Constantly updated as new contacts come in. Anything very recent may be on the
New Information page.
Please email me here
(rq@rowingservice.com) if you think an entry is missing or incorrect.
It is a good idea to use the 'Search' facility on your Web browser if you are
looking for a specific person's address.
When a country has enough volunteering email contacts,
I'll make a separate page for it.
Here's a great message from a fairly keen rower...
"I live in a boathouse on the Fox River, 40 miles West of Chicago; Have 35+
classic wooden sculling boats and racing shells; Also live in San Francisco
and row in the San Francisco Bay: call if you're looking for a boat to row.
St. Charles, IL: (630) 513-8349; Tiburon, CA: (415) 435-8004. . .
(I also keep a boat at Richmond-Upon-Thames and row there when I visit
London.)". Darryl Strickler. Sounds like a useful person to stay in touch with.....
Mosman RC,
Beauty Point, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Ewan Pearson. Not a
club official, but prepared to carry messages. Also has a office address, and Tel: 02-9953-1580 Fax:
02-9904-1248.
Adelaide University Boat Club, Captain's email box or use the admin address. The club has boatsheds at both the Torrens River and on the AM Ramsay rowing lake at West Lakes (site of 1997 world masters).
ANA RC, Glyn Heath, Captain telephone 08-9263-3468. Based at Bayswater. "The club has approximately 100 members who are mostly beginners and social rowers. The club runs sculling courses for various state schools and community sculling courses for beginners. Overseas visitors are most welcome."
Murdoch University BC, Cynthja Bolton, who will pass it on to the (unwired) captain.
Swan River Rowing Club, Brough McLeod, Treasurer. Club address is 2 The Esplanade, Canning Bridge, Western Australia. 6153.
Harvey Tyler is willing to help anyone travelling there to sort out rowing locally during their visit.
Hamilton
New Zealand University Sports Union
, Brett Smith, also past President of the New Zealand University Rowing Council
and contact for the Waikato Rowing Club, Hamilton, NZ.
NZ Rowing Team, Rob Hamill, working at
Waikato, rowing in NZ LW 2x.
Invercargill
Waihopai RC, Scott Cundall. Second most southern club in the world.
Contact for Argentine rowing information is
Omar A. Remón, who is an umpire and also a
journalist.
BRAZIL
Joco Paulo
Ferrari, Suporte Ticnico de Redes,
Ministirio do Planejamento e Orgamento.
general information, Eduardo Starling. Alternative email address is E. Starling.
Eduardo says there are only a few clubs, such as C.R. Flamengo,
Botafogo F.R. and G.N. Uniao.
Alfonso Vega, from Mexico, is now studying at Brown University but is still happy to answer questions on rowing in his home country and is in regular contact with the Mexican Rowing Federation so can act as their email contact. He also tells me that
Jose Antonio Noriega is the contact
person for Club Espańa in Mexico City if anyone is planning to visit.
URUGUAY
A contact for Montevideo Rowing Club in Uruguay is Pablo Garrone, Coaching Assistant, also a collaborator of the Federacion Uruguaya de Remo.
Information on rowing in Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, the
Philippines and Singapore, email Hong Kong, China Rowing Association, direct email address.
Snailmail is HKARA, Shatin Rowing Centre, 27 Yuen Wo Road, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.
The current captain for the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is Rob Stoneley (March 2004).
INDONESIA
For those travelling to the Middle East, the people to contact in Indonesia
about rowing are the Indonesian Rowing & Canoeing Association, Jalan Prapatan
38, Jakarta 10410 Indonesia, Tel : 62-21-3848685, Fax : 62-21-3862312/582416.
Alistair Ritchie has found the
rowing in Singapore, on the Pandan Reservoir
on the west of the island, rowing out of the Republic of Singapore Yacht
Club. The 'Supremo' is Nicholas Ee, President of Singapore ARA, and
they have a goodish fleet of new plastic boats. He is happy to act as an email
contact for those visiting.
MALAYSIA
Malaysian rowing, general, Nazrin Zainal @ Mork. 2, Jalan Minang,Taman Minang,56000 Cheras,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.
Pedro Muller Lopes, who would like to hear from anyone interesting in sharing information and news about rowing.
His club is Clube Ferroviario de Portugal and he is also a contact for the
Associacao Naval de Lisboa.
Luis Faria would like me to
announce that he is the head coach of the University of Oporto in Portugal and
that he is able to offer their facilities to any crew or rower/sculler who is
interested in arranging a training camp in Portugal. They have already had
visitors from several countries.
SLOVENIA
RC Ljubljanica, in Ljubljana, the
capital of Slovenia. Contact name is Gregor Gersak.
Johan Söderströström, club
HAMMARBY IF RODD.
"Hello there
If anyone is about to visit the wonderful country of SWEDEN they should know tha
t thay
could row here to. The club name is HAMMARBY IF RODD my name is Johan Söderström
and
can propably check the mail almost every day here at school. Right now the ice i
s thick
on our lakes but soon they will be open."
Ozgur Aridasir is
clearly the Bill McGowan of the Middle East - he is a member of the executive
committee of Ankara University Mogan Rowing and Sailing Club, and also the
Middle East (Turkey, Greece, West Asia, East Europe etc.) representative for
Burgashell Boats and for Braca Rowing and Canoeing paddles.