Rowing Club

The John XXIII College Rowing Club has enjoyed strong growth through the leadership of Rob Thomas over the past three years. The club now has the largest membership of any rowing club in Western Australia and competes in the largest number of Regattas of any WA School.  With the addition of our new Head Coach Steve Saunders with over 20 years’ experience coaching at an elite level, we are offering a great sporting experience to our students and heading for a wonderful season of rowing.

PSA Regatta wrap up

The last PSA Regatta 5 was a fantastic event! With a great contingent of supporters and parents at the event.  We thank all the parents who have assisted at the PSA Regattas to make it such an amazing and smooth running experience for everyone involved.

 

Saturday 9 February was the first in 4 PSA Regattas which our rowing boys attended. Our John XXIII rowers showed incredible grit to row in the difficult conditions against formidable competition.  The outcome of the regatta was very positive for our rowers where they were always in with a chance up and close to the winners. More specifically with our Senior A eight placing second in the 4th eight race and completed the race in the fastest time any John XXIII Crew has ever gone.

 

The PSA Regatta 2 again proved to be very successful.  It was terrific to see our Senior A eight improving their Personal Best (set at Regatta 1) by another 17 seconds in the second coxed eight: This is a 2km race and the boys finished in the time of 6:39.33mins only behind first place by 16 seconds, a margin of a mere 2%.  

 

At Regatta 3 another Personal Best was set by the boys who raced a further 13 seconds faster than the previous week.  Our Senior A eight has dropped a total of 30secs and Senior B eight a total 21secs.   This is the first time in College history that John XXIII College has been invited to race in the second eights race at a PSA Regatta!  And mostly our teams of Year 11 students  (one Year 12) are racing against Year 12's.

  

The last Regatta was under very hot conditions, however our boys still managed to further improve on their Personal Best and had a great regatta all round.  

 

This is truly an amazing performance by our young men and they should be very proud of what they have achieved to date.

Upcoming Events

  • Sunday 31 March- South West Schools Head of the River, Bunbury Racing Course
  • Friday 26 – 28 April - JTC Girls Rowing Camp, JTC Campus
  • Saturday 4 May -  IGSSA Regatta 1, Champion Lakes
  • Saturday 11 May - JTC Rowing Club QUIZ night fundraiser, John XXIII College