Durham City Regatta draw 2019
The draw for Durham City Regatta on May 11th and 12th is now available for Saturday and Sunday and should be read in conjunction with the Competitors’ Instructions.
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Durham City Regatta entries closed
Entries for Durham City Regatta are now closed. We expect to publish the draw on or after Tuesday May 7th.
Boat Race weekend
Boat Race Day generally marks the end of the winter head racing season and the start of the summer sprint regatta season. This year’s races took place on Sunday April 7th, and while most media attention was focused on James Cracknell becoming the oldest competitor in the Boat Race’s 165 year history, Cambridge took the[…]
Durham City Regatta 2019
Durham City Regatta takes place on Saturday May 11th and Sunday May 12th 2019. Colour posters are available for Saturday and Sunday (also printer friendly format for Saturday and Sunday). Entries for both days will close at 6pm on May 2nd.
Learn to Row in 2019
Dates of Learn to Row courses for Adults in 2019 have been published. Our first course starts on Sunday April 28th and will take place each Sunday thereafter for 8 weeks between 11.30am and 1.30pm. The course is for age 16+ beginners, and no experience of rowing is necessary. The cost is £95. To apply[…]
March comes in like a lion
It’s been a busy few weeks for squads as the Tideway season looms for some, while others concentrate on preparations for the coming regatta season in April. Conditions were good for Tyne Head of the River race on February 16th with 10 crews from DARC among the 150 entries joining crews from Lancaster, York and[…]
The Big Pink Ergo 100km challenge
There’s been no time for resting on his laurels for DARC’s Roger Stainforth since celebrating a fifth success at the British Rowing Indoor Championships in December. Never one to forego a challenge Roger’s latest endeavour stemmed from a chance conversation at the Burns Night supper which led to him gathering together a team for the[…]
Durham Small Boats Head 2019
Snow and freezing conditions greeted rowers from around the northern region who converged on the River Wear for Durham Small Boats Head on Saturday February 2nd. They were joined by competitors from Bradford, Lancaster and George Watson’s College in Edinburgh who had also made the journey. The time trial over 1800 metres, passing through the[…]
Durham Small Boats Head entries closed
Entries for Durham Small Boats Head have now closed. The start order will be posted by Tuesday January 29th.
Durham Small Boats Head 2019
The poster for Durham Small Boats Head on February 2nd is available here (and in printer-friendly format here). Entries will close at 7pm on Friday January 25th, or earlier if the safety limit is reached.
Keith Yates
Durham Regatta has lost one of its most loyal servants following the death of long time commentator Keith Yates at the age of 79. Many will remember Keith as the voice of the Regatta for over 40 years. Although originally from Langley Moor he spent much of his life in the Midlands, returning to Durham[…]
Fifth title for Roger at BRIC
Durham ARC’s Roger Stainforth recorded a fifth consecutive victory in the Masters 70-74 category at the Mizuno British Rowing Indoor Championships (BRIC) held at the Lee Valley Velopark in London on December 8th 2018. This year’s Championships was the biggest ever, attracting over 1800 competitors of all ages from across the UK and overseas, including[…]
Five wins at Rutherford Head 2018
Arguably the biggest event in the British Rowing head racing calendar outside London Rutherford Head provided the last chance for the region’s rowers to race before the festive break. Traditionally associated with bad weather this year’s event on December 1st was no exception, with rain and low temperatures greeting the large turnout of nearly 260[…]
Durham hosts LDS and Autumn SBH
Rowers from across the north of England converged on the River Wear last Saturday for the exciting double header of the final round of the Long Distance Sculling Series (LDS) and Durham Autumn Small Boats Head (SBH), both time trials hosted by Durham Amateur Rowing Club. The Sculling Series, which is organized by the Northern[…]
Durham Autumn Small Boats Head results
The results from Durham Autumn Small Boats Head are available in xls and pdf format.
Draw for Durham Autumn Small Boats Head
The start order for Durham Autumn Small Boats Head on November 10th is available here in xlsx and pdf formats. The Durham LDS start order can be found at http://www.nerowing.com/lds2018.html Please read in conjunction with the Competitors Instructions for both events.
