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 early September. Because of the lack of water at Wivenhoe Dam the boys Head of the River is held at Lake Kawana on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Because the girls require 10 lanes for their regattas, the Head of the River was held at Hinze Dam from 2005–2007. 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.

Contents 1 Queensland Schoolboys Head of the River Regatta 1.1 Schools 1.2 1st VIII – O'Connor Cup 1.3 Points Score – Old Boys Cup 1.4 2009 Head Of The River Championship Events 1.5 2008 Head Of The River Championship Events 1.6 2007 Head Of The River Championship Events 1.7 Winning Head Of The River Championship Events 2 Queensland Schoolgirls Head of the River Regatta 2.1 Schools 2.2 Open 1st VIII – Brisbane Schoolgirls' Rowing Association Cup 2.3 Open 2nd VIII 2.4 The Open Single Scull (Div 1) 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Queensland Schoolboys Head of the River Regatta

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 Colors
Anglican Church Grammar School	East Brisbane	1,700	1912	Anglican	Day & Boarding	Blue & Grey
Brisbane Boys' College	Toowong	1,600	1902	Uniting Church	Day & Boarding	Green, White & Black
Brisbane Grammar School	Spring Hill	1,400	1868	Non-Denominational	Day & Boarding	Dark Blue & Light Blue
Brisbane State High School	South Brisbane	2,200	1921	Non-Denominational	Day	Cerise & Navy Blue
St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace	Spring Hill	1,337	1875	Catholic	Day	Red & Black
St Joseph's College, Nudgee	Boondall	1,470	1891	Catholic	Day & Boarding	Blue & White
The Southport School	Southport	1,200	1901	Anglican	Day & Boarding	Maroon, Navy & White

1st VIII – O'Connor Cup

The O'Connor Cup for the 1st VIII was first presented in 1918. the race was by crews of Four from 1918 to 1954, and Eights since 1955.

