It is generally accepted that in the northern hemisphere September marks the start of the head racing season, although several national and international regattas buck the trend, such as the World Rowing Championships and World Masters Regatta, the former taking place this year in Belgrade, Serbia between September 3rd and 10th while the latter migrates[…]
Twenty Juniors from Durham ARC endured some very challenging conditions on the lake at Strathclyde Park near Motherwell for the 3-day British Rowing Junior Championships held between July 14th and 16th and performed exceedingly well to return with 3 medals and 13 appearances in finals from their 15 entries. In a break with tradition the[…]
Two DARC crews went to Henley on July 8th for the second of the two days of competition at the 2023 Henley Masters Regatta which draws entries from across the UK and overseas for the annual competition for rowers over 27 years of age over 1000 metres of the famous Henley reach. Both were handed[…]
The Northern regatta season drew to a close at a windswept Talkin Tarn on Saturday, July 1st. The Regatta was in doubt because of the wind forecast until the go ahead was given the day before, by which time it had also been decided to shorten the course from the usual 700 metres to 500[…]
Following their success at Durham Regatta the Senior Men stepped up their preparations for Henley Royal Regatta by entering a Tier 2 coxless four and a Tier 2 coxless quad at Marlow Regatta on the 8-lane course at Dorney Lake on June 17th in what is traditionally the last opportunity for crews looking to pre-qualify[…]
Henley Women’s Regatta (HWR) on June 16th to 18th attracted a record entry of 547 for the 35th edition of what is the premier rowing regatta for women in the UK. Crews were required to take part in a time trial for each event over a course of around 1400 metres of the Henley reach[…]
Several members of the Masters squad went to the British Rowing Masters Championships at the National Watersports Centre at Nottingham on June 10th and 11th. After initially announcing that the Championships would take place over one day British Rowing decided to revert to the usual two days, and to again include Non-Championship events in the[…]
The 190th Durham Regatta took place on June 10th and 11th 2023 and was well supported by Durham ARC with 28 entries on Saturday and 20 on Sunday. A successful weekend saw DARC emerging second only to Durham School in terms of victories with 9 event wins on Saturday and 6 on Sunday. On Saturday[…]
After 3 weeks of subdued activity and no entries at Wansbeck Regatta or the National Schools Regatta the season continued with Hexham Regatta on June 3rd, always a very popular event particularly with students, falling towards the end of the academic year and the week before Durham Regatta. As Durham ARC provides transport for Durham[…]
Another weekend of divided loyalties saw some squads making the short trip to Tees Regatta on May 13th while others went further afield to the National Watersports Centre at Holme Pierrepont for Nottingham City Regatta on May 13th and Nottingham Masters and Club Regatta on May 14th. Racing at Tees took place over the 800[…]
A clash of dates between the 2023 Durham City Regatta and the Coronation Day of King Charles III and Queen Camilla meant that the regatta moved forward a day, taking place on Sunday, May 7th and Monday, May 8th. Billed as the Coronation Regatta, Sunday had a full entry of 246 competing over 700 metres[…]
The first action of the 2023 regatta season for Club members came on April 22nd and 23rd when the Junior, Senior and Masters squads visited two of the UK’s three multi-lane international courses at Nottingham and Strathclyde Park. Junior Inter Regional Regatta Durham ARC had members in six of the entries selected to represent the[…]
A successful day at the Junior Inter Regional Trials for the Northern Region at Cambois Rowing Club on March 11th led to 6 of Durham ARC’s 12 participating crews and scullers gaining qualification for the Junior Inter Regional Regatta (JIRR) which takes place at the National Watersports Centre at Nottingham on April 22nd. The time[…]
On Saturday, March 18th the Senior Men entered 2 eights for the Head of the River Race (HoRR), their best entry since the 1990s and indicative of their continued expansion. The race traditionally takes place a week before The Boat Race over 6.8km of the Championship Course on the Tideway between Mortlake and Putney, and[…]
Several years of planning came to fruition on March 4th as the first rowing competition to take place on Derwentwater in over 150 years went ahead. Fifty-four eights, fours and quads from sixteen clubs across the North of England took to the placid waters, launching from the beach at Keswick foreshore and paddling to the[…]
