Head of the River (Queensland)
The Queensland Head of the River refers to two high school rowing regattas in Queensland Australia, one for boys (Great Public Schools Association of Queensland Inc., GPS) and one for girls (Brisbane Schoolgirls' Rowing Association., BSRA). The boys' regatta is held in mid to late March while the girls' regatta is held in late August to early September. Due to the lack of water at Wivenhoe Dam the boys' Head of the River was moved to Hinze Dam for 2006, and was then moved to Lake Kawana on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland the following year. Since the girls require 10 lanes for their regattas, the BSRA Head of the River was held at Hinze Dam from 2005 to 2007. However, due to construction work currently underway to increase the size of the dam, the BSRA Head of the River was also moved to Lake Kawana for the 2008 season and the foreseeable future.
Queensland Schoolboys' Head of the River Regatta
Participating Schools
Seven of the nine GPS schools compete at the annual Head of the River. Only GPS Schools can compete.
School | Location | Enrolment | Founded | Denomination | Day/Boarding | School Colours | Abbreviation | In competition since |
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Anglican Church Grammar School | East Brisbane | 1,700 | 1912 | Anglican | Day & Boarding | Blue & Grey | ACGS | 1918 |
Brisbane Boys' College | Toowong | 1,600 | 1902 | Uniting Church | Day & Boarding | Green, White & Black | BBC | 1918 |
Brisbane Grammar School | Spring Hill | 1,400 | 1868 | Non-Denominational | Day & Boarding | Dark Blue & Light Blue | BGS | 1918 |
Brisbane State High School | South Brisbane | 2,200 | 1921 | Non-Denominational | Day | Cerise & Navy Blue | BSHS | 1918 |
St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace | Spring Hill | 1,337 | 1875 | Catholic | Day | Red & Black | GT | 1928 |
St Joseph's College, Nudgee | Boondall | 1,470 | 1891 | Catholic | Day & Boarding | Blue & White | NC | 1919 |
The Southport School | Southport | 1,200 | 1901 | Anglican | Day & Boarding | Maroon, Navy & White | TSS | 1918 |
- Gregory Terrace first competed in 1928, but did not compete again until 1954.
Open 1st VIII – O'Connor Cup
The inaugural Schoolboys' Head of the River, known then as the All Schools Race, was held in 1918. The O'Connor Cup for the 1st VIII was first presented in 1922, and backdated to 1918. The race was by crews of Four from 1918 to 1954, and Eights since 1955.
- The race is run over a 2000-metre course.
- 1983 - The race was run but due to multiple protests the race was deemed a "No Race" by the Headmasters at the time.
- 2005 - The race was shortened to 1800 metres due to lack of water in Wivenhoe Dam.
School | Number of wins in Fours | Number of wins in Eights | Total | Last win |
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Brisbane Boys' College | 11 | 13 | 24 | 2002 |
Southport | 9 | 12 | 21 | 2018 |
Brisbane Grammar | 3 | 18 | 21 | 2020 |
Anglican Church Grammar | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2012 |
Nudgee College | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2019 |
Brisbane High | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1948 |
Gregory Terrace | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2008 |
Points Score – Old Boys' Cup
The Old Boys' Cup for overall points score was first presented in 1988.
In 1988 and 1989 the lowest number of points won.
The point score system currently being used was introduced in 1990 and amended in 2001 when Nudgee College competed for the first time. Only the 12 championship events count for points.
