Entries Open | 1 July 2025

Entries Close | 5:00pm (AEST) Friday 26 September 2025

Withdrawal Without Penalty Period Ends | TBC

Entry Fee Payments Due | TBC

Course opens for training | TBC

Racing Begins | Saturday 11 October 2025

DAY 1 | Saturday 11th October | Start 15:00h

First leg | 2500 meters | Time Trial

Race format:    2 crews start side by side. Each crew’s race time over the course will be recorded.
Start order:      Seeded by the RiAAG regatta committee
Results:            Omnium Points Leg 1 will be determined by race time.

Immediately followed by:

Second leg | 250 metre sprint | Time Trial

Race format: 2 crews start side by side. Each crew’s race time over the course will be recorded.
Results: Omnium Points Leg 2 will be determined by race time.

 

DAY 2 | Sunday 12th October | Start 08:30h

Third leg | Col Panton Marathon course | 7000 metre head race with a handicap start. 
Start order: Determined by results from the first two Omnium legs on DAY 1.
Results: Omnium Points Leg 3 will be determined by finish order.

Entries will be taken via Rowing Manager only

Seat Fees

• Seat Fees for this event are $60 per seat (coxswains are not charged).

Restriction to Entries

• There are no event caps on National Club Omnium entries

International Entries

Please contact aevans@rowingaustralia.com.au to make entries.

The National Club Omnium s will be conducted according to the ACT Rules of Racing including any special rules for the Col Panton Marathon or the National Club Omnium will apply and will be available here if relevant.

Handicaps

Handicap for 7000 m race - National Club Omnium Crews

• Each crew’s 2500 meter and 250 metre race times will be calculated back to equivalent 500 metre split times and added together to produce their “Pace” for Day 1.
• The crew (regardless of category) with the lowest Day 1 Pace will be the Scratch Crew (last starter) in the 7000 metre race.
• Start times for all other crews competing in the National Club Omnium will be determined by their handicap.
• Each other crew’s start time (in all categories) for the 7000 metre handicap race will be the difference between their Day 1 Pace and the Scratch Crew’s Day 1 Pace, multiplied by 7.

Category Points

Omnium Points for each category will be accrued on the results of each leg, multiplied by the race multiplier.

The Purpose of the Race Multiplier is to minimise the benefit of "gaming" legs 1 and 2 to improve the handicap for leg 3.

Omnium Points

Race Multipliers: |     250m 1 times     |     2500m 2 times      |      7000m 4 times

Winners

Category Champion: The crew in each category with the lowest accrued points across all three legs. In the event of a tie, the crew with the lowest starting handicap for the third leg will be the winner

Omnium Champion: The first crew to ross the finish line in the 7000m time trial, regardless of boat class.

Premier Club: The club that accrues the least points across any 3 categories. In the event of a tie, more categories will be included until there is a clear winner. 

The following criteria are for this event only and will not apply to other “Club” events through the season.
1. Members of rowing clubs or schools who are current registered members of their home SSO.
2. Composite crews are allowed between two clubs from the same state, limited by the following rules,
  (a) Tasmanian and ACT clubs may combine to form (interstate) composite crews. 
  (b) There is no restriction on the number of clubs represented within composite crews from Tasmania, ACT, or combined Tasmanian and ACT crews.
  (c) Members of RA High Performance Pathway clubs may not compete in composite crews. (See list below)
  (d) Athletes who competed in the 2024 or 2025 U23 World Rowing Championships may compete in the 8+ or 4- provided they make up no more than 50% of the crew (including any Senior A athletes subject of the next rule).
  (e) Athletes who have in the past three years have competed in Open events at the Senior World Rowing Championships or Olympic Games (2023 to 2025) may compete in any composite 8+ or 4- crew in which the remainder of the crew are from Tasmanian or ACT or combined Tasmanian and ACT clubs and, provided they make up no more than 25% of the crew (including and U23 athletes subject of the previous rule)

High Performance Pathway Clubs:
There are five designated Rowing Australia High Performance Pathway Clubs;
- Melbourne University Boat Club 
- Sydney University Boat Club
- UTS Haberfield Rowing Club
- Mercantile Rowing Club
- Sydney Rowing Club 

Lake Burley Griffin, operating from Yarralumla Bay and Orana Bay.

To encourage a general sense of community and allow interaction between competitors, clubs and crews are encouraged to base themselves in and around Yarralumla Bay and Orana Bay. Boating, parking and other facilities are available in this area.

RACT clearly mark and marshal the course for the Col Panton Marathon. The National Club Omnium 2500m and 7000m Legs will operate over the same course line. The 250m Leg will be from near the end of the 2500m to the entrance to Yarralumla Bay.

Traffic Maps for Training and Competition will be available here.

 

We are always looking for enthusiastic passionate volunteers to assist us in running events 

Contact eo@rowingact.org.au if you would like to assist.