Bruce was in 2 seat in the eight at the Empire Games in 1950 and is the only surviving member of the crew still alive. He also went on to stroke the coxed four at the Empire Games in Vancouver in 1954, in another all West End crew, returning with a second silver medal. We…

Colin was stroke of the New Zealand eight oar crew in the 1961 internal test series against Australia winning all three test races. He was in the same seat for the New Zealand eight at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth winning the silver medal.

Ian’s short international season was in 1978 at the World Championships at Karapiro, New Zealand in the quadruple sculls where they finished second in the B final and then followed with the double sculls at the 1981 World Championships in Munich, Germany finishing in third place in the B final.

Ross burst onto the scene first in the 1967 test series against Australia in the coxed four and was in the same boat the next year at the Mexico Olympic Games taking out the gold medal. He was again in the coxed four at the 1970 World Championships in St Catherine’s and in 1971 at…

Vicky was coxswain of the first women’s crew to compete at the World Championships in 1974 in Lucerne, Switzerland, in the coxed four and followed this with coxing the women’s four in three test wins against Australian crews in 1975 in Australia.

Warren was a member of the gold medal coxed four at the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games then followed this with a bronze medal in the eight at the 1970 World Championships in St Catherine’s. He was also in the coxed four at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and was manager of the New Zealand…

Robin’s first New Zealand selection was in the double Scull for the world championship at Hazelwinkel in 1985 where she finished fourth. The following year she won the gold medal at British Commonwealth Games at Strathclyde in the double sculls and finished third in the same boat at the World Championships in Nottingham. In 1990…

Alex Clark was first selected in the 1963-64 New Zealand Rowing eight training squad which was subsequently selected for the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Following this, Alex was selected as reserve for the 1966 eight to the World championships in Bled where the eight made the A final for the first time. After finishing…

Gil was in the first New Zealand eight to reach an A final at a World Championships in 1966 at Bled. He followed this with gold medal in the eight at 1967 FISA North American Championships, the eight in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico and the eight also at the 1970 World Championships in…

Liz was also a member of the first women’s crew to compete at the World Championships in 1974 in Lucerne, Switzerland. Liz also competed in the FISA Women’s European championships in Brandenburg, East Germany, in the single sculls in 1972 and was coach of the women’s crews competing against Australian states in New Zealand in…