1980 Rowing Victoria State Championships
Men's & Men's Lightweight Race Results
Victorian Sculling Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time: 8:21.3
Margins: 2 lengths
1st N Manefield, Bendigo
2nd A Cassidy, Corio Bay
3rd R Reddell, Haberfield
4th C Rowe, Haberfield
5th R McGowan, North Shore
6th C Shinners, Sydney University
Other competing crews:
G Hall, Tasmania University
G Hunt, Murray Bridge
R Garrard, Corio Bay
J Stride, Sydney
P Benjamin, Mercantile
K Leach, Mercantile
P Mangelsdorf, Mannum
I Luxford, Sydney University
R Barnes, Albert Park
A Rigby, Melbourne University
Holder - A. McCowan, Albert Park Rowing Club. Rowed on Lake Wendoruee, Ballarat, 3rd February, 1980. Won by N. Manefield, Bendigo Rowing Club, by two lengths from A. Cassidy, Corio Bay Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Coxless Pair-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time: 7:47.0
Margins: 4 lengths
1st Adelaide University - Bow: J Bolt, Str: R Lang
2nd Monash University
3rd Sydney University
4th Adelaide/Torrens Composite
5th Drummoyne
6th Sydney
Other competing crews:
Banks
Essendon
Melbourne University
Adelaide
Tasmania University
Mercantile No 1
Mercantile No 2
Sydney
Holders - Melbourne University Boat Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 3rd February, 1980. Won by Adelaide University Boat Club by four lengths from Monash University with Sydney University third.
Victorian Pair-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time: 8:24.0
Margins: 3 lengths
1st Adelaide/Adelaide University Composite - Bow: B Keynes, Str: T Willoughby, Cox: B Parsons
2nd Monash University/Melbourne University Composite
3rd Sydney
4th Drummoyne
5th Sydney
6th Mercantile
Other competing crews:
Banks
Haberfield/North Shore Composite
Holders - Mercantile Rowing Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 3rd February, 1980. Won by Adelaide/Adelaide University Composite crew by three lengths from Monash University/Melbourne University Composite, second.
Victorian Coxless Four-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time: 7:16.5
Margins: 1 1/4 lengths
1st Sydney - Bow: A Brown, 2: I Paver, 3: R Paver, Str: A Curtin
2nd Sydney University
3rd Melbourne University
4th Haberfield/North Shore Composite
5th Sydney/Haberfield Composite
6th Tasmania University
Holders - Melbourne University Boat Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 2nd February, 1980. Won by Sydney Rowing Club by one and one-quarter lengths from Sydney University, second.
Victorian Four-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time: 7:25.5
Margins: 1 1/2 lengths
1st Monash University/Melbourne University Composite - Bow: J Lowe, 2: T Young, 3: W Magennis, Str: B Richardson, Cox: D England, Coach: P C Dane
2nd Adelaide/Adelaide University/Torrens Composite
3rd Sydney
4th Drummoyne
5th Mercantile
6th Mercantile
Other competing crews:
Banks
Barwon
Adelaide/Adelaide University/Torrens Composite No 2
Holders - Melbourne University Boat Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 2nd February, 1980. Won by Monash University/Melbourne University Composite crew by one and one-half lengths from Adelaide/Adelaide University/Torrens Composite crew, second.
Victorian Eight-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded, Norwich Shield)
Time: 6:59.0
Margins: 3/4 length
1st Monash University/Melbourne University/Banks Composite - Bow: B Matheson, 2: J Cumper, 3: P Duckett, 4: K Jelbart, 5: T Young, 6: J Lowe, 7: W Magennis, Str: B Richardson, Cox: D England, Coach: P C Dane
2nd Mercantile
3rd Melbourne University
Holders - Monash University/Melbourne University Composite crew. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 19th January, 1980. Won by Monash University/Melbourne University/Banks Composite crew by three-quarters of a length from Mercantile Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Lightweight Sculling Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time: 8:23.6
Margins: 6 lengths
1st M Smith, Drummoyne
2nd S Cook, Mercantile
3rd G Wearne, Drummoyne
4th S Spurling, Melbourne University
5th A Phillips, Sydney
6th D Elliott, Ballarat City
Other competing crews:
N Taylor, Torrens
L Budge, Power House
R Booth, Mannum
M Kwaitkowski, Footscray City
M Connolly, Mercantile
D Cooper, Melbourne University
G Hunt, Murray Bridge
D Cochrane, Bendigo
D Stapleton, City of Warrnambool
Holder - A. McKinley, Wendouree-Ballarat Rowing Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 3rd February, 1980. Won by M. Smith, Drummoyne Rowing Club, by six lengths from S. Cook, Mercantile Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Lightweight Coxless Pair-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time: 7:31.0
Margins: 1/3 metre
1st Drummoyne - Bow: G Gardiner, Str: C Hefer, Coach: H Hefer
2nd Melbourne University No 1
3rd Melbourne University No 3
4th Mercantile
5th Australian National University
6th Melbourne University No 2
Other competing crews:
Adelaide University/Murray Bridge Composite
Drummoyne No 2
Holders - Ballarat City/Corio Bay Composite crew. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 3rd February, 1980. Won by Drummoyne Rowing Club by one third of a metre from Melbourne University Boat Club, second.
