John XXIII Rowing Club 

Dear Rowing Families

Our second IGSSA Regatta is this Saturday, before a few weeks break and then straight after the long weekend we host our own regatta at Champion Lakes. Messages have been sent in the WhatsApp chats asking for donations and volunteers. Please help out if you can. It’s a great day and fundraising activity for the club. 

After our JTC regatta on the 6 June, we have a very busy month, with five regattas in three weeks. Head of the River is on 20 June and our first All Schools regatta is a double header for the coaches – an IGSSA regatta on 14 June and All Schools on a Sunday on 15 June. Sign up for the All Schools regatta will be out this week. 

Training days 

Due to the IGSSA regatta schedule and boat loading, the Years 9 and 10 calendar has been disrupted and is no longer operating on an alternating weeks basis for boys and girls. Please refer to the calendar on STACK in the ‘Documents’ section for your Friday training days.

With all that activity, please ensure you stay as healthy as can be. Get as much sleep as possible, stay hydrated, eat well and keep up the hand hygiene. 

Remember, if you can’t make a session, please email Claire.woolfitt@johnxxiii.edu.au, or jimmy.oregan@johnxxiii.edu.au for the Girls Squad or lauren.strong@johnxxiii.edu.au for the Boys Squad. Starting this week, an email will be sent to parents of rowers who did not attend the session without explanation. 

IGSSA Regatta

The second regatta of the IGSSA season is on this Saturday, 16 May. Please make sure your parents have completed your Consent to Go. 

Regattas generally run until 12pm, followed by boat unloading until approximately 3pm. 

Regattas are held at Champion Lakes Regatta Centre, Henley Drive, Champion Lakes. 

Music Camp coincides with the fourth IGSSA regatta, please discuss with your coach if you are missing rowing as crews will need to be re-jigged to accommodate these changes. 

Year 8 Learn to Row 

The Year 8 Learn to Row program is well underway.

Students have participated in water sessions at our Canning Bridge boatshed. Land training will start next week at school from 3:30pm to 4:30pm. Girls are on Monday and Boys on Thursday. Please wear your PE uniform. 

Year 8s row in their PE uniform and there is no need for them to purchase any rowing uniform. 

Please contact me at: claire.woolfitt@johnxxiii.edu.au if you have any queries. 

The STACK group will be made next week. 

Uniforms

The new zootsuit is now in stock at the Uniform Shop. There is also a training top that can be worn under the zootsuit, and a ¼-zip fleece. The only compulsory item is the Zootsuit for racing at regattas.  There is a stock of the old zootsuits which can be worn for training. 

Stack Team App

This App is one of our main avenues for communication with rowers and their parents. Please download the ‘Stack Team App’ on your phone, as this is the central place for training schedules, training updates, access to the rowing handbook, to name a few. It is important that all rowers and parents have access.

To get this app please go to the App Store or Google Play and download the Stack Team App onto your mobile device, then follow these simple steps:

• Sign-up to Stack Team App. You’ll be sent an email to confirm your registration.
• Log-in and search for JTCRC, then request to become a member.

Buses

• Pick up: 5:05am at College Bus shelter
• Return: 7:30am from Boatshed

2026 Rowing Club Registrations are open for Years 9 to 12 

It's never too late to register; the John XXIII Rowing Club welcomes existing and new members for our 2026 season.

Registrations are still open. Please complete the online Registration form by clicking on the link: JTC Rowing Registration for 2026 – Fill out form

Those who have not rowed before, or who would like to be a coxswain and represent the College, are also encouraged to join. 

 2026 (Term 2) Rowing Training Schedule  

Key Rowing Events 2026

Absent from training procedure 

Asthma and Allergies

All rowers with asthma or allergies, please remember to bring your asthma puffers, EpiPens, or required medication to all sessions. 

Claire Woolfitt

John XXIII Rowing Coordinator