On Sunday 23 August Balmain Rowing Club held its Annual General Meeting and Awards Presentations. We have had a terrific year by finishing off another building project and kickstarting our renewed rowing programs amongst other things. There is an unmistakable energy and vibe in the club which was palpable at the meeting. Congratulations to all the award winners, in particular club person of the year Michael MacCormick, who also took home two other trophies. A big thank you t

Congratulations to our novice rowers Connor and Jordan for their 1st and 2nd places at the Leichhardt Rowing Club JB Sharp Regatta today! It was Jordan’s first ever race in a regatta too so we are very proud of them both.

You’re an inspiration Anja Wever! You’ve worked your little rowing heart out, got yourself over to Perth for the Australian Masters Rowing Championships, threw yourself into as many races as you could find and grabbed SILVER in the event that you really went there for: Lightweight WE1x 💪🥈💫 And let’s not forget our star cox, Katie Davies who won a haul of medals: Gold in WMD8+ 🥇 2 silvers 🥈🥈 and 2 bronze 🥉🥉 Go Katie!! ✨✨✨

16/17 May saw a great couple of days racing at the NSW Masters Championships. Some of our crew, who were first timers at this championship, gave it a red, hot go and did themselves proud next to fierce competition. Others were seasoned competitors who showed us all what it takes to be competitive. Huge congratulations to: 🥉Simon Glascott and Maurice Sizzi (MMF 2x) 🥈Anja Wever, Janine Lippi, David Howard-Jones and Mike MacCormick (MixD-F 4x) 🥇Mike MacCormick and Andreas Heg

Sensational day at the 2026 Iron Cove Masters Regatta today! Lots of good BRC place-getters 👏👏👏 but it’s always special to win so huge congratulations to: 🟡 Sam Shalhoub (MM Para 1x) 🟡 Simon Glascott and Maurice Sizzie (MMF-M 2x) 🟡 Janine Lippi, Anja Wever, Mike MacCormick and David Howard-Jones (MixM 4x) 🟡 Toby Norton-Smith and James Hutton (MMC 2x) Thanks to @leichhardtrowing for organising a great event! Results https://rowingmanager.com/regattas/6947/results

Balmain Rowing Club’s traditional morning row on Sat 25 April, including Jeremy Child’s pipe playing at Whitehorse Point as the boats rowed out and observed a minute’s silence, the laying of wreaths on the water of the Balmain rowers who served and did not return and the mock “Dardanelles Dash” between the 8s on the glassy bay to conclude our tribute on the water. Afterwards at the shed we read from the diaries of John Booth, whose forefathers purchased the original rowing cl