history of the city of warrnambool rowing club

City of Warrnambool Rowing Club – 140 years on the Hopkins River

By Susan Finnigan

Warrnambool Ladies Rowing Club Office Bearers

Warrnambool Ladies Rowing Club committee (and some early members). It is unclear when the (Warrnambool) Ladies Club formed.

Year	President	Vice-President	Secretary	Treasurer	Captain	Committee
1909	Mrs George Rolfe
1911	Mrs George Rolfe		Miss Lillian (Lily) Foyle
1914	Mrs George Rolfe	Miss Murray	Miss Eliza Campbell Mrs F J Gill		Mrs E Findley nee Foyles	Rowers: Misses V. Newman, L. Clothier, G. Blevins, W. Fogarty, M. Day, V. Burke, D. Ive, M. Landmann, Hurley, Grayson, M. Drewett, E. Campbell, Miss Clothier, Miss Hives and Mr Buchanan (cox)
1915	Mrs George Rolfe	Miss Murray	Miss M Landman			Rowers included: Misses J. Jackaway, L. Grayson, Bourke, Blevins, O. Robinson, Gertie Morrisey, M. Drewett, R. Robinson, M. Day, K. Brown, D. Williamson, Fogarty, F. Milne, F. Brown, M. Holder Mrs F. J. Gill and F. Anson
1916	Mrs George Rolfe					Rowers included: Misses Milne, Day, Drewett, Blevins, Morrissey, Grayson, F. Brown and Katie Brown.
1917	Mrs George Rolfe					L. Grayson, M. Day, G. Morrissey, K. Brown, Mrs Gill, Miss Reece, McGrayson, Jenkinson, D. Dale, B. Reville, S. Rodgers and Jenkinson
1927	Miss Lake				Mrs H B Randall	Maguire, Jean Duncan, Thompson, Gladys Marr, Watkins and S. Wall.
1935			Mrs E Jones		Miss C Wall
1936						Eunice Jessen, Marge Edmonds, Isabella MacNamara and Margaret McDonald.
1937						Eunice Jessen, Marge Edmonds, Isabella MacNamara and Margaret McDonald.

In 1961 the Club was offered use of the WRC shed, and i 1981 ladies officially became full members of the City of Warrambool Rowing Club.

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