

es w

onde

rful

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r R

owin

g an

d ot

her

spor

ts t

o ho

st a

div

erse

ran

ge o

f wee

kly

activ

ities

, as

wel

l as

som

e si

gnifi

cant

sta

te, n

atio

nal a

nd in

tern

atio

nal

even

ts. O

ver

the

past

eig

htee

n m

onth

s, w

e ha

ve s

een

the

Faci

lity

utili

sed

for

the

follo

win

g:

T

he m

ajor

ity o

f Reg

atta

s th

roug

h ea

ch s

easo

n ar

e ba

sed

at W

est

Lak

es, h

owev

er w

e al

so h

ave

qual

ity

cour

ses

that

are

use

d in

bot

h th

e m

etro

polit

an a

rea

and

regi

onal

SA

eve

ry y

ear

R

egul

ar t

rain

ing

faci

litie

s fo

r m

any

of t

he S

A

Row

ing

Clu

bs a

nd S

choo

ls, a

num

ber

of w

hich

hav

e B

oats

hed

spac

e at

Wes

t L

akes

R

egul

ar t

rain

ing

faci

litie

s fo

r th

e SA

Spo

rts

Inst

itute

R

owin

g an

d C

anoe

ing

prog

ram

s, b

oth

occu

pyin

g B

oats

hed

spac

e at

Wes

t L

akes

T

he S

A E

duca

tion

Dep

artm

ent’

s A

quat

ic p

rogr

am

bein

g ba

sed

at o

ur W

est

Lak

es fa

cilit

y, a

nd p

rovi

ding

pr

ogra

ms

for

over

14,

000

prim

ary

and

high

sch

ool

stud

ents

eac

h ye

ar

A

ustr

alia

n U

nive

rsity

Gam

es (

Row

ing)

, hel

d in

O

ctob

er 2

015

N

atio

nal C

ham

pion

ship

s an

d O

lym

pic

Qua

lifyi

ng

Eve

nts

for

Can

oe A

ustr

alia

in 2

015

A

ustr

alia

n, A

sian

and

Wor

ld D

rago

nboa

t C

ham

pion

ship

s, h

eld

in M

arch

/A

pril

2015

The

re is

a g

row

ing

dem

and

for

faci

litie

s an

d in

fras

truc

ture

in S

A, w

hich

has

led

to t

he C

EO

and

B

oard

to

com

men

ce a

Wes

t L

akes

mas

ter

plan

and

48Ro

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ustr

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Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

cons

ulta

tion

stra

tegy

. Thi

s pr

oces

s w

ill s

ee u

s en

gagi

ng

with

all

of t

he k

ey s

take

hold

ers

in d

eter

min

ing

the

best

w

ay t

o ha

ndle

the

futu

re r

equi

rem

ents

of o

ur s

port

, m

axim

isin

g ou

r cu

rren

t fa

cilit

ies

for

the

bene

fit o

f all.

T

he B

oard

has

als

o su

ppor

ted

Mur

ray

Bri

dge

Row

ing

Clu

b in

wor

king

with

the

loca

l Cou

ncil

and

Stat

e G

over

nmen

t to

est

ablis

h pl

ans

for

a re

-dev

elop

ed H

ub in

M

urra

y B

ridg

e.

Com

petit

ions

, Spo

rt D

evel

opm

ent a

nd

Educ

atio

nG

ener

ally

row

ing

in S

A is

con

tinui

ng w

ith h

ealth

y pa

rtic

ipat

ion

figur

es a

nd in

crea

sing

reg

atta

fiel

ds. T

he

grow

th in

fem

ale

part

icip

atio

n is

par

ticul

arly

ple

asin

g,

mai

nly

due

to t

he in

crea

se in

fem

ale

scho

ol R

owin

g pr

ogra

ms.

Thi

s ha

s le

d to

the

num

ber

over

gir

ls

com

petin

g in

the

‘Hea

d of

the

Riv

er’ R

egat

ta s

light

ly

eclip

sing

the

num

ber

of b

oys.

In t

he 2

014/

15 S

easo

n, w

e ho

sted

21

Reg

atta

s ac

ross

th

e st

ate

for

over

1,6

00 R

ower

s an

d th

e co

mpe

titio

n pr

ogra

m h

as c

ontin

ued

to b

uild

in t

he 2

015/

16 s

easo

n.

Our

Sta

te t

eam

s br

ough

t ho

me

thre

e br

onze

med

als

at t

he N

atio

nals

in 2

015

– in

the

Men

’s a

nd W

omen

’s

Eig

ht, a

s w

ell a

s th

e W

omen

’s Y

outh

Eig

ht. W

e co

ntin

ue

to w

ork

with

sta

ff a

t th

e SA

Spo

rts

Inst

itute

to

build

on

our

elit

e at

hlet

e pr

ogra

ms,

dev

elop

men

t pa

thw

ays,

an

d pr

ovid

ing

oppo

rtun

ities

for

our

youn

g ro

wer

s to

re

pres

ent

thei

r st

ate

and

coun

try.

Coa

ch e

duca

tion

and

deve

lopm

ent

rem

ains

a p

rior

ity

for

Row

ing

SA, a

s w

e pl

an t

o w

ork

even

clo

ser

with

our

C

lubs

and

Sch

ools

to

supp

ort

grow

th t

hrou

gh a

ll as

pect

s of

dev

elop

men

t, h

ealth

y en

viro

nmen

ts a

nd s

trat

egie

s to

in

crea

se t

he r

eten

tion

of R

ower

s, a

s w

ell a

s th

e de

liver

y of

qua

lity

deve

lopm

ent

prog

ram

s an

d en

viro

nmen

ts.

Mas

ters

Row

ing

cont

inue

s to

be

a st

rong

par

t of

the

ac

tiviti

es o

f Row

ing

Sout

h A

ustr

alia

with

incr

easi

ng

part

icip

atio

n ra

tes

for

mas

ters

incr

easi

ng. R

owin

g SA

are

cu

rren

tly lo

okin

g to

rev

amp

the

Mas

ters

Com

mis

sion

in

orde

r to

mor

e ef

fect

ivel

y su

ppor

t al

l asp

ects

of M

aste

rs

Row

ing.

Gen

eral

Row

ing

SA is

ver

y ap

prec

iativ

e of

the

ong

oing

sup

port

of

our

part

ners

and

sup

port

ers

and

in p

artic

ular

the

Sta

te

Gov

ernm

ent,

thr

ough

the

Offi

ce o

f Rec

reat

ion

and

Spor

t (O

RS)

and

the

Dep

artm

ent

of P

lann

ing,

Tra

nspo

rt a

nd

Infr

astr

uctu

re (

DPT

I). O

ur c

ontin

ued

rela

tions

hip

with

th

e O

RS

is v

ital f

or t

he s

uppo

rt p

rovi

ded

to m

aint

ain

the

oper

atio

nal s

ervi

ces

of R

owin

g SA

and

the

ir s

uppo

rt a

nd

guid

ance

thr

ough

issu

es is

alw

ays

wel

com

ed.

We

are

extr

emel

y ap

prec

iativ

e of

the

ong

oing

sup

port

w

e al

so r

ecei

ve fr

om T

he C

ity o

f Cha

rles

Stu

rt (

Loc

al

Gov

ernm

ent)

. The

coo

pera

tion

and

pres

ence

of t

he

Cou

ncil

and

its s

taff

we

rece

ive

is in

valu

able

and

en

able

s us

to

pres

ent

our

faci

litie

s an

d th

e co

nduc

t an

d pr

omot

ion

of o

ur s

port

to

be p

ursu

ed w

ith c

onfid

ence

. W

e ar

e fo

rtun

ate

to h

ave

this

rel

atio

nshi

p an

d it

is

resp

ecte

d by

the

row

ing

com

mun

ity.

