A few updates from around the Club, please take a few minutes to have a read through. 

Queensland State Championship Regatta

We'll have a number of members travelling to the Queensland State Rowing Centre next weekend to compete at the Queensland State Championship Regatta, I'd like to wish them all the very best of luck. There will be a number of boats out of the shed for this regatta, with boat loading occuring on the morning of Wednesday 22nd January, and returning for unloading on the afternoon of Monday 27th January. 

North Queensland Club Regatta Series - 2025

We've advanced on planning for a reinvigorated North Queensland Club Regatta series for 2025 with the other NQ Rowing Clubs. Currently, the regattas for our Open & Masters rowers in 2025 will be as follows.

• Townsville & JCU Rowing Club Premiership Regatta - Aplins Weir - 12th & 13th April 
• Tablelands Country Rowing Club Sprint Regatta - Lake Tinaroo - 26th April
• Queensland Masters State Championship Regatta - Lake Wyaralong - 3rd & 4th May
• Mackay Rowing Club Regatta - Pioneer River - 17th & 18th May 
• Australian Masters Rowing Championships - Sydney International Regatta Centre - 29th May to 1st June
• North Queensland Club Championship Regatta - Black Weir - 5th & 6th July
• Head of The Pioneer - Pioneer River - 30th August
• Townsville Turnaround - Aplins Weir - 12th October
• Head of The Yarra - Yarra River - 22nd November
• Many other regattas will also take place throughout Queensland and across the east coast throughout the year, anything that takes your interest, let us know and we'll plan to attend!

With such an exciting calendar of events ahead in 2025, we need your support now to get you & all of your friends on the water, both in a social & competitive capacity! If you've got ideas on how we can grow, or think there's something we can do to better support our members, please don't hesitate to reach out to me. 

Club Coaching 

In the coming weeks we will have more news to share, but there are some exciting changes coming to the structure of our Club coaching programs this year. We will have an increased focus on social rowing with our Open rowers, and increased support around our Masters members who are coming out of learn to row programs. Stay tuned for more info in this space!

Retiring Boats

With our travel down south next weekend, we will be retiring some older boats from the Club fleet, and picking up a few new ones down there.

• Ann Chalmers II will be retired at this regatta, this boat is over 15 years old and has reached the end of its' life as a racing boat in our fleet. 
• Just One will also be retired, this is one of the training sculls from the mobile rack. It will be for sale from next weekend, located in Brisbane as we are more likely to find a buyer for it down there.

New Boats

• A new WinTech International Lightweight single scull, this boat will be named Ann Chalmers III and will come in to the shed as a direct replacement for Ann Chalmers II. This boat was purchased under the Active Women & Girls Fund from the QLD State Government. 
• A new WinTech International Lightweight quad/four, this boat is yet to be named, if you have any suggestions, please feel free to reach out to me. This boat has been purchased under the Community Gambling Benefit Fund from the QLD State Government and is an additional boat coming into the shed.
• A new WinTech Club Racer single scull, this boat will replace Just One, and is yet to be named. As above, if you have any suggestions on a name, please feel free to reach out to me. This boat was purchased using our own Club funds. 

Repairs

• Focus will go away for the weekend to the QLD State Champs for repair at JB's Boatworks, it will be repaired over the weekend and come back. 
• We will pick up parts to replace/repair the foot stretcher in the Graham Ward III at the regatta, this boat will be fully back in service the week after States. 

As always, if you have any questions or feedback, please don't hesitate to reach out.