Year	Champions	2nd	3rd	Winning Time	Location
1918	Southport	Brisbane Grammar	Brisbane Boys' College
1919	Brisbane Boys' College	Brisbane High	Brisbane Grammar
1920	Southport	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane Boys' College
1921	Southport	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane Grammar
1922	Anglican Church Grammar	Southport	Brisbane Grammar
1923	Southport	Brisbane Boys' College	Anglican Church Grammar
1924	Brisbane Boys' College	Brisbane High	Brisbane Grammar
1925	Brisbane High	Brisbane Boys' College	Southport
1926	Anglican Church Grammar	Southport	Brisbane Grammar
1927	Brisbane High	Southport	Brisbane Boys' College
1928	Brisbane High	Brisbane Grammar Brisbane Boys' College
1929	Brisbane Grammar	Southport	Anglican Church Grammar
1930	Southport	Brisbane Grammar	Anglican Church Grammar
1931	Southport	Brisbane Grammar	Brisbane Boys' College
1932	Brisbane High	Brisbane Boys' College	Brisbane Grammar
1933	Southport	Brisbane Boys' College	Brisbane High
1934	Brisbane Grammar	Southport	Brisbane High
1935	Brisbane Boys' College	Anglican Church Grammar	Southport
1936	Anglican Church Grammar		Brisbane Boys' College
1937	Brisbane Boys' College	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane Grammar
1938	Brisbane Boys' College	Anglican Church Grammar	Southport
1939	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane High Brisbane Boys' College
1940	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane High	Brisbane Boys' College
1941	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane High	Brisbane Boys' College
1942	No race, World War II
1943	No race, World War II
1944	No race, World War II
1945	No race, World War II
1946	Brisbane Boys' College	Anglican Church Grammar	Southport
1947	Brisbane Boys' College	Anglican Church Grammar	Southport
1948	Brisbane High	Southport	Anglican Church Grammar
1949	Brisbane Boys' College	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane Grammar
1950	Brisbane Boys' College	Brisbane High	Brisbane Grammar
1951	Brisbane Boys' College	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane Grammar
1952	Brisbane Boys' College	Southport	Anglican Church Grammar
1953	Southport	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane Boys' College
1954	Southport	Brisbane Grammar	Brisbane Boys' College
1955	Brisbane Grammar	Southport	Anglican Church Grammar
1956	Brisbane Boys' College	Southport	Brisbane Grammar
1957	Brisbane Boys' College	Southport	Brisbane Grammar
1958	Southport	Gregory Terrace	Brisbane Grammar
1959	Southport	Gregory Terrace	Brisbane Grammar Brisbane Boys' College
1960	Brisbane Grammar	Southport	Anglican Church Grammar
1961	Brisbane Boys' College	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane Grammar
1962	Brisbane Boys' College	Brisbane Grammar	Anglican Church Grammar
1963	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane High	Gregory Terrace
1964	Brisbane Grammar	Southport	Brisbane High
1965	Brisbane Boys' College	Brisbane Grammar Brisbane High
1966	Brisbane Boys' College	Brisbane High	Southport
1967	Brisbane Grammar	Southport	Brisbane High
1968	Brisbane Boys' College	Brisbane Grammar	Brisbane High
1969	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane High	Brisbane Boys' College
1970	Southport	Brisbane High	Brisbane Boys' College
1971	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane Grammar	Brisbane High
1972	Brisbane Boys' College	Brisbane Grammar	Anglican Church Grammar
1973	Anglican Church Grammar	Southport	Brisbane Boys' College
1974	Brisbane Boys' College	Brisbane High	Anglican Church Grammar
1975	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane Grammar	Brisbane Boys' College		Lake Kurwongbah
1976	Brisbane Grammar	Brisbane High	Southport		Hinze Dam
1977	Brisbane Grammar	Southport	Brisbane High		Hinze Dam
1978	Southport	Brisbane High	Brisbane Grammar		Hinze Dam
1979	Brisbane Grammar	Southport	Anglican Church Grammar		Hinze Dam
1980	Brisbane Grammar	Anglican Church Grammar	Southport		Hinze Dam
1981	Brisbane Grammar	Gregory Terrace	Brisbane Boys' College		Hinze Dam
1982	Gregory Terrace	Brisbane Grammar	Brisbane Boys' College		Hinze Dam
1983	No Race				Hinze Dam
1984	Brisbane Grammar	Southport	Gregory Terrace		Hinze Dam
1985	Southport	Brisbane Grammar	Gregory Terrace		Hinze Dam
1986	Southport	Brisbane Grammar	Gregory Terrace		Hinze Dam
1987	Southport	Gregory Terrace	Brisbane Grammar		Wivenhoe Dam
1988	Brisbane Grammar	Gregory Terrace	Anglican Church Grammar		Wivenhoe Dam
1989	Southport	Brisbane Grammar	Brisbane Boys' College		Wivenhoe Dam
1990	Brisbane Boys' College	Southport	Anglican Church Grammar		Wivenhoe Dam
1991	Southport	Brisbane Boys' College	Anglican Church Grammar		Wivenhoe Dam
1992	Brisbane Boys' College	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane Grammar		Wivenhoe Dam
1993	Brisbane Boys' College	Southport	Gregory Terrace		Wivenhoe Dam
1994	Gregory Terrace	Brisbane Boys' College	Southport	5 min 54 sec	Wivenhoe Dam
1995	Brisbane Grammar	Gregory Terrace	Brisbane Boys' College	5 min 48 sec	Wivenhoe Dam
1996	Gregory Terrace	Brisbane Grammar	Brisbane Boys' College	5 min 54 sec	Wivenhoe Dam
1997	Brisbane Grammar	Gregory Terrace	Brisbane Boys' College	5 min 46 sec	Wivenhoe Dam
1998	Anglican Church Grammar	Gregory Terrace	Brisbane Grammar	5 min 58 sec	Wivenhoe Dam
1999	Brisbane Grammar	Anglican Church Grammar	Southport	5 min 51 sec	Wivenhoe Dam
2000	Southport	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane Grammar	5 min 58 sec	Wivenhoe Dam
2001	Brisbane Grammar	Southport	Anglican Church Grammar	5 min 59 sec	Wivenhoe Dam
2002	Brisbane Boys' College	Brisbane Grammar	Nudgee College	5 min 59 sec	Wivenhoe Dam
2003	Nudgee College	Brisbane Boys' College	Brisbane Grammar	6 min 8 sec	Wivenhoe Dam
2004	Anglican Church Grammar	Brisbane Grammar	Southport	5 min 56 sec	Wivenhoe Dam
2005	Anglican Church Grammar	Southport	Gregory Terrace	5 min 15 sec 1.8 km	Wivenhoe Dam
2006	Southport	Anglican Church Grammar	Nudgee College		Hinze Dam
2007	Brisbane Grammar	Gregory Terrace	Southport	6 min 21 sec	Lake Kawana
2008	Gregory Terrace	Anglican Church Grammar	Nudgee College	6 min 1 sec	Lake Kawana
2009	Nudgee College	Gregory Terrace	Brisbane Grammar	6 min 2 sec	Lake Kawana
2010	Anglican Church Grammar	Southport	Nudgee College	6 min 3 sec	Lake Kawana
2011	Nudgee College	Anglican Church Grammar	Gregory Terrace	6 min 12 sec	Lake Kawana

• The race is 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 1800m due to lack of water in Wivenhoe Dam.

