Draw for Durham Small Boats Head
The draw for Durham Small Boats Head 2016 is now available. Please also read the Competitors Instructions.
Durham Small Boats Head – entries closed
Entries for Durham Small Boats Head are now closed. The draw will be published on or after February 2nd 2016.
Durham Small Boats Head volunteers needed
Durham Small Boats Head takes place on February 6th and as always the event relies on volunteers for its success so please step forward to fill one of the required roles. See the Job descriptions here or on the notice board for details and sign up on the sheet in the clubhouse.
Revised Code of Conduct
The Club’s Code of Conduct for all members, coaches, officials and volunteers has been revised. The new version can be found here or on the Downloads page.
Durham Small Boats Head 2016
The prospectus for Durham Small Boats Head 2016 is available here. Entry is open on BROE.
Desmond and Frank kept at bay
Sustained high temperatures and unprecedented rainfall during December have taken their toll on the River Wear with flood defences being put into place twice within 3 weeks, the Environment Agency recording levels of around 2.90 metres on December 6th and again on the 26th, compared to the normal river level of around 0.50 metres. This[…]
Christmas Jumper Row
A new event on the social calendar took place the weekend before Christmas. The Christmas Jumper Row was devised and organised by Vanessa as a fun festive occasion to start off the holiday season by engaging members with the added spice of an element of competition. Timed to take place after Saturday morning training and[…]
DARC strikes gold at BRIC 2015
Durham ARC had a successful day at the 2015 British Rowing Indoor Championships held at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London on December 12th, bringing home 3 gold medals, with Joyce Collett winning in the Lightweight Women’s category for ages 60-64 over both the 2km and 500 metres distances, and Roger Stainforth securing victory in[…]
Hope at the GB Junior trials
Sixteen year old Durham ARC sculler Hope Cessford took the first step in her quest for selection for the Great Britain Junior Squad, finishing 14th out of 87 contenders in the first assessment time trial of the 2015/16 season in a single scull over a 5km course on the River Witham at Boston on November[…]
Veteran Fours Head win
There was a great win in the Women’s Masters D category at the Veteran Fours Head of the River Race on Sunday November 8th for Durham ARC’s Gill Prescott and Helen McMillan in a coxless quad composite crew with Joy Skipper of Upper Thames and Lisa Kalal from Mortlake Anglian and Alpha Boat Club. The[…]
LDS Victor Ludorum
The sixth and final round of the 2015 Long Distance Sculling Series took place at South Hylton on November 7th and produced wins for DARC crews in the J16 coxless quad and women’s IM3 coxed quad. Two more wins saw Andy Jaggard take the Masters F single and John Lund the Masters G single sculls.[…]
North East Indoor Rowing Championships 2015
The indoor rowing championships season got underway with the first 2km event, the North East Indoor Rowing Championships, taking place at Durham University’s Graham Sports Centre at Maiden Castle on November 4th, a good opportunity to gauge how preparations for the British Rowing Indoor Championships (BRIC) in London on December 12th are going. DARC[…]
Results of Long Distance Sculls and Autumn Small Boats Head
The Durham round of the Long Distance Sculling Series went ahead on Saturday October 31st after some initial concern about the river conditions. Several clubs in the Northern region also offer an Autumn Small Boats Head on the same day to make a double-header, with DARC’s first venture attracting 125 entries of all boat types.[…]
Durham Long Distance Sculls and Autumn Small Boats Head start orders
The start orders for Durham LDS (xls and pdf formats) and Durham Autumn SBH (xls and pdf formats) on Saturday October 31st 2015 are now available. Please also be aware of important competitors instructions for both the LDS and SBH.
Durham LDS and Autumn SBH entries now closed
Entries are now closed for Durham Long Distance Sculls and Durham Autumn Small Boats Head. The draw will be published on or after 26th October 2015.