The 2023 World Rowing Indoor Championships, presented by Concept 2, went ahead as a hybrid event for the first time on February 25th and 26th, with an impressive entry of around 1600 athletes taking part, some competing in-person at the host venue at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga, Toronto, Canada while others took[…]
Winter heads on the River Tyne are an important part of the rowing calendar, providing challenging tidal conditions for crews preparing for the Tideway Heads at the end of the season in March. Rutherford Head opens the season for eights racing over the 5km Championship course in December and is followed by Tyne United New[…]
Durham Small Boats Head went ahead on February 4th in pleasant conditions and without undue incident. A full entry of 388 for the time-trial in four divisions over 1800 metres included large contingents of 48 from George Watson’s College and 56 from George Heriot’s School, both travelling from Edinburgh to compete, as well as local[…]
Rutherford Head returned to its traditional late autumn slot, taking place for the second time in 2022 on December 3rd, after the postponed 2021 version was rearranged in February, on this occasion with no adverse weather predictions. The clamour for places in the North’s premier competition of the head racing season was as keen as[…]
The Veteran Fours Head took place on the Tideway in London on Sunday, November 20th over the 6.8km Championship course from Mortlake to Putney. Representing Durham ARC among 260 entries was the Mixed Masters C 4x- of Michael Terry, Rachel Terry, Kim Forster and David Muse (photo by Al Craigie above), and a composite MasA[…]
A falling river level and unseasonally mild weather made conditions very tolerable for competitors, officials and spectators at Durham’s round of the Long Distance Sculling (LDS) Series and Durham Autumn Small Boats Head (ASBH), as Durham ARC hosted both competitions on Saturday, November 12th. A combined entry of over 300 saw the suspension of entries[…]
Results from Durham Autumn Small Boats Head 2022 (combined over the two divisions) are available here. Durham Long Distance Sculls 2022 results are here.
Gill Prescott and Helen McMillan produced an impressive performance at Kingston Small Boats Head on November 5th, joining Jackie Darling of Barnes Bridge Ladies RC and Birgith Sims of Kingston RC to win the Women’s Masters G 4x- event. Competing in Division 2 over the 5.2km course on the River Thames the quad won[…]
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[…]
After seven rounds the 2022 Sunday League competition reached its conclusion on October 2nd with the final round being hosted by Tyne Amateur Rowing Club. Celebrating its tenth anniversary the competition for novice and recreational rowers was returning this year from a Covid induced absence, and Sunday’s splash & dash sculling round in stable quads[…]
The Autumn heads season moved up a gear as the 2022 Long Distance Sculling Series (LDS) got underway with the first of the six rounds hosted by Cambois Rowing Club on the River Wansbeck on Saturday, October 1st. Windy conditions meant the course length being shortened from the originally advertised 2500 metres to avoid the[…]
Competing in the Mixed Masters C double sculls Kim Forster and David Muse were Durham ARC’s sole representatives at the Pairs Head in London on Sunday October 2nd, their second start after the cancellation of the 2021 head at short notice because of adverse weather conditions. 2022 marked the 50th running of the competition for[…]
Andy Jaggard returned from Libourne in France with a 2022 World Masters Regatta medal won in the Masters G single sculls, a fantastic achievement to add to the one that he won at the 2019 Regatta in Hungary in the MasF 2x with Nick Cowan of Lakeland Rowing Club. From the three events he entered[…]
Five crews from Durham ARC went to Nottingham for the 2022 British Rowing Junior Championships over the weekend of July 15th to 17th, the J15 boys double and coxed quad entering for the Friday events, while two J16 boys coxless quads and the J17 girls coxless four started their campaigns on Saturday, and major finals[…]
The Masters squad had four entries at the 2022 Henley Masters Regatta on its traditional slot of the second weekend in July. An oversubscribed regatta included entries from 1200 competitors from 108 clubs with 360 crews accepted for the two days of racing on Friday July 8th and Saturday July 9th. Although most competitors were[…]