NZSSRA
_{est. 1967}

In 2013 the Schools Committee approved a new progression system for use at Maadi. It is one that brings the regatta closer to a full FISA progression and addresses a small number of short-comings in the Option 1 progression.

The traditional progression system used for NZSSRA regattas used to see all crews progress from the heats to either a repechage, semi-final or final. In 2005 at a Special Committee Meeting held to address concerns about the growing duration of NZSSRA regattas the Executive agreed to approve two further progression systems, which could be used to reduce the duration of a regatta.

Following use at the 2006 Maadi, Option 1 was slightly modified (see the 2006 progression for comparison) taking into account feedback received from attendees and resulting in the progression systems below.

In 2009 faced with a limit of one-crew-per-school-per-event at the North Island Secondary School Championships the Executive Committee agreed to two new progressions systems. Each can only be used in conjunction with a seeded regatta. These were subsequently modified for the 2010 regatta to create a single progression system that also incorporates semi-finals for the largest events.

The fifth progression system has been in use at South Island Secondary School Championships for a number of years but only became available for publication in 2010. In 2012 it was tweaked for 9 entrants so both heats had an incentive to race one heat did not have a "row through" advantage over the other.