2018 Rowing Calendar
Page created 29 Sep 2015, last updated 13 Jun 2022.
The information here is unofficial. If, for the event you are looking at, there are no links here to the 2018
information, it may perhaps be worth trying last year's link (if there is one) from the 2017 calendar.
See also the British Rowing calendar
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
JAN
6-7 Jan GB para-rowing trials - Caversham
13-14 Jan GB para-rowing trials - Caversham
14 Jan Star Club New Year Head
20 Jan Weybridge Winter Head [start order; results]
Northampton Head of the Nene [start order]
21 Jan Boston Head [div 1 results; div 2 cancelled because of bad weather]
OUWBC trial eights [crew announcement & result]
CRA Winter League race 1 [results]
United Hospitals Winter Regatta
27 Jan Quintin Eights Head 11:30 [start order; final results 
again]
Cambridge Head to Head [results]
Tyne United New Year Head
Glasgow University Western Head
28 Jan Thames Valley Trial Head [not to be held, because of January weather; possibly an alternative in October]
Stourport Winter Head [cancelled because of rising river levels]
Cardiff Head of the Taff [not this year, because of construction works]
Strathclyde University BC Head [course shortened]
FEB
3 Feb Peterborough Head of the Nene [start order; results now available]
Wycliffe Big Head [start order; results as available]
Durham SBH [start order now available]
Hampton Head [alphabetical list of entries; start order; results will be available at myracetime.co.uk (by category & overall)]
4 Feb Head of the Severn
South of England Indoor Rowing Championships - Abingdon
UL v OUWBC [report]
10 Feb South Yorkshire Head [cancelled because of river level & weather forecast]
Plymouth Head Race
GB Senior & U23 trials - Boston [results now available, + report]
Northern Region JIRR trials - Cambois
Boustead Cup - TRC v LRC
10-11 Feb Inverness 8s & Scottish Students Heads
11 Feb Bedford Eights & Fours Head [results]
Warrington Head of the Mersey
Dewar Shield - AK v Furnivall v Sons
17 Feb Henley 4s & 8s Head [draw now available, & results]
Molesey Veterans Head [start order; results]
Worcester Head [changed url; draw & results now available; now back to full length course]
Tyne Head [results now available]
Aberdeen 8s Head
Pre Boat Race fixtures - UL v CUWBC 13:10 [report]
17-18 Feb GB Junior trials - Boston
18 Feb Greenwich 8s & 4s Head
City of Bristol Head [not this year?]
CRA Winter League race 2 [results]
Pre Boat Race fixtures - CUWBC v Westminster Sch 13:45; UL v CUBC 14:15 [report]
24 Feb Burway Head [cancelled due to lack of entries]
Avon County Spring Head [start order]
Norwich Head [provisional draw]
Trafford Head of Bridgewater [provisional draw; results]
Pre Boat Race fixtures - OUWBC v Oxford Brookes 16:00 [report]; OUBC v Oxford Brookes 16:45 [report]
24-25 Feb BUCS Championship & Beginner Heads [start order now available; watch for information regarding conditions;
results when available; live results; division 2 shortened]
25 Feb Hammersmith Head 11:00 [provisional draw; abandoned before the start because of conditions]
Head of the Trent, Nottingham [start order & resultsnow available]
Note that the English Indoor Rowing Championships which normally takes place in February will not take place in 2018 because of the unavailability of the venue.
