Membership of the UWA Boat Club is open to the general public as well as students.
The club caters for athletes of all abilities – from those who have never rowed before to those in preparation for national selection.
The WA Rowing season generally begins around the end of April each year, culminating in the State Championships in late September/early October. Correspondingly, most of the rowing at UWA takes place from just after the UWA O-Day in February until the end of the WA season.
During the season there are three distinct rowing groups – Novice, Open and Masters. Each group has men’s and women’s crews and each crew is coached.
If you have any questions about where you might fit in please direct them to the Vice Captains – Contact Us.
Novice Rowing
Novice crews are generally made up complete newbies to the sport and each crew starts the season learning to row from scratch, entering races as the season progresses.
Read more about the novice intake and learning to row.
The Open Squads
If you have rowed before (beyond novice level) you will generally be pooled with the Open squads.
Within each squad, crews are selected resulting in a ‘first eight’, ‘second eight’ etc. However, much of the training is conducted in smaller boats.
There is plenty of opportunity to train and race in all boat classes – eights, fours, quads, pairs, doubles and singles.
Masters Rowing
If you’re 27 years or older (or turning 27 in the current year) you’re eligible to row Masters. Masters races are rowed over 1000m and there are several ‘Masters Only’ regattas during the season. Masters may also compete in regular Pennant regattas in either open or novice races (as their ROMS score permits).
Some of our Masters train and race with both the Open and Masters squads; others stick to just Masters crews due to time commitments… it’s up to you!