Durham ARC will host the final round of the 2026 Long Distance Sculling (LDS) Series and Durham Autumn Small Boats Head (ASBH) on Saturday, November 7th, each taking place over the 1800 metre head race course on the River Wear. The poster for Durham ASBH is here. Entries will open at 2pm on Friday, October[…]
By popular demand we will be back this year on Sunday 1st November with our best fireworks display yet! All of the usual food including BBQ, Hot Dogs, Chips, Soup and cakes plus this year we are being joined by The Greedy Goose serving up freshly baked wood fired pizza. The bar will be serving[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Classics by the River returns to the banks of the River Wear in Durham City on Monday, July 6th between 6pm and 9pm. Join us for an evening of stunning vintage vehicles, great company, and fantastic views. We will have a BBQ fired up on the night, along with a full selection of hot and[…]
Durham ARC crews led the way with victory in 10 events at the 193rd Durham Regatta on June 13th and 14th. DARC’s 28 entries were among 530 or so from 55 clubs accepted for this year’s showpiece regatta on the River Wear, with those racing on Sunday enjoying better conditions, without Saturday’s fierce headwind. Saturday[…]
Cold and wet conditions on the first day of Durham City Regatta on May 9th failed to dampen the enthusiasm of a bumper entry of 315 crews from 28 clubs competing over the 700-metre course on Saturday. Thankfully a big improvement in the weather on Sunday meant much greater footfall on the riverbanks to enjoy[…]
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. Results for Saturday and Sunday will be published on Oar-online.
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.
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 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 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[…]
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[…]
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,[…]
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[…]
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 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[…]
Members of Durham ARC and Hexham RC joined the 7th British Rowing European Tour which this year took place in North Holland. Paddy Deans was DARC’s only representative, joining around 30 participants using 6 boats on the 3-day tour of the canals and lakes around Steenwijk between May 7th and 10th. The itinerary involved rowing[…]
The draw for Durham City Regatta on May 10th and 11th is now available for Saturday and Sunday. Please also read the Competitors Instructions. Live results will be available for Saturday and Sunday racing.
The second round of the 2025 Sunday League saw 16 teams from 8 different clubs enjoying a series of races over a 250 metre course on the River Wansbeck hosted by Cambois Rowing Club on May 4th. Among the entries racing in stable coxed quads were two from Durham ARC, DARC Humour in the Open[…]
On Thursday, May 8th the nation marks the historic 80th anniversary of VE Day, with communities coming together to unite and celebrate 80 years of peace since the end of World War II in Europe. Flags will be raised and beacons lit in joyous celebration and reflection! In honour of our octogenarian members who are[…]
Durham ARC had an entry in the Open division for the first round of the 2025 Sunday League on the Tyne on April 6th when Dave, Colin, Kira, Liz and Gillian were joined in DARC Humour by Katherine from last year’s DARC Angels crew, giving scope for crew changes between races. A healthy turnout of[…]
The first competition of the year has always been popular and the 2025 edition of Durham Small Boats Head certainly lived up to expectations, entries being suspended within hours of opening on January 10th. Weather concerns dissipated rapidly in the wake of Storm Eowyn and by race day on Saturday, February 1st, river conditions had[…]
Full results combined across the whole day for Durham Small Boats Head on Saturday, February 1st 2025 are here. Provisional division results: division 1, division 2, division 3, division 4.
On October 6th Durham ARC played host to the final round of the 2024 Northern Rowing Sunday League. In the best attended round of the season 16 crews representing 10 clubs from the northern region enjoyed a series of races over a 350 metre course in glorious autumnal conditions. The league is organized by the[…]
One of the biggest nights in our events calendar sees the return of the annual fireworks display on Sunday, November 3rd, Durham’s ONLY City Centre display on the banks of the river! Tickets are now on sale. Gates: 5pm Display: 7pm We advise early arrival Ticket information With the huge growth of the event over[…]
Durham ARC will host the climax of the 2024 Sunday League season on October 6th by staging the sixth and final event of the popular monthly series aimed primarily at novice and recreational rowers. This years league, organised by the Northern Rowing Council, would have commenced at Berwick in April had it not been cancelled[…]
The Chairman’s Scratch Regatta for eights and quads on Sunday, September 22nd took advantage of the blank weekend left by the disaffiliation of the Autumn Sprint from the racing calendar to provide a fabulous morning and afternoon of of fun racing for members from all sections of the Club. Around 70 members drawn from junior,[…]
On the morning of Thursday, August 15th around 60 members and invited guests from Tees and Hexham Rowing Clubs took part in a scratch regatta for eights and coxed quads organised by DARC’s daytime rowers which involved crews being drawn at random from the three clubs. After a series of races over a 400 metre[…]