{"id":10059,"date":"2021-01-27T17:06:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T17:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=10059"},"modified":"2021-01-27T17:06:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T17:06:15","slug":"huge-boost-for-australian-rowing-with-training-centre-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/01\/27\/huge-boost-for-australian-rowing-with-training-centre-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge boost for Australian rowing with training centre upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"

A major upgrade to the Reinhold Batschi Men\u2019s National Training Centre (RBMNTC) for men\u2019s rowing was today officially opened by the Australian Minister for Sport Richard Colbeck on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra.
\nThe $1.7 million development, funded by the Australian Government, through Sport Australia and the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), provides the elite rowing facility with improved changing rooms, new laundry, consultation rooms and enhanced disabled access.
\n\u201cThe long-awaited facility upgrade is an enormous boost for Australia\u2019s rowers who are an integral part of our nation\u2019s high- performance sports environment,\u201d Minister Colbeck said.
\n\u201cThe rowing centre was originally built in the early 1980s as part of the AIS Rowing Facility and this significant investment represents the biggest upgrade to the elite training facility in 35 years.
\n\u201cImportantly, the redevelopment now allows the centre to host not only the full-time male athletes when they are on site, but also visiting athletes from the Hancock Prospecting Women\u2019s National Training Centre (based in Penrith), Australia\u2019s elite Para-rowing Program and the Pathway Training Camp groups.\u201d
\nRowing Australia CEO, Ian Robson extended his thanks to the Australian Government, through Sport Australia and the Australian Institute of Sport, for the ongoing support of rowing and its athletes.
\n\u201cThe upgrades to the Reinhold Batschi Men\u2019s National Training Centre brings the facility to the same standard as our dedicated female rowing centre, the Hancock Prospecting Women\u2019s National Training Centre, which was opened in Penrith in 2017,\u201d Mr Robson said.
\n\u201cThe athletes have had a disrupted year, with the postponement of the Olympic Games, but have continued to train diligently, even when their facility was in the midst of renovation. I would specifically like to thank Canberra Grammar School, who generously allowed our Men\u2019s National Training Centre athletes to train out of their sheds, for part of 2020, while the building works were underway.
\n\u201cI know our athletes are all extremely grateful and excited to be utilising the new spaces and continuing their pursuit of Olympic glory for Australia while based at the centre. We delighted to now have a facility that is fit-for-purpose for all our elite athletes to use when required and that would not have been possible without the funding and support of the Australian Government and Sport Australia.\u201d
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