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The Schools' Head of the River Race (SHORR) is the UK's largest school-age processional (head rowing) race and is organised by Westminster School for crews aged between 14 and 18 years old. It is held in Spring, the end of the head race season.
The Head of the River Race (HORR) is an against-the-clock ('processional') rowing race held annually on the River Thames in London, England, between eights, other such races being the Schools' Head of the River Race, Women's Head of the River Race and Veterans' Head of the River Race.
Head of the River 2001 at Nagambie. The Victorian Head of the River regatta is contested between the eleven Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS).. The Head of the River is the oldest continuous schoolboy rowing event in the world, dating back to 1868, and throughout its history has changed format on a number of occasions: from a duel-style race between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch ...
In recent years the club has won both the Schools' Head of the River Race and the Non-Championship Eights at the National Schools' Regatta. [2] A large amount of students go onto prestigious rowing programs across the world including Alumni rowing for universities such as Harvard, Princeton, Iowa and Washington. [4]
The club belongs to Emanuel School and has 70 boats and a rowing tank for training at their boathouse. [2] The club was the dominant force in schoolboy rowing during the 1960s, a period in which it won the Schools' Head of the River Race an unprecedented eight times in nine years.
The Head of the River is a name given to annual Australian rowing regattas held in South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia.The regattas feature competing independent schools, and the winner of the 1st division boys or girls race is crowned the "Head of the River".
The club was founded in 1889 and belongs to the Kingston Grammar School. [2]The club has produced multiple British champions, achieving particular success in the late 1980s to early 1990s under the leadership of head coach Peter Sheppard, during which time it was victorious in the Schools' Head of the River Race and produced a number of subsequent Olympic champions, including James Cracknell ...
The boat club is owned by St Paul's School, London and rowing is a primary school sport due to its location on the River Thames. [2]The club has won the prestigious Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta on eight occasions and has won both the Queen Mother Challenge Cup at the National Schools' Regatta and the Schools' Head of the River Race.