School	Number of wins in Fours	Number of wins in Eights	Total
Brisbane Boys' College	11	13	24
Southport	9	11	20
Brisbane Grammar	2	16	18
Anglican Church Grammar	6	9	15
Brisbane High	5	0	5
Gregory Terrace	0	4	4
Nudgee College	0	3	3

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 which is currently being used was introduced in 1990. Only the 12 championship events count for points.

Year	Champions	Points	2nd	Points	3rd	Points	4th	Points	5th	Points	6th	Points	7th	Points
1988	BGS		ACGS		BBC		TSS		GT		BSHS
1989	TSS
1990	ACGS
1991	ACGS
1992	BBC
1993	BBC
1994	BGS
1995	BGS
1996	BGS
1997	GT
1998	BGS
1999	ACGS
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

• In 2010, due to inclement weather, only the Open 1st, 2nd, and 3rd eights were raced at Head of the River. Therefore, the Old Boys Cup was not awarded.

2009 Head Of The River Championship Events

Crew	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
U15 6th Quad	BSHS	GT	NC	ACGS	BBC	BGS
U15 5th Quad	GT	BGS	BBC	NC	BSHS	ACGS	TSS
U15 4th Quad	NC	GT	BBC	BGS	ACGS	TSS	BSHS
U15 3rd Quad	GT	NC	BGS	ACGS	BBC	TSS	BSHS
U15 2nd Quad	GT	NC	BGS	BBC	ACGS	TSS	BSHS
U15 1st Quad	GT	TSS	BBC	NC	BGS	ACGS	BSHS
U16 3rd VIII	GT	BGS	ACGS	BBC	NC
U16 2nd VIII	ACGS	BGS	BBC	GT	TSS	NC	BSHS
U16 1st VIII	GT	BGS	TSS	ACGS	NC	BSHS	BBC
Open 3rd VIII	BBC	ACGS	GT	NC	BGS
Open 2nd VIII	NC	BBC	BGS	ACGS	GT	BSHS
Open 1st VIII	NC	GT	BGS	BBC	TSS	ACGS	BSHS

2008 Head Of The River Championship Events

Crew	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
U15 6th Quad	BGS	NC	GT	BBC	TSS	ACGS
U15 5th Quad	BGS	TSS	BBC	NC	GT	ACGS
U15 4th Quad	BBC	BGS	GT	BSHS	ACGS	NC	TSS
U15 3rd Quad	GT	NC	BBC	ACGS	BGS	TSS	BSHS
U15 2nd Quad	BGS	ACGS	NC	GT	BBC	BSHS	TSS
U15 1st Quad	BBC	ACGS	NC	GT	TSS	BSHS	BGS
U16 3rd VIII	BBC	GT	ACGS	TSS
U16 2nd VIII	GT	BBC	TSS	ACGS	BGS
U16 1st VIII	TSS	GT	NC	ACGS	BGS	BBC	BSHS
Open 3rd VIII	ACGS	BBC	BGS	GT	NC
Open 2nd VIII	ACGS	TSS	GT	NC	BGS	BBC
Open 1st VIII	GT	ACGS	NC	BBC	TSS	BGS	BSHS

2007 Head Of The River Championship Events

Crew	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
U15 6th Quad	BGS	BBC	ACGS	GT	TSS
U15 5th Quad	GT	ACGS	BBC	TSS	BGS
U15 4th Quad	BGS	GT	ACGS	BBC	TSS
U15 3rd Quad	BBC	BGS	GT	TSS	ACGS	BSHS	NC
U15 2nd Quad	GT	BGS	TSS	BBC	ACGS	NC	BSHS
U15 1st Quad	BGS	TSS	GT	ACGS	BBC	NC	BSHS
U16 3rd VIII	ACGS	BBC	GT	TSS	BGS
U16 2nd VIII	GT	ACGS	BGS	BBC	TSS	NC
U16 1st VIII	GT	ACGS	TSS	BBC	BGS	NC
Open 3rd VIII	GT	ACGS	BBC	TSS	BGS
Open 2nd VIII	ACGS	NC	BBC	GT	TSS	BGS	BSHS
Open 1st VIII	BGS	GT	TSS	BBC	NC	ACGS	BSHS

