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Member profiles

We are always looking for member profiles to add to the website. This month we review the rowing career of Claude Pander, a 1920s maiden oarsman.

Sat 15 May 2021

Interstate Championships in Review

ictoria had a good regatta this year with Al Matthews' Queens Cup crew regaining the trophy after a brief stay in NSW and Mike McKay's King's Cup crew returned the trophy back to its rightful owner in a narrow win. Sam Fennessy's women's youth eight finished second behind a strong Western Australian crew and their men's equivalent won.

Sat 15 May 2021

Some memories from the National Championships

Some images from the National Championships to bring back memories of that week.

Sat 15 May 2021

School Holiday Rowing Camp

School Holiday Rowing Camp Monday June 28th- Thursday July 1st Keep active this school holidays, and return to the riverbank, with Mercantile Rowing Club’s School Holiday Rowing Camps.

Fri 14 May 2021

Images from the boat namings 8th April

Follow this story to see the images from the boat namings on 8th April 2021.

Sun 25 Apr 2021

ANZAC Day Commemoration and Luncheon

An ANZAC Day Commemoration and Luncheon will be held at the Club on Sunday 25th April 2021. The names of those members who failed to return will again be heard in the boathouse. After several years of focussing on our WWI members, this year we will focus on our Vietnam casualty, Geoff Locke.

Sun 18 Apr 2021

Sean Colgan makes a generous donation to the Foundation

The Club's greatest benefactor Sean Colgan has again amazed us with another very generous donation to the Club's Foundation.

Fri 19 Mar 2021

Nationals Entries

The Treasurer has called on the Club's financial reserves to pay the entry fees for our large entry for the National Championships. Entries follow. May all our crews do well. Go Mercs

Fri 19 Mar 2021

Scotch Mercantile Regatta again live streamed

The Scotch Mercantile Regatta Committee led by Bill Webster leads the way with the regatta again live streamed.

Thu 11 Mar 2021

Congratulations to our senior Australian team members

Rowing Australia has just announced the 2021 Australian Rowing Team and there are many Mercantile members.

Sun 07 Mar 2021

Congratulations to our Victorian Team members

Congratulations to all our State team members.

Sat 06 Mar 2021

Cocktail Party and Boat Christening 9th April 2021

Celebrate the end of the season and the great contribution of some of our honoured members.

Sat 06 Mar 2021

2021 Dates

Please keep the following dates free for these important Club events.

Sat 06 Mar 2021

Dominant performance at State Championships

t is not often that we are able to report on success on an 'industrial scale' - this occurred at the Victorian Championships last weekend. The following statistics sum up the regatta - 22 golds, 12 silvers and 14 bronzes. Or to provide another summary, the Rowing Victoria club point score total for Mercantile was 104,000 points with the next most successful clubs being Banks and Gippsland Grammar each on 37,000 points. More generally, the Cub won races in almost every division.

Sat 06 Mar 2021

Huge State Championship entry from Mercs

As best as your correspondent can assess, the following are our entries for the State Championships. You will see that our clubbies are racing on Sunday which is a great change from past years. Also our high performance group are also doubling up for racing on Sunday which is pleasing to see. The result is a great number of entries.

Fri 26 Feb 2021