Touring rowers visit
On Monday, October 29th we welcomed John and Caroline Turnbull from Weyfarers Rowing Club and British Rowing’s Recreational Rowing Committee, who joined the daytime rowers for a paddle before retiring to the clubhouse for soup and bacon sandwiches prepared by Gene and helpers, where they addressed members about the virtues of rowing tours. John and[…]
Explore Series winds up on the Tyne
The 2018 Northern Explore Series reached its conclusion on October 7th with the final round, the last of 7, taking place in breezy conditions at Tyne Amateur Rowing Club. Completing its seventh year the competition is organized by the Northern Rowing Council and is aimed at novice and recreational rowers, those returning to rowing after[…]
Pairs Head survives blustery conditions
The 2018 autumn heads season got underway on the Tideway with the Pairs Head on October 6th with 470 crews representing clubs from across the UK, and Juniors, Seniors and Masters rowers racing in pairs (sweep-oar) and doubles (sculling) in age categories ranging from J16 to Masters H (70+). The race starts at The Boat[…]
Juniors make waves at Autumn Sprint
The Regatta season drew to its conclusion with around 100 entries for Durham Autumn Sprint on September 29th. Traditionally this is an event that appeals mainly to junior competitors and this year was no exception, with Durham ARC, Durham School, St Leonard’s and the Tyne clubs well represented. For the second year omnium competitions were[…]
Additions to the fleet named
Around 120 members of the Junior, Senior and Masters squads gathered on Sunday September 16th for the naming of the club’s three new boats, a Stampfli quad ‘Darc Side of the Moon’ and double ‘Darc Legacy’, and a Janousek quad ‘Great White Darc’, whose purchase has been funded in part from the bequest of former[…]
Durham Autumn Sprint Regatta draw
The draw for Durham Autumn Sprint is available here. Please also read the Competitors Instructions for the event.
Rowing the Canal du Midi
Rowers from Durham ARC took part in the 37th Rallye du Canal du Midi in August, an annual rowing tour taking in 200km of the Canal du Midi in Southern France. Now a World Heritage Site the Canal is a marvel of 17th century engineering, the work of engineer Pierre-Paul Riquet, connecting the Bay of[…]
BR Tour on the Upper Thames
The annual British Rowing Tour took place over the weekend of August 31st to September 2nd 2018. Being the 25th tour gave added cause for celebration for all those taking part, none more so than John and Caroline Turnbull from Weyfarers RC, chair and secretary of BR’s Recreational Rowing Committee, who first took on responsibility[…]
Successful weekend at Sculling Festival
Durham ARC had three entries in the 2018 British Rowing Sculling Festival which took place in sometimes challenging conditions at Nottingham over the weekend of August 18th and 19th. The festival is a fun and competitive event that challenges a sculler’s technical skills, manoeuvrability and competency, and is run as an omnium with points from[…]
Touring on the Tees
For the past 3 years Tees Rowing Club’s recreational rowers (or WRecks as they like to be called) have invited members of Durham ARC to join them for a row on the River Tees to Yarm and back, a fixture which is gaining in popularity each year. Given the fine condtions this summer it’s not[…]
Durham hosts August Explore Series
Durham ARC hosted the sixth round of the Explore Series on Sunday August 5th 2018, welcoming crews representing clubs from across the Northern region to race over a 250 metre course in this popular competition for novice rowers, now in its 7th season. DARC fielded entries in the open and women’s competitions, taking on opposition[…]
Juniors at National Championships 2018
Durham ARC’s Juniors squad had a successful weekend at Nottingham’s National Watersports Centre for the 2018 British Rowing Junior Championships on July 20th to 22nd. The club entered for the omnium in the girls J14 single sculls and in the J14 girls coxed quad on Friday, and in the J16 and J18 boys’ single sculls[…]
Masters miss out at Henley
Durham ARC’s Masters entered 8 events at Henley Masters Regatta on July 13th and 14th but returned empty handed despite some close races. The closest came in only the third race on Friday morning when the Women’s Masters C eight (Jacki Patrickson, Ray Dominy, Sarah Rutter, Gabrielle Moore, Kate Sowden, Heather Tosley, Helen Adair, Clare[…]
Adult Sunday Sessions
Durham ARC offers Sunday community rowing sessions for adults who have taken part in Learn to Row courses or the Allcomers Regatta. The aim of the sessions is to impove on the skills you have learnt and to develop them with the end goal of progressing to join squads within the club. Sessions take place[…]