Erik Horrie and Australian Women’s Eight .  Photos courtesy of Rowing Australia

THE Sydney International Regatta Centre (SIRC) is set to welcome the best rowers and coxswains in the country for the 2025 Australian Rowing Team Selection Regatta, taking place from April 18 to 25.

Prospective Rowsellas will push themselves across seven days of intense racing, as they undertake small boat trials and the highly competitive seat racing format and a speed order that will determine final crew selections.

“In a post-Olympic and Paralympic year, the trials are an opportunity for the rowers to take their first step towards LA 2028,” Rowing Australia Performance Director Paul Thompson MBE said.

“Every athlete invited has earned their place through performance and we are expecting some fierce competition as these rowers push each other in pursuit of representing Australia.”

The Selection Regatta forms a crucial step in naming the Australian Rowing Team squad for the 2025 season, which includes appearances at World Rowing Cups I and II and the Henley Royal Regatta.

The 2025 Rowsellas squad will then compete at the 2025 World Rowing Championships in Shanghai, China, in September.

Among the invitees are some of the standout performers from the 2025 Australian Rowing Championships (#ARC25) held recently in Lake Barrington, Tasmania.

The invitation list spans a broad spectrum of age and experience, from Olympic and Paralympic medallists to emerging talent trialling for ‘Australia A’, each representing their club, state and state institute with pride.

The results of this regatta will not only shape Australia’s 2025 international campaign but lay the groundwork for LA 2028 and beyond.

Full invitation list can be found at Trials List 04.04.2025-1.pdf and includes the rowers from the Hancock Prospecting National Women’s Training Centre in Penrith and former Penrith local Erik Horrie, who is currently training at the Queensland Academy of Sport.