Australian Representatives
The first Australian National University Boat Club (ANUBC) members to represent Australia were Julie Ellett and Kate McLaughlin in the women’s lightweight coxless pair at the 1982 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta. The Australian Amateur Rowing Council regarded the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta as the benchmark international event for Australian lightweight women’s teams before lightweight women’s events were added to FISA championships in 1984. Julie and Kate won silver at the 1982 regatta.
In all, 17 ANUBC members have represented Australia. Seven of those members won medals at international events. Highlights include Merrick Howes’ two golds at the 1986 Lucerne Regatta and silver at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, and Henry Gundry’s gold at the 2003 World Under 23 Regatta – the club’s first (and to date only) world gold medal.
The club is yet to achieve its first Olympic representative. However, two former ANUBC members went on to compete at Olympic Games within a few years of leaving the club: Kerry Jelbart (1972) and Kerry Knowler (2000).
The list below shows ANUBC members who were selected for officially sanctioned Australian rowing teams. It only lists those who were members of, and represented, the ANU Boat Club in the domestic season leading into their selection. International results are shown, where known.
Kate McLaughlin and Julie Ellett
1982
Name
Julie Ellett
Kate McLaughlin
Regatta
Royal Canadian Henley Regatta
Royal Canadian Henley Regatta
Boat
WL2-
WL2-
Result
Silver
Silver
1984
Brigid Cassells
Merrick Howes
Nick Hunter
Roland Stocker
FISA Championships
Royal Canadian Henley Regatta
Canadian National Championship
FISA Championships
Royal Canadian Henley Regatta
Canadian National Championships
FISA Championships
Royal Canadian Henley Regatta
Canadian National Championships
World Junior Championship
WL8+
WL8+
WL8+
ML8+
ML8+
ML8+
Reserve
ML1x
ML1x
M1x Coach
Silver
Silver
Gold
10th
Silver
12th
1985
Merrick Howes
Denise Rennes
World Championship
World Championships
ML8+
WL4-
5th
Bronze
1986
Merrick Howes
Nick Hunter
Paul Rowe
Commonwealth Games
World Championships
Lucerne Regatta
Lucerne Sprint Regatta
Commonwealth Games
World Championships
Lucerne Regatta
Lucerne Sprint Regatta
Trans-Tasman Under 23 Series
Trans-Tasman Under 23 Series
ML4-
ML4-
ML4-
ML4-
Reserve
Reserve
ML1x
MLx1
M1x Coach
M2x Coach
Silver
4th
Gold
Gold
1987
Merrick Howes
Nick Hunter
Derek Mollison
World Championships
World Championships
World Championships
ML8+
ML8+
ML8+
8th
8th
8th
1988
Derek Mollison
World Championships
ML4-
6th
1989
Sally Ninham
World Championships
WL4-
4th
1990
Nick Hunter
World Championships
Trans-Tasman Under 23 Series
Trans-Tasman Under 23 Series
W2- Coach
W2- Coach
W4- Coach
9th
Gold
Gold
1993
Nick Hunter
World University Games
Royal Canadian Henley Regatta
M1x Coach
M1x Coach
5th
Gold
1994
Fleur Spriggs
World Championships
W4x
4th
1997
Nick Hunter
Trans-Tasman University Series
W8+ Coach
Gold
1999
Henry Gundry
Nick Hunter
Randall Bulley
World Junior Championships
World Junior Championships
Selected for World Junior Championships M4x but withdrew from team after breaking his arm in a bicycle training accident six weeks before the Championships.
M4x
M4x Coach
4th
4th
2000
Henry Gundry
Nick Hunter
Ben Southwell
World University Championships
World University Championships
World Under 23 Regatta
M1x
M1x Coach
ML4x
Bronze
6th
7th
2001
Henry Gundry
Nick Hunter
World Under 23 Regatta
Munich World Cup
World Under 23 Regatta
World Under 23 Regatta
Munich World Cup
Munich World Cup
M2x
M2x
M1x Coach
M2x Coach
M1x Coach
M2x Coach
9th
4th
9th
2002
Henry Gundry
Nick Hunter
Ben Southwell
World Under 23 Regatta
Lucerne World Cup
World Under 23 Regatta
World Under 23 Regatta
Lucerne World Cup
World Under 23 Regatta
Lucerne World Cup
M4x
M4x
M1x Coach
M4x Coach
M1x Coach
M4x
M4x
4th
Silver
4th
4th
2003
Henry Gundry
World Under 23 Regatta
Lucerne World Cup
M4x
M4x
Gold
2004
Chris Ritchie
World Under 23 Regatta
ML2x
15th
2005
James Crouch
Andrew Mackenzie
Chris Ritchie
Mack Wilcox
World Under 23 Championships
World Under 23 Championships
World Under 23 Championships
World Under 23 Championships
ML4-
ML4- Coach
ML4x
ML4-
9th
9th
5th
9th
2009
Louise Kilby
World Under 23 Regatta
W4-
9th
2012
Riley Owen
World University Championships
M2x
8th
2013
Bonnie Andrews
World Junior Championships
W4x
Riley Owen