Rowing Clubs in Sydney (22 Clubs)

Sydneys oldest university boat club, with sheds at Burns Bay on the Lane Cove River and at Blackwattle Bay. Competes annually for the Australian Boat Race against Melbourne University.

Founded 6 March 1870; Australias most successful rowing club, with members representing the country at every Olympic Games since rowing entered the programme.

Newington has rowed in the GPS competition since 1878 and trains from the Robert Glasson Memorial Boat Shed at Abbotsford on the Parramatta River.

The state association affiliated with Rowing Australia; runs the NSW State Championships, the Schoolgirls Head of the River and the club regatta calendar across Sydney and regional NSW.

Founded 6 August 1879 on the Lane Cove River - one of the oldest senior rowing clubs in Sydney, with strong Masters and learn-to-row programmes.

Founded July 1879 on Blackwattle Bay, just south of the Anzac Bridge - one of the original NSW Rowing Association clubs.

Boat club of The Kings School, Parramatta - one of the founding GPS rowing schools. Operates from a dedicated boatshed on the upper Parramatta River.

Constituted 7 June 1882 on Iron Cove. Long-standing inner-west club with senior, masters and adult learn-to-row squads.

A founding GPS rowing school; the only Sydney school whose boatshed and pontoon sit on the main campus, hosting the annual Riverview Gold Cup Regatta on the Lane Cove River.

Founded 29 May 1886 with its boatshed opposite Rodd Island on Iron Cove - one of the original four Iron Cove clubs.

The first Sydney school to take to the water - Sydney Grammar competed in the inaugural GPS Head of the River in 1893 and has rowed in the competition ever since.

Rowing at Shore since 1890 from the Gladesville Rowing and Function Centre on Looking Glass Bay - one of the original GPS schools to row.

Founded 1911 on the southern shore of Middle Harbour at The Spit - the only senior rowing club on Middle Harbour, with strong small-boat and Masters programmes.

Rowing at Scots since 1914 - one of two GPS schools with two boatsheds (Gladesville on the Parramatta River and Point Piper on Sydney Harbour) for over 200 athletes.

GPS rowing school in Sydneys eastern suburbs, with a dedicated rowing programme that contests the AAGPS Head of the River.

Founded 1 September 1919 on Iron Cove. Active senior, masters and junior squads operating from the Drummoyne boatshed.

AAGPS rowing school on Sydneys Upper North Shore; trains on the Lane Cove River as part of the GPS schoolboy rowing programme.

Founded 11 March 1925 as Haberfield Rowing Club; partnered with the University of Technology Sydney in 1992. Has produced more than 37 Olympic appearances.

The only government school competing in AAGPS rowing; Sydney Highs boat shed sits on the Parramatta River at Abbotsford, sharing the reach with Sydney Rowing Club.

University of New South Wales rowing club, founded 1952; boats from Huntleys Cove on the Parramatta River and welcomes student, alumni and community rowers.

Founded 1970; based at the John Lincoln Boatshed on the Lane Cove River, with twice-yearly learn-to-row programmes for students, alumni and the public.

Built for the Sydney 2000 Olympics; a 2,300m competition lake plus 1,500m warm-up lake at Penrith Lakes. Hosts the Sydney International Rowing Regatta and both AAGPS and NSW Schools Heads of the River.