DIARY DATES! What does VOWA do? This is not supposed to be a trick question! How about all members joining in with at least one of these VOWA social activities during 2013? Please invite potential members to join us. By all means suggest additional activities at the AGM. When the VOWA web site is fully functional, the theory is that it will be easier to communicate details with most of our membership by the touch of a button Aussie Post takes a bit longer. To register your interest: contact Lochy or Kathy. 2011-2012 AGM and Special General Meeting President McPherson and the VOWA Committee Wish to invite YOU to join us for the VOWA AGM and luncheon to be held at ****where? What time? What date? Cost?****, drinks at bar prices Catch the second last carriage on the train from Southern Cross station.***time? The caterers MUST know how many people will attend Please RSVP to Lochy or Kathy. Flying Doctor Rowathon, Saturday, 5 October, 2013 weekend. Please consider forming a VOWA crew for the 2013 Wentworth on the Darling River Rowathon fundraiser! Extra crew members help share the workload on the day. Begin your training and building up your endurance NOW. If you re not rowing, how about making a donation to the cause? The event organisers always appreciate another willing worker on the day as well. Also modesty has prevented Roger from admitting to his crucial role as event organiser. Well done everybody! Kathy Tour both the MCG and National Sports Museum with Lunch. Date and costs to be advised. A $20 deposit will be accepted to secure your place extra monies will be collected on the day if necessary. The date and entry fees depend on our numbers and the proportion of seniors and non-seniors attending. Early birds get the opportunity to vote for the meal options. Margaret Birtley (we all know her as Margie Swann, Monash Uni RC), is ******curator of the National Sports Museum collection. Because she knows rowing well, I m hoping that she will be able to tailor the tour to our specific interests! kathy Page1 ( In memory of Wal Oakley, I changed that sentence to drop the dangling preposition.) If you wear your tie, you will be more easily identified and hopefully feel more a part of the group. Please invite potential members to be your guest for this function. VOWA Membership is limited to those who are or have been members of VRA or RV Club rowing. Tram Car Restaurant Based on your feedback, the Committee will choose a 4 course Luncheon 1.00-3.00pm @ $82pp. OR Early Dinner 5.45-7.15pm 3 course dinner @ $77pp. Both prices include drinks. Kathy wants a group of 36 so we can have our very own carriage. Please pay a $77 deposit to our treasurer ASAP, so further planning can occur.
DIARY DATES! What does VOWA do? Continued from page 1 Tom Rodda Award Winners Dinner Rodda Awards ASAP preferably within 14 days of reading this! Even if your nominee doesn t win this 2012 AGM s Award, you ll be in the pool for the 2013 Award. Do you have a lathe? Tim Catford has volunteered a chunk of the original Yarra River red gum rowing pontoon to make a base for the trophy to hold additional names, ensuring that the trophy will, indeed, be perpetual. Regatta Dates: Sat 23 February Australian Henley, including a tribute to the fallen rowers who have been commemorat at the Cenotaph Sat 23 February Junior Girls State Championships Fri 1 March RV State Championships Sat 2 March RV State Championships Sat 2 March RV Schools - APS Regatta (boys) Date, time, address via phone. ******To celebrate VOWA s new Perpetual Trophy for the Tom Rodda Award, previous winners will be guests of the 2013 VOWA Committee at Kathy s home to closely inspect the trophy, admire the engraving (by the same person who engraves the Melbourne Cup), share tall tales and a few ales. Here s a chance to recognize previous Tom Rodda Award winners who have contributed so much to our sport, and to record some tall tales from those who made rowing history! VOWA members are welcome to lend a hand with catering, photography, contributing stories to the VOWA website and clean up. Ring Kathy 9584-3462 to volunteer. Sun 3 March RV State Championships Sun 3 March Head of the Lake Sat 9 March Scotch Mercantile Regatta & Junior Boys State Champ Thurs 14 March School Sports Victoria Regatta Sat 16 March APS Heads of the River Sat 16 March HOSG Sun 17 March HOSG Mon 18 March Australian Rowing Championships Fri 22 March Australian Rowing Championships Sat 23 March Footscray Regatta Sat 23 March Australian Rowing Championships Sun 24 March Henley on the Maribyrnong Sun 24 March Australian Rowing Championships Sat 30 March Henley on the Murray Sun 31 March Henley on the Darling Sat 6 April GRA Masters Regatta Page2 Kathy