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 URS, 3rd ESP, 4th AUT, 5th CAN, 6th SUI
Men's Junior Double Scull
Final: 1st ITA, 2nd ESP, 3rd NED, 4th BUL, 5th GDR, 6th FRG
Men's Junior Quad Scull
Final: 1st GDR, 2nd FRG, 3rd IRS, 4th YUG, 5th DEN, 6th ESP
Men's Junior Coxless Pair
Final: 1st TCH, 2nd URS, 3rd FRG, 4th GDR, 5th AUT, 6th POL
Men's Junior Coxed Pair
Final: 1st URS, 2nd BUL, 3rd FRG, 4th POL, 5th YUG, 6th GDR
Men's Junior Coxless Four
Final: 1st FRG, 2nd YUG, 3rd ITA, 4th GDR, 5th URS, 6th POL
Men's Junior Coxed Four
Final: 1st URS, 2nd GDR, 3rd BUL, 4th NED, 5th TCH, 6th YUG
Men's Junior Eight
Final: 1st URS, 2nd GDR, 3rd FRG, 4th GBR, 5th YUG, 6th ESP
Women's Junior Single Scull
Final: 1st GDR, 2nd URS, 3rd POL, 4th FRG, 5th FRA, 6th NED
Women's Junior Double Scull
Final: 1st URS, 2nd GDR, 3rd DEN, 4th BUL, 5th FRG, 6th FIN
Women's Junior Coxed Quad Scull
Final: 1st GDR, 2nd URS, 3rd BUL, 4th FRG, 5th POL, 6th FRA
Women's Junior Coxless Pair
Final: 1st GDR, 2nd TCH, 3rd FRG, 4th URS, 5th BUL, 6th NED
Women's Junior Coxed Four
Final: 1st GDR, 2nd TCH, 3rd URS, 4th FRG, 5th BUL, 6th CAN
Women's Junior Eight
Final: 1st GDR, 2nd URS, 3rd CAN, 4th FRG, 5th POL, 6th USA