History of Essendon Ladies' Rowing Club

Introduction

Chapters

Appendix

Record of Women's Interstate Four/Eight Championships

1. Methodology

The author has researched material from the ERC, including the annual reports from 1905 to 2000 belonging to Mr. Joseph. B. Vaughan, a member of the ERC since 1955. Informal conversations with Mr. Vaughan and his brother Laurie (a member since 1953), provided inspiring leads for the research.

One formal interview has been conducted with two members of the ERC - Mr. Craig Forsyth, a previous rower and current coach, and Mr. Glenn Bottrell, a previous rower, current coach and the current treasurer. From this interview, it became apparent that many primary historical documents of the ELRC lie undisturbed in a suitcase, which is locked up in the possession and protection of the ERC.

Before this interview, Mr. Bottrell kindly provided a small manila folder from the offices of the ERC. It contained a photograph of the 1987 fire, amongst other small pieces of information. Whilst looking through the folder, the author came across a paper written by Cheryl Jamison, a physical education student of 1980, at the old Footscray Institute of Technology. She researched the first one hundred years of the ERC. However this document provided only a small amount of information regarding the ELRC.

A publication by the Essendon Historical Society Inc, Maribyrnong Record: Past Images of the River provided a brief outline of the ELRC establishment and successes.

Other historical texts were also used for complementary information, including Paradise of Sport by Cashman, and The Oxford Companion to Australian Sport.

The author points out that although further information lies in the hands of the Victorian Rowing Association (VRA), and of course in the guarded suitcase, the majority of this paper relies upon the information gained from the interview with Mr. Forsyth and Mr. Bottrell.

< previous Introduction

> next Chapter 2

top of page

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided, errors may exist. Please send advice of any errors or inaccuracies by email to:

Also your comments, suggestions and photos are sought to enhance this site.

The idea for this history originated from the Olympic Rowing and World Senior Rowing Championship histories written by Andrew Guerin and Margot Foster in 1991, 1992 & 1993 for the Australian team handbooks. Andrew Guerin developed and extended these histories to the current format in 2004 for publication in 2004 and then expanded the site.

Steve Roll has been an invaluable contributor to the website in locating errors and finding Christian names of rowers. His superb work is acknowledged.

© Andrew Guerin – 2004
These contents of this history are copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted by the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. However given that the purpose of the history is to assist rowers and rowing clubs, written permission is not required for non-commercial usage by rowers and rowing clubs provided acknowledgement is made.

Disclaimer: Whilst extensive efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the information supplied, the editors take no responsibility for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from inaccuracies contained in this work.

History of Essendon Ladies' Rowing Club

Table of Contents

1. Methodology