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{{Infobox Rowing Club
{{Infobox Rowing Club
| ClubName = University of New South Wales Rowing Club
| ClubName = University of New South Wales Rowing Club
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| Location = [[Huntleys Cove, New South Wales|Huntley's Cove]] [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
| Location = [[Huntleys Cove, New South Wales|Huntley's Cove]] [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
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| Founded = 1956
| Founded = 1952
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| Membership =
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| HomeWater = [[Tarban Creek]], [[Sydney Harbour]]
| HomeWater = [[Tarban Creek]], [[Sydney Harbour]]
| Website = [http://www.rowing.unsw.edu.au UNSW Rowing]
| Website = {{URL|www.unswrowing.com.au/}}
| Affiliations = NSW Rowing Association
| Affiliations = Rowing NSW
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'''UNSW Rowing Club''' in [[Sydney]], Australia is a varsity rowing club of the [[University of New South Wales]] and was founded in 1956. It has occupied its current boatshed at [[Huntleys Cove, New South Wales|Huntley's Cove]] on [[Tarban Creek]] on the [[Parramatta River]] since 1974. The club has a varsity and master's focus.[[File:Tarban Creek Bridge.jpg|right|thumb|300px|View east from the UNSW pontoon on Tarban Creek]]
'''UNSW Rowing Club''' in [[Sydney]], Australia is a varsity rowing club of the [[University of New South Wales]] and was founded in 1952. It has occupied its current boatshed at [[Huntleys Cove, New South Wales|Huntley's Cove]] on [[Tarban Creek]] on the [[Parramatta River]] since 1974. The club has a varsity and masters focus.[[File:Tarban Creek Bridge.jpg|right|thumb|260px|View east from the UNSW pontoon on Tarban Creek]]


==History==
==History==
The University was founded in 1949 as the New South Wales University of Technology, a campus commenced at [[Kensington, New South Wales |Kensington]] in 1951 with a name change to University of New South Wales occurring in 1958. In its early days the University's rowing club had no boatshed of its own but borrowed facilities from [[North Shore Rowing Club]], [[Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview|Riverview]], Colleagues Leichhardt, [[Sydney Rowing Club]] and the [[Sydney University Boat Club]] from 1966. <ref>[http://www.rowing.unsw.edu.au/history.shtml Club history address Peter McEwen 2007]</ref>
The University was founded in 1949 as the New South Wales University of Technology, a campus commenced at [[Kensington, New South Wales|Kensington]] in 1951 with a name change to [[University of New South Wales]] occurring in 1958. In its early days the University's rowing club had no boatshed of its own but borrowed facilities from [[North Shore Rowing Club]], [[Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview|Riverview]], Colleagues Leichhardt, [[Sydney Rowing Club]] and the [[Sydney University Boat Club]] from 1966.<ref>[http://www.rowing.unsw.edu.au/history.shtml Club history address Peter McEwen 2007]</ref>


In the 1970s the University Union secured a site in the grounds of the [[Gladesville Mental Hospital]] on [[Tarban Creek]] and built a boatshed and pontoon which was completed in 1974.<ref>http://northern-district-times.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/unsw-new-boatshed-opens/ Boatshed history</ref> The club has a long history of making its facilities available to some school crews, initially [[Cranbrook School, Sydney|Cranbrook]] and later the [[Sydney Girls High School]] from 1987.
In the 1970s the University Union secured a site in the grounds of the [[Gladesville Mental Hospital]] on [[Tarban Creek]] and built a boatshed and pontoon which was completed in 1974.<ref>http://northern-district-times.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/unsw-new-boatshed-opens/ Boatshed history</ref> The club has a long history of making its facilities available to school crews, initially [[Cranbrook School, Sydney|Cranbrook]] and later the [[Sydney Girls High School]] from 1987.


When the club outgrew its facilities it partnered with the SGHS to expand onto land immediately adjacent and the school contributed funding to establish their own facilities within the new building. The new two-storey boat house was built at a cost of $1.5M dividing the UNSW and school boat storage areas, changerooms and clubrooms with an upper level containing a function space overlooking Tarban Creek. The new facility was opened in 2009.
When the club outgrew its facilities it partnered with the [[Sydney Girls High School|SGHS]] Rowing Club to expand onto land immediately adjacent and the school contributed funding to establish their own facilities within the new building. The new two-storey boat house was built at a cost of $1.5M dividing the UNSW and school boat storage areas, changerooms and clubrooms with an upper level containing a function space overlooking [[Tarban Creek]]. The new facility was opened in 2009.


