1961 Rowing Victoria State Championships
General info/history
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Race Results
Victorian Eight-Oared Championship
(2,000 metres, Norwich Shield)
Time: 6:40.0
Margins: 1/2 length
1st Mercantile - Bow: A Cordell, 2: G Speed, 3: S Newcomb, 4: M Tomanovits, 5: W Arnold, 6: G McCall, 7: A Monger, Str: D Boykett,
Cox: D Palfreyman, Coach: N W Cairnes
2nd Corio Bay
3rd Banks
4th Yarra Yarra
Holders - Mercantile Rowing Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, on the 11th February, 1961. Course, 2,000 metres. Won by Mercantile Rowing Club by half a length from Corio Bay Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Four-Oared Championship
(2,000 metres)
Time: 7:30.1
Margins: 4 lengths
1st Corio Bay - Bow: D John, 2: D Ramage, 3: D Norwood, Str: D Caithness, Cox: K Van den Belt, Coach: A B Bell
2nd Banks
3rd Mercantile
Holders - Corio Bay Rowing Club. Rowed on the Barwon River on the 17th December, 1960. Course, 2,000 metres. Won by Corio Bay Rowing Club by four lengths from Banks Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Pair-Oared Championship
(7/8 mile)
Time - Not recorded
Margins: 3 lengths
1st Banks - Bow: B J Vear, Str: D Stankovitch, Cox: D Hill, Coach: A N Jacobsen
2nd Essendon
3rd Wendouree
Other competing crews:
Albert Park
Yarrawonga
Holders - Melbourne University Boat Club. Rowed on Albert Park Lake on 30th January, 1961. Course, seven-eighths of a mile. Won by Banks Rowing Club by three lengths from Essendon Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Sculling Championship
(2,000 metres)
Time: 8:15.8
Margins: 6 lengths
1st J Sykes, Corio Bay
2nd P Edwards, Melbourne
3rd J Hume, Yarra Yarra
Other competing crews:
R Dennis, Richmond
G Pratt, Essendon
D Dudgeon, Richmond
Holder - P. Edwards, Melbourne Rowing Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, on the 11th February, 1961. Course, 2,000 metres. Won by J. Sykes, Corio Bay Rowing Club by six lengths from P. Edwards, Melbourne Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Junior Eight-Oared Championship
(2,000 metres)
Time: 7:24.0
Margins: 1/3 length
1st Corio Bay - Bow: P Robertson, 2: R Umhauer, 3: D Craven, 4: B Wheatland, 5: G Norton, 6: L Williamson, 7: P Miller, Str:
P Brussell, Cox: D Nankervis, Coach: S G Thomas
2nd Yarra Yarra
3rd Mercantile
4th Banks
Other competing crews:
Melbourne
Power House
Holders - Banks Rowing Club. Rowed on the Barwon River, Geelong, on the 17th December, 1960. Course, 2,000 metres. Won by Corio Bay Rowing Club by one-third of a length from Yarra Yarra, second.
Victorian Junior Four-Oared Championship
(2,000 metres)
Time: 7:36.0
Margins: 1 length
1st Yarra Yarra - Bow: J Skidmore, 2: A Rice, 3: J Castles, Str: R Moore, Cox: L Royal, Coach: I Allen
2nd Wendouree
3rd Power House
Other competing crews:
Essendon
Ballarat City
Mercantile
Holders - Banks Rowing Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, on the 11th February, 1961. Course, 2,000 metres. Won by Yarra Yarra Rowing Club by a length from Wendouree Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Junior Pair-Oared Championship
(7/8 mile)
Time - Not recorded
Margins: 5 lengths
1st Nagambie - Bow: N Lodding, Str: B Richardson, Cox: G Lodding, Coach: A Lodding
2nd Mildura
3rd Wendouree
Other competing crews:
Yarrawonga
Essendon
Mercantile
Hawthorn
Holders - Corowa Rowing Club. Rowed on Albert Park Lake on the 30th January, 1961. Course, 7/8 mile. Won by Nagambie Rowing Club by five lengths from Mildura Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Lightweight Eight-Oared Championship
(2,000 metres)
Time: 7:31.2
Margins: 3 lengths
1st Corio Bay - Bow: B Kilsby, 2: R Griffiths, 3: G Taylor, 4: L Lanyon, 5: R Sarah, 6: B Keating, 7: J Sykes, Str: S Overend,
Cox: B Sarah, Coach: C G Cowie
2nd Mercantile
3rd Barwon
Holders - Corio Bay Rowing Club. Rowed on the Barwon River on the 17th December, 1960. Course, 2,000 metres. Won by Corio Bay Rowing Club by three lengths from Mercantile, second, with Barwon third.
Victorian Lightweight Four-Oared Championship
(2,000 metres)
Time: 7:30.0
Margins: 3/4 length
1st Mercantile - Bow: J Pennell, 2: K Hume, 3: A Walker, Str: J Wylie, Cox: P Green, Coach: K Bilney
2nd Hawthorn
3rd South Melbourne
Other competing crews:
Dimboola
Wentworth District
Barwon
Holders - Mercantile Rowing Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, on the 11th February, 1961. Course, 2,000 metres. Won by Mercantile Rowing Club by three-quarters of a length from Hawthorn, second.
Victorian Lightweight Pair-Oared Championship
7/8 mile
Time - Not recorded
Margins: 4 lengths
1st Hawthorn - Bow: R Smith, Str: R Gladman, Cox: J Cosgrove, Coach: S J Neal
2nd Yarra Yarra
3rd Mercantile
Other competing crews:
Power House
Dimboola
Albert Park
South Melbourne
Essendon
Holders - Yarrawonga Rowing Club. Rowed on Albert Park Lake on the 30th January, 1961. Course 7/8 mile. Won by Hawthorn Rowing Club by four lengths from Yarra Yarra, with Mercantile third.
Sources
Victorian Rowing Association, Reports 1942 - 1975.