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.
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[…]
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 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[…]
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 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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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,[…]