John XXIII Rowing Club 

Dear Rowing Families

There are a few big weeks ahead for John XXIII rowers with our first regatta in a week’s time, with the South West Head of the River on 5 April, Rowing Camp in the first week of holidays and the Christening of eight new single sculls. 

Boat Christening

The Committee and John XXIII Rowing Club warmly extend an invitation to the John XXIII community to attend the Christening of our eight new boats, and join with us in celebrating this exciting milestone for our Rowing Club. 

• Date: Wednesday 2nd April, 2025 
• Time: 3:45pm-4:45pm
• Location: Chapel Lawn

Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be provided. Parents are welcome to bring a picnic to enjoy afterwards. 

John XXIII Rowers’ Success

Current and former rowers from John XXIII College are currently competing at the Australian National Championships in Tasmania. Racing continues until Sunday. However, some finals have already been contested, with Lily Lucas, Year 11, achieving an impressive 4th place in the Under 17 Single Scull. 

Past students Holly Cannon, Liam Davis, Austin Vincent and Kady Wall are also competing in Finals over the coming days as well as representing Western Australia in the State Regatta on Sunday. 

Lily Lucas has also been selected to represent WA in the Pathways Regatta, competing in Sydney at the National underage trials in the April holidays. 

We wish all athletes competing in the Regatta the very best. 

April Holidays Camp Dates 

We will be holding a combined Years 9 to 12 rowing camp during the first week of the April School holidays.

• Monday 14 April – boys
• Tuesday 15 April – girls
• Wednesday 16 April – both boys and girls. 

Please Note: This camp will be an additional $300 and will be added to the Rowing Fees. Please register here.

2025 Year 8 Learn to Row

We have had a great response to the Year 8 program and registrations are still open if you want to participate in this program in Term 2. This year, we are trialling the Year 8 Learn to Row program with morning sessions instead of afternoons. This allows the Year 8's to train alongside the Years 9-12 rowers, the water conditions are generally better in the morning than the afternoon, and students are not returning from the boatshed at 6pm.

Students participate in one water session at our Canning Bridge boatshed (Tuesday or Wednesday morning. An afternoon session will be considered if there is interest), and one session at school in the afternoon either on the rowing ergometer or doing circuit training specific to rowing.

Rowing sessions: 

• Tuesday morning 5:30am (bus departs school at 5:05am)                                 
•  Wednesday morning 5:30am (bus departs school at 5:05am)   

All rowers catch the bus back to school which returns at approximately 8:10am prior to school commencing. If it is more convenient, rowers can be dropped at the boatshed and then catch the bus back to school. Morning sessions are mixed with both boys and girls in the same boats. The land session are held from 3.30pm to 4:30pm at the school, combined with the rowers from Years 9 - 12 with a mixture of rowing ergometer and circuit exercises. 

• Girls' land session at school is on Monday afternoons from 3.30pm to 4:30pm, commencing on Monday, 5 May. 
• Boys' land session at school is on Thursday afternoons from 3.30pm to 4:30pm, commencing on Thursday, 8 May. 

Sessions commence in Week 2 of Term 2 and this year will go for nine weeks. Year 8's will be given the opportunity to race in two regattas at Champion Lakes, on Sunday, 15 June, and culminate on Saturday, 28 June. Year 8's are also encouraged to participate in the House Regatta on the 23 August in Term 3. 

The cost of this program is $375. Please complete this form to register: Year 8 Learn to row registration form.

Please contact me if you have any queries. 

South West Head of the River

5 April 2025

The South West Head of the River is fast approaching! This regatta is held at the Bunbury Rowing Club, Cobblestone Drive, Bunbury on Saturday 5 April and is a lot of fun while competing through the day.

Please register your child here if they are competing in the South West Head of the River. 

Rowers and their families traditionally head down on Friday and stay overnight in Bunbury. Bunbury has many accommodation options; most families stay at The Lighthouse or the Lord Forrest. If you haven’t made your accommodation arrangements yet, we suggest making them soon as families from other schools also stay in Bunbury overnight.

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. The only compulsory item is the Zootsuit for racing at regattas.  There is stock of the old zootsuit which can be worn for training. 

Stack Team App

Please download the Stack Team App if you have not already done so. This app is one of our main avenues for communication with rowers and their parents. This is the central place for training schedules, training updates, and rowers can contact their coach in case of illness or injury and missed trainings. 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 Stack Team App onto your mobile device, then follow these simple steps:

1. Sign-up to Stack Team App. You’ll be sent an email to confirm your registration.
2. 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

2025 Rowing Club Registrations are now open for Years 9 to 12 

It's never too late to register and the John XXIII Rowing Club welcomes existing and new members for our 2025 season.

Registrations are still open. Please complete the online Registration Form here: 

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

Term 1 Rowing Training Schedule  

*Senior refers to Years 11 and 12 

Key Rowing Events 2025

Absent from training procedure 

Asthma and Allergies

All rowers with asthma or allergies are required to bring their asthma puffers, EpiPens or required medication to all sessions.

Claire Woolfitt

John XXIII Rowing Coordinator