Thursday 29 January
New High Performance section — now live
The webpages related to High Performance Rowing in Australia have been substantially revised.
The aim is to provide athletes, coaches and managers with a user-friendly and logical navigation through High Performance information.
In summary you will notice:
- The initial drop down menu from High Performance (HP) now has sub-pages related to the key functions and components of HP.
- High Performance Programs – details the overall structure of the core business units and provides key contacts, diagrams and links to each partner/section.
- National Team Members – details present and past National Team members. A great resource for family, friends, fans and media.
- Athletes & Coaches – will be the major resource area for this target group. Here, you will find Selection Policies*, Event Supplements* and Nomination Forms* related specifically to your age group.
- National Team Information – will contain team information once each National Team has been selected. When ‘operational’ this area will be password-protected for access only by current team members. The NRCE staff will provide team members with the password once selected.
- Calendar – this page will soon be loaded with a detailed four-year calendar related to High Performance activities. This page will be revised regularly to keep athletes and coaches up to date.
- Sports Science – will detail key information related to each discipline of Sports Science. Here you will be able to access and download Protocols and Policies and forms related to training and performance. For example: Ergo and Prognostic standards.
- Sports Medicine – as with Sports Science, each major area of this specialisation is detailed. Here you can also access Protocols and Policies and forms related specifically to medical issues.
- Anti-doping – provides important information and links related to each of the key areas of Anti Doping: WADA, ASADA, FISA Anti Doping. You can download various forms needed from here.
- High Performance Jobs – job advertisements related to employment in Australian High Performance rowing will be loaded on this page.
* The RA National Selection Policy 2009–2012, Event Supplements and Nomination Forms for Elite Adaptive, Junior and NTID Development Teams are now available.
To begin your navigation around the new webpages, click on the High Performance drop down menu.
Wednesday 28 January
OAM awarded to Beijing Champions
Olympic Gold Medallists, Dr Scott Brennan and David Crawshay (men’s double scull) and Duncan Free (men’s pair) were all awarded an OAM on Australia Day for ‘Service to sports as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games’. Drew Ginn, pair partner of Duncan Free has previously been awarded an OAM. Rowing Australia also recognise at this time the commitment of coaches Rhett Ayliffe (M2x) and Chris O’Brien (M2-) and to the families, Clubs and State Institutes and Academies of Sport for their vital contribution towards the ultimate result.
Also awarded an OAM was Ray Green for ‘Services to rowing through a range of administrative and coaching roles and as a competitor, and to the community of the Blue Mountains.’
Congratulations from the whole of the Australian Rowing Community!!
Tuesday 27 January
World Rowing e-Magazine — article on Scott Brennan and David Crawshay
The December 2008 edition of the World Rowing e-Magazine is now available. It includes an article written by Tom Nickson about Scott Brennan and David Crawshay.
Read more ...
Tuesday 20 January
RA media release:
Olympic champions revel in world class facilities
A section of the Great British rowing team has converged on the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra this week to make use of what are some of the best facilities worldwide.
Following on from their success at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, where Great Britain topped the rowing tally with three gold medals, Head Coach of Great Britain’s women’s heavyweight and men’s lightweight rowers, Paul Thompson, has brought these squads to Australia for a training camp.
Canberra born Thompson, who moved to Great Britain in 2001 and has since established the country as the top ranked nation in world rowing, says the camp was going to provide a crucial stepping stone for the coming season.
“We normally head to Spain in January of each year to get in some good solid training but we wanted to mark the end of the last Olympiad in a different way,” Thompson said. “We have come down here to Australia and the heavyweight men are currently in South Africa.
“It’s been great to get some good, clean water here in Canberra as our training lake in England is currently frozen over. The facilities here are excellent.”
A number of the medallists from Beijing have made the trip to Australia, along with a few up and coming athletes who are pushing the top rowers in Great Britain, emphasising the current depth in the sport.
