It is with great sadness that we will be forced to close the boatshed again due to the pandemic. It will be a six week lock down from tonight.

Could our high performance squad athletes please consult with your coaches about training arrangements and equipment during this period? It is important that your training is at least maintained and hopefully enhanced. Your opposition interstate will have a training advantage for six weeks which you need to overcome.

For rest of us, we have not have rowed at the Club since March nor have had the privilege of catching up with members at the clubhouse for the same period.

Your Committee would like to thank all our members for their continued support of the Club during this period through the payment of subscriptions. The Club normally runs on a knife edge financially so the interruption of a pandemic is of great concern. We ask all members to continue to pay their subscriptions on time to help your Committee manage this situation.

A full newsletter will follow shortly providing more information on what has been happening at the Club.

If you have any questions, please email me at secretary@mercantile.org.au.

Best wishes,
Andrew Guerin
Hon. Secretary