2008 QLD GPS Head of the River
The 86th Head of the River was conducted on Saturday 15th March 2008 at Lake Kawan, Gold Coast.
Organising Committee:
Great Public Schools Association
Open Championship First Eight
The O'Connor Cup
Distance: 2000 Metres
Times:
6:04.99
+ 0.6s (1-2)
+ 0.59s (2-3)
+ 0.92s (3-4)
+ 4.45s (4-5)
+ 1.92s (5-6)
+ 12.69s (6-7)
1st Gregory Terrace - Bow: Ryan Murphy, 2: Marcus Bloch, 3: Robert Gilbert, 4: Dominic Gallagher, 5: Alex Button-Sloan, 6: David Gruhl, 7: Josh Whiting, Str: Nick Ritchie, Cox: Andrew Splatt, Coaches: Damian Wright, Russell Robertson & John Rynne
2nd Anglican Church Grammar School
3rd St. Joseph's Nudgee College
4th Brisbane Boys' College
5th The Southport School
6th Brisbane Grammar School
7th Brisbane State High School
Boys Open Second Eight
Distance: 2000 Metres
Times:
6:20.98
+ 3.15s (1-2)
+ 3.37s (2-3)
+ 0.96s (3-4)
+ 6.08s (4-5)
+ 1.12s (5-6)
1st Anglican Church Grammar School
2nd The Southport School
3rd Gregory Terrace - Bow: L. Powell, 2: L. Habershon, 3: C. Freney, 4: A. Robertson, 5: W. Overell, 6: D. Pincus, 7: D. Higgins, Str: M. Claxton, Cox: A. Hauser, Coaches: Mr. B Butler & A. Robertson
4th St. Joseph's Nudgee College
5th Brisbane Grammar School
6th Brisbane Boys' College
Boys Open Third Eight
Distance: 2000 Metres
Times:
6:47.01s
+ 4.06s (1-2)
+ 6.04s (2-3)
+ 12.80s (3-4)
+ 51.04s (4-5)
1st Anglican Church Grammar School
2nd Brisbane Boys' College
3rd Brisbane Grammar School
4th Gregory Terrace - Bow: L. Powell, 2: L. Habershon, 3: C. Freney, 4: A. Robertson, 5: W. Overell, 6: D. Pincus, 7: D. Higgins, Str: M. Claxton, Cox: A. Hauser, Coaches: Mr. B Butler & A. Robertson
5th St. Joseph's Nudgee College
Boys Under 16 First Eight
Distance: 2000 Metres
Times:
6:19.07
+ 0.37s (1-2)
+ 9.75s (2-3)
+ 3.14s (3-4)
+ 1.24s (4-5)
+ 29.85s (5-6)
+ 5.55s (6-7)
1st The Southport School
2nd Gregory Terrace - Bow: G. O’Hare, 2: H. O’Reilly, 3: J. McMahon, 4: S. Deery, 5: C. Smith, 6: M. Horrocks, 7: J. Wall, Str: A. Britz, Cox: N. Allen-Ducat, Coaches: S. Daly & B. McGrath
3rd St. Joseph's Nudge College
4th Anglican Church Grammar School
5th Brisbane Grammar School
6th Brisbane Boys' College
7th Brisbane State High School
Boys Under 16 Second Eight
Distance: 2000 Metres
Times:
6:28.33
+ 4.01s (1-2)
+ 6.24s (2-3)
+ 2.71s (3-4)
+ 19.54s (4-5)
1st Gregory Terrace - Bow: F. Badenhorst, 2: L. O’Kane, 3: M. Johnston, 4: F. Power, 5: M. Clarke, 6: T. Morahan, 7: R. Parsons, Str: N. Armstrong, Cox: I. Moses, Coaches: Mr. G. Cioccarelli & Mr. S. Coccarelli
2nd Brisbane Boys' College
3rd The Southport School
4th Anglican Church Grammar School
5th Brisbane Grammar School
Boys Under 16 Third Eight
Distance: 2000 Metres
Times:
6:36.75
+ 26.25s (1-2)
+ 7.86s (2-3)
+ 44.56s (3-4)
1st Brisbane Boys' College
2nd Gregory Terrace - Bow: H. McSorley, 2: D. Bashford, 3: H. Anotoniak, 4: N. Camphin, 5: S. Given, 6: J. Broe, 7: C. Cornell, Str: J. Ferrier, Cox: B. Splatt, Coach/s: Mr. J. Horrocks & Mr. T. Deery
3rd Anglican Church Grammar School
4th The Southport School
Boys Open & Under 16 Fourth Eight
Distance: 2000 Metres
Times:
No Time Recorded for First
+ 11.26s (1-2)
1st Anglican Church Grammar School
2nd Brisbane Boys' College
Boys Under 15 First Four
Distance: 1500 Metres
Times:
5:13.24
+ 2.22s (1-2)
+ 0.56s (2-3)
+ 1.01s (3-4)
+ 1.97s (4-5)
+ 13.62s (5-6)
+ 20.32s (6-7)
1st Brisbane Boys' College
2nd Anglican Church Grammar School
3rd St. Joseph's Nudgee College