Fina

lly, a

fant

astic

Row

ing

docu

men

tary

“Pa

ris

or t

he

Bus

h” h

as b

een

in p

rodu

ctio

n by

film

-mak

er W

ayne

G

room

for

a nu

mbe

r of

yea

rs in

SA

, and

is d

ue fo

r re

leas

e in

ear

ly 2

016.

The

film

tel

ls t

he t

rue

stor

y of

the

‘Mur

ray

Cod

s’ c

rew

, who

mad

e a

nam

e fo

r th

emse

lves

as

blue

-co

llar

wor

kers

from

the

Mur

ray

Bri

dge

regi

on. I

t is

one

of

the

mos

t re

mar

kabl

e un

derd

og s

tori

es in

our

nat

iona

l sp

ortin

g hi

stor

y, w

here

the

cre

w o

verc

ame

prej

udic

e,

pove

rty

and

war

wou

nds,

win

ning

the

ir w

ay t

hrou

gh t

o N

atio

nal C

ham

pion

ship

s, s

ome

uniq

ue p

ost-

WW

I ev

ents

an

d fin

ally

to

repr

esen

t th

eir

coun

try

at t

he 1

924

Pari

s O

lym

pics

. We

look

forw

ard

to t

his

film

and

sto

ry b

eing

sh

ared

thr

ough

out

the

coun

try

in 2

016.

Phi

lip P

ater

son

Cha

irm

an, R

owin

g So

uth

Aus

tral

ia

Dav

id H

utto

nC

hief

Exe

cuti

ve O

ffice

r, R

owin

g So

uth

Aus

tral

ia

Aro

und

the

Stat

es (c

ontin

ued)

49Ro

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ustr

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Ann

ual R

epor

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Tasm

ania

I ha

ve p

leas

ure

in p

rese

ntin

g th

e Pr

esid

ents

Rep

ort

for

the

2014

–201

5 se

ason

. Onc

e ag

ain

we

have

exp

erie

nced

a

busy

but

enj

oyab

le r

owin

g se

ason

.

As

the

sayi

ng g

oes

— I

t tak

es a

vill

age

to b

ring

up

a ch

ild,

wel

l to

deve

lop

the

succ

essf

ul s

port

of r

owin

g at

all

leve

ls

it ta

kes

dedi

catio

n by

so

man

y pe

ople

from

all

wal

ks o

f lif

e. T

hey

coac

h; t

hey

tran

spor

t co

mpe

titor

s an

d bo

ats,

ad

min

iste

r cl

ubs

and

scho

ols,

fund

rais

e an

d cl

ean.

To

all

thos

e vo

lunt

eers

who

don

ate

thei

r tim

e so

free

ly t

o cl

ubs

and

scho

ols,

tha

nk y

ou.

The

Com

mitt

ee is

onl

y ab

le t

o co

nduc

t th

e bu

sine

ss o

f R

owin

g T

asm

ania

by

the

endl

ess

hour

s th

at a

re p

rovi

ded

by o

ur m

any

volu

ntee

rs. I

wou

ld li

ke t

o st

art

my

repo

rt

by t

hank

ing

som

e of

the

se p

eopl

e an

d I

apol

ogis

e th

at I

ca

nnot

cov

er a

ll th

ose

invo

lved

as

this

wou

ld e

xten

d to

to

o m

any

page

s.

Bob

Bla

ke O

.A.M

. who

has

ded

icat

ed d

ecad

es t

o ou

r Pa

ra R

owin

g Pr

ogra

m a

nd a

thle

tes

has

advi

sed

us o

f hi

s in

tent

ion

to s

tand

dow

n fr

om t

his

posi

tion.

We

wou

ld li

ke t

o ta

ke t

his

oppo

rtun

ity t

o th

ank

Bob

for

his

wor

k in

thi

s ar

ea, n

ot o

nly

in T

asm

ania

but

als

o w

ith t

he A

ustr

alia

n Pr

ogra

m. H

is a

chie

vem

ents

will

be

ackn

owle

dged

form

ally

at

this

AG

M.

Kay

Sut

er O

.A.M

. has

ass

iste

d B

ob a

nd h

as o

vers

een

our

sout

hern

Par

a R

owin

g pr

ogra

m a

nd a

thle

tes

for

a nu

mbe

r of

yea

rs. W

e w

ould

like

to

than

k K

ay fo

r he

r co

ntri

butio

n, s

he is

als

o re

tirin

g fr

om t

his

posi

tion

and

we

than

k he

r al

so m

ost

sinc

erel

y.

Our

reg

atta

s ha

ve o

nce

agai

n se

en a

n in

crea

se in

num

bers

an

d th

eref

ore

the

num

ber

of h

ours

for

our

volu

ntee

rs

both

on

and

off t

he w

ater

. I w

ould

like

to

than

k Ph

il Fr

aser

and

his

tea

m o

f Boa

t R

ace

Offi

cial

s w

ho h

ave

once

aga

in c

ondu

cted

our

reg

atta

s at

a m

ost

prof

essi

onal

st

anda

rd.

A n

ew in

itiat

ive

was

tak

en t

his

year

with

the

intr

oduc

tion

of t

he B

oat

Dri

vers

Tea

m. T

hank

you

to

Pete

r G

eorg

e an

d hi

s gr

oup

of v

olun

teer

s w

ho fi

lled

the

rost

ers

for

umpi

re d

rive

rs. T

his

has

been

ver

y su

cces

sful

in t

hat

it ha

s sp

read

the

res

pons

ibili

ty a

nd h

as s

trea

mlin

ed t

his

aspe

ct o

f the

reg

atta

ope

ratio

n.

Thi

s fo

rthc

omin

g se

ason

we

will

be

look

ing

at u

sing

the

sa

me

mod

el t

o co

ver

som

e of

the

oth

er o

n w

ater

dut

ies.

W

e ar

e en

deav

ouri

ng t

o in

crea

se o

ur n

umbe

rs s

o th

at w

e ca

n ru

n a

mor

e ex

tens

ive

rost

er m

odel

. A r

eque

st w

ill b

e ci

rcul

ated

to

mem

bers

of t

he R

owin

g co

mm

unity

who

ar

e w

illin

g to

be

trai

ned

in t

his

area

. Thi

s w

ill in

volv

e at

tend

ing

an e

veni

ng s

essi

on in

you

r ar

ea p

rior

to

the

com

men

cem

ent

of t

he r

egat

tas.

The

se s

essi

ons

will

tak

e

the

form

at o

f an

intr

oduc

tion

and

theo

ry p

rese

ntat

ions

of

the

dut

ies

of t

he B

RO

’s a

t re

gatt

as.

It is

impo

rtan

t th

at c

omm

enta

tors

are

ava

ilabl

e fo

r ea

ch r

egat

ta. T

his

role

has

bee

n co

mpe

tent

ly fu

lfille

d by

Jud

y M

uir

and

Mar

k T

hom

as. T

hank

you

to

both

of

the

se v

olun

teer

s w

ho h

ave

cove

red

all o

ur r

egat

tas

betw

een

them

. Mar

k is

now

mov

ing

on a

fter

4 y

ears

. W

hen

I re

cent

ly w

rote

to

him

and

tha

nked

him

for

his

cont

ribu

tion

he r

eplie

d an

d th

anke

d R

owin

g T

asm

ania

for

the

priv

ilege

of a

llow

ing

him

to

be a

Rac

e C

omm

enta

tor.

He

also

sha

red

his

thou

ghts

in r

elat

ion

to

his

invo

lvem

ent

with

row

ing

whi

ch c

ame

abou

t w

hen

his

child

ren

took

up

the

spor

t.

“Row

ing

is a

mar

vello

us sp

ort …

. Tru

ly a

“fa

mily

co

mm

unit

y” …

. The

vas

t maj

orit

y of

who

m a

re in

man

y w

ays d

efine

d an

d m

ould

ed b

y th

e sp

ort.