The Championship events are:
- Open 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Eights
- Year 11 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Eights
- Year 10 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Quad Sculls
Year | Champions | Points | 2nd | Points | 3rd | Points | 4th | Points | 5th | Points | 6th | Points | 7th | Points |
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1988 | BGS | ACGS | BBC | TSS | GT | BSHS | ||||||||
1989 | TSS | |||||||||||||
1990 | ACGS | 73 | BBC | 61 | BGS | 56 | GT | 50 | BSHS | 26 | ||||
1991 | ACGS | 101 | TSS and BBC (tie) | 75 | GT | 58 | BGS | 52 | BSHS | 27 | ||||
1992 | BBC | 90 | ACGS | 83 | BGS | 74 | TSS | 62 | BSHS | 42 | GT | 41 | ||
1993 | BBC | 92 | ACGS | 87 | BGS | 83 | GT | 59 | TSS | 48 | BSHS | 21 | ||
1994 | BGS | 95 | GT | 94 | BBC | 71 | TSS | 54 | ACGS | 51 | BSHS | 23 | ||
1995 | BGS | 104 | GT | 100 | BBC | 63 | ACGS | 57 | TSS | 49 | BSHS | 17 | ||
1996 | BGS | 106 | GT | 93 | BBC | 75 | TSS | 52 | ACGS | 49 | BSHS | 13 | ||
1997 | GT | 100 | BGS | 98 | BBC | 59 | ACGS and TSS (tie) | 57 | BSHS | 15 | ||||
1998 | BGS | 91 | ACGS | 85 | TSS | 79 | GT | 60 | BBC | 58 | BSHS | 11 | ||
1999 | ACGS | 93 | BGS | 83 | BBC | 72 | GT | 67 | TSS | 63 | BSHS | 6 | ||
2000 | TSS | 89 | BBC | 87 | BGS | 76 | ACGS | 67 | GT | 54 | BSHS | 14 | ||
2001 | BBC | 101 | ACGS | 98.5 | BGS | 97 | GT | 74 | TSS | 72.5 | BSHS | 25 | NC | 14 |
2002 | BBC | 108 | ACGS | 90 | GT | 88 | BGS | 83 | TSS | 66 | BSHS | 32 | NC | 21 |
2003 | BBC | 113 | ACGS | 104 | GT | 84 | BGS | 73 | TSS | 46 | NC | 37 | BSHS | 16 |
2004 | ACGS | 99 | GT | 95 | BBC | 85 | BGS | 76 | TSS | 55 | BSHS | 46 | NC | 7 |
2005 | ACGS | 106 | BBC | 88 | GT | 81 | BGS | 73 | TSS | 63 | BSHS | 53 | NC | 24 |
2006 | ACGS | 110 | GT | 91 | BBC | 81 | BGS | 78 | TSS | 63 | NC | 32 | BSHS | 27 |
2007 | GT | 106 | ACGS | 94 | BBC | 85 | BGS | 82 | TSS | 73 | NC | 31 | BSHS | 8 |
2008 | GT | 112 | ACGS | 88 | BBC | 85 | TSS | 66 | BGS | 63 | NC | 62 | BSHS | 13 |
2009 | GT | 104 | BGS | 87 | NC | 84 | BBC | 79 | ACGS | 74 | TSS | 35 | BSHS | 26 |
2010 | Not awarded | |||||||||||||
2011 | NC | 108 | ACGS | 94 | TSS | 92 | GT | 83 | BGS | 57 | BBC | 47 | BSHS | 9 |
2012 | NC and TSS (tie) | 98 | ACGS | 83 | GT | 76 | BGS | 62 | BBC | 58 | BSHS | 11 | ||
2013 | TSS | 107 | NC | 95 | ACGS | 92 | GT | 65 | BGS | 61 | BBC | 60 | BSHS | 9 |
2014 | NC | 107 | TSS | 97 | ACGS | 92 | BBC | 78 | BGS | 58 | GT | 46 | BSHS | 19 |
2015 | NC | 110 | TSS | 98 | ACGS | 87 | GT | 63 | BGS | 62 | BBC | 58 | BSHS | 13 |
2016 | NC | 108 | ACGS | 101 | TSS | 91 | GT | 72 | BGS | 57 | BBC | 52 | BSHS | 10 |
2017 | NC | 100 | ACGS | 92 | TSS | 91 | GT | 85 | BBC | 68 | BGS | 41 | BSHS | 11 |
2018 | NC | 104 | ACGS | 102 | TSS | 92 | GT | 77 | BGS | 55 | BBC | 52 | BSHS | 6 |
2019 | ACGS | 105 | GT | 98 | TSS | 90 | NC | 89 | BGS | 49 | BBC | 40 | BSHS | 5 |
2020 | ACGS | 110 | NC | 90 | TSS | 85 | GT | 77 | BGS | 61 | BBC | 55 | BSHS | 4 |
- In 2010, due to inclement weather, only the Open 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Eights were raced at Head of the River. Therefore, due to lack of events, the Old Boys' Cup was not awarded.