This depth was only heightened at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival last weekend in Sydney, when Great British crews walked away with seven of the twelve gold medals on offer.
The squad will remain in Canberra until next Monday before returning home to prepare for the domestic and international rowing seasons in the middle of the year.
For more information please call
David Polglase on 0401 453 041
Monday 19 January
Position vacant: Rowing Queensland, High Performance Manager
Rowing Queensland is currently advertising for the position of High Performance Manager.
Information
The RQI High Performance Manager is primarily responsible for providing State leadership and coordination of all aspects of Queensland High Performance Program in conjunction with the Queensland Academy of Sport, within the National Rowing Centre of Excellence framework. The High Performance Manager is also responsible for facilitating the state selection process (Senior and Youth) and is responsible for the administration of Queensland teams for national / international competition.
Work Type: Full Time
Salary: $69,000 (incl Super) + Car + Benefits
Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Closing Date; 30 January 2009
Documentation
Download the position description (pdf, 160kb) and advertisement (includes selection criteria) (pdf, 76kb).
Contact
Christian Renford
Chief Executive Officer
Rowing Queensland Inc.
PO Box 3575
South Brisbane, QLD 4101
Ph: 07 3842 1200
Mob: 0416 053 538
E-mail: christianr@rowingqld.asn.au
Web: www.rowingqld.asn.au
Saturday 17 January
Expressions of Interest for national roles
Rowing Australia and the National Rowing Centre of Excellence, are now opening Expressions of Interest for the positions of:
- National Selectors (Senior A and Under 23) – 2 positions
- Senior A, Under 23 and Junior Team Managers – 1 position each team
- Head Coach Elite Adaptive Program – 1 position
- Doctor and Physiotherapist (Senior A, U23 & Junior Teams) – 1 in each team
- Massage Therapist (Senior A) – 1 position
Documentation
Expressions of Interest 2009 (pdf, 140kb) (relates to all positions listed above)
Head Coach Elite Adaptive Program – Position description (pdf, 160kb)
Closing date for all expressions of interest is: 31 January, 2009.
Saturday 17 January
Australian Youth Olympic Festival 2009
The rowing regatta is being held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre on Saturday 17 January, continuing Sunday 18 January.
Read Race Reports.
Online draws and Live Results are available at www.rowingmanager.com/rm/?results=1389
Results in a single PDF document (138kb)
Friday 16 January
Position vacant: Tasmanian Institute of Sport, Head Rowing Coach
Statement of duties (pdf, 184kb)
Advice to applicants (pdf, 48kb)
Application for employment (pdf, 48kb)
Further details can be sought at www.jobs.tas.gov.au/browse/department/index.php?dept=dedt from Wednesday 21 January.
Closing date — 30 January 2009
Monday 12 January
Got Talent?? ... eTID is here! — Login & lodge your potential as a future Olympian
The National Talent Identification and Development (NTID) program is designed to help sports identify talented athletes (12 years and older) and prepare them for participation in domestic, national and eventually, international competition. The program utilises information across all disciplines of sports science to identify young athletes with characteristics associated with elite performance. Once athletes have been identified they are provided with the opportunity to realise their potential in a high-quality talent development program.
NTID’s Aim
In essence, the aim of the NTID program is to identify and subsequently fast track the development of potential elite athletes to an Olympic and world championship level of competition.
In addition to the long-term approach of achieving international sporting success, the NTID program also aims to make a positive contribution to our domestic sporting culture by increasing; the depth of the competitive field, participation and memberships; the coaching talent pool; and national sporting organisation education and up-skilling.
A Targeted Approach
Given the targeted approach to the delivery of programs, it is not possible for the NTID program to work with every sport and in every state. This targeted approach allows the maximisation of resources by directing them to the areas that stand to benefit the most. The newly developed NTID program will focus on three key areas of importance, including:
- Sport specific – several targeted sports projects are currently being undertaken. To further complement this, there are also projects operating in the area of Indigenous development and development of Asian centric sports.
