Rowing Report 2021

2021

Mr Cameron Kennedy

Head Coach of Rowing keeping all TSS crews competitive and getting all boats into the top three at the Head of the River. The Year 9 Quads raced at Head of the River again, and while not contributing to the School’s overall points in the Old Boys Cup, they placed in eight of their 10 events with the highlight being a strong win in the Year 9 First Quad, not matched since 2013. This age group should be a force to be reckoned with over the coming seasons.

Our Year 8 ‘Learn to Row’ continued to successfully introduce new rowers and coxes to the sport with their performances reflecting this with seven of the eight divisions placing in their race, coming second in the Year 8 First Quad. Introducing our Year 7 and 8 students to coxing has been a great way for students to learn the sport and make a huge impact on older crews. This year’s example being Year 8 student Tom Mactaggart, following in his brother’s footsteps (Rowing Captain and three time First VIII cox, Lockie Mactaggart) to cox the Year 11 Second VIII to victory this year, while still rowing in a Year 8 crew. The Year 10 program performed solidly improving on last year, filling all points crews plus another and this continues to be a highly competitive division in GPS.

TSS Rowing had a good season with a number of crews performing well at the Head of the River. The First VIII just missed the dais on the day, finishing fourth ahead of Nudgee College and last year’s winners Brisbane Grammar. BBC were the victors this year with a very strong crew.

Our Year 11s dominated their age group with close wins in the top two divisions and a second place in the Third VIII. This was a solid performance for the School, but there will be no room for complacency to sustain that success next year as Opens, no school has done so in 10 years, and the boys aim to buck that trend in 2022.

The TSS Rowing program had 230 rowers signed on for the 2021 season. Using this large squad, the school was easily able to field all GPS point scoring events available with extra crews to improve our depth. We had a solid day at Wyaralong Dam achieving third place in the Old Boys Cup, only a few points separating us from second placed Nudgee, the closest we have come in many years reflecting the continued depth across our GPS squads. One of the many highlights was finishing in the top three in six of the 12 available races on the day. We will continue to work hard with the focus of