While the rest of the Club was lamenting the cancellation of Durham Small Boats Head on Saturday, Roger Stainforth was busy over the weekend competing at home in Durham in the heats of the 2026 World Rowing Virtual Indoor Championships. “The great thing about IRCs”, explains Roger, “is that regardless of the weather outside the[…]
The Start Order for the rearranged Durham Small Boats Head on Saturday, February 21st is available here. Please also be sure to read the Competitors instructions. Racing progress and live results will be updated on Oar-online here. Unfortunately Durham SBH has now been cancelled – see update here.
The second weekend of racing in 2026 took us back to the Tyne for Tyne Head of the River hosted on Valentines Day by Tyne Amateur Rowing Club. Division 1 saw the Women’s coxed four taking the event win against University and College opposition. Their squad mates were also the fastest of the WMasBF doubles[…]
Our programme of Learn to Row courses for 2026 has been launched. The courses are aimed at beginners, and no experience of rowing is necessary. On the course qualified coaches and a team of helpers will teach you the basics of rowing, sculling, coxing and indoor rowing. The schedule of courses for Adults and Juniors[…]