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In 2026, the Championships will be held at:
- Central Queensland Schools Championship Regatta – Bucca, Bundaberg – 27 June 2026
- South Queensland Schools Championship Regatta – Wyaralong Dam – 18 July 2026
- North Queensland Schools Championship Regatta – Ross River, Townsville – 15 August 2026
These events are an important part of the Queensland School's Rowing Pathway and serve as the lead-up to the Queensland Schools Regatta in Rockhampton from 19–21 September 2026.
Each region operates its own calendar of regattas throughout the season, with events advertised on Rowing Manager. The Regional Championship Regattas provide an opportunity for school-aged athletes to race against crews and schools in their region.
The regattas are open to school-aged rowers from Grades 8–12 and include all boat classes and racing categories.
More information, including the full program of regional regattas and entries, can be found via Rowing Manager.
SOUTH QUEENSLAND SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA
18 July 2026 | Queensland State Rowing Centre, Wyaralong Dam
School rowing programs from across South East Queensland will come together this July to compete at the South Queensland Schools Championship Regatta.
School I Grades 8–12 | All boat classes.
Find the full calendar and regatta information on Rowing Manager.
Tent spaces
Tent Space bookings for the South Queensland Schools Championships will be open on 1st July and can be secured by emailing events@rowingqld.com.au. School tent sites at this regatta will be restricted to 12m x 12m maximum allotment. If a school does not specifically book a tent space, a 3m x 3m space will be allocated.
Boat Racking
Shared boat racks are available. They are grouped by size NOT by school. They are allocated on a first come first served basis but please be respectful of others and share if and when required.
Presentations
Medal presentations will occur on a rolling basis throughout both days.
Security
Access to the facility is between 5:30am and 5:30pm. The main gate to the Dam Access road is locked between these times. While all care is taken, items left at the venue is at your own risk.
Elegibility
- All competitors entered in these regattas must be full time students, enrolled at a Queensland Government Department of Education or Training & Employment approved affiliated secondary school.
- If competitors who fall outside of these parameters wish to compete in the Queensland School Series, they will be allowed if they are eligible to compete under Queensland School Sport guidelines and are registered with the relevant FISA affiliate. If not, they must obtain approval from Rowing Queensland prior to entry.
- Should eligibility be challenged, student card must be made available to officials.
- To be eligible to participate in any Queensland Schools Rowing Championship series a student must be a minimum of 12 years of age and not attain the age of 20 years by the 31 December of the year of the competition.
- This definition also applies to the coxswain of a school crew. A minimum age of 12 also applies.
- Every school being represented at these events must be Affiliated with Rowing Queensland.
- Affiliation must be made prior to the school making entries into any Queensland Schools Regatta. Please contact membership@rowingqld.com.au if you have questions regarding School Affiliation. Exceptions to this rule may be made at Board discretion for interstate and international crews.
- The person placing the entries is responsible for ensuring all requirements of Rowing Queensland and the students’ school are complied with.
Uniforms
Competitors, including coxswains, must be wearing the zoot suit or top in the design and colours of their school as registered with Rowing Queensland. This still applies for composite crews, i.e. athletes in a composite crew must still wear the colours of their own school.
Coxswains
- Coxswains may only cox crews in their age group or older age groups, irrespective of gender. Coxswains may cox for any number of schools (RQ Bylaw 3.7)
- Coxswains in Open Schoolgirl and Open Schoolboy events at the Queensland Schools Championships (including the Open Inter-regional events) will be required to make a minimum weight of 50kg.
- Deadweight, if needed, is to be carried to make this weight. It is recommended that coxswains have a bodyweight of at least 40kg to limit deadweight carried to 10kg (international standard).
- Only coxswains of the Open Schoolgirls Coxed Quad, Coxed Four and Coxed Eight, the Open Schoolboys Coxed Quad, Coxed Four and Coxed Eight and the Inter-Regional Open Schoolboys and Schoolgirls coxed quad will be required to weigh in. Crews in these categories with underweight coxswains will need to provide necessary deadweight.
- Weigh in for coxswains will be available 1hr prior to racing.
