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As the weather is getting cooler, the NUBC social and
fundraising calendar is heating up! We are currently
getting organised for one of our largest events of the
year, the annual NUBC Trivia Night. With high
expectations following the successes of previous
years, a team is working behind the scenes to get
everything planned, lead on by their very dedicated
leader, Brad Huggins.
Make sure you clear your schedule for Friday, August
31st, and start to organise your table of 8-10! It
promises to be a fun night, with lots of great prizes
(and we promise the trivia won’t be all about rowing).
Table reservations can be made by emailing
[email protected], payments ($100 per table)
are required before the night.
Another date to put in the calendar is NUBC’s end of
year dinner, to be held on 17/11/12. More
information will be available closer to the date.
NUBC has attended three regattas since the last
newsletter update, the CDRA Championship Regatta,
Edward Trickett Regatta and the NSW Masters
Regatta.
We had a strong turn out to the CDRA Regatta, and
came away with a number of medals, including the
title of CDRA Men’s Single Scull Champion (Jack
Hanley).
We achieved firsts in the Men’s D grade quad, the
Women’s C grade coxed four, the championship
women’s coxed four, the championship men’s single,
double, coxed four and eight.
We sent a smaller
contingent to the
Edward Trickett
Regatta, held at SIRC
in Penrith, however
we were still able to
field a Women’s
eight, quad and coxed
four, as well as a
number of singles.
The Women’s eight
and coxed four both
came second, and
Jack Hanley achieved
third place in the
Men’s B grade single.
The NSW masters
regatta was held over
the weekend starting
the 5/5/12. Jason Nissen from NUBC entered a
number of races, and achieved third in the Men’s C
grade quad in a composite crew, and fifth in the A
grade single. Congratulations Jason!
Looking to the social side of the club, a very
successful “Novice Initiation Pub Crawl” was held
early on in the semester, to break the ice with the
new members. Attendees were tied together, making
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the whole pub crawl an extended three legged race,
and there were egg and spoon races held in Civic park
on the way between venues. Overall, I know everyone
had a great time, and it looks like this will be the
beginning of a tradition for the club!
Another novice related event was held a little later on
in the semester – the novice regatta! As per usual, erg
races are held to get everyone’s adrenaline pumping,
and then the novices are sent onto the water to
compete in their first races ever. It’s a great
introduction to racing for the new members, and gives
them a reason to train hard over the winter, knowing
what they’ll be getting up to during our next
competitive season.
If you head out to the shed at the moment, please
take the time to admire the work of NUsport’s
handyman, kindly lent to us over the past few weeks.
Small but much needed changes are taking place, and
the shed is looking better than ever!
Some other important upcoming events include the
Head of the Hunter Marathon, which NUBC is helping
to host next weekend on Sunday the 22nd July. We
have a number of entries, and are hoping to equal our
strong performance of last year.
When uni goes back we will be holding a couple of
“Bring a Friend” days on Saturday mornings, which
will be the perfect opportunity for everyone to get
their friends to come along to give them a look at
what we really do at NUBC! These will be the 28th of
July and the 4th of August, and everyone is welcome.
Finally, to continue the fundraising efforts for
Adelaide Uni Games, we will be hosting BBQs at the
university again. If you are a member of NUBC
attending uni games, make sure you find some time to
head along and help out!
Happy Rowing!
Dates for your calendar:
31/08/12—NUBC Trivia Night
15/09/12—NUBC Pre-IV Regatta
23/09/12– Uni Games
27/10/12—NUBC Regatta
17/11/12—NUBC End of Year Dinner
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