1995 VIC Head of Schoolgirls' Regatta
This was the 10th anniversary of the regatta. The programme issued the following comments on the occasion.
Tradition is not something which can be created overnight. But this 10th Head of the Schoolgirls" Regatta shows how tradition is acquired in gradual increments over time.
The table of results over the decade reveals how the Regatta has grown in size and scope year by year. The number of competitors is up by 150 this year to 1131, and there are four extra schools. The geographic range is wide: from Robinvale to Warrnambool, Shepparton to Sale and everywhere in between. And the range of events is extended to include two Quad Sculls at each level. Who can say what the Regatta will look like in another 10 years?
There are now several thousand young women who can say they've rowed at the Head of the Schoolgirls' Regatta (and have the T-shirt to prove it). Several thousand who have experienced the highs and the lows that accompany this marvellous sport: the discipline of training, the commitment to the crew, the perfect summer mornings and bitterly cold winter days, the frustration of a bad row and the elation when everything clicks together. The chances are they have few regrets and many happy memories of their time in the boat.
How fitting that the 1985 winning MLC crew will row down the course, in their original boat, during the Sunday luncheon interval: the start of a new part of the tradition of this remarkable Regatta.
26 events were competed for at the regatta this year.
Programme Cover
Organising Committee and Officials
Head of the Schoolgirls Regatta Committee: Susie Palfreyman (President), Nick Green (Vice-President), John Hale (Treasurer), Jim Spithill (Secretary), Stephen Mollard, Mal Batten, Rob Zahara, Fiona Morris, David Boykett, Andrew Payne, John Downie, Josie Millard, Pam Westendorf and James Gobbo.
Regatta hosts: Lauriston Girls' School
Jury: Ron Podbury (Referee), Ralph Murphy (Assistant Referee), Robert Allen, Noel Clark, Nadia Gishen, Sophie Lloyd, Robin Murphy, John StV Welch, Emma Kelson, Ian Murray, Ron Negri, Sandy Collins, Bernie Crimmins, Rene Klupacs and Rob Kemp.
Open Race Results
Single Scull Open Division 1
Final A
1st Firbank Grammar - Stephanie Fast, Cch: John Downie
2nd Mathew Flinders - Bonnie Dalton, Cch: Lex Quinn
3rd Bendigo - Hannah Every, Cch: Dennis Nihill
Coxed Quad Scull Open Division 1
Final A
1st Loreto MH - Bow: Aisling O’Donnell, 2: Emily Tribe, 3: Victoria Ellis, Str: Jennifer Zahara, Cox: Edwina Holbeach, Cch: Julian Vince
2nd Melbourne Girls’ GS - Bow: Kate Rickards, 2: Olivia Burgess, 3: Stephanie Williams, Str: Lisa McPhail, Cox: Anna Duncan, Cch: John Curnow
