Rowing Victoria

Our Victorian stars were in action over the last week, pulling on the green and gold at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, NED 🇳🇱

15 Victorians competed at the regatta with the M8+ taking the bronze 🥉

🥉 M8+ Fergus Hamilton, Rohan Lavery, Harry Manton, Jack Robertson and Austin Reinehr

4th W4x- Romy Cantwell and Jean Mitchell

5th PR3 Mixed 4- Susannah Lutze

7th W8+ Hayley Verbunt, Paige Barr, Eliza Gaffney and Georgie Gleeson

8th W2- Katie Easton and Ellie Frederico

10th M4- Ben Canham

See Rowing Australia for full regatta summary.

📸: World Rowing

The 2026 World Rowing Championships begins tomorrow! ✨

We have 15 Victorians selected and competing at this years championships.

W2- Katie Easton and Emmie Frederico
W4x- Romy Cantwell and Jean Mitchell
W8+ Hayley Verbunt, Paige Barr, Eliza Gaffney and Georgie Gleeson
Spare: Sara de Uray

M4- Ben Canham
M8+ Fergus Hamilton, Rohan Lavery, Harry Manton and Austin Reinehr

PR3 Mixed 4- Susannah Lutze

Keep an eye on our story for the race times and livestream.

Good luck to our amazing athletes! ✨

Applications open!

Rowing Victoria is seeking a dynamic and relationship-focused Communications and Member Engagement Coordinator to help strengthen the connection between our organisation, member clubs, volunteers, participants and key stakeholders across Victorian rowing.

Podium finish for our U19 Women’s Pair! 🥉💪🇦🇺

We saw an incredible performance from Victorian duo Piper and Emma, who fought hard in a competitive A Final to claim a Bronze medal! 🤩

Well done to both of these Victorians on their hard work and dedication to reach the international stage. We look forward to seeing them back in the Green & Gold very soon! 👏

📸: World Rowing

Good luck to our Victorian athletes competing at the 2026 U19 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from August 6-9th.

These two young athletes will be accompanied by their coach Will Achermann.

Keep an eye out on our story for race times and the livestream link tomorrow!

U23 stars in Duisburg! 💪🇦🇺

We saw a standout performance from Susannah Lutze who led from start to finish to claim Gold in the Women’s PR3 Single Scull and a World Best Time! 🤩

The Men’s Eight raced in the A Final, falling just short of the podium.

The Women’s Four and Men’s Quad raced in the B-finals with tight competition in each race.

WPR3 1x Susannah Lutze 1st 🥇
M8+ Winston Hooper & Tom Foley 4th
M4x- Max Currie 7th
W4- Chloe Nevins & Sarah Marriott 8th

Well done to all of these Victorians on their hard work to reach the international stage, we look forward to seeing them back in the Green & Gold very soon! 👏

The Australian U23 team finished fourth on the medal table behind Greece, USA and Great Britain. The team won three Gold Medals and two silver medals. An outstanding result for the team.

📸: World Rowing

Our Individual and Premiership Standings have been finalised for 2025/26! 🏆

Well done and thank you to all who participated in our regattas this season, with more than 5,000 competitors across all event categories.

The Top 3️⃣ for each category are shown (A-Z) with the winners to be announced at the RV 150th Anniversary & Hall of Fame Gala Awards later this year.

You can view the Top 5️⃣0️⃣ for each category via the RV Live - App. 📲

5️⃣ podium finishes for Victoria!

Well done to all who competed at the recent Australian Masters Rowing Championships at Champion Lakes, Western Australia. 👏

It was a fantastic overall performance from our Victorian Masters Team, with our Women’s Quad the highlight, claiming their 9th consecutive win! ⭐️

Results:
🏆 Women’s 4x
🥈 Men’s 4x
🥈 Women’s 8+
🥈 Men’s PR3 1x
🥉 Men’s 8+

Go the Big White V! 💙

Special mention to Melbourne Rowing Club for dominating the Club Point Score, with Melbourne University (3rd), Yarra Yarra (4th), Carrum (5th), & Corio Bay (7th) also finishing in the top 🔟!

We also saw strong individual performances, with Victorians taking out both Champion of Champions races, as well as 4 placing in the top 10 of the Athlete Point Score.

👑 Women’s CoC - Tanja Nishibata
👑 Men’s CoC - Justin Negri

📸: Australian Rowing Images

Full results: https://rowingmanager.com/mobile/regatta/6779

Save the Date 🗓️🏆

We look forward to celebrating Rowing Victoria’s 150th Anniversary with the Victorian rowing community.

The event will also provide an opportunity to celebrate the 2025/26 season, and recognise those who have excelled in the sport of rowing. 🙌

More details to come.