The UNSW section of the shed is named the ''Murray Clarke boatshed'' in honour of the stalwart Head Coach whose tenure at the club spans over thirty years. The SGHS section was named the ''Margaret Varady Rowing Facility'' in honour of the contribution made by the former principal towards schoolgirl rowing,<ref>{{cite web| last = | first = | title= UNSW new boatshed opens| publisher= Northern District Times|date=June 29, 2009|url=http://northern-district-times.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/unsw-new-boatshed-opens/|accessdate=6 Oct. 2011}}</ref> including having been instrumental with Clarke in securing the land and funding for the new boathouse.<ref>{{cite web| last = | first = | title= Boatshed| publisher=SGHS|date=June 28, 2009|url=http://www.sghs.nsw.edu.au/Community/Rowing%20shed.html|accessdate=25 Sept. 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last = | first = | title=Governor of NSW Opens UNSW Boatshed| publisher= UNSW Sports and Recreation|date=June 28, 2009|url=http://www.sportandrec.unsw.edu.au/news/boatshedopening|accessdate=25 Sept. 2011}}</ref>
The UNSW section of the shed is named the ''Murray Clarke Boatshed'' in honour of the stalwart Head Coach whose tenure at the club spans over thirty years. The SGHS section was named the ''Margaret Varady Rowing Facility'' in honour of the contribution made by the former principal towards schoolgirl rowing,<ref>{{cite web| title= UNSW new boatshed opens| publisher= Northern District Times|date=June 29, 2009|url=http://northern-district-times.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/unsw-new-boatshed-opens/|access-date=6 Oct 2011}}</ref> including having been instrumental with Clarke in securing the land and funding for the new boathouse.<ref>{{cite web| title= Boatshed| publisher=SGHS|date=June 28, 2009|url=http://www.sghs.nsw.edu.au/Community/Rowing%20shed.html|access-date=25 Sep 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Governor of NSW Opens UNSW Boatshed| publisher= UNSW Sports and Recreation|date=June 28, 2009|url=http://www.sportandrec.unsw.edu.au/news/boatshedopening|access-date=25 Sep 2011}}</ref>


The club's old boathouse stands and has been since 2009 on loan to the [[Sydney University Boat Club]] whose own [[Linley Point, New South Wales|Linley Point]] shed was destroyed by fire in 2006.
The club's old boathouse still stands and was from 2009 to 2017 on loan to the [[Sydney University Boat Club]] whose own [[Linley Point, New South Wales|Linley Point]] shed was destroyed by fire in 2006.


==Competition==
==Competition==
The UNSW Rowing Club has boated crews at the [[Oxford and Cambridge Cup|Australian Universities Championships]] since 1956. William Hatfield was the club's first national Intervarsity champion winning the Wills Trophy in 1956 and 1957 <ref>[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/university-championships/M1xsummary.php Guerin-Foster Intervarsity history]]</ref> and taking 2nd place in 1961 and 1962.
The UNSW Rowing Club has boated crews at the [[Oxford and Cambridge Cup|Australian Universities Championships]] since 1956. William Hatfield was the club's first national Intervarsity champion winning the Wills Trophy in 1956 and 1957<ref>[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/university-championships/M1xsummary.php Guerin-Foster Intervarsity history]</ref> and taking 2nd place in 1961 and 1962.


Tne UNSW men's VIII has never yet won the [[Oxford and Cambridge Cup]] but was runner-up in 1961, 1966 and 1983.<ref>[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/university-championships/M1xsummary.php Guerin-Foster Intervarsity history]]</ref>
The UNSW men's eight has never yet won the [[Oxford and Cambridge Cup]] but was runner-up in 1961, 1966 and 1983.<ref>[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/university-championships/M1xsummary.php Guerin-Foster Intervarsity history]</ref>

==Club Presidents==


==Members==
==Members==
Notable members include:
Notable members include:
* Murray Clarke,[[Order of Australia|OAM]] Head Coach and club stalwart from the 1970s till 2012.
* Murray Clarke, [[Order of Australia|OAM]] Head Coach and club stalwart from the 1970s till 2012.
* [[Tim Conrad]], won the national [[coxed four]] title in 1976 in a NSW selection composite crew wearing UNSW colours. That year he rowed in the winning New South Wales King's Cup crew and went to the [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal Olympics]] in the Australian eight.
* Andrew L Horsley, an Australian representative cross-country skier & Olympic coach was a competitive member of the club from the 1970s to 90s.<ref>[http://www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/sportingwalloffame/sportsperson058.html Horsley at Mosman Wall of Fame]
* Andrew L Horsley, an Australian representative cross-country skier & Olympic ski coach was a competitive member of the club from the 1970s to 90s.<ref>[http://www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/sportingwalloffame/sportsperson058.html Horsley at Mosman Wall of Fame]</ref>
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* Chris Childs, won the Women's Single Scull Championship at the 1980 National Intervarsity Championship in Canberra.
* [[Nick Baxter (rower)|Nick Baxter]] rowed at the [[2001 World Rowing Championships|2001 World Championships]] in the Australian eight and the following year won the Australian Universities Championship in a UNSW coxless pair.<ref>[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/university-championships/2002.php Aust Varsity C'ship at Guerin Foster]</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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===Footnotes===
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===Bibliography===