3rd MLC - Bow: Julianna Lesley, 2: Kate Huntington, 3: Astrid Gray, Str: Penny Cottel, Cox: Nicki Hart, Cch: Hamish McGlashen
4th Genazzano - Bow: Nicole Van Halden, 2: Sarah McArdle, 3: Donella Cutts, Str: Susannah Cary, Cox: Rebecca Brezzi, Cch: Sue Herold
Coxed Four Open Division 1
Final A
1st Lauriston - Bow: Charlotte Waters, 2: Sarah Billens, 3: Amber Paterson, Str: Hilary Poole, Cox: Sophie MacKinnon, Cch: Tim Derham
2nd Geelong Grammar - Bow: Skye Fisher, 2: Penny Troedel, 3: Amelia Coote, Str: Penny Harvey, Cox: Alice Gibson, Cch: Llyal McCarthy
3rd Geelong College - Bow: Vickie Mol, 2: Rebecca O’Loughlin, 3: Meaghan Bone, Str: Katherine Davis, Cox: Freya Fidge, Cch: Dick Bartlett
4th Loreto MH - Bow: Alice Hume, 2: Ainslee Spadaro, 3: Belinda Gibson, Str: Nerita Benetti, Cox: Lisa Anderson, Cch: Antony Rickards
Eight Open Division 1
Final A
1st Geelong Grammar - Bow: Sarah Morton, 2: Bree Paynter, 3: Penny Troedel, 4: Caroline Chee, 5: Amelia Coote, 6: Fiona McDonald, 7: Skye Fisher, Str: Penny Harvey, Cox: Alice Gibson, Cch: Lyall McCarthy, David Wood
2nd Genazzano - Bow: Johanna Boland, 2: Catherine Pritchard, 3: Clare Kelliher, 4: Nina Brandt, 5: Clare Molan, 6: Emily Ryan, 7: Anne Jurcevic, Str: Kate O’Brien, Cox: Sarah Clancy, Cch: Robert Manning
3rd MLC - Bow: Lynda Forsyth, 2: Greer McCracken, 3: Michelle Tehan, 4: Jamie Hocking, 5: Anna Fletcher, 6: Stephanie White, 7: Sally Chapman, Str: Eliza Harvey, Cox: Emily Trewartha, Cch: Brian Dalton, Cait Fraser
4th Geelong College - Bow: Jackie Pigdon, 2: Amy Sanders, 3: Elly Young, 4: Edwina Laidlaw, 5: Vickie Mol, 6: Rebecca O’Loughlin, 7: Meagan Bone, Str: Katherine Davis, Cox: Freya Fidge, Cch: Alan Darker, Stuart Purves
Single Scull Open Division 2
Final A
1st Toorak College - Cassie McConnell, Cch: Jack Bennett
2nd St Catherine’s - Shelley Beer, Cch: Sally Ninham
3rd St Anne’s & Gippsland - Fiona Wilde, Cch: Alan Borger
4th Balwyn High - Natalie Attrill, Cch: Kath Bennett
Coxed Quad Scull Open Division 2
Final A
1st Fintona - Bow: Alex Baker, 2: Danielle Hook, 3: Kate Warren, Str: Syke Windebank, Cox: Brooke Dujela, Cch: Jason Day, J. Baker
2nd Fintona
3rd Lauriston - Bow: Lucinda Gabriel, 2: Sarah Archibald, 3: Annabelle Loras, Str: Zoe Keon-Cohen, Cox: Sophie Simpson, Cch: James Scott
4th MLC - Bow: Marni Peterfor, 2: Deanna Horman, 3: Mel Kefford, Str: Merran Alwag, Cox: Nicki Hart, Cch: Hamish McGlashen
Coxed Four Open Division 2
Final A
1st Geelong College - Bow: Jackie Pigdon, 2: Edwina Laidlaw, 3: Elly Young, Str: Amy Sanders, Cox: Alison Warrior, Cch: Stuart Purves, Tim Fogarty
2nd Geelong Grammar - Bow: Bree Paynter, 2: Sarah Morton, 3: Fiona McDonald, Str: Caroline Chee, Cox: Katherine McDermott, Cch: David Wood