Race Distances
2,000m School Open & Year 11
1,500m Year 10
1,000m Year 9 & Year 8
500m Para Rowing events & mixed eights
Saturday – Heats, Semi-finals and Finals for Events 1 – 21.
Sunday – Heats, Semi-finals and Finals for Events 22 – 42.
Additional Para Rowing events may be considered by written request to Rowing Queensland.
Entries
Please ensure that any student to be entered in this regatta series is correctly affiliated with his/her school on the Revolutionise database before preparing entries. For assistance with this email membership@rowingqld.com.au
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All entries shall be made via Rowing Manager.
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Where multiple entries from a single school are made in an event, please use the field marked # beside school name to rank entries by capability with crew/sculler 1 being the most capable.
-
Composite crews ARE permitted at the Regional Schools Championship Regattas but NOT permitted at the Queensland Schools Championship Regatta.
-
Invitational entries will only be allowed in exceptional circumstances. Such entries will not be progressed from the heats to the Semi-finals or Final.
-
A seat fee, as advertised on the Rowing Queensland Website, per rower/sculler per event shall be charged post regatta. Late entries will only be accepted if there is a spare lane. Late scratching will be charged the full seat fee.
Limits to Entries
Schools will be limited to 4 entries per single scull event:
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All schools will be entitled to at least one entry in each event.
-
Entries that are excluded from the main draw will be placed in a non-qualifying heat to be held at the same time as the semi-finals for that event.
-
Should there be withdrawals from the event, boats that have been placed into a non-qualifying heat may be brought back into the main draw at the discretion of the Regatta Secretary.
-
In the event of unforeseen circumstances limit to entries and path to finals may be at the discretion of the Regatta Secretary.
The Draw, Withdrawals and Substitutions
The draft draw will be available on the Rowing Queensland website (through Rowing Manager) on the Friday following close of entries and will also be emailed to the nominated regatta person and coaches. It is vital to check the Rowing Queensland website closer to the regatta for the final draw as changes are likely to be made from the draft draw. Withdrawals notified to Rowing Queensland (via Rowing Manager) by 4.30pm the Wednesday prior to the regatta will not be charged a seat fee. All subsequent withdrawals will be charged the appropriate seat fee.
CENTRAL QUEENSLAND SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA
27 June 2026 | Bucca, Bundaberg
The Central Queensland school rowing community heads to Bucca this June for the CQ Schools Championship Regatta.
Open to Grades 8–12 | All boat classes.
Find the full calendar and regatta information on Rowing Manager.
Tent spaces
Tent Space bookings for the Central Queensland Schools Championships will be open on 1st July and can be secured by emailing events@rowingqld.com.au. School tent sites at this regatta will be restricted to 12m x 12m maximum allotment. If a school does not specifically book a tent space, a 3m x 3m space will be allocated.
Presentations
Medal presentations will occur on a rolling basis throughout both days.
Security
While all care is taken, items left at the venue is at your own risk.
Elegibility
- All competitors entered in these regattas must be full time students, enrolled at a Queensland Government Department of Education or Training & Employment approved affiliated secondary school.
- If competitors who fall outside of these parameters wish to compete in the Queensland School Series, they will be allowed if they are eligible to compete under Queensland School Sport guidelines and are registered with the relevant FISA affiliate. If not, they must obtain approval from Rowing Queensland prior to entry.
- Should eligibility be challenged, student card must be made available to officials.
- To be eligible to participate in any Queensland Schools Rowing Championship series a student must be a minimum of 12 years of age and not attain the age of 20 years by the 31 December of the year of the competition.
- This definition also applies to the coxswain of a school crew. A minimum age of 12 also applies.
- Every school being represented at these events must be Affiliated with Rowing Queensland.
- Affiliation must be made prior to the school making entries into any Queensland Schools Regatta. Please contact membership@rowingqld.com.au if you have questions regarding School Affiliation. Exceptions to this rule may be made at Board discretion for interstate and international crews.
- The person placing the entries is responsible for ensuring all requirements of Rowing Queensland and the students’ school are complied with.
Uniforms
Competitors, including coxswains, must be wearing the zoot suit or top in the design and colours of their school as registered with Rowing Queensland. This still applies for composite crews, i.e. athletes in a composite crew must still wear the colours of their own school.
