UTS Rowing

The UTS Haberfield Rowing Club, formerly known as the Haberfield Rowing Club, was established in 1925. Between 1925 and 1992 the club won many national titles and produced some magnificent athletes. After an amalgamation with UTS Union in 1992, the Club was able to strive for even greater heights, attracting more high profile athletes than ever before, and forge new and exciting partnerships with the NSW Institute of Sport, international rowing clubs and NSW schools. This amalgamation created the UTS Haberfield Rowing Club (UTSHRC). With the financial support of UTS Union, the UTSHRC hired Tim McLaren as head coach. Tim led the Club's charges from 1992 through until 2007 and during that time, the Club cemented itself as a leading high performance rowing club in Australia. UTSHRC is the only sports club to receive the NSW Institute of Sport High Performance Centre of the Year Award twice (1999 and 2001). During Tim's 15 years with UTSHRC he sent 11 Athletes to three Olympic Games. These athletes won numerous medals (ten bronze and one silver), the highlight being the 2004 Olympics, where four of the bronze medal winning Men's 8 were from the UTSRC (Stewart Welch, James, Steven and Geoff Stewart). At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the UTS Rowing Club has another 4 athletes in the Men's 8 (Dave Dennis, Stephen Stewart, Sam Loch and James Chapman), who hope to bring home gold for Australia. Since Tim's departure as a result of voluntary student unionism in 2007, Australia's leading Women's Coach, Ellen Randell, has taken over the reins of the club. Ellen has coached three crews to two Olympic Games: the Women's Double and the Women's Quad to Atlanta and the Women's Double in Sydney. Ellen has had nine World Championship campaigns; most recently, she coached the Lightweight Women's Quad to a gold medal at the 2007 World Championships. This year Ellen takes both the men's and women's teams to the 2008 World Championships in Linz. The new recruitment of Steve Luker has brought about much anticipation of future success. Steve comes originally from London England, where he was the women's head coach at Tideway Scullers, a revered club. Steve's recent success as a junior and under 23 coach was at UTS brother club St George Rowing club, as Head Coach. We look forward to further involvement with Steve's great expertise.