3rd St Catherine’s - Bow: Natasha Lindros, 2: Prue Lording, 3: Charlotte Strang, Str: Zoe Carr, Cox: Filamena Bruce, Cch: Laurie Cumper
4th Toorak College - Bow: Melanie Wood, 2: Jane Rickards, 3: Sarah Nosworthy, Str: Caroline Smith, Cox: Kristy Hopgood, Cch: Kath Bennett, Brian Dalton
Coxed Four Open Division 3
Final A
1st Geelong Grammar - Bow: Barbara Hunter, 2: Kate Hudson, 3: Georgina McInnes, Str: Piera Negri, Cox: Eliza Holt, Cch: Kylie Lewis
2nd Geelong College - Bow: Megan Jones, 2: Tania Rogers, 3: Bronwyn Galbraith, Str: Athena Lucas, Cox: Zoe Harkin, Cch: Andrew Gibson
3rd Wesley College - Bow: Kate Habersberger, 2: Vibika Pederson, 3: Chiveon Reynolds, Str: Christina Batchelor, Cox: Romy Stewart, Cch: Craig Adrians
4th St Catherine’s - Bow: Fiona Clemens, 2: Chloe Paul, 3: Like Lovett, Str: Gina Theophilos, Cox: Elizabeth Cantor, Cch: Sam Smith
Coxed Four Open Division 4
Final A
1st Geelong College - Bow: Natalya Morgan, 2: Belinda Dawson, 3: Kate Morgan, Str: Annabel Senior, Cox: Nicole Holmes, Cch: Ken Smith
2nd Caulfield Grammar - Bow: Chelsea Evans, 2: Jaclyn Howard, 3: Merry White, Str: Heidi Gartner, Cox: Nicole Peterson, Cch: Samantha Tilbrook
3rd MLC - Bow: Anita Scott, 2: Sarah Broadbent, 3: Anne Charalambous, Str: Felicity Greenland, Cox: Dianne Smith, Cch: Tom Brown
4th Toorak College - Bow: Melissa Hanton, 2: Anna Seletto, 3: Ami Bennett, Str: Claire McKeown, Cox: Katrina Selth, Cch: George Keon Cohen
Coxed Four Open Division 5
Final A
1st Geelong Grammar - Bow: Natalie Butyn, 2: Ruth Langford, 3: Krystin Rathbone, Str: Kelly Begg, Cox: Lucy A’Beckett, Cch: Karin Hagberg Dingle
2nd Geelong College - Bow: Georgina Hart, 2: Caroline Rennick, 3: Libby McLean, Str: Jacqui Girvan, Cox: Georgie Lee, Cch: Bob Morrell
3rd Caulfield Grammar - Jacqui McDonald, 2: Clare Moran, 3: Binske Miller, Str: Jacqui Brock, Cox: Carmel Cumberbatch, Cch: Kate Rutherford
4th Brauer College - Bow: Karen Lewis, 2: Tammy Grove, 3: Stephanie Walters, Str: Margaret Allen-Taylor, Cox: Chris Reilly, Cch: Dianne Lewis
Single Scull Open Division 3
Final A
1st Genazzano - Adele Nervo, Cch: John Downie
2nd Sacre Coeur College - Meaghan Clarke, Cch: Greg Van Prooyen
3rd Goulburn Valley Grammar - Ann Tadich, Cch: Peter Cooper
4th Caulfield Grammar
Year 10 Race Results
Single Scull Year 10 Division 1
Final A
1st Genazzano - Kirsten McArdle, Cch: Darren Balmforth
2nd Genazzano - Jo McBride, Cch: Darren Balmforth
3rd Lauriston - Larissa Wolf Tasker, Cch: Sara Haywood
4th Norlane High - Kelly Jenkins
Coxed Quad Scull Year 10 Division 1
Final A
1st Loreto MH - Bow: Miriam Slattery, 2: Fiona Bremner, 3: Sally Carrodus, Str: Catherine Stribley, Cox: Lucie Douez, Cch: Gus Higgins, Courtney Johnstone