Winning Head of the River Championship Events
Crew | Open 1st VIII | Open 2nd VIII | Open 3rd VIII | U16 1st VIII | U16 2nd VIII | U16 3rd VIII | U15 1st IV | U15 2nd IV | U15 3rd IV | U15 4th IV | U15 5th IV | U15 6th IV |
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1994 | GT | BBC | GT | BGS | BGS | GT | BGS | BBC | BGS | BGS | GT | GT |
1995 | BGS | GT | GT | BGS | BGS | GT | GT | BGS | BGS | BGS | TSS | GT |
1996 | GT | BGS | BGS | GT | BBC | BGS | TSS | GT | BGS | BGS | BGS | BGS |
1997 | BGS | GT | GT | BGS | GT | BGS | ACGS | TSS | GT | GT | BGS | ACGS |
1998 | ACGS | TSS | BGS | BGS | ACGS | BGS | ACGS | TSS | BGS | TSS | TSS | TSS |
1999 | BGS | GT | ACGS | ACGS | ACGS | BBC | ACGS | BGS | BGS | BGS | BGS | BBC |
2000 | TSS | TSS | TSS | TSS | BBC | BBC | BBC | ACGS | BGS | BGS | BGS | ACGS |
2001 | BGS | GT | GT | BBC | BGS | ACGS | BBC | ACGS | BBC | BBC | BGS | BBC |
2002 | BBC | BBC | BGS | BBC | BBC | BBC | ACGS | GT | GT | GT | ACGS | GT |
Crew | Open 1st VIII | Open 2nd VIII | Open 3rd VIII | U16 1st VIII | U16 2nd VIII | U16 3rd VIII | U15 1st Quad | U15 2nd Quad | U15 3rd Quad | U15 4th Quad | U15 5th Quad | U15 6th Quad |
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2003 | NC | ACGS | BBC | ACGS | BBC | BBC | ACGS | ACGS | BBC | GT | BBC | GT |
2004 | ACGS | TSS | BBC | BSHS | GT | GT | ACGS | BGS | BSHS | ACGS | ACGS | ACGS |
2005 | ACGS | ACGS | GT | ACGS | GT | ACGS | BGS | BSHS | ACGS | BGS | BBC | BSHS |
2006 | TSS | ACGS | ACGS | GT | GT | ACGS | GT | GT | BBC | BGS | ACGS | BBC |
2007 | BGS | ACGS | GT | GT | GT | ACGS | BGS | GT | BBC | BGS | GT | BGS |
2008 | GT | ACGS | ACGS | TSS | GT | BBC | BBC | BGS | GT | BBC | BGS | BGS |
Crew | Open 1st VIII | Open 2nd VIII | Open 3rd VIII | Year 11 1st VIII | Year 11 2nd VIII | Year 11 3rd VIII | Year 10 1st Quad | Year 10 2nd Quad | Year 10 3rd Quad | Year 10 4th Quad | Year 10 5th Quad | Year 10 6th Quad |
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2009 | NC | NC | BBC | GT | ACGS | GT | GT | GT | GT | NC | GT | BSHS |
2010 | ACGS | ACGS | GT | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race |
2011 | NC | ACGS | TSS | NC | NC | NC | NC | TSS | NC | TSS | TSS | TSS |
2012 | ACGS | ACGS | NC | NC | TSS | TSS | BBC | NC | BBC | NC | NC | TSS |
2013 | NC | TSS | TSS | TSS | ACGS | NC | TSS | BGS | TSS | TSS | TSS | BBC |
2014 | NC | TSS | NC | NC | BBC | NC | BBC | TSS | BBC | TSS | NC | ACGS |
2015 | NC | TSS | NC | BGS | TSS | TSS | BBC | NC | NC | NC | ACGS | NC |
2016 | NC | NC | NC | TSS | TSS | ACGS | ACGS | ACGS | ACGS | NC | NC | NC |
2017 | NC | NC | ACGS | ACGS | BGS | GT | BBC | NC | NC | ACGS | ACGS | ACGS |
2018 | TSS | NC | NC | ACGS | ACGS | ACGS | BGS | GT | NC | TSS | GT | TSS |
2019 | NC | NC | ACGS | GT | ACGS | ACGS | ACGS | GT | TSS | TSS | ACGS | ACGS |
2020 | BGS | GT | ACGS | TSS | ACGS | ACGS | BBC | BBC | BBC | ACGS | ACGS | ACGS |
- The Eights race over 2000 metres and the Quads race over 1500 metres.
