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Men's Coxless Four for the Bob Aitken Memorial Trophy

1956	Leichhardt	7:12.50
1958	Leichhardt / Mosman	7:26.20
1960	MUBC	7:08.00
1962	Mosman - Bow: William Hatfield, 2: Maurie Grace, 3: Peter Raper, Str:Roger Ninham, Cch: Wim Sirks	7:15.00
1964	Mercantile - Bow: Anthony Walker, 2: Richard Garrard, 3: Simon Newcomb, Str: Peter Gillon, Cch: Keith Bilney	6:56.00
1966	Mercantile - Bow: George Xouris, 2: Peter Philp, 3: Richard Garrard, Str: David Palfreyman, Cch: Simon Newcomb	7:26.50
1967	NSW Composite	6:54.20
1968	Mosman / Sydney / Banks - Bow: Graeme Farrell, 2: Robert Shirlaw, 3: Paul Guest, Str: David Ramage	6:53.20
1970	Mosman - Bow: Robert Shirlaw, 2: John Clark, 3: Malcolm Shaw, Str: Ian Ballard, Cch: Bruce Evans	6:32.60
1972	Sydney Composite - Bow: Robert Shirlaw, 2: Lindsay Freeman, 3: Kim Mackney, Str: Guy Horsley, Cch: Maurice Grace
1974	Joondalup - Bow: George Xouris, 2: Gavin Jenner, 3: Gary Dehring, Str: Laurie Anderson	6:43.90
1975	Mosman - Bow: James Taylor, 2: Bryan Weir, 3: John Clark, Str: Michael Crowley, Cch: Bruce Evans	6:42.80
1976	Mosman - Bow: Wil Liley, 2: John Clark, 3: Malcolm Shaw, Str: Michael Crowley, Cch: Bruce Evans	6:13.90
1977	Mercantile / Monash - Bow: Peter Benjamin, 2: Stephen Shirrefs, 3: Alec Sloan, Str: Wil Magennis, Cch: David Bishop	6:43.50
1978	Sydney / Drummoyne - Bow: John Sivewright, 2: Athol McDonald, 3: Gary Uebergang, Str: Stephen Newnham, Cch: Michael Morgan	6:53.44
1979	Drummoyne - Bow: Brian Weir, 2: Ian Luxford, 3: Murray Ross, Str: Stephen Newnham	6:33.00
1980	Mercantile - Bow: Stephen Shirrefs, 2: David Douglas, 3: Alec Sloan, Str: Andrew Withers, Cch: Chris Dane	7:10.24
1981	MUBC / Monash / Mercantile - Bow: Jim Lowe, 2: Martin Hunt, 3: Alec Sloan, Str: Andrew Withers, Cch: Colin Smith, Geoff Rees	6:17.00
1982	Mercantile / MUBC - Bow: Colin Rawson, 2: John Cumper, 3: Martin Hunt, Str: Stuart Moreton	6:38.89
1983	Franklin / Lindisfarne - Bow: Ricky Bird, 2: Russell Hookway, 3: Tony Heron, Str: Richard Heron, Cch: Paul Myler	6:30.80
1984	Toowong / UQBC - Bow: Duncan Fisher, 2: Ian Edmunds, 3: Peter Zahnleiter, Str: Gavin Kelly	6:58.10
1985	Banks / Mercantile - Bow: Nick Robinson, 2: Sam Patten, 3: Hamish McGlashan, Str: Ion Popa	6:32.90
1986	AIS - Bow: Peter Tomanovits, 2: James Galloway, 3: Andrew Cooper, Str: Malcolm Batten, Cch: Reinhold Batschi	6:22.62
1987	AIS - Bow: Craig Muller, 2: Hamish McLachlan, 3: Andrew Cooper, Str: Malcolm Batten, Cch: Reinhold Batschi	6:12.23
1988	AIS - Bow: James Galloway, 2: Malcolm Batten, 3: David Fogarty, Str: Hamish McLaughlan, Cch: Reinhold Batschi & Sam Carroll	5:51.85
1989	No Race
1990	Mercantile - Bow: Geoff Barden, 2: Mike McKay, 3: Sam Patten, Str: James Tomkins, Cch: Noel Donaldson & Paul McGann	7:05.83
1991	Mercantile / MUBC - Bow: Nick Green, 2: Mike McKay, 3: Andrew Cooper, Str: James Tomkins, Cch: Noel Donaldson	6:04.80
1992	MUBC / Banks / Mercantile - Bow: Warwick Hooper, 2: Andrew Muller, 3: Matt McArdle, Str: Anthony Johnson, Cch: Steve Spurling	6:41.47
1993	AIS - Bow: Marcus Hanna, 2: Robert Jahrling, 3: Nick Porzig, Str: Jamie Fernandez, Cch: Reinhold Batschi	6:04.73
1994	Mercantile - Bow: Andrew Cooper, 2: Michael McKay, 3: Nick Green, Str: James Tomkins, Cch: Noel Donaldson & Steve Spurling	6:02.25
1995	Mercantile / MUBC - Bow: Andrew Cooper, 2: MIchael McKay, 3: Nick Green, Str: James Tomkins, Cch: Noel Donaldson	5:59.29
1996	Curtin / AUBC - Bow: David Weightman, 2: Nick Porzig, 3: Jamie Fernandez, Str: Rob Scott, Cch: Stephen Evans	6:26.44
1997	CGOB / Sydney - Bow: Nick McDonald-Crowley, 2: David Porzig, 3: Robert Jahrling, Str: Stuart McRae, Cch: Reinhold Batschi, Brett Hayman	6:24.64
1998	UTS - Bow: Geoffrey Stewart, 2: Bo Hanson, 3: Benjamin Dodwell, Str: James Stewart, Cch: Tim McLaren	6:18.41
