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The Wellington Rowing Club is a rowing club situated on Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. ==History== The Wellington Rowing Club was first established in October 1871 as a professional club. Founded by James Stewart, a prominent sawmiller "the main reason for forming the new club was to enable ‘working men’ to take part in aquatic sports". The most famous crew of the Wellington Rowing Club was the ''Dolly Varden'' crew. Imported in 1873, the ''Dolly Varden'' became the most famous four-oared boat in colonial New Zealand. The ''Dolly Varden'' was the first boat in New Zealand with sliding seats. In this boat the crew of H Woods (stroke), J Walker (3), William Hearn (rower) (2), M Moore (bow) won the Interprovincial Championship of New Zealand in 1876, and H Woods (stroke), J Walker (3), J McGrath (2), William Hearn (rower) (bow) won in 1877. The ''Dolly Varden'' was later sold and by 1880 the Wellington Rowing Club (professional), as then constituted, went out of existence. The Wellington Rowing Club was later re-established as an amateur club in July 1885 by James Stewart. 2010 marked the 125th anniversary of the amateur club. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wellington Rowing Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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