- Prior to 2003, the Under 15 age group raced in Fours.
- Since 2009, crews have raced by year group, rather than age group.
Head of the River Championship Events - Results
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Queensland Schoolgirls' Head of the River Regatta
Participating Schools
School | Location | Enrolment | Founded | Denomination | Day/Boarding | School Colours | Abbreviation | In competition since |
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All Hallows' School | Brisbane | 1,300 | 1861 | Catholic | Day | Light Blue & White | AHS | 1990 |
Brisbane Girls' Grammar School | Spring Hill | 1,150 | 1875 | Non-Denominational | Day | Royal Blue | BGGS | 1991 |
Brisbane State High School | South Brisbane | 2,200 | 1921 | Non-Denominational | Day | Sangria & Navy Blue | BSHS | 1990 |
Lourdes Hill College | Hawthorne | 850 | 1916 | Catholic | Day & Boarding | Silver, Purple & White | LHC | 2000 |
St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School | Corinda | 800 | 1929 | Anglican | Day | Navy Blue, White & Brown | STA | 1990 |
St Hilda's School | Southport | 750 | 1912 | Anglican | Day & Boarding | Red, Yellow & Blue | STH | 1990 |
St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School | Ascot | 900 | 1895 | Anglican | Day & Boarding | Navy Blue, White & Brown | STM | 1990 |
St Peter's Lutheran College | Indooroopilly | 2,000 | 1945 | Lutheran | Day & Boarding | Maroon & White | SPLC | 1990 |
Stuartholme School | Toowong | 700 | 1920 | Catholic | Day & Boarding | Red, Gold & Blue | STU | 1991 |
Somerville House | South Brisbane | 1,200 | 1899 | Uniting Church | Day & Boarding | Navy Blue, Bottle Green & White | SOM | 1990 |
Open 1st VIII – Brisbane Schoolgirls' Rowing Association Cup
1990 was the inaugural Schoolgirls' Head Of The River. The race was run over 1500 metres from 1990 until 1993, and over 2000 metres since 1994.
School | Number of wins |
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St Margaret's | 11 |
Somerville | 6 |
All Hallows | 2 |
Brisbane State High School | 2 |
St Peter's | 2 |
St Aidan's | 1 |
Stuartholme | 1 |
Brisbane Girls Grammar | 0 |
Lourdes Hill College | 0 |
St Hilda's School | 1 |
Points Score - Aggregate Cup
The Aggregate Cup for overall points score was first awarded in 1995 to the most successful school. Only the 21 Championship events count for points.
The Championship events are:
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1995 | Somerville |
1996 | St Margaret's |
1997 | St Margaret's |
1998 | Somerville |
1999 | St Margaret's |
2000 | Not awarded |
2001 | St Margaret's |
2002 | St Margaret's |
2003 | Somerville |
2004 | Somerville |
2005 | St Aidan's |
2006 | Brisbane Girls Grammar |
2007 | St Aidan's |
2008 | St Aidan's |
2009 | Somerville |
2010 | Somerville |
2011 | Somerville |
2012 | Somerville |
2013 | Somerville |
- In 2000, due to inclement weather, all Single Scull events were cancelled. Therefore, due to lack of events, the Aggregate Cup was not awarded.
