Rowing Notes

by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

Songs

• Two Rowing songs
• Shorter one appears on the Regatta Program

1948 Independence Day Regatta

• RUBC Fours
• Dick San Pe (Pe Nyun)
• Bobby Tin (Khin Maung Wint)
• Cox — name not known
• Tom San Pe (Pe Thein)
• Tin U

1958 Inter-Varsity Race

• RUBC beat CURC (Calcutta University Rowing Club)

FEARA Regatta in Hong Kong

RUBC competed in Coxed Fours, Coxed Pairs, and Sculls.

• Tun Shein (Willie)
• Win Kyi
• Tin Htoon
• Harry Saing
• San Maung (Gerald)
• Hla Min (Eddie)

RUBC Regatta in 1996

• U Maung Maung Than Tun (GBNF)
• U Tun Shein (Willie)
• U Hla Myint (Michael, GBNF)
• U Sein Htoon
• U Thant Kyaw
• U Hla Min
• U Myo Myint
• Young & Old members

RUBC 90th Anniversary Souvenir Magazine

I served as Contributing Editor. I wrote three articles and Prelude for each Section.

Club House

RUBC 40th Anniversary

Two Teams at FEARA

• The opponents of RUBC were taller.

Engineering Eights

• won the Inter-Faculty Eights
• Myo Myint
• L. Than Myint
• Lazarus
• Than Htut
• Thaung Lwin
• Htain Lin
• Ohn Hlaing (Elmo, GBNF)
• Kyaw Lwin (George, GBNF)
• Tin Aung (Victor, GBNF)

U Chan Tha

• Captain, RUBC

Selected Photos

• Coxed Fours
• Throw the winning cox into the water
• Kayak

Posts

• Rangoon University Boat Club
• RUBC 90th Anniversary
• RUBC Centennial
• Sir Arthur Eggar