Wilmot, the 2011 winner and first to be presented with the new trophy, realized that she is probably the first recipient not to have known Tom Rodda. I ve had a wonderful time using my trophy at every opportunity! However, there is no truth to the rumor that the newsletter is 6 months late because I won t willingly return the trophy. PLEASE Please pretty please with sugar on top, nominate somebody for the 2012 Tom Sat 13 April Albert Park Lake Masters Regatta Sat 20 April RV Masters State Championships Sat 27 April Austrailan Masters Rowing Championships Sun 28 April Australian Masters Rowing Championships CONSIDER: Strategem Bendigo Winemakers Festival Sunday March 31 (Easter weekend) Clash with Mildura/Wenty Easter Regattas. Puffing Billy Steam Train Ride and Dinner & Dance $88.50pp 7pm-11.30 Fri & Sat. HENLEY FERRY TRIP 2014 Discuss price points
Dinners at rowing club-scheduled social functions Attend Country Club Regattas as a Group 2013 Election changes signalled President Lochy McPherson has had a busy year shifting house from Collingwood to Geelong. Now super busy with coaching again. Still happy to be President next year. Sorry guys! VOWA is not at the top of my priority list this year. I ve been Secretary all this century, so it is somebody else s turn to play Secretary. Everything is fine at the moment-- I have permission to row, train and race. 6 months without any unscheduled cardiologist appointments. Tim Catford is on the mend again too much time in hospital this year. Willing to serve on the Committee again. Our late Vice President and loyal friend, John Castle went to rather extreme lengths to get off the VOWA Committee. Crockett, Vice President, **** Vice President Jim People ***** Treasurer Michael Heaton-Harris has expressed an interest in serving as VOWA President; hence, we also need a Treasurer. Committee person Jim Skidmore is willing to be on the committee again next year. Please consider accepting a role on the VOWA Committee. Nominations now open! Membership Costs 1 year $10 5 years $40 Premier Membershhip to assist building nest egg to kick off a VOWA Scholarship Fund for U23 and other young rowers who have indicated great rowing potential. $200. Page3 ****unclear if this is for life or fixed time! HELP!
21st FLYING DOCTOR ROWATHON set RECORDS GALORE Roger Wilson Rogers Trophy for fastest crew with changes! A record 220 rowers from all over Australia competed in 22 boats in four stages on Saturday October 6 th 2012. It was Australia s biggest rowing charity event by far Australia s longest rowing race of 82km in a day! Over $70,000 was raised during the 2012 flying doctor rowathon. Fundraising was aided very much by everyday hero website for supporters to donate to the flying doctor with the funds this year going to a mobile dentist service initiative by the flying doctor in north west Victoria. For the previous twenty years over $160,000 had been donated to the Royal Flying Doctor Service. The Wentworth community really got behind this year s event especially the Wentworth Rowing Club who supported their captain Sam Cross & his committee serving breakfast to over two hundred before the rowing marathon got under way @ 7.30am and then after racing finished Wentworth Rowing Club members served a sit down two course roast dinner to 250 people a magnificent performance by the Wentworth Club Yarra Yarra s Mighty Titl8 were awarded The Jack Joel Trophy for overall participation, time & fundraising. Yarra Yarra was also ably represented at the inaugural rowathon. Have a look at the photos in their trophy cabinet! The Robinvale community who have hosted the event on most of the occasions it has been held to date continue to be great supporters of the flying doctor rowathon despite their rowing club being closed a few years ago Page4 Single sculler Rick Kranen from Coomera Rowing & Recreation Club on the Gold Coast took out The Ian Law Trophy for the fastest time, with no change covering the 82 km in four stages in six hours twenty minutes and fifteen seconds Rick beat an eight who had crew changes! Next best was Pembroke Masters Eight from Adelaide in 6 hr 28min who took out the Col Ian law (former Hawthorn VFL premiership player) and his wife Barbara run the Avoca B&B up river of this year s rowathon on the Darling was a member of the original eight which started the event 21 years ago was thrilled to see the growth since those formative years & thinks it can only grow further in years ahead!the flying doctor rowathon committee under President Graham Pilley & Chairman Bob Symons are congratulated for organising such a unique & successful rowing event & raising an extraordinary $70,000 plus for the flying doctor rowathon.
