Life Membership of Rowing Australia is the sport’s highest honour. It is reserved for those who have demonstrated significant, sustained and high quality service that enhances the reputation and future of rowing by virtue of their considerable contribution to rowing nationally.
Life Membership is restricted to those persons whose association with Rowing Australia extends for at least ten years and whose service to rowing at a national level and Rowing Australia is worthy of this very highest honour.
Those individuals who have earned Life Membership of Rowing Australia through their outstanding and meritorious service to the sport are:
- Mr Noel F. Wilkinson, BEM, OAM (deceased)
- Mr Robert Aitken, MBE (deceased)
- Mr Berry Durston, AM (deceased)
- Dr Stephen Hinchy, OAM (deceased)
- Mr John Coates, AC
- Mr John Boultbee, AM
- Mr Reinhold Batschi, OAM
- Mr Andrew Guerin
- Dr David Yates
- Ms Barbara Fenner
- Mr Michael Eastaughffe
- Mr Mike MacKay, OAM
- Mr James Tomkins, OAM
- Mr Peter Antonie, OAM
- Ms Margaret MacKenzie, OAM
- The Honourable Paul Guest OAM QC
- Mr Ray Ebert
- Mrs Kim Brennan AM
- Ms Kath Bennett
- Mr Noel Donaldson
- Mr Doug Donoghue AM
- Mr Nick Green OAM
- Mr Robin Poke AM
- Mr Howard Croker OAM
- Mr Jeff Sykes
- Mr Reg McKay (deceased)
- Ms Shirley Stokes
- Mr Patrick McNamara
- Mr Chris Grummitt