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SA Schools Head of the River Winners of the Girls First Eight

The girl's first eights race for the Florence Eaton Cup. It was initially raced in fours before eights were introduced in 1988.

The SA Head of the River website reports:

This trophy honors Florence Eaton who began an illustrious rowing career when she represented South Australia in 1922.  She served as President of the Australian Women’s rowing Council and remained a strong supporter of schoolgirl rowing.

The results of the girl's first eights, follow. Abbreviations index is at the foot of the table.

Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Time
1978	SC		Other crews: PEM(A) UHS (A) SC (B) PEM (B) UHS (B)				2:53.5	Fours 750m
1979	SC	UHS					2:53.5
1980	UHS (B)	UHS (A)					4:25.5	1000m
1981	UHS	PEM					4:17.0
1982	PEM	UHS					4:23.0
1983	PEM	SC					4:02.2
1984	PEM	SC	Other crews: AHS UHS				4:12.0
1985	UHS	PEM					3:48.2
1986	PEM	UHS	Other crews: AHS SC				3:50.0
1987	UHS	WS	Other crews: AHS SC PEM				3:54.0
1988	UHS	PEM					3:25.0	Eights, 1000m
1989	UHS	SC					5:38.0	1500m
1990	SC	PEM	UHS				7:03.0	2000m
1991	WALF	SC	Other crews: PEM UHS WS				7:03.0
1992	WALF	SC	UHS				7:05.0
1993	WALF	SC	Other crews: PEM UHS WS UHS AHS WS PEM2				7:04.0
1994	WALF						6:44.0
1995	WALF						7:07.0
1996	WS						6:53.0
1997	WALF						6:55.0
1998	WS						6:49.0
1999	WALF						6:57.0
2000	SC						6:49.0
2001	SC						6:49.0
2002	WALF						7:03.25
2003	WS						6:50.0
2004	WALF						6:59.29
2005	PEM						8:00.04
2006	WS						6:52.63
2007	WALF						6:56.43
2008	WALF						7:04.37
2009	SEY						6:49.46
2010	WALF	SC	PEM	SEY	ANN	WILD	6:48.06
2011	WALF	PEM	SC	SEY	WILD	PGS	7:58.01
2012	WALF	PEM	SC	SEY	WILD	PGS	6:56.81
2013	WALF	SC	WAL 2nds	WILD	PEM	SEY	6:51.43
2014	WALF	SC	LC	SEY	WILD	PEM	7:03.04
2015	SC	WAL	SEY	LC	PEM	SPGS	7:08.53
2016	SEY						6:51.73
2017	WALF	SC	LC	PEM	SPGS	PGS	7:08.71
2018	WALF	SC	SEY	WILD	SPGS	PGS	8:02.41
2019	SC	SEY	WAL	SPGS	WILD	LC	6:58.49
2020	SEY	WALF	SPGS	SC	WILD	PEM	7:14.43
2021	SC	WILD	SEY	WALF	PEM	SPGS	7:05.55
2022	WALF	SEY	LC	WILD	SC	SPGS	6:47.75
2023	SEY	WILD	SC	WALF	LC	UHS	6:48.48

Abbreviations

AHS - Adelaide High School

ANN - Annesley College

LC - Loreto College, Marryatville

NMHS - Norwood-Morialta High School (from 2022 NIHS Norwood International High School)

PGS - Pulteney Grammar School

PEM - Pembroke School

SC - Scotch College

SEY - Seymore College

SPGS - St Peter's Girl's School

UHS - Unley High School

WALF - Walford Anglican School

WS - Wilderness School

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The idea for this history originated from the Olympic Rowing and World Senior Rowing Championship histories written by Andrew Guerin and Margot Foster in 1991, 1992 & 1993 for the Australian team handbooks. Andrew Guerin developed and extended these histories to the current format in 2004 for publication in 2004 and then expanded the site.

Steve Roll has been an invaluable contributor to the website in locating errors and finding Christian names of rowers. His superb work is acknowledged.

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