2017 Rowing Calendar
Page created 20 Apr 2014, last updated 28 Mar 2018.
The information here is unofficial. If, for the event you are looking at, there are no links here to the 2017
information, it may perhaps be worth trying last year's link (if there is
one) from the 2016 calendar.
See also the
British Rowing
calendar
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
JAN
15 Jan Star Club New Year Head [draw]
21 Jan Weybridge Winter Head [start order & results]
Northampton Head of the Nene
22 Jan Stourport Winter Head
Boston Head
South of England Indoor Rowing Championships - Abingdon
United Hospitals Winter Regatta
28 Jan Quintin Eights Head (again to be rowed on the flood tide from Hammersmith to Chiswick) [
start order, & results again]
Cambridge Head to Head
Tyne United New Year Head
Western Eights Head, Glasgow
29 Jan Thames Valley Trial Head [date 
from Feb 5th;
from the event's Twitter feed, news that due to the ice and water temperature at Dorney Lake they have had to cancel the TVTH due to take place on Sunday]
Head of the Severn
Cardiff Head of the Taff
Pre Boat Race fixtures - Goldie & CUBC v Oxford Brookes [report]
FEB
4 Feb Peterborough Head of the Nene
Wycliffe Big Head
Durham SBH
Hampton Head [start order; results; no J13 & J14 crews because of river conditions]
Strathclyde University BC Head
5 Feb Thames Valley Trial Head [date to Jan 29th]
English Indoor Rowing Championships - National Cycling Centre - Manchester
11 Feb Hampton Head [date to 4th]
South Yorkshire Head
GB Senior & U23 trials - Boston [BR preview, & provisional start list; results, & BR report]
Aberdeen 8o Head
12 Feb Bedford Eights & Fours Head [new format; results now available]
Warrington Head of the Mersey
Dewar Shield (Sons/ Furnivall/ AK/ Fulham Reach): 13:30 - AK to University Stone on flood tide
18 Feb Henley 4s & 8s Head
Molesey Veterans Head [date from Sun 19th]
Newark Spring Head
Worcester Head
Tyne Head
18-19 Feb GB Junior trials - provisional
Inverness 8s & SBH
19 Feb Greenwich 8s & 4s Head
City of Bristol Head
United Hospitals Head
Pre Boat Race fixtures - Isis v UL, OUWBC & Osiris v Brookes, CUWBC v UL
25 Feb Burway Head [cancelled]
Hammersmith Head [date to Sun 5 Mar]
Masters of Trentside - Nottingham [now to be run in conjunction with the Head of the Trent on the Sunday, rather than as a separate event]
Avon County Spring Head
Norwich Head
Trafford Head of Bridgewater
Boustead Cup
BR Council meeting
25-26 Feb BUCS Championship & Beginner Heads (venue confirmed as the Tyne) [weather info: Saturday racing cancelled, Sunday going ahead; results]
26 Feb Head of the Trent, Nottingham
Pre Boat Race fixture - OUBC v Brookes
Tue 28 Feb -
Sat 4 MAR Cambridge University Lent Bumps [results & live commentary from CamFM]
Wed 1 -
Sat 4 Mar Oxford University Torpids
4 Mar Reading University Head
Runcorn Spring 8s [cancelled because of stream conditions]
Aberdeen Universities Boat Race
5 Mar Maidstone Spring Head
Hammersmith Head 09:30 [final results]
Gloucester Head
Pre Boat Race fixture - CUWBC v tbc
11 Mar WOMEN'S EIGHTS HEAD 15:30 [draw; confirmed results (now )]
Yorkshire Head [results]
Thames Upriver JIRR trials - Dorney
12 Mar Lincoln Head
Christchurch Head of the Stour [draw]
Pre Boat Race fixtures - OUWBC & Osiris v Newcastle, CUBC v tbc
West Midlands Junior Championships - Worcester [results]
NorthWest JIRR trials - Northwich
Fri 17 Mar National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships - Lee Valley Athletics Centre
18 Mar Kingston Head [final start order; results now available on new url for event web page]
North of England Head
Alton Spring Head [probably not in 2017]
Clydesdale Head [results now available]
Pre Boat Race fixtures - Isis & OUBC v LC, Goldie v Thames, CUBC v Italian national crew
Bristol v UWE Varsity Boat Race
