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Ebenwaldner said she feels privileged to have been selected after a challenging qualifying process.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been training really hard so it\u2019s good recognition to have got to this level and to be considered,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt state championships this weekend we\u2019ll be competing in the youngest age group, and we\u2019ll also be doing a demonstration event on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rowing is a sport Ebenwaldner took up just three years ago, and Waters said she has gone from strength to strength very quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a testament to the fact that it doesn\u2019t matter how old you are, you can learn to row with time and effort,\u201d she said. \u201cRowing truly is a lifetime sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
Waters said Ballarat has a stronghold in the sport because of the city\u2019s deep rowing history, and the athletes produced here prove you don\u2019t have to be on the Yarra to succeed.<\/p>\n
\u201cBallarat City Rowing Club was the sixth rowing club nationally to be established, back in 1870, so rowing has been a part of Ballarat for 150-odd years, including the Olympics in 1956,\u201d Waters said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had numerous world champion and Olympic representatives from Lake Wendouree across all our community clubs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re still up there and worthy of contention, even though we\u2019re not Melbourne-based. Rowing Victoria is just that, it\u2019s about rowing Victoria, and it\u2019s wonderful that Ballarat athletes have the opportunity to nominate and get selected.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE local rowing community will be well represented as part of the 2023 Victorian Masters rowing squad. Ballarat City Rowing Club\u2019s Ebony Ebenwaldner and Wendouree Ballarat Rowing Club\u2019s Lee Martin have been selected for the women\u2019s quad scull, while WBRC\u2019s Rebecca Gribble will row in the women\u2019s eight. Sharon Waters and Sam Hutchison, from BCRC […]<\/p>\n