2nd Genazzano - Bow: Alexandra Neumann, 2: Mieke Boynton, 3: Gabrielle Stewart, Str: Ricci Shepherd, Cox: Sara Higgins, Cch: Richard Harvey
3rd MLC - Bow: Stephanie Andrew, 2: Sahra Huntingford, 3: Jacqui Parkinson, Str: Catriona Oliver, Cox: Lizzie White, Cch: Lynda Skidmore
4th Lauriston - Bow: Amelia Philips, 2: Andrea Onley, 3: Katrina Peden, Str: Catherine Sewell, Cox: Libby Pearce, Cch: Georgie Radcliffe Smith
Coxed Four Year 10 Division 1
Final A
1st St Catherine’s - Bow: Claire Simm, 2: Angie Lie, 3: Cecilia Reibl, Str: Gemma Butler, Cox: Sophie Viska, Cch: Bec Joyce
2nd Ballarat Grammar - Bow: Katrina Walsh, 2: Tamsin Barnett, 3: Madeline Cussack, Str: Melissa Walsh, Cox: Anna Lazanyi, Cch: Robert Gray
3rd Wesley College - Bow: Lauren Robertson, 2: Emma Wartski, 3: Emma Fenton, Str: Sally McManamy, Cox: Charlotte Burgell
4th Carey Grammar - Bow: Megan Genat, 2: Delphine Smit, 3: Carin Black, Str: Catherine Bingham, Cox: Amanda Sarll, Cch: Andrew Wilcox
Coxed Quad Scull Year 10 Division 2
Final A
1st Fintona - Bow: Adriana Hillard, 2: Belinda Earle, 3: Charlie Hall, Str: Ingrid Earle, Cox: Sarah Hanson
2nd Lauriston - Bow: Kate Knight, 2: Nina Jankelson, 3: Alice O’Connell, Str: Elizabeth Ryan, Cox: Claire Hammond, Cch: Simon Polinelli, Jason Baker
3rd St Catherine’s - Bow: Annie Moylan, 2: Rowena Martinek, 3: Jacki Palmer, Str: Edwina Fordyce, Cox: Lucy Olsen, Cch: Ben Sullivan
4th Fintona - Bow: Olivia Chambers, 2: Lucy Crouch, 3: Catherine Bragg, Str: Laura MacKenzie, Cox: Suzi Munro, Cch: Jason Day
Coxed Four Year 10 Division 2
Final A
1st MLC - Bow: Meg Graham, 2: Nadia Rowe, 3: Alex Brooke, Str: Jo Hocking, Cox: Brooek Streathfield, Cch: Bronwyn Thompson
2nd St Catherine’s - Bow: Jess Jones, 2: Fiona Costello, 3: Catherine Ogilvy, Str: Emma Stanley, Cox: May Lillie, Cch: Anna Stanley
3rd Melbourne Girls’ GS - Bow: Caz McCallum, 2: Kate Gorman, 3: Belinda Wallace, Str: Anna Smith, Cox: Fi Bird
4th Firbank Grammar - Susie Lorback, 2: Laura Blunden, 3: Georgina Fast, Str: Amy Paynter, Cox: Emily Anderson, Cch: Geoff Barden
Coxed Four Year 10 Division 3
Final A
1st St Catherine’s - Bow: Julie Bongiorno, 2: Prue Middleton, 3: Melissa Clarke, Str: Elizabeth Doody, Cox: Amy Brennan, Cch: Alexis Gillespie
2nd Genazzano - Bow: Elizabeth O’Brien, 2: Stefanie Vitale, 3: Kate White, Str: Antonia Magee, Cox: Olivia Smith, Cch: Nick Kuchin
3rd Lauriston - Bow: Alex Mountford, 2: Michelle Moran, 3: Briana Whittle, Str: Miranda Coleman, Cox: Anna Keating, Cch: Sophie Morrison
4th Melbourne Girls’ GS - Bow: Zoe Broughton, 2: Olivia Ashton, 3: Vanessa Richards, Str: Zoe Fuller, Cox: Bec Christian, Cch: Chris Gillon, Megan Smith
Coxed Four Year 10 Division 4
Final A
1st St Catherine’s - Bow: Kate Robinson, 2: Caroline Ray, 3: Victoria Green, Str: Emma Yunghanns, Cox: Sophie Pelman, Cch: Bryan Wilson