27 Feb -
3 MAR Cambridge University Lent Bumps [results & live commentary from CamFM, & results from 1st & 3rd;
Wednesday M3/W1/M1 racing cancelled because of snow & ice on the towpath; Thursday cancelled; racing resumed on Friday but not W3 or M3;
multi-year charts: men/ women]
28 Feb -
3 Mar Oxford University Torpids [results from Anu Dudhia;
Thursday & Friday racing has been cancelled due to the cold and the changeable conditions]
3 Mar Reading University Head [cancelled for safety reasons, based on weather forecast and a sunk boat in mid-river near RRC]
Runcorn Spring 8s [cancelled because of extreme conditions and forecast]
Adur Head [new url]
Pre Boat Race fixtures - UL v OUBC 13:30
3-4 Mar GB para-rowing trials - Caversham
4 Mar Maidstone Spring Head [cancelled because of weather]
Gloucester Head [cancelled due to the inclement weather]
Yorkshire Head (moved from 11th) [provisional start order now available; cancelled because of condditions]
West Midlands Junior Championships (including JIRR trials) - Stourport this year [final draw; cancelled because of forecast weather; postponed to 24 March & moved to Worcester]
Eastern Region JIRR trials [cancelled because of forecast weather]
Thames South East JIRR trials [cancelled; weekend of Mar 17/18 could be plan B, probably 18 Mar at Maidstone, now 17th at Docks; plan C Mar 25 at Maidstone]
North West JIRR trials - Northwich [results
Christchurch Head of the Stour [cancelled because of weather forecast; had hoped to reschedule on another date but unable to do so]
United Hospitals Head
Pre Boat Race fixtures - OUWBC v MBC 13:45; CUBC v Oxford Brookes 14:30
Fri 9 Mar National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships - Lee Valley Athletics Centre [provisional results]
Sat 10 Mar WOMEN'S EIGHTS HEAD (09:45, start now delayed to 10:30) [ final start order; results
live results (including crew composition & CRI Max figures)-details available for geeks; another url for live times]
Sun 11 Mar HEAD OF THE RIVER (10:45) [start order was available and has now been ; note no SWR trains to Barnes Bridge, Chiswick, or Kew Bridge;
results; intermediate times (though a few missing); video]
Mon 12 Mar Schools' Head 13:00 [start order; live results; results: by event & overall]
Tue 13 Mar Oarsport Junior Sculling Head [ start order; results]
17 Mar Kingston Head [keep an eye on conditions; start order v1 now available; cancelled because of river conditions & weather forecast]
North of England Head [provisional start order now available; cancelled because of fierce stream, strong winds, and cold temperatures]
Alton Spring Head [probably not in 2018]
CRA Winter League race 3 [check regarding junior competitors because of the conditions; final results]
Thames Upriver JIRR trials [cancelled because of adverse weather]
Thames South East JIRR trials [postponed from 4 Mar, now at Docks; postponed again because of forecast weather conditions, now 25 Mar at Maidstone]
Boat Race of the North - Newcastle U v Durham U - on the Tyne - Redheugh Bridge to Millennium Bridge - 14:30 [cancelled due to concerns over transporting boats;
now to be held Sat 9 Jun at Durham]
Aberdeen Boat Race - Aberdeen U v Robert Gordon U - 13:30
TayForth - Dundee Univ v Stirling Univ - at Dundee [cancelled because of forecast conditions]
18 Mar Cambridge Champs Junior Sculling Head (& postponed Eastern region trials for JIRR) [cancelled because of forecast conditions]
Lincoln Head [cancelled because of weather conditions; rescheduled for April 15th but then cancelled]
BTC Spring Head [cancelled because of forecast weather]
Henley Boat Races [moved to Dorney, but no parking available there; revised schedule now available; streamed live; reports]
Birmingham City University v Aston University - Edgbaston reservoir 12 noon [postponed to Wednesday 21st]
Thames London JIRR trials - Hampton
Wed 21 Mar Birmingham City University v Aston University - Edgbaston reservoir 14:00 [postponed from 18th; results]
UBR Women's Spare Pairs Race 15:30
Fri 23 Mar University Boat Race rehearsal 14:30; Veterans' Boat Race - Putney to Furnival [programme, & reports: from RQ and from HTBS]
