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Andrew Black (rower)
Andrew Black (born 22 January 1971) is an Australian former representative lightweight rower. He won a bronze medal at the 2000 World Rowing Championships. Club and state rowing Black's senior club rowing was initially from the Drummoyne Rowing Club then the UTS Haberfield Rowing Club in Sydney and later the Harvard Sculling Club in the USA. In 1990 at the Australian Rowing Championships he contested the men's lightweight eight title in a composite Drummoyne/Sydney eight. In 2004 and 2005 he raced in UTS Haberfield colours contesting the Australian men's lightweight single sculls national titles. He first made state selection for New South Wales in the bow seat of the 2000 lightweight contesting the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. He later rowed in New South Wales Penrith Cup fours in 2003 and 2004. International representative rowing Black made his first Australian representative appearance in 2000 in the Australian lightwei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UTS Haberfield Rowing Club
UTS Haberfield Rowing Club in Sydney was formed as Haberfield Rowing Club in 1925. It has occupied its current site on Port Jackson's, Iron Cove at Dobroyd Point since 1926. The club had a senior and lightweight Sydney premiership & national competition focus until 1992 when it became aligned with the University of Technology, Sydney and since then it has also been a varsity club. Its elite program has enjoyed great success since the 1990s with a number of the club's oarsmen and women making Australian Olympic selection since then. History The Haberfield Rowing Club campus was formed by charter in 1925 but had some initial difficulties in getting council approval for its clubhouse site. In early 1926 it opened its £1,300 club house at Dobroyd Point. Early success on the river was attained due to the skilled coaching of Bern Williams, their captain, and the club finished second in the junior pennant in 1926/27 and second in both senior and junior pennants in the 1927/28 seasons. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |