1/24Brisbane Grammar School rowing captain Hugh Weightman with the team’s winning trophy at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
In pictures: GPS Head of the River championships
Southeast Queensland’s GPS schools have once again slugged it out for rowing supremacy on the waters of Lake Wyaralong.
2/24Brisbane Grammar School open eight division 1 team celebrate their win at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
3/24Brisbane Grammar School open eight division 1 at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
4/24Brisbane Grammar School open eight division 1 team (from left) Harry Sirett, Riley Lockyer, Tom Clifton, Henry Doe, Drew Weightman, Samuel Atherton, Hugh Weigtman, Dan Horsley and Jono Cooke celebrate their win at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
5/24GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
6/24Andrea Skerl at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
7/24Brisbane Grammar school students cheer their winning team at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
8/24Churchie open eight division 1 at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
9/24GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
10/24GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
11/24Brisbane Grammar School open eight division 1 team celebrate their win at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
12/24Churchie students (from left) Finn MacPherson, Sam Johnston and Elijah Croxford hold up their winning trophy at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
13/24Students cheer on their teams at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
14/24Students get their shells ready at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
15/24Rowing family Ben, Parker, 10, and Sandra Toomy at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
16/24GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
17/24Gregory Terrace rowers (from left) Campbell Wright, Samuel King Koi and Edward Dowling at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
18/24Crowds cheer home the Open Eight division 1 race at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
19/24GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
20/24GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
21/24Nudgee students cheer on their teams at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
22/24The quad skull at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
23/24From left, Tom Rutter, Jackson Holmes and Seth Fidler, all 14, and Sam Forbes, 13, at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
24/24Churchie parents (from left) Susan Ardrey, Annabel Earnshaw, Alicia Hanham, Steve Jenkins, Andrea Skerl, Leanne Johnston and Sally Taylor get behind their school at the GPS Head of the River, Lake Wyaralong. Picture: Sarah Marshall/AAP
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