George Heriot's School Rowing Club

George Heriot's School Rowing Club (GHSRC) is the rowing club within George Heriot's School, in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It competes regularly in Scottish Rowing regattas and Head of the River races. GHSRC also competes in many larger competitions on a national scale including Schools Head of the River and National Schools Regatta.

George Heriot's School Rowing Club

George Heriot's boathouse is the red/brown gabled building.
Motto	I Distribute Cheerfullie
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland
Home water	Union Canal, Edinburgh
Founded	c.1953
Colours	Navy Blue, White
Affiliations	Scottish Rowing

GHSRC is affiliated to Scottish Rowing.^[1][2]

History

In the competitive landscape of school rowing in Edinburgh and Scotland at large, GHSRC shares a longstanding and spirited rivalry with George Watson’s College Boat Club, which is widely regarded as one of the most successful school rowing programmes in the country.^{[by whom?][3]}

The club has produced multiple British champions with the most recent being at the 2025 British Rowing Club Championships.^[4]

Honours

British champions

Year	Winning crew/s
1988	Women J18 4+[5]
1990	Women J16 8+[6]
1991	Women J18 8+, Women J16 4+[7]
1993	Men J14 2x, Men J16 4+[8]
1996	Men J18 4+[9]
1997	Women J18 8+[10]
1998	Women J18 4+[11]
2003	Women J18 4-, Women J16 4+[12]
2005	Women J18 4+, Women J16 4+[13]
2006	Women J18 4-, Women J18 4+[14]
2007	Women J18 8+[15]
2025	Women J16 4x-[4]

Notable members

• Polly Swann (born 1988), Olympic silver medalist in the women's eight

See also

• Scottish Rowing
• British Rowing