TayForth - Stirling Univ v Dundee Univ - at Stirling in 2017
Thames South East JIRR trials - Maidstone, postponed from earlier date
19 Mar Cambridge Champs Junior Sculling Head
Itchen Eights & Fours Head [cancelled; forecast shows strong and potentially sinking wind conditions]
Pre Boat Race fixtures - OUWBC v MBC, Osiris v Headington
Thu 23 Mar Schools' Head 13:00 [start order; course shortened to finish at Bandstand; provisional results]
Fri 24 Mar Oarsport Junior Sculling Head [start order; results]
25 Mar HEAD OF THE RIVER 14:15 GMT (time confirmed) [draw; cancelled because of forecast conditions]
Ponteland Junior Head
26 Mar Vesta Veterans Head [11:00 BST on a flood tide, downstream end of Lower Mall Quay to Barkers Rails; start order now available; results]
Henley Boat Races [race schedule; live video]
28-31 Mar GB Junior trials - provisional
30 Mar University Boat Races spare pairs races
APR
1 Apr Southampton Coastal Head
Paignton Coastal [to be confirmed]
Head of the Dart [date from 8 Apr]
Veterans' University Boat Race 14:45 [postponed to 15:00; report, & BBC video]
Welsh Varsity Boat Races - Cardiff v Swansea - River Taff [3-1 win for Swansea]
2 Apr University Boat Races Women's Boat Race 16:35, Blondie v Osiris 16:50, Goldie v Isis 17:05, Men's Boat Race 17:35 [Blue boat crew announcements;
view on BBC1 TV from 16:00 (iPlayer), on BBC World News from 16:25, & on YouTube from 16:20;
CUWBC won by 11 l in 18:33 (report, & from RQ in the Telegraph); Blondie won by 13 l in 19:06 (report),
Isis won by 2 1/2 l in 17:17 (report); OUBC won by 1 1/4 l in 16:59 (report);
unofficial lists of times & records]
Northwich Spring Head [new website; live provisional results]
Midlands Indoor Rowing Championships
8 Apr Head of the Dart [date to 1 Apr]
8-9 Apr GB para-rowing trials - Caversham
9 Apr Abingdon Head [results]
Bedford Spring Fours & Small Boats Head [draw & results]
15-16 Apr GB Senior & U23 trials - Caversham [preview & provisional start list; day one round-up; finals results]
15 Apr Trafford [not on original calendar; now cancelled for 2017]
16 Apr Easter Sunday
22 Apr Junior Inter-Regional Regatta NWSC, Nottingham [timetable & draw (including details of clubs represented); full results]
Hammersmith Amateur
Oxford City Bumps [cancelled because of insufficient entries]
Birmingham [poster; under new competition structure, entries through BROE2; draw now available]
Head of the Cam
Viking Shield, Folkestone
Roses Boat Races - York v Lancaster [video from row2k]
22-23 Apr Strathclyde Park (& Scottish Student Rowing Championships)
[information on changes because of work on finish tower; draw & supporting information now available; live results]
23 Apr Leicester
Lea Spring
GB Junior trials - NWSC
29 Apr Chiswick [timetable & draw]
Evesham [race schedules, & results when available]
Merseyside [cancelled because of lack of entries]
York Spring
29 Apr -
1 MAY BUCS Regatta - NWSC, Nottingham [results]
30 Apr Wallingford [timetable & draw; results]
Evesham Sprint [race schedules, & results when available]
Chester-le-Street [date from 29 Apr]
Mon 1 MAY Marlow Spring
6 May Bedford Amateur [using new competition framework]
Borne at Chiswick Bridge [ draw & timetable; results]
Tyne [cancelled - inadequate entries]
Clydesdale [cancelled, but looking to organise a new sprint event in August]
Royal Greenwich Challenge
Boat Race of the North: Newcastle & Durham Universities - result 5-1 to Newcastle
Two Cities Boat Race: Manchester & Salford Universities - 13:00 Salford Quays
6-7 May Shrewsbury
7 May Ball Cup South (Dorney)
10 May Nottingham Trent v Nottingham University
13 May Nottingham City [draw & results]
Thames Ditton [draw & timetable; race order & live results]
Putney Town
Bristol Avon at Saltford
Ryde
Glasgow RC Summer
13-14 May Durham City