Under-19 victory for Hope at Britchamps
After winning the gold medal in the J16 girls single sculls at this year’s National Junior Championships one of Durham ARC’s most promising young scullers Hope Cessford continued her excellent form, this time competing in a coxless quad at the British Rowing Senior Championships, held at the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham over the weekend[…]
Long Distance Sculling Series 2015
This year’s Long Distance Sculling Series is into full swing with rounds at Cambois, Berwick and Tees already completed and the Durham round due to take place on October 31st. The series, which opens the winter heads season, is organised by the Northern Rowing Council and takes place over 6 consecutive weekends at venues across[…]
Great Tyne Row sponsorship funds handed over
By completing the 2015 Great Tyne Row in September members of Durham ARC raised £1000 in sponsorship, which was divided between 3 charities – Clic Sargent (a children’s cancer charity), Grove House (which supports children with physical or learning disabilities), and Durham Trinity School (a special needs state school in Durham). Crew members and supporters[…]
What Roger did next
During his short stay at Durham ARC former recreational rower Roger Bean kept himself busy when he wasn’t rowing by restoring the single scull ‘J. Hopper’ that he acquired in 2012 and kept in Clive Hole’s boathouse. Having moved away from Durham Roger’s restoration project has continued and is now nearing completion. Catch up with[…]
Sunday League season draws to a close
The 2015 Sunday League drew to a close at Tyne ARC on October 4th after a busy conclusion to the season due to the postponed Talkin Tarn skills round being slotted in two weeks earlier. With the Tynemouth round cancelled in May because of unsuitable weather conditions this meant only 7 of the 8 scheduled[…]
Durham Autumn Small Boats Head
The poster for Durham Autumn Small Boats Head on the afternoon of October 31st is now available. For details of the morning LDS see the Northern Rowing poster.
Durham Autumn Sprint Regatta results 2015
The Juniors had a successful day at Durham Autumn Sprint Regatta with wins in the J13 2x, WJ14 4x+ and J18 2x. In the masters events there was a win for Clare Woodward in the Masters C/E 1x. Results are available here. Thanks to Angela Harrison for photo of the winning WJ14 4x+.
Juniors inspired by champion
Members of DARC’s Juniors squad paid a visit to Durham University’s Oriental Museum last week to meet Olympic champion Kat Copeland and be inspired by her gold medal winning achievements in the lightweight double sculls at London 2012. Kat, who has been presented with a Nissan Qashqai by SG Petch, a Nissan dealership in Durham,[…]
Autumn Sprint Regatta draw
The draw for Durham Autumn Sprint Regatta is now available. Please ensure that all crew members, officials and helpers are familiar with the competitors instructions.
Boston Marathon 2015 winners
Durham Amateur Rowing Club had great success at the gruelling Boston Marathon held this year on September 20th. The Marathon route goes over 31 miles, or 50 kilometres, from Lincoln to Boston, initially along a canal and then on to the River Witham, the main problem apart from the distance being the amount of weed[…]
Autumn Sprint Regatta entries now closed
Entries are now closed for Durham Autumn Sprint Regatta. The draw will be published on or after 20th September 2015.
Reflections on a successful World Masters
An eyewitness view from Martin Judson… The World Rowing Masters Regatta 2015 was held at the FISA category A standard course of Hazewinkel, Belgium on September 10-13th. Three and a half thousand rowers from around the world aged 27 to 89 gathered for the event. DARC had 31 entries targeting the D to G (50-70[…]
Bill Grant Memorial presentation
At a presentation on September 13th at Durham Amateur Rowing Club four members of the club handed over funds raised in memory of former rowing coach Bill Grant who died in February after suffering a medical episode that led to him falling from his bicycle into the River Wear in Durham whilst coaching a crew[…]
Great Tyne Row 2015
The 2015 Great Tyne Row took place in glorious sunshine on Sunday September 6th with the record 40 crews enjoying relatively calm conditions throughout the 25km course before having to deal with a degree of swell while crossing the mouth of the river to land on Tynemouth beach. This was the 5th year the event[…]
Durham Sunday League celebrates Rowfest
The weather held fair for round 7 of the Northern Sunday League, brought forward to the August Bank Holiday weekend to avoid a clash with the Great Tyne Row. With Durham’s turn to stage the event also coinciding with British Rowing’s Great British Rowfest week it was decided to offer a BBQ to competitors and[…]