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MUBC 150 Commemorative DVD

You've probably had your rowing socks dry-cleaned and pressed and are preparing to hang them on your mantelpiece and then wondered what will you put in them from Santa... how about a MUBC 150 Commemorative DVD?


It is now on sale and contains:

  1. Mubc Brief History: The 7 minute film shown during the Mubc 150 special dinner.

  2. The Book Launch at Government House of 'Well Rowed University', the MUBC History.

  3. Random Archival Footage:  The 40 minute film shown before the dinner [see contents list below].

  4. Boat Christening and Row Past: A film of this years christening and the MUBC Row Past on Sept 3 at 6 am.

  5. Recent Triumphs: A film of the various International, National and local regattas MUBC members have raced in over the past 4 years [see contents below. 

This MUBC 150 Commemorative DVD is only $45 and can be purchased by Email to Michael.

The 40 minute film, 'Random Archival Footage' that was shown prior to the guests sitting down to dinner contains the following crews and regattas and loops filmed by Harvey Nicholson: [1]: '53 Penrith Inter-Varsity. [2]: '64 Extra-Collegiates 8. [3]: '69 Tokyo trip. [4]: '55 Inter-Varsity 8. [5]: '79 Victorian Championships, Monash Uni-Mubc composite 8 vs. Mubc LW 8. [6]: '79 NSW State Championships. [7]:  '79 Australian selections, Penrith. [8]: '79 Australian Men's 8 training in Bled, Yugoslavia. [9]: '73 Extra-Collegiates 8. [10]: '56 Extra-Collegiates 8. [11]: '68 The row from Mildura to Wentworth. [12]: '57 Inter-Varsity 8. [13]: '59 Inter-Varsity 8. [14]: '34 The Great Flood at Scotch and Xavier College boatshed washed away. [15]: '71 Mubc squad visits Penrith. [16]: '62 Inter-Varsity 8. [17]: '67 Mubc Junior 8 downstream. [18]: '68 Inter-Varsity Light-weight 4. [19]: '70 Inter-Varsity 8. [20]: '90 World Rowing Championships, Lake Barrington, Womens Light-weight 4- medal presentation. [21]: '60 Inter-Varsity 8. [22]: '69 Inter-Varsity 8. [23]: '72 Inter-Varsity 8. [24]: '72 Taree NSW Inter-Varsity 8. [25]: '69 Mildura Regatta and bar-b-que.

The crews selected in this 40 minute archival footage was matched up with the Mubc members who attended the dinner. The entire 4 dvd box set 'Mubc 1955-1980' or 'Mubc 1970-1990' 4 dvd box set or the 'New Zealand '78, Bled '79 World Rowing Championships men and women and Moscow Olympics' are available for $150 a box set.

The 'Recent Triumphs' film by Michael Nicholson shown after the dinner is about all the recent Olympic, International, National and local regattas Mubc members have raced in over the past 5 years and contains: [1]: 2005 Gifu Japan World Rowing Championships Australian Women's 8 winning the gold medal. [2]: '07 Nagambie National Championships Women's 8 final. [3]: '07 Eton World Rowing Championships Australian Women's 8 bronze medal and the Australian Men's 8 and Australian Women's Quad scull silver medal and the '07 Nagambie Nationals M2- and W2- finals. [4]:  '08 Australian Womens Olympic 8 training on Lake Burley Griffin. [5]: '08 Australian Olympic Mens 4- Penrith final and Beijing Olympics silver medal. [6]: '07 Munich World Rowing Championships Australian Mens 8, Womens Quad scull bronze medal and Australian Women's Lightweight Quad scull Gold medal. [7]: '08 Australian Women's 8 training and final, Beijing Olympics. [8]: King's Cup Lake Barrington '06 and '09, Nagambie '07 and Penrith '08. [9]: '06 Eton World Rowing Championships Women's Quad Scull final silver medal and Queen's Cup Lake Barrington '06 and '09, Nagambie '07 and Penrith '08. [10]: '06~'08 Melbourne Head of the Yarra Mubc Men's and Women's 8.

Mubc members were represented in all these crews that did so well and the documentary has a theme of how the rowing 8 works and is a breezy informative look at contemporary Australian rowing specifically made to show at the 150 Mubc dinner. And it includes interviews with Nick Green, Sarah Heard, Lizzy Patrick, Alice McNamara, Drew Ginn and Sir Steve Redgrave. It is also available as a self contained documentary dvd with a menu entitled 8+ and is recommended for any coach to educate, entertain and inspire his or her crew and is priced at $40.

For further enquiries please contact Michael Nicholson email:  nicho99@bigpond.net.au