Rowing Club
John XXIII College Rowing Club
The John XXIII College Rowing Club has enjoyed strong growth through the leadership of Rob Thomas over the past three years. The club now has the largest membership of any rowing club in Western Australia and competes in the largest number of Regattas of any WA School. With the addition of our new Head Coach Steve Saunders with over 20 years’ experience coaching at an elite level, we are offering a great sporting experience to our students and heading for a wonderful season of rowing.
PSA Regatta 1, 2 and 3 update
The last PSA Regatta for John XXIII College is in two weeks – Saturday 16 March. It is one not to be missed and we hope to have a big contingent of supporters at the event!
Saturday 9 February was the first in four PSA Regattas which our rowing boys attended. Our John XXIII rowers showed incredible grit to row in the difficult conditions against formidable competition. The outcome of the regatta was very positive for our JTC rowers where they were always in with a chance up and close to the winners. More specifically with our Senior A eight placing second in the 4th eight race and completing the race in the fastest time any John XXIII Crew has ever gone.
The PSA Regatta 2 again proved to be very successful. It was terrific to see our Senior A eight improving their personal best (set at Regatta 1) by another 17 seconds in the second coxed eight: This is a 2km race and the boys finished in the time of 6:39.33mins only behind first place by 16 seconds, a margin of a mere 2%. How much faster can these boys go…….
Guess what...! These boys CAN GO faster. At Regatta 3, last weekend another personal best was set by the boys who raced a further 13 seconds faster than the previous week. Our Senior A eight has dropped a total of 30 seconds and Senior B eight a total 21 seconds. This is the first time in College history that John XXIII College has been invited to race in the second eights race at a PSA Regatta! And mostly our teams of Year 11’s (1 year 12) are racing against Year 12’s. This is truly an amazing performance by our young men and they should be very proud of what they have achieved to date.
Regatta 5 Pasta Night
Before the last PSA Regatta 5 we will be holding a Pasta and Pizza night at Claremont Pizza on Friday 15 March from 6:30pm – 8:00pm. Entry via Claremont Showgrounds Gate 10.
It would be great to have all the rowing boys and teams attend. Please RSVP to your year group coordinator if your son is attending. More information will be sent out soon.
Upcoming Events
- Saturday 16 March - PSA Regatta 5 'Head of the River', Champion Lakes
- Sunday 31 March- South West Schools Head of the River, Bunbury Racing Course
- Friday 26 – 28 April - JTC Girls Rowing Camp, JTC Campus
- Saturday 4 May - IGSSA Regatta 1, Champion Lakes
- Saturday 11 May - JTC Rowing Club QUIZ night fundraiser, John XXIII College