Regatta Programme
South Australian Maritime Museum
Port Adelaide, Australia
Cover page of a small paper program listing events for the South Australian Rowing Association regatta on the Port River, Saturday 21 February 1925. Races included Champion eight sculls, Maiden clinker fours, and the Le Hunte rowing cup. Officials adjudicated from the deck of the SS Vigilant and the Commonwealth, Adelaide, Torrens, Port Adelaide, Mannum, Renmark and Murray Bridge rowing teams all competed. The programme was printed by Gillingham and Company Limited and sold for three pence on the day. Sailing and rowing regattas were popular events from early European settlement. The first regatta was held on the Port River in 1838. Rowing races were held on the Torrens and on the Port River throughout the 19th and 20th century. The events were modelled on the famous Henley-on-Thames regatta in Oxfordshire, England.
- Title: Regatta Programme
- Provenance: The Champion Eights race was held in February with Commonwealth, Torrens, Murray Bridge, Port and Mannum competing. Murray Bridge had six members of their Olympic crew available. Mannum and Murray Bridge made the best starts. By the time they reached the wharves, Murray Bridge were five lengths ahead, with Torrens and Mannum battling for second place and Port had dropped to the rear. Along the wharves Murray Bridge forged ahead and extended their lead by another five lengths to cross the finish line in 18 minutes 33 seconds from Torrens and Commonwealth. As a result Murray Bridge was selected to represent SA again in the King’s Cup race.
- Subject Keywords: Sport, rowing
- Rights: Out of copyright, Public Domain
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