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Durham hosts successful Small Boats Head
Despite concerns over snow melt in upper Weardale Durham Small Boats Head went ahead as planned on Saturday 7 February. Staged by Durham Amateur Rowing Club (DARC), this major event in the Northern Rowing calendar takes place over an 1800 […]
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Row Better – RowHow R&R archives
RowHow’s R&R archive is growing and there are now two more articles to enjoy! Exclusively for British Rowing members, make sure you check out this great resource. The February articles focus on recovery strategies for rowers and preparing for the […]
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Doncaster hosts record-breaking South Yorkshire Head
Doncaster RC hosted the South Yorkshire Head on Saturday (7th February). The event, sponsored by Sheffield and Doncaster Rowing Clubs, has not been held for several years due to ice and flooding. However, this time it went ahead and, with […]
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Four New Boats for Northampton RC
Last weekend, Northampton RC held a boat naming ceremony for four new Paralympic boats. Bought with the help of a Sport England ‘Get Equipped’ grant, these stable boats will cater for the adaptive members in the club. Northampton RC, one […]
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Quintin Head successes
A total of 232 eights took to the Tideway on Saturday to race 4,600m from the University Post, Chiswick to Harrods Depository. For many of the crews, it was part of their preparations for the forthcoming Women’s Eights Head, Schools’ […]
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New Rowing Facility opening in Slough
A new rowing and canoeing facility in Slough is opening in May, the first of its kind in the region. The Riverside Centre, based on the River Jubilee, will offer local residents the chance to try rowing and canoeing. Part […]
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Minerva Bath ‘Spend a Penny’ campaign reaps rewards
On a sleety morning in January 2015, Minerva Bath RC celebrated an auspicious moment in its 100 year history – the opening of the first ever loos and showers at the club. Having endured a pit loo and a portaloo […]
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RACE a roaring success in Birmingham
Birmingham hosted its first ever indoor Rowing and Canoeing Event (RACE) last month, with close to 50 students competing across both sports. Four West Midlands colleges attended the event, which was held at BMET Stourbridge College and sponsored by Black […]
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Lakeland RC to bring rowing to Windermere
Lakeland RC has been awarded £10,000 by the Sir John Fisher Foundation, to start teaching people to row on Windermere. Until 2007, there were no rowing clubs between Brampton and Lancaster, a distance of hundreds of square miles, stretching to […]
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Sad news of the death of Christopher Davidge
It is with great sadness that British Rowing reports the death of one of its great oarsmen and servants of the sport on Monday 22nd December, aged 85 years. Christopher Guy Vere Davidge served rowing in many different roles that […]
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