St Joseph’s Nudgee College created history on Saturday when its 1st VIII rowing crew won its fifth consecutive Head of the River pennant and the O’Connor Cup.
Held on Wyaralong Dam at Beaudesert, the crew powered down the 2000m course in a time of 5:54.05, almost two seconds ahead of The Southport School.
Gregory Terrace was third in the prestigious schoolboys open eight division one final.
The winning crew consisted of cox Isaac Schmidt, stroke Ben Molineux, Charlie Mitchell, Lukas Matic, Connor Gordon, Robert Sinclair, Patrick Long, Riley Blythe, and William Scott in bow seat.
They were coached by John Bowes and Liam Lewers.
Nudgee rewrote Queensland GPS history yet again by winning the Old Boys Cup for overall points at the regatta for the fourth year in a row, finishing with 100 points.
ACGS (Churchie) was second on 92 points, just pipping TSS on 91 points.