Hamish T Playfair
Sydney University Boat Club (NSW) then UTS Haberfield Rowing Club (NSW)
Hamish was a highly accomplished and well respected rower and sculler.
Learning to win came early in his rowing career at school at Shore in Sydney where he stroked the winning second crew to victory in 2008 and rowed seven in the school's winning first crew in 2009.
Sydney University Boat Club beckoned and an excellent first National Championships at Nagambie ensured taking home two gold. These included the Under 23 eight which he won again in 2012 and 2013.
Hamish in the 2010 National Championship winning Under 23 eight - front right
His first international racing was World Cup III in 2013 in the Men’s quad scull finishing fourteenth. After that he raced at the U23 World Championships finishing ninth.
In 2017 he moved clubs to UTS Haberfield and gained two more national titles in the senior men’s double and quad. Winning his first King’s Cup in 2017 and adding two more wins in 2018/2019.
Enjoying his first King's Cup win in 2017 holding the Cup
He won a silver medal at the 2017 World Cup III in the men’s eight. In his Final regatta in 2019 he qualified the Men’s Quad Scull for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Sadly he was not selected in 2021 Tokyo Games.
World Cup 3 at Lucerne with a second placing - Hamish front right
Hamish works in funds management for the BlackRock group in London UK at the date of this profile.
Some rowing highlights
2007 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore Year 10 VIII, stroke -Third
2008 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore second VIII, stroke - First
2009 - AAGPS Head of the River, Shore first VIII, seven seat - First
2009 National Championship Schoolboy Eight – Second
2010 National Championship Under 23 Men’s Quad Scull – First
2010 National Championship Under 23 Men’s Eight – First
2010 National Championship Interstate Men’s s Youth Eight – Third
2011 National Championship Under 23 Men’s Coxless Pair – Third
2011 National Championship Interstate Men’s s Youth Eight – Second
2012 National Championship Under 23 Men's Eight – First
2013 National Championship Under 23 Men's Double Scull – First
2013 National Championship Under 23 Coxed Eight – First
2013 World Rowing Cup III Men’s Quad Scull – Fourteenth
2013 Under 23 World Rowing Championships Men’s Quad Scull -Ninth
2014 World Rowing Cup I Men’s Quad Scull – Third
2017 National Championship Open Men's Double Scull – First
2017 National Championship Open Men's Quad Scull – First
2017 Interstate Championship Interstate Men's Eight – First
2017 World Rowing Cup II Men’s Pair – Seventh
2017 World Rowing Cup III Men’s Eight – Second
2017 World Rowing Championship Men’s Eight – Eighth
2018 National Championship Interstate Men's Eight – First
2019 National Championship Interstate Men's Eight – First
2019 World Rowing Cup II Men's Double Sculls – Fifth
2019 World Rowing Cup III Men's Double Sculls – Sixth
2019 World Rowing Championship Quad Scull – Fourth
Jack Hargreaves
October 2024
Sources:
- Author's own records and recollections
- World Rowing website
- Rowing Manager website