2018 GPS Head Of the River

A couple of days ago we were advised that the government had activated a wet weather plan for Wyaralong.  The main effect of this was to not allow on site parking.  Bizarre given the main carpark is paved and anyone with a 2WD has had to park there for the last two weeks.  The conspiracy theorists would believe that someone in the middle echelons of SEQ Water does not like rowing.  The effect of this was I had to take the bus.


THE RACE
A very tense ending to a really tough season.

As the boys passed the headland 01:56 they were neck and neck with BBC.  Sprinting for the finish 02:20 they seemed to be rowing better and pulling away. At the finish 02:40 the commentator says "Brisbane Grammar by just over a canvas". So I go to meet them at the waters edge and they arrive like someone had died. Unbeknownst to me, in the last few strokes one of our guys caught a crab. They recovered and had a last sprint and managed to cross the line in front. However they thought they had lost. Luckily there were others at the bank to reassure them and later we saw on line that they had beaten BBC by 0.8 seconds!. Well done boys.

International Women's Day Regatta

5 girls represented Brigidine / Centenary today at the inaugural International Women's Day regatta hosted by River City Women's.

 After getting up at 4am (get that) we met at the Somerville boat shed at YERONGA at 5am.

 Somerville kindly lent us a quad. There were also girls there from state high and Springwood.

There were also a number of wonens crews from round the place with eights, coxed and coxless quads competing in separate races.

After the race, a champagne breakfast. The Brigo girls restrained themselves and stuck to orange juice.

At Brigo, there had been some who were enthusiast but who missed out as I was concerned that if too many girls came then it would have been more difficult to manage things like transport. So next year, hopefully with more notice, we can take more.

Also saw a few blokes I know Andrew McNichol, Dave Cleasby, Peter Hastie, Paul Baxter. Michelle Loveday seemed to be a key organiser. It was a really enjoyment event. And now I have to go to work.

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