Otago University Rowing Club
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Otago University Rowing Club is a rowing
club affiliated with the University of Otago
New Zealand
. It was established on the 16th of April 1929. The first President, Professor D W Carmalt Jones, continued until 1944. Carmalt Jones had rowed for Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, and captained the College Eight in 1898. He loved rowing and believed the combination of disciplined exercise and teamwork was invaluable to the developing young man. His sonnet, Summer Eights, celebrates rowing.
The Club started rowing
from the Otago Rowing Club's Kitchener St shed, which in 2010 still stands. In 1931 the Club moved to the North End Boating Club which is on the Harbour-side a short walk from the University. The Club colours, a Cambridge Blue singlet with a 4 inch gold band were adopted in 1931.
The Club had 60 members in the mid 1930's. The strong relationship with North End was seen in the joint membership of coaches, Glengarry, Eggers and Rennick. The first Club Eight, purchased in 1939, was named Carmalt Jones to honour the Club President. In this boat Otago won the Hebberley Shield, awarded to the winners of the New Zealand University Men's Open Eight on Easter Saturday 1939 on the Otago Harbour
. At the Tournament Ball Carmalt Jones presented the Shield, the first time it had been competed for.
Today the Club is housed in the Otago University Students Association (OUSA) Aquatic Centre, which is at the end of Magnet Street Dunedin
. The Centre has a large boat bay for the Club's fleet of boats and an indoor rowing tank, the only one of its kind in New Zealand. Also 16 Concept II Rowing Ergometers.
Members of the Club represent New Zealand at many levels, including Under 23, Elite and New Zealand University. In 2009, an Eight competed in China.
Scullers, Elyse Fraser and Fergus Fauvel competed at the World University Rowing Championships in August 2010. Fauvel was placed fifth in the men's Sculls.
The Club Coach in 2010, Grant Craie, is a former Cambridge University coach.
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
club affiliated with the University of Otago
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. It was established on the 16th of April 1929. The first President, Professor D W Carmalt Jones, continued until 1944. Carmalt Jones had rowed for Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, and captained the College Eight in 1898. He loved rowing and believed the combination of disciplined exercise and teamwork was invaluable to the developing young man. His sonnet, Summer Eights, celebrates rowing.
The Club started rowing
Watercraft rowing
Watercraft rowing is the act of propelling a boat using the motion of oars in the water. The difference between paddling and rowing is that with rowing the oars have a mechanical connection with the boat whereas with paddling the paddles are hand-held with no mechanical connection.This article...
from the Otago Rowing Club's Kitchener St shed, which in 2010 still stands. In 1931 the Club moved to the North End Boating Club which is on the Harbour-side a short walk from the University. The Club colours, a Cambridge Blue singlet with a 4 inch gold band were adopted in 1931.
The Club had 60 members in the mid 1930's. The strong relationship with North End was seen in the joint membership of coaches, Glengarry, Eggers and Rennick. The first Club Eight, purchased in 1939, was named Carmalt Jones to honour the Club President. In this boat Otago won the Hebberley Shield, awarded to the winners of the New Zealand University Men's Open Eight on Easter Saturday 1939 on the Otago Harbour
Otago Harbour
Otago Harbour is the natural harbour of Dunedin, New Zealand, consisting of a long, much-indented stretch of generally navigable water separating the Otago Peninsula from the mainland. They join at its southwest end, from the harbour mouth...
. At the Tournament Ball Carmalt Jones presented the Shield, the first time it had been competed for.
Today the Club is housed in the Otago University Students Association (OUSA) Aquatic Centre, which is at the end of Magnet Street Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
. The Centre has a large boat bay for the Club's fleet of boats and an indoor rowing tank, the only one of its kind in New Zealand. Also 16 Concept II Rowing Ergometers.
Members of the Club represent New Zealand at many levels, including Under 23, Elite and New Zealand University. In 2009, an Eight competed in China.
Scullers, Elyse Fraser and Fergus Fauvel competed at the World University Rowing Championships in August 2010. Fauvel was placed fifth in the men's Sculls.
The Club Coach in 2010, Grant Craie, is a former Cambridge University coach.
External links
- http://www.ourc.org.nz
- http://www.clubsandsocieties.co.nz
- http://www.ousa.org.nz
- http://www.universityrowing.org.nz