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Lodge, where he served a term as
its worshipful master.
Following complications from
a head injury, Ian died in the Royal
Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, on
14 February 2017, survived by his
widow, children, and grandchildren.
PHILP, Peter
Evan Michael
Lyle (’63)
Compiled from
an obituary by
Peter Antonie and
other sources.
Born at Warracknabeal on 10
September 1945, Peter attended
Geelong College (1949-59) and
then Scotch (1959-64), retaining an
involvement with both schools. He
played in the 1964 1st XVIII, but it
was in rowing that he found his true
calling. Peter stroked the 1st VIII in
1963 and 1964, ending an 11 year
drought for Scotch by winning the
1963 Head of the River. He was a
1964 Probationer.
On 19 February 1977 Peter
returned to Scotch to marry Fay
Lorraine Atkinson, and their son
Alastair attended Scotch from 1992
to 1997. He married Annette May
Olsen at ‘The Heights’, in Newtown,
Geelong, on 18 April 1992.
While a member of the
Mercantile Rowing Club, Peter
represented Australia in the men’s
heavyweight coxless four. From
1973 Peter became involved at
the Melbourne University Boat
Club (MUBC) as a coach and
rower. He coached winning MUBC
lightweight fours in the Penrith
Cup every year from 1973 to 1979,
with the exception of 1976. In
what became an Olympic event,
Peter’s 1974 lightweight MUBC four
won gold medals at the inaugural
FISA lightweight four (world)
championships. It was the highlight
of a successful coaching career,
with coaching being his greatest
contribution to rowing, as it touched
so many lives. Peter’s ‘she’ll be
right’ attitude coupled with his
‘there’s no fight too big’ mantra will
long be remembered.
Peter coached the Geelong
College 1st VIII (1992-97), winning
the 1993 Head of the River, and
coaching against his son in the
1997 Scotch 1st VIII. His winning
crew was subjected to the usual
water and land-based training,
in addition to less orthodox
psychological training, all of which
got it first across the line.
Despite battling cancer, Peter
kept training and fighting on with
an infectious smile, and it was a
fantastic achievement to win the
2011 Head of the Charles Regatta’s
masters’ eight. He lost his final
battle on 3 January 2017.
REYMENT,
Richard Arthur
(’44)
Richard
Arthur Reyment
was born at
Coburg on 4
December 1926, the son of a clerk.
He attended Scotch from 1942 to
1944, followed by his brother Albert
Newton Reyment (born 3 January
1929, SC 1944, died 4 August
2007). Also at Scotch were his
cousin Thomas Ritchie Congleton
(born 11 May 1918, SC 1933,
died 15 June 1984) and his first
cousins once removed Ritchie (SC
1960-64), John (SC 1968-73) and
Ross Congleton (SC 1971-76).
In 1948 Richard graduated
BSc from Melbourne University.
From 1949 he had a geological
appointment in Sweden and in 1950
received a six-year appointment as
a geologist for the British Colonial
Service in Nigeria. During this
service he graduated M.Sc. from
Melbourne University. In 1956
Richard completed his PhD