On November 12th members celebrated the advent of the final Lumiere to take place in Durham by staging a light show of their own, as crews embarked in six boats of varying size including a single, double, four, quad, eight and octuple took to the water festooned with fairy lights for a paddle to the[…]
The final round of the 2025 Long Distance Sculling (LDS) Series went ahead in balmy autumnal conditions on Saturday, November 8th, combining with Durham Autumn Small Boats Head (ASBH) on the same day, as organisers rose to the challenge of accommodating the 350 or so entries wanting to race the 1800 metre course. The challenge[…]
The start orders, boating times and locations for Durham Long Distance Sculls and Durham Autumn Small Boats Head on November 8th, along with competitors instructions for both competitions, are now available. Further information, and results when available, will be on the Durham ARC website here, on the Northern Rowing Council LDS page here, and at[…]
Wansbeck Long Distance Sculling (LDS) and Wansbeck Small Boats Head (SBH) on October 25th became the second weather casualty of the 2025 Long Distance Sculling Series when the double header was called off on Thursday because of the approach of Storm Benjamin and forecast strong winds for Saturday. Tyne LDS and Tyne United SBH on[…]
DARC’s daytime rowers renewed acquaintances with friends from Tees Rowing Club on Thursday when the Tees Wrecks (recreational rowers) were invited to Durham for a row on the river followed by a buffet lunch, continuing the regular exchange visits that have been so much enjoyed by members of both clubs.since they started in October 2012.[…]
Following agreement with other users the road connecting the Rowing Club with Green Lane has been fully resurfaced. This has been made possible with significant funding from Durham Amateur Rowing Club, 1860 Bar & Kitchen, Durham University, Durham Regatta, St Giles Yarners Rifle & Pistol Club and Durham City Cricket Club, and the support of[…]
For a second consecutive year Durham ARC hosted the final round of the Northern Rowing Sunday League. The finale was delayed by a week to avoid the effects of Storm Amy, and therefore took place on October 12th. Since the first round in April this year’s league was able to avoid the worst of the[…]
Durham ARC will host the final round of the 2025 Northern Rowing Long Distance Sculling (LDS) Series and Durham Autumn Small Boats Head (ASBH) on Saturday, November 8th. The poster for the ASBH is here. Information for the LDS Series can be found on the Northern Rowing website here. Entries open at 6pm on October[…]
A superlative performance by Quinn Mosley on his first competitive outing on the Tideway took him to 4th place in the Open School/Junior 1x category and 17th place overall in a time of 22.37.93 in the 2025 Vesta Scullers Head on Sunday, September 28th. The Head which was fully subscribed with 600 entries from the[…]
Funding has been allocated to restore Baths Bridge in Durham by creating a new structure across the River Wear. The bridge connecting Pelaw Leazes Lane to Elvet Waterside is used daily by pedestrians and is a key feature in rowing competitions, including Durham Regatta during which the commentary box was fixed above the bridge, until[…]
Tickets are now on sale for the annual fireworks evening on Sunday, November 2nd which promises to be our best fireworks display yet. The evening is being hosted by Durham Amateur Rowing Club and 1860 Bar & Kitchen. Tickets can be purchased from Ticketebo here. All of the usual food including BBQ, Hot Dogs, Chips,[…]
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[…]
Autumn head racing got underway on Saturday, September 13th at Tyne Single Scullers Head which is organized by Newcastle University Boat Club and generally attracts some high calibre entries in single and double sculls and pairs. Durham ARC had 13 entries among the 258 taking part in the time trial over 3000 metres of the[…]
Roger Stainforth was Durham ARC’s only competitor at the 2025 English Indoor Rowing Championships, the competition which was previously organised by Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club returning on September 6th with a lot of support from British Rowing after a four year absence, and taking place for the first time at the Bolton Arena. There were[…]
The 2025 Annual General Meeting takes place at 10.30am on Sunday, September 21st and will be followed by a BBQ for members. A copy of the Agenda can be found here.
