York Small Boats Head took place on Sunday, November 17th. For once the head which fills the gap between the end of the Long Distance Sculling Series and Rutherford Head met with a spell of settled weather and was able to go ahead on the scheduled date. In recent years the River Ouse has been[…]
Durham ARC hosted the final round of the 2024 Northern Rowing Long Distance Sculling Series (LDS) on the morning of Saturday, November 2nd, followed by Durham Autumn Small Boats Head (ASBH) in the afternoon. The drizzle that greeted competitors arriving for the LDS race soon dispersed to allow both competitions to enjoy very pleasant conditions.[…]
Results are available for the 2024 Durham Long Distance Sculls and Durham Autumn Small Boats Head that took place on November 2nd. For additional reports see the Long Distance Sculling Series and Durham Autumn Small Boats Head pages and Oar-online.
The 2024 Long Distance Sculling Series has visited three more northern rivers in as many weeks, at Tyne LDS and Tyne United (TURC) Small Boats Head (SBH) on October 12th, Wansbeck LDS and SBH on October 19th and South Hylton LDS on October 26th. Four of the six rounds in the series are complemented by[…]
The 2024 Long Distance Sculling Series started on September 28th at Berwick where Durham ARC was represented by Masters single scullers Paolo Fortis and Gill Gilbert among a field of 46 in the time trial which took place in near ideal conditions over 4700 metres on the River Tweed. Berwick ARC was the most successful[…]
Durham ARC will host the final round of the 2024 Northern Rowing Long Distance Sculling (LDS) Series and its own Autumn Small Boats Head (ASBH) on Saturday, November 2nd. The poster for both of the above is here. Further information will be added to the ASBH and LDS Series pages when available. The LDS race[…]
Masters enjoyed an excellent trip to Brandenburg in Germany for the 2024 World Rowing Masters Regatta which took place over 5 days between September 11th and 15th. Celebrating the 50th anniversary this year’s Regatta attracted 4843 entries from 721 clubs around the world to the Beetzsee to contest 148 events and around 680 races over[…]
The Junior squad was well represented at the inaugural British Rowing Junior and Senior Championships held between Friday, July 19th and Monday, July 22nd and produced some impressive results over the four days of racing at Holme Pierrepont. This year is the first in which Junior and Senior Championships have been combined and the first[…]
The summer racing season in the Northern region concluded with Talkin Tarn Regatta on Saturday, July 6th, a day that offered many alternative sporting distractions around the country and overseas. Thirty three entries representing Durham ARC raced in 3 lanes on the picturesque 700 metre course in chageable conditions that at different times throughout the[…]
Men’s and Women’s crews from Durham ARC took part in trials at Henley during consecutive weeks in June. On Friday, June 21st the Women’s quad of Anna Golightly, Rachel Wilson, Lilly Muskett and Gabby Maxfield started in the time trial for the Chairman’s Trophy for Aspirational coxless quads at Henley Women’s Regatta, completing the 1400[…]
Eight entries from Durham ARC went to Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham for the 2024 British Rowing Masters Championships with racing taking place in changeable weather conditions over 1000 metres on June 15th and 16th. An increase of 89 in overall entries since last year resulted in a new record entry for the competition of 910.[…]
Volunteers and spectators were able to enjoy pleasant sunshine for the eagerly awaited 191st Durham Regatta on June 8th and 9th, as competitors rose to the challenge of a stiff headwind throughout the weekend. Durham ARC was able to record its most successful Durham Regatta in terms of racing success for many years. The 20[…]
Hexham Regatta Seven trailers departed from Durham ARC on the first day of June bound for Hexham Regatta and laden with the boats required by 24 entries from DARC and 99 from 15 Durham College Boat Clubs. With the date falling after exams and the week before Durham Regatta Hexham is always popular, and the[…]
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[…]
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[…]
The Senior Women and Masters Women went to the 8-lane course at Strathclyde Park for the Scottish Rowing Spring Regatta over the weekend of April 27th and 28th, always a favourite location with members of Northern clubs seeking an early season opportunity of some multi-lane racing. Durham ARC had three entries, the Seniors entering the[…]
Four members of the Junior squad came through Trials at Cambois Rowing Club on March 16th to earn places in the team to represent the Northern Region at the Junior Inter Regional Regatta (JIRR) at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham on April 20th. Results from the Trials are available here and other trials information can be found[…]
The winter head racing season drew to a close with entries from Durham ARC going to London for the Head of the River Race (HoRR) on Saturday, March 23rd and the Vesta Masters Head on Sunday, March 24th. The Senior Men were representing the club on the Tideway for a third consecutive year, this time[…]
Spring can’t arrive quickly enough for rowers for whom the winter season has been beset by cancellations and curtailments through challenging weather and water conditions. A succession of storms has left rivers in a constant state of flood and fast flowing water unsuitable for rowing, particularly the Thames, Severn and Trent with their large catchment[…]
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[…]
A full entry of almost 400 enjoyed a splendid day of racing over 4 divisions at Durham Small Boats Head on Saturday, February 3rd, the main competition hosted by the club during the winter season. The event was given the go ahead thanks to the river level having fallen to near normal by the appointed[…]
The results from Durham Small Boats Head are available for Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and Division 4, as well as full results combined over all four divisions with handicaps applied and event winners indicated. Additional reports can be found on Oar-Online.
The winter season started in fine style on the River Tyne on January 20th at Tyne United New Years Head, which is hosted jointly with Durham University Boat Club. Though the viability of the competition was in doubt for some time because of concerns about Storm Isha the decision to go ahead was vindicated, and[…]
Rutherford Head lived up to its reputation for providing cold weather competition as over 250 crews from as far afield as Cambridge, London and Aberdeen took to the Tyne on Saturday December 2nd in temperatures that remained below freezing point for much of the day. With the north of England covered in a blanket of[…]
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[…]
Durham Autumn Small Boats Head (ASBH) went ahead on Saturday, November 11th, a week later than planned, thanks to sterling efforts to clear debris blocking the passage through Elvet Bridge in the wake of Storm Ciaran. Indeed, the double header of the ASBH and the final round of the Northern Rowing Council’s Long Distance Sculling[…]
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 2023 Fours Head and Veteran Fours Head both fell victim to Storm Ciaran, the second of two named storms to hit the UK in as many weeks. The Veteran Fours Head had been scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 4th, and the Fours Head on Sunday, November 5th, both on the Tideway in[…]
The 2023 Sunday League season reached its conclusion with the final round surviving a late weather scare to go ahead at Hexham on Sunday, October 1st. In a curtailed season of six scheduled rounds rather than the usual eight this was to be the only skills round. The League got off to a tentative start[…]
The 2023 Long Distance Sculling (LDS) Series got underway on Saturday, September 30th with the first of the six rounds being hosted by Tees Rowing Club, a double header with Tees Small Boats Head (SBH), both contested over the winding 5km course on the River Tees. The morning LDS attracted over 200 entries and the[…]