Rowing Victoria is satisfied with the way its officials handled the Head of the Lake weigh-in controversy and will not be taking the matter any further.
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RV chief executive officer Nick Gall said as far as the state body was concerned the issue had been dealt with.
He said regatta referees had followed the correct procedure in the Rowing Victoria-sanctioned event.
Gall said they made their recommendation to the Ballarat Associated Schools, which run the event, and it was then their decision.
“We’re quite okay with that. It’s their event.”
He indicated that from a RV point of view, that was the end of the matter.
RV officials recommended that Head of the Lake division one boys’ winner St Patrick’s College be disqualified after its cox weighed in below the required minimum 55kg post-race.
BAS principals then decided that owing to some discrepancies on the weigh-in process that the race be rowed again on Wednesday.
St Pat’s was again first across the line in the re-row to claim the title.
St Patrick’s College will continue its campaign at the state championships at Nagambie on Saturday.
James Crilly, Ben Hutt, Isaac Pertzel, Ethan Lawler and cox Jackson Long will contest the second of two heats, meeting St Kevin's College, Geelong College, Melbourne High School, Scotch College and Haileybury College.
The first three progress to the A final.
Damascus College and Ballarat Grammar School line-up against St Kevin's College, Haileybury College and Scotch College in heat one.
Ballarat High School and Ballarat Clarendon College have scratched.
Girls' Head of the Lake champion Loreto College (Grace Hoffmann, Ella Higgins, Laura Foley, Molly Grech, cox Madelyn Rothe) takes on Ballarat Grammar School, Ballarat High School and Damascus College, as well as Lauriston Girls' Grammar, Melbourne Girls' College and Shelford Grammar School.
Ballarat City and Wendouree Ballarat clubs will also represented in the state championships.
