Today’s post covers four more members, Alexander Chisholm, Michael Cummins,Edgar Costelloe and Jack Cross. ALEXANDER CHISHOLM Ballarat City Rowing Club 1908-1909 club scratch pairs and fours 1909-1910 club Trial fours 19/02/1910 Maiden eight Ballarat Regatta Born in Ripon, Ballarat, Victoria and a Clerk by occupation, Alexander Chisholm was 27 years and single when enlisted onContinue reading “ANZAC TRIBUTE 2026”
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ANZAC TRIBUTE 2026
This post features three more members who served in WW1, most notably Major Edward Champion who served the club as President both pre and post war. Not a rower himself, he contributed significantly to the club over 30 years and was instrumental in rebuilding the membership after the war. All three members were older thanContinue reading “ANZAC TRIBUTE 2026”
ANZAC TRIBUTE 2026
World War 1 Honour Roll. Previously I have posted 21 profiles of the 58 members who served in World War 1. When I started researching, I just wanted to find out their names, then I wanted to find out their stories. Only their initials and surnames were originally recorded on the Honor Board and inContinue reading “ANZAC TRIBUTE 2026”
ANZAC TRIBUTE Sydney Richard Coulter
SYDNEY RICHARD COULTER. LIEUTENANT,5th Victorian Mounted Regiment Killed In Action, HLOBLANE 27/8/1901. BURIED VRYHEID, SOUTH AFRICA Sydney Richard Coulter was the second eldest son of Irvine and Mary Coulter. He was born in 1876 in Ballarat. His eldest brother Irvine born in 1873 became involved with Ballarat City Rowing Club in the early 1890’s. HisContinue reading “ANZAC TRIBUTE Sydney Richard Coulter”
ANZAC TRIBUTE Jason Leslie Boyd Coulter
JASON LESLIE BOYD COULTER-Ballarat City Rowing Club –Captain 1897 Jason (Jay) Leslie Boyd Coulter was born at Ballarat, in August 1877 to parents Irvine and Mary. He was educated at Grenville College and worked in the Commercial Bank in Ballarat. Jason was the third of the Coulter boys to join Ballarat City Rowing Club. InContinue reading “ANZAC TRIBUTE Jason Leslie Boyd Coulter”
ANZAC TRIBUTE Leslie Jack Coulter
MAJOR LESLIE JACK COULTER -DSO, MiD (3) MAJOR. 3rd AUSTRALIAN TUNNELLING COMPANY Leslie Jack Coulter was the youngest of the five Coulter brothers. He was born in Ballarat on 20th July 1889. He was educated at Ballarat College and Ballarat School of Mines studying Maths, Chemistry and Mine management from 1907 to 1909. As his brother GrahamContinue reading “ANZAC TRIBUTE Leslie Jack Coulter”
ANZAC TRIBUTE Graham Coulter
Each ANZAC Day I try and post a tribute to the men who served their country in various wars. This ANZAC Day I am again revisiting the Amazing Coulter brothers beginning with Graham Coulter, who fought and survived the BOER WAR, WW 1 and WW 2. He would have been one of a very smallContinue reading “ANZAC TRIBUTE Graham Coulter”
VALE KATHY LLOYD
Ballarat City Rowing Club, Melbourne University Ladies Rowing Club, Lake Eildon Rowing Club, Black Swan Rowing Club. Kathy passed away on the 27/01/2025 after a sudden and aggressive return of her cancer. Having managed to overcome it twice before, this time it was not to be. Although through her various treatments and operations she keptContinue reading “VALE KATHY LLOYD”
1959-1960 Double Quadruple! The Invincibles.
The Maiden four of Neville Kerr, Mick Walsh, Alan Dixon and Bob Coutts, coached by Pat Harrison started the 1959-1960 season with winning form and set the tone for the rest of the year. This crew won four Maiden fours in 14 days, which was a record at the time. While it was common toContinue reading “1959-1960 Double Quadruple! The Invincibles.”
TREBLES AND QUADRUPLES
Over the years of my research into rowing and specifically Ballarat City Rowing Club, I have found some fairly extraordinary crews and races they have been involved in. Scoring a treble of any sort in rowing is difficult and rare so I ‘m starting this series of posts with a treble that is unique. SoContinue reading “TREBLES AND QUADRUPLES”
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