1968 QLD GPS Head of the River

1st Brisbane Boys’ College - Bow: John C. Brown, 2: John R. Woodward, 3: David W. Jamieson, 4: John G. Svendsen, 5: Anthony M. Hart, 6: Craig J. Morley, 7: Robert J. Nixon, Str: David K. Moore, Cox: Stephen J. Odgers, Coach: David Magoffin 

2nd Brisbane Grammar School - R. Leitner, B. Crunkhorn, R. Kemp, R. Achilles, P. Logan, N. Sandford, P. Barrett, P. Enright, N. Sandford, D. Brown, Coach: B. Montague

3rd Brisbane State High School  

4th The Southport School

5th Gregory Terrace - Bow: A. Ferris, 2: B. McGarry, 3: S. Canniffe, 4: G. Gordon, 5: B. Nitkiewicz, 6: P. Carroll, 7: L. Bertini, Str: G. Johnston, Cox: D. McEnerney

6th Church of England Grammar School - Bow: I. C. Theordoridis, 2: W. T. Sheehan, 3: D. C. Wynter, 4: D. J. Murray, 5: W. T. South, 6: S. J. Johnson, 7: G. A. Corones, Str: R. L. Winks, Cox: D. H. Hart, Coach: E. Fry

1968 GPS Head of the River Finish

1968 Brisbane Grammar First VIII

1968 Gregory Terrace First VIII

1968 Church of England Grammar School First VIII

In 1976, Church of England Grammar School honoured Earl Fry by naming a foar-oared racing boat in his honour. Earl Fry’s son, Peter, rowed in the seven seat in the School’s first Head of the River VIII victory in 1963. Earl had come to coaching as an enthusiastic parent and upon the death of Jock Thodey at Christmas 1963 he took over coaching the 1^st VIII. Early took the eight from 1964 to 1968 and coached fours during the period 1962 to 1968 as well. Although he was unsuccessful with the eight, he coached the 1963 3^rd IV and 1968 IV to victory.

“Mr. Magoffin set us a winning plan and we stuck to it by the letter, the winning stroke, David Moore, said. “We just rowed to his plans as we have done many times in training and we didn’t worry about the opposition.” Magoffin laid his plan months ago and the crew followed without hesitation. Magoffin set a two stage race plan   - he asked his crew to produce two “efforts.” One at the 500 metre mark and the second at the 1500 mark.

No Machine

They did this without question and so B.B.C. won the race I almost robot fashion. Were they complete machines in the hands of a master tactician? According to Magoffin, No. “These boys have learned to think or themselves,” Magoffin said after the win. “I just gave them a plan.”

The Magoffin plan also included what he called “a new stride” in the final 300 metres of the course. This called for  the crew to give a supreme effort over the last 300 metres. Stroke Moore said later he did not have t call out for the new stride. “This crew has been doing this course so often under Magoffin’s instructions that we do everything automatically,” he said. “But in the “new-stride” finishing burst B.B.C. murdered  the opposition and finished the race with plenty in reserve. Opposition crews almost fell apart when B.B.C. hit the “new stride” in the closing stages.

B.B.C. hit the front in the race after 500 metres. They settled down narrowly in front of the field with great opposition from Grammar until the last 500 metres when the Magoffin plan called for the big effort. The second effort took B.B.C. to a half-length lead and they had tons in reserve. 

It was all over when the B.B.C. crew swung into the “new stride” in the last few hundred metres. I sat with the “old fox,” Dave Magoffin during this race and I have never seen a more confident commander controlling a race. When Magoffin saw his crew with its nose in front 500 metres from home he set up a chant, “We’ve got it, We’ve got it, We’ve got it.”

Page 36, The Sunday Mail, Sunday April 7^th 1968 Edition 

1st Brisbane Boys’ College & Church of England Grammar School

C.E.G.S. - Bow: D. H. Tait, 2: G. B. Boyd, 3: P. R. Maddern, Str: D. Kleimeyer, Cox: F. Way, Coach: E. Fry 

3rd Brisbane Grammar School 

Other Competing Crews:

Gregory Terrace - Bow: B. Bowden, 2: J. Drapes, 3: V. McCluskey, Str: W. Henderson, Cox: G. Galt

1968 Gregory Terrace First IV

1st Brisbane Boys' College

2nd Church of England Grammar School - Bow: R. C. Younger, 2: I. L. Marjason, 3: G. F. Cameron, Str: A. K. Cutts, Cox: R. Crighton, Coach: B. Whelan

3rd Brisbane State High School 

Other Competing Crews:

1968 Gregory Terrace Second IV

1st The Southport School

2nd Brisbane Grammar School 

3rd Church of England Grammar School - Bow: B. G. Butler, 2: R. W. Lowe, 3: J. S. Brand, Str: E. J. Woolley, Cox: I. G. Nye

Other Competing Crews

1st Brisbane Grammar School

2nd Brisbane Boys' College

3rd Church of England Grammar School & The Southport School 

C.E.G.S. - Bow: R. P. Thompson, 2: J. G. Budd, 3: J. G. Scott, Str: G. J. Storie, Cox: R. N. Cavanagh

Other Competing Crews:

1st The Southport School

2nd Brisbane State High School

3rd Church of England Grammar School - Bow: I. D. Blake, 2: R. King-Scott, 3: P. J. Miller, Str: P. J. Thompson, Cox: W. H. Gleeson

Other Competing Crews:

1st Brisbane Grammar School

2nd The Southport School

3rd Brisbane Boys’ College 

Other Competing Crews:

Church of England Grammar School - Bow: R. N. Lovf, 2: C. R. Buck, 3: P. R. Langton, Str: G. E. Buchanan, Cox: R. N. Cranston

1st Church of England Grammar School - Bow: C. R. Rich, 2: P. A. Dance, 3: R. J. McIntyre, Str: D. C. Harrold, Cox: R. N. Guyder 

2nd Brisbane State High School 

3rd Brisbane Boys’ College 

Other Competing Crews:

1st Brisbane State High School & Brisbane Boys’ College 

3rd Gregory Terrace - Bow: S. Thomsen, 2: G. Benjamen, 3: T. Beer, Str: S. Oakes, Cox: D. Splatt

Other Competing Crews:

Church of England Grammar School - Bow: B. W. Neilson, 2: G. C. Lovell, 3: B. J. McKelvey, Str: G. H. Muller, Cox: J. A. Webb

1st Brisbane Boys’ College 

2nd Brisbane State High School 

3rd Gregory Terrace - Bow: J. Duffney, 2: R. Hood, 3: D. Hickey, Str: K. Stirling, Cox: P. Anderson 

Other Competing Crews:

1st Gregory Terrace - Bow: S. Oakes, 2: P. Thornber, 3: M. Doyle, Str: J. Curr, Cox: P. Carew

2nd Brisbane Grammar School 

3rd Church of England Grammar School - Bow: H. C. Carter, 2: G. S. Wharton, 3: D. N. James, Str: S. A. Ford, Cox: J. Featherstonehaugh

1st Brisbane Grammar School

2nd Brisbane State High School

3rd Church of England Grammar School - Bow: C. R. Rich, 2: J. G. Budd, 3: J. G. Scott, Str: G. J. Storie, Cox: P. J. Burrows 

Other Competing Crews