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Joe Alia

Joe Alia passed away 21 July 2021 after many years paddling, coaching and supporting FCC, dragon boating and marathon paddling in Australia. Vale Joe Joe Alia memorial paddle   
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Tom Ohman

Tom Ohman

  It is with great sadness that the Club advises that our long standing member, friend, and FCC Life Member Tom Ohman  passed away last week. He was delighted to have reached his 90TH birthday on the 17TH of October last . He was always proud to be invested as a Life Member of FCC. He […] 
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Zoli Szigeti

  Zoli (Zoltan) Szigeti defected from the Hungian Canoe team after the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games. Soon after he joined the FCC and immediately had a huge impact at the club. Zoli became the main coach at the club and his coaching squad had great success at the Victorian Canoeing regattas. Zoli's influence at the […] 
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Jon Mayne

Jon Mayne

Jon Mayne began canoeing at Fairfield in 1952 while still at school - wagging school on sports days because paddling was much more fun! Jon won his first Australian title in 1957: C1, 10,000m on the Goulburn at Nagambie.  He went on to win 38 Australian championships, 72 Victorian titles, 25 Masters golds and several […] 
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Rowan Doyle

Rowan Doyle

Coach: Level 1 
Rowan is an engineer with Capricorn Power, a renewable energy startup, and a design and innovation lecturer at the University of Melbourne as well as a keen canoeist. Rowan joined the board in 2014, chairing FCC from 2019 to 2025.  During his time on the board he took on a number of board roles, including […] 
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Foster Rossetto

  When and why did you join the club I joined FCC in 1974, via Rym Svambarys. Kayaking was a complementary sport for upper body work during summer, since I umpired football in winter. I got hooked. Any funny or unusual things that have happened to you at the club, or highlights. One funny happening at […] 
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Alasdair Morrison

 
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Peter Niemandt

Peter Niemandt joined FCC around 2010 and subsequently served on the club Board. Peter was born in South Africa.  The following article was written in 2012. When did you join the FCC and why I joined FCC in August 2 years ago. It was as a result of an invitation by Stephen O' Leary to […] 
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Elena Cementon

Elena Cementon

And now – thanks to the support of certain FCC members – her passion for paddling has been totally reignited. Elena has been a member of FCC for over 20 years. Dragonboat teammates lured her to the club, and she was immediately hooked by the beauty and tranquility of the river –the thrill of canoe […] 
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