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Australian Interstate Championships —
Men's: 4 Mar 1972 Huon River TAS
Women's: 15 Apr 1972 Lake Burley Griffen ACT
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The weather conditions for the Men's Interstate
Championships were very bad for the heats and moderated
into a strong head
wind
for
the
finals.
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Index to Results
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84th Men's
Interstate Eight-Oared Championship — The
King's Cup
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Time: 6:53.4
Margins: 6.1 & 2.3 secs |
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1st NSW – Bow: Malcolm C Shaw, 2: Gary M
Pearce, 3: John E Clarke, 4: Robert D Paver, 5: Richard A Curtin,
6: Ian J McWhirter, 7: Michael D Morgan, Str: Bryan F Curtin,
Cox: Alan R Grover, Emergs: Robert A Shirlaw & Lindsay B
Freeman, Cch: Alan R Callaway, Mgr: Harry Clare
2nd WA – Bow: Gavin J Jenner, 2: Gary J Dehring, 3: Laurie
A Anderson, 4: Peter Shakespear, 5: Keith N Whyatt, 6: Ian D Hamilton,
7: Joe E Saunders, Str: George Xouris, Cox: Brian Tonkin, Emergs: John
C Whitehead & Jeff Howard, Cch: Joe R Saunders, Mgr: Peter Maslin
3rd VIC – Bow: David B Bishop,
2: D M Michelmore, 3: Kerry P Jelbart, 4: Will J Baillieu, 5:
John R Harry, 6: Graeme H Boykett, 7: Paul M Guest, Str: David
Palfreyman, Cox: Adrian E Maginn, Emergs: David G A Douglas
& Eric C Vahlmeyer, Cchs: David Boykett & Phil Cayzer,
Mgr: Edward Woolcock
4th SA – Bow: Rod F Ellaway, 2: Michael J Lohmeyer, 3:
M N Jeffries, 4: Michael G Page, 5: N A Button, 6: I S Munro,
7: Brian J Richardson, Str: William Dankbaar, Cox: Geoff Worth,
Emerg: J Yates, Cch: Graham D Coldwell, Mgr: Ron G Lawrence
TAS eliminated in repechage–
Bow: Chris King, 2: Wayne Newitt, 3: J Gunn, 4: R Howell, 5: Stephen
Hawkins, 6: Adrian Marshall, 7: Geoff Mason, Str: Roger Manton,
Cox: Frank Andrews, Emergs: Eric Miller, Stephen Spurling &
Glen Hay, Cch: J Verney, Mgr: Roger Viney
QLD eliminated in repechage – Bow: John Bigg, 2: Geoffrey Lloyd-Jones,
3: Alan Zunker, 4: Robert Alexander, 5: Gary Uebergang, 6: Tim Conrad,
7: David Brook, Str: Malcolm Ford, Cox: Peter Axam, Emergs: James Alexander & Alan
Slean, Cch: Berry Brown, Mgr: John Pressler
E1: 1st NSW, 2nd WA, 3rd VIC
E2: 1st SA, 2nd QLD, 3rd TAS
R: 1st VIC, 2nd WA, 3rd TAS
Final: 1st NSW, 2nd WA, 3rd VIC, 4th SA
NSW took the lead at the 500 metre mark and were never headed
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Men's Interstate Sculling Championship — The
President's Cup
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Times:
8.16.2
8.20.1
8.25.0 |
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1st NSW – Islay Lee
2nd VIC – Ken Leach
3rd TAS – Edward Hale
4th SA – Norm Talbot
WA eliminated in repechage – Terrence McNair
QLD eliminated in repechage – George Petlin
E1: 1st TAS, 2nd WA, 3rd SA
E2: 1st VIC, 2nd QLD, 3rd NSW
R: 1st NSW, 2nd SA, 3rd WA, 4th QLD
Final: 1st NSW, 2nd VIC, 3rd TAS, 4th SA
Ken Leach of Victoria led until 1700 metre mark but the fast
finishing Islay Lee of NSW over ran him. |
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Men's Interstate Lightweight Four Championship — The
Penrith Cup
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Times:
7.48.6
7.53.9 |
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1st VIC – Bow: Alan L Hart, 2: Andrew G
McKinley, 3: Jeff R Sykes, Str: T Campbell Johnston, Cox: Robert
England, Emerg: P A Armitage, Cch: S Len Gladman
2nd NSW – Bow: Michael McReynolds, 2: Graeme Wearne, 3: Peter Stroud,
Str: Pat Hannan, Cox: Ian Chessell, Emerg: Terry D Phillips,
Cch: Richard E Tarlinton
3rd SA – Bow: Colin J Smith, 2: Vaughan Bollen, 3: Robert
M Cooper, Str: Luigi Lippis, Cox: Brenton E Parsons, Emerg: Michael
Eastaughffe, Cch: Robert J Russell
4th QLD – Bow: Howard Ward, 2: Richard Spencer, 3: Peter Walsh, Str: Roy (Chic)
Graham, Cox: Alan Ebert, Emerg: Ian Duthie, Cch: Fred Jaques
TAS eliminated in repechage – Bow: Tom Otte, 2: Roger Guest,
3: Bruce Potter, Str: David Graney, Cox: M Graney, Emergs: John Laskey & T
Martin, Cch: David Poulson
E1; 1st NSW, 2nd QLD, 3rd TAS
E2: 1st VIC, 2nd SA
R: 1st SA, 2nd QLD, 3rd TAS
Final: 1st VIC, 2nd NSW, 3rd SA, 4th QLD
Victoria led all the way to win comfortably. |
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Women's Interstate Four-Oared Championship — The
ULVA Trophy
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Distance: 1000m
Time: 3.56.1
Margins: 2 & 1 lengths |
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1st VIC – Bow:
Maree Cox, 2: Sandra Deer, 3: Betty Gawthorne, Str: Sue Bartlett,
Cox: G Warren, Cch: Lance Gallagher
2nd NSW – Bow: Sue McVicar,
2: Linda Napthali, 3: Evelyn Adams, Str: Pamela Murray, Cox:
Robert Arentz, Cch: J Hanson
3rd QLD – Bow: C Taylor, 2: J Axam, 3: L Brown, Str: S
Glass, Cox: Mr Peter Axam, Cch: Mr D Dahl
4th SA
5th ACT
The Fours Championship included ACT represented by a school crew
from Canberra Grammar. Unfortunately they were outclassed in
this competition.
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Women's Interstate Sculling
Championship — The Nell Slatter Trophy
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1st NSW – Elizabeth
Cato, Cch: Howard Croker
2nd VIC – Valmai Bertrand
3rd QLD – Shirley Graham
In the Sculling Championship, New Zealander Elizabeth Cato,
rowing for NSW, came from behind to win. Shirley Graham was
subsequently selected to compete at the 1972 European Championships. |
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Women's Interstate Lightweight
Four-Oared Championship — The Victoria Cup
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No time taken
Margin: 5 lengths |
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1st VIC – Bow: Megan Tonkin, 2: Gail Johnstone,
3: Valmai Bertrand, Str: June Thorne, Cox: David Edge, Cchs:
Roy Scutcheon & Kath Suhr.
2nd NSW – Bow: Karen Law, 2: J Partridge, 3: J Stephens,
Str: Christine Cashman, Cox: Kevin Hollingworth, Cch Rita Goldie
3rd SA - Bow: Elaine Guterres, 2: Judy Jepson, 3: B Tam, Str:
J Whitehorn, Cox: A C Davis, Cch: AC Davis
The Lightweight Four Championshiop was an easy win to Victoria
who led all the way. |
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