Over the weekend of 14 to 16 March, 35 girls enjoyed three days of rowing at the Head of Schoolgirls Regatta. The traditional final event in our rowing season saw us compete in a total of 34 races, with some amazing performances in varied weather conditions over the course of the weekend.

Highlights included:

• The performance of Rio Smith, who, in a competitive field of rowers from around the state, was successful in winning the Year 10 single sculls event—her second Head of Schoolgirls win in as many years. Well done, Rio!
• Senior rowers Lola Thomas and Laura Ahearn, in the open double sculls event, raced strongly all weekend and only narrowly missed making the A final.
• Our Year Ten rowers, joining the seniors to race above their years. They had a very competitive weekend, along with our first season seniors who came in at the tough end competing successfully and showing progress from the beginning right to the end of the regatta.
• An enthusiastic set of Year Seven, Eight and Nine girls formed five of our junior crews, who gave their all in many highly entertaining rows across the three days—a sign of great things to come in future seasons.

A big thank you to the parents and staff for their support from the riverbank, and for working tirelessly to ensure everyone was fed and organised across the weekend. Also to Charlotte from Year 12 who volunteered her time to be Sacred Heart's representative for the 3 days, running the photo finish camera.

We wish Rio Smith well as she heads off to represent Sacred Heart and the Australian Rowing Championships in the Open schoolgirl single to compete against the best there is.

Congratulations to all our amazing rowers. We are so proud of each and every one of you as you battled it out on the Barwon River, digging deep to achieve fantastic results, both for the team and individually.

Laura Schouten, Rowing Coach