History of Rowing Victoria Inc

1: Rowing in a young Victoria 1838-1859
2: Formation of the Association 1860-1875
3: Growth of the Sport 1876-1889
4: Years of great success 1890-1899
5: The rise of Henley on the Yarra 1900-1909
6: The War Years 1910-1919
7: Women's rowing and the modern era 1920-1929
8: The Depression years 1930-1939
9: War and rebuilding 1940-1949
10: Expansion years 1950-1959
11: The search for international success 1960-1969
12: Combining the Associations and lightweight success 1970-1979
13: The new national program 1980-1989
14: Golden years 1990-1999
15: Professionalism 2000-2009
16: Yet More Growth 2010-2019
17: Challenging Times 2020-2026
Appendices
1: Life Membership and other important awards
2: Patrons and Presidents
3: Office Bearers
4: Clubs and their histories
5: The Oarsmen's Centotaph and WWI Roll of Honour
6: WWII Roll of Honour
7: Premierships
8: State Championships
9: Hall of Fame Inductees
10: Victorian Olympians
11: International representation
12: Intercolonial and Interstate Racing
13: School rowing
14: University rowing
15: Histories of Victorian Rowing
16: Annual Reports

Appendix 8. State Championships

This page is under construction

Background

Unofficial championship racing was undertaken form as early as 1860 with the formation of the Melbourne Regatta. The Melbourne Regatta was clearly the pinnacle of amateur racing in Victoria and the Grand Challenge Cup certainly deserving the recognition of championship status.

However it was not until after the formation of the Victorian Rowing Association in 1876 that consideration was given to formalising Victorian Championships. By 1888, such annual Championships were established and were the most imprtant rowing events of the year.

Until the mid 1950s, the Championships were conducted on the Lower Yarra and generally over 2.5 miles. In subsequent years, the senior and junior Championships were conducted over the Olympic distance on 2000 meters.

Last updated 1st January 2016.

Championships by year

								1888	1889
1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899
1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909
1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919
1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019

Summaries by event

Open events

Men's Eight

Men's Four

Men's Pair

Men's Quad Scull

Men's Double Scull

Men's Scull

Men's Lightweight Eight

Men's Lightweight Four

Me's Lightweight Pair

Men's Lightweight Quad Scull

Men's Lightweight Double Scull

Men's Lightweight Scull

Women's Eight

Women's Four

Women's Pair

Women's Quad Scull

Women's Double Scull

Women's Scull

Women's Lightweight Four

Women's Lightweight Pair

Women's Lightweight Quad Scull

Women's Lightweight Double Scull

Women's Lightweight Scull

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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.

© Andrew Guerin – 2004
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