Mercantile Rowing Club

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About Mercantile has a proud tradition of exceptional performance on the international stage. In the past 30 years, Mercantile Rowing Club has lived up to its nickname as the “Mecca of rowing". There have been gold medals for Mercantile athletes at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, 1996 Atlanta Olympics, 2004 Athens Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics and a myriad of World Championships in between. Whilst not gold, a Mercantile women’s pair won silver in London in 2012. Names such as Dunkley Smith, Morrison, Werry, Cooper, Tomkins, Ginn, Crawshay, Tait and Hornsey are not only legends within the club but are also a part of Australian sporting folklore. Partners | Our History Mercantile's first Championship four in 1895 Photo taken in Brickmakers Swamp which was later reclaimed by rowers to build their boatsheds at Princes Bridge Born in September 1880 during a meeting at Young & Jacksons, the Club was initially called The Junior Warehouseman’s Rowing Club. The group which formed the club had a

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