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Mr. Alf Dawson was President this year and Dr. Champion joined the Vice-Presidents group which included Mr.H.Bunce, Joe Bickart, Jas Tulloch, George Vickery and Andrew Alipius O’Dea. Captain of the shed this year was N.Hullick and Carl Ehms was the Vice-Captain. Mr.A.Browne was Secretary and Len Johnson the Treasurer. Both Mr.Charles Suffren, who had beenContinue reading “1927 Most successful of the 20’s”

This year was a very successful year with the club scoring multiple wins at several regattas. Most notable was Colac Regatta. After the debacle of last year with our crews sinking due the extremely rough conditions, this year the club was the most successful club on the day winning four out of the six eventsContinue reading “1926 Third in Junior Premiership”

 It was a very busy year for regatta racing and the first time in many years there was only one trial four held for the season due to the number of regattas attended and the time taken up with training. T. J.Steven’s crew won the Trial fours with J.Stoddart, J. Woods and J. Harrington. E.Continue reading “1925”

The Annual meeting this season was held at the Wattle Tearooms in Lydiard Street on Saturday, September 12th. The president was Dr. E.Champion. This season continued the success of the previous season with the club scoring seven wins and finishing in fourth place on the VRA Junior Premiership. Financially the club finished the year withContinue reading “1924 Regatta success”

Of the Annual meeting 1923 the Star newspaper reported that:  “A large number of oarsmen gathered at the City Hall on Saturday night on the occasion of the 52nd Annual meeting of the Ballarat City Rowing Club. The club flag was draped at the head of the room in which an attractive repast was providedContinue reading “1923 On the way back”

This season saw the return of champion rower and athlete, Charles Suffren to the Ballarat City fold. Charles had learnt his rowing at City and then transferred to Ballarat Rowing Club where he won numerous championships. Under his tutelage there was a marked improvement in the club’s regatta racing. For the season the club hadContinue reading “1922”

The 50th Annual meeting was held at Craig’s Hotel. The president was Mr. A. W. Bennett. At this meeting Mr. E. Balhausen offered to the club a copy of the photo of the Champion Four from the 1870’s of A. Gibbs, J. Fitzgerald, E. Tregaskis, and W. D. Dawson with F. Dawson coxswain. Their timeContinue reading “1921”

I have chosen to copy this report verbatim to give an indication of the social and sporting tone of the club in this era. It is taken from the Ballarat Courier Monday August 30th 1920 The annual meeting of the Ballarat City Rowing Club was held at the City Hall on Saturday night. The presidentContinue reading “1920 Roaring into the 20’s”

Finally the war was over. The boys were at last coming home. Life could begin to return to normal. Sadly the world would never be the same and many of the boys did not return. Of those that did return many would never be the same again either. “With the signing of the armistice andContinue reading “1919”

A meeting was held on Saturday February 9th, 1918 to restart the activities of the club after the war . This notice appeared in the meetings column of the Ballarat Star: BALLARAT CITY ROWING CLUB A meeting of members and intending members of the above club will be held at the boatshed, Wendouree Parade, onContinue reading “1918 Return to rowing”