NSW AAGPS Head of the River – First Crew Summary
This race was rowed in four oared crews until 1910 when it was raced in eights.
In 1894, the GPS accepted the offer of Major Zennas C. Rennie of a £20 cup to be attached to the race as a perpetual trophy. Major Rennie was the general manager for Australia of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York and was a Civil War veteran, having fought for the Union at Baton Rouge in 1862.
Until 1910 the Major Rennie Trophy, donated in 1894, was awarded for the First Four race there being no First Eight race until 1910. The trophy was thereafter presented to the winning first eight oared crews.
From 1893 to 1935 the AAGPS Head of the River regatta was held on the Parramatta River. In 1936 the races were moved to the Nepean River and were 1 ½ miles in distance. Since 1996 the schoolboy Head of the River has been held at the Sydney International Rowing Centre at Penrith over 2000m.
Major Rennie
As reproduced in Sydney Rows by Alan May
Winners of the Major Rennie Trophy
(1st IV prior to 1910, 1st VIII 1910 onwards)
| Year | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | Sydney Grammar School | ||||
| 1894 | Sydney Grammar School | Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | ||||
| 1895 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | Sydney Grammar School | ||||
| 1896 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | Sydney Grammar School | ||||
| 1897 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | Sydney Grammar School | ||||
| 1898 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | Sydney Grammar School | St Ignatius' College | |||
| 1899 | St Ignatius' College (Riverview) | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | |||
| 1900 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | Sydney Grammar School | ||||
| 1901 | St Ignatius' College (Riverview) | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | |||
| 1902 | Sydney Grammar School | St Ignatius College | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | |||
| 1903 | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | St Ignatius College | |||
| 1904 | Sydney Grammar School | St Ignatius College | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | |||
| 1905 | St Ignatius' College (Riverview) | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | |||
| 1906 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | St Ignatius College | Sydney Grammar School | |||
| 1907 | St Ignatius' College (Riverview) | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | |||
| 1908 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | Sydney Grammar School | St Ignatius College | St Josephs College | ||
| 1909 | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | St Josephs College | St Ignatius College | ||
| Raced in Eights from this point forward | ||||||
| 1910 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | St Joseph's College | Sydney Grammar School | St Ignatius College | ||
| 1911 | St Joseph's College | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | Sydney Grammar School | St Ignatius College | ||
| 1912 | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | St Joseph's College | St Ignatius College | ||
| 1913 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | St Ignatius College | St Joseph's College | Sydney Grammar School | ||
| 1914 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | Not known | St Ignatius College | Not known | ||
| 1915 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | St Joseph's College | Sydney Grammar School | St Ignatius College | ||
| 1916 | St Joseph's College | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | St Ignatius College | ||
| 1917 | Sydney Grammar School | |||||
| 1918 | Sydney Grammar School | |||||
| 1919 | Sydney Grammar School | St Ignatius College | ||||
| 1920 | The King's School | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | St. Joseph's College | St. Ignatius' College | Scots' College |
| 1921 | Newington College | The King's School | Sydney Grammar School | St. Joseph's College | ||
| 1922 | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | St. Joseph's College | Scots' College | ||
| 1923 | Sydney Grammar School | |||||
| 1924 | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | St. Joseph's College | St. Ignatius' College | ||
| 1925 | Sydney High School | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | Sydney Grammar School | |||
| 1926 | Sydney High School | St Josephs College | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | |||
| 1927 | Sydney High School | Sydney Grammar School | The King's School | |||
| 1928 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney High School | The King's School | ||
| 1929 | Sydney High School | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney Church of England Grammar School | Newington College | ||
| 1930 | Declared no race | |||||
| 1931 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | Sydney High School | St Josephs College | |||
| 1932 | St Joseph's College | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | Sydney Grammar School | The King's School | ||