4th Gregory Terrace - Bow: M. Holt, 2: S. McConnell, 3: B. Forrest, Str: S. Bartlett, Cox: L. Taylor, Coaches: W. Marden & K. Clarkson
5th The Southport School
6th Brisbane State High School
7th Brisbane Grammar School
Boys Under 15 Second Four
Distance: 1500 Metres
Times:
5:15.00
+ 5.36s (1-2)
+ 0.35s (2-3)
+ 1.91s (3-4)
+ 1.3s (4-5)
+ 19.97s (5-6)
+ 14.66s (6-7)
1st Brisbane Grammar School
2nd Anglican Church Grammar School
3rd St. Joseph's Nudgee College
4th Gregory Terrace - Bow: J. Bridges, 2: I. Deakin, 3: B. Green, Str: T. Symons, Cox: B. Cawley, Coaches: K. Clarkson & S. Karydas
5th Brisbane Boys' College
6th Brisbane State High School
7th The Southport School
Boys Under 15 Third Four
Distance: 1500 Metres
Times:
5:20.01
+ 4.11s (1-2)
+ 0.72s (2-3)
+ 0.45s (3-4)
+ 11.16s (4-5)
+ 4.39s (5-6)
+ 4.00s (6-7)
1st Gregory Terrace - Bow: L. Boettcher, 2: D. Trinder, 3: B. Bucceri, Str: D: Gregg, Cox: S. Karydas, Coaches: M. Marden & S. Leeson
2nd St. Joseph's Nudgee College
3rd Brisbane Boys' College
4th Anglican Church Grammar School
5th Brisbane Grammar School
6th The Southport School
7th Brisbane State High School
Boys Under 15 Fourth Four
Distance: 1500 Metres
Times:
5:33.06
+ 0.46s (1-2)
+ 3.86s (2-3)
+ 2.38s (3-4)
+ 18.88s (4-5)
+ 12.87s (5-6)
NTR for 7th
1st Brisbane Boys' College
2nd Brisbane Grammar School
3rd Gregory Terrace - Bow: F. Clouston, 2: J. Sparrow, 3: J. Bagajluk, Str: D. Liddy, Cox: O. Creagh, Coaches: M. Gofton & A. Hickey
4th Brisbane State High School
5th Anglican Church Grammar School
6th St. Joseph's Nudgee College
7th The Southport School
Boys Under 15 Fifth Four
Distance: 1500 Metres
Times:
5:36.75
+ 0.56s (1-2)
+ 0.83s (2-3)
+ 5.18s (3-4)
+ 3.96s (4-5)
+ 3.43s (5-6)
NTR for 7th
1st Brisbane Grammar School
2nd The Southport School
3rd Brisbane Boys' College
4th St. Joseph's Nudgee College
5th Gregory Terrace - Bow: A. McGoran, 2: D. Leahy, 3: G. Hughes, Str: W. Scalia, Cox: J. Vitali, Coaches: S. Truman & A. Higgins
6th Anglican Church Grammar School
Boys Under 15 Sixth Four
Distance: 1500 Metres
Times:
5:39.06
+ 1.62s (1-2)
+ 2.15s (2-3)
+ 3.31s (3-4)
+ 16.28s (4-5)
+ 2.64s (5-6)
1st Brisbane Grammar School
2nd St. Joseph's Nudgee College
3rd Gregory Terrace - Bow: A. Tellam, 2: M. McGuire, 3: W. Hinz, Str: J. Corbett, Cox: J. Vedelago, Coaches: A. Higgins & A. Ritchie
4th Brisbane Boys' College
5th The Southport School
6th Anglican Church Grammar School
Boys Under 15 Seventh Four
Distance: 1500 Metres
Times:
No Time Recorded for 1st
+ 6.46s (1-2)
+ 11.25s (2-3)
+ 6.68s (3-4)
+ 46.5s (4-5)
1st Brisbane Grammar School
2nd Anglican Church Grammar School
3rd Gregory Terrace - Bow: S. Petherbridge, 2: M. King, 3: J. Roche, Str: M. Tresize, Cox: J. Vitali, Coaches: A. Ritchie & R. Slvyer
4th The Southport School
5th St. Joseph's Nudgee College
Boys Under 15 Eighth Four
Distance: 1500 Metres
Times:
5:40.75
+ 3.78s (1-2)
+ 10.72s (2-3)
+ 1.98s (3-4)
+ 13.07s (4-5)
+ 4.73 (5-6)
+ 7.29 (6-7)
1st Brisbane Grammar School (9th Four)
2nd Brisbane Grammar School (8th Four)
3rd Brisbane Grammar School (10th Four)
4th Gregory Terrace (8th Four)
5th Anglican Church Grammar School (9th Crew)
6th Anglican Church Grammar School (8th Crew)
7th Gregory Terrace (9th Crew)
Sources
2008 GPS Head of the River Official Results https://gpsqld.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2008-GPS-Head-of-the-River-Official-Results.pdf
Page 127-132, St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace https://media.digistormhosting.com.au/sjgt-au-qld-91-oldboys/documents/2008_web.pdf?mtime=20190427132717