Victorian Lightweight Pair-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not Recorded)
Time: 9:05.7
Margins: 1/2 length
1st Drummoyne - Bow: G Hefer, Str: M Campbell, Cox: W Arndell, Coach: H Hefer
2nd Australian National University
3rd Barwon
4th Yarra Yarra
5th Albert Park
6th Corio Bay
Holders - Barwon Rowing Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 3rd February, 1980. Won by Drummoyne Rowing Club by half a length from Australian National University, second.
Victorian Lightweight Coxless Four-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded, D. S. Stirling Trophy)
Time: 7:28.6
Margins: 2 lengths
1st Drummoyne - Bow: G Gardiner, 2: C Hefer, 3: M Smith, Str: M Campbell, Coach: H Hefer
2nd Melbourne University No 1
3rd Mercantile
4th Melbourne University No 2
5th Torrens/Adelaide University Composite
6th Buckingham
7th Australian National University
Holders - Melbourne University Boat Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 2nd February, 1980. Won by Drummoyne Rowing Club by two lengths from Melbourne University Boat Club, second.
Victorian Lightweight Four-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time: 8:39.5
Margins: 19 lengths
1st Drummoyne - Bow: P Reynolds, 2: J Bowes, 3: G Hefer, Str: G Webb, Cox: W Arndell
2nd Power House
3rd Mercantile
Holders - Melbourne University Boat Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 2nd February, 1980. Won by Drummoyne Rowing Club by 19 lengths from Power House with Mercantile third.
Victorian Lightweight Eight-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Row-over
1st Melbourne University - Bow: A Marshall, 2: P Gardner, 3: S Young, 4: S Spurling, 5: P Antonie, 6: S Gillett, 7: C Bartlett, Str: T Hyett, Cox: T McCoy, Coach: R Stewart
Holders - Melbourne University Boat Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 19th January, 1980. Won by Melbourne University Boat Club on a row-over.
Junior, Youth, Schoolboy & Country Race Results
Victorian Junior Sculling Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time: 8:45.5
Margins: 4 1/2 lengths
1st N Manefiled, Bendigo
2nd A Cassidy, Corio Bay
3rd G Gullock, Wendouree-Ballarat
4th S Cook, Mercantile
5th G Hall, Tasmania University
6th D Elliott, Ballarat City
Other Competing crews:
D Stapleton, City of Warrnambool
R Booth, Mannum
G Hunt, Murray Bridge
A Herold, Banks
S Allsop, Monash University
D Cooper, Melbourne University
D Barnes, Albert Park
D Cochrane, Bendigo
Holder - G. Fulford, Melbourne University Boat Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 2nd February, 1980. Won by N. Manefiled, Bendigo Rowing Club, by four and a half lengths from A. Cassidy, Corio Bay Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Junior Pair-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time: 8:49.6
Margins: 3/4 length
1st Banks - Bow: D Hadrian, Str: P Nichols, Cox: S Hart, Coach: J Bennett
2nd Wahgunyah
3rd Power House
4th Corio Bay
5th Hawthorn
6th Barwon
Other competing crews:
Barwon
Footscray City
Yarra Yarra
Power House
Banks
Essendon
Holders - Footscray City Rowing Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 3rd February, 1980. Won by Banks Rowing Club by three-quarters of a length from Wahgunyah Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Junior Four-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time: 8:06.7
Margins: 3 lengths
1st Corio Bay - Bow: G Amezdros, 2: A Egan, 3: B McNaughton, Str: C Walker, Cox: S Pearce
2nd Yarra Yarra
3rd Wendouree-Ballarat
4th Mercantile
5th Power House
6th Footscray City
Other competing crews:
Footscray City
Power House
Holders - Barwon Rowing Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 2nd February, 1980. Won by Corio Bay Rowing Club by three lengths from Yarra Yarra Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Junior Eight-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time: 6:18.0
Margins: 1/2 length
1st Mosman - Bow: D Wilson, 2: M O’Gorman, 3: R Purnell, 4: D Gordon, 5: R Morris, 6: G Jones, 7: C Holmes-a-Court, Str: G Edmonds, Cox: T O’Hanlon, Coach: S Evans
2nd Banks
3rd Mercantile
4th Geelong Grammar
5th Geelong College
6th Melbourne Grammar
Other competing crews:
Caulfield Grammar
Horsham
Brighton Grammar
Carey Grammar
Holders - Barwon Rowing Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 10th March, 1980. Won by Mosman Rowing Club by half a length from Banks Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Youth Sculling Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time - Not recorded
Margins: 1 metre
1st G Hunt, Murray Bridge
2nd A Herold, Banks
3rd B McNaughton, Corio Bay
Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 19th January, 1980. Won by G. Hunt, Murray Bridge Rowing Club, by one metre from A. Herold, Banks Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Youth Four-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time: 8:33.5
Margins: 7 lengths
1st Mercantile - Bow: A Murchie, 2: C Hall, 3: D Thomas, Str: D Webster, Cox: M Sim, Coach: J Burford
2nd Banks No 1
3rd Mercantile No 2
4th Melbourne University
5th Banks No 2
Holders - Banks Rowing Club. Rowed on Lake Wendoure, Ballarat, 19th January, 1980. Won by Mercantile Rowing Club by seven lengths from Banks Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Youth Eight-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time: 6:56.8
Margins: 3/4 length
1st Melbourne University - Bow: A Craig, 2: M Roberts, 3: A Hall, 4: J Peters, 5: R Hall, 6: M Keeley, 7: P Reedy, Str: J Michelmore, Cox: D Fisher, Coach: A Michelmore
2nd Mercantile
3rd Barwon
4th Sydney
5th Banks
6th Corio Bay
Holders - Mercantile Rowing Club. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 3rd February, 1980. Won by Melbourne University Boat Club by three-quarters of a length from Mercantile Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Schoolboy Four-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time: 7:30.2
Margins: 1 1/4 lengths
1st Ballarat & Queens Grammar - Bow: A Pamflett, 2: P Gray, 3: C Stevenson, Str: P Johns, Cox: A Tunbridge, Coach: E Vahl Meyer
2nd St Patrick’s College
3rd Ballarat & Clarendon College
4th St Kevin’s College
Other competing crews:
Carey Grammar No 1
Carey Grammar No 2
St Patrick’s College No 2
St Kevin’s College No 2
Holders - St. Patrick’s College. Rowed on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, 10th March, 1980. Won by Ballarat & Queens Grammar School by one and one-quarter lengths from St. Patrick’s College, second.
Victorian Schoolboy Eight-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded, M. S. Williams Medallions)
Time - Not recorded
1st Melbourne Grammar - Bow: T Nelson, 2: A Rogers, 3: A Imison, 4: S Withers, 5: C Miller, 6: G GcGlashan, 7: B Fry, Str: A Kiellerup, Cox: M Scott, Coach: A Smith
2nd St Kevin’s College
3rd Geelong College
Other competing crews:
Wesley College
Xavier College
Brighton Grammar No 1
Brighton Grammar No 2
Geelong Grammar
Carey Grammar
Caulfield Grammar
Scotch College
Holders - Melbourne Grammar School. Rowed on Barwon River, Geelong, 8th March, 1980. Won by Melbourne Grammar School from St. Kevin’s College, second.
Victorian Country Sculling Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time - Not recorded
Margins: 3 lengths
1st G Gullock, Wendouree-Ballarat
2nd D Elliott, Ballarat City
3rd W Digby, Barwon
Other competing crews:
T Poole, Corio Bay
S O’Brien, Ballarat City
Holder - A. McKinley, Wendouree-Ballarat Rowing Club. Rowed on Barwon River, Geelong, 16th February, 1980. Won by G. Gullock, Wendouree-Ballarat Rowing Club, by three lengths from D. Elliott, Ballarat City Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Country Pair-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time - Not recorded
Margins: 5 lengths
1st Wendouree-Ballarat - Bow: G Falla, Str: B Sarah, Cox: P Ludbrook, Coach: A McKinley
2nd Barwon
3rd Wendouree-Ballarat No 2
Holders - Barwon Rowing Club. Rowed on Barwon River, Geelong, 16th February, 1980. Won by Wendouree-Ballarat Rowing Club by five lengths from Barwon Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Country Four-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time - Not recorded
Margins: 1/3 metre
1st Barwon - Bow: R O Tomczak, 2: A Cleary, 3: R Kvant, Str: R I Tomczak, Cox: G Konig, Coach: L Gladman
2nd Corio Bay
3rd Wendouree-Ballarat
Holders - City of Warrnambool Rowing Club. Rowed on Barwon River, Geelong, 16th February, 1980. Won by Barwon Rowing Club by one-third of a metre from Corio Bay Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Country Eight-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time - Not recorded
Margins: 3 1/2 lengths
1st Barwon - Bow: R Gardner, 2: C Thoms, 3: T Inglis, 4: D Kovac, 5: R O Tomczak, 6: A Cleary, 7: R Kvant, Str: R I Tomczak, Cox: G Konig, Coach: L Gladman
2nd Corio Bay
Holders - Barwon Rowing Club. Rowed on Barwon River, Geelong, 16th February, 1980. Won by Barwon Rowing Club by three and a half lengths from Corio Bay Rowing Club, second.
Victorian Country Lightweight Four-Oared Championship
(Distance - Not recorded)
Time - Not recorded
Margins: 3 1/2 lengths
1st Barwon - Bow: C Cox, 2: J Ruby, 3: J Nurzenski, Str: D Gardner, Cox: P Sheehan, Coach: G Hunter
2nd Corio Bay No 2
3rd Corio Bay No 1
Holders - Barwon Rowing Club. Rowed on Barwon River, Geelong, 16th February, 1980. Won by Barwon Rowing Club by three and a half lengths from Corio Bay No. 2 crew, second.
Sources
Victorian Rowing Association, Reports 1976 - 1987.