2019 Agm & awards presentation.

On 26th July 2019 the Endeavour Rowing Club's Annual General Meeting, where reports on the past year were presented and new office holders were elected, was held. Following on from the AGM awards for the past year were presented at the clubhouse on 28 July 2019.

The following are the President's and the Club Captain's reports together with above photos, which were taken at the Award presentation.

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Endeavour Rowing Club
Annual General Meeting
26.7.19


Presidents Report

I’d like to start with a thank you to both the Committee and the members of Endeavour Rowing Club (ERC) for working together towards the common goal of making sure ERC is a friendly, supportive/competitive, successful club.  The success of our 21st dinner in May can only confirm this.

Through the year we have held 2 Regattas as well as the Marathon (though cancelled at Raymond Terrace due to deteriorating weather conditions), hosted the Central Districts Rowing Association (CDRA) Coaching Camp, established a school rowing partnership with Maitland Christian School, adopted our new Constitution which brings us in line with the Dept of Fair Trade compliance.  We have also held a very successful Bunnings BBQ fundraiser as well as celebrated our 21st year of rowing.

We have purchased a new motor for the tinny, a trailer for the flat bottomed tinny, boat lights for our early morning safety, upheld the upkeep of our boats and equipment  and as we speak the slippery floor of our Boatshed is being addressed.  We have also painted the deck and railings and continued with the kitchen refurbishment.

Socially, we have established a bi monthly family friendly Sunday Brekkie and continue with our learn-to-row/social row on Sunday mornings. We have a group of social rowers on Wednesday that continues to grow.

Competitively we have attended many Regattas both at home and away. We survived the storm at CDRA Championships this year, we also attended the inaugural Lake Macquarie Derby and had representation at Head of the Yarra (Allen Atkins – gold) and state representation at the National Masters Championships – well done Sean Donza.

We have refreshed our representation at away Regattas with new trailer signage, a teardrop flag and a magenta ERC tent.
Endeavour Rowing Club is extremely blessed to have our coaching program which encourages our competitiveness within the region/state/country – this takes a lot of personal time and expense and we are extremely grateful.

A highlight for the year was our 21st Celebrations which have started with a bang and are ongoing – our celebration dinner was very successful and a huge thanks to go to the sub committee for organising this with our thanks to our speakers – Barry Moynahan, Digby Rayward and Les Geczy.  We can now look forward to the Cocktail Party in September.

We have started an auditing process for our membership and key holders, are establishing a Club Protocol (handbook to distribute to new members), Regatta Planning and Operation Guide – especially for away Clubs who host their regattas from the Hunter Rowing Complex.  We are looking into the future and how to best take advantage of the existing complex and how we can improve it moving forward.
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None of these accomplishments and plans for the future would be possible without the full support and hard work from everyone in our Club throughout the year.


Diane McShane
Club President 2019

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Endeavour Rowing Club - Captains Report 2019. 


The Endeavour Rowing Club racing squad attended 18 regattas during the 2018/19 racing season.  In 26 days of competition 27 members competed, 7 in their first season of competition, and in 212 starts ERC had 46 wins, 42 seconds and 45 thirds. 

Medals in State and National Championship events:  9 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze


Edward Trickett Grade Championships.
 
   Silver MC2x: Sean Donza + composite
   Bronze: Robert weatherall, Sean Donza, Dave Percival, Prentice Bond, coxn Conrad Bond


NSW Masters Championships. 

   Gold: MM C Qx;  Sean Donza + composite
   Gold: MM D Qx;  Sean Donza + composite
   Gold: MM I-M Qx;  Al Atkins + composite
   Gold: MM I-M 4-;  Al Atkins + composite
   Gold: MM I-M 8+;  Al Atkins + composite
   Bronze: MM EQx;  Sean Donza + composite


National Masters Championships. 

   Gold: MM A 4+;  Sean Donza + composite
   Gold: MM C Qx;  Sean Donza + composite
   Gold: MM J-M Qx;  Al Atkins + composite
   Gold: MM J-M 4-;  Al Atkins + composite
   Silver: MM B 4+;  Sean Donza + composite
   Bronze; MM C 2x;  Sean Donza + composite


*   Sean Donza was selected in the Masters Quad to represent NSW at the National Masters Championships, with the crew       placing 4th. 

*   Al Atkins competed with the Ancient Mariners at the head of the Yarra to win gold in MM I-K 8+. 

*   Robert Weatherall was awarded a CHS blue



Boat Racing Officers (BROs).  Endeavour Rowing Club members provided a significant proportion of the BROs at the 10 regattas hosted by Central Districts Rowing Association (CDRA) clubs viz Peter Bond 10,  Les Geczy 9,  Matt Patton 9 and Peter Bowman 8. The first 2 were in the name of ERC and the second 2 in the name of Hunter Valley Grammar School (HVGS). 


2019 CDRA Pointscore - Endeavour Rowing Club finished seventh. 1st:  HVGS (1189 points), 2nd:  Newcastle Grammar (471.5), 3rd: Lake Macquarie (341.75), Newcastle (306), Manning River (214.75), NUBC (186), Endeavour (167), Port Macquarie (123), Upper Hunter (731), Brisbane Water (36.5), Central Coast (22.25).


Regattas - Endeavour Rowing Club hosted two regattas during the season:  Henley-on-Hunter (30/9/2018) and the Endeavour Regatta (3/2/2019).  Henley benefitted from being held late in September with increased entries over previous years.  These regattas attracted entries from Sydney clubs:  Sydney Womens, MLC, North Shore, Mosman, Glebe, Nepean, plus Black Mountain from the ACT.  Both regattas were will co-ordinated thanks to the great efforts of our club members.


School Rowing - During Term 4 2018 and Term 1 2019, Endeavour hosted Maitland Christian School for sport on Friday mornings with 2 sessions per day for Years 7 & 8 and for Years 9 & 10.  Ten Endeavour members assisted with the training:  Sue Philpot, Marilyn Hyde, Jill Carlstrom, Di McShane, Reg Vaughan, Greg Cook, Roger Farquhar, Les Geczy, Peter Bond.  It is anticipated that this will be repeated in Terms 4 and 1 this coming season.


Peter Bond