| 1933 | St Joseph's College | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney High School | ||
| 1934 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney High School | Scots' College | ||
| 1935 | Shore School | Sydney Grammar School | Scots' College | The King's School | ||
| 1936 | St Joseph's College | Sydney Grammar School | Shore School | Scots' College | ||
| 1937 | Shore School | Scots' College | Sydney Grammar School | St. Joseph's College | ||
| 1938 | Shore School | Sydney High School | Newington College | St. Ignatius' College | ||
| 1939 | Shore School | Sydney High School | Scots' College | St. Ignatius' College | ||
| 1940 | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney High School | Shore School | |||
| 1941 | No Competition | |||||
| 1942 | No Competition | |||||
| 1943 | No Competition | |||||
| 1944 | No Competition | |||||
| 1945 | No Competition | |||||
| 1946 | The Scots College | The King's School | St. Joseph's College | |||
| 1947 | Newington College | Sydney High School | The King's School | Shore School | Sydney Grammar School | Scots' College |
| 1948 | Sydney High School | Newington College | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | Sydney Grammar | Scots' College |
| 1949 | Shore School | Sydney High School | Newington College | Scots' College | ||
| 1950 | Shore School | Scots' College | The King's School | |||
| 1951 | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | The King's School | Sydney High School | Sydney Grammar School | Newington College |
| 1952 | Shore School | Sydney Grammar School | Newington College | |||
| 1953 | Sydney High School | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | |||
| 1954 | Shore School | Newington College | The King's School | |||
| 1955 | Sydney Grammar School | St. Joseph's College | Shore School | |||
| 1956 | St Joseph's College | The King's School | Shore School | |||
| 1957 | Sydney High School | Sydney Grammar School | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | Scots' College | St. Ignatius' College |
| 1958 | St Ignatius' College (Riverview) | Shore School | Sydney High School | The King's School | Sydney Grammar School | Scots' College |
| 1959 | Sydney High School | St. Joseph's College | Shore School | Newington College | Sydney Grammar School | The King's School |
| 1960 | Shore School | Scots' College | Sydney High School | Newington College | St. Joseph's College | The King's School |
| 1961 | Shore School | St. Ignatius' College | The King's School | Sydney High School | St. Joseph's College | Scots' College |
| 1962 | The Scots College | Newington College | Sydney Grammar School | St. Joseph's College | The King's School | Shore School |
| 1963 | Newington College | St. Joseph's College | The King's School | Shore School | Scots' College | St. Ignatius' College |
| 1964 | St Ignatius' College (Riverview) | Newington College | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | The King's School | Scots' College |
| 1965 | The Scots College | St. Ignatius' College | Sydney Grammar | |||
| 1966 | Newington College | Scots' College | Shore School | Sydney Grammar School | ||
| 1967 | The King's School | Newington College | Sydney Grammar School | St. Ignatius' College | Shore School | Scots' College |
| 1968 | The King's School | St. Ignatius' College | St. Joseph's College | Sydney Grammar School | Newington College | Shore School |
| 1969 | The King's School | Newington College | Sydney Grammar School | Scots' College | St. Ignatius' College | Sydney High School |
| 1970 | The King's School | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | Sydney High School | Scots' College | Sydney Grammar School |
| 1971 | St Joseph's College | Scots' College | The King's School | Shore School | St. Ignatius' College | Sydney Grammar School |
| 1972 | The King's School | St. Joseph's College | St. Ignatius' College | Sydney High School | Newington College | Shore School |
| 1973 | St Joseph's College | Sydney Grammar School | The King's School | St. Ignatius' College | Newington College | Shore School |
| 1974 | St Ignatius' College (Riverview) | Sydney Grammar School | Newington College | Scots' College | Shore School | The King's School |
| 1975 | St Ignatius' College (Riverview) | The King's School | St. Joseph's College | Scots' College | Newington College | Sydney Grammar School |
| 1976 | Newington College | St. Ignatius' College | The King's School | Scots' College | ||
| 1977 | Newington College | Shore School | Scots' College | St. Ignatius' College | The King's School | Sydney High School |
| 1978 | Sydney Grammar School | Newington College | St. Joseph's College | Scots' College | Shore School | The King's School |
| 1979 | Scots' College | Newington College | Sydney Grammar School | |||
| 1980 | The King's School | Newington College | Scots' College | St. Ignatius' College | Shore School | St. Joseph's College |
| 1981 | The King's School | Newington College | St. Ignatius' College | St. Joseph's College | Sydney High School | Scots' College |
| 1982 | The King's School | Sydney Grammar School | Shore School | Scots' College | St. Joseph's College | St. Ignatius' College |