Winning Head of the River Championship Events
Senior Age Groups
Crew | Open 1st VIII | Open 2nd VIII | Open 1st IV | Open 2nd IV | Open Single Scull | Year 11 1st IV | Year 11 2nd IV | Year 11 3rd IV | Year 11 4th IV | Year 11 Single Scull |
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1999[1] | STM | STM | SOM | SOM | BSHS | SOM | STM | SOM | SOM | SPLC |
2000[2] | AHS | STM | SOM | STM | No race | STM | SOM | SOM | STM | No race |
2001[3] | STM | SOM | STM | SOM | STM | SOM | STM | STA | STM | BSHS |
Crew | Open 1st VIII | Open 2nd VIII | Open 3rd VIII | Open IV | Open Single Scull | Year 11 Single Scull |
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2002[4] | STM | SOM | STM | STM | STM | BSHS |
2003[5] | SOM | SOM | SOM | STM | STM | STM |
2004[6] | STA | SOM | STM | LHC | STM | SPLC |
2005[7] | STM | SOM | SOM | BSHS | STU | SOM |
2006[8] | SOM | STA | STA | BSHS | STU | SPLC |
2007[9] | STM | STA | STA | STH | SPLC | SPLC |
2008[10] | SPLC | STA | BGGS | STH | SPLC | STM |
Crew | Open 1st VIII | Senior 2nd VIII | Senior 3rd VIII | Senior IV | Year 12 Single Scull | Year 11 Single Scull |
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2009[11] | STM | STA | STA | SOM | STM | SPLC |
2010[12] | SPLC | SOM | SOM | STH | SPLC | SPLC |
2011[13] | STM | STU | STU | STA | STM | SPLC |
2012[14] | STM | SOM | SOM | STH | SPLC | BGGS |
2013[15] | STM | SOM | STM | STM | BSHS | SPLC |
- The Senior Eights race over 2000 metres, the Senior Four races over 1500 metres, and the Single Sculls race over 1000 metres.
- Prior to 2002, the Senior age group was split into Year 11 and Open. The Year 11s raced in Fours and the Opens raced in both Fours and Eights.
- In 2009, the Open Single Scull, Open 2nd VIII, Open 3rd VIII, and Open IV were renamed to the Year 12 Single Scull, Senior 2nd VIII, Senior 3rd VIII, and Senior IV respectively.
Junior Age Groups
- The Year 10 Quads race over 1500 metres, and the Year 9 Quads, the Year 8 Quads, and the Single Sculls race over 1000 metres.
Head of the River Championship Events - Results
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- Due to the number of participating schools outnumbering the number of lanes, each event is split into A and B Finals. Schools marked in italics participated in the B Final.
Open 2nd VIII
Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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1999 | St Margaret's | Somerville | Brisbane Girls Grammar |
2000 | St Margaret's | Somerville | All Hallows |
2001 | Somerville | St Margaret's | All Hallows |
2002 | Somerville | St Margaret's | St Aidan's |
2003 | Somerville | St Aidan's | St Margaret's |
2004 | Somerville | St Aidan's | Stuartholme |
2005 | Somerville | St Margaret's | St Aidan's |
2006 | St Aidan's | Somerville | St Margaret's |
2007 | St Aidan's | St Margaret's | Brisbane Girls Grammar |
2008 | St Aidan's | St Margaret's | Brisbane Girls Grammar |
2009 | St Aidan's | St Margaret's | Somerville |
2010 | Somerville | Stuartholme | St Margaret's |
2011 | Stuartholme | St Margaret's | Somerville |
2012 | Somerville | All Hallows | Stuartholme |
The Open Single Scull (Div 1)
Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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1999 | Brisbane State High School | St Aidan's | Brisbane Girls Grammar |
2000 | Race cancelled due to bad weather. | ||
2001 | St Margaret's | St Peter's | St Aidan's |
2002 | Brisbane State High School | St Margaret's | Somerville |
2003 | St Margaret's | Lourdes Hill | Brisbane Girls Grammar |
2004 | St Margaret's | Lourdes Hill | Brisbane State High School |
2005 | Stuartholme | St Peter's | Somerville |
2006 | Stuartholme | Somerville | St Peter's |
2007 | St Peter's | St Aidan's | Somerville |
2008 | St Peter's | Stuartholme | Somerville |
2009 | St Margaret's | St Peter's | St Aidan's |
2010 | St Peter's | Brisbane State High School | Stuartholme |
2011 | St Margaret's | St Aidan's | St Peter's |
2012 | St Peter's | Somerville | Brisbane Girls Grammar |
See also
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