lake tuggeranong rowing club

history

the club beginnings

Rowing has been enjoyed by Canberrans since Lake Burley Griffin was filled in the early 1960's.

Rowing came to Lake Tuggeranong in the mid 1990's, about ten years after the new lake was filled and as housing development in the Tuggeranong Valley boomed.

The club was the brainchild of Rex Jones, a local who had coached rowing on national teams in New Zealand.

Knowing the great opportunities a rowing club on the southside could offer, Rex went searching for a place to host a club.

Rex found a large expanse in the underbelly of the Tuggeranong College. A hole in a wall, a roller door, boat racking and some second hand boats transformed unused space into a rowing club.

In the formative years, the majority of our club members were at school. The club then recruited a strong contingent of masters rowers who have since competed at Australian Masters Championships.

The club today is growing and has a strong mix of junior, senior and masters rowers. The club aims to continue to offer rowing programs that cater for the whole Tuggeranong community.

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club achievements

In 1998 club members, Lisa Staruskiewicz and Taryn Langdon were the first club members to represent Australia. Lisa and Taryn won a sliver medal in the junior double scull at the Junior World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.

In 2002, Lisa was selected in the under 23 women's quad. Her crew won a silver medal at the World Under 23 Regatta that year.

Between 1998 and 2003 Lisa and Taryn won a number of National and State Championship medals in junior and under 23 competition.

In 2003, Merryn Steer and Reese Graham were talent identified by the ACT Academy of Sport. Since then, Merryn and Reese have won a number of National and State medals in junior competition.

Currently we have several junior womens rowers in the ACT squad and our masters rowers take part in compitetions including, but not limited to: World Master's Games, Australian Rowing Masters, etc.

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