History of Mercantile Rowing Club

Appendix 6 - Mercantile's Victorian Championship Crews (1991 - 2005)

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1990-91

• Champion Men's Four
  • Bow: Peter Murphy, 2: Michael McKay, 3: Andrew Cooper, Str: James Tomkins, Cox: David Colvin, Cch: Noel Donaldson
• Champion Men's Coxless Pair
  • Bow: Andrew Cooper, Str: James Tomkins, Cch: Noel Donaldson
• Champion Men's Coxed Pair
  • Bow: Simon Quirk, Str: Eugene Kininmonth, Cox: William Webster
• Champion Men's Under 23 Pair
  • Bow: Josh Mantello, Str: Ben Dodwell, Cox: David Colvin
• Champion Men's Under 23 Eight
  • Bow: Andrew Skelton, 2: Nick sadler, 3: Simon Teschendorf, 4: P Findlay, 5: D Bailey, 6: D Colls, 7: Patrick Sinn, Str: Mat Thomas, Cox: Brett Hayman, Cch: David Pincus & Mark Mitchell
• Champion Senior C Eight
  • Bow: M Jackson, 2: P Findlay, 3: D Bailey, 4: D Colls, 5: Patrick Sinn, 6: Matt Thomas, 7: Simon Teschendorf, Str: Nick Sadler, Cox: Brett Hayman, Cch: David Pincus & Mark Mitchell
• Champion Youth Eight
  • Bow: Simon Teschendorf, 2: Nick Sadler, 3: M Jackson, 4: P Findlay, 5: D Bailey, 6: D Colls, 7: Andrew Skelton, Str: Matt Thomas, Cox: Brett Hayman, Cch: David Pincus & Mark Mitchell

1991-92

• Champion Men's Four
  • Bow: Geoff Barden, 2: Michael McKay, 3: Andrew Cooper, Str: James Tomkins, Cox: William Webster, Cch: Noel Donaldson
• Champion Men's Eight
  • Bow: Geoff Barden, 2: Tony Johnson, 3: Ben Dodwell, 4: Peter Murphy, 5: Sam Patten, 6: Michael McKay, 7: Andrew Cooper, Str: James Tomkins, Cox: David Colvin, Cchs: Paul McGann & Noel Donaldson
• Champion Men's Under 23 Four
  • Bow: P Findlay, 2: Mal Shippen, 3: James Howden, Str: Simon Morrison, Cox: Brett Hayman, Cch: Graeme Boykett
• Champion Men's Under 23 Eight
  • Bow: p Findlay, 2: Paul Roberts, 3: R Clarke, 4: D McCormack, 5: Brad Kerr, 6: Mal Shippen, 7: James Howden, Str: Simon Morrison, Cox: Brett Hayman, Cchs: Graeme Boykett & M Mitchell

1992-93

• Champion Men's Pair
  • Bow: Peter Murphy, Str: Ben Dodwell, Cch: David Palfreyman
• Champion Men's Four
  • Bow: Matt McArdle, 2: Ben Dodwell, 3: Peter Murphy, Str: Mal Shippen, Cox: David Colvin, Cchs: Steve Spurling & David Palfreyman
• Champion Men's Eight
  • Bow: Brad Kerr, 2: Anthony Ellis, 3: B Humphris, 4: Duncan Ashby, 5: Matt McArdle, 6: Ben Dodwell, 7: Peter Murphy, Str: Mal Shippen, Cox: David Colvin, Cchs: Steve Spurling & David Palfreyman
• Champion Men's Under 23 Lightweight Four
  • Bow: Nick Sadler, 2: Andrew Glass, 3: Andrew McNeil, Str: Phil Roberts, Cch: Peter Somerville
• Champion Men's Senior C Eight
  • Bow: D Munro, 2: Guy Begley, 3: A Berman, 4: M McNeil, 5: S Evans, 6: Paul Crowe, 7: D Peining, Str: Drew Ginn, Cox: A Warmbrand, Cch: M Mitchell

