Goolwa Rowing Club

Get excited people and clear your calendars!!

Congratulations to our David on completing his 5th Wharf to Woolshed Long Row 👏

Today Goolwa Rowing Club came together to celebrate at our very own Breakfast of Champions at Islanders Tavern. Turning it into a sea of red jackets, we celebrated the amazing success of Kate, Katja Tebneff and the South Australian Women’s 8 who came home with a swag of medals. The Women’s Interstate Eight claimed the trophy for SA, while Kate earned an impressive: 3 Gold medals for a Mixed E Grade double, the interstate Women’s 8, Women’s B Grade quad and Silver medals in the WB2x and WC4x.

Club President Simon Burr congratulated Kate on the result, recognising the pathway from early efforts to this well-deserved success.

Kate acknowledged the support of family, especially fellow rower/champion and Mum, Diana Tebneff, and her rowing ‘village’ of GRC and others.

Our Club prides itself on being able to compete at the highest levels as well as celebrating all members’ efforts to learn and enjoy rowing on some of the best waterways around.

This Club deserves a proper facility to call home, where we can welcome everyone to come and help with our mission of ‘Growing Rowing on the Fleurieu’— and maybe a display case for all that bling!!

Don’t forget to let Alexandrina Council know of your support for Goolwa Rowing Club via the Mysay survey open now.

It doesn’t get much better than this! Whenever there is the slightest hesitation about whether to get up early and row on the sensational waters around Goolwa, the river responds with mirror flat conditions, the wind drops and the sun comes out. If you think this looks good, get in touch to find out more about our Come And Try days by emailing [email protected]

We’re so proud of our Goolwa Rowing Club community 💙🚣
After celebrating local rower Kate Tebneff and her incredible 3 gold and 2 silver medals at the Masters Nationals in Perth, we’re also reflecting on what our club has been working towards for many years.
For 25 years, our members have been part of life on the Lower Lakes while working towards a permanent home in Goolwa. Right now, our boats are stored on Hindmarsh Island and must be trailered around 300 metres to and from the nearest launch site.
The Club has been working tirelessly toward a purpose-built, water-adjacent rowing facility at Bristow Smith Reserve, where we hold a current lease. A proposed change to the lease would remove the requirement for a public deck — a practical, more environmentally responsible and cost-saving step that would help move the project forward.
Community consultation is now open until 24 June.
If you’d like to support a rowing facility in Goolwa, and the request to remove the deck requirement, please share your feedback via the Council consultation link below by tapping on the photo.

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Goolwa Rowing Club Proposal to grant landowner consent and vary the lease to reflect the Goolwa Rowing Club's amended plans for their Clubroom facility

Recently Goolwa Rowing Club was congratulating our Kate, Katja Tebneff on her selection in the State women’s squad for the Masters in Perth this month. Today we celebrate her incredible success in the first division of the Mixed E grade 2x (or double). Average age of crew 55-59. Kate and Mick Wilson from Ulverstone Rowing Club lead from start to finish setting a blistering pace in their division and being the fastest overall boat of the 3 mixed events. The Goolwa WhatsApp group was going off as members watched the race livestream. We’re sure our collective cheering, including Club stalwart Tish Barrow, there in person to capture these images, made all the difference, although Mick and Kate will probably think it had something to do with the unbelievable effort they put in!! Congratulations to Mick and Kate. Go Gooolwaaaa! (And Ulverstone!)