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Horace J G Edwards

WA Rowing Club then Fremantle Rowing Club (WA)

Died 1933

Horace Edwards was an important coach, administrator and generally an important figure in not only the WA Rowing Club and later the Fremantle Rowing, but also in the WA Rowing Association. It appears that the transfer of Clubs took place in about 1906.

Such was Horace's standing in Fremantle, that in about 1907, he chaired a meeting which resulted in the formation of the Fremantle Ladies' Rowing Club. He also coached their first crews and was recognised with a gift in 1908 for his coaching.

Known rowing record

1899 - WA Championships, Champion Fours - Second

1899 - WA Championships Champion Scull - Second

1905 - Interstate Championships, Men's Sculler - Did not finish

1909 - Vice-Captain Fremantle Rowing Club

1910 - Interstate Championships, Men's Eight, coach - Fourth

1913 - Captain Fremantle Rowing Club

1914 - Interstate Championships, WA selector

1914 - Interstate Championships, Men's Eight, coach - Third

1922 - Practice Eight named in his honour

1923 - Life member Freemantle Rowing Club

Andrew Guerin
October 2024

Sources

History of Fremantle Rowing Club 1887-1987 by Ralph Jeffreys, 1987
Home & Dry, a history of rowing in Western Australia by William Cooper, 2008
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