Australian female rowing program to be based in Sydney

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propertyHome/Local Sport/Local FootyAustralian female rowing program to be based in SydneyBy Rob ShawUpdated October 12 2016 - 2:17pm, first published 12:30pmBy Rob ShawUpdated October 12

2016 - 2:17pm, first published 12:30pmFacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailCopyBridge too far: Rowers on the Tamar. Launceston has lost its bid to host the Australian female rowing program.

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announced that the 2000 Sydney Olympic venue of Penrith will be the program’s base.

The news follows the appointments of two highly-credentialled Tasmanian rowing coaches to senior national positions, Huon’s John Driessen and Launceston’s John Keogh.

Keogh will be based at Penrith along with senior coaches Ellen Randell and Tom Westgarth and up to 25 elite rowers.

Launceston was one of a number of proposals received by Rowing Australia from its member states.

The new women’s national centre will be on the banks of the Nepean River with easy access to the Sydney International Regatta Centre as well as a new facility that RA said “will make it the

best of its kind in Australia”.

The goal is to have the facility ready for athletes by April 2017, subject to council planning approval.

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