24 Mar University Boat Races Women's Boat Race 16:31, Blondie v Osiris 16:46, Goldie v Isis 17:01, Men's Boat Race 17:31 [announcement of umpires;
crew announcements & from BR; late change to OUBC crew; reserve crew announcements;
race reports: Women/ Women reserves/ Men reserves/ Men, + men's report from HTBS]
Ponteland Junior Head
Clydesdale Head [cancelled because of circumstances beyond the club's control]
West Midlands Junior Championships (including JIRR trials) - Stourport this year [postponed from 4 March and moved from Stourport to Worcester]
24-27 Mar GB Junior trials - NWSC
25 Mar Vesta Veterans Head 10:30 (remember BST) [also accepted non-Masters entries; draw now available;
live results apparently didn't work, but results (now with Hammersmith splits)]
Thames South East JIRR trials [postponed from 4 Mar & 17 Mar, now back to Maidstone]
31 Mar Clyde ARC Power Sprint [date changed to April 21st]
APR
1 Apr Easter Sunday
Northwich Spring Head [results]
7 Apr HEAD OF THE RIVER 10:00 provisional [date now changed to Sun 11 Mar]
7-8 Apr GB para-rowing trials - Caversham
8 Apr Abingdon Head [changed from 15 Apr, but now cancelled because of the weather]
Bedford Spring Fours & Small Boats Head [new url, may be temporarily unavailable, but see alternative link for info including poster & now draw;
cancelled because of river conditions]
Wed 11 Apr Liverpool Univ v Liverpool John Moores Univ
14-15 Apr GB Senior, U23, & FISU trials - Caversham [entry list, subject to change; report & results: day 1/ day 2]
14 Apr Chester-le-Street [draw now available; cancelled because of river conditions; now to be held 8 September]
Trafford [not in 2018]
Southampton Coastal Head
Head of the Dart [new url]
North East Regatta - Aberdeen [this year one day only]
15 Apr Abingdon Head [changed to 8 Apr, but subsequently cancelled]
Lincoln Head [rescheduled from March 18th, but now cancelled]
21 Apr Junior Inter-Regional Regatta - NWSC, Nottingham [draw; results] (links no longer work correctly)
Oxford City Bumps
Welsh Boat Race - Cardiff v Swansea - Swansea Marina
Clyde ARC Power Sprint [date changed from March 31st]
22 Apr GB Junior trials - NWSC
Leicester
Viking Shield, Folkestone
Midlands Indoor Rowing Championships
28 Apr Nottingham City [usual date in May not available, nor this date, so now moved to 26 May]
Hammersmith Amateur [timetable now available]
Birmingham [draw now available, & live results]
Head of the Cam [not a BR event this year]
Bristol U v UWE Varsity Match
28-29 Apr Strathclyde Park (& Scottish Student Rowing Championships) [new website; draw now available, & live results (also on Twitter)]
29 Apr Nottingham Masters and Club [usual date in May not available, nor this date, so now moved to 27 May]
Lea Spring
MAY
5 May Chiswick [results will hopefully be tweeted]
Evesham [race schedules (& results when available)]
Merseyside
York Spring
Junior Sculling Regatta, organised by The Scullery [start list & programme now available; results, + adaptive report]
Coalporters
South West Indoor Rowing Competition - organised by Bideford Blues
5-7 May BUCS Regatta - NWSC, Nottingham [list of entries now available, + results]
6 May Wallingford Regatta - Dorney [Entries suspended for 24 hours until 21:00 19th April 2018 so that a BROE2 problem could be investigated;
at the stage BROE2 problem had not been solved, so entries suspended again, & re-opened at 13:30 Sat 21 Apr apparently successfully;
watch regatta website & Twitter feed for further updates; timetable & entry list now available, & now draw too; live stream]
Evesham Sprint [race schedules (& results when available)]
Mon 7 May Marlow Spring [cancelled because of waterlogged boating meadow, but adaptive racing went ahead (see report)]
12 May Bedford Amateur [draw, & live results as available]
Borne at Chiswick Bridge [draw to v2]
Bristol Avon at Saltford [date 
from 19th]
Castle Semple
12-13 May Durham City
Shrewsbury (including West of England Challenge Vase on the Saturday) [draw & results now available]
13 May Ball Cup South (Dorney)
19 May Thames Ditton [live results, excluding some events]
Putney Town
Worcester Spring [new url; race order & live results]
Bristol Avon at Saltford [date to 12th]
Tees
Lymington/ Milford-on-Sea
