Gary O Uebergang
University of Queensland Boat Club (QLD), Sydney University Boat Club (NSW), Mosman Rowing Club (NSW) and Sydney Rowing Club (NSW)
Gary is an Olympian, who was a senior Australian representative, Interstate Champion, National Champion and highly successful schoolboy coach. He has had a remarkable rowing career.
Whilst the other details at the foot of the page are compiled by the author, the following profile has been copied from the Mosman Rowing Club centenary history, Red and White Hoops - One Hundred Years of Mosman Rowing Club, published by Jacobson Publishing Pty Ltd in 2011 and is reproduced with permission of the publisher and the author, Judge Mark Williams SC, Past President and Life Member of Mosman Rowing Club. Thank you to both for access to this most interesting profile.
Quick Learner
While a student at University of Queensland, the strapping young Gary Uebergang was in the engine room of the Queensland King's Cup eights in 1972 and 1973. They didn't make the final in either year, and Sydney beckoned as Olympic selection for 1976 loomed.
Fitting In
After a short stint at Sydney University Boat Club in 1974, Gary arrived at Mosman in February 1975. Bruce Evans recalls, 'he was a big man, about 6' 4" and 96 kg. He was a very quick learner and within a few months rowing behind Crowley and others he was fitting into the eight quite well'.
King's Cup
Just before the State Championship, the Nepean River was in flood, and the Champion Eight was moved to Iron Cove. Gary remembers Bruce getting the crew up at 3 A.M. in time for a 7 A.M. start to the race. Bruce had been taking the crew to a sports psychologist in Bondi for weekly sessions for the last month before the Champion Eight. He still doesn't know if it had any effect on them. Uebergang, Athol Macdonald and Bryan Weir were selected in the King's Cup squad. NSW recorded its third win in a row.
Montreal
Olympic selection followed, with Gary joining Athol Macdonald and Mal Shaw in the eight, which finished fifth in the final in Montreal.
Senior Competition
Gary served as Club Captain in 1976, and was again part of winning King's Cup crews in 1977 and 1978. He moved on to Sydney Rowing Club in 1978. After an unsuccessful attempt at further Olympic selection in 1980, he continued competing at senior level until the 1985 Riverview Gold Cup.
Teaching
After a stint at Cranbrook, Gary started teaching at Shore in 1980 and remains a popular coach, Latin teacher and Housemaster. Together with Bob Shirlaw, he has played an integral role in the dominance of Share crews for many of the last 30 years.
The Mosman 1975 Gold Cup Eight-W. Stephens (bow), J. Gray, G. Uebergang, G. Elliott, J. Clark, B. Weir, I. Taylor, M. Crowley (stroke), T. O'Hanlon (cox), B. Evans (coach).
The winning 1976 NSW King's Cup crew with Gary in the three seat
Some other details
1971 - Australian University Championships, men's Eight, five seat - Seventh
1972 - Interstate Championship Men's Eight (QLD), five seat - Eliminated in repechage
1973 - Interstate Championship Men's Eight (QLD), four seat - Eliminated in repechage
1976 - Interstate Championship Men's Eight (NSW), three seat - First
1976 - National Championships, Men's Open Eight, three seat - First
1976 - Olympic Games, Men's Eight, four seat - Fifth
1977 - Interstate Championship Men's Eight (NSW), emergency
1977 - National Championships, Men's Coxed Four, three seat - Fourth
1978 - National Championship Men's Coxless Four, three seat - First
1978 - Interstate Championship Men's Eight (NSW), five seat - First
1978 - World Championships, Men's Eight, five seat - Fourth
1983 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st crew, coach - Second
1985 - National Championship Schoolboy Eight, coach - First
1986 - National Championship Schoolboy Eight, coach - First
1986 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st crew, coach - First
1989 - Interstate Championships, Men's Youth Eight, coach - no race due to cyclone
1989 - National Championship, Men's Under 23 Eight, coach - no race due to cyclone
1992 - National Championship Schoolboy Eight, coach - Third
1995 - National Championship Schoolboy Eight, coach - First
1995 - National Championship Men's Junior Eight, coach - First
1996 - National Championship Schoolboy Eight, coach - First
1996 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st crew, coach - First
1998 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st crew, coach - Second
1999 - National Championship Schoolboy Eight, coach - Third
1999 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st crew, coach - First
2000 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st Four, coach - First
2000 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 2nd Four, coach - Second
2000 - National Championship Men's Junior Eight, coach - First
2002 - National Championship Schoolboy Eight, co-coach - First
2003 - National Championship Schoolboy Four, coach - Fifth
2005 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st four, coach - Fourth
2005 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 2nd four, coach - First
2006 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st four, coach - Third
2006 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 2nd four, coach - Second
2007 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st four, coach - First
2007 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 2nd four, coach - First
2008 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st four, coach - First
2008 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 2nd four, coach - First
2008 - National Championship Schoolboy Four, coach - First and Second
2009 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st four, coach - First
2009 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 2nd four, coach - First
2010 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st four, coach - Fourth
2010 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 2nd four, coach - First
2011 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st four, coach - Second
2011 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 2nd four, coach - Second
2013 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st four, coach - First
2013 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 2nd four, coach - First
2014 - National Championship Schoolboy Four, coach - Seventh
2015 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st four, coach - Second
2015 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 2nd four, coach - Second
2016 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st four, coach - First
2016 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 2nd four, coach - First
2017 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 2nd four, coach - First
2017 - National Championship Schoolboy Four, coach - Sixth
2018 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 2nd four, coach - Fourth
2019 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st four, coach - Second
2019 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 2nd four, coach - Second
2020 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore 1st four, coach - First
2020 - National Champion Schoolboy Four, coach - regatta cancelled
Andrew Guerin
January 2022