News

Mercs Clubbies win at the Salt Water Regatta

Women's Clubbies coach Andrew McNeil proudly reports in that Mercs clubbies kicked off the season with a win in B Grade quad. They borrowed a boat and cox from Essendon who were very generous.

Fri 23 Sep 2022

Day 4 World Championships

Red Matthews was the only Club member racing today and he was in the lightweight double. He raced in a tough quarter final with Olympic Champions from Ireland, who took the win. They fought hard to stay in the race, but ended up in sixth position. They will race again tomorrow (22 September) in the C/D Semi-Final.

Thu 22 Sep 2022

Congratulations Paige Barr

Sport Australia Hall of Fame has announced that Paige Barr has been awarded a Tier 3 scholarship to their Scholarship and Mentoring Program. Congratulations Paige.

Thu 22 Sep 2022

Day 3 World Championships

Day 3 of the World Championships saw Mercantile members race in the PR3W2 with Alex Vuillermin and Al Viney, Gus Widdicombe in the men's eight and Paige Barr in the women's eight. The PR3 women's pair and women's eight were races for lanes with Alex and Al finishing second, and Paige finishing fourth. The men's eight with Gus on board finished third.

Thu 22 Sep 2022

Kayakers have a great season

Isabel Neilson reports that the Mercantile Kayak Club has had an extremely successful season, in both the sprint and marathon disciplines.

Mon 19 Sep 2022

AFL Grand Final Parade Disruption

See attached for details of disruption this week.

Mon 19 Sep 2022

Happy birthday Mercs

It was at Young and Jacksons Hotel that a group of highly motivated rowers led by William Boyd, establish a rowing club for those with an association with the mercantile warehouses of Melbourne on this day 142 years ago. At that time, there were many rowing clubs, nearly all either with a geographic or industry connection. Our association with the warehouses of Melbourne was focussed on those in Flinders Street and Flinders Lane.

Mon 19 Sep 2022

World Championships Day 1

Our only Club member racing yesterday was Red Matthews on day one of the World Championships at Racice in the Czech Republic. There were some excellent results for the Australian team but sadly Red missed out on progressing through to the quarter finals in his race and will compete in the repechage.

Mon 19 Sep 2022

World Championships Provisional Draw

Follow this link to see the provisional draw for the Championships.

Wed 14 Sep 2022

Sean Colgan in the rowing news

In the August edition of Row360, esteemed author Chris Dodd has again written a superb article on the Henley Royal Regatta featuring Sean Colgan's Grand Challenge winning US Olympic eight.

Sun 11 Sep 2022

World Championships Preview

Australia has a strong senior team for the World Championships at Racice, Czech Republic in September.

Sun 11 Sep 2022

Updated dredging and river disruption notices

Latest notice to river users attached. Also details on dredging near the sheds.

Sun 28 Aug 2022

Morrison family honoured by MLC rowing

It was great to see the Morrison family honoured for their contributions to MLC rowing. Three family members have been great contributors to the Mercantile as well.

Wed 24 Aug 2022

Eightmembers in the senior team

Rowing Australia has announced the senior team for the World Championships at Racice, Czech Republic in September. It includes eight Mercantile members.

Sun 21 Aug 2022

Request for Expressions of Interest in Coaching at Mercs

Mercantile is planning for the 2022-23 season and looking to expand our pool of coaches, especially voluntary coaches. If you are an aspiring coach who wants to work in a high performance environment or learn as a volunteer coach in this environment, then please complete the form attached to this story and we will contact you or, alternately contact our Captain at captain@mercantile.org.au. We want to hear from you.

Tue 09 Aug 2022