The racing season continued in the Spring sunshine with Tees Regatta on Saturday, May 11th, and the Nottingham Regattas on May 11th and 12th.
Tees Regatta 2024
Durham ARC had 25 entries at Tees Regatta, held on the 850 metre 4-lane buoyed course between the Tees Barrage and the River Tees Watersports Centre.
Wins were recorded in 10 events, with 8 second places, 6 third and 1 fourth place finishes.
Victories in division 1 went to –
- Elizabeth Belsey and Iris Mitchell who won the J14 girls 2x band 1 by half a length
- Darren Wrack, Tom Dower, John Liddell, Peter Matthews and cox Matthew Watson in the Masters D coxed four who won easily against Lambton
- Quinn Mosley who took the J16 1x band 1 by 3 lengths
- the Durham/St Peter’s School composite J16 girls 4x- who won by 2 lengths
- Livvy Terry and Scarlett Nicholson who won the J14 girls 2x band 2 by 1 and a quarter lengths
In division 2 there was a win in the Women’s MasF 4x- for Helen McMillan, Gabrielle Moore and Angela Lund in a Durham/York City composite.
Division 3 brought wins for –
- William Tew and Sam Hancill by 1 length in the J13 boys 2x band 1
- the J14 girls 4x+ band 1 by 4 lengths
- Izzy Maddison and Olivia Tute (Durham School) by 1 length in the J15 girls 2x band 1
- Jonny Cleugh by 1 length in the J18 1x band 1
Results from Tees are available on Oar Online. and in pdf format here. Photos are available from SI Events.
Tees Regatta
Nottingham Regatta weekend
The Nottingham Regatta weekend takes place at the National Watersports Centre at Holme Pierrepont and consists of Nottingham City Regatta for senior crews contested over 2000 metres on Saturday, and Nottingham Masters & Club Regatta over a 1000 metre course on Sunday, both providing a further opportunity for those seeking multi-lane competition.
Durham ARC took part in five events over the two days. The Women’s coxless quad had opposition from four other crews in the second of two heats of the W4x- in the City Regatta on Saturday, finishing 3rd behind City of Cambridge in 7.36.87 to qualify for the final in which they were 6th to Molesey BC.
Photos have been provided by AllMarkOne.
In the Masters & Club Regatta on Sunday Michael Terry finished 3rd in the MasD single sculls final in the morning, before the Masters Women contested 3 events in the afternoon. The WMasB four was 2nd to Worcester in 3.52.7 in the final of the WMasB/C coxed four, then the WMasB quad took 2nd place to Burton Leander in 3.55.5 in the WMasB/C 4x- final, and lastly the WMasB coxless four took another 2nd place against Worcester with 4.03.8 in the WMasB/C 4-.
The next regattas in the Northern region are Wansbeck Regatta on Saturday, May 18th and Hexham Regatta on June 1st. Entries for Wansbeck have now closed and those for Hexham have been suspended early due, as is often the case, to the event being fully subscribed, Hexham generally proving much more popular than Wansbeck possibly due to its later position in the calendar.