The Masters squad had 12 entries at the 2025 World Rowing Masters Regatta staged between September 10th and 14th at the Estany de Banyoles Regatta course in Spain, the venue used for rowing events at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.
The second biggest edition in the event’s history attracted over 3700 athletes ranging in age between 27 and 96 from 745 clubs around the world, with Great Britain providing the largest contingent of around 670 athletes.
Racing over the 1000 metre course got underway on Wednesday afternoon with DARC’s involvement coming in the Men’s and Women’s events on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, before concluding with composite Mixed races on the final day on Sunday.
Daily startlists provided by World Rowing are available here. Because of the large number of entries the regatta has no qualification structure and all races are finals with medals awarded to the winner of each race. Men’s Masters E 1x attracted the most entries with 139 which were accommodated in 18 races.
Thursday races produced 3rd place for Gabrielle Moore in the Women’s Masters F 1x, 3rd for Andy Jaggard in the Men’s Masters H 1x, 4th for Andy Jaggard and Richard Court in the Men’s MasF 2x, and 5th for Christine Heppell, Gabrielle Moore, Helen McMillan and Sam English in the Women’s MasE 4x-.
Thursday results
Crews were in action again on Friday with 4th place for the Women’s quad of Christine Heppell, Gabrielle Moore, Helen McMillan and Sam English in the WMasF 4x- being followed by the only win of the regatta coming from the Men’s double of Andy Jaggard and Richard Court who stormed to victory over the Germans from Breisach by 0.3 seconds in the MasG 2x.
Friday results
Saturday races produced 4th place for Gabrielle Moore and Helen McMillan in the WMasF 2x, followed by 4th for Helen in the WMasE 1x and 2nd for Andy Jaggard in the MasG 1x.
Saturday results
The final day of the regatta provides an opportunity for crews to combine with other clubs for more racing in mixed events, DARC’s 3 entries coming 4th in Mixed Mas G 4x, 4th in Mixed MasG 2x and 6th in Mixed MasF 8+.
Sunday results
- Mixed G 4x – Cynthia Tingle (Cambridge BC USA), Julian Ringer (Norwich), George Perrin (Runcorn), Gabrielle Moore (Durham) 4th in 4.01.4
- Mixed G 2x – Anthony Stocking (Tees), Gabrielle Moore (Durham) 4th in 4.15.8
- Mixed F 8+ Durham/Tees/York composite – Christine Heppell, Sam English, David Heppell (Tees), Michael Porte (York), Andrew Lyon (York), Gabrielle Moore, Helen McMillan, Richard Court, Andy Jaggard (cox) 6th in 3.35.0
Women’s Masters 4x at Banyoles
Results of all races in event order can be found here.
Photos and videos are available on the World Rowing website at https://worldrowing.com/event/2025-world-rowing-masters-regatta/?tab=photos-videos
Well done to everyone on being part of one of the largest gatherings of the global Masters Rowing community.