For

youn

g pe

ople

lik

e m

y so

n an

d da

ught

er th

ey le

arn

self

disc

iplin

e an

d w

hat c

ould

be

gain

ed b

y ha

rd w

ork…

they

won

and

they

lost

…

and

lear

nt th

at li

fe g

oes o

n af

ter

that

. I

trul

y en

joye

d w

atch

ing

so m

any

youn

g m

en a

nd w

omen

dev

elop

on

wha

t I

have

alw

ays c

alle

d th

e “r

owin

g fie

lds”

Lak

e B

arri

ngto

n.

The

end

less

hou

rs o

f wor

k by

Mic

k G

oodg

er m

eant

tha

t th

e ne

w s

tart

pon

toon

was

com

plet

ed a

nd in

stal

led

for

the

first

reg

atta

of t

he s

easo

n. W

ith t

heir

sm

all b

and

of

help

ers

Mic

k an

d G

eorg

e H

omer

has

the

cou

rse

read

y fo

r th

e se

ason

and

mai

ntai

ned

it on

a r

egul

ar b

asis

. Bot

h th

ese

hard

wor

king

vol

unte

ers

wer

e al

so s

een

cons

tant

ly

arou

nd t

he B

arri

ngto

n co

mpl

ex a

tten

ding

nev

er-e

ndin

g m

aint

enan

ce a

nd d

evel

opm

ent

both

on

and

off t

he

wat

er. A

lso,

tha

nks

to J

ohn

Oak

ley

who

look

s af

ter

our

elec

tric

al m

aint

enan

ce, a

nd w

ho h

as b

een

upgr

adin

g th

e lo

dge

duri

ng t

he o

ff s

easo

n.

It is

alw

ays

plea

sing

to

see

new

vol

unte

ers

join

our

tea

m

at ‘T

he L

ake’

. Dur

ing

the

seas

on F

red

Slam

en o

ffer

ed h

is

expe

rt t

elec

omm

unic

atio

ns s

kills

to

impr

ovin

g th

e m

obile

an

d in

tern

et r

ecep

tion.

He

is a

lso

take

n on

the

tas

k of

pr

ovid

ing

film

ing

of r

aces

dir

ectly

to

the

Ree

coni

an

Cen

tre.

He

achi

eved

thi

s by

mou

ntin

g a

cam

era

on a

n um

pire

s bo

at a

nd h

e ha

s ev

en b

igge

r as

pira

tions

for

the

com

ing

seas

on. D

urin

g th

e of

f sea

son

he h

as b

een

seen

up

at L

ake

Bar

ring

ton

on a

num

ber

of o

ccas

ions

in

stal

ling

and

test

ing

new

equ

ipm

ent.

I w

ould

like

to

than

k Fr

ed fo

r th

e m

any

hour

s th

at h

e pu

t in

at

the

rega

ttas

on

this

pro

ject

and

at

the

sam

e tim

e co

ache

d an

d su

perv

ised

a la

rge

grou

p of

suc

cess

ful y

oung

ro

wer

s fo

r hi

s sc

hool

.

Tha

nk y

ou t

o B

rian

Bre

nnan

our

Reg

atta

Man

ager

who

ha

s on

ce a

gain

con

duct

ed a

mos

t su

cces

sful

reg

atta

pr

ogra

m w

ith t

he h

elp

of h

is a

ble

assi

stan

ts in

the

offi

ce

duri

ng r

egat

tas.

50Ro

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ual R

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t 201

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The

sta

rt o

f the

sea

son

saw

the

ren

amin

g to

the

kio

sk

to T

he E

asy

Oar

Caf

e un

der

the

man

agem

ent

of K

im

Wils

on. T

his

new

cat

erin

g po

sitio

n w

as c

reat

ed b

y th

e co

mm

ittee

so

that

the

one

rous

res

pons

ibili

ty o

f m

anag

emen

t a

food

out

let

was

rem

oved

from

wei

ghin

g on

the

sho

ulde

rs o

f vol

unte

ers

and

the

com

mitt

ee. I

w

ould

like

to

than

k K

im fo

r th

e m

anne

r in

whi

ch s

he

has

take

n on

full

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

all

cate

ring

a L

ake

Bar

ring

ton.

Tha

nks

also

mus

t go

to

Mer

v T

ippe

tt fo

r on

ce a

gain

ta

king

on

the

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

of t

he p

ositi

on o

f Mas

ters

R

owin

g C

o-or

dina

tor.

I w

ould

als

o lik

e to

tha

nk H

elen

e W

oods

who

has

onc

e ag

ain

acte

d as

the

Pre

sidi

ng O

ffice

r, an

d m

aint

aine

d ou

r da

ta b

ase.

The

com

mitt

ee h

as b

een

very

bus

y th

is s

easo

n de

alin

g w

ith a

ll as

pect

s of

run

ning

a S

tate

Spo

rtin

g O

rgan

isat

ion.

T

he n

ew c

omm

ittee

had

onl

y on

e ne

w a

dditi

onal

per

son

bein

g B

ob A

very

who

was

ele

cted

at

the

last

AG

M.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly B

erna

dett

e St

ewar

t fo

und

that

wor

k an

d cl

ub c

omm

itmen

ts d

id n

ot a

llow

her

to

cont

inue

her

du

ties

as A

dmin

istr

atio

n M

anag

er. S

he r

esig

ned

duri

ng

the

seas

on. I

wou

ld li

ke t

o th

ank

Ber

nade

tte

for

her

year

s of

ser

vice

to

Row

ing

Tas

man

ia.

Thi

s ye

ar t

he c

omm

ittee

has

ove

rsee

n th

e co

mpl

etio

n of

the

fixe

d st

art

pont

oon

and

addi

tiona

l wor

k on

the

Fa

cilit

ies

Bui

ldin

g at

the

fini

shin

g lin

e. T

his

addi

tiona

l w

ork

has

furt

her

deve

lope

d it

as s

epar

ate

acco

mm

odat

ion

bloc

k. T

his

has

prov

en a

suc

cess

with

gro

ups

of

Tas

man

ian

and

visi

ting

inte

rsta

te r

ower

s an

d it

prov

ides

ad

ditio

nal r

even

ue fo

r ou

r sp

ort.

I w

ould

like

to

than

k R

ober

t T

enbe

nsel

for

his

expe

rtis

e,

and

the

trem

endo

us a

mou

nt o

f eff

ort

and

time

he p

ut

into

rev

iew

ing

the

Con

stitu

tion

and

re-w

ritin

g th

e se

ctio

ns t

hat

need

ed t

o be

am

ende

d to

com

ply

with

th

e ne

w g

over

nanc

e ru

les

that

wer

e re

quir

ed t

o be

ad

opte

d by

all

Stat

e Sp

ortin

g O

rgan

isat

ions

. Thi

s ne

w

cons

titut

ion

was

pas

sed

at a

Spe

cial

Mee

ting

was

hel

d on

a F

rida

y 12

th D

ecem

ber

2014

at

Lak

e B

arri

ngto

n pr

eced

ing

a re

gatt

a w

eeke

nd.

Som

e of

the

con

stitu

tiona

l cha

nges

incl

ude

th

e Pr

esid

ent

is n

ow e

lect

ed fr

om t

he c

omm

ittee

by

its m

embe

rs a

t th

eir

first

mee

ting,

al

l pos

ition

s ar

e fo

r a

thre

e ye

ar t

erm

with

a

max

imum

of t

en y

ears

.

The

Rem

oval

of t

he T

rees

Pro

ject

was

com

plet

ed t

o St

age

1 fo

r th

e be

ginn

ing

of t

he s

easo

n. W

ith t

he

assi

stan

ce o

f Tas

man

ia P

arks

and

Wild

life

Serv

ice

furt

her

wor

k w

ill b

e un

dert

aken

thi

s se

ason

. I t

hank

Tas

man

ia

Park

s an

d W

ildlif

e Se

rvic

e fo

r th

eir

finan

cial

ass

ista

nce,

ad

vice

and

ser

vice

s of

fere

d by

the

ir s

taff

.