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==External links==
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* http://www.unswrowing.com.au/


{{University of New South Wales}}
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* http://www.rowing.unsw.edu.au


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Latest revision as of 17:09, 9 June 2023

University of New South Wales Rowing Club
LocationHuntley's Cove Sydney, Australia
Home waterTarban Creek, Sydney Harbour
Founded1952
AffiliationsRowing NSW
Websitewww.unswrowing.com.au

UNSW Rowing Club in Sydney, Australia is a varsity rowing club of the University of New South Wales and was founded in 1952. It has occupied its current boatshed at Huntley's Cove on Tarban Creek on the Parramatta River since 1974. The club has a varsity and masters focus.

View east from the UNSW pontoon on Tarban Creek

History

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The University was founded in 1949 as the New South Wales University of Technology, a campus commenced at Kensington in 1951 with a name change to University of New South Wales occurring in 1958. In its early days the University's rowing club had no boatshed of its own but borrowed facilities from North Shore Rowing Club, Riverview, Colleagues Leichhardt, Sydney Rowing Club and the Sydney University Boat Club from 1966.[1]

In the 1970s the University Union secured a site in the grounds of the Gladesville Mental Hospital on Tarban Creek and built a boatshed and pontoon which was completed in 1974.[2] The club has a long history of making its facilities available to school crews, initially Cranbrook and later the Sydney Girls High School from 1987.

When the club outgrew its facilities it partnered with the SGHS Rowing Club to expand onto land immediately adjacent and the school contributed funding to establish their own facilities within the new building. The new two-storey boat house was built at a cost of $1.5M dividing the UNSW and school boat storage areas, changerooms and clubrooms with an upper level containing a function space overlooking Tarban Creek. The new facility was opened in 2009.

The UNSW section of the shed is named the Murray Clarke Boatshed in honour of the stalwart Head Coach whose tenure at the club spans over thirty years. The SGHS section was named the Margaret Varady Rowing Facility in honour of the contribution made by the former principal towards schoolgirl rowing,[3] including having been instrumental with Clarke in securing the land and funding for the new boathouse.[4][5]

The club's old boathouse still stands and was from 2009 to 2017 on loan to the Sydney University Boat Club whose own Linley Point shed was destroyed by fire in 2006.

Competition

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The UNSW Rowing Club has boated crews at the Australian Universities Championships since 1956. William Hatfield was the club's first national Intervarsity champion winning the Wills Trophy in 1956 and 1957[6] and taking 2nd place in 1961 and 1962.

The UNSW men's eight has never yet won the Oxford and Cambridge Cup but was runner-up in 1961, 1966 and 1983.[7]

Members

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Notable members include:

  • Murray Clarke, OAM Head Coach and club stalwart from the 1970s till 2012.
  • Tim Conrad, won the national coxed four title in 1976 in a NSW selection composite crew wearing UNSW colours. That year he rowed in the winning New South Wales King's Cup crew and went to the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the Australian eight.
  • Andrew L Horsley, an Australian representative cross-country skier & Olympic ski coach was a competitive member of the club from the 1970s to 90s.[8]
  • Chris Childs, won the Women's Single Scull Championship at the 1980 National Intervarsity Championship in Canberra.
  • Nick Baxter rowed at the 2001 World Championships in the Australian eight and the following year won the Australian Universities Championship in a UNSW coxless pair.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Club history address Peter McEwen 2007
  2. ^ http://northern-district-times.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/unsw-new-boatshed-opens/ Boatshed history
  3. ^ "UNSW new boatshed opens". Northern District Times. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Boatshed". SGHS. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Governor of NSW Opens UNSW Boatshed". UNSW Sports and Recreation. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  6. ^ Guerin-Foster Intervarsity history
  7. ^ Guerin-Foster Intervarsity history
  8. ^ Horsley at Mosman Wall of Fame
  9. ^ Aust Varsity C'ship at Guerin Foster
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