Bronze coloured medal from the Peter Antonie Collection. The medal features cast text along the upper circumference that reads, "AUSTRALIAN AMATEUR ROWING COUNCIL", and "NATIONAL ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS", along the lower circumference. A central inscription panel is engraved, "WEST LAKES / 1986 / MEN'S SENIOR / A / LIGHTWEIGHT / SINGLE SCULL". The reverse features a stylised image of seven rowing oars.