Rowing Club moments in history

See also: Tauranga Rowing Club ephemera - Ams 476/28 and Ams 489

1878: Club formed. Bay of Plenty Times, 3 December 1878.

1898: Season opened. Bay of Plenty Times, 28 October 1898.

1899: Meeting. Bay of Plenty Times, 22 and 27 December 1899.

1900: Launch of 4-oar boat by boating syndicate. Bay of Plenty Times, 5 December 1900.

1901:

• Movement to reform the Club. Bay of Plenty Times, 4 and 9 January 1901.
• Committee formed. Bay of Plenty Times, 16 January 1901.
• Meeting. Bay of Plenty Times, 6 February 1901.
• Support from West End Rowing Club. Bay of Plenty Times, 13 February 1901.
• Abandoned - subscriptions will be refunded. Bay of Plenty Times, 19 April 1901.
• Meeting of Boating Club - to purchase two boats from the Auckland Rowing Club, and with four boats presented by various Clubs would make a total of six. Bay of Plenty Times, 1 November 1901.

1912:

• At public meeting decided to form a Rowing Club. Bay of Plenty Times, 19 January 1912.
• Meeting to form Club. Bay of Plenty Times, 6 March 1912.
• Meeting to form Club. Bay of Plenty Times, 1 April 1912.

1919:

• Meeting called to consider forming a Club on 17 February 1919. Committe: Carter, Hartley, Hartnell, Harding, Woollams. Gift of boat from Waimate Club. Bay of Plenty Times, 17 and 21 February 1919.
• Progress of formation. Bay of Plenty Times, 24 February 1919.
• Activities. Bay of Plenty Times, 7 and 9 April 1919.
• AGM (Annual General Meeting). Bay of Plenty Times, 16 October 1919.

1945: After lapse of several years the Tauranga Rowing Club resumed activities. Their first Regatta to be at Kirikiriroa (Hamilton) on 3 February 1945. Bay of Plenty Times, 2 February 1945.

1969: 45 years work brings reward for Bill. Life membership of Rowing Club awarded to Bill Kennedy. Bay of Plenty Times, 7 November 1969.

1986: Memorial Park base for Rowing Club. Bay of Plenty Times, 18 November 1986 [Ams 487/11, Scrapbook 17, p. 18].

1987:

• Low-rent site. Bay of Plenty Times, 27 June 1987 [Ams 487/11, Scrapbook 21, p. 21].
• Happy rowers pay lost rent. Bay of Plenty Times, 14 September 1987 [Ams 487/11, Scrapbook 20, p. 2].

1994: Rowing Club (Bay of Plenty Coast Rowing Club) gets nod on road use (Wairoa Road). Bay of Plenty Times, 24 August 1994, p. 3.

1995:

• Rowers mark jubilee. 75th Jubilee: Sunday brunch event attracts both current and past members. Main focus: Fred Playfair - rowed 1926; Bill Eaddy - coached since 1975. Bay of Plenty Times, 6 February 1995, p. 2.
• Rowers do long stretch on harbour. Kaikati trio rows 33km stretch of water between Bowentown and Tauranga to get sponsorship and donations for World Vision. Bay of Plenty Times, 20 February 1995, p. 3.

1997:

• Recognition at last for rowing doyen. Bill Eaddy awarded Order of Merit for services to rowing over 50 year period. Bay of Plenty Times, 16 June 1997.
• History stash revealed. Historical materials discovered in clubrooms. Bay News, 3 December 1997.

A few images from the Archives:

Tauranga Rowing Club team in Whakatāne, 1921.

Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo 00-388

Rowing teams, c. 1927.

Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo 00-346

Tauranga Rowing team, including Chum Denniston and Charlie Haua, returning from the Mercer regatta in a service car, 1927.

Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo 00-339

Tauranga Rowing Club, Dominion Club Representative Challenge Eight Crew, 1931.

Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo 00-052

Tauranga rowing club opening, October 1963

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Local triallist Michael Bradley, holding the Matthewson Trophy at a Tauranga Rowing Club display in Tauranga BNZ.

Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo gcc-29043