1980 FISA Championships for Juniors– Hazewinkel Belgium
The combined junior and lightweight teams
Selection
The Australian Rowing Council made the decision to again test the waters with the Junior Championships. The winning men's junior four crew at the National Championships was offered this opportunity to compete. Being the combined lightweight and junior championships, other Australians would be competing and so they would have the benefit of support and management. The crew was based around the National Championship Junior Four winning Perth & Collegians crew from WA. Peter Shakespeare was a co-coach of this crew but moved to Canberra for work reasons in 1981, thus precluding him from continuing his assistance to the crew.
Racing
The Australians finished sixth out of a field of 16 but had hoped for more. Australian Rowing magazine at the time stated "that crabs at halfway are said not to have helped." It is reported elsewhere that they started badly and thereafter could not find their rhythm. It was a valuable foray into these championships and valuable to again assess this event.
Australian Team
Men's Junior Coxed Four– Sixth
- Bow: Chris Strauss (WA)
- 2: Murray Doust (NSW)
- 3: Steve Fisher (WA)
- Str: Phillip Anderson (WA)
- Cox: John Caruthers (WA)
- Cch: Murray McHenry (WA)
- Emerg: Tim Norrish (WA)
Manager: Chris Dalton TAS
Selectors: Jim Howden (VIC Chairman), Roger Moore (SA), Bruce Evans (NSW)
Results
Men's Junior Single Scull
Final: 1st GDR, 2nd FRG, 3rd NED, 4th ESP, 5th ITA, 6th BUL
Men's Junior Double Scull
Final: 1st GDR, 2nd GBR, 3rd URS, 4th FRG, 5th BUL, 6th ARG
Men's Junior Quad Scull
Final: 1st URS, 2nd FRA, 3rd GDR, 4th NOR, 5th FRG, 6th ESP
Men's Junior Coxless Pair
Final: 1st GDR, 2nd URS, 3rd TCH, 4th ESP, 5th YUG, 6th DEN
Men's Junior Coxed Pair
Final: 1st GDR, 2nd URS, 3rd GRE*, 4th ITA, 5th YUG, 6th POL
*First FISA medal for GRE.
Men's Junior Coxless Four
Final: 1st URS, 2nd GDR, 3rd FRG, 4th ITA, 5th CAN, 6th GBR
Men's Junior Coxed Four
Final: 1st BUL, 2nd FRG, 3rd GDR, 4th URS, 5th GRE, 6th AUS
Men's Junior Eight
Final: 1st URS, 2nd GDR, 3rd FRA, 4th GBR, 5th FRG, 6th ESP
Women's Junior Single Scull
Final: 1st GDR, 2nd BUL, 3rd SUI, 4th URS, 5th NED, 6th FRG
Women's Junior Double Scull
Final: 1st GDR (3:27,48 min, Carola Leunert & Ines Schmidt), 2nd URS (3:29,00 min), 3rd BUL (3:31,01min), 4th FRG, 5th POL, 6th FRA
Women's Junior Coxed Quad Scull
Final: 1st GDR, 2nd BUL, 3rd URS, 4th POL, 5th FRG, 6th NED
Women's Junior Coxless Pair
Final: 1st URS, 2nd POL, 3rd GDR, 4th CAN, 5th TCH, 6th GBR
Women's Junior Coxed Four
Final: 1st URS, 2nd GDR, 3rd CAN, 4th BUL, 5th NED, 6th FRG
Women's Junior Eight
Final: 1st GDR, 2nd URS, 3rd TCH, 4th CAN, 5th FRG, 6th BUL