John XXIII Rowing Club 

Dear Rowing Families

The 2025 season is off to a strong start, with crews rowing long distances on the water and putting in plenty of effort during land sessions. Just a reminder, the bus departs the College bus shelter at 5:05am. Rowers should remember to bring their water bottles, hats, and, most importantly, breakfast for after training. 

Please see below for registration for the Bunbury Regatta on 5 April, and for the Year 8 Learn to Row program. Remember to login to the Stack Team app to stay updated with training notifications. 

2025 Year 8 Learn to Row

This year, we are trialling the Year 8 Learn to Row program with morning sessions instead of afternoons. This allows the Year 8s 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 on Tuesday or Wednesday morning 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)   

There is a bus that returns at approximately 8:10am prior to school commencing. If it is more convenient, rowers can be dropped at the boatshed and catch the bus back to school. Morning sessions are mixed with both boys and girls in the same boats. 

Land sessions are held at 3:30pm to 4.30pm at the College, combined with the rowers from Years 9 to 12 with a mixture of rowing ergometer and circuit exercises. Girls' land sessions at school are on Monday afternoons at 3:30pm to 4:30pm. Boys' land sessions are at school on Thursday afternoons from 3:30pm to 4.30pm. Sessions commence in Week 2 of Term 2 and this year will go for eight weeks. 

Year 8s will be given the opportunity to race in two regattas at Champion Lakes on Sunday 15 June, and Saturday 28 June. Year 8s are also encouraged to participate in the House Regatta on the Saturday 23 August in Term 3. 

The cost of this program is $375. Please complete this form to register.

Please contact claire.woolfitt@johnxxiii.edu.au 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 rowing 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 stock of the old zootsuit which can be worn for training. 

Stack Team App

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 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. 

Proposed Camp Dates 

This year we will hold a combined Years 9 to 12 Rowing Camp during the first week of the April school holidays. Specific dates are to be confirmed. Please note: This camp will be an additional cost and will be added to Rowing Fees. Details of the Camp and costs will be communicated closer to the date.

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