Hamilton Rowing Club is based in Hamilton, New Zealand. It was formed in 1903.

Hamilton Rowing Club is the home club of Caroline Evers-Swindell and Georgina Evers-Swindell, 2004 Olympic champions in the double, and Fiona Patterson, 2004 World Champion in the U23 quad. Ben Waters, a medallist at the 1930 British Empire Games was a member of the club.[1]

Other notable rowers include Byron "Arms" Arnold, the first and only Hamilton Rowing Club rower to achieve a sub 6-minute 2km ergometer time.

References

  1. ↑ "Rowing: a wonderful record". Bay of Plenty Times. Vol. LVIII, no. 10376. 14 May 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 14 June 2017.


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