The Tim Hawkins Memorial Trophy
The Tim Hawkins Memorial Trophy was presented in 2003 by the family of Tim Hawkins in his memory. The base of the trophy contains his photograph and the following words:
Timothy Leigh Hawkins
(Juper)
(14/11/1973 – 12/10/2002)
Tim commenced his rowing career at the age of 10 as a coxswain at the Lindisfarne Rowing Club and Geilston Bay High School in Tasmania . He represented Tasmania on several occasions winning the Australian Junior Double Scull Championship in 1991 and went on to represent Australia in the double scull at Under 23 and Senior World Championships. Tim retired from competitive rowing at the age of 23 having been to 16 National Championships, to concentrate on doing Commerce/Law degrees at the University of Tasmania which he successfully completed with Honours in Law. Tim still remained a keen supporter of rowing and an active member of the Lindisfarne Rowing Club giving many voluntary days work to rebuild the rowing club after it was burnt to the ground in 1997. He would help the younger rowers at the club and local schools with coaching and advice whenever he could. Tim tragically died at the age of 28 by a terrorist bomb in Bali on 12 October 2002 .
This event has had some great winners including Tim Hawkins in whose memory the trophy is named.
Inaugural Champions from Corio Bay in 1982
| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Corio Bay, VIC | Canberra Grammar No 1, ACT | Drummoyne / Haberfield, NSW | Canberra Grammar No 2, ACT | 5:19.90 | ||
| 1983 | No race | ||||||
| 1984 | ACT | Commercial / Brisbane, QLD | Glebe No 3, NSW | Glebe No 2, NSW | Glebe No 1, NSW | 5:21.8 | |
| 1985 | Nepean, NSW | Equal 2nd Mercantile / Robinvale, VIC | Equal 2nd WAIT / Swan River, WA | Tweed Heads, QLD | 5:13.9 | ||
| 1986 | Nepean No 1, NSW | Nepean No 2, NSW | Glenorchy, TAS | Sandy Bay, TAS | Tweed Heads / UQBC, QLD | 5:33.07 | |
| 1987 | Ballarat / Bendigo, VIC | 5:09.88 | |||||
| 1988 | Bendigo, VIC | 4:45.39 | |||||
| 1989 | No race | ||||||
| 1990 | Mosman / Sydney, NSW | 8:14.01 | |||||
| 1991 | Lindisfarne, TAS / Canberra, ACT | 6:41.10 | |||||
| 1992 | UQBC / Commercial, QLD | 7:36.22 | |||||
| 1993 | AIS, ACT | 6:26.70 | |||||
| 1994 | Toowong QLD / Armidale, NSW | 6:36.55 | |||||
| 1995 | Perth, WA | 6:43.59 | |||||
| 1996 | ECU Perth, WA | 6:43.72 | |||||
| 1997 | Nepean, NSW | 7:14.18 | |||||
| 1998 | Lindisfarne, TAS | 7:40.40 | |||||
| 1999 | ACT Composite | 6:38.32 | |||||
| 2000 | Lindisfarne, TAS | 6:42.50 | |||||
| 2001 | Lindisfarne, TAS | 6:44.63 | |||||
| 2002 | Commercial, QLD | 6:54.12 | |||||
| 2003 | Commercial / Toowong, QLD | 6:50.87 | |||||
| 2004 | Swan River, WA | 6:55.51 | |||||
| 2005 | Murray Bridge / AUBC, SA | ECU Perth / UWA, WA | ECU Perth / Bunbury, WA | UQBC, QLD | Mercantile / Corio Bay, VIC | Mosman, NSW | 6:34.31 |
| 2006 | UQBC / Toowong, QLD | Canberra, ACT | Bunbury, WA | Adelaide / Pulteney, SA | Mosman, NSW | Huon, TAS | 6:47:34 |
| 2007 | Surfers Paradise, QLD | Canberra, ACT / UQBC, QLD | Bunbury, WA | Tamar / Mersey, TAS | Grammerians, QLD | Nepean, NSW | 6:42.56 |