
<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-1027" src="http://schoolnewsnz.fastrackdev.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SND06-wk4-News-rowing_competition_300x225.jpg" alt="SND06-wk4-News-rowing competition 300x225" style="margin: 5px; float: right;" width="300" height="225" />New Zealand secondary school rowing teams will descend on Hamilton this month to compete in the &#8216;Head of the Waikato&#8217; rowing challenge on Waikato River as part of the Gallagher Great Race Festival of rowing.</p>
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<p>Once again, top crews from Auckland and Waikato will contest the coveted trophy on the 2.7km upstream river course.</p>
<p>Reigning champions Hamilton Boy&#8217;s High School will be back to defend their title. The local boys&#8217; school has won the trophy every year since the event&#8217;s inception &#8211; except in 2011 when they lost to Auckland Grammar.</p>
<p>Sacred Heart Girl&#8217;s College will defend last year&#8217;s title against fierce rival Waikato Diocesan School for Girls, which had previously won the race every year up until 2013&#8217;s epic showdown, which ended seven years of consecutive victories.</p>
<p>The public is encouraged to head down to the river bank to support the crews on race day.</p>
<p>The Gallagher Great Race is a free community event held from September 12-14 on the Waikato River in Hamilton. Finals are on Sunday, September 14.</p>
<p><strong>Boys</strong><br />Local: Hamilton Boys&#8217; High School 1, Hamilton Boys&#8217; High School 2, St John&#8217;s College, St Paul&#8217;s Collegiate<br />Auckland: Mt Albert Grammar, Auckland Grammar</p>
<p><strong>Girls</strong><br />Local: Hamilton Girls&#8217; High School, Waikato Diocesan School for Girls, Sacred Heart Girls&#8217; College, St Paul&#8217;s Collegiate, St Peter&#8217;s School Cambridge<br />Auckland: Glendowie College, Epsom Grammar, Baradene College</p>
<p>Gallagher Great Race Waikato University rowers who have been involved with this event in the past are Shaun Kirkham and Caleb Shepherd (Hamilton Boys&#8217; High School) and Anthony Allen (Saint Kentigern College).</p>
<p>For more information visit: <strong><a href="http://www.thegreatrace.co.nz" target="_blank">www.thegreatrace.co.nz</a></strong></p>

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