Carrum Rowing Club is thrilled to announce that our Club Captain Mary Hunter has been awarded the Kath Bennett Community Service Award at the Rowing Victoria awards this year! The award is for outstanding service to a rowing community in Victoria, to acknowledge those people who have done outstanding work in a club, regatta committee or region. Kath Bennett is a fine example of such work with reinvigorating women’s rowing prior to amalgamation with the men’s association in 1979.

Mary is an absolute asset to our club and has been integral in the running of our beginners, juniors, school and intermediate rowing programs. Mary has sacrificed countless hours of her time to support our rowers and provides ongoing encouragement and support to those wanting to enter the sport. In addition to this Mary is a long time committee member who has taken on every role from buoying the course to catering regattas to boat repairs! She’s also an awesome sculler who trains year round to achieve her very best. It’s people like Mary that make our club so amazing and we’re so proud that she’s received this great honour.