to those who are or have been members of the VRA or RV Rowing Clubs. Page5 DIARY DATES! What does VOWA do? This is not supposed to be a trick question! Lots of talk about recruiting more members, but not much success. How about all members joining in with at least one of these VOWA social activities during 2013? By all means suggest additional activities at the AGM. When the VOWA web site is fully functional, the theory is that it will be easier to communicate with most of our membership with further event details at the touch of a button. Expressions of interest: contact Lochy or Kathy. 2011-2012 AGM and Special General Meeting President McPherson and the VOWA Committee Wish to invite YOU to join us for the VOWA AGM and luncheon to be held at ****where? What time? What date? Cost?****, drinks at bar prices Catch the second last carriage on the train from Southern Cross station.***time? The caterers MUST know how many people will attend to know how much food to provide! ( In memory of Wal Oakley, I changed that sentence to drop the dangling preposition. Thinking of you, Wal!) If you wear your tie, you will be more easily identified and hopefully feel more part of the group. Please invite potential members to be your guest for this function. VOWA Membership is limited Flying Doctor Rowathon, Saturday, 5 October, 2013 weekend. Please consider forming a VOWA crew for the 2013 Wentworth on the Darling River Rowathon fundraiser! Extra crew members help share the workload on the day. Begin your training and building up your endurance NOW. If you re not rowing, how about making a donation to the cause? The event organisers always appreciate another willing worker on the day as well. Also modesty has prevented Roger from admitting to his crucial role as event organiser. Well done everybody! Kathy Tour both the MCG and National Sports Museum with Lunch. Date and costs to be advised. A $20 deposit will be accepted to secure your place extra monies will be collected on the day if necessary. The date and entry fees will depend on our numbers and the proportion of seniors and non-seniors attending. Early birds get the opportunity to vote for the meal options available. Margaret Birtley (we all know her as Margie Swann, Monash Uni RC), is ******curator of the National Sports Museum collection. Because she knows rowing well, I m hoping that she will be able to tailor the tour to our specific interests! kathy Tram Car Restaurant Based on your feedback, the Committee will choose a 4 course Luncheon 1.00-3.00pm @ $82pp. OR Early Dinner 5.45-7.15pm 3 course dinner @ $77pp. Both
prices include drinks. Kathy wants a group of 36 so we can have our very own carriage. Please pay a $77 deposit to our treasurer ASAP, so further planning can occur. Tom Rodda Award Winners Dinner trophy. PLEASE Please pretty please with sugar on top, nominate somebody for the 2012 Tom Rodda Awards ASAP preferably within 14 days of reading this! If you know how to use a lathe, Tim Catford has volunteered a chunk of the original Yarra River red gum rowing pontoon to make a base for the trophy to hold additional names, ensuring that the trophy will, indeed, be perpetual. Regatta Dates: Sat 23 February Australian Henley Sat 23 February Junior Girls State Championships Fri 1 March RV State Championships Sat 2 March RV State Championships Sat 2 March RV Schools - APS Regatta (boys) Sun 3 March RV State Championships Sun 3 March Head of the Lake Date, time, address via phone. ******To celebrate VOWA s new Perpetual Trophy for the Tom Rodda Award, previous winners will be guests of the 2013 VOWA Committee at Kathy s home to closely inspect the trophy, admire the engraving (by the same person who engraves the Melbourne Cup), share tall tales and a few ales. Here s a chance to recognize previous Tom Rodda Award winners who have contributed so much to our sport, and to record some tall tales from those who made rowing history! VOWA members are welcome to lend a hand with catering, photography, contributing stories to the VOWA website and clean up. Ring Kathy 9584-3462 to volunteer. Sat 9 March Scotch Mercantile Regatta & Junior Boys State Champ Thurs 14 March School Sports Victoria Regatta Sat 16 March APS Heads of the River Sat 16 March HOSG Sun 17 March HOSG Mon 18 March Australian Rowing Championships Fri 22 March Australian Rowing Championships Sat 23 March Footscray Regatta Sat 23 March Australian Rowing Championships Sun 24 March Henley on the Maribyrnong Sun 24 March Australian Rowing Championships Sat 30 March Henley on the Murray Sun 31 March Henley on the Darling Sat 6 April GRA Masters Regatta Sat 13 April Albert Park Lake Masters Regatta Sat 20 April RV Masters State Championships Sat 27 April Austrailan Masters Rowing Championships Page6 Kathy Wilmot, the 2011 winner and first to be presented with the new trophy, realized that she is probably the first recipient not to have known Tom Rodda. I ve had a wonderful time using my trophy at every opportunity! However, there is no truth to the rumor that the newsletter is 6 months late because I won t willingly return the Sun 28 April Australian Masters Rowing Championships Strategem Bendigo Winemakers Festival Sunday March 31 (Easter
weekend) 11am-5pm, BYO rug and picnic option. Free bus to Castlemaine Botanic Gardens from Bendigo. $30 tickets on the day. Easter weekend. Clash with Mildura/Wenty Easter Regattas. Page7 Puffing Billy Steam Train Ride and Dinner and Dance $88.50pp 7pm-11.30 most Fri & Sat. Heated carriage in winter with log fire in Nobelius packing Shed.
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