Welcome to the 2019 / 2020 Surf Life Saving Boat Rowing Season.

It’s great to see so many members of our section enthusiastic and already preparing for the season ahead.

We currently have 2 x u19 men, 2 x u19 Woman, 3 x U/23 Women’s Crews, 5 x u23 Men, 2 x Reserve men, 1 x Reserve women, 3 x Veteran Crews, 1 x Open women’s crew and 2 x Open Men Crews competing for the mighty blue and gold.

I extend a warm welcome to all new rowers to the NC Boat Section. We are sure you will enjoy the challenges that lay ahead, the excitement of competition but most importantly the comradery of the whole club. Once you join our section you are welcome for life!

‘Once a North Cronulla rower, always a North Cronulla rower’

We welcome back our world class sweeps, maintenance crews and our trainers Donny Workman, John Dams and Tommy Chapman. It’s good to know that our section is in good hands!

This coming season the North Cronulla Boat Section will compete in The River Run, The Bass Marathon, Ocean Thunder, The South Coast Series, Australian Surf Rowing League and all Sydney Branch carnivals. There are state team spots up for grabs in the ASRL series and several of our crews will trial for the Australian team on the 15th of December at our home beach. The Surf Lifesaving State Titles will again be held at Swansea Belmont and the Australian Surf Life Saving Carnival will be back at Broadbeach QLD. The 2020 World Surf lifesaving titles are in Italy this season and some crews may even consider extending their season next year to include this event.

If you are not training on the ergo’s or on the water rowing, improve your strength and fitness by attending sessions at the club each week. These sessions are for team building also!

Monday: Circuits – Gym 5.00pm. This is a great, quick session involving high reps/low weight. Great for the young (and not so young).

Thursday: Tom’s Boxing – Ballroom 6pm. BYO boxing gloves. This is always a great workout and has been very popular all year round.

Stay tuned for:

Sunday Sandhill’s and Paul ‘Lizard’ Lawson’s yoga! Keep up to date via the Facebook page. All crews and sweeps are invited and encouraged to attend!

Book your boat via the face book page. Please be mindful that we are all sharing the equipment. Please be on time and make sure equipment is washed before being put away. Most crews have now made a commitment to train and race together, please make sure you find a replacement via Facebook or Messenger if you can’t make your crews session. Help other crews out as much as you can.

Up to date communication will appear on the North Cronulla Boaties Facebook page and via Messenger

Thank You again to our sponsors who keep us well equipped. Major Sponsors: Hogs Breath Café Cronulla, NTI Insurance, Southern Fasteners, Dave and Carolyn Hammond, Caringbah Inn, The Dolden Boys, Rodger Humphrey, Brian Salisbury, Warren Rennie, Geoff Streater Plumbing  and Cronulla Smash Repairs.

Our raffles are held each week at Northies and every four weeks at Caringbah Inn. If you can spare an hour on Friday evenings, let ‘Dean Bartlett’ know that you can help him out.

Team work plays a crucial part in the success of our section and I am sure this will continue to take our results to the next level this season.

Respect our equipment, Respect each other and Respect yourself.

Looking forward to another busy boat rowing season!

Michael Bofinger