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The club again posted an excellent season with a total of 65 wins. Of these there were a record 8 Victorian Championships and Ballarat City was represented in four Australian Championships wins. Rachel Taylor, a graduate of the clubs’ first Talent Identification Program was awarded a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport. She racedContinue reading “1994 AIS and VIS scholarships”

Amazingly Ballarat City posted another incredible season winning 70 races, including 5 Victorian Championships and 1 Australian Championship. With just eight men competing the club finished second on the men’s Champion Club Premiership with Corio Bay Rowing Club the premiers. We also placed third on the men’s Senior Premiership winning more Senior races this seasonContinue reading “1993 In memory of Otto Hauser”

Ballarat City continued to forge ahead hosting Australia’s only regional Talent Identification Program. On a meagre budget (compared to programs in other states) but with extreme dedication and enthusiasm the program exceeded all expectations in its first year. The 14 recruits went from total non -rowers to seasoned competitors in ten months. Four participants leftContinue reading “1992 Two Australian Championships and Prime Ministerial Award”

With the World Championships at Barrington in November 1990, no sooner had they concluded than selection trials for the 1991 World Championships in Vienna commenced. Again committing an incredible amount of time, effort, energy and travel to various regattas Tim Wise again earned selection in a Lightweight double scull with Sam Golding as his partner.Continue reading “1991 World Championships Vienna. Talent Id Program”

The 1990 World Championships at Lake Barrington, Tasmania were undoubtedly the most exciting event in the history of Australian rowing. For the first time ever, Australian crews were competing with the world on our home course and Lake Barrington did not disappoint. Not only did Australia play host to world rowing but Ballarat City RowingContinue reading “1990 World Championships and Australian Team”

This season will be remembered as the season of “Big Wind”. Not only did two major regattas at Carrum State Water Sport Centre get called off due to gale force winds but the National Championships on Wellington Dam WA, for the first time in history of the King’s Cup and National Championship Regatta, was abandonedContinue reading “1989 The year of big winds and great wins”

Ballarat City was once again “to the fore” in rowing activities finishing this season with the third National Championship win in three years. James McKee won the Champion Senior B Sculls of Australia taking our tally to four Australian Championships .The outstanding success of the club last season really galvanised the metropolitan clubs into actionContinue reading “1988 First Australian rep.”

3 Premierships, 3 Victorian Championships, 1 Australian Championship, 94 wins Unless you were there, you cannot begin to imagine what a year 1987 was. The season started in October 1986 and both the men and women of the club were poised to take on the rowing world not individually but as a club. None ofContinue reading “1987 Achieving the dream!”

This season there were insufficient superlatives to cover the club’s achievements. The Annual report opened with  secretary Kate Elliott’s summary of the year. “This is the eighth Annual Report I have prepared and each year, as I sit down to review the achievements of the past season, I am amazed at the efforts and achievementsContinue reading “1986 First women’s Australian Championship”

If last season was outstanding then this season was exceptional. Having achieved the unprecedented number of 46 wins it was felt that it would be difficult to repeat such a performance. Not only did we reach that target but exceeded it with a total of 51 wins. Of this, the women scored 31 wins. ThisContinue reading “1985 Women’s Champion Club again!”