| 1983 | The King's School | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | Scots' College | St. Ignatius' College | Newington College |
| 1984 | The King's School | Shore School | Newington College | Sydney Grammar School | Scots' College | Sydney High School |
| 1985 | Shore School | Newington College | The King's School | St. Joseph's College | Sydney High School | St. Ignatius' College |
| 1986 | Shore School | Newington College | St. Joseph's College | Scots' College | Sydney High School | The King's School |
| 1987 | Newington College | St. Joseph's College | Shore School | |||
| 1988 | Sydney Church of England Grammar School | |||||
| 1989 | Newington College | The King's School | Shore School | St. Ignatius' College | St. Joseph's College | Sydney High School |
| 1990 | Newington College | St. Ignatius' College | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | The King's School | Sydney Grammar School |
| 1991 | Newington College | Scots' College | The King's School | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | Sydney Grammar |
| 1992 | Newington College | St. Joseph's College | The King's School | Shore School | St. Ignatius' College | Sydney Grammar School |
| 1993 | The King's School | Newington College | St. Joseph's College | Sydney Grammar School | Shore School | Sydney High School |
| 1994 | Newington College | Sydney Grammar School | The King's School | Sydney High School | ||
| 1995 | Shore School | Newington College | The King's School | Sydney Grammar School | Sydney High School | St. Joseph's College |
| 1996 | Shore School | Newington College | Sydney Grammar School | |||
| 1997 | Newington College | The King's School | St. Joseph's College | |||
| 1998 | Newington College | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | |||
| 1999 | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | Newington College | St. Ignatius' College | The King's School | Sydney High School |
| 2000 | Shore School | St. Ignatius' College | St. Joseph's College | Newington College | The King's School | Sydney Grammar School |
| 2001 | The King's School | Sydney Grammar School | St. Ignatius' College | Shore School | Newington College | St. Joseph's College |
| 2002 | The King's School | St. Ignatius' College | St. Joseph's College | Shore School | Newington College | Sydney Grammar School |
| 2003 | Shore School | St. Ignatius' College | The King's School | Newington College | St. Joseph's College | Sydney Grammar School |
| 2004 | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | The King's School | Newington College | St. Ignatius' College | Sydney Grammar School |
| 2005 | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | The King's School | Sydney High School | Scots' College | Sydney Grammar School |
| 2006 | The King's School | St. Joseph's College | St. Ignatius' College | Shore School | Newington College | Sydney Grammar School |
| 2007 | The King's School | St. Ignatius' College | Sydney Grammar School | Shore School | Newington College | St. Joseph's College |
| 2008 | Shore School | Newington College | St. Joseph's College | St. Ignatius' College | The King's School | Scots' College |
| 2009 | Shore School | Scots' College | St. Ignatius' College | Sydney Grammar School | The King's School | St. Joseph's College |
| 2010 | Shore School | Sydney Grammar School | Newington College | St. Ignatius' College | The King's School | Scots' College |
| 2011 | Sydney Grammar School | Shore School | Newington College | Newington College | St. Ignatius' College | Scots' College |
| 2012 | Shore School | Scots' College | Sydney Grammar School (=3rd) | Newington College (=3rd) | The King's School | St. Joseph's College |
| 2013 | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | The King's School | St. Ignatius' College | Scots' College | Newington College |
| 2014 | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | Scots' College | St. Ignatius' College | The King's School | Sydney Grammar School |
| 2015 | St. Joseph's College | Scots' College | Shore School | St. Ignatius' College | Newington College | Sydney Grammar School |
| 2016 | Shore School | St. Ignatius' College | St. Joseph's College | Scots' College | Newington College | The King's School |
| 2017 | Shore School | St. Ignatius' College | St. Joseph's College | Scots' College | Newington College | The King's School |
| 2018 | St. Ignatius' College | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | Scots' College | The King's School | Newington College |
| 2019 | Shore School | The King's School | St. Joseph's College | Scots' College | St. Ignatius' College | Newington College |
| 2020 | Scots' College | The King's School | St. Ignatius' College | Shore School | St. Joseph's College | Sydney Grammar School |
| 2021 | The King's School | Shore School | Scots' College | Newington College | St Ignatius | Sydney Grammar |
| 2022 | The King's School | Shore School | St Ignatius | St Joseph's | Scots' College | Newington College |
| 2023 | St Ignatius | King's School | Scots' College | Newington | St Joseph's | Shore |
| 2024 |