The

com

mitt

ee h

ave

cons

ider

ed a

num

ber

of p

roje

cts

goin

g fo

rwar

d, t

hese

incl

ude

maj

or m

aint

enan

ce

prog

ram

s fo

r ex

istin

g bu

ildin

gs, r

epla

cem

ent

of

laun

chin

g po

ntoo

ns a

nd t

he o

ngoi

ng r

epla

cem

ent

of e

quip

men

t. D

urin

g th

e se

ason

we

have

rep

lace

d 3

outb

oard

mot

ors

and

repl

aced

the

hea

ters

, lig

htin

g an

d w

indo

w s

cree

ns in

the

ten

acc

omm

odat

ion

room

s at

The

L

odge

. The

pur

chas

e of

add

ition

al la

undr

y eq

uipm

ent

has

been

mad

e du

ring

the

off

sea

son

and

this

will

ena

ble

us t

o pr

ovid

e tw

o la

undr

ies

for

use

by t

hose

att

endi

ng

rega

ttas

as

wel

l as

by g

roup

s hi

ring

the

faci

litie

s.

With

the

gen

erou

s do

natio

n fr

om t

he T

SRA

and

the

L

aunc

esto

n &

Hen

ley

Reg

atta

Ass

ocia

tion

a ne

w r

escu

e bo

at w

ill b

e op

erat

ing

in t

he c

omin

g se

ason

. Saf

ety

is

alw

ays

at t

he fo

refr

ont

of a

ll of

our

ope

ratio

ns s

o th

is is

an

impo

rtan

t ad

ditio

n to

our

flee

t of

boa

ts. T

hank

you

to

the

two

asso

ciat

ions

for

thei

r co

ntin

uing

sup

port

.

Mos

t of

you

wou

ld b

e aw

are

that

the

laun

chin

g po

ntoo

ns h

ave

com

e to

the

end

of t

heir

life

pro

vidi

ng a

sa

fe a

cces

s to

the

cou

rse.

Onc

e ag

ain

Mic

k G

oodg

er h

as

step

ped

up a

nd h

as d

esig

ned

a ne

w p

onto

on b

ased

on

the

exis

ting

desi

gn b

ut w

ith a

dditi

ons

of h

inge

d se

ctio

ns

to a

llow

for

the

chan

ging

wat

er le

vels

. Tha

nk y

ou t

o M

ick

and

Chr

is P

otte

r w

ho c

ontr

ibut

ed h

is e

ngin

eeri

ng

expe

rtis

e to

the

des

ign.

App

rova

l was

giv

en t

o bu

ild t

he fi

rst

laun

chin

g po

ntoo

n w

hich

will

be

read

y fo

r St

ate

Penn

ant

3. P

repa

ratio

n ha

s co

mm

ence

d an

d I

wou

ld li

ke t

o th

ank

Mic

k K

now

les

who

is o

nce

agai

n pr

ovid

ing

his

vast

ski

lls a

s he

did

with

th

e Fi

xed

Star

t Po

ntoo

n.

The

re a

re fo

ur la

unch

ing

pont

oons

to

be r

epla

ced

at

a co

st o

f ove

r $1

60,0

00. W

e ar

e ab

le t

o ta

ke o

n th

is

proj

ect

beca

use

of o

ur v

olun

teer

bas

e, if

we

wer

e to

pu

rcha

se e

quiv

alen

t po

ntoo

ns fr

om a

sup

plie

r th

ese

wou

ld c

ost

in e

xces

s of

$60

0,00

0.

It is

not

onl

y th

e co

mm

ittee

s’ r

espo

nsib

ility

to

prov

ide

the

equi

pmen

t an

d ve

nue

for

our

spor

t bu

t al

so t

o pr

ovid

e th

e in

fras

truc

ture

to

cond

uct

the

busi

ness

of

Row

ing

Tas

man

ia 3

65 d

ays

a ye

ar.

We

have

rev

iew

ed t

he s

usta

inab

ility

of R

owin

g T

asm

ania

in

to t

he fu

ture

. It

was

impo

rtan

t to

look

at

how

we

deal

with

the

day

to

day

adm

inis

trat

ion

of o

ur s

port

at

all

leve

ls. T

his

is g

ener

ally

cov

ered

by

a sm

all g

roup

of

vol

unte

ers

and

curr

ently

the

Row

ing

Dev

elop

men

t M

anag

er. A

lot

of t

his

wor

k is

don

e du

ring

bus

ines

s ho

urs

as w

e ar

e ge

nera

lly d

ealin

g w

ith R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

, G

over

nmen

t D

epar

tmen

ts a

nd o

ther

bus

ines

ses

that

Aro

und

the

Stat

es (c

ontin

ued)

51Ro

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ual R

epor

t 201

5

empl

oy s

taff

and

ope

rate

in n

orm

al b

usin

ess

hour

s.

Som

e of

thi

s gr

oup

also

don

ate

thei

r st

aff t

ime

and

offic

e re

sour

ces.

With

the

gro

wth

of o

ur s

port

and

the

eve

r in

crea

sing

pr

essu

re p

ut o

n th

e co

mm

ittee

from

com

plia

nce

with

go

vern

ance

, leg

isla

tion,

O, H

& S

and

saf

ety

issu

es e

tc.,

the

expe

ctat

ions

upo

n ou

r vo

lunt

eers

and

cur

rent

sta

ffing

le

vels

has

rea

ched

sat

urat

ion

poin

t.

To

addr

ess

this

issu

e th

e Fi

nanc

ial M

anag

er h

as p

repa

red

a su

bsta

ntia

l doc

umen

t on

the

fund

ing

requ

ired

for

empl

oyin

g an

add

ition

al s

taff

mem

ber

and

mee

ting

our

capi

tal e

xpen

ditu

re fo

r th

e fu

ture

.

Aft

er m

uch

cons

ider

atio

n by

the

Row

ing

Tas

man

ia

Com

mitt

ee a

doc

umen

t w

as c

ircu

late

d to

our

mem

bers

th

at r

ecom

men

ded

the

intr

oduc

tion

of a

n A

thle

tes

Lev

y.

Thi

s pr

ompt

ed s

ome

livel

y di

scus

sion

s w

ithin

the

row

ing

com

mun

ity. T

he r

esul

t of

thi

s w

as t

hat

an a

ltern

ate

prop

osal

was

put

forw

ard

by t

he E

xecu

tive

Com

mitt

ee

and

was

dra

fted

aro

und

the

incr

ease

in s

eat

fees

ove

r tw

o se

ason

s an

d ch

arge

d up

on a

ll cl

ass

of c

ompe

titor

s. A

s th

is

prop

osal

was

gen

eral

ly a

ccep

ted

it w

as t

hen

put

to t

he

full

com

mitt

ee a

nd t

he o

rigi

nal a

thle

te le

vy w

as r

esci

nded

an

d th

e ne

w m

otio

n w

as p

asse

d.

I am

sur

e th

at a

ll pa

rtie

s ha

ve le

arnt

from

thi

s ex

peri

ence

ov

er r

ecen

t w

eeks

and

tha

t th

e fin

al o

utco

me

will

put

R

owin

g T

asm

ania

in a

str

onge

r po

sitio

n go

ing

forw

ard.

The

Com

mitt

ee h

as d

evel

oped

and

rel

ease

d th

e ne

w

Com

posi

te R

ule

to b

e tr

ialle

d fo

r th

e co

min

g se

ason

. At

the

end

of t

he s

easo

n w

e w

ill s

eek

com

men

t fr

om t

he

row

ing

com

mun

ity b

efor

e re

view

ing

the

final

rul

ing.

T

his

shou

ld s

tren

gthe

n ou

r cl

ub c

ompe

titio

n bu

t at

the

sa

me

time

allo

w t

he s

mal

ler

club

s to

com

pete

at

rega

ttas

.

The

pre

sent

atio

n of

a n

umbe

r of

new

ann

ual a

war

ds a

t th

is A

GM

is a

n im

itativ

e of

the

com

mitt

ee t

o re

cogn

ise

the

achi

evem

ents

of o

ur m

embe

rs a

cros

s al

l lev

els

of

even

ts a

nd p

artic

ipat

ion.