2nd Melbourne Girls’ GS - Bow: Chrissy Lawson, 2: Anna de Mayrick, 3: Sarah Dunn, Str: Sarah Parkes, Cox: Zoe Ganim, Cch: Dannielle Jenner
3rd MLC - Bow: Nikola Plummer, 2: Fiona Newman, 3: Alex Candy, Str: Kate Pirrie, Cox: Petrea McGhee, Cch: Georgie Costello
4th Genazzano - Bow: Rachael Allsopp, 2: Clare Batrouney, 3: Jessica McGrath, Str: Danielle Brunton, Cox: Stephanie Higgins, Cch: Perdy Mitchell
Coxed Four Year 10 Division 5
Final A
1st Genazzano - Bow: Lisa Sette, 2: Elizabeth Pattison, 3: Storm Robinson, Str: Brigid Monahan, Cox: Jacinta Ormando, Cch: Paul McVey, Megan Lanarch Jones
2nd St Catherine’s - Bow: Jo Kenna, 2: Danielle Signorino, 3: Sonya Sampson, Str: Kate Cleary, Cox: Lucy White, Cch: Sally Farrow
3rd Geelong College - Bow: Jane Chisholm, 2: Bethan Hazell, 3: Felicity Scott, Str: Alicia Scott, Cox: Candice Murdoch, Cch: Phil Bell
4th Geelong Grammar - Bow: Nicole Birkill, 2: Lisa Burke, 3: Hilary McGeachy, Str: Phillipa Smith, Cox: Virginia Chomley, Cch: Louise Gardner
Year 9 Race Results
Single Scull Year 9 Division 1
Final A
1st Toorak College - Sarah Lloyd, Cch: Cassie McConnell, Kath Bennett
2nd Genazzano - Megan Gannon, Cch: Fiona McKinnon
3rd Mathew Flinders - Meghan Jones, Cch: Lex Quinn
4th Genazzano - Jodie Angus, Cch: Fiona McKinnon
Coxed Quad Scull Year 9 Division 1
Final A
1st Loreto MH - Bow: Anne Conroy, 2: Stephanie Keenan, 3: Katie Ralph, Str: Lucinda Gannon, Cox: Phoebe Knowles, Cch: Sarah Lachal
2nd Lauriston - Bow: Victoria Rosen, 2: Sally Chisholm, 3: Katie Moore, Str: Georgiana Consett, Cox: Caroline Cox, Cch: Ben Grodski
3rd Genazzano - Bow: Jane McGuiness, 2: Rebecca Rush, 3: Emma Lawler, Str: Susannah Cleeve, Cox: Alexandra Bacash, Cch: Richard Harvey
4th Carey Grammar - Bow: Rebecca Michael, 2: Chloe Bergelin, 3: Anna Kelly, Str: Kim Smiley, Cox: Kathryn Ponsford, Cch: Joel Hines
Coxed Four Year 9 Division 1
Final A
1st St Catherine’s - Bow: Sally Ann Miller, 2: Amy Bell, 3: Sarah Webster, Str: Alicia Vivarani, Cox: Annabelle McRae, Cch: Annabelle Eaton
2nd Ruyton - Bow: Caitlin Grover, 2: Kristen Huxley, 3: Caroline Burke, Str: Sally Crittenden, Cox: Emily Unger, Cch: Sarah Patterson
3rd Sacred Heart - Bow: Erin MacNeill, 2: Irene Haase, 3: Kate McManus, Str: Mirerva Holmes, Cox: Laura Burt, Cch: Colin Harvey
4th Toorak College - Bow: Claire Fitchett, 2: Francine Smith, 3: Emily Ryder, Str: Kristen Harper, Cox: Lisa McNaughton, Cch: Jenny Molloy
Coxed Quad Scull Year 9 Division 2
Final A
1st Loreto MH - Bow: Nancy Spotsato, 2: Meg Ockleshaw, 3: Clare O’Neill, Str: Emily Petricola, Cox: Megan O’Loughlin, Cch: Nanna Hedberg
2nd Fintona - Bow: Sarah Bragg, 2: Ros Conelly, 3: Rose Thom, Str: Emily Spicer, Cox: Vanessa Foo, Cch: Jason Day, J. Baker