14 May Nottingham Masters and Club [draw]
Shanklin
Maidenhead Junior (invitation event)
Junior Sculling Regatta - Dorney, organised by The Scullery [entries on BROE2; results]
20 May Worcester Spring
Walton & Weybridge [timetable, on results page]
Tees
Itchen
Shoreham
Castle Semple
Scottish Boat Race - Edinburgh U v Glasgow U - Riverside Museum, Glasgow
21 May Weybridge Ladies [draw]
Brighton and Hove
Lancaster
Champs Eights Head (CRA closed event)
24-27 May Oxford Summer Eights [live racedesk]
26-28 May NATIONAL SCHOOLS - Dorney [ list of entries & timetable; live results apparently no longer available, but now results; live video streaming]
27 May Twickenham [draw & timetable now available]
Wansbeck
Lymington/ Milford-on-Sea [postponed to 5 Aug]
Hastings Regatta at Bexhill
Clyde ARC 250m Sprint Regatta [rescheduled to 24 June]
27-28 May Monmouth Regatta & Sprint
28 May Bexhill
Strathclyde University Barony Cup
Mon 29 May Northwich [date to 12 & 13 August]
JUN
3 Jun Hexham
Christchurch
Plymouth
3-4 Jun Metropolitan [ draw & timetable, & info re ranking system again; results, replaced by results]
Peterborough [draw & timetable now available]
Hereford
4 Jun Trentham [cancelled for 2017 because of excessive weed growth]
9-11 Jun Scottish Championships (including time trial Friday) (& Scottish Schools Championships) [details (including draw) now available]
10 Jun Barnes & Mortlake [ draw & timetable now available]
Marlow Town
Blenheim Palace Junior Regatta
Chester
Bridgnorth [cancelled; strong stream]
Worthing
Wimbleball [postponed to 22 July]
10-11 Jun BRITISH ROWING MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS (further info at www.masterschamps.org) [draw again, & info re weather; results;
racing abandoned part way through Sunday, because of wind conditions; BR report]
Reading Amateur [ draw]
Durham
Star
11 Jun Worthing Town
Tue 13 Jun BR Council meeting
14-17 Jun Cambridge University May Bumps [results & live commentary from CamFM]
16-18 Jun HENLEY WOMEN'S REGATTA [draw & crew lists; timetable & results; competitors' instructions (including time-trial instructions); live video]
17 Jun Marlow [events for 2017; list of entries; results will be available from Mikrotime]
Stratford
St Ives
Swanage
Dover
Port of Bideford
Nithsdale
18 Jun Thames Valley Park
York Summer
Fri 23 Jun HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA qualifying races [qualifying info, qualifying timetable, & list of crews required to qualify; results of qualifying]
24 Jun Reading Town
Richmond
Peterborough Junior
Bradford Sprint
Woolston
Eastbourne
Clyde ARC Power Sprints: 250m [rescheduled from 27 May]
24-25 Jun Ironbridge
25 Jun Egham [Entries now open on BROE2]
GB J16 trials - provisional
28 Jun - 2 JUL HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA [list of entries & press release; live video on YouTube; draw (& plain text version from RQ); timetable; YouTube channel; results]
1 Jul Talkin Tarn
Coalporters
Deal
1-2 Jul Totnes & Bridgetown Royal
6-10 Jul GB Junior trials - provisional
7-8 Jul Henley Masters [initial info that there would be no doubling-up, & further info about doubling-up subsequently allowed in some events; provisional list of entries;
live results; race schedule]
8 Jul Ball Cup North at Runcorn Junior Regatta
Newport - Fours [date changed to Sunday 9th]
Herne Bay
Exeter
8-9 Jul Kingston [draw & results]
Burton
Llandaff
GB para-rowing trials - Caversham
9 Jul Bedford Sprint [not to be held in 2017]
Newport - Fours [date changed from Saturday 8th]
Newport - Small Boats & Juniors [not to be held in 2017]
Folkestone
Mon 10 Jul Parliamentary Charity Regatta
Thu 13 Jul GB v France J16 Match - London Docklands [GB team announcement; programme (French edition); results]
14-16 Jul BRITISH ROWING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS [draw & timetable when available; live streaming; results, also live results]
15 Jul Southsea [programme; abandoned mid-afternoon because of conditions; report]
15-16 Jul Molesey
Tue 18 - Fri 21 Jul Cambridge Town Bumps [results; multi-year bumps charts: men/ women]
22 Jul Staines [draw]
BTC
Wimbleball [postponed from 10 June]
Home International - [moved from Royal Albert Dock ENG to Strathclyde Country Park SCO]
22-23 Jul St Neots
Bewdley
23 Jul Burway Sprint [apparently cancelled for 2017]
Tue 25 Jul Doggett's Coat & Badge 11:30 [result: winner Jack Keech, second Alfie Anderson, third George Mccarthy, fourth Perry Flynn; video, with commentary by Ken Dwan]
29 Jul Henley T&V [provisional timetable again; results]
Warrington
Poole
Falmouth
29-30 Jul BR Offshore Champs in FISA coastal boats - Sandbanks, Poole [see weather update & further schedule changes]
30 Jul Appledore & Instow
AUG
5 Aug Maidenhead [draw & results]
Sudbury [results]
Paignton
Lymington/ Milford-on-Sea [postponed from 27 May, but now cancelled]
Summer Sprints - Glasgow
6 Aug CARA Regatta at Bexhill
12 Aug Bournemouth
12-13 Aug Peterborough Summer [draw, timetable, & results]
Stourport [ draw, + timetables (& live results)]
Northwich [date from 29 May]
Torbay Royal [date changed from 19th]
GB Rowing Team Sculling Festival [date changed to 19-20 Aug]
13 Aug Hants & Dorset Championship/ SCC Selection row-offs - if required
19 Aug Warwick
Danson Dashes [invitation event in 2017; open in 2018]
Torbay Royal [date changed to 12th]
Summer Sprints - Aberdeen
19-20 Aug Oxford City Regatta [draws]
British Rowing Sculling Festival [date changed from 12-13 Aug; results + timetable for Sunday]
Thu 24 Aug Port of Dartmouth Royal
26-27 Aug Gloucester (including West of England Challenge Vase)
27 Aug Ross Masters & Juniors Sprint
Mon 28 Aug Ross Open
SEP
2 Sep North of England Sprint Championships
South Coast Championships - Dorney Lake [results now available from Mikrotime]
Worcester Autumn [apparently not this year]
Great Tyne Row
3 Sep Lea Autumn
Great Ouse Marathon
Tyne Single Scullers Head [new event]
9 Sep Bradford Autumn [cancelled because of river conditions]
GW Regatta - Coate Water [TBC]
Summer Sprints - Lochore Meadows
Great River Race
10 Sep Cambridge Autumn
Upton
16 Sep Isis Sculls [ draw (rev 1); results after each division]
York Autumn Sculls
Penarth
17 Sep Boston Marathon [results]
23 Sep Yare Cup
Milton Keynes
Itchen Junior Sprint
BR AGM & Council meeting [moved to 14 Oct]
24 Sep Chester LDSc
Monmouth Autumn Head
Thu 28 Sep Joint Services Regatta - Thames Valley Park
30 Sep Wallingford LDSc
Runcorn Autumn Head
Cambridge SBH [results]
Durham Autumn Sprint
Scottish School Sweep Head
OCT
1 Oct Maidstone SBH
St Neots SBH
Head of the Don
Teign Head
Scottish School Sculling Head [cancelled due to expected poor weather]
7 Oct Reading SBH [results from Mikrotime]
Berwick LDSc (Northern LDSc series) [cancelled because of forecast weather]
Worcester SBH
50th Clydesdale Scullers Head, Glasgow [date from 21st; provisional draw; shorter course because river obstructed]
8 Oct Bedford Autumn Fours & SBH [draw & results]
Ancholme Head
BTC Coastal & River Head [cancelled for this year; insufficient entries]
Cardiff Autumn Head [date from 22nd; cancelled - insufficient entries]
14 Oct Pairs Head 12:00 [ url; results]
Rob Roy Autumn Head
Evesham Jun Head
Monkton Bluefriars SBH
Agecroft SBH
South Hylton LDSc (Northern LDSc series)
BR AGM & Council meeting [moved from 23 Sep]
15 Oct Medway Head
Burton Head
21 Oct Weybridge Silver Sculls [new course; cancelled because of forecast strong winds]
Huntingdon Head [date to 29th]
Wansbeck LDSc (Northern LDSc series) and Wansbeck SBH [date from 4 Nov; shorter course]
Durham LDSc (Northern LDSc series) & Durham Autumn SBH [date to 4 Nov]