The

sel

ectio

n of

the

win

ners

for

this

yea

r on

ly w

as fr

om n

omin

atio

ns b

y th

e co

mm

ittee

. In

futu

re y

ears

nom

inat

ions

will

be

calle

d fr

om t

he w

hole

ro

win

g co

mm

unity

.

We

have

als

o re

view

ed t

he c

urre

nt c

ham

pion

ship

eve

nts

that

do

not

have

tro

phie

s at

tach

ed. C

ome

Febr

uary

yo

u w

ill s

ee t

hat

a nu

mbe

r of

our

cur

rent

and

pas

t m

embe

rs h

ave

been

hon

oure

d fo

r th

eir

achi

evem

ents

an

d co

ntri

butio

ns t

o ro

win

g by

add

ing

them

to

our

list

of c

ham

pion

ship

tro

phie

s. D

avid

Rat

tray

has

vol

unte

ered

to

ref

urni

sh o

ur e

xist

ing

trop

hies

dur

ing

the

com

ing

seas

on r

eady

for

Febr

uary

201

6. T

hank

you

Dav

id fo

r th

is a

nd h

e ha

s as

ked

that

all

trop

hies

be

retu

rned

to

the

com

mitt

ee b

y St

ate

Penn

ant

3.

Row

ing

Tas

man

ia h

as d

istr

ibut

ed in

form

atio

n ab

out

the

new

Nat

iona

l Dat

abas

e th

at is

to

be in

trod

uced

ove

r th

e co

min

g se

ason

. T

he c

omm

ittee

has

als

o re

view

ed o

ur

curr

ent

rega

tta

man

agem

ent

syst

em a

nd h

as d

ecid

ed

to c

hang

e to

Row

ing

Man

ager

whi

ch is

a s

yste

m

curr

ently

use

d by

NSW

and

AC

T. O

nce

in o

pera

tion

the

com

mitt

ee w

ill b

e ho

ldin

g di

scus

sion

s w

ith a

ll re

gatt

a co

nven

ors

in t

he s

tate

off

erin

g th

em t

he o

ppor

tuni

ty t

o us

e th

is n

ew s

yste

m.

Rob

Pre

scot

t ha

s on

ce a

gain

don

e an

exc

elle

nt jo

b in

hi

s po

sitio

n as

Row

ing

Dev

elop

men

t M

anag

er. H

e ha

s al

so t

aken

on

man

y du

ties

of t

he v

acan

t po

sitio

n of

A

dmin

istr

atio

n O

ffice

r an

d ha

s st

eppe

d up

to

be t

he

ex-o

ffici

o C

EO

whe

n de

alin

g w

ith R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

. I

wou

ld li

ke t

o th

ank

him

for

all t

he s

uppo

rt h

e ha

s gi

ven

me

and

the

com

mitt

ee d

urin

g th

e se

ason

whi

ch

far

exce

eds

his

duty

sta

tem

ent.

The

row

ing

side

of t

he b

usin

ess

is m

ade

easi

er fo

r th

e co

mm

ittee

with

the

tea

m w

ork

of R

ob P

resc

ott,

Gra

nt

Pryo

r an

d th

e st

aff o

f the

TIS

.

I w

ould

like

to

than

k W

ally

and

Jan

Cro

ssw

ell f

or t

heir

de

dica

ted

wor

k at

our

reg

atta

s an

d al

so o

pera

ting

the

Lod

ge t

hrou

ghou

t th

e ye

ar. T

he s

ucce

ss o

f the

ac

com

mod

atio

n si

de o

f our

ope

ratio

ns is

larg

ely

attr

ibut

ed t

o th

e fr

iend

ly a

nd w

elco

min

g at

mos

pher

e th

at

Wal

ly a

nd J

an c

reat

e.

Tha

nks

to a

ll ou

r sp

onso

rs w

ho h

ave

supp

orte

d us

dur

ing

the

past

sea

son,

incl

udin

g ou

r ne

w t

hree

yea

r sp

onso

r, B

entle

ys.

Con

grat

ulat

ions

to

all w

ho h

ave

com

pete

d du

ring

the

ye

ar in

sta

te, n

atio

nal a

nd in

tern

atio

nal c

ompe

titio

ns.

Con

grat

ulat

ions

to

our

Penn

ant

win

ners

, Cha

mpi

onsh

ip

win

ners

and

rep

rese

ntat

ives

, who

are

det

aile

d in

att

ache

d re

port

s.

Tha

nk y

ou t

o th

e C

omm

ittee

for

thei

r su

ppor

t du

ring

w

hat

has

prov

ed t

o be

a v

ery

prod

uctiv

e ye

ar. I

wis

h to

th

ank

all m

embe

rs o

f the

Com

mitt

ee fo

r th

eir

supp

ort

and

com

mitm

ent

to R

owin

g T

asm

ania

.

I w

ish

to t

hank

all

mem

bers

of t

he c

omm

ittee

for

thei

r su

ppor

t an

d co

mm

itmen

t to

Row

ing

Tas

man

ia

Jam

es G

ibso

n,P

resi

dent

– R

owin

g T

asm

ania

52Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Vic

tori

aO

n be

half

of R

owin

g V

icto

ria

I am

ple

ased

to

subm

it th

is

repo

rt fo

r th

e R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

n A

nnua

l Rep

ort

With

our

con

stan

t de

sire

to

achi

eve

mor

e, r

efine

our

te

chni

que

and

find

just

a li

ttle

mor

e ru

n fr

om o

ur

craf

t, o

ur e

ffor

ts o

n th

e w

ater

are

not

dis

sim

ilar

to

thos

e in

ste

war

ding

row

ing

in t

his

Stat

e. T

he s

trat

egic

pl

an, d

evel

oped

with

sig

nific

ant

inpu

t fr

om t

he r

owin

g co

mm

unity

, is

sim

ply

to c

ontin

ue t

o m

ake

row

ing

a sp

ort

for

life.

Mak

ing

it ea

sier

to g

o ro

win

gT

he r

egat

ta p

rogr

am is

the

hub

aro

und

whi

ch s

igni

fican

t ac

tivity

occ

urs

each

yea

r ac

ross

our

Sta

te. T

he c

ontin

ued

rene

wal

of o

ur r

egat

tas

has

prov

ided

opp

ortu

nity

for

inno

vatio

n by

the

man

y re

gatt

a co

mm

ittee

s w

ho h

ost

even

ts e

ach

year

and

thi

s, in

tur

n, h

as s

uppo

rted

the

in

crea

ses

in p

artic

ipat

ion

whi

ch a

re v

ital f

or R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

’s w

hole

-of-

spor

t st

rate

gy fo

r ro

win

g. F

eedb

ack

from

row

ers,

clu

bs a

nd s

choo

ls h

as in

dica

ted

that

th

ese

effo

rts

have

con

trib

uted

to

mak

ing

com

petit

ive

part

icip

atio

n ea

sier

and

mor

e ac

cess

ible

.

Rec

ogni

tion

of t

he m

any

volu

ntee

rs a

cros

s ou

r sp

ort

is

also

cri

tical

ly im

port

ant

to t

he o

pera

tions

of o

ur c

lubs

, sc

hool

s, r

egat

tas

and

our

enga

gem

ent.

The

aw

ards

whi

ch

reco

gnis

e ou

r vo

lunt

eers

are

list

ed a

t th

e en

d of

thi

s se

ctio

n an

d w

e co

mm

end

the

long

hou

rs a

nd e

ffor

t of

th

ese

wor

thy

awar

d re

cipi

ents

.

Of c

ours

e ro

win

g w

ould

be

noth

ing

with

out

wat

erw

ays

and,

ove

r th

e la

st y

ear,

the

staf

f of R

V a

nd a

num

ber

of c

lub

and

scho

ol r

epre

sent

ativ

es h

ave

colla

bora

ted

to

mak

e su

bmis

sion

s on

beh

alf o

f row

ing

to m

aint

ain

and

impr

ove

acce

ss fo

r ro

win

g in

Vic

tori

a.