3rd St Catherine’s - Bow: Jemima Toby, 2: Gigi Reid, 3: Ineke Hay, Str: Charlotte Molesworth, Cox: Bridget McCall, Cch: Bruce Winnen
4th Lauriston - Bow: Miranda Noble, 2: Rosheeka Amarasekura, 3: Jess Van Roosendaal, Str: Lucy Cohen, Cox: Alison Green, Cch: Danni Cooper
Coxed Four Year 9 Division 2
Final A
1st Mathew Flinders - Bow: Kathryn Ackland, 2: Meagan McDonald, 3: Fiona Copelly, Str: Anthea Pyers, Cox: Belinda Greskie, Cch: Lex Quinn
2nd Geelong College - Bow: Sally Steel, 2: Bindi Menzies, 3: Laura Morgan, Str: Alison McMIllan, Cox: Angela De Stefano, Cch: Louise Monotti
3rd Ruyton - Bow: Jacqui Oriander, 2: Aimee Stewart, 3: Jessica Morgan, Str: Sarah Chapman, Cox: Eliza Catchlove, Cch: Sally Ninham
4th Firbank Grammar - Bow: Madeleine Tempany, 2: Nicole Scotis, 3: Eliza Baker, Str: Danny Van der Griend, Cox: Janet Buntine, Cch: Jo Teasdale
Coxed Four Year 9 Division 3
Final A
1st Mathew Flinders - Bow: Kate Marshall, 2: Jessica Bateman, 3: Rebecca Elliot, Str: Amy Jokic, Cox: Merrin Jokic, Cch: John O’Hara
2nd St Catherine’s - Bow: Georgie Jeffries, 2: Penny Smith, 3: Harriet Kelly, Str: Louise Coldham, Cox: Eliza Peters, Cch: Tory Boag, Jim Ferguson
3rd Loreto MH - Bow: Rachel Hoy, 2: Caroline O’Brien, 3: Sara Little, Str: Olivia Sweeney, Cox: Jane Serong, Cch: Brad Kerr
4th Geelong College - Bow: Nadine Blyth, 2: Katy Gladman, 3: Kirilee Milsom, Str: Lauri Dawson, Cox: Catherine Leighton, Cch: Kylie Rogers
Coxed Four Year 9 Division 4
Final A
1st St Catherine’s - Bow: Fiona Bartlett, 2: Sara Roach, 3: Melinda Robertson, Str: Caroline Vinecombe, Cox: Lisa Strain, Cch: Suzi Brown
2nd Loreto MH - Bow: Anna Clarke, 2: Rachel Ball, 3: Sarah Balmer, Str: Lucy Maule, Cox: Alice Dwyer, Cch: Tom Woodruff
3rd Catholic College Sale - Bow: Amelia Moulton, 2: Ella Wharf, 3: Kate Foster, Str: Leree Van Berkel, Cox: Caroline Considine, Cch: Ian Howard
4th Genazzano - Bow: Catherine Bolton, 2: Alysha Dean, 3: Amanda Wilson, Str: Johanna Molan, Cox: Cybel Stockley, Cch: Rhys Tyrrell
Coxed Four Year 9 Division 5
Final A
1st Loreto MH - Bow: Vivienne Ringersma, 2: Jody Fry, 3: Cate Chamberlain, Str: Jane Foley, Cox: Phillipa Zahara, Cch: Phillipa Devine
2nd Loreto MH - Bow: Katey Lee, 2: Monica Nisbet, 3: Catherine Meehan, Str: Gemma Fleurisson, Cox: Unknown, Cch: Rachel Taylor
3rd St Catherine’s - Bow: Laura Jacabovits, 2: Alex Folie, 3: Katherine Pala, Str: Ruth Ellis, Cox: Julia Kilvington, Cch: Penny Gude
4th Geelong College - Bow: Sascha Lawler, 2: Janelle Todd, 3: Charlotte Paton, Str: Annabelle Idle, Cox: Kelly Bollen, Cch: Hamish Hobday
Sources
1995 and 1996 Regatta Programmes
Rob Zahara's records
Rowing Victoria: www.rowingvictoria.asn.au/competition/HOSG/