History of the South Australian Schools Head of the River rowing regatta

1976 South Australian Schools' Head of the River

Saturday, 10 April – Torrens Lake:

The 1976 SA Head of the River featured the following events:

- First Eight

- Second Eight

- Open Four

- Open Lightweight Four

- Under 16 Four

- Under 15 Four

- Under 14 Four

St. Peter's College won both the First and Second Eights for the second-straight year, wth the other results of the regatta shared quite evenly amongst the other schools. Christian Brothers College won their first event at the SA Head of the River since 1971 with a victory in the Open Four. Scotch College won the Lightweight Four, Pulteney Grammar won the Under 16 Four, St. Peter's won the Under 15 Four and Prince Alfred won the Under 14 Four.

Organising Committee:

South Australian Rowing Association

Officials:

(unknown)

First Eight

Gosse Shield

900m

Time: 2 min 54½ sec

Margin: (unknown)

1st St. Peter's College – Bow: D. F. Wells, 2: I. D. B. McBryde, 3: C. G. Macdonald, 4: W. R. Beresford, 5: W. J. Marmion, 6: D. J. Loitt, 7: H. M. Rischbieth, Stroke: P. C. Ross, Cox: T. W. Bishop

(Other crews):

Pembroke School –

Adelaide High School –

Prince Alfred College –

Scotch College –

Pulteney Grammar School –

Christian Brothers College –

Second Eight

Wallman Trophy

900m

Time:

Margin:

1st St. Peter's College –

Open Four

Cudmore Cup

900m

Time:

Margin:

1st Christian Brothers College –

Open Lightweight Four

900m

Time:

Margin:

1st Scotch College –

Under 16 Four

Chapman Trophy

750m

Time:

Margin:

1st Pulteney Grammar School –

Under 15 Four

Menz Cup

500m

Time:

Margin:

1st St. Peter's College –

Under 14 Four

Ferguson Cup

350m

Time:

Margin:

1st Prince Alfred College –

Sources

SA Schools Head of the River Past Events, from https://static1.squarespace.com/static/612f1eb5f5136463fd5079a7/t/6440a7b7ff191218899baa1d/1681958844140/HoR_Results_historic_Schoolboys-2023.pdf

SA Schools Head of the River 1977 Program, from https://static1.squarespace.com/static/612f1eb5f5136463fd5079a7/t/63438888a318dc69bfcc1376/1665370268347/1977_TK-min.pdf

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The idea for this history originated from the Olympic Rowing and World Senior Rowing Championship histories written by Andrew Guerin and Margot Foster in 1991, 1992 & 1993 for the Australian team handbooks. Andrew Guerin developed and extended these histories to the current format in 2004 for publication in 2004 and then expanded the site.

Steve Roll has been an invaluable contributor to the website in locating errors and finding Christian names of rowers. His superb work is acknowledged.

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