Hastings Regatta at Bexhill
Glasgow RC Summer [date to June 16th, but then cancelled]
20 May Lancaster
Champs Eights Head (CRA closed event)
Maidenhead Junior (invitation event)
Bexhill
23-26 May Oxford Summer Eights [live racedesk]
25-27 May NATIONAL SCHOOLS - Dorney [message regarding events for 2018; 2018 circular; live video streaming; regatta schedule, draw, & results,
& now results per race links to video for each race]
26 May Nottingham City [new date; usual date in mid-May not available, nor alternative date in April; draw now available]
Twickenham [draw now available]
Wansbeck
Christchurch
Scottish Boat Race - Glasgow U v Edinburgh U - Science Centre, Glasgow [report from HTBS]
26-27 May Monmouth Regatta & Sprint
United Hospitals Bumps
27 May Nottingham Masters and Club [new date; usual date in mid-May not available, nor alternative date in April; draw now available]
Cambridge 99 Spring Regatta (CRA closed event) [provisional draw available]
Mon 28 May Northwich
JUN
2 Jun Hexham
Ryde
Shoreham
2-3 Jun Metropolitan - Dorney [draw & timetable available, & now results too;
Women’s and Open single sculls for both Saturday and Sunday were redrawn because of the shortcomings of the PRI system]
Peterborough [draw, timetable, & results now available]
Hereford
3 Jun Trentham
Shanklin
Brighton and Hove
8-10 Jun Scottish Championships (& Scottish Schools Championships) [new website; results]
9 Jun Blenheim Palace Junior Regatta
Walton & Weybridge [draw & results]
Chester
Bridgnorth
Itchen
Plymouth
Boat Race of the North - Newcastle U v Durham U - 13:30 [postponed from 17 Mar; now to be held at Durham racecourse as part of Durham Regatta]
9-10 Jun Durham
Star
10 Jun Weybridge Ladies
Dover
13-16 Jun Cambridge University May Bumps [results & live commentary from CamFM; multi-year charts: men/ women]
16 Jun Marlow Town [report on adaptive events]
Barnes & Mortlake
Stratford
Woolston [look out for possible strong winds]
Worthing
Wimbleball
Glasgow RC Summer [date from May 19, but then cancelled because not enough entries]
16-17 Jun Reading Amateur [draw & timetable; results]
BRITISH ROWING MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS (further info at www.masterschamps.org) [ draw after scratchings: Sat/ Sun; results: Sat/ Sun/ VL; report from BR]
17 Jun Worthing Town
22-24 Jun HENLEY WOMEN'S REGATTA [2018 rules were published at noon on 1 Dec 2017; draw; results (now also including time trial times & full trees)]
23 Jun Marlow Regatta - Dorney [results]
Tyne [cancelled because of inadequate resources within the club]
St Ives
Swanage
Port of Bideford
Nithsdale
24 Jun Thames Valley Park
York Summer
Folkestone
Fri 29 Jun HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA qualifying races [list of crews required to qualify; qualifying results]
30 Jun Reading Town
Richmond
Peterborough Junior [draw & timetable now available; live results when available]
Bradford Sprint
Poole
Eastbourne
30 Jun -
1 JUL Ironbridge [draw & live results: Sat/ Sun]
1 Jul Egham [draw & live results]
GB J16 trials - NWSC
4-8 Jul HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA [list of entries; draw (+ plain text version from RQ); racing timetable; results;
every race live on YouTube, & BTsport will show live coverage of the last three days]
7 Jul Talkin Tarn [draw now available]
12-16 Jul GB Junior trials - NWSC
13-14 Jul Henley Masters [2018 entry information, including doubling-up restrictions, entry list, & now draw, timetable, & live results]
14 Jul BTC
Deal
City of Exeter
14-15 Jul Kingston [draw & results]
Burton
Llandaff
15 Jul Ball Cup North at Runcorn Junior Regatta
England trials for Home International
Tue 17 - Fri 20 Jul Cambridge Town Bumps [results; multi-year bumps charts: men/ women]
20-22 Jul BRITISH ROWING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - NWSC, Nottingham [live Youtube coverage; results (now including omnium)]
21 Jul Southsea
Home International - Cork IRL
21-22 Jul Molesey
Totnes & Bridgetown Royal
22 Jul Power8 Sprints - Bristol [new event; BBC announcement; will be televised on BT Sport, on Facebook, & on BBC Sport website; now on YouTube & on BBC iPlayer; draw now available;
report & results; survey for fedback]
