The first competition of the year has always been popular and the 2025 edition of Durham Small Boats Head certainly lived up to expectations, entries being suspended within hours of opening on January 10th. Weather concerns dissipated rapidly in the wake of Storm Eowyn and by race day on Saturday, February 1st, river conditions had[…]
Full results combined across the whole day for Durham Small Boats Head on Saturday, February 1st 2025 are here. Provisional division results: division 1, division 2, division 3, division 4.
On October 6th Durham ARC played host to the final round of the 2024 Northern Rowing Sunday League. In the best attended round of the season 16 crews representing 10 clubs from the northern region enjoyed a series of races over a 350 metre course in glorious autumnal conditions. The league is organized by the[…]
One of the biggest nights in our events calendar sees the return of the annual fireworks display on Sunday, November 3rd, Durham’s ONLY City Centre display on the banks of the river! Tickets are now on sale. Gates: 5pm Display: 7pm We advise early arrival Ticket information With the huge growth of the event over[…]
Durham ARC will host the climax of the 2024 Sunday League season on October 6th by staging the sixth and final event of the popular monthly series aimed primarily at novice and recreational rowers. This years league, organised by the Northern Rowing Council, would have commenced at Berwick in April had it not been cancelled[…]
The Chairman’s Scratch Regatta for eights and quads on Sunday, September 22nd took advantage of the blank weekend left by the disaffiliation of the Autumn Sprint from the racing calendar to provide a fabulous morning and afternoon of of fun racing for members from all sections of the Club. Around 70 members drawn from junior,[…]
On the morning of Thursday, August 15th around 60 members and invited guests from Tees and Hexham Rowing Clubs took part in a scratch regatta for eights and coxed quads organised by DARC’s daytime rowers which involved crews being drawn at random from the three clubs. After a series of races over a 400 metre[…]
Rowers from Durham ARC and colleagues from Hexham Rowing Club took part in British Rowing’s 2024 European Tour of the River Douro in Portugal, covering a distance of around 115km over 4 days, joining the final group to undertake the same route this year, between July 12th and 15th. The popularity of the tour which[…]
The 2024 Sunday League season reached its halfway point at Hexham on July 7th. The blustery conditions of Talkin Tarn Regatta the day before held off until the conclusion of racing as 13 crews contested a series of side by side races in stable coxed quads over a 350 metre course on the River Tyne.[…]
The draw and competitors information for Durham Regatta on June 8th and 9th have been published on the Durham Regatta website at https://durham-regatta.org.uk/be-involved/competitors/ Volunteers are also invited to attend the Volunteer Briefing which will take place in the hall at Durham ARC at 7pm on Thursday, June 6th. A copy of the Volunteer Handbook is[…]
At the 2024 Durham Regatta on June 8th and 9th our Grand Marquee is throwing open its doors for a weekend of shopping and boat repairs. In the heart of the athlete area you will find well loved traders, such as Square Blades, Five57 Sportsgear, OddBalls and more to be announced! Boat builders Janousek &[…]
A large entry of over 500 enjoyed some exciting racing in pleasant conditions at Durham City Regatta over the weekend of May 4th and 5th. The drier weather and lower river level made the shallow water near the start line more obvious but competitors in the main were able to avoid the buoyed off area[…]
On Friday, February 23rd Izzy Maddison from Durham ARC achieved 10th place out of 44 entrants in the Year 10 girls 5 minutes race at the 2024 National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships (NJIRC) at the John Charles Centre for Sport in Leeds. Izzy was one of around 900 participants at the Northern edition of what[…]
The poster for Durham Small Boats Head on Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 is now available here. Entries will open on Friday, January 12th and close at 7pm on Friday, January 26th but may be suspended earlier if the safety limit of 400 is reached.
The 2023 Long Distance Sculling Series (LDS) finally reached its conclusion with a rearranged date in Durham on November 11th, after suffering consecutive cancellations at Tyne, Berwick and Wansbeck brought about by too much water, too much wind or both. Hence only three of the six scheduled LDS rounds and two of the four associated[…]
Results of the 2023 Durham Long Distance Sculling head are available here, and those from the Autumn Small Boats Head, combined over the two divisions are here, showing finish times, handicap adjustments and event winners.
The annual fireworks display on Sunday, November 5th proved a great success with tickets selling out online days in advance and attracting around 1500 on what was a very busy weekend. Food and drink was on sale throughout the evening. Thanks to everyone for their their continued support.
The poster for the 2023 Durham Autumn Small Boats Head (ASBH) and the Durham round of the Long Distance Sculling Series (LDS) on Saturday, November 4th is available here. Racing in the LDS will take place in the morning followed by two divisions of the ASBH in the afternoon, all over 1800 metres, Entries will[…]
The draw for Durham City Coronation Regatta (Sunday) and Coronation Sprint (Monday), and instructions for competitors are now available on the City Regatta page. We look forward to welcoming you to the River Wear on May 7th and 8th.
Roger Stainforth was delighted this week to receive a belated Christmas present in the post from British Rowing in the form of a Full House of medals from the online Festival of Indoor Rowing! The four-event Festival comprising 1 minute, 500 metres, 4 minutes and 2000 metres events was quickly organised when the 2022 British[…]
Durham University Boat Club (DUBC) held its annual North East Indoor Erg Championships (NEIEC) at Maiden Castle on November 12th which happened to coincide with the Long Distance Sculling and Autumn Small Boats Head competitions in Durham – not great planning given that DUBC wished to attract more club and gym competitors and moved the[…]
Results from Durham Autumn Small Boats Head 2022 (combined over the two divisions) are available here. Durham Long Distance Sculls 2022 results are here.
Two rounds of the 2022 Long Distance Sculling Series remain before the focus shifts to the final round at Durham which combines with Durham Autumn Small Boats Head on November 12th. Although the Tees and Tyne rounds attracted almost the full complement of 200 and 130 entries respectively numbers are down a little for South[…]
One of the biggest nights in our events calendar returns once again. Fireworks in the City Centre are back on Sunday, November 6th – Gates open 5pm. With the huge growth in interest over the years we are once again ticketing this event for the safety and enjoyment of visitors. Tickets will be available via[…]
Linda Forwood and Julie Kitson from Durham ARC were among 85 participants on the 28th British Rowing Tour which this year took place over 85km of the River Great Ouse between St Neots and Denver. Organised by Isle of Ely Rowing Club 14 touring quads were joined by three crews from the local club over[…]
Durham Kingfishers recorded a clean sweep of four victories from four races in round 5 of the Sunday League as it returned to Tynemouth on August 7th – the first visit there for four years. Hosted by Tynemouth Rowing Club at Priors Haven where the River Tyne meets the North Sea the event is very[…]
Results from the 2022 Durham City Regatta are available here for Saturday and Sunday racing.
The weather as usual played its part in Durham Small Boats Head as the 2022 version returned after a year’s absence due to Covid, the wind forecast for February 5th casting doubt until clearance was given the day before. With Elvet Bridge having been cleared of debris by club members the previous week and the[…]
The poster for Durham Small Boats Head on February 5th is available here. Entries will close at 7pm on Saturday, January 29th, or earlier if the safety limit is reached. Any queries can be sent to Carole McCarthy at regattasec@durham-arc.org.uk.
Roger Stainforth recorded a double success at the 2021 Mizuno British Rowing Indoor Championships (BRIC), winning the 2000 metres and 500 metres events in the 75-79 age group on Saturday, December 4th. Roger recorded times of 7.44.5 for 2000m, finishing ahead of Bruce Slade (GBR) and Gerald Grayce (USA), and 1.42.1 for 500m, again beating[…]