Durham City Regatta
World Rowing Masters Regatta 2024
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[…]
Senior squad recruitment 2024/25
Durham ARC’s growing Senior Men’s and Women’s squads are looking for experienced new faces to join them for the 2024/25 season. Perhaps you’re a student who can’t quite commit to university training or you’re a returning rower from a few years out of the sport? Both sculling and sweep opportunities are available in a range[…]
Durham Regatta on Matt Baker TV show
Durham Regatta was the title feature of Episode 2 in Series 3 of the TV travel series Matt Baker:Travels with Mum & Dad shown on More 4 on September 9th. In the series Matt Baker and his parents Janice and Mike travel around the North East in a caravan, seeing the unique sights of the[…]
Tour of the Upper Thames
Members of Durham ARC joined over 80 participants for the 30th anniversary British Rowing Tour between August 29th and September 1st, rowing along the upper reaches of the River Thames from Bablock Hythe to Mapledurham in a repeat of the 2018 tour, covering 71 kilometres in 3 days and passing through 14 locks along the[…]
Squads look forward to head racing
The successes of Team GB at the Paris Olympics and the World Rowing Championships in Canada has left crews eager to build in preparation for winter time trials ahead. With the Paralympics about to start September marks the transition from the side by side regattas of summer towards the longer distance head racing season ahead.[…]
Members enjoy summer scratch regatta
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[…]
Rowing tour of Portugal
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[…]
British Rowing Junior and Senior Championships
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[…]
Annual General Meetings and 2024/25 Committee
The Annual General Meetings of the Club, Company and Charity took place on July 16th 2024, preceded by a Special General Meeting at which a motion to amend the Club Rules and Bye-Laws was discussed and agreed following acceptance of proposed amendments. Club Officers appointed for 2024/25 are listed on the Committees and Governance page.[…]
Sunday League reaches halfway at Hexham
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.[…]
Racing wraps up for summer at Talkin Tarn Regatta
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[…]
GB J16 Trials 2024
Last weekend saw Jonny Cleugh (J16) and Quinn Mosley (J15) head to the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham to compete against the cream of the crop of junior rowing in the British Rowing GB trials. Both athletes posted impressive times at the time trial stage, as a result both finding themselves in the A Final![…]
Annual General Meeting, July 16th 2024
The Annual General Meeting will take place at 19:00 on Tuesday, July 16th 2024 at the City Boathouse. The notice includes details of: Special General Meeting of Durham Amateur Rowing Club Annual General Meeting of Durham Amateur Rowing Club Annual General Meeting of Durham Amateur Rowing Club 1860 Limited Nominations for officers are now open.
Crews trial at Henley
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[…]
British Rowing Masters Championships 2024
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.[…]
Wins aplenty at Durham Regatta
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[…]
Durham Regatta draw and Volunteer Briefing
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[…]
Hexham Regatta and the Metropolitan Regatta 2024
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[…]
Durham Regatta Online Shop
Durham Regatta’s Online Shop is now open for the sale of merchandise for collection over the weekend of the 2024 Regatta – Saturday June 8th and Sunday June 9th, 2024. Also available are entry tickets and parking permits which can be ordered online and collected from the Regatta car park on Friday, June 7th between[…]
Scullers impress at National Schools Regatta 2024
Two Junior scullers from Durham ARC represented the club at the 2024 National Schools Regatta (NSR) at Dorney Lake over the weekend of May 24th to 26th and did the club proud by producing excellent performances to both reach the A final of the Championship single sculls. The NSR has become a mainstay of the[…]
Tees and Nottingham Regattas 2024
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[…]
Grand Marquee for Durham Regatta
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 &[…]
Durham City Regatta 2024
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[…]
Racing season continues with Scottish Rowing Spring Regatta
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[…]
Team North step up at JIRR 2024
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[…]
Boat Race double accolade
Cambridge University Boat Club enjoyed double success on the one weekend in the year when Rowing is most in the spotlight, taking both Men’s and Women’s Boat Races on Saturday, March 30th. The previous day had seen Cambridge secure another double of winning both the Men’s and Women’s Lightweight Boat Races. For a second year[…]
Tideway Heads weekend 2024
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[…]
Winter racing beset by bad weather
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[…]
Alumni selected for 2024 Boat Races
For a second successive year Durham ARC alumni have been named in Cambridge University crews for the Men’s Boat Race. At the crew announcement for the 2024 Men’s and Women’s Boat Races which took place at Battersea Power Station on March 13th, Matt Edge was named in the stroke seat of the Cambridge Blue Boat[…]
National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships 2024
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[…]