School Rowing in New South Wales

The schoolboy regatta of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of NSW commenced in 1893 and is limited to GPS schools.

The schoolgirls regatta is by comparison, an open regatta for all schools.

The Combined High School regatta has a history dating back to 1965 and is keenly contested.

In recent times, the NSW Rowing Association has also commenced a NSWRA Head of the River for all schoolboys, not just for schools associated with the GPS.

School Regattas

AAGPS Schoolboys Head of the River
NSW Combined High School Championships
NSW Schoolgirls Head of the River
National School Championships (part of the Australian National Championships)

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The idea for this history originated from the Olympic Rowing and World Senior Rowing Championship histories written by Andrew Guerin and Margot Foster in 1991, 1992 & 1993 for the Australian team handbooks. Andrew Guerin developed and extended these histories to the current format in 2004 for publication in 2004 and then expanded the site.

Steve Roll has been an invaluable contributor to the website in locating errors and finding Christian names of rowers. His superb work is acknowledged.

© Andrew Guerin – 2004
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