History of Bendigo Rowing Club
Table of Contents
Chapters
- Secretary's Comments
- Message from the President
- In the Beginning
- Lake Weeroona
- Country Based Competition
- Brind Cup
- Henley on Weeroona
- Ladies on the Water
- Progress
- Social Life at the Club
- 1926-41
- Cambridge
- Stan McGorm
- New Beginnings
- 1947 - 75th Season
- Treasurers Records 1952-63
- 1969 Onwards
- 1972 Centenary Year
- 1973-79
- Rebuilding
- 1980s and beyond
Appendices
9. Progress
The progression of what was a club with a small wooden boat shed, to what we know today, is quite remarkable when you consider the fact that rowing is an amateur sport. This means that all expenses must be covered by the Club itself and its members. A competitive club such as Bendigo has added expenses such as transportation of boats and crews to various regattas, entrance fees and so forth.
1921 Champion Four
Bow: Bill Excell, 2: Stan McGorm, 3: Harold Collins, Str: Dale Louden, Cox: Harold Burge
In 1925, The Sandhurst Rowing Club (both Bendigo and Sandhurst Clubs operating under this name as one unit) had a fleet of boats valued at $500. The fleet was housed in a shed valued at $1,300.
Early picture of the sheds and rowing on Lake Weeroona