1993-94

• Champion Men's Pair
  • Bow: Peter Murphy, Str: Ben Dodwell, Cchs: Steve Spurling & Noel Donaldson
• Champion Men's Four
  • Bow: Petyer Murphy, 2: Gary Gullock, 3: Jason Kovacic, Str: Ben Dodwell, Cox: David Colvin, Cchs: Noel Donaldson & Steve Spurling
• Champion Men's Under 23 Pair
  • Bow: Andrew McNeil, Str: Drew Ginn, Cch: Noel Donaldson
• Champion Women's Senior Pair
  • Bow: Fleur Worboys, Str: Celia Patterson, Cch: Paul McGann

1994-95

• Champion Men's Four
  • Bow: Bill Tait, 2: Tom Hodgson, 3: Nigel Sullivan, Str: Simon Gadsden, Cox: Noel Jordan, Cchs: Noel Donaldson & Steve Spurling
• Champion Men's Eight
  • Bow: Bill Tait, 2: Tom Hodgson, 3: Nigel Sullivan, 4: Simon Gadsden, 5: Andrew Cooper, 6: Michael McKay, 7: Peter Murphy, Str: James Tomkins, Cox: Noel Jordan, Cchs: Noel Donaldson & Steve Spurling

1995-96

• Champion Men's Eight
  • Bow: Gavin Hall, 2: Simon Morrison, 3: Robert Cretney, 4: Simon Spriggs, 5: Drew Ginn, 6: James Tomkins, 7: Peter Murphy, Str: Michael McKay, Cox: David Colvin, Cch: Noel Donaldson
• Champion Men's Intermediate Eight
  • Bow: Stuart Smart, 2: Henry Edgar, 3: Jason Antica, 4: Ben Slenzinger, 5: Cameron Selkrig, 6: Guy Begley, 7: Marcus Tyrell, Str: Peter Sutton, Cox: Hamish Broom, Cchs: John Leeming & Robert Manning

1996-97

• Champion Men's Elite Pair
  • Mercantile/MUBC - Bow: Simon Spriggs, Str: Richard Shenfield (MUBC), Cch: Noel Donaldson
• Champion Men's Elite Eight
  • Bow: Jason Faranda, 2: Robert Douglas, 3: David Clark, 4: Simon Spriggs, 5: Bill Tait, 6: Simon Gadsden, 7: Drew Ginn, Str: Michael McKay, Cox: David Colvin, Cch: Noel Donaldson
• Champion Men's Senior Pair
  • Bow: Bill Tait, str: Simon Gadsden
• Champion Men's Intermediate Eight
  • Bow: John Goldsworthy, 2: Andrew Hodder, 3: Marcus Tyrell, 4: Stuart Smart, 5: David Henshaw, 6: Noel Dunstone, 7: Tom Skidmore, Str: Justin Blackburn, Cox: Noel Jordan
• Champion Men's Youth Eight
  • Bow: Peter Sutton, 2: Michael Raisbeck, 3: Ben Schlesinger, 4: Jason Antica, 5: Ben Mulcahy, 6: Anthony Schober, 7: Ben Stevenson, Str: Michael Kelly, Cox: David Loftus-Hills, Cch: Richard Wraith
• Champion Women's Elite Scull
  • Georgina Douglas
• Champion Women's Elite Four
  • Bow: Celia Paterson. 2: Bettina Kaempf, 3: Fleir McIntyre, Str: Georgina Douglas, Cch: Alan Peckham
• Champion Women's Senior Four
  • Bow: Bronwyn Monger, 2: Elaine Bevington, 3: Fleur McIntyre, Str: Bettina Kaempf, Cch: Alan Peckham

1997-98

• Champion Men's Elite Pair
• Champion Men's Eight
• Champion Men's Scull
• Champion Men's Intermediate Eight
• Champion Men's Intermediate Double Scull
• Champion Women's Elite Four
• Champion Women's Elite Scull
• Champion Women's Senior Double Scull

1998-99

• Champion Elite Pair
  • Bow: Drew Ginn, Str: James Tomkins
• Champion Elite Eight
  • Bow: Travis Johnston, 2: Simon Gadsden, 3: Bill Tait, 4: Matthew Long, 5: Rob Walker, 6: Michael McKay, 7: Drew Ginn, Str: James Tomkins, Cox: David Colvin
• Champion Women's Elite Scull
  • Georgina Douglas
• Champion Women's Senior Scull
  • Georgina Douglas
• Champion Women's Senior Eight
  • Bow: Elizabeth Doody, 2: Julia Cuthbert, 3: Lisa Farrelly, 4: Lou Gannon, 5: Melissa Clark, 6: Jean Tait, 7: Laura Blunden, Str: Georgina Douglas, Cox: Millie Terracall

1999-2000

• Champion Men's Elite Eight
• Champion Men's Senior Four
• Champion Men's Intermediate Scull
  • David Crawshay
• Champion Women's Elite Scull
  • Georgina Douglas
• Champion Women's Youth Eight
• And other championships.

