Durham City Regatta – entries closed
Entries for Durham City Regatta are now closed. The draw will be published here on or after May 8th 2018.
Crews wanted for Allcomers Regatta
Sunday July 15th has been set as the date for the 2018 Durham City Allcomers Regatta, an event for those who haven’t rowed before, and crews are needed! Entries are invited for our annual fun regatta, racing in stable coxed fours over a short course on the River Wear. All you need to do is[…]
Strathclyde Park Regatta 2018
Durham ARC sent a sizeable contingent to Strathclyde Park Regatta over the weekend of April 28th and 29th and returned with a good haul of medals. Following the postponement of Chester-le-Street Regatta this was the first event of the season for many, a multi-lane regatta (2000 metres for juniors and seniors and 1000 metres for[…]
Durham ARC at Durham Regatta
With less than two months to go until the 185th Durham Regatta it’s time to reflect on some of the Club’s past glories. In its early years Durham Amateur Rowing Club had considerable success at winning Durham Regatta’s most prestigious trophy, the Grand Challenge Cup for coxed fours, the first victory coming in 1863 for[…]
Durham City Regatta 2018
The posters for Saturday and Sunday of Durham City Regatta are now available in pdf format along with printer friendly versions for Saturday and Sunday. The closing date for entries is Thursday May 3rd.
Learn to Row courses 2018
Details of this year’s adult and junior learn to row courses are now available. Junior Courses (11-15): 5 mornings during school holidays, £65. Easter Holiday Junior Learn to Row There are still a few places left on the learn to row course for ages 11 to 15 taking place on the second week of the[…]
Grand Slam for Roger in Germany
Roger Stainforth concluded an excellent season on the indoor rowing circuit, winning last weekend in the 70-74 age category at the German Indoor Championships in Kettwig-Essen. This sixth victory rounds off a highly successful season in which he has won medals at the North-Eastern, Scottish, Welsh, British, Irish and German Indoor Rowing Championships. Although without[…]
Durham Small Boats Head 2018
Rowers from across the north of England and Scotland converged on Durham City on Saturday February 3rd for the annual Durham Small Boats Head, a time trial over 1800 metres of the River Wear with nearly 400 crews taking on the course, starting at Count’s House and rowing through the arches of Elvet Bridge to[…]
Results – Durham Small Boats Head 2018
The provisional results of Durham Small Boats Head are published here shortly after each division completes. Results so far… Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and Division 4. Full (overall) results in PDF and XLSX.
Draw – Durham Small Boats Head 2018
The draw for Durham Small Boats Head is now available in PDF and XLSX formats. Please read this along with the Competitors Instructions. We look forward to welcoming you in Durham on Saturday 3rd February.
Entries now closed Durham Small Boats Head
Entries for Durham Small Boats Head have now closed. The draw will be published late Tuesday/early Wednesday. We look forward to welcoming you to Durham on the 3rd of February.
Junior Formal Dinner
2018 got off to a successful start on January 4th, breaking new ground with a great turnout for the first ever Junior Formal Dinner, organised by the Junior Captains and Vice-Captains Alannah Baldwin, Harry Coe, Katie Strangward and Sam Taylor. All the junior squads were represented along with coaches and club officials and the meal[…]
Three River Serpents seeking new members
Dragon Boat Racing is Britain’s fastest growing water sport. Three River Serpents, based at Durham ARC is the most northerly premier crew in the British Dragonboat Racing Association League and is looking to recruit new members, both male and female. Club members meet for training at Durham Amateur Rowing Club on Sundays at 10am (all[…]
British Rowing Indoor Championships 2017
Durham ARCs Roger Stainforth returned with a gold medal from the British Rowing Indoor Championships after winning the Masters 70-74 Men’s 2000 metres race at the Lea Valley VeloPark on Saturday December 9th, his fourth victory in that age group since the Championships moved to the London Olympic Velodrome in February 2015. Although 10 seconds[…]
Durham Small Boats Head 2018 Poster
Durham Small Boats head takes place on Saturday 3rd February. The poster (also in printer friendly format) is now available and the competition will open for entries early in January.