Winning Head Of The River Championship Events

Crew	1st VIII	2nd VIII	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
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
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
2009	NC	NC	BBC	GT	ACGS	GT	GT	GT	GT	NC	GT	BSHS
2010	ACGS	ACGS	GT	BGS	No Race	No Race	No Race	No Race	No Race	No Race	No Race	No Race

• The VIII's race over 2000 metres and the Quads race over 1500 metres.
• Prior to 2003 the U15's raced in Fours.
• 2010 – Due to a combined decision by the Headmaster’s based on appalling conditions only the Open VIII’s raced.

Queensland Schoolgirls Head of the River Regatta

Schools

School	Location	Enrolment	Founded	Denomination	Day/Boarding	School Colors
All Hallows' School	Brisbane	1300	1861	Catholic	Day	Lightish Blue, White
Brisbane Girls Grammar School	Spring Hill	1150	1875	Non-Denominational	Day	Royal Blue
Brisbane State High School	South Brisbane	2200	1921	Non-Denominational	Day	Sangria & Navy Blue
Lourdes Hill College	Hawthorne	850	1916	Catholic	Day & Boarding	Silver, Purple and White
St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School	Corinda	800	1929	Anglican	Day	Navy Blue, White & Brown
St Hilda's School	Southport	750	1912	Anglican	Day & Boarding	Red, Yellow & Blue
St Margaret's Anglican Girls School	Ascot	900	1895	Anglican	Day & Boarding	Navy, White & Maroon
St Peters Lutheran College	Indooroopilly	2000	1945	Lutheran	Day & Boarding	Maroon & White
Stuartholme School	Toowong	700	1920	Catholic	Day & Boarding	Red, Gold & Blue
Somerville House	South Brisbane	1200	1899	Uniting Church	Day & Boarding	Navy Blue, Bottle Green & White

Open 1st VIII – Brisbane Schoolgirls' Rowing Association Cup

1990 was the inaugural Schoolgirl's Head Of The River.

Year	Champions	2nd	3rd
1990	Somerville	St Margaret's	Brisbane State High School
1991	Somerville	Brisbane State High School	St Margaret's
1992	Brisbane State High School	Somerville	All Hallows
1993	Brisbane State High School	Brisbane Girls Grammar	Somerville
1994	Somerville	Brisbane State High School	All Hallows
1995	Somerville	St Margaret's	Brisbane State High School
1996	All Hallows	Somerville	Brisbane State High School
1997	St Margaret's	All Hallows	Somerville
1998	Stuartholme	St Margaret's	Somerville
1999	St Margaret's	Somerville	St Aidan's
2000	All Hallows	St Margaret's	St Aidan's
2001	St Margaret's	All Hallows	Stuartholme
2002	St Margaret's	Stuartholme	Somerville
2003	Somerville	St Margaret's	All Hallows
2004	St Aidan's	St Margaret's	All Hallows
2005	St Margaret's	St Aidan's	Somerville
2006	Somerville	St Margaret's	Brisbane Girls Grammar
2007	St Margaret's	St Peter's	Somerville
2008	St Peter's	St Margaret's	St Aidan's
2009	St Margaret's	St Peter's	Brisbane Girls Grammar
2010	St Peter's	Somerville	St Aidan's
2011	St Margaret's	St Aidan's	Somerville

School	Number of wins
St Margaret's	8
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	0

Open 2nd VIII

Year	Winner	2nd	3rd
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

The Open Single Scull (Div 1)

Year	Winner	2nd	3rd
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

See also

• Head of the River (Australia)
• Great Public Schools Association of Queensland Inc.
• Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association

References

• Great Public Schools Association of Queensland Inc., Head of the River Program (2007)
• Brisbane Schoolgirls' Rowing Association, Head of the River Program (2006)

External links

• The Great Public Schools' Association of Qld Inc
• Rowing Australia
• Rowing Queensland
• Terrace Rowing
• Brisbane Schoolgirls Rowing Association