2013 APS Head of the River
The 146th boys Head of the River and the 33rd girls Head of the River were conducted on Saturday 16th March 2013 at Nagambie Lakes.
A moderate cross head breeze in the morning freshened by late morning. This led to a redraw of lanes in the finals to place the seeded crews into the favoured lanes. In the end the breeze moderated and the redraw was unnecessary. However it could not be undone.
There was controversy before the regatta began with Melbourne Grammar first and second crews being relegated to last in their heats due to an infringement of APS training rules. With seeded heats from the results of the racing at the Scotch Mercantile regatta, this could have been an issue in adverse weather conditions and lane seeding being implemented.
Full results can be found through this link.
Scotch leading Geelong Grammar in the final of the Boys Head of the River
2013 program cover
Scotch won their fourth Head of the River in a row whilst Caulfield won their second in a row in the girls. Both races were fiercely contested. Scotch had a field day wining all the senior races with large margins.
Officials
Regatta Manager: Luke Soulos
Regatta Secretary: Troy R Durham
Broadcaster: Roger B Wilson
Adjuvants: Maurice B Brown and Frank C Covill
Referee: Andrew N Guerin
Jury: Eric Waller, William Webster, Terry Blyth, Peter Darbyshire, Graeme Boykett, Rod Kemp, David Pitt, Bill Day, Reg McKay, David Grubits
Committee: D W Meyer Caulfield (Chair, boys), E G Lewin Haileybury (Chair, girls), G P McPhee BGS, P A Jepson Carey, N A Gibbons MGS, C J Rowland Caulfield, M D Cheatley, P Porter GC, G D Schneiders, J R Davenport SKC, R J McLaren SC, P B Hawkins, J L Mitchell, S E Nairn WC, C J Matthews XC, P J La Cava GGS.
Sources
- Regatta manager system for results
- Regatta program
- Unless otherwise marked, photos - Andrew Guerin