Rais

ing

the

prof

ile o

f V

icto

rian

row

ing

Whi

le r

owin

g is

an

Oly

mpi

c sp

ort,

its

profi

le is

not

th

at o

f spo

rts

whi

ch e

njoy

far

broa

der

med

ia c

over

-ag

e. A

s a

resu

lt, r

aisi

ng t

he p

rofil

e of

row

ing

relie

s on

the

adv

ocac

y of

the

row

ing

com

mun

ity a

nd p

ur-

pose

ful c

omm

unic

atio

ns t

o ke

y st

akeh

olde

r au

dien

ces.

Su

cces

s on

the

inte

rnat

iona

l sta

ge m

akes

a s

igni

fican

t co

ntri

butio

n to

thi

s ob

ject

ive

and

Vic

tori

an r

ower

s ha

ve

achi

eved

exc

eptio

nal r

esul

ts. S

o to

o, a

t th

e N

atio

nal

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips,

our

cre

ws

retu

rned

the

‘Big

V’ t

o its

pr

evio

us g

lory

and

we

pay

trib

ute

to t

heir

har

d w

ork

and

prep

arat

ion.

Men

tion

shou

ld a

lso

be m

ade

of

repr

esen

tativ

e cr

ews

at t

he J

unio

r an

d M

aste

rs le

vels

fo

r th

eir

succ

essf

ul c

ampa

igns

, and

to

thos

e V

icto

rian

at

hlet

es, c

oach

es a

nd o

ffici

als

who

rep

rese

nted

our

Sta

te

in a

ll A

ustr

alia

n te

ams.

The

pro

file

of r

owin

g di

ffer

s ac

ross

the

Sta

te a

nd w

e ac

know

ledg

e th

e ve

ry s

igni

fican

t ro

le t

hat

com

mun

ity

row

ing

club

s pl

ay in

reg

iona

l are

as a

nd in

met

ropo

litan

ar

eas

whe

re a

cces

s an

d di

vers

ity a

re p

aram

ount

. We

cele

brat

e th

e ro

win

g co

mm

unity

in it

s m

any

form

s an

d th

ank

cont

ribu

tors

for

the

role

tha

t th

ey p

lay

in

adva

ncin

g ou

r sp

ort.

The

pro

file

of r

owin

g is

als

o to

be

cele

brat

ed a

t th

e V

icto

rian

Row

ing

Hal

l of F

ame.

As

a w

onde

rful

ce

lebr

atio

n of

suc

cess

acr

oss

the

who

le o

f our

spo

rt.

Supp

ortin

g th

e cl

ubs,

sch

ools

and

ass

ocia

tions

w

ithin

Vic

tori

an r

owin

gIn

dev

elop

ing

the

role

of C

lub

Dev

elop

men

t, R

V h

as

deve

lope

d nu

mer

ous

prog

ram

s w

hich

hav

e be

en w

ell

subs

crib

ed a

nd u

tilis

ed t

he C

lub

Hea

lth C

heck

res

ourc

es

avai

labl

e th

roug

h th

e A

ustr

alia

n Sp

orts

Com

mis

sion

. H

owev

er t

he m

ost

impo

rtan

t as

pect

of d

evel

opm

ent

supp

ort

is t

hrou

gh p

athw

ays

to d

e-ve

lop

skill

s an

d to

re

tain

tho

se p

eopl

e an

d th

eir

skill

s. F

rom

tra

nsiti

on

prog

ram

s to

war

d su

b-el

ite r

ow-i

ng t

o pa

thw

ays

for

Um

pire

s, s

uppo

rt h

as b

een

desi

gned

thr

ough

dee

p en

gage

men

t w

ith m

embe

rs o

f the

row

ing

com

mun

ity

and

thei

r sp

ecifi

c ne

eds.

Tog

ethe

r w

ith R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

, the

re a

re a

lso

a nu

mbe

r of

pro

gram

s w

hich

will

be

deve

lope

d on

a w

hole

-of-

spor

t ba

sis

over

the

com

ing

year

s. V

icto

ria

embr

aces

the

se

oppo

rtun

ities

to

redu

ce d

uplic

atio

n an

d co

sts,

impr

ove

coor

dina

tion

and

prio

ritis

e th

ose

prog

ram

s w

hich

will

ha

ve t

he m

ost

sign

ifica

nt im

pact

on

the

spor

t ov

eral

l.

At

its h

eart

, row

ing

is a

bout

com

mun

ities

and

indi

vidu

als

who

con

tinue

to

mak

e ro

win

g th

e dy

nam

ic s

port

tha

t w

e lo

ve. W

e ap

plau

d th

e m

any

indi

vidu

al v

olun

teer

s an

d lo

ng-s

ervi

ng s

uppo

rter

s of

row

ing

in V

icto

ria

and

ackn

owle

dge

thos

e w

ho h

ave

mad

e ex

trao

rdin

ary

cont

ribu

tions

thr

ough

the

Aw

ards

of t

he A

ssoc

iatio

n.

Row

ing

Vic

tori

a Li

fe M

embe

rshi

pI

am a

lso

delig

hted

to

com

men

d to

And

rew

Gue

rin

Life

Mem

bers

hip

of R

owin

g V

icto

ria.

The

qua

lity

of

And

rew

’s w

ork

, tog

ethe

r w

ith h

is r

ole

as P

resi

dent

of

Row

ing

Vic

tori

a, m

ore

than

20

year

s of

ser

vice

as

an

Aro

und

the

Stat

es (c

ontin

ued)

53Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Um

pire

of R

owin

g V

icto

ria,

the

sig

nific

ant

chan

ges

he h

as m

ade

to t

he n

atur

e an

d op

erat

ions

of R

owin

g V

icto

ria,

and

the

str

engt

heni

ng o

f the

bus

ines

s of

th

e A

ssoc

iatio

n. A

ndre

w h

as a

lso

prov

ided

sig

nific

ant

lead

ersh

ip a

nd m

ento

ring

to

othe

r m

embe

rs o

f our

spo

rt

in a

dmin

istr

atio

n, g

over

nanc

e, u

mpi

ring

and

coa

chin

g.

He

has

been

a g

reat

sup

port

er o

f wom

en a

nd a

tru

e ch

ampi

on o

f ser

vice

in o

ur s

port

.

Pat

McN

amar

aC

hair

man

, Row

ing

Vic

tori

a

Nic

k G

all

Chi

ef E

xecu

tive

Offi

cer,

Row

ing

Vic

tori

a

54Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Wes

tern

Aus

tral

iaT

his

year

saw

gro

win

g tr

actio

n on

the

com

preh

ensi

ve

blue

prin

t fo

r th

e A

ssoc

iatio

n es

tabl

ishe

d ov

er t

he

prev

ious

tw

o ye

ars

and

culm

inat

ing

then

in t

he 2

014–

2017

Str

ateg

ic P

lan.

Impl

emen

tatio

n in

evita

bly

com

es w

ith it

s ch

alle

nges

, the

fir

st o

f whi

ch w

as t

o bu

ild t

he c

apac

ity o

f the

Ass

ocia

tion

duri

ng a

tim

e of

sig

nific

ant

tran

sitio

n. S

igni

fican

tly t

he

tran

sitio

n in

clud

ed a

cha

nge

in C

EO

and

Pre

side

nt.

Dan

iel T

acke

nber

g jo

ined

in la

te 2

014

as C

EO

, and

my

own

appo

intm

ent

as P

resi

dent

follo

wed

in F

ebru

ary

2015

, in

the

foot

step

s of

the

illu

stri

ous

and

an im

poss

ibly

lo

ng-

tenu

red

Cra

ig J

ames

! Mor

e on

Cra

ig la

ter.

