I think there's still a little hangover that some of the boys want to get onto rugby and some parents aren't that thrilled with the Nationals. Consequently coaches want to give younger boys a bit of blooding at a higher level. With Scots I think a couple of first eighters rowed in a SRC IV with the view for Juniors rather than Nats. So the Nats becomes a bit of horses for courses event where boys are trialled in different ways.So KT made the bizarro decision to enter coxed quad scull; continuing a weird kind of synchronicity with the cerise and blue who have also split some seniors and put them in a quad. Is it just a coincidence or is it an overwhelming impulse to crush the crew he once coached?
We're fighting the good fight for the 3rd VIII!I have it on unimpeachable authority from a club rowing source that beer tankards were indeed recently handed over to the winning GPS School 3rd Eight crew from SRC regatta. So, fpiglet, turns out you and I are not the only ones who dispute the legitimacy of the "3rd eight" imposters.
Don't forget two Joeys old boys! Chappo is New, who else is from where?http://www.rowingnsw.asn.au/news/11...-Bicentennial-King-s-Cup-Crews-Announced.html
Four Shore boys in the Kings Cup crew.
Big weekend for ex-Socceroo Rob (don't call me Robbie) Wheatley with sons in the Kings Cup and Shore 1st VIII crews and the Purnells with Kings Cup and Wilkinson Cup representation.
I think there's still a little hangover that some of the boys want to get onto rugby and some parents aren't that thrilled with the Nationals. Consequently coaches want to give younger boys a bit of blooding at a higher level. With Scots I think a couple of first eighters rowed in a SRC IV with the view for Juniors rather than Nats. So the Nats becomes a bit of horses for courses event where boys are trialled in different ways.
I think if they just compete at Nationals (don't have to win) they still get their 5 points if required for entry to a Uni with a rowing programme. GPS schools just don't put the emphasis on it as other states. It's a shame but QLD and VIC are more onto it.As far as the added time commitment, I would have thought the opportunity to earn bonus atar points would be attractive to parents of Year 12 students. And some schools have very few entries. Why not "blood" the Year 10s and 11s rather than only entering your top crew?
As far as bonus points go, they are not a given, I have been told by someone who had a son in National Hockey team, at the universities that offer them, you apply for them and you may get up to 5 points, for a student to apply for them at State representation NSW it is a 1,2,3 podium, for Nationals it is top Ten entrants that can apply. A lot of kids don't even know about it.
some of the Unis are going to the events from which points can be claimed to wise up the participants as to their availability.
There is no necessity that the student play the sport for which they got the points with the uni - assuming the uni offers the relevant sport, from what I was told.
Correct, they may get the points for their course when they apply, they do not need to participate in that sport at that institution.
IS I can say first hand that the "bonus" ATAR points are given not to force athletes to compete in that particular sport for the university, but more so are an acknowledgment of the time put into a respective sport and not on studying. Hence the idea being if you didn't do that particular sport you would've received a better ATAR.which makes it more interesting to see the marketing they are doing to get the sportsmen to attend their uni: it would be easier to understand if there was a requirement that they row/bowl/bat/scrum for the uni
IS I can say first hand that the "bonus" ATAR points are given not to force athletes to compete in that particular sport for the university, but more so are an acknowledgment of the time put into a respective sport and not on studying. Hence the idea being if you didn't do that particular sport you would've received a better ATAR.