RNBA is very excited to announce that Alan Oldham will be joining us as a our new HP Coach.  He brings with him 12 years of rowing experience and a passion for rowing that will benefit all our athletes and coaches.  Alan will be based out of Fredericton at the Fredericton Rowing Club, and will contribute to athlete and coach development within the entire province of New Brunswick.  

The High Performance Coach Position is financially supported by the Province of New Brunswick-Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport, the Fredericton Rowing Club and Rowing New Brunswick Aviron. 

High Performance Coach

Rowing New Brunswick Aviron is seeking an experienced and energetic High Performance Rowing Coach who will work in partnership with staff and volunteers to advance High Performance rowing in the province of New Brunswick. The ideal candidate is committed to working with New Brunswick’s Train to Train and Train to Compete athletes on a day-to-day basis. This will occur in a Training Group setting leading to improved national results and stronger national team presence. This is a full-time, 1-year contract position that, provided all criteria and standards are met, will evolve into a four-eight year renewable position.

Based out of Fredericton, New Brunswick the Coach will be expected to contribute to the culture of high performance sport within the province of New Brunswick. This position reports to a personnel committee that includes a representative from Rowing NB and the Fredericton Rowing Club.

Applications for this position should be sent to Jennifer Fitzpatrick (President@rowingnb.ca) no later than February 13th, 2012. 

An overview of the responsibilities, qualifications and other details can be found in the following documents:

HP_Coach_Advertisement.pdf

HP_Coach_Job_Description_.pdf

RNBA is pleased to announce that we have received government funding to help support the hire of a full-time coach for 4 years. RNBA will be partnering with the Fredericton Rowing Club to deliver a number of provincial programs that fall under the scope of this hire. 

Keegan Drummond brought home the gold while racing a composite boat at this year's RCA National Rowing Championships. Keegan and crewmate Matthew Wortley (Ontario) finished in a time of 6:54.86, fast enough for the first place finish in the U23M2-. 

Jamie Abbass also had an impressive weekend of racing, finishing 4th in the M1X. Complete results can be find at the following link: 

http://reports.regattamaster.com/Pages/Races.aspx?

Rowing New Brunsiwck Aviron is excited to announce that we have received $8000 from the Province of New Brunswick for Implementation of Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) Initiatives.  All three of our NB rowing clubs were successful in their applications for funding that includes sculling oar purchases and equipment required for Adaptive programming.  Funding will also be dedicated to new equipment for the LTR Skills event, and for a RCA LTAD expert to visit our province to provide guidance on how to implement LTAD programs. 

Rowing New Brunswick Aviron is pleased to announce the following have been named to represent New Brunswick at the 2011 RCA National Rowing Championships (Welland, ON, November 11-13^th, 2011) :

Athletes:

Jamie Abbass

Keegan Drummond

Adam Bliss

Cathleen Trafton

Mike Craig

Greg Theriault

Coach: Dolores Young

RNBA congratulates all those named and is looking forward to some great results!

The 2011 NB Provincial Championships and LTR Skills event was a huge success!  Results can be found here:2011_NB_Champs_Results.pdf

After a great deal of consideration, RNBA has selected the following 4 coaches and 10 athletes to attend the Hampstead Performance Camp being held August 20-24th. 

Coaches:

Dolores Young (KRC) 
Marc-Oliver Klages (FRC)

Rob Alexander (KRC)-Assistant Coach
Nathan Blais (KRC)- Assistant Coach

Athletes:

Gregory Theriault (KRC)
Katie Haslett (KRC)
Adam Bliss (FRC)
Jen Johnston (KRC)
Jack Summerhayes (KRC)
Jaclynn Reid (KRC)
Kathleen Trafton (KRC)
Madeleine Theriault (KRC)
Mike Craig (KRC)
Cole Northrup (KRC)