history of australian national rowing championships

2008 Australian Masters Championships, Nagambie Lakes VIC

2008 Regatta Program Cover

This regatta went very smoothly and appreciated by all. The regatta brought some sadness as we remembered the Late Brian Vear who died during 2008. He significantly chnged masters rowing in Australia for the better and also undertook significant and superb work for the sport generally. The Interstate Men's Masters Eight Championship is named in his honour.

Championship results (pdf)

Entries (pdf)

Medal results (pdf)

Organising Committee and Officials

Organising Committee: David Deeble (Chairman), Eric Waller, Jim Lowe, Andrew Guerin, David Pincus, Sandy Mitchell

Regatta Team: Daniel Hutchinson, Alice Evans, Rosie Sidhom, Jenny Schouten, Braden Stokes, Denis Bourke, Robin Murphy, David Pitt, Robin Burrows, Ron Widgery, John Ward, Wanda Klinicki, Mike Rigo, Jenny Gardner, Barry Moynahan, Lynn Charge, Wendy Jenkins, Sue-Flynn Chong, Lance Deveson, Adrienne Pollock.

RA Competition Manager: Michael Eastaughffe

Jury: Andrew Guerin (VIC - President of the Jury), Ron Beattie (NSW), Rod Florence (VIC), Grant Ford (WA), David Grubits (VIC), Kelly Jenkins (VIC), Robert Kemp (VIC), Tony Levick (QLD), Reg McKay (VIC)

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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.

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