1999	Sydney / Daramalan - Bow: Zac Kirkham, 2: Nick Porzig, 3: Jaime Fernandez, Str: David Porzig, Cch: Reinhold Batschi, Brett Hayman	5:53.60
2000	UTS - Bow: Ben Dodwell, 2: James Stewart, 3: Geoff Stewart, Str: Bo Hanson, Cch: Tim McLaren	5:55.60
2001	UTS - Bow: Stephen Stewart, 2: Geoffrey Stewart, 3: Nick Baxter, Str: James Stewart, Cch: Tim McLaren	6:03.59
2002	Curtain / Swan River - Bow: Luke Pritchard, 2: Stephan Szczurowski, 3: Ronald Snook, Str: Ben Hopkins, Cch: Antonio Maurogiovanni	6:06.93
2003	Swan River / Uni Of WA - Bow: Stefan Szczurowski, 2: Luke Pougnault, 3: David Mcgowan, Str: David Dennis	6:07.56
2004	Mercantile - Bow: David Crawshay, 2: Michael McKay, 3: Drew Ginn, Str: James Tomkins	6:12.71
2005	UQBC - Bow: Craig Dorrstein, 2: David Galley, 3: Hardy Cubasch, Str: Sam Conrad, Cch: Tim Conrad	6:00.71
2006	Mercantile / UQBC / Surfers - Bow: Hardy Cubasch [UQBC], 2: Sam Conrad [UQBC], 3: Duncan Free [GUSP], Str: Drew Ginn [MERC], Cch: Tim Conrad	5:56.01
2007	Mercantile Composite - Bow: Drew Ginn [MERC], 2: Duncan Free [GUSP], 3: Sam Conrad [UQBC], Str: James Tomkins [MERC], Cch: Chris O'Brien, Brian Richardson	5:55.73
2008	Surfers Paradise Composite - Bow: Karsten Forsterling [MUBC], 2: David Crawshay [MERC], 3: Drew Ginn [MERC], Str: Duncan Free [GUSP], Cch: Chris O'Brien	5:59.40
2009	Sydney Composite - Bow: Tom Larkins [MUBC], 2: Tom Swann [MERC], 3: Fergus Pragnell [SUBC], Str: Dominic Grimm [SRC], Cch: Noel Donaldson, Rhett Ayliffe	6:21.77
2010	Mercantile Composite - Bow: Tom Larkins [MUBC], 2: Samuel Loch [SUBC], 3: Nicholas Purnell [SUBC], Str: Josh Dunkley-Smith [MERC], Cch: Noel Donaldson, Rhett Ayliffe	6:01.36
2011	Mercantile / UQBC - Bow: Drew Ginn [MERC], 2: Duncan Free [UQBC], 3: Sam Conrad [UQBC], Str: Josh Dunkley-Smith [MERC], Cches: Chris O'Brien, Tim Conrad, Rhett Ayliffe	6:17.11
2012	Swan River Composite - Bow: Anthony Edwards [NWNFK], 2: Samuel Beltz [LINDF], 3: Ben Cureton [SRRC], Str: Todd Skipworth [SRRC]	6:27.15
2013	Mercantile Composite - Bow: William Lockwood [MUBC], 2: James Chapman [SRC], 3: Joshua Booth [MUBC], Str: Josh Dunkley Smith [MERC], Cch: Thomas Laurich	5:57.02
2014	SUBC Composite - Bow: Michael Poulter [MUBC], 2: Joshua Hicks [SRRC], 3: George Ellis [MUBC], Str: Christopher Cunningham-Reid [SUBC], Cch: Tim McLaren, Mark Prater, Rhett Ayliffe	6:09.33
2015	Sydney - Bow: James Chapman, 2: Joshua Hicks, 3: Spencer Turrin, Str: Alexander Lloyd, Cch: Donovan Cech, Jason Baker, Lachlan Carter	5:58.81
2016	Sydney Composite - Bow: Spencer Turrin [SRC], 2: Josh Dunkley-Smith [MERC], 3: Joshua Booth [MUBC], Str: Alexander Lloyd [SRC]	5:58.97
2017	Adelaide Composite - Bow: Nathan Bowden [SRC], 2: James McRae [MBRC], 3: Bryn Coudraye [ADEL], Str: Alexander Hill [ADEL]	6:08.62
2018	MUBC / Mercantile - Bow: Patrick Boomer [MERC], 2: Simon Keenan [MUBC], 3: Josh Dunkley-Smith [MERC], Str: Joshua Booth [MUBC], Cches: Franz Imfeld, Simon Gadsden, David Colvin	6:04.80
2019	SUBC - Bow: Jack Hargreaves, 2: Jack O'Brien, 3: Nicholas Purnell, Str: Alex Purnell	5:56.96
2020	Regatta cancelled
2021	Adelaide Composite - Bow: Alex Purnell [SUBC], 2: Spencer Turrin [SRC], 3: Jack Hargreaves [SUBC], Str: Alexander Hill [ADEL]	5:59.84
2022	SUBC / Sydney - Bow: Alex Purnell [SUBC], 2: Spencer Turrin [SRC], 3: Jack Hargreaves [SUBC], Str: Joseph O'Brien [SUBC]	6:11.13

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The idea for this history originated from the Olympic Rowing and World Senior Rowing Championship histories written by Andrew Guerin and Margot Foster in 1991, 1992 & 1993 for the Australian team handbooks. Andrew Guerin developed and extended these histories to the current format in 2004 for publication in 2004 and then expanded the site.

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