Rutherford Head 2017
Durham ARC entered 13 crews for Rutherford Head, raced over two divisions on November 25th, and came away with successes for the Women’s Masters E eight and the Masters C coxless quad, both winning in division 1 in entries of five and three respectively. Rutherford Head traditionally marks the finish of the autumn season before[…]
Head of the River Fours weekend
November 11th and 12th was a weekend to remember on the Tideway with competitors returning to action after the cancellation of the British Rowing Senior Championships in October. The Veteran Fours Head for Masters took place on November 11th and the Fuller’s Head of the River Fours for Senior crews took place on November 12th.[…]
Durham LDS and Autumn SBH 2017
Rowers from across the north of England converged on the River Wear last Saturday for the Durham round of the Northern Rowing Council’s Long Distance Sculling (LDS) Series, a time trial over 1800 metres with competitors taking on the course from Count’s House to the Bandstand in single, double and quadruple sculls, the key element[…]
Results – Durham Autumn Small Boats Head 2017
The Final Results (PDF) and (XLSX) for the Small Boats Head are now available.
Bernard Robertson (1936-2017)
We are saddened to learn of the death of Bernard Robertson, who was Club Captain between 1983 and 1989. The family has announced his passing, at the age of 81, on Monday 30th October, following a short illness. Bernard attended Durham Johnston Grammar School before going on to St. Cuthbert’s Society in 1954 to read[…]
Draw – Durham Autumn Small Boats Head 2017
The draw for Durham Autumn Small Boats Head is now available in PDF and XLSX formats (documents updated Friday 3/Nov 1pm). The draw for the Durham Long Distance Sculls event along with competitors instructions for both events can be found at NE Rowing.
Bishop wins in Boston
The first medal in this year’s Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Massachusetts on October 21st went to GB’s Tom Bishop, competing for Quintin BC in the Veteran 70+ single sculls. Tom has connections with DARC dating from the 1970s. Formerly of Durham University he competed for DARC at the 1972 National Championships at[…]
Geoff Potts (1947-2017)
Quintin Boat Club has announced the death of Geoff Potts on October 28th following a heart attack while coaching in a launch at Mortlake Anglian and Alpha BC. His association with Quintin began in the 1970s and lasted until around 2 years ago when he moved to MAA. Geoff Potts started rowing at Durham School[…]
Coaching Award for Gordon
Plaudits have been flowing in for Gordon Beattie after he was given the accolade of Coach of the Year for the Durham and Chester-le-Street area in the annual County Durham Sport Awards on October 27th. Gordon has been coaching for over 40 years as well as carrying out many other duties around the Club on[…]
Durham Autumn Small Boats Head entries closed
Entries for Durham Autumn Small Boats Head are now closed. The draw will be available on or after October 31st 2017.
Durham Autumn Small Boats Head
As Durham Autumn Small Boats Head on November 4th has almost reached capacity we have added a second division. See poster for details.
A Shot in the DARC win Explore Series
The final round of the 2017 Explore Series took place at Tyne United on October 1st. It was a successful day for DARC with the women’s crew ‘A Shot in the Darc’ (Alison Shepherd, Sue Lyons, Jane Auster, Kalpana Ganatra and Margaret Richardson) winning all four of their races to clinch top place with 50[…]
Great Tyne Rowers raise funds for the Stroke Association
Jo Beverley of the Stroke Association visited Durham ARC on Monday to join members of the club’s daytime rowing group for coffee and to receive funds donated. The group took part recently in the Great Tyne Row in aid of the Stroke Association, raising £1572 for the charity. The Club entered 3 stable coxed quads[…]
Allcomers Regatta 2017
Seventeen teams took part in Durham ARC’s Allcomers Regatta on September 24th, the best entry for several years. Numbers were boosted by 3 teams who had travelled from Whitby for the occasion. Five men’s teams, five mixed and 7 women’s teams contested a total of 34 races over a 300 metre course on a round[…]
Autumn Sprint Regatta Draw Available
The Draw for Durham Autumn Sprint 2017 is now available and should be read in conjunction with the Competitors Instructions.