The

sec

ond

quar

ter

was

bot

h a

stee

p le

arni

ng c

urve

for

mys

elf a

nd a

n op

port

unity

to

refr

esh

Boa

rd p

ract

ices

in

clud

ing

stre

ngth

ened

com

mitt

ees

and

risk

rev

iew

. O

ffice

res

ourc

ing

was

als

o st

reng

then

ed w

ith r

ecru

itmen

t of

a fu

ll tim

e of

fice

man

ager

(T

iffan

y B

ella

my)

, and

fu

ndin

g fo

r an

d re

crui

tmen

t of

, a t

empo

rary

res

ourc

e (B

ella

Lie

) to

sup

port

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

key

pr

ogra

ms

in t

he s

econ

d ha

lf of

the

yea

r.

With

thi

s fr

esh

and

mot

ivat

ed t

eam

in p

lace

, Dan

iel

focu

ssed

on

prio

rity

gro

wth

pro

ject

s w

ith t

wo

nota

ble

earl

y su

cces

ses.

The

se w

ere:

fina

lisin

g of

the

agr

eem

ent

with

Row

Gea

r fo

r a

mob

ile S

culli

ng A

cade

my,

an

d co

ordi

natin

g ou

r fir

st R

WA

Ope

n D

ay in

ear

ly

Nov

embe

r. T

hese

initi

ativ

es h

ave

been

wel

l sup

port

ed

by s

peci

alis

t ex

pert

ise

of k

ey D

irec

tors

of R

WA

and

the

en

ergy

and

dri

ve o

f Clu

b co

mm

ittee

s an

d m

embe

rs.

The

inte

ntio

n of

the

se, a

nd t

he m

any

furt

her

initi

ativ

es

to fo

llow

in 2

016,

is t

o en

able

gro

wth

in t

he s

port

of

row

ing

in W

A, d

eliv

erin

g th

e fir

st s

tran

d of

our

Mis

sion

“T

o ha

ve m

ore

peop

le r

owin

g”. R

WA

and

mem

ber

Clu

bs

are

wor

king

eff

ectiv

ely

toge

ther

to

achi

eve

this

. How

ever

la

unch

ing

of t

he in

itiat

ives

is o

nly

the

star

t. G

row

th o

f th

e m

obile

Scu

lling

Aca

dem

y an

d th

e le

vera

ging

of o

pen

days

to

attr

act

new

ent

rant

s to

the

spo

rt a

nd u

ltim

atel

y ne

w m

embe

rs t

o C

lubs

, will

dep

end

on t

he c

ontin

uing

en

ergy

and

cre

ativ

ity o

f Clu

bs.

Beh

ind

the

scen

es, t

he u

sual

ope

ratio

nal w

ork

cont

inue

d du

ring

the

yea

r th

anks

to

our

dedi

cate

d of

fice

team

and

th

e fa

ntas

tic t

eam

of v

olun

teer

s w

ho d

rive

the

reg

atta

pr

ogra

m, t

he h

igh

perf

orm

ance

pro

gram

, the

inco

me

gene

ratin

g hi

re a

nd le

asin

g pr

ogra

ms,

and

eve

nts

incl

udin

g a

mos

t su

cces

sful

Aw

ards

Nig

ht t

his

year

. D

anie

l has

out

lined

thi

s in

mor

e de

tail

in h

is r

epor

t.

Les

s vi

sibl

e ha

s be

en t

he r

isk

man

agem

ent

and

inci

dent

m

anag

emen

t as

pect

s th

at a

re r

equi

red

of t

he A

ssoc

iatio

n,

incl

udin

g R

WA

’s r

espo

nse

to t

he R

oyal

Com

mis

sion

into

in

stitu

tiona

l res

pons

es t

o ch

ild s

exua

l abu

se; m

anag

ing

disp

utes

pro

cedu

res

(inc

ludi

ng s

uppo

rtin

g on

e C

lub

and

com

plai

nant

with

a p

artic

ular

ly d

ifficu

lt is

sue

duri

ng

the

rega

tta

seas

on),

and

man

agin

g an

d pr

ogre

ssin

g th

e on

goin

g w

ater

qua

lity

issu

e at

Cha

mpi

on L

akes

with

V

enue

s W

est.

Eff

ectiv

e an

d en

duri

ng im

plem

enta

tion

of t

he im

port

ant

grow

th in

itiat

ives

iden

tified

in t

he S

trat

egic

Pla

n re

lies

on s

tron

g op

erat

iona

l fou

ndat

ions

and

cap

abili

ties.

With

a

back

drop

of t

he P

resi

dent

and

CE

O t

rans

ition

ear

ly in

th

e ye

ar, t

his

has

take

n tim

e, b

ut is

alm

ost

com

plet

e. T

he

addi

tion

of a

full

time

Dev

elop

men

t O

ffice

r to

the

tea

m

in 2

016,

and

som

e ad

just

men

ts t

o B

oard

pra

ctic

es w

ill

crea

te t

he s

olid

pla

tfor

m w

e ne

ed t

o de

liver

our

Mis

sion

ov

er t

he n

ext

seve

ral y

ears

thr

ough

the

str

ateg

ic p

lan.

I w

ish

to t

hank

all

the

Dir

ecto

rs fo

r R

WA

for

thei

r w

ork

this

yea

r. T

heir

com

mitm

ent

to B

oard

mee

tings

, G

ener

al m

eetin

gs a

nd s

ub-c

omm

ittee

wor

k ha

s be

en

cons

ider

able

.

I w

ould

like

to

exte

nd m

y pe

rson

al t

hank

s to

Dan

iel

Tac

kenb

erg

for

his

wor

k in

201

5. H

is p

rofe

ssio

nalis

m

and

deep

kno

wle

dge

of s

port

s ad

min

istr

atio

n is

ser

ving

ro

win

g w

ell.

On

a th

in b

udge

t, a

nd r

elyi

ng h

eavi

ly o

f th

e ge

nero

us s

piri

t of

an

arm

y of

vol

unte

ers,

thi

s is

a

chal

leng

ing

role

. I w

ould

als

o lik

e to

tha

nk D

anie

l’s

team

, inc

ludi

ng D

eone

Den

ner,

Tiff

any

Bel

lam

y, B

ella

L

ie, L

auri

e A

nder

son,

Bre

tt W

oolfi

tt O

AM

and

aud

itor,

Geo

ff G

ray,

for

the

wor

k th

ey d

o.

The

201

6 A

GM

will

see

the

ret

irem

ent

of 3

long

ser

ving

D

irec

tors

, Cat

rion

a W

alke

r, C

atri

ona

Gre

gg a

nd G

lyn

Hea

th. A

ll ha

ve s

erve

d w

ith d

istin

ctio

n bo

th o

n th

e R

WA

B

oard

and

on

its v

ario

us c

omm

ittee

s, a

nd w

e ow

e th

em a

de

bt o

f tha

nks

for

the

time

they

hav

e de

vote

d to

thi

s. A

ll w

ill b

e co

ntin

uing

in v

ario

us c

apac

ities

in t

heir

res

pect

ive

club

s, s

o th

e sp

ort

is fo

rtun

ate

in c

ontin

uing

to

bene

fit

from

the

ir d

epth

of k

now

ledg

e an

d im

men

se e

nerg

y.

2015

saw

Cra

ig J

ames

ste

p do

wn

as P

resi

dent

of R

WA

, a

posi

tion

he h

ad h

eld

for

17 y

ears

. Cra

ig h

as c

ontin

uous

ly

serv

ed o

n ro

win

g co

mm

ittee

s of

one

typ

e or

ano

ther

in

WA

sin

ce 1

970,

a p

erio

d of

46

year

s. F

ar fr

om r

etir

ing

how

ever

, Cra

ig h

as r

emai

ned

on t

he B

oard

of R

WA

and

ha

s pr

ovid

ed e

ncou

rage

men

t an

d su

ppor

t to

me,

for

whi

ch I

am

mos

t gr

atef

ul.