2000-01

• Details not yet available.

2001-02

• Champion Men's Pair
  • Bow: Drew Ginn, Str: James Tomkins
• Champion Men's Eight
  • Bow: Matthew Phillips, 2: Alister Taylor, 3: Bill Tait, 4: David Crawshay, 5: Matthew Long, 6: Ben Hegerty, 7: Drew Ginn, Str: James Tomkins, Cox: Alex Law, Cchs: Ian Dryden & John Leeming
• Champion Men's Quad Scull
  • Mercantile/Wendouree Ballarat - Bow: Anthony Edwards (WB), 2: Matthew Long, 3: Drew Ginn, Str: James Tomkins, Cch: Ian Dryden
• Champion Men's Lightweight Pair
  • Bow: Sam Hayton, Str: Geoffrey Greaves, Cch: David Colvin
• Champion Men's Intermediate Scull
  • Dale Hawkins, Cch: Ian Dryden & John Leeming
• Champion Men's Intermediate Double Scull
  • Bow: Alister Taylor, Str: Dale Hawkins, Cchs: Ian Dryden & John Leeming
• Champion Men's Lightweight Intermediate Pair
  • Bow: Nick Browne, Str: Peter Kupics, Cch: David Colvin
• Champion Women's Pair
  • Bow: Robyn Selby-Smith, Str: Georgina Douglas, Cch: Tom Courtney
• Champion Women's Four
  • Bow: Danielle Ackland, 2: Georgina Douglas, 3: Robyn Selby-Smith, Str: Sara Richards, Cch: Tom Courtney
• Champion Women's Single Scull
  • Bridie O'Donnell, Cch: David Ochert
• Champion Women's Double Scull
  • Bow: Bridie O'Donnell, Str: Anna Hobson, Cch: David Ochert

2002-03

• Champion Men's Pair
  • Bow: Drew Ginn, Str: James Tomkins
• Champion Men's Scull
  • Tom Edwards, Cch: Ian Dryden
• Champion Men's Intermediate Scull
  • Henry Edgar, Cch: Ian Dryden
• Champion Men's Intermediate Double Scull
  • Bow: Henry Edgar, Str: Morgan Squires, Cch: Ian Dryden
• Champion Men's Intermediate Quad Scull
  • Bow: Peter Kupcis, 2: Thomas Skidmore, 3: Nick Hubbard, Str: Henry Edgar, Cox: David Fraumano, Cch: Ian Dryden
• Champion Men's Lightweight Double Scull
  • Bow: John Collins, Str: Patrick Dougan, Cch: Ian Dryden
• Champion Women's Intermediate Double Scull
  • Bow: Anna Hobson, Str: Bronwyn McLay, Cch: Tom Courtney
• Champion Women's Intermediate Lightweight Double Scull
  • Bow: Dehann McDonald, Str: Nalini Blacker, Cch: David Colvin
• Champion Women's Youth Eight
  • Bow: Sarah Forbes, 2: Kate Kearney, 3: Alice Mentiplay, 4: Rachel Skevington, 5: Jayne Guy, 6: Anna Gibson, 7: Kate Forbes, Str: mShannon Breen, Cox: Monique Small, Cch: Bill Tait & Martin Frances
• Champion Women's Under 19 Scull
  • Claire Sznatsznajder, Cch: Martin Francis

2003-04

• Champion Men's Scull
  • Alister Taylor, Cchs: Bill Tait & John Leeming
• Champion Men's Intermediate Scull
  • Tom Skidmore
• Champion Men's Intermediate Four
  • Bow: James Rogers, 2: Christian Viti, 3: Cameron Miles, Str: Patrick Blain, Cox: Hugh Hindle, Cch: Anthony Bergelin

2004-05