John XXIII Rowing Club 

Dear Rowing Families

With our JTC regatta a week away on Saturday, 6 June at Champion Lakes, the Committee is working hard to ensure we raise as much as possible on the day. We do not host a regatta next year, so we are hoping to maximise the potential at this regatta. Please check your WhatsApp group or STACK for updates on requests and see below for more details. 

John XXIII College IGSSA Regatta

There are plenty of opportunities to support fundraising activities before and on the day. We would love volunteers to cook the BBQ, and sell cakes, donuts and slices. To sign up to assist in the lead-up or on the day, please check the parents’ WhatsApp chat for the link. Thank you to those who have already signed up to volunteer, donated to the raffle or volunteered to bake a cake! 

Thank you to those who have already signed up to volunteer, donated to the raffle or baked a cake! 

Raffle

There are three easy ways to contribute to the raffle hampers:

1. Donate a new, handmade or something from the present box at home.

2. Donate cash to: 

   BSB: 036406

   A/C #: 160957  

   A/C Name: JM and FE Sweet. 

   Ref: Surname/Regatta 

3. Purchase a specific gift from the Sign Up Genius:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4FA8A82AA1FAC34-64172101-jtcrowing

Please donate items by Tuesday, 2 June, to any of these three locations:

• John XXIII College Sports Office beside the staff carpark/Gym
• 40 Goldsmith Road, Dalkeith – Gazia family. Please enter through the pedestrian gate and leave donations in the tub on the porch.
• 8 Manning Street, Mosman Park – Sweet family. Please leave donations in the tub on the front porch. 

Thank you in advance for your generous donations. Any questions, please contact Fiona Sweet on 0417 837 922. 

Cake Stall

Thank you to those who have already signed up to bake an item for our cake stall. For those who have not had the opportunity, you can confirm your donation via the link: https://bit.ly/4fxfdpC.

Boxes will be distributed in the morning and land training from Friday, 29 May, until Wednesday, 3 June. Cake box labels will also be provided. If you are in a rush, next Tuesday morning, a special Kiss and Drive Cake box distribution will be available from 8 to 9am. Pull up safely in one of the kiss and drive bays, and one of our rowers will be on hand with cake boxes! 

Cakes and baked goods can be dropped off at school on Thursday, 4 and Friday, 5 June, between 8am and 3pm. Location to be confirmed, or drop off at Champion Lakes during the regatta. 

Volunteer your rowers

While the girls are racing, the boys can earn Roncalli hours, manning the stalls and boat holding. Please see the sign-up on the parents’ WhatsApp group.  

Other news

After our JTC regatta on 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 the 14 and All Schools on a Sunday, 15. June 

The sign-up for the All Schools regatta has been sent, and the link is below (Years 9 to 12).  All Schools #1 Regatta Sign up

Training days 

Due to the IGSSA regatta calendar and boat loading, our calendar is mixed up for the Year 9’s and 10s and is no longer on alternate weeks for the boys and girls. Please refer to the calendar on STACK in the ‘Documents’ section for your Friday training days.

With all that activity, please stay as healthy as possible. 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. 

Year 8 Learn to Row 

The Year 8 Learn to Row students are seeing great progress out on the water. Many students took to the water in single or doubles sculls, which are far harder to balance, and so far, we have kept everyone dry!  

Students are very receptive to feedback and are getting up and down the course with improved technique, and crews are able to now row together. Some rowers rowed four kilometres on Wednesday in single sculls! No doubt some blisters are appearing, which isn’t a bad thing. 

If you want to sign up to race at the first All Schools regatta, please click on the link below. Generally, girls and mixed races are early in the morning, approximately 8:30am to 9am. Boys' quad races are around midday. We will not know exact times until Wednesday or Thursday, prior to the regatta. Please note your rower’s availability on the spreadsheet. 

All Schools #1 Regatta Sign up.  

Please complete your child’s availability/unavailability by Monday, 1 June.

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

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

The STACK group is up and running and the student and the parent who registered them will have received an email from STACK. 

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