Regatta season gains momentum at Durham, Nottingham and Tyne
The curtailed 188th Durham Regatta became the first competition to take place in Durham since Durham Small Boats Head in February 2020. Durham ARC had 24 entries for Saturday June 12th and 25 on Sunday June 13th. Saturday Of the 9 DARC single scullers entered at Junior and Senior level two made it into the[…]
1860 Bar & Kitchen
The transfer to the new company Durham Amateur Rowing Club 1860 Limited continues and the 1860 Bar & Kitchen will now cover all of the club’s drinks and catering activities. We have also opened a Coffee Shop which will be open seven days a week from 10am until 2.30pm serving home made scones and delicious[…]
Hexham Regatta 2021
Five trailers and 24 crews headed to Hexham on Saturday, June 5th, bringing to an end what was, for most, an enforced break from competitions over the previous 18 months. Coming the week before Durham Regatta, Hexham Regatta is always very popular with college rowers, and this year was no exception, with 48 entries from[…]
Bill Parker 1934-2021
Tributes in memory of Bill Parker have been flooding in following his death on June 4th at the age of 86. Bill had been ill for some time and passed away peacefully in his sleep. Bill’s connections with the club stretch back a long way. His contribution to the club and rowing across the region[…]
Annual General Meeting of Durham ARC 1860 Ltd on July 15th at 8pm
The Annual General Meeting of Durham Amateur Rowing Club 1860 Ltd will take place at 8pm on Thursday 15th July 2021, at Durham Amateur Rowing Club, pending restrictions update. Further details will be circulated post 21st June 2021. The Reports from the General Manager, Treasurers, Secretary and Captain will be on the club website by[…]
GB senior debut for Hope at World Rowing Cup in Sabaudia
The Great Britain Rowing Team is looking beyond the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and ahead to Paris 2024, by sending a talented, young ‘Project Paris’ squad to race at the World Rowing Cup III in the coastal town of Sabaudia in Italy from 4-6 June 2021. Hope Cessford is selected in a squad of 32[…]
National Schools Regatta 2021
In January it was decided that because of Covid restrictions the 2021 National Schools Regatta (NSR) would be divided into two parts, the weekend of May 29th and 30th being part 1 for J16 to J18 athletes held on the 2012 Olympic course at Dorney Lake, while part 2 is scheduled to be a Youth[…]
New Elvet Bridge to reopen in October 2021
Durham County County Council has announced that New Elvet Bridge will reopen in October 2021. The bridge has been closed to all traffic since July last year to allow essential repairs to be carried out to make it structurally sound. Major progress has been made and the central span of the bridge has now been[…]
May Bank Holiday Bonanza
The 1860 Bar and Kitchen at Durham ARC will have extended opening hours and a series of special events in the Beer Garden this weekend (May 28th to 31st). Friday 28th May • Beer Garden open 1pm – 9pm • Walk-ins welcome, subject to availability Saturday 29th May • Beer Garden open 1pm[…]
Matthew selected for Lightweight Boat Race for a second year
Matthew Edge was selected for a second successive year in the Cambridge University Men’s Eight for the Lightweight Boat Race, which this year, because of the Coronavirus pandemic and closure of Hammersmith Bridge was raced over a shorter than usual course on the Great Ouse at Ely on Sunday, May 23rd. Lightweight men need to[…]
Easing of restrictions continues
On May 10th the Government confirmed that the planned further easing of Covid restrictions will go ahead on May 17th 2021, allowing the majority of the indoor economy to reopen. Trading The beer garden and caravan site have been trading well and bringing in funds over the past 5 weeks, and adult Learn to Row[…]
Regatta season makes cautious start
A month into the relaxation of lockdown measures most members are enjoying the return to rowing and the gym has reopened for personal exercise, while the beer garden and caravan site have resumed business and are starting to bring in much needed income. The summer regatta season traditionally starts in April following the Boat Race.[…]
Beer Garden to reopen on April 12th
Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed today that the move to Step 2 of the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown will go ahead as planned on April 12th, enabling shops, gyms, hairdressers and beer gardens to reopen. We are therefore very pleased to confirm that after the success of our beer garden last year we will[…]
Rowing to return from March 29th
British Rowing has given the go-ahead tor rowing to return to clubs from Monday, March 29th. A lot of work has taken place in the background to develop procedures to make this possible and to ensure the health and safety of members. Crew boats of all sizes are allowed to go afloat from Monday –[…]
City Regatta falls to Covid-19 for a second year
A year into the Covid-19 pandemic it has been decided that the 2021 Durham City Regatta will not go ahead. Restrictions to travel and accommodation will remain in effect on May 8th and 9th when the regatta was due to take place. Coupled with the risk of unrecoverable expense another consideration is that most people[…]
