About Our Club
Shepparton Rowing Club is a small, family friendly club open to rowers aged 12 and above. The club trains on beautiful Victoria Park Lake in the heart of Shepparton with the boat shed located at the southern end of the lake.
The club is administrated by volunteer committee and coaches, elected annually at the AGM. Shepparton Rowing Club is an inclusive club, welcoming all levels of rowing abilities from beginners to elite and social and competitive rowers. Annual memberships fees are kept low with fundraising events to support the ongoing running costs of the club.
New rowers train on Sunday mornings and will have guided sessions with instructions on how to navigate the ergometers and how to safely use the rowing equipment and boats.
Training is offered to experienced rowers on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and on Sunday mornings together with new rowers. Extra training sessions are added in preparation for the State Championships with Wednesday evening sessions offered during racing season October through to April.
Rowing is one of the oldest Olympic sports from 1900. It is a full body sport in which you use your arms, body and legs to push the boat along. You can compete in sculls (with two oars per person) or sweep boats (one oar per person). It requires and develops a high level of aerobic fitness, coordination and balance. Rowing is gender equal and racing events offered to all ages including master (27 years and older) events.
Rowers learn to scull in single, double and quad crew boats with opportunity to learn sweep rowing in pairs and fours.
Club mechanise is available to purchase, rowers may train in comfortable sportswear or the clubs long sleeve training top and shorts. Rowers competing at regattas are required to wear the Shepparton Rowing Club zootie (one piece suit) and hat and are required to pay entry fees into regattas and some travel costs. Locations the club regularly competes at are Bendigo, Rutherglen, Nagambie, Ballarat and at locations around Melbourne on the Yarra and Maribyrnong rivers.