50th Clydesdale Scullers Head, Glasgow [date to 7th]
Clyde 3 Heads [cancelled because of river conditions]
21-22 Oct BRITISH ROWING SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - NWSC [draw; cancelled because of forecast weather]
22 Oct Cardiff Autumn Head [date to 8th]
23-27 Oct Cambridge University Fours
28 Oct Marlow LDSc [not being held in 2017]
Dee Autumn Head
Norfolk LDSc
Tyne LDSc (Northern LDSc series) & Tyne United SBH [cancelled because of forecast wind] [
29 Oct Upper Thames Autumn Head [start lists; results from Mikrotime]
Nottingham Autumn Head
Gloucester LD Head
Huntingdon Head [date from 21st]
Liverpool University Novice Eights Time Trial [new event]
NOV
4 Nov Henley Sculls [results]
Kingston SBH [start order & results]
Peterborough Autumn Head [apparently not]
Durham LDSc (Northern LDSc series) & Durham Autumn SBH [date from 21 Oct]
Wansbeck LDSc (Northern LDSc series) and Wansbeck SBH [date to 21 Oct]
GB para-rowing trials - Caversham
4-5 Nov NE Heads Weekend - Aberdeen
GB Senior & U23 trials - Boston
5 Nov Docklands SBH
Eastern SBH, Ely [live results]
Stourport SBH
City of Bristol Autumn Head [cancelled; not enough entries]
Sat 11 Nov Veteran 4s Head 10:30 [finish this year at Ranelagh Sailing Club, instead of Putney Bridge;
final start order; results]
Pangbourne Junior Sc
Tees LDSc (Northern LDSc series) & Tees SBH
11-12 Nov NE Heads Weekend - Aberdeen [date changed to 4-5 Nov]
Inverness 4s & SB Heads
Sun 12 Nov Fours Head (new time: 10:45; 2 minute silence immediately before start) [Draw. Minimum points criterion withdrawn for 2017.
results]
Northwich Autumn Head
Lincoln University Beginners’ Head [date to 26 Nov]
Thu 16 Nov Wingfield Sculls [women's race at 10:15 (4 scullers, reduced to 2 by withdrawl), and men's at 11:30 (6 scullers, reduced to 5 by withdrawal); draw;
report from "Hear the Boat Sing"]
17-18 Nov Scottish Rowing Indoor Championships (Fri 17 Schools, Sat 18 Open)
18 Nov Teddington Head
Avon Autumn Head
Cambridge Winter Head
Loughborough Winter Soar Head
BUCS Indoor Rowing Championships - Reading
GB Junior trials - Boston
19 Nov York SBH
Star Club Head
Head of the Lune [not enough entries in 2017, but instead a private time trial]
23-25 Nov Cambridge University Clare Novices Regatta
25 Nov Hampton SBH (Jun) [start order; results: by category & overall]
Rutherford Head
Evesham Main Head / Masters of the Avon
Alton Autumn Head [probably not in 2017]
BR Council meeting [if Council still exists]
Glasgow RC 4s Hd
26 Nov Wallingford 4s & 8s Hd
Lincoln University Beginners’ Head [date from 12 Nov]
Thu 30 Nov -
Fri 1 DEC Cambridge University Fairbairn Cup [results]
2 Dec Vesta Scullers Head 09:30 [racing on the flood tide, from the Milepost to the white crane at Chiswick Staithe; draw & results]
Burway SBH
Wycliffe SBH [cancelled because of concerns about access]
Liverpool Victoria Head of the Float
Newark Head
University of Bristol BC Hd
University of York White Rose Head
3 Dec United Hospitals Novice Regatta
Tue 5 Dec CUBC and CUWBC trial eights [crew announcements + CUWBC changes]
Wed 6 Dec OUBC trial eights [crew announcements]
9 Dec Walton SBH [
results]
Derby Really Small Boats Head [cancelled, apparently]
British Rowing Indoor Championships [timetable now available from the event's alternative page; results]
10 Dec Monmouth Winter Head [cancelled because of snow]
Henley Boat Races trial eights [13:25 OU Lightweights, 13:50 CU Lightweights, 14:15 CUWBC lwts, 14:45 OUWLRC] [cancelled because of weather conditions]
University of London Allom Cup [cancelled because of weather conditions]
16 Dec Remenham Challenge - (for crews from Remenham founding clubs only) 14:30 [draw; results]
GB Senior & U23 trials - Caversham
GB para-rowing trials - Caversham
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