On September 27th DARC Explorers were at Tees Rowing Club for the Tees Minihead, an informal 4km time trial run once a month on a Sunday morning over a shortened version of the Tees Long Distance Sculling course. Organisation of the Minihead is conducted on a rota basis by different squads from Tees Rowing Club,[…]
In September Paddy Deans and Caroline Scholl from Durham ARC joined a group of 30 rowers from across the UK on the annual European Rowing Tour co-ordinated by the British Rowing Recreational Rowing Committee in conjunction with local tour organizers. The 2026 tour, between September 23rd and 26th, visited Poland, with participants rowing 150km along[…]
Autumn head racing got underway on September 19th as 12 entries from Durham ARC braved blustery conditions for the 2026 Tyne Single Scullers Head, hosted by Newcastle University Boat Club, a 3km time trial between Blaydon and Newburn for doubles and pairs as well as single scullers. With around half of the 237 entries being[…]
The Masters Women went to the 2026 World Rowing Masters Regatta which returned this year to the awe inspiring setting of Lake Bled in Slovenia between Wednesday 9th and Sunday 13th September. Four members combined to enter six events over the 5 days of competition in the record breaking regatta, joining 7000+ entries from 4700[…]
The weekend of Saturday, August 22nd and Sunday, August 23rd brought coastal rowing success for Durham ARC at the Scottish Rowing Beach Sprint and Offshore Championships at St Andrews. The double-header formed the final round of the 2026 Four Nations Coastal Sculling Series, the English Senior Beach Sprint round of which took place at South[…]
Favourable tide timings allowed the 2026 Great Tyne Row to go ahead on Sunday, August 23rd, the first time in three years that tides have been suitable for it to be staged. Twenty five crews in stable quads and fours, coastal skiffs and outrigger canoes set off from Newburn on the high tide for the[…]