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[…]
Dates of Learn to Row courses for 2024 are now available on the website. The first course is for Juniors (11-16yrs), starting on Monday, February 19th, 2024 and continuing for 4 consecutive days – 19/02, 20/02, 21/02, 22/02, between 10:00-12:00 each day. The schedule of Junior course dates for the year is as follows –[…]
On January 11th 2024 Ian Shepherd achieved the remarkable milestone of 71 years membership of Durham ARC which was marked with a celebratory paddle in a double with Barry Hudson. Ian joined the club in 1953 and can be seen in the above Club photo of that year on the back row 5th from the[…]
The poster for Durham Small Boats Head on Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 is now available here. Entries will open on Friday, January 12th and close at 7pm on Friday, January 26th but may be suspended earlier if the safety limit of 400 is reached.