Sixteen recreational quads explored the Rivers Weaver and Dee on the 31st Annual British Rowing Tour which took place between August 28th and 31st, with Durham ARC being represented by Julie Wilmore and Charlotte Johnson. Twenty clubs were represented, including Durham, Hexham, Tyne United and Tynemouth from the Northern Region, with boats provided by Broxbourne,[…]
In what is sometimes seen as the close season for rowing an unusually busy first weekend in August provided a modicum of success on the Tyne and at Talkin Tarn. To improve attendance levels Tyne ARC has for the past two years rescheduled Tyne Regatta for an August date rather than the traditional June. This[…]
Twenty-three members of the Junior squad had an outstanding weekend between Friday, July 18th and Monday, July 21st at the 4-day British Rowing Club Championships at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham, bringing home two gold and one silver medals from 13 entries. Conditions were good on Friday before becoming changeable and wet for the remainder of the[…]
The latest chapter in an impressive sequence of performances from Quinn Mosley came in the GB v France J16 Match at the London Docklands on July 12th in which he was selected in a team of 54 to represent Great Britain for the first time, in the Men’s single scull. The match is an annual[…]
Entries for the Sunday League equalled their all-time high for the fourth round of the 2025 league at Tynemouth, on a day when much attention in the rowing world was focused on finals day at Henley Royal Regatta. Twenty crews representing 8 different clubs made their way to the Haven for a series of races[…]
A full entry from 26 clubs for Talkin Tarn Regatta on Saturday, July 5th included 23 entries from Durham ARC. Crews travelling from as far afield as Aberdeen and Newark contested 77 races over the 3-lane 700 metre course in what is always one of the most popular regattas of the summer season. A full[…]
Today saw Quinn Mosley head to the National Watersports Centre at Nottingham for the GB J16 Trials, an event used to aid the selection for the 2025 GB vs France Match, held at London Docklands on July 11th to 13th. Quinn topped the pile from the get go finishing the time trial a full 8[…]
The Senior Men followed up their success in the Elite B coxed four at Durham Regatta on June 14th with third place in the E final of the Championship & Tier 2 coxless four at Marlow Regatta which took place at Dorney Lake on June 21st. The crew of John Roxborough, James Gibson, Darren Smith[…]
Fifteen members of the daytime rowers travelled to the River Tees Watersports Centre yesterday to join friends from the Tees Rowing Club recreational rowers on their regular Thursday morning paddle up the Tees, continuing the tradition of regular exchange visits between the clubs that commenced in 2012. The group included two members of the DARC[…]
Durham ARC had 9 entries among a record breaking entry of nearly 1000 crews from 128 clubs racing over 1000 metres at the 2025 British Rowing Masters Championships at the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham over the weekend of June 14th and 15th. Despite blustery conditions it proved to be a successful weekend. First to[…]
The 192nd Durham Regatta went ahead on June 14th and 15th in mainly bright conditions but with at times a stiff headwind. Competitors and spectators had to endure some squally showers on Saturday afternoon. Entries were accepted from just over 500 crews for the two days of racing, a reduction of around 10% on last[…]
With an entry of 102 from Durham College Rowing and 26 from Durham ARC for the 2025 Hexham Regatta a huge volunteer effort saw an unprecedented eight trailers on the road on June 7th transporting the Durham fleet of boats to Tyne Green. Falling a week before Durham Regatta and being one of the largest[…]
A bumper entry of 17 crews from the North of England and South of Scotland made their way to Hexham on June 1st for the third round of the Sunday League, the best attendance for several years. Crews had spent the previous month practising for the the annual test of sculling skills but a forecast[…]
The return of the National Schools Regatta to the National Watersports Centre at Nottingham after a 10 year stay at Dorney Lake coincided with the end of a spell of good weather, and as a result the weather was to play a significant part in proceedings. As the largest junior rowing event in the country,[…]
Eighteen entries from Durham ARC entered Tees Regatta on May 17th, the second of the year’s Northern regattas, joining those from 37 clubs contesting 126 races in fine but breezy conditions on the 850 metre four-lane course on the River Tees. Banding of entries ensured that all races were straight finals. DARC achieved wins in[…]