28 Jul Staines
Warrington
Newport - Fours
Herne Bay
Falmouth
28-29 Jul St Neots
Bewdley
29 Jul Burway Sprint [apparently still no info on 2018 regatta?]
Newport - Small Boats & Junior
AUG
2-5 Aug European Sports Championships - rowing at Strathclyde Park (further detail on my international events calendar)
4 Aug Henley T&V [provisional timetable now available]
Sudbury
Bournemouth (will take place at Hamworthy Park, Poole) [not taking place in 2018; regatta now back on]
5 Aug Hants & Dorset Championship/ SCC Selection row-offs - if required (Dock Head, Soton)
Appledore & Instow
11 Aug Maidenhead
Paignton
11-12 Aug Peterborough Summer [draw & timetable now available; results: Sat/ Sun]
Stourport [draw now available]
17-19 Aug BR Offshore Champs in FISA coastal boats, and Commonwealth Beach Sprint Championships - Sandbanks, Poole [ timetable; BR preview;
Commonwealth event report & results; Offshore Champs report]
18 Aug Warwick
Danson Dashes
18-19 Aug Oxford City Regatta [results will be available at EasyRegatta]
British Rowing Sculling Festival [Sunday schedule because of forecast weather; results]
25 Aug CARA Regatta - venue tbc, + CARA row offs
Torbay Royal
Aberdeen Sprint
25-26 Aug Gloucester [results from easyregatta]
26 Aug Ross Masters & Juniors Sprint [draw now available; results from easyregatta]
Mon 27 Aug Ross Open [draw now available; results from easyregatta]
Thu 30 Aug Port of Dartmouth Royal
SEP
1 Sep North of England Sprint Championships
Tyne Single Scullers Head
2 Sep Lea Autumn
Great Ouse Marathon [provisional draw now available, & now results]
Tue 4 Sep Doggett's Coat & Badge [preview from HTBS, note re exhibition, & reports from BR & from HTBS; documentary film about the race]
8 Sep Worcester Autumn [new url]
Chester-le-Street [postponed from 14 April]
Saints Regatta - Loch Ore Meadow [date to Sun 9 Sep]
Great River Race
8-9 Sep South Coast Championships - Deal
9 Sep Cambridge Autumn
Upton Beginners
Saints Regatta - Loch Ore Meadow [date from Sat 8 Sep]
15 Sep Isis Sculls
Bradford Autumn
Milton Keynes [date to 22 Sep]
16 Sep Boston Marathon [results]
22 Sep York Autumn Sculls [date to 30 Sep]
Yare Cup
Milton Keynes [date from 15 Sep; timetable now available]
Penarth
23 Sep Chester LDSc [cancelled because of the weather forecast and the rapidly rising river levels - rescheduled to 25 Nov]
Maidstone SBH
Monmouth Autumn Head [cancelled because of river conditions]
29 Sep Wallingford LDSc [live results]
Runcorn Autumn Head
Durham Autumn Sprint
Cambridge SBH
30 Sep York Autumn Sculls [date from 22 Sep]
OCT
6 Oct Pairs Head 15:00 [updated start order; final results]
Worcester SBH [changed url]
Tyne LDSc (Northern LDSc series) & Tyne United SBH
6-7 Oct Scottish Schools Heads
7 Oct St Neots SBH
Burton Head
Head of the Don
13 Oct Reading SBH [because of weather conditions, some of the younger Junior events have been cancelled; results]
Tees LDSc (Northern LDSc series) & Tees SBH [cancelled because of forecast wind and rain]
Monkton Bluefriars SBH [because of high southerly winds forecast, the short course divisions B & D are cancelled]
Evesham Jun Head [ cancelled because of forecast of strong gusty winds]
Agecroft SBH
Cambridge Autumn Head
Clydesdale Scullers Head, Glasgow [organisers are keeping an eye on the weather; likely to be 3km course]
14 Oct Bedford Autumn Fours & SBH [draw; results after each division]
Ancholme Head [further info]
Cardiff Autumn Head [results from rowtimer when available; cancelled because of increase in flow and forecast for rain on Sunday]
20 Oct Weybridge Silver Sculls
Berwick LDSc (Northern LDSc series)
