Alistair Dryden

Alistair began his rowing career at Kings College, Auckland and just two years out of senior school he was selected in the New Zealand eight for the 1962 British Empire Games in Perth, Australia, finishing second for the silver medal. He went on to stroke the Auckland Rowing Club coxed four, which won the New Zealand championship for four successive years from 1963 to 1966. On the way through this crew of four distinguished rowers won the inaugural Prince Philip Cup at Royal Henley regatta in 1963 and was selected as a crew for the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, where they finished second in the B final to rank eight overall. In 1966 Alistair was stroke of both the coxed four and the eight who secured the double at the New Zealand Championships, only the second time this had been done to that date. Alistair returned to international rowing in 1967 in the New Zealand eight which won both the FISA North American Championships at Hamilton, Ontario, and the United States National Championships at Philadelphia, USA, and was also in the coxed four to complete the double at both these Championships. Alistair continued his international rowing by being selected in the New Zealand eight for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Mexico, where the crew finished in fourth place.