1981 NSW Combined High Schools Rowing Championships– Nepean River, Penrith
Overall Results
| 1st: Taree HS | 18 points |
| 2nd: North Sydney Boys HS | 9 points |
| 3rd: Nepean HS Sydney Boys HS |
7 points |
| 1st: Nepean HS | 10 points |
| 2nd: Grafton HS | 9 points |
| 3rd: Tweed River HS | 8 points |
| 1st: Taree HS | 23 points |
| 2nd: Nepean HS | 17 points |
| 3rd: Grafton HS | 15 points |
Boys' Results
| Time: | 5:01 | 1st: Sydney Boys HS |
| Margins: | 2nd: Grafton HS | |
| 3rd: Homebush Boys HS |
| Time: | 5:31.5 | 1st: Taree HS |
| Margins: | 2nd: Grafton HS | |
| 3rd: Sydney Boys HS |
| Time: | 5:59 | 1st: North Sydney Boys HS |
| Margins: | 2nd: Taree HS | |
| 3rd: Nepean HS |
| Time: | 6:20 | 1st: Taree HS |
| Margins: | 2nd: Homebush Boys HS | |
| 3rd: Fort Street HS |
| Time: | 6:07.5 | 1st: Taree HS - Murray Doust |
| Margins: | 2nd: Nepean HS - Tim Weston | |
| 3rd: Drummoyne HS - Charlie Frangoulis |
| Time: | 5:49.2 | 1st: Nepean HS |
| Margins: | 2nd: Sydney Boys HS | |
| 3rd: North Sydney Boys HS |
| Time: | 3:50 | 1st: Port Hacking HS |
| Margins: | 2nd: Balgowlah HS | |
| 3rd: Chatham HS |
| Time: | 3:56 | 1st: North Sydney Boys HS |
| Margins: | 2nd: Grafton HS | |
| 3rd: Chatham HS |
| Time: | 4:13 | 1st: Taree HS |
| Margins: | 2nd: Narwee HS | |
| 3rd: Homebush Boys HS |
Girls' Results
| Time: | 4:00 | 1st: Tweed River HS |
| Margins: | 2nd: Grafton HS | |
| 3rd: Nepean HS |
| Time: | 4:25.2 | 1st: Grafton HS |
| Margins: | 2nd: Tweed River HS | |
| 3rd: Nepean HS |
| Time: | 4:17.5 | 1st: Nepean HS - Marilyn Kidd |
| Margins: | 2nd: Malvine HS - Amanda Rudgley | |
| 3rd: Taree Hs - Lisa Willer |
| Time: | 4:26.9 | 1st: Taree HS |
| Margins: | 2nd: Tweed River HS | |
| 3rd: Springwood HS |
| Time: | 4:33.5 | 1st: Nepean HS |
| Margins: | 2nd: Chatham HS | |
| 3rd: Grafton HS |
| Time: | NTT | 1st: Blaxland HS |
| Margins: | 2nd: Grafton HS | |
| 3rd: Chatham HS |

