John XXIII Rowing Club 

Dear Families

IGSSA Regatta 4 Results

Congratulations to all our rowers who competed last Saturday in the IGSSA Regatta 4 hosted by Perth College.  Our girls are into their final sessions of preparation before the IGSSA Head of the River next Saturday 24 June. 

Highlights of IGSSA Regatta 4:

• Freshman A Quad – 2nd 
• Freshman C Quad - 1st 
• Freshman A Eight – 2nd 
• Year 10B Coxed Eight – 3rd 
• Schoolgirl B Single Scull – 1st 
• Junior A Single Scull – 2nd 

All race results can be found here.

Mettams Head race

Well done to all our male rowers competing in their first Head Race at the Mettams Regatta hosted by Perth Rowing Club.  Head racing takes the form of time trials held over longer courses than that of other regattas; crews are set off one at a time and are timed from start to finish.

Our boys took on an unknown challenge in racing other crews against the clock and demonstrated endurance whilst maintaining composure over the four kilometre race. Congratulations to our senior boys Liam Davis, Austin Vincent, Bayley Allen, and Josh Leong who won the School Boys Open Coxed Quad. 

All race results can be found here.

Rowing Captains

After our Senior Rowing Tour to Augusta, our Years 11 and 12 rowers had the opportunity to nominate for Rowing Captain. Whilst these roles are typically filled by Year 12 rowers, the passion and commitment of all applicants have seen it fit to have two Year 11 Vice-Captains to assist in passing down a strong culture to our junior rowers.   

Our Vice-Captains for 2023:

• Ashlee Purnell & Max Watt

Our Rowing Captains for 2023:

• Cassandra Tonkin & Liam Davis

Stack Team App

Just a reminder, if you haven’t already, please download the ‘Stack Team App’ on your phone as this is the central place for rowing information, including schedules, training updates, and access to the rowing handbook. It is important that all rowers and parents have access.

Go to the App Store or Google Play and download Stack Team App onto your mobile device, then follow these simple steps:

• Sign-up for the 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.

Asthma and allergies

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

New absent from training procedure 

Changes to the training schedule 

To ensure the girls can load their trailer before each of their IGSSA regattas, the rotation for Friday morning training has changed slightly. Please note the respective Friday morning training dates below:

Diamond Fitness

We are very excited to have Diamond Fitness deliver a Strength and Conditioning program specific to rowing. To get the most out of this program, Diamond Fitness have requested that they coach our Years 10 to 12 rowers in groups no larger than 15.  This will allow them to teach good form and movement patterns which the rowers will learn for life beyond school.

To accommodate this, the boys' Wednesday morning session will run from 6am-8am, with the group split into two smaller groups rotating between the Erg session and Strength & Conditioning session. Years 10 to 12 boys will then have Wednesday afternoon off.

Years 10 to 12 girls will have their Strength & Conditioning session on Thursday afternoons 3:30pm-4:30pm.

Rowers, please note: coaches will continue to take attendance for these land training sessions and report if a rower is only turning up for Diamond Fitness and neglecting the equally valuable erg sessions.

Buses

• Pick up: 5:05am at JTC bus shelter 
• Return: 7:30am from Boatshed 

Regatta dates

Please book these in your diaries. Rowers are expected to remain at regattas for the duration of the day. 

Jerram Gibson

John XXIII Rowing Coordinator