One of the Ashby brothers who were synonymous in rowing circles, especially Auckland, for many years. Murray was in 5 seat in the 1950 eight and was also in bow seat in the coxed four at the 1954 Empire Games in Vancouver winning a second silver medal. Murray also made a long-standing contribution to the…

The second of the Ashby brothers who was in seven seat in the 1950 eight at Karapiro and followed this with selection in 3 seat in the coxed four in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki and then 3 seat in the coxed four at the 1954 Empire Games in Vancouver wining a second silver…

Graeme was first selected in the 1994 coxed four to attend the Commonwealth Championships in Ontario, Canada, where they were placed third gaining the bronze medal. The same coxed four then went on to the World Championships in Indianapolis, USA, where they finished in seventh place after winning the B final. In 1995 Graeme was…

Les Arthur was selected in the eight oar crew for the 1962 British Commonwealth Games in Perth where they won the silver medal.

In the late 1970’s John was the premier single sculler in New Zealand and won the national single sculls title five times between 1975 and 1981. In his first international selection in 1975 he was selected in the Quad sculls boat for the World Championships at Nottingham. Over the next four years he was selected…

Peter commenced his rowing career in 1953 competing at the Maadi regatta thereafter, rowing through the grades with great success for the Union Boat club, culminating in the winning of the Champion coxed four in 1958 and the Champion eight in 1959. Peter was in the three seat of the Union coxed four coached by…

Don was the coxswain for the 1950 eight at the Empire Games at Karapiro winning the silver medal. This was his only international race. Don died many years ago, and his medal will be received by his wife, Colleen.