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History of Ballarat Head of the Lake rowing regatta

1964 Ballarat Head of the Lake

Fiftieth Annual Head of the Lake - Regatta Program Cover

 

Ballarat Public Schools Association

Regatta managed by the Ballarat Rowing Association

Starter: F Roberts

Umpire: Ralph Murphy

Judges: T C Edwards and L G Valpied

Course Manager: G Taylor

Clerk of Scales: K Gowan

Timekeepers: E Elliott and J Moorhouse

Secretary: G R Tunbridge


Boys' Open Four Division 1

1500m

Time: 5:32

1st Ballarat College - Bow: R J Evans, 2: P Clift, 3: T M Benjamin, Str: G R Borthwick, Cox: M W Price, Cch: J Barnett

2nd Ballarat High School - Bow: I R Bellingham, 2: J P Jones, 3: K A Crosthwaite, Str: G C Kerr, Cox: R J Lawless, Cch: J R Morcom

3rd Ballarat Grammar School -  J W Towers, 2: S J Croft, 3: D C Davies, Str: R W Gillett, Cox: B R Campbell, Cch: J D Nevett

4th St Patrick's College - Bow: P J Kavenagh, 2: D A Grindal, 3: D J Kelly, Str: L I Basham, Cox: P F Toohey, Cch: R Campiodi

1964 Ballarat High School crew as seen in the Ballarat Courier

1964 Ballarat Grammar School crew as photographed by the Ballarat Courier



Boys' Open Four Division 2

1000m

Time: unknown

1st Ballarat Grammar School - Bow: D C Wilson, 2: R J Kilgariff, 3: L R Wallis, Str: R S B Searle, Cox: S J Shield, Cch: P G Titheridge

2nd Ballarat High School - Bow: J P Ikstrums, 2: P M Juniper, 3: L R Christopher, Str: D A Russell, Cox: B Biddington, Cch: J Weston

3rd St Patrick's College - Bow: P Reid, 2: J McIver, 3: P Tatieretta, Str: P Harrison, Cox: M Reid, Cch: P Harrison

4th Ballarat College - Bow: N A Matthews, 2: W Christophesen, 3: A P Evans, Str: Bruce J Sarah, Cox: J L Ellingham, Cch: A Sargeant


Boys' Open Four Division 3

1000m

Time: 3min 50 secs

1st Ballarat High School - Bow: W N Skilbeck, 2: K R Clelland, 3: I P Martin, Str: J C Burt, Cox: R G Gray, Cch: J E Robinson

2nd Ballarat Grammar School - Bow: R G Cornell, 2: A H Stirton, 3: S W Jacobs, Str: R L Parslow, Cox: D W Long, Cch: M J Rasmussen

3rd St Patrick's College - Bow: G Moore, 2: R George, 3: J Quinn, Str: A Rizzuto, Cox: J Conheady, Cch: K Canny

4th Ballarat College - Bow: T F Sudholz, 2: R Clift, 3: W Paterson, Str: GF Huggins, Cox: N J Oddie, Cch: R Lemke

Finish of the thirds race - from 'Row Up, High School' by Barry Ryan and Robert Simmons

Ballarat High School Third Crew - from 'Row Up, High School' by Barry Ryan and Robert Simmons



Boys' Open Four Division 4

1000m

Time: 3 min 46.4 secs

1st Ballarat Grammar School - Bow: J D Sneddon, 2: M T Wood, 3: G W Miller, Str: R W Weeks, Cox: G R Martin, Cch: M S Beasley

2nd Ballarat College - Bow: T A Coutts, 2: G J H Smith, 3: P N Phillips, Str: W S Ethridge, Cox: P L Jenkins, Cch: H Sarah

3rd St Patrick's College - Bow: B Groome, 2: J Borelli, 3: J Lamaro, Str: S Hutchinson, Cox: P O'Donnell, Cch: P Harrison

4th Ballarat High School - Bow: I J McNeil, 2: R C Natt, 3: I C Kerr, Str: S J Parkin, Cox: R D Barnes, Cch: B J Sproull


Boys' Open Four Division 5

1000m

Time: 3 mins 56.7 secs

1st Ballarat College - Bow: S W Ayson, 2: R A McDonald, 3: G J Laidlaw, Str: G J Burch, Cox: G Palmpas, Cch: D Haymes

2nd St Patrick's College - Bow: K Irving, 2: M Code, 3: B Baker, Str: B Brien, Cox: K McGrath, Cch: R Ashkar

3rd Ballarat Grammar School - Bow: E M Thompson, 2: M J L Mason, 3: P J Muller, Str: J F Langsdon, Cox: P A Robinson, Cch: P R J Renwick

4th Ballarat High School - Bow: G E Miles, 2: A C Bryant, 3: J I Welsh, Str: P F Sadler, Cox: P J A Moon, Cch: B Lumsden


Boys' Open Four Division 6

1000m

Time: 3 mins 53.6 secs

1st St Patrick's College - Bow: L Beckerath, 2: B Doherty, 3: G Livingstone, Str: M Maher, Cox: P Baker, Cch: T Zabinski

2nd Ballarat Grammar School - Bow: M A Foulkes, 2: R J Vallance, 3: I D Gedge, Str: A M Nicholls, Cox: C J Walpole, Cch: M Subramanium

3rd Ballarat High School - Bow: W I Rickard, 2: R W Hill, 3: J F Lowe, Str: M J Brown, Cox: P E French, Cch: B J Sproull

4th  Ballarat College - Bow: K G Wood, 2: B Dowiyogo, 3: G L Oswell, Str: P Sutcliffe, Cox: R G Molloy, Cch: R Davis

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Sources

1964 Regatta program copied from MCC Archives

Row up, High School - celebrating Ballarat High School rowing 1910-2019 by Barry Ryan and Robert Simmonds

Ballarat's The Courier Head of the Lake Centenary Supplement 2012

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