history of psa head of the river rowing regatta western australia

2019 PSA Head of the River

The 120th Head of the River took place on Saturday 23rd March, 2019 at Champion Lakes. The regatta was hosted by Scotch College.

The winner of the Challenge Cup was Christ Church Grammar School (C.C.G.S.) first VIII. The race was a memorable win for C.C.G.S. by overcoming their competitors by a staggering 9.32 seconds. The commentator described the accomplishment when crossing the line, “most professional performance in many years”. The head rowing coach at C.C.G.S., Mr J. Forbes quoted on C.C.G.S. school’s website, “The boys were very keen to win the final race of the year after such a fantastic season.”

A full copy of 2019 regatta program can be found through this link.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=397&v=ZF80WM7YS9E&feature=emb_logo

Hamer Cup

The winner of the Hamer Cup with the most points during the regatta were Trinity College. It was a close competition between Trinity College and Guildford School with Trinity only winning with six more points. The full results of the Hamer Cup can be seen below:

1. Trinity College 248

2. Guildford Grammar School 242

3. Christ Church Grammar School 235

4. Hale School 234

5. Aquinas College 220

6. Scotch College 219

7. Wesley College 160

Trinity College students with the Hamer Cup

Source: https://www.facebook.com/trinitycollegeperth/photos/pcb.2619175241430589/2619174811430632/?type=3&theater

First Eights

Challenge Cup

2000M

6:18.03

6:27.35

6:28.77

6:29.28

6:38.42

6:41.67

6:45.37

1st Christ Church Grammar School - L. Gribble, H. Ickeringill, C. Bergsma, H. Chandler, J. Bergsma, M. Forbes, W. Hart, T. Newton and I. Hamilton

2nd Hale School

3rd Scotch College

4th Trinity College

5th Wesley College

6th Guildford Grammar School

7th Aquinas College

The Christ Church crew show their delight

Source: https://www.ccgs.wa.edu.au/news/senior-school/sport/christ-church-win-2019-head-river#gallery-1

Second Eights

2000M

6:31.73

6:41.98

6:48.63

6:50.67

6:57.33

7:04.56

7:09.15

1st Christ Church

2nd Trinity College

3rd Hale School

4th Guildford Grammar

5th Scotch College

6th Aquinas College

7th Wesley College

Third Eights

2000M

6:35.35

6:48.88

7:02.45

7:03.69

7:09.25

7:10.48

7:30.41

1^st Christ Church

2^nd Guildford Grammar

3^rd Aquinas College

4^th Hale School

5^th Scotch College

6^th Trinity College

7^th Wesley College

Fourth Eights

2000M

06:49.9

07:13.3

07:16.9

07:18.3

07:18.7

07:21.2

07:50.4

1^st Christ Church

2^nd Aquinas College

3^rd Guildford Grammar

4^th Trinity College

5^th Scotch College

6^th Hale School

7^th Wesley College

Year 10A Eights

1500M

04:45.8

04:51.2

04:53.6

04:55.1

05:00.0

05:05.2

05:18.2

1^st Scotch College

2^nd Trinity College

3^rd Guildford Grammar

4^th Aquinas College

5^th Hale School

6^th Christ Church Grammar

7^th Wesley College - Perth

Year 10B Eights

1500M

05:04.7

05:10.7

05:10.8

05:21.6

05:27.2

05:39.9

1^st Trinity College

2^nd Scotch College

3^rd Guildford Grammar

4^th Aquinas College

5^th Hale School

6^th Christ Church Grammar

Year 10 Coxed Quads

1500M

05:41.9

05:48.5

05:49.0

06:23.1

06:47.8

06:55.6

1^st Trinity College

2^nd Guildford Grammar

3^rd Aquinas College

4^th Hale School

5^th Scotch College

6^th Christ Church Grammar

Year 9A Coxed Quads

1500M

5:22.62

5:23.31

5:36.71

5:37.45

5:41.35

5:41.40

5:47.27

1st Trinity College

2nd Christ Church Grammar

3rd Hale School

4th Aquinas College

5th Guildford Grammar

6th Scotch College

7th Wesley College

The narrowest of margins separated Trinity and Christ Church for first place in this race. Trinity remained slightly ahead of the Christ Church crew throughout the race, with half a boats length or less. The final outcome, was a win for Trinity with only less of a second (0.69 of a sec) separated the two crews.

Finish of the Year 9 A quad sculls

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EYJY3y4j9U

Year 9B Coxed Quads

1500M

5:47.41

5:51.52

5:53.93

5:54.14

6:02.60

6:05.14

6:20.44

1^st Hale School

2^nd Guildford Grammar

3^rd Trinity College

4^th Wesley College

5^th Christ Church Grammar

6^th Aquinas College

7^th Scotch College

Year 9C Coxed Quads

1500M

5:46.81

5:58.58

6:00.98

6:10.87

6:21.96

6:36.85

6:41.80

1^st Hale School

2^nd Guildford Grammar

3^rd Trinity College

4^th Aquinas College

5^th Wesley College

6^th Scotch College

7^th Christ Church Grammar

Year 9D Coxed Quads

1500M

6:05.32

6:08.04

6:08.46

6:10.39

6:19.75

6:56.73

7:12.68

1^st Guildford Grammar

2^nd Hale School

3^rd Trinity College

4^th Christ Church Grammar

5^th Aquinas College

6^th Wesley College

7^th Scotch College

Year 9E Coxed Quads

1500M

5:59.78

6:00.93

6:09.77

6:14.65

6:15.23

6:38.15

6:39.79

1^st Trinity College

2^nd Guildford Grammar

3^rd Hale School

4^th Aquinas College

5^th Wesley College

6^th Scotch College

7^th Christ Church Grammar

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