Virtual events to the fore as Lockdown 3 continues
Last weekend would have seen the first of the 2021 Tideway Heads contested on the River Thames, had the lockdown and the closure of Hammersmith Bridge not construed otherwise. The Women’s Eights Head of the River Race (WEHoRR) therefore took place on Saturday, March 6th in a fashion never previously witnessed, which saw over 600[…]
Silver for Roger at World Rowing Indoor Championships
Roger Stainforth of Durham ARC rounded off another successful indoor rowing season with a magnificent silver medal-winning performance in the finals of the 2021 World Rowing Indoor Championships held between February 23rd and 27th. The Championships attracted 935 finalists from 63 countries who over the preceding three months had come through five Continental Qualifiers to[…]
Roger wins at Canadian Indoors
Without leaving home in Durham, Roger Stainforth continued his preparations for the 2021 World Rowing Indoor Championships by sealing victory at the Canadian Indoor Rowing Championships on Saturday, February 6th, recording a time of 7.35.9 for the 2km distance in the Masters 75-79 age group event on his Concept2 Model C ergometer. The Canadian Championships[…]
Durham Virtual Small Boats Head
As no rowing events are allowed to take place during the lockdown the 2021 Durham Small Boats Head, due to run on Saturday, February 6th, has had to be cancelled. In its place the Club organised a free to enter Virtual Small Boats Head on the same date, to which members, friends and families were[…]
Mick Downworth 1967-2021
Members and friends were shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Mick Downworth on Saturday, January 16th at the age of 53. Mick joined Durham ARC from one of the early Learn to Row courses under the Explore Rowing scheme in 2012 along with his then wife Carol. He quickly embraced the sport[…]
Club closure for Lockdown 3
The Prime Minister announced on the evening of January 4th that nationwide restrictions in light of rising numbers of Covid-19 cases will come into effect immediately. The club is therefore now closed in order to follow the Government’s National Lockdown rules. All access to the club building and boathouse will be closed and the key[…]
2021 starts in Tier 4
In response to a rapid rise in infections attributed to the spread of a new variant of Covid-19 the Prime Minister announced the introduction of a new Local Alert Level Tier 4 (Stay at Home) on December 19th 2020. The next UK Government review of Tiers on December 30th moved the whole of the North[…]
Lifetime Achievement Award for Charly Curtis
Congratulations to Charly Curtis on receiving a British Rowing Lifetime Achievement Award in the 2020 British Rowing Awards. The award is one of several made for contributions to the sport of Rowing in 2019 which were intended to have been presented at the inaugural British Rowing Awards ceremony in London in March 2020, but because[…]
Bill Parker awarded Beryl Crockford Medal
Congratulations to Bill Parker who was one of two recipients of the Beryl Crockford Medal at the British Rowing Awards for 2020. The medal is awarded for outstanding contribution to junior rowing over many years. The award was set up by Duncan Crockford in memory of his late wife Beryl, who passed away in 2016[…]
AGM takes place via Zoom
2020 has been a year of firsts and the Club’s first virtual Annual General Meeting was another. Expected to have taken place in July the lengthy delay was unavoidable because of the lockdown and enforced closure of the clubhouse, so the only option was for it to take place online as has become the norm[…]
Phil Metcalfe (1951-2020)
We are saddened to learn of the death of Phil Metcalfe on December 15th at the age of 69. The Club had been the centre of Phil’s life for half a century. A fine oarsman he rowed with the Senior and Veteran Fours and Eights in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, winning with the Vet[…]
River closure to continue into January
Last week the club was informed that, apart from a Christmas break between December 18th and January 4th, the river will continue to be closed at New Elvet Bridge from Monday to Saturday each week between the hours of 0730 and 1700 until January 23rd 2021 while bridge repairs are ongoing. This will come as[…]
Roger takes silver at BRIC 2020
Following his gold medal success of 2019 Roger Stainforth rounded off the year with a silver medal at the 2020 British Rowing Indoor Championships (BRIC) on December 5th, adding to the silver he won at the Scottish Rowing Indoor Championships two weeks earlier. Because of the Coronavirus pandemic both events took place online with entrants[…]
Club set to reopen after second lockdown
On December 1st MPs backed the introduction of the tougher system of Covid-19 tiers for England, announced by the Government on November 26th, which placed the north-east into the Very High alert level Tier 3 as the second national lockdown ended on December 2nd, having entered it in the High alert level Tier 2. As[…]
Memories of Clive Hole
Clive Hole’s nephew has created a website at http://www.clive.life/ on which memories can be gathered together to celebrate his life. Please take a look and feel free to register and add your own thoughts, memories and any photos you have of Clive. Clive was a long serving member and had been a stalwart of the[…]