In 1

979

Cra

ig w

as e

lect

ed a

mem

ber

of t

he M

anag

emen

t C

omm

ittee

whi

ch s

ubse

quen

tly b

ecam

e th

e B

oard

of

RW

A, f

aith

fully

ser

ving

in t

he r

oles

of c

omm

ittee

m

embe

r, Se

cret

ary,

Vic

e Pr

esid

ent

and

Pres

iden

t. H

e ha

s

Aro

und

the

Stat

es (c

ontin

ued)

55Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

been

RW

A’s

del

egat

e to

the

WA

Spo

rts

Fede

ratio

n un

til

rece

ntly

and

con

tinue

s in

the

cap

acity

of t

he A

ssoc

iatio

n’s

dele

gate

to

the

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia C

ounc

il, a

rol

e he

has

he

ld s

ince

199

7.

Cra

ig w

as h

onou

red

in t

he A

ustr

alia

day

hon

ours

for

2016

with

a M

edal

of t

he O

rder

of A

ustr

alia

(O

AM

).

In a

mod

est

and

unde

rsta

ted

man

ner,

fittin

g of

the

man

hi

mse

lf, t

he c

itatio

n si

mpl

y re

ads:

“Fo

r se

rvic

e to

row

ing,

an

d to

spo

rt in

Wes

tern

Aus

tral

ia”.

Hea

r, he

ar!

My

cong

ratu

latio

ns t

o al

l our

Sta

te t

eam

s fo

r 20

15,

and

in p

artic

ular

the

Pen

rith

Cup

cre

w o

f Tim

othy

W

iddi

com

be, P

erry

War

d, C

amer

on F

owle

r, M

ario

L

oPre

sti,

Jam

es K

err

(res

erve

) co

ache

d by

Phi

l Jur

jevi

ch

who

bro

ught

hom

e si

lver

. Tha

nks

mus

t go

to

WA

IS

Hea

d co

ach,

Rhe

tt A

yliff

e an

d R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

Sta

te

Tal

ent

Path

way

Coo

rdin

ator

, Ver

ity K

eogh

for

thei

r w

ork

in p

repa

ring

and

sup

port

ing

the

team

. I s

hare

with

co

ache

s an

d ro

wer

s, t

he a

spir

atio

n to

see

pod

ium

fini

shes

fo

r W

A c

rew

s in

crea

se in

futu

re y

ears

.

I w

ould

like

to

cong

ratu

late

UW

A a

s ov

eral

l WA

pen

nant

w

inne

rs, D

avid

Wat

ts a

s O

arsm

an o

f the

Yea

r, M

aia

Sim

mon

ds a

s O

arsw

oman

of t

he Y

ear,

and

Coa

ch o

f th

e Ye

ar, A

nton

io M

auro

giov

anni

. Dav

id’s

silv

er m

edal

st

roki

ng t

he A

ustr

alia

n M

en’s

qua

d-sc

ull a

t th

e W

orld

C

ham

pion

ship

s an

d C

hris

toph

er H

ayes

bro

nze

med

al

in t

he q

uad

scul

l at

the

unde

r 23

Wor

ld C

ham

pion

ship

s bo

th d

eser

ve s

peci

al m

entio

n an

d ou

r co

ngra

tula

tions

.

On

beha

lf of

eve

ryon

e in

volv

ed in

the

spo

rt o

f row

ing

in W

A, I

wis

h al

l our

elit

e at

hlet

es a

ll th

e be

st in

the

ir

sele

ctio

n as

pira

tions

and

rac

e re

sults

for

the

2016

O

lym

pic

year

. You

bri

ng g

reat

cre

dit

to t

he s

port

and

to

your

Sta

te, a

nd w

e ar

e m

ost

prou

d yo

u.

The

Boa

rd a

nd C

EO

hav

e se

t pr

iori

ties

for

2016

in

clud

ing

the

follo

win

g ke

y gr

owth

rel

ated

initi

ativ

es

Se

cure

add

ition

al r

even

ue s

ourc

es fo

r th

e A

ssoc

iatio

n

Im

plem

ent

the

new

RA

Mem

bers

hip

Dat

abas

e an

d R

egat

ta M

anag

emen

t Sy

stem

E

ngag

e ad

ditio

nal N

on-R

owin

g Sc

hool

s

D

evel

op a

Sch

ool R

ower

Eng

agem

ent

Pack

age

C

oord

inat

e th

e se

cond

Row

ing

Ope

n D

ay

C

lub

Dev

elop

men

t

C

oach

Dev

elop

men

t

O

ffici

als

Dev

elop

men

t

E

lizab

eth

Qua

y (E

Q)

Eng

agem

ent

C

lub

Eve

nt G

row

th

R

egat

ta D

evel

opm

ent

The

Oly

mpi

c ye

ar a

lso

sees

the

end

of o

ne O

lym

pic

cycl

e an

d th

e st

art

of t

he n

ext.

In

this

reg

ard

2016

will

als

o be

a

year

in w

hich

we

wor

k w

ith W

AIS

and

Row

ing

Aus

tral

ia

to r

enew

the

hig

h pe

rfor

man

ce c

oach

ing

prog

ram

. R

owin

g A

ustr

alia

will

be

reim

agin

ing

its p

rogr

ams

at t

his

time,

and

in fu

rthe

ring

the

thi

rd s

tran

d of

our

Mis

sion

, to

dev

elop

wor

ld c

lass

row

ers,

RW

A w

ill e

ngag

e in

thi

s pr

oces

s w

ith a

n op

en m

ind,

and

the

inte

rest

s of

WA

’s

curr

ent

and

futu

re h

igh

perf

orm

ance

ath

lete

s fir

mly

in

focu

s.

My

sens

e is

tha

t w

e ar

e at

a p

ivot

al p

oint

in o

ur h

isto

ry.

We

are

cust

odia

ns in

WA

of a

fant

astic

spo

rt w

ith g

reat

co

ntem

pora

ry r

elev

ance

and

a lo

ng h

isto

ry. A

s ou

tline

d in

the

Str

ateg

ic P

lan,

our

cha

lleng

e is

to

com

petit

ivel

y po

sitio

n ro

win

g in

the

pub

lic p

sych

e by

gro

win

g ou

r ba

se, i

ncre

asin

g th

e di

vers

ity a

nd a

ppea

l of o

ur o

ffer

ing,

po

sitio

ning

the

spo

rt in

the

pub

lic e

ye, a

nd im

prov

ing

our

high

per

form

ance

res

ults

.

Row

ing

in W

A h

as a

gre

at fu

ture

.

Dav

id R

ose

Pre

side

nt

56Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Rank

Natio

nTo

tal G

old M

edals

Tota

l Silv

er M

edals

Tota

l Bro

nze M

edals

Tota

l Med

alsRa

nk by

tota

l

1Gr

eat B

ritain

59

115

1

2Ne

w Ze

aland

53

19

=2

3Ge

rman

y3

42

9=2

4Au

strali

a3

25

6

5Un

ited S

tates

of Am

erica

31

37

4

6Fra

nce

22

26

5

7Cz

ech R

epub

lic1

12

=9

8Cro

atia

11

=15

8Isr

ael

11

=15

8Ita

ly1

1=1

5

8Sw

itzerl

and

11

=15

12De

nmark

11

2=9

12Lit

huan

ia1

12

=9

14Gr

eece

11

=15

14Slo

venia

11

=15

16Ne

therla

nds

33

=7

16Se

rbia

33

=7

18Ca

nada

22

=9

18Pe

oples

Repu

blic o

f Chin

a2

2=9

18No

rway

22

=9

21Est

onia

11

=15

21Re

publi

c of S

outh

Africa

11

=15

21Uk

raine

11

=15

2015

Wor

ld C

ham

pion

ship

s—M

edal

Tab

le

57Ro

win

g A

ustr

alia

Ann

ual R

epor

t 201

5

Wor

ld C

ham

pion

ship

s A

igue

bele

tte, F

ranc

e 20

15

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