Welcome to
The UWA Boat Club
We offer rowing programs for both students and non-students, from beginners through to international athletes.
Come and join the UWA Boat Club in 2017!
The UWA Boat Club is the reigning Rowing WA Champion Club for the second year in a row. We’re also the largest rowing club in the state.
We offer rowing programs for both students and non-students, from beginners through to international athletes.
The Rowing WA pennant season runs from April to September with regattas typically monthly.
We are based out of the UWA Boat Shed and Watersports Complex on Matilda Bay, Crawley (just across the road from UWA).
Missed our Open Day?
That’s ok! Training has only just begun, so it’s not too late to come down.
Find your squad below and get in touch to find out where you need to be!
Rowing at UWA
We cater for all abilities. Find your crew:
Open Rowing
If you’ve rowed before and are over 16 we invite you to join our open squad.
This is our competitive racing squad, competing in grades A to D in a range of boat classes.
Training schedule is typically 3 to 6 sessions per week with a mix of mornings and afternoons, on and off water sessions.
Men’s Vice Captain:
Jeremy Gillibanks [email protected]
Women’s Vice Captain:
Pascale Ketelaar [email protected]
Novice Rowing
Never rowed before? No problem! Join our novice squad and learn how to row.
You’ll become part of a crew and train together leading up to your first regatta.
Training schedule is typically 2 to 3 sessions per week, mostly afternoons, with both on and off water activities.
Our novice crews are now full, but please consider our Learn to Row program.
Masters
Over the age of 27? Then you’re eligible to row Masters.
Our Masters crews cater for beginners through to experienced rowers returning to the sport.
Recently completed a Learn to Row program? Then you may consider stepping up and trying a race!
Were you pretty handy with an oar back in the day? We’d love to see you get back in the boat.
Masters Men:
Andrew Brown Email
Masters Women:
Lynne Mannolini [email protected]
Uni Games
In 2017 the Australian University Rowing Championships will be held on the Gold Coast in the last week of September.
The UWA Boat Club will be taking a strong and competitive squad to the regatta. UWA last won the prestigious Oxford & Cambridge Cup in 1998 – could this be the year you help us break the drought?
If you are a UWA student and interested in competing please get in touch.
Learn to Row
If you’d just like to test the waters, take our 5 week Learn to Row course.
You’ll learn the basics of the rowing stroke, how to safely handle all the equipment, and will be rowing merrily down the Swan in no time (hopefully all the way to Elizabeth Quay)!
After your course, you’re welcome to join our Social Rowing group. This group rows together at set sessions on weekends. Post row coffee is mandatory!
Enrolments for our first course for 2017 are now closed but we will run another course later in the year. More info
Shenton College
The UWA Boat Club runs the Shenton College rowing program. In 2016 Shenton won the overall title at the Rowing WA All Schools Championships for the second year in a row.
UWABC has a long association with Shenton College (going back to 2003) and the rowing program in its current form has been running for the past 4 years.
Our qualified instructors coach crews from years 9 to 11.
For details please contact Chris Morley, Shenton Rowing Coordinator:
[email protected]
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