2012 PSA Head of the River
The Head of the River regatta was conducted on Saturday 31st March 2012.
Gene Stephan in The West Australian reported on 31st March as follows -
Christ Church have retained their crown as WA's premier rowing crew at the annual Public Schools' Association head of the river regatta at Champion Lakes in Armadale.
Competing in the blue riband first eight against six other PSA schools, Christ Church rowed a perfectly executed race taking the lead early and upping the stroke rate to win by almost a length in 5 minutes 53.8 seconds.
Scotch, who had challenged from the start before finally being broken at the 1000m mark, finished second in 5:56.6 followed by Trinity, Guildford, Aquinas, Wesley and Hale.
However, there were really only two crews in contention with an anticipated challenge from Trinity not materializing.
Christ Church coach Simon Cox said the conditions were perfect for racing and did not advantage any of the crews.
"The boys have worked hard all year and their success is a credit to the school's rowing program headed by Stephen Saunders," he said.
"We really wanted to back up on last year's win and the crew knew there was pressure on them."
It was Christ Church's seventh win in 11 years with Trinity winning the other four years.
Hamer Cup
The Hamer Cup is awarded to the school with the highest aggregate points across all events at the Head of the River regatta.
The winning school was Trinity College.
1st Trinity College (260 points)
2nd Scotch College (256 points)
3rd Guildford Grammar School (242 points)
4th Christ Church Grammar School (232 points)
5th Aquinas College (220 points)
6th Hale School (169 points)
7th Wesley College (148 points)
First Eights
Challenge Cup
2000M
5:53.8
5:56.6
5:59.9
6:05.3
6:08.4
6:18.0
6:19.3
1st Christ Church Grammar School
2nd Scotch College
3rd Trinity College
4th Guildford Grammar School
5th Aquinas College
6th Wesley College
7th Hale School
Second Eights
5:59.7
6:04.5
6:09.9
6:17.8
6:21.3
6:22.3
6:48.2
1st Trinity College
2nd Christ Church Grammar
3rd Scotch College
4th Guildford Grammar
5th Aquinas College
6th Hale School
7th Wesley College
Third Eights
6:15.4
6:17.2
6:22.1
6:35.6
6:37.7
6:38.6
1st Trinity College
2nd Christ Church Grammar
3rd Scotch College
4th Aquinas College
5th Guildford Grammar
6th Hale School
Senior Quad Scull
2000m
First Senior Quad
6:55.3
7:05.6
7:13.4
7:21.9
7:44.0
8:40.5
Second Senior Quad
7:05.9
7:07.6
7:36.1
7:53.2
7:59.0
First Senior Quad
1st Trinity College
2nd Scotch College
3rd Guildford Grammar
4th Christ Church Grammar
5th Aquinas College
6th Wesley College
Second Senior Quad
1st Trinity College
2nd Guildford Grammar
3rd Christ Church Grammar
4th Aquinas College
5th Scotch College
Year 10A Eights
4:36.6
4:39.5
4:40.8
4:47.8
4:53.0
4:58.5
5:05.5
1st Guildford Grammar
2nd Scotch College
3rd Trinity College
4th Christ Church Grammar
5th Aquinas College
6th Wesley College
7th Hale School
Year 10B Eights
4:53.7
4:59.6
5:00.7
5:03.6
5:09.4
5:19.4
5:26.6
1st Trinity College
2nd Guildford Grammar
3rd Christ Church Grammar
4th Scotch College
5th Wesley College
6th Aquinas College
7th Hale School
Year 10 Coxed Quads
5:33.7
5:40.4
5:45.8
5:52.2
5:59.6
1st Trinity College
2nd Scotch College
3rd Aquinas College
4th Guildford Grammar
5th Christ Church Grammar
Year 9A Coxed Quads
5:14.0
5:14.3
5:18.4
5:23.5
5:27.2
5:38.2
5:40.3
1st Scotch College
2nd Aquinas College
3rd Guildford Grammar
4th Hale School
5th Trinity College
6th Christ Church Grammar
7th Wesley College
Year 9B Coxed Quads
5:22.0
5:34.6
5:38.7
5:39.4
5:43.6
5:44.7
5:50.2
1st Scotch College
2nd Guildford Grammar
3rd Hale School
4th Aquinas College
5th Trinity College
6th Christ Church Grammar
7th Wesley College
Year 9C Coxed Quads
5:32.6
5:33.6
5:39.5
5:41.3
5:46.1
6:10.1
6:35.2
1st Scotch College
2nd Aquinas College
3rd Hale School
4th Guildford Grammar
5th Trinity College
6th Christ Church Grammar
7th Wesley College
Year 9D Coxed Quads
5:36.0
5:39.4
5:45.7
5:55.5
5:56.5
6:30.1
6:53.2
1st Trinity College
2nd Scotch College
3rd Aquinas College
4th Hale School
5th Guildford Grammar
6th Christ Church Grammar
7th Wesley College
Year 9E Coxed Quads
5:45.5
5:48.0
6:01.2
6:13.3
6:26.8
6:28.3
6:33.0
1st Scotch College
2nd Guildford Grammar
3rd Trinity College
4th Hale School
5th Wesley College
6th Aquinas College
7th Christ Church Grammar
Sources
The West Australian 31st March 2012 - report by Gene Stephan on the event