Members Mercantile Rowing Club

1912 aust olympic viii cs cunningham selector/mgr seated right

membership of club male-only until 19xx, when club decided allow women become members.

notable past members include:

william s boyd, founder , inaugural captain 1880–1889
cs cunningham, captain 1889–92 , olympic selector accompanied australian viii stockholm 1912
noel donaldson, coach of oarsome foursome @ time of 1990 , 1991 world championships , 1992 olympic victory.
brian richardson, coach of australian men s viii @ barcelona 1992 , head coach @ sydney 2000.

olympic representative members include:

david boykett, olympic bronze medallists melbourne 1956 , competitor @ tokyo 1964
garth manton, brian doyle, harold hewitt olympic bronze medallists melbourne 1956.
david douglas olympic silver medallist mexico city 1968.
robert lachal, martin tomanovits, graeme mccall, anthony walker, richard garrard, simon newcomb, peter gillon competed @ tokyo 1964.
andrew withers competed in australian men s viii @ moscow 1980.
ion popa in australian viii won bronze medal @ los angeles 1984 , competed in viii @ seoul 1988.
samuel patten in australian viii won bronze medal @ los angeles 1984, competed in pair malcolm batten @ seoul 1988 , competed in barcelona 1992
susan lee won first australian women s rowing medal, bronze in women s 4+ @ los angeles 1984.
mark doyle competed in men s viii @ seoul 1988.
four of various members of australia s oarsome foursome — mike mckay, james tomkins, andrew cooper , drew ginn staged multiple successful olympic campaigns in pairs, fours , eights.
ben dodwell competed @ barcelona 1992, atlanta 1996 , sydney 2000.
peter murphy , david colvin of australian men s viii @ barcelona 1992.
brett hayman coxed men s viii @ atlanta 1996.
rebecca joyce bronze medallist @ atlanta 1996.
georgina douglas competed in single scull @ sydney 2000.
katie foulkes coxed women s viii @ sydney 2000 , athens 2004.
matthew long bronze medallist @ sydney 2000.
david crawshay gold medallist @ beijing 2008 , competitor @ athens 2004 , london 2012.
josh dunkley-smith , sarah tait silver medallists @ london 2012.
pauline frasca competitor @ london 2012.

world champions include:

samuel patten, mike mckay, james tomkins, andrew cooper drew ginn won various world championship titles oarsome foursome.
rebecca joyce 1995 world champion women s lightweight sculler.
brett hayman 1997 world champion coxing lightweight viii , dually in 1998 coxing pair , four.
pauline frasca, robyn selby-smith, 2005 dual world champions (viii , iv) , fleur chew 2005 world champion in women s viii.