Competitions and Clubs

Where to watch the 2024 Gemini Boat Race

Big wins for top crews at the Masters Head

Leander seize victory in new record time at 2024 Head of the River Race

Great Marlow School and Wycliffe College dominate at 2024 Oarsport Junior Sculling Head

The 2024 race saw hundreds of crews take to Dorney Lake on Friday, 22 March, for two laps of the 2012 Olympic track

St Paul’s take Thames Team Trophy in terrific style at record-breaking Schools’ Head of the River

In a day where fast streams sent records tumbling – including three of the four Championship events – St Paul’s School and Headington School once again rose to the top of the domestic pile

Fulham Reach Boat Club wins Community Club of the Year Award

The award is one of the Sport + Recreation Alliance’s Community Sport and Recreation Awards 2024

Leander retain Women’s Eights Headship

The 2024 race, which was at risk of complete cancellation until race day itself, went ahead with a reduced field in a stiff headwind and strong stream conditions


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2024 Four Nations Beach Sprint Championship announced

Additional trophies to be awarded for performance across Beach Sprint Championships and Regattas in England, Scotland, Wales and Jersey

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Stratford upon Avon BC safety boat drivers complete rigorous training

After many months of delay due to inclement weather conditions, the club has recently commissioned a cohort of five ‘new’ launch drivers to their safety rota

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Safety first at Newport RC

A matched-funding grant from the national charity RALPHH has enabled the Isle of Wight’s oldest rowing club to install weatherproof defibrillation equipment on to the exterior of its clubhouse

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Fulham Reach BC shortlisted as Community Club of the Year in the Community Sport and Recreation Awards 2024

The Community Sport and Recreation Awards are a national-recognised awards programme organised by the Sport and Recreation Alliance

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New club management webinars from buddle

buddle is the new name for Club Matters, the Sport England, Lottery-funded programme that provides free resources, support, guidance and workshops to grassroots sports clubs, groups and community organisations

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The 2024 Gemini Boat Race trials races roundup

Eight crews from each university – men and women, openweight and lightweight – battled each other, and the conditions, as they sought to impress the coaches

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Toyota Community Fund pushes the boat out at Stratford-upon-Avon

A grant from the Toyota Community Fund has helped the club buy a new double scull and a set of specially modified sculls for adaptive athletes

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Lea RC’s ‘I Am a Rower’ exhibition now open at the River and Rowing Museum

The photographic collection aims to challenge and inspire a wider understanding of what it means to be a rower

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Docklands Head returns with a splash

Amid many other heads being cancelled at the moment due to strong stream and waterlogged boating areas, Docklands Head ran successfully at the London Regatta Centre in East London on 12 November 2023

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Henley Women’s Regatta appoints Naomi Ashcroft as Chairman

2002 World Champion Naomi Ashcroft replaces 2012 Paralympic Champion Naomi Riches MBE, who stepped down in July after two years in the role

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