History of AAGPS Head of the River Rowing Regatta

1984 NSW AAGPS Head of the River

Shore Blitz but Those Kings Rule the River (Sydney Morning Herald, 01 Apr 1984)

The Kings School took out the prestigious Head of the River title for a record fifth year in a row on the Nepean at Penrith yesterday.

Kings finished far too strongly to beat heavyweight Shore by one and three-quarter lengths with Newington two lengths further back in third place. “We Knew we had to beat Shore who are a top crew but we were just a fraction better,” said Kings’ coach Ken St Heaps, himself a former Shore crewman.

And not only did Kings set a record with its fifth win since 1980. Number seven oarsman David Bellamy created a GPS record by rowing in the last three successful crews.

Kings’ victory stopped Shore from making a clean sweep of all six events at the regatta. Shore showed great depth to win the second eights and all four fours events. And what a fight they put up in the first eights. Shore, averaging 87kg per man, started best of the eight competing crews to lead for the first half of the 2,400-metre race.

Senior 1st Eight

Major Rennie Trophy

7:38.40

1 ¾ lengths

2 lengths

1^st The King’s School – Bow: J. MacKenzie, 2: J. Steeple-Park, 3: M. Williams, 4: W. Day, 5: J. Day, 6: A. Thiel, 7: D. Bellamy, Str: S. McGuiness, Cox: D. Mylner

2^nd Shore

3^rd Newington

4^th Grammar

5^th Scots College

6^th High

7^th Riverview

8^th St. Joseph’s

Senior 2nd Eight

7:51.40

2 ½ lengths

3 lengths

1^st Shore – Bow: D. Forbes, 2: T. Russell, 3: S. Leeder, 4: S. Schweikert, 5: P. Murphy, 6: M. Farmer, 7: S. Simpson, Str: A Hoholt, Cox: A. Henderson

2^nd The King’s School

3^rd High

4^th Newington

5^th Riverview

6^th St. Joseph’s College

7^th Scots College

8^th Grammar

Senior 1st Four

Yaralla Cup

5:40.40

2 lengths

Canvas

1^st Shore – Bow: A. Wiesner, 2: I. Wunderlich, 3: P. Chapman, Str: C. Huxtable, Cox: A. Macoun

2^nd The King’s School

3^rd Riverview

4^th Grammar

5^th Newington

6^th St. Joseph’s College

7^th High

8^th Scots College

Senior 2nd Four

5:43.50

1 ½ lengths

1^st Shore – Bow: P. Mason, 2: R. Burgess, 3: D. McDowall, Str: F. Scott, Cox: C McDonald

2^nd Riverview

3^rd Newington

4^th The King’s School

5^th High

6^th Grammar

7^th Scots College

8^th St. Joseph’s College

Senior 3rd Four

5:31.70

½ length

1^st Shore – Bow: N. Russell, 2: T. Bartlett, 3: W. Stuwart, Str: S. Shirley, Cox: H. Smith

2^nd Riverview

3^rd Newington

4^th The King’s School

5^th Scots College

6^th St. Joseph’s College

7^th Grammar

8^th High

Senior 4th Four

5:44.70

1 ¼ lengths

¾ length

1^st Shore – Bow: S. Cosgrove, 2: S. Nuthall, 3: A. Newman, Str: J. Hayes, Cox: J. Ditchfield

2^nd St. Joseph’s College

3^rd Riverview

4^th The King’s School

5^th Scots College

6^th Newington

7^th Grammar

8^th High

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1984 NSW AAGPS Head of the River

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