Clyde 3 Heads
20-21 Oct BRITISH ROWING SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - NWSC, Nottingham [BR report & results]
21 Oct Medway Head [website may not be available]
22-26 Oct Cambridge University Fours
Thu 25 Oct Wingfield Sculls [13:15 women's race - 2 remaining entries / 14:30 men's race - 4 remaining entries; report from HTBS]
27 Oct Marlow LDSc [unable to run in 2018 because of unavailability of boating facilities at Longridge]
Nottingham Autumn Head [date from Sun 28th; draw]
Dee Autumn Head [single division this year]
Norfolk LDSc
Wansbeck LDSc (Northern LDSc series) and Wansbeck SBH [cancelled because of forecast conditions]
27-28 Oct Aberdeen 4s & SB Heads
28 Oct Upper Thames Autumn Head [ draw, now including banding]
Nottingham Autumn Head [date to Sat 27th]
Gloucester LD Head
Huntingdon Head
NOV
3 Nov Fours Head 12:00 [draw; if travelling by SWR train, check effects of RMT strike;
results now final]
Pangbourne Junior Sc [cancelled for 2018]
South Hylton LDSc (Northern LDSc series)
4 Nov Veteran 4s Head 13:00 [final start order; race finishes at Ranelagh Sailing Club;
final results]
Stourport SBH [date to 11th]
City of Bristol Autumn Head [date from 11th, but now cancelled]
10 Nov Henley Sculls
Kingston SBH
Durham LDSc (Northern LDSc series) & Durham Autumn SBH
Peterborough Autumn Head [tbc - not held in 2017; not to be held in 2018 either]
TayForth - Stirling Univ v Dundee Univ
GB para-rowing trials - Caversham
10-11 Nov Inverness 4s & SB Heads
GB Senior & U23 trials - Boston [preview, & report from BR with links to results]
11 Nov Docklands SBH
Northwich Autumn Head [results]
Stourport SBH [date from 4th]
City of Bristol Autumn Head [date to 4th]
Ely SBH
16-17 Nov Scottish Rowing Indoor Championships (Fri 16 Schools, Sat 17 Open) [new website]
17 Nov Teddington Head
Avon Autumn Head
Cambridge Winter Head
Loughborough Winter Soar Head
GB Junior trials - Boston
18 Nov York SBH
Star Club Head [results]
Head of the Lune
Fri 23 Nov Welsh Schools Indoor Championships
24 Nov Hampton SBH (Jun) [results on myracetime apparently delayed, but have been emailed to coaches & now available on school website]
Evesham Main Head / Masters of the Avon
Glasgow RC 4s Hd
Welsh Indoor Championships
Cambridge University Clare Novices Regatta
25 Nov Wallingford 4s & 8s Hd
Lincoln University Beginners’ Head [perhaps not?]
Chester LDSc [rescheduled to this date from 23 Sep]
Thu 29 - Fri 30 Nov Cambridge University Fairbairn Cup
DEC
1 Dec Vesta Scullers Head 10:00 [cancelled, because of adverse weather forecast]
Burway SBH [new url]
Wycliffe SBH
Liverpool Victoria Head of the Float
Newark Head
Rutherford Head
University of York White Rose Head [cancelled because of weather]
University of Bristol Head
Fri 7 Dec Oxford trial eights - P to M
(now retimed to 11:10 OUWBC & 12:15 OUBC; crews now announced; reports: OUBC race/ OUWBC race)
8 Dec Derby Really Small Boats Head [not running in 2018]
Walton SBH [date from 15 Dec, but cancelled because of forecast high winds]
British Rowing Indoor Championships Lee Valley VeloPark [results now available, + report]
9 Dec Monmouth Christmas Head [cancelled because of river level, debris, & strong stream]
Mon 10 Dec Cambridge trial eights - P to M (crews announced; reports: CUBC race/ CUWBC race)
15 Dec Walton SBH [date to 8 Dec, but then cancelled]
GB Senior & U23 trials - Caversham
Remenham Challenge - (for crews from Remenham founding clubs only) [results now available]
Wed 19 Dec UL trial eights
22 Dec GB para-rowing trials - Caversham
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