Barbershop Harmony Australia Quartet Champions

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Since the first convention of Barbershop Harmony Australia in 1991, formerly known as the Australian Association of Men's Barbershop Singers (AAMBS), there has been a quartet crowned at each convention.

The rule for whether a quartet can compete in a future convention after winning gold medals has had a long history. From 1991 - 1999 the quartets who won the AAMBS gold medal were unable to recompete in the national competition and were retired in the style of the BHS. In 1999 this rule was abolished and quartets were able to compete at subsequent competitions. In 2015 Barbershop Harmony Australia transitioned from biennial to annual conventions. It was decided at this time that winning quartets would have to stand down for a year before returning to competition (this explains the Lockout / Blindside pattern from 2015-2018). When a change in the constitution to allowed for membership to be gender-blind, new contest categories were created, and the stand down rule was removed.[1] The stand-down rule was re-implemented in 2024.[2]
Australia has proudly produced one international gold medal singer in John Newell. Newell won the BHS Quartet Gold Medal in 2005 with Realtime who are widely considered one of the best singing quartets in BHS history. At the international competition only one BHA quartet has received a medal to date. Blindside has medalled twice in the Collegiate/Youth competition receiving a 4th and a 3rd place bronze medal in 2015 and 2017 respectively.

BHA/AAMBS Opens Quartet Champions

Year Quartet Chapter(s) Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass
2023 Mixed Signals Emily Moriarty, Lindsay Ondracek, Luke Stevenson, Andrew Bird
2022 The Collective Daniel Beckitt, Luke Stevenson, Lindsay Ondracek, Kelly Shepard
2019 The Collective Daniel Beckitt, Luke Stevenson, Andrew Howson, Kelly Shepard
2018 Blindside Trent Lewis, Gareth Clarke, Michael Webber, Tim Green
2017 Lockout Alex Morris, Ash Schofield, Stefan Pugliese, Ali Jamison
2016 Blindside Trent Lewis, Gareth Clarke, Michael Webber, Tim Green
2015 Lockout Mark Coso, Ash Schofield, Stefan Pugliese, Ali Jamison
2013 TLA Ash Schofield, Adrian Gimpel, Richard Reeve, Trevor Anderson
2011 Alliance Ian Mulholland, Adrian Gimpel, Richard Reeve, Dan Millgate
2009 Alliance Ian Mulholland, Adrian Gimpel, Richard Reeve, Dan Millgate
2007 Fast Forward Aaron Griffin, Andrew Howson, Chris Hope, Jimmy Hoggett
2005 Alliance Ian Mulholland, Adrian Gimpel, Les Goh, Danny Millgate
2003 Freefall Tony Sykes, Jim Catt, Guy Gibson, Sam Taylor
2001 Southern Cross Daniel Beckitt, John Newell, Bill Staff, Mark Penman
1999 Southern Cross Daniel Beckitt, John Newell, Bill Staff, Avon Phillips
1997 Four to the Bar Bill Palmer, Nick Begbie, Harry Owen, Danny Milgate
1995 The High Five Steve Sinclair, Rick Smith, Bill Staff, Charlie Voges
1993 Bad Habits Ian Mulholland, Geoff Robinson, Lawrie Stanley, Craig Hawley
1991 The Sentimentals Terry Stewart, Derek Cosburn, Steve Wooltorton, Linc Abbott

BHA Mens Quartet Champions (from 2022)

Year Quartet Chapter(s) Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass
2023 The Collective Daniel Beckitt, Luke Stevenson, Lindsay Ondracek, Kelly Shepard
2022 The Collective Daniel Beckitt, Luke Stevenson, Lindsay Ondracek, Kelly Shepard

BHA Womens Quartet Champions

Year Quartet Chapter(s) Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass
2023 Skylark Joanne Oosterhoff, Avril Hughes, Kirsten Richardson, Glenda Lloyd
2022 Cocktail Hour Bianca Deans, Ainslie Fraser, Jenni Pyefinch, Zana Forster

BHA Mixed Quartet Champions

Year Quartet Chapter(s) Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass
2023 Mixed Signals Emily Moriarty, Lindsay Ondracek, Luke Stevenson, Andrew Bird
2022 Mixed Signals Emily Moriarty, Lindsay Ondracek, Luke Stevenson, Andrew Bird
2019 Mixed Signals Shelley Dunlop, Lindsay Ondracek, Emily Moriarty, Luke Stevenson
2018 Mouth Sounds Cassandra Attwood, Kaitlin Sebbage , Ben Catt , Cameron DuRieu
2017 Twice on Sunday Jo Oosterhoff, Avril Hughes , Adrian Gimpel, Adam Brockway
2016 'Shopaholics Lauretta Hall, Gina D'Souza , Ash Schofield, Mark Coso
2015 Double Entendre Jess Hendrix, Carole Macintyre , Ian Mulholland, Dan Millgate

Youth

BHA Youth Quartet Champions

Year Quartet Chapter(s) Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass
2023 Bodyguards Dexter Gordon, Liam Dwyer, Shane Naidoo, Xavier Hinton
2019 Nick Nack Paddy Catt John Khammash, Ben Catt, Mitch Bartel, Nicholas Rich
2018 Sunday's Best Dean Rowe, Sam Brisbane, Alexander Warr, Ryan Chislett

BHA Mixed Youth Quartet Champions

Year Quartet Chapter(s) Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass
2023 Overcast Kate Butler, Erin Butler, Jakob Reid, Ryan Reid
2022 Overcast Kate Butler, Erin Butler, Jakob Reid, Ryan Reid

Senior

BHA Mens Senior Quartet Champions

Year Quartet Chapter(s) Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass
2023 Benchmark Paul Roussell, Derek Cosburn, Nick Ellis, Ray Smyth
2022 Benchmark Paul Roussell, Derek Cosburn, Nick Ellis, Ray Smyth

BHA Womens Senior Quartet Champions

Year Quartet Chapter(s) Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass
2023 Zimmer-mamas Wendy Peecock, Alice Norman, Michelle Dickson, Julie Oldfield
2022 Zimmer-mamas Wendy Peecock, Alice Norman, Michelle Dickson, Julie Oldfield

BHA Mixed Senior Quartet Champions

Year Quartet Chapter(s) Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass
2022 Quantum Leap Pam Foley, Stephen Brand, Graeme Clarke, Chris Drury

BHA Senior Quartet Champions (pre 2021 rule change)

Year Quartet Chapter(s) Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass
2019 Escapade Chris Gray, Mike Ludwig, Steve Griffin, Owen Buckley
2018 Benchmark Paul Roussell, Derek Cosburn, John Gairns, Ray Smyth

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