Coxswains
- Coxswains may only cox crews in their age group or older age groups, irrespective of gender. Coxswains may cox for any number of schools (RQ Bylaw 3.7)
- Coxswains in Open Schoolgirl and Open Schoolboy events at the Queensland Schools Championships (including the Open Inter-regional events) will be required to make a minimum weight of 50kg.
- Deadweight, if needed, is to be carried to make this weight. It is recommended that coxswains have a bodyweight of at least 40kg to limit deadweight carried to 10kg (international standard).
- Only coxswains of the Open Schoolgirls Coxed Quad, Coxed Four and Coxed Eight, the Open Schoolboys Coxed Quad, Coxed Four and Coxed Eight and the Inter-Regional Open Schoolboys and Schoolgirls coxed quad will be required to weigh in. Crews in these categories with underweight coxswains will need to provide necessary deadweight.
- Weigh in for coxswains will be available 1hr prior to racing.
Race Distances
2,000m School Open & Year 11
1,500m Year 10
1,000m Year 9 & Year 8
500m Para Rowing events & mixed eights
Saturday – Heats, Semi-finals and Finals for Events 1 – 21.
Sunday – Heats, Semi-finals and Finals for Events 22 – 42.
Additional Para Rowing events may be considered by written request to Rowing Queensland.
Entries
Please ensure that any student to be entered in this regatta series is correctly affiliated with his/her school on the Revolutionise database before preparing entries. For assistance with this email membership@rowingqld.com.au
-
All entries shall be made via Rowing Manager.
-
Where multiple entries from a single school are made in an event, please use the field marked # beside school name to rank entries by capability with crew/sculler 1 being the most capable.
-
Composite crews ARE permitted at the Regional Schools Championship Regattas but NOT permitted at the Queensland Schools Championship Regatta.
-
Invitational entries will only be allowed in exceptional circumstances. Such entries will not be progressed from the heats to the Semi-finals or Final.
-
A seat fee, as advertised on the Rwoing Queensland Website, per rower/sculler per event shall be charged post regatta. Late entries will only be accepted if there is a spare lane. Late scratching will be charged the full seat fee.
Limits to Entries
Schools will be limited to 4 entries per single scull event:
-
All schools will be entitled to at least one entry in each event.
-
Entries that are excluded from the main draw will be placed in a non-qualifying heat to be held at the same time as the semi-finals for that event.
-
Should there be withdrawals from the event, boats that have been placed into a non-qualifying heat may be brought back into the main draw at the discretion of the Regatta Secretary.
-
In the event of unforeseen circumstances limit to entries and path to finals may be at the discretion of the Regatta Secretary.
The Draw, Withdrawals and Substitutions
The draft draw will be available on the Rowing Queensland website (through Rowing Manager) on the Friday following close of entries and will also be emailed to the nominated regatta person and coaches. It is vital to check the Rowing Queensland website closer to the regatta for the final draw as changes are likely to be made from the draft draw. Withdrawals notified to Rowing Queensland (via Rowing Manager) by 4.30pm the Wednesday prior to the regatta will not be charged a seat fee. All subsequent withdrawals will be charged the appropriate seat fee.
NORTH QUEENSLAND SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA
15 August 2026 | Ross River, Townsville
The North Queensland Schools Championship Regatta returns to Ross River this August.
Grades 8–12 | All boat classes.
Find the full calendar and regatta information on Rowing Manager.
Tent spaces
Tent Space bookings for the North Queensland Schools Championships will be open on 1st July and can be secured by emailing events@rowingqld.com.au. School tent sites at this regatta will be restricted to 12m x 12m maximum allotment. If a school does not specifically book a tent space, a 3m x 3m space will be allocated.
Presentations
Medal presentations will occur on a rolling basis throughout both days.
Security
While all care is taken, items left at the venue is at your own risk.
Elegibility
- All competitors entered in these regattas must be full time students, enrolled at a Queensland Government Department of Education or Training & Employment approved affiliated secondary school.
- If competitors who fall outside of these parameters wish to compete in the Queensland School Series, they will be allowed if they are eligible to compete under Queensland School Sport guidelines and are registered with the relevant FISA affiliate. If not, they must obtain approval from Rowing Queensland prior to entry.
