History of AAGPS Head of the River Rowing Regatta

1929 NSW AAGPS Head of the River

Sydney High School was not to be denied two years running and came back with a fine win in both heat and final. This made nine wins from 10 starts. George Hancock was again the coach.

The conditions on the finals day were difficult with a strong cross wind making for choppy conditions.

Index to Results:

Head of the River
First Four
Second Four

Organising Committee and Officials

Organising Committee: AAGPS

Head of the River

Time: Not known

1st Sydney High School - Bow: R C Eubel, 2: H F Bolton, 3: F H Berger, 4: H V Rees, 5: D J Duffy, 6: J B Robinson, 7: B C Gardiner, Str: R G Walker, Cox: A E Kahn, Cch: George Hancock

First Four

Time: Not known

1st Sydney High School
2nd Newington College
3rd St Ignatius College

Second Four

Time: Not known
Margin: 2 lengths

1st St Ignatius College - Cch: W B Williamson
2nd Sydney High School

Heats: St Ignatius won their heat on Wednesday by 10 lengths in good conditions and started favourite.

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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.

Steve Roll has been an invaluable contributor to the website in locating errors and finding Christian names of rowers. His superb work is acknowledged.

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1929 NSW AAGPS Head of the River

Organising Committee and Officials

Head of the River

First Four

Second Four

NSW AAGPS Head of River

Summaries