- Systems – several projects are being undertaken to facilitate the development and implementation of national networks and systems that will lead to the enhanced identification and development of potential elite athletes.
- Research – the NTID program aims to undertake significant investigations across a number of areas to assist in refining practices and ensuring the maximised success of all projects.
The program is overseen by Dr. Jason Gulbin, General Manager, based at the AIS in Canberra. Dr. Gulbin works closely with the Senior Managers (Sports Programs and Systems) located in Queensland and Victoria and Senior Sports Coordinators currently based in South Australia and Canberra. The NTID program also has Project Coordinators located at various locations around Australia including Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and Adelaide.
Wayne Diplock is Rowing NTID’s Senior Coordinator. Wayne is a former Olympic oarsman, Olympic team manager and Rowing Queensland Development Manager.
NEW: eTID is here!
eTID is an exciting new online self identification tool which has been developed by the NTID program to assist in the identification process of talented athletes.
This interactive website will allow users to enter in testing results for consideration by the NTID program.
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Sporting glory may be no more than the touch of a button away for some!
Check out eTID to see if you have what it takes to become Australia's next top sporting champion. |
LINK: www.ausport.gov.au/participating/got_talent/test/sports_specific_test/rowing
For more information contact:
Wayne Diplock
Senior Coordinator
National Talent Identification and Development
Australian Sports Commission
Tel: +61 2 6214 7216
Fax: +61 2 6214 7321
Mob: + 61 414 559 151
wayne.diplock@ausport.gov.au
www.ausport.gov.au
Monday 12 January
National Rowing Centre of Excellence 2009–2012 Benchmarks and National Prognostics
Download (pdf, 300kb)
Notes
Benchmarks
- The NRCE has produce a series of standards to help athletes and coaches understand what is required to be successful on the world stage.
- The Senior A benchmarks are our calculations of the minimum standards required to realistically compete for a Gold medal at the London Olympic Games. We have broken the Senior A standards in 2009/2010 and 2011/2012 to help athletes track their progression across the 4 years of the Olympic cycle.
- Likewise the age-group benchmarks are designed to demonstrate effective progressions through the various stages of development through to Senior A Gold medal standard.
- There are a number of parameters that we have not determined benchmarks (e.g. 30 minute controlled rating ergometer) and plan to do so for 2010 once we have collected more data.
- Additionally with the change in drag factors and the move to sliders, we may need to slightly adjust some benchmarks at the end of 2009.
Prognostics
- The NRCE has determined the prognostic % for all grades for 2009-2012 will be based on the Senior A ‘World Best Times’ as stipulated on the FISA website.
- For Senior A crews it is envisaged that this will provide increased transparency and objectivity in speed analysis.
- For all age group athletes/crews, it will allow the tracking of progression across years through the age grades up to Senior A standard.
- All prognostics will remain in place for the year and at the conclusion of the Senior A World Championships each year any adjustments will be made for the following year in required (i.e. if any new WBTs have been set)
Monday 12 January
National Testing Protocols — Ergo, Laboratory & Strength/Conditioning
Protocol: Distance-Power Ergometer Testing (pdf, 536kb)
National Protocols for the Assessment of Strength and Power (pdf, 212kb)
Protocol: 7 x 4 min step test (pdf, 164kb)
Monday 12 January
2009 AIS Scholarships announced
The National Rowing Center of Excellence, NRCE announces with pleasure its 2009 intake of AIS Rowing Program Scholarship holders.
The AIS Program is an integral part of the NRCE, a newly formed organisation that brings together the High Performance Program from Rowing Australia and the AIS Rowing program, under the control of National High Performance Director, Andrew Matheson.
“We are particularly pleased with the group of athletes we have on board,” Matheson said. "Following our December National Emerging Talent camp, Australia’s next generation of medal winners were selected.
