MURC will be holding periodic 4-week Learn to Row courses on 4 consecutive Saturdays. The sessions run from 6:15am - 8:00am, and anyone over the age of 13 can participate.

Social rowing sessions are held regularly during the course of the year from the Murdoch University Rowing Club boatshed.    There are two social rowing sessions held during the week.

The main session is held on Saturdays from 6:15am - 8:00am.    Another session is held on Wednesdays from 6:15am - 7:30am.    Sessions usually involve rowing on the Canning River in fours, quads, and eights.    Slight variations in the starting time may occur.

If you are a university student whether it be Murdoch University, or from any of the other tertiary institutions, and you are looking for an activity to unwind from the rigors of study, why not give rowing a go.    It is a wonderful way to socialise with other individuals from other courses and backgrounds.    No matter what your level of experience with rowing, our club has various learn to row programs during the year.

If you are keen to row, drop us an email.

Are you keen to row competitively at the pennant regattas, or participate in the head races for the upcoming rowing season?    Why not get together a like minded crew, and start a training regime to reach that goal.

In order to compete in the rowing regattas, individuals will need to:

Details regarding the dates and venue of the regattas during the current rowing season are listed in the regatta schedule.    Note that all local club level regattas are listed in bold.

Contact our Captain of Boats, Ed Poon to organise a crew during the course of the rowing season.

The introduction of the Masters Rowing Regattas to the rowing schedule commences in 2009.    A rower may compete at the master level from the beginning of the year in which they attain the age of 27 years.    All rowers intending to compete at the Masters Rowing Regattas this year must complete a Rowing WA Club Membership Form as detailed above, which is to be submitted to the Captain of Boats.    If you have completed this form in the past, you are registered already.

Details regarding the dates of the Masters Rowing Regattas are included in the regatta schedule.   
Note that all local club level regattas are listed in bold.

Contact our Captain of Boats, Ed Poon to organise a crew.

During the course of the rowing season, there are several regattas in which rowers from the various rowing clubs do battle on the river.    So during the regatta there are the rowers competing, but we also need committed individuals who are willing to officiate the races.    Currently Rowing WA is responsible for providing the officials to umpire and judge the races.    This is a tiring responsibility, and over time the number of boat racing officials has not increased.    In order to increased the number of boat racing officials, Rowing WA has started an initiative to encourage members of the various rowing clubs to assist.    In 2008, this was achieved by deduction of regatta points.    While for 2009, further sanction will be implemented by disallowing rowing clubs who do not offer their quota of boat racing officials from competing at the regatta.

This invariably will present a predicament for the smaller rowing clubs, such as Murdoch University Rowing Club.    So we are looking for individuals who would like to represent Murdoch University Rowing Club in the role of a Boat Racing Official (BRO).    Rowing WA provides a course which involves on the water training, a written exam, and a final board exam.

Individuals interested in becoming boat racing officials should email us.

Western Australia has been successful in its bid for the Australian Masters Championship in 2010.    The venue for the event will be at Champion Lakes, and will run for 4 days from June 3-6.

For further information regarding the event, refer to the Rowing WA website.

In order to compete in the Masters category, a rower is eligible from the beginning of the year in which they attain the age of 27 years.    This is a wonderful opportunity for anyone eligible for the Masters category to compete on a national level.    The challenge is set, you now have one year to prepare.    So if you are interested in participating at the Masters level, and you turning 27 years or older, contact our Captain of Boats, Ed Poon to organise a crew during the course of the rowing season.

Freedom on the River (FOTR) is the adaptive rowing program run at the Canning Bridge Rowing Centre.    This club specifically caters for individuals with varying levels of special need.    It has been based at Canning Bridge since 1988, and was the pilot program used to commence adaptive rowing in Australia.    Most of the operations of this club are run by a group of family members, carers, and volunteers.

Currently the club is looking for individuals who are able to drive a motor boat which is being used for safety purposes during the rowing sessions.

The club is always looking for volunteers to assist in the running of the rowing sessions, so if you have time to spare, your help would be gratefully received.

Facebook is a web based networking site. Murdoch University Rowing Club now has a Facebook group on this website. So if you have access to this website, consider joining the group and have a look at some of the photos taken during the course of the year.

Gain access to a computer (preferably one connected to the internet), and turn it on.    If step 1 has already been completed, advance to step 2.

Type www.facebook.com into your browser.

You should now find yourself at the Facebook homepage.    Enter your details into the boxes below the heading “Sign Up”, and follow the prompts.    You MUST have a valid email address for this to work.    If you do not have a current email address, there are various applications/sites that allow for you to set up an account.    Some suggested websites which offer email services include www.hotmail.com, www.yahoo.com.au, www.gmail.com.

You should now be able to log on to your account. (If this is not done automatically, go back to www.facebook.com and enter your email and password in the boxes at the TOP of the page next to the ‘Login’ button.

After filling in your details, you are able to ‘add friends’.    You can either ‘find’ friends under the ‘Friends’ button at the top of you screen: type in the name of any friend you think may be on Facebook to get you started, and then select the ‘add friend’ link/button, or you can ‘invite’ friends, which is where you insert the said friend’s email address.

Type in “Murdoch University Rowing Club” into the ‘Search’ box at the top right corner of your screen, OR go to the ‘groups’ application on your ‘applications menu’ (which can be found at the bottom of your screen – this is a small black and blue picture of silhouettes) and type in “Murdoch University Rowing Club”.

You should now find yourself on the MURC Facebook page! Yay!    Beneath the group’s picture (a photograph of a sunscreen smiley face ‘ : ) ‘ there is a link that says, ‘Join Group’.    Click this.

The MURC is set on private, which means that you cannot be accepted into the group without an admin’s approval.    This may take a couple of days, depending on how often the nerds – that is to say, Steph, Nick, or Karrianne – are online.

After you have been accepted, you will be free to roam the site as you please!