Gisborne Boys’ High has a proud and long tradition of rowing. The school in conjunction with the Gisborne Rowing Club have in the last five years spent over two hundred thousand dollars on rowing boats and equipment, recently purchasing an eight at the end of 2008. The school rowers are a small, dedicated group who are always competitive in national regattas and punch well above their weight when compared to other schools whose rowing team’s number in the hundreds.
This year in 2009 gold and silver medals were won at the North Island Secondary Schools Regatta held at karapiro. Alexander Hyland won gold in the under 18 single and Alex and Luke Jenkins placed second for a silver medal in the under 18 doubles.
At the Maadi Cup held at Karapiro all the schools rowers gave credible and gutsy performances with most achieving top ten places.
Rowing practice is on Sunday afternoon at 2pm at Anzac Park during the rowing season. Any students interested in this great outdoor and social sport can contact the school for more information.