The draws for Saturday and Sunday of Durham City Regatta on May 9th and 10th are now available on the website along with competitors instructions. We look forward to welcoming competitors, officials and spectators to the River Wear at the weekend.
The division of the Thames region into six teams made this year’s Junior Inter Regional Regatta (JIRR) the largest ever, with 16 teams of J14 to J16 Juniors from across the UK competing for honours on the 6-lane course at the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham on Saturday, April 25th. The Northern team drawn from13[…]
After a long winter four Durham ARC crews made the short trip down river to Chester-le-Street Regatta on Saturday, April 18th, the opening competition of the 2026 regatta racing season. Dry and largely bright conditions along with efficient organisation and the excellent hospitality on offer in Chester-le-Street ARC’s refurbished clubhouse added to an enjoyable day[…]
The posters for Saturday and Sunday of Durham City Regatta are now available. Entries will open at 3pm on Friday, April 17th and close at 10pm on Thursday April 30th. The draw will be available byTuesday May 5th.
Durham ARC Masters were in London on Sunday, March 29th for the Vesta International Masters Head of the River Race which takes place over the 6.8km Championship course on the Thames between Chiswick and Putney, on the same weekend as the Head of the River Race. DARC was represented in the time trial for Masters[…]
The final weekend of winter saw DARC crews in action in competitions near and far. On Saturday, March 14th the Senior Women became the first crew from Durham ARC for 10 years to enter the Women’s Eights Head of the River Race, one of 327 eights from across the UK and overseas racing over the[…]
Now in its third year Derwentwater Head is rapidly becoming one of the must row heads in the British Rowing calendar. Despite the rival attractions of the Yorkshire Head and Runcorn Head the event hosted by Lakeland Rowing Club on Saturday, March 7th drew a record 142 entries who came to enjoy the unrivalled scenic[…]
Durham Amateur Rowing Club is one of more than 30 community projects across the North East and North Cumbria to receive a share of £200,000 from the Northern Cancer Alliance. The funding is part of a community project to improve quality of life for people living with cancer through supportive group activities, which in Durham[…]
While the rest of the Club was lamenting the cancellation of Durham Small Boats Head, Roger Stainforth was busy competing at home in Durham in the heats of the 2026 World Rowing Virtual Indoor Championships. The Championships took place over consecutive weekends – qualifying heats on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd, and finals on Saturday,[…]
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[…]
We are very excited to be bringing a new event to the rowing club this February to celebrate the Chinese New Year, organised with Durham University. Join us on Monday February 16th for a Spring Festival celebration at Durham Amateur Rowing Club, proudly supported by Durham University. The evening marks New Year’s Eve as observed[…]
Crews braved blustery conditions as winter head racing resumed on the Tyne on January 24th with Tyne United New Years Head, hosted jointly by Tyne United Rowing Club and Durham University Boat Club, the organizers being more fortunate than those of events on the Thames and Severn that were cancelled on the same weekend. The[…]
The annual British Rowing Tourers Dinner comes to Durham for the first time when it takes place at the Royal County Hotel on Saturday, March 21st 2026. The poster can be found here and places can be booked using the form here. The dinner is organized by British Rowing’s Recreational Rowing Committee (one of several committees[…]
The poster for Durham Small Boats Head on Saturday, February 7th 2026 is available here, a time trial on the River Wear in four divisions over 1800 metres. Entries open at 5pm on Friday, January 16th, and will close at 7pm on Friday, January 30th or earlier if the safety limit of 100 per division[…]
The juniors kick started a new calendar year of training and racing on Saturday evening, January 3rd, with a night of frocks, suits, awards and some questionable dancing. Saturday night saw the return of the Junior Formal, an opportunity to change into something smarter than AIOs and trainers! The evening started with the presentation of[…]
In a year of consolidation 2025 started and finished with the naming of additions to the fleet and saw several success stories as the year unfolded. Ringing the changes brought an influx of new members to the club, which along with changes to directors and officers puts it in a strong position for the future.[…]
Several new and not so new boats acquired by the club in recent months were named at a ceremony on Sunday, December 14th. It had been planned to follow this with a scratch regatta, but the weather had other ideas and the wind forecast dictated that the second part of proceedings was unable to go[…]
On December 6th and 7th the 2025 British Rowing Indoor Championships (BRIC) headed to Birmingham’s NEC for a third year, this time with a record 2900 entries racing in 241 categories, and entries including many Team GB athletes. Roger Stainforth represented Durham ARC for a second year in the 80-84 age category, and continued his[…]
We are very sorry to learn that Don White passed away recently at the age of 83. Don had a long time involvement with the Club lasting several decades. He was Club Chairman from 1994 until 2006 during much of the planning period of the club’s building project which saw the redevelopment of the clubhouse[…]
Nine crews from Durham ARC took part in Rutherford Head on Saturday, November 29th, the final time trial of the year contested over 4.5km of the River Tyne with the course moved 500 metres downstream from its traditional setting. Demand for places from competitors was as usual very high with entries suspended within 35 minutes[…]
Roger Stainforth was Durham ARC’s only competitor, and one of only three Masters entries, at the North East Indoor Rowing Championships hosted by Durham University Boat Club at Maiden Castle on November 15th. Using the competition as a predictor of what might happen at the British Rowing Indoor Championships (BRIC) in Birmingham in 3 weeks[…]
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[…]