Invercargill Rowing Club

The Invercargill Rowing Club is a rowing club in Invercargill, in the Southland region of New Zealand. It was established on 26 August 1875 with clubrooms on the New River Estuary and relocated to the Oreti River in 1958, where it sits next to Waihopai, the other large rowing club in Southland. Women members first joined in 1983, when the club expanded its facilities, and an additional boat storage shed was built in 2005 to cope with growing numbers of competition and training skiffs. The club was named Rowing New Zealand Club of the Year in 2007. Its notable members include Nathan Cohen, an Olympic champion and two-time world champion rower, and Ian Hamilton, a life member who has served as rower, coach, administrator and fundraiser.