“At this time, we also want to acknowledge every coach, administrator, family member and friend or loved ones – of all our new AIS athletes. Every person has contributed in some way to this important milestone.”
Of note, said Matheson, was also the commencement of the 2009 AIS/ASC Coaching Scholarship holder, Tom Westgarth (ACT).
“Tom is already a really good coach in his own right. Having already represented in one of the national development teams. We hope that the pressure cooker environment of the NRCE will provide Tom with the keys to the ‘finishing school’ he needs to become a medal winning coach in the future.”
Other integral partners in Australia’s NRCE are the various SIS/SAS, the SSOs, athletes/coaches families, and other service providers and supporters around Australia.
AIS Rowing Scholarship Holders 2008–2009
Men (13)
Bryn Coudraye (SA)
Tom Larkins (VIC)
Tom Swann (VIC)
Chris Riddell (VIC)
Shane Jackson (VIC)
Lachlan McKinnon (VIC)
Fergus Pragnell (NSW)
Danjels Reedman (NSW)
Richard Allsop (NSW)
Dominic Grimm (NSW)
Johnathon Trovas (QLD)
Jared Bidwell (QLD)
The Men’s Scholarship position for Coxswain will be determined throughout January 2009 following trialing between David McGrath (VIC) and Toby Lister (NSW).
Women (10)
Libby Alderman (WA)
Megan Bagworth (WA)
Emily Rose (WA)
Alison Crowe (VIC)
Sophie Robson (VIC)
Lisa Szatsnajder (VIC)
Sarah Eke (QLD)
Sascha Lahey (QLD)
Laura Osti (SA)
Charlotte Walters (NSW)
Monday 12 January
National Nomination form — Senior A & U23
Download (xls, 540kb)
Monday 12 January
Senior A and Under 23 Event Supplement for 2009
Download (pdf, 128kb)
Notes
Events Supplements for 2009
- We have attempted to simplify the process for athletes to gain a selection trial and this should be evident in the Senior A and Under 23 Event Supplement.
- Specific Adaptive, and Junior/NTID Event Supplements are currently being drafted and will be released by Friday 23 January via the Rowing Australia website.
- Lightweights — please note the slight change to specified weight requirements for the January testing week (note 5 in the supplement).
Selection Policy
- the Selection Policy is currently being slightly amended in order to reflect the selection emphasis for the next four years. This is intended to be released by Friday 23 January via the Rowing Australia website.
Nomination Forms — to go on to the RA website the week commencing 12 January
- In order to make the nomination process easier for you as coaches and athletes and also for the NRCE, we have amended the process to have two parts:
- The first part is an emailed notification process (refer to the instructions on the form for details) which is the capture of the key information from you and should only take a matter of minutes to complete and email to the NRCE.
- The second part is the signing of the ‘terms and conditions’ which can either be completed and return to the NRCE prior to the selection trials, or completed on arrival at the selection trials.
Sunday 4 January
National Rowing Centre of Excellence — document release dates
The NRCE has considerably more information to release over the coming weeks and months, and will endeavour to release these documents to the projected timeframes (pdf, 116kb).
If we are not going to hit any of the target dates we will let you know.
Sunday 4 January
World Anti-Doping Code 2009
Changes to the World Anti-Doping Code come into effect on 1 January 2009, and will impact athletes and support personnel.
Key changes include a new Prohibited List and the elimination of abbreviated Therapeutic Use Exemptions; (however, all abbreviated Therapeutic Use Exemptions delivered before 31 December 2008 will remain valid after 1 January 2009 for a set period).
There are several ‘fact sheets’ on the ASADA website that may also assist your understanding. These can be found at: www.asada.gov.au/resources/factsheets/index.htm
Read more about the changes on the ASADA website, www.asada.gov.au
or contact ASADA
T: 13 000 ASADA (13 000 27232)
F: +61 (0)2 6222 4201
E: asada@asada.gov.au