- Should eligibility be challenged, student card must be made available to officials.
- To be eligible to participate in any Queensland Schools Rowing Championship series a student must be a minimum of 12 years of age and not attain the age of 20 years by the 31 December of the year of the competition.
- This definition also applies to the coxswain of a school crew. A minimum age of 12 also applies.
- Every school being represented at these events must be Affiliated with Rowing Queensland.
- Affiliation must be made prior to the school making entries into any Queensland Schools Regatta. Please contact membership@rowingqld.com.au if you have questions regarding School Affiliation. Exceptions to this rule may be made at Board discretion for interstate and international crews.
- The person placing the entries is responsible for ensuring all requirements of Rowing Queensland and the students’ school are complied with.
Uniforms
Competitors, including coxswains, must be wearing the zoot suit or top in the design and colours of their school as registered with Rowing Queensland. This still applies for composite crews, i.e. athletes in a composite crew must still wear the colours of their own school.
Coxswains
- Coxswains may only cox crews in their age group or older age groups, irrespective of gender. Coxswains may cox for any number of schools (RQ Bylaw 3.7)
- Coxswains in Open Schoolgirl and Open Schoolboy events at the Queensland Schools Championships (including the Open Inter-regional events) will be required to make a minimum weight of 50kg.
- Deadweight, if needed, is to be carried to make this weight. It is recommended that coxswains have a bodyweight of at least 40kg to limit deadweight carried to 10kg (international standard).
- Only coxswains of the Open Schoolgirls Coxed Quad, Coxed Four and Coxed Eight, the Open Schoolboys Coxed Quad, Coxed Four and Coxed Eight and the Inter-Regional Open Schoolboys and Schoolgirls coxed quad will be required to weigh in. Crews in these categories with underweight coxswains will need to provide necessary deadweight.
- Weigh in for coxswains will be available 1hr prior to racing.
Race Distances
2,000m School Open & Year 11
1,500m Year 10
1,000m Year 9 & Year 8
500m Para Rowing events & mixed eights
Saturday – Heats, Semi-finals and Finals for Events 1 – 21.
Sunday – Heats, Semi-finals and Finals for Events 22 – 42.
Additional Para Rowing events may be considered by written request to Rowing Queensland.
Entries
Please ensure that any student to be entered in this regatta series is correctly affiliated with his/her school on the Revolutionise database before preparing entries. For assistance with this email membership@rowingqld.com.au
-
All entries shall be made via Rowing Manager.
-
Where multiple entries from a single school are made in an event, please use the field marked # beside school name to rank entries by capability with crew/sculler 1 being the most capable.
-
Composite crews ARE permitted at the Regional Schools Championship Regattas but NOT permitted at the Queensland Schools Championship Regatta.
-
Invitational entries will only be allowed in exceptional circumstances. Such entries will not be progressed from the heats to the Semi-finals or Final.
-
A seat fee, as advertised on the Rowing Queensland Website, per rower/sculler per event shall be charged post regatta. Late entries will only be accepted if there is a spare lane. Late scratching will be charged the full seat fee.
Limits to Entries
Schools will be limited to 4 entries per single scull event:
-
All schools will be entitled to at least one entry in each event.
-
Entries that are excluded from the main draw will be placed in a non-qualifying heat to be held at the same time as the semi-finals for that event.
-
Should there be withdrawals from the event, boats that have been placed into a non-qualifying heat may be brought back into the main draw at the discretion of the Regatta Secretary.
-
In the event of unforeseen circumstances limit to entries and path to finals may be at the discretion of the Regatta Secretary.
The Draw, Withdrawals and Substitutions
The draft draw will be available on the Rowing Queensland website (through Rowing Manager) on the Friday following close of entries and will also be emailed to the nominated regatta person and coaches. It is vital to check the Rowing Queensland website closer to the regatta for the final draw as changes are likely to be made from the draft draw. Withdrawals notified to Rowing Queensland (via Rowing Manager) by 4.30pm the Wednesday prior to the regatta will not be charged a seat fee. All subsequent withdrawals will be charged the appropriate seat fee.


