1998 GB Rowing Calendar

Page last updated 13 Dec 2000


JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC (+ links to Other events)

JAN98
17 Jan  Icicle Head of the Docks
18 Jan  Reading Winter Warmer
24 Jan  Cambridge Head to Head
31 Jan  Hampton Head [results page]

FEB98
1  Feb  Stourport Head
7  Feb  Henley Fours and Eights Head
        Peterborough Head of the Nene
         [including eights results page, and by events,
                and small boats results page, and by events]
        Wycliffe Big Head
        Durham Head [results page]
        Warrington Head of the Mersey
        Clyde Head [results page]
8  Feb  Remenham Challenge [new event]
14 Feb  Molesey Veteran Head
         [results updated to include handicaps, and pennant winners]
        Henley Schools Head
        Glasgow University Western Head [results]
        Norwich Head
        South Yorks Head [incl start order, and results]
14-15 Feb National Squad Assessments - Women - Henley [results page]
          Junior Squad Assessments - Kingston
15 Feb  Tideway Time Trials
        Bedford Head
         [start order, results, and by events]
21 Feb  Burway Head [results page]
        Inverness Head
        Worcester Head
21-22 Feb National Squad Assessments - Men - Peterborough [results page]
22 Feb  Greenwich Fours Head
        Janousek Sculls & Small Boats Head
         [results (and accompanying music!) from Mikrotime]
        Nottingham Head of Trent
24-28 Feb Cambridge Lents (NOTE: now spread over 5 days, not 4)
           [results now available : men & women,
              also in colour : men & women (from St Annes, Ox)]
28 Feb  Reading University Head [or here;
         start order now available,
           & results from RQ or row2k before availability on RUBC's site]
        Tyne Head [EVENT POSTPONED TO 14th MARCH]
        Worcester Head
        Runcorn Eights Head
        Clydesdale Fours Head [results page]
28 Feb
 - 1 Mar  Junior Squad Assessments - Peterborough

MAR98
1  Mar  Reading Veterans, Womens & Juniors Head
        Medway Fours Head [results page]
        City of Bristol Head [changed date]
4-7 Mar  Oxford Torpids [only 3 days' racing, Saturday cancelled;
          final results in colour : men & women (from St Annes)]
7  Mar  WOMEN'S EIGHTS HEAD (1115)
        UPDATED version of results here on my pages;
          also by events and alphabetical. [UPDATED pages]
        Upton Head
        Avon County Head
        Scots Schools Fours Head
        Yorkshire Head
8  Mar  Weybridge Veterans Head [results page]
9  Mar  SCHOOLS HEAD (1330 & 1415) [results link]
14 Mar  Kingston Head [starting order page and results;
         note shortened course this year because of Bridge repair work]
        Tyne Head [results page; EVENT POSTPONED FROM 28th FEB]
        North of England Head (Chester)
15 Mar  Gloucester Head
        London Business Houses Head [results page]
21 Mar  HEAD OF THE RIVER (1000) [replaces previous link]
         [Results in finish order, alphabetical,  & splits,
          (and at www.mouchel.com, results in finish order, in start order,
            alpha, & splits, also results for previous years)
          As the results may not be available at the above URLs, I have now mirrored:
           results in finish order, in start order, alpha, & splits]
        Berwick Head
22 Mar  Vesta Veterans Head (1100) [start order & new results url]
        WOMEN'S AND LIGHTWEIGHTS' UNIVERSITY BOAT RACES - Henley (14:00)
         Report & results from REGATTA Online
         [CUWBC, Blondie, CUWBC LtWt, CULRC, OUWBC, Osiris, OUWLRC, OULRC] 
28 Mar  UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE (1315) [new times and records]
         Crew lists & report [& Isis/Goldie report] from Regatta Online)
         [CUBC, Goldie (page under construction), OUBC, Isis]  
        Teddington Sculls (link no longer available?) [results page]
29 Mar  Abingdon Head [results]

APR98
4  Apr  SCULLERS HEAD (1030) [start order,
         results in finish order and in club order, also results on VRC site
          but not yet available at www.mouchel.com]
4  Apr    National Squad invitation Trials - Men
           - 3000m Peterborough
5  Apr  Veteran Scullers Head
        Bedford Spring Fours & Small Boats Head [results, & in event order]
7-9 Apr   National Squad invitation Trials - Men & Women
           - 2000m NWSC Nottingham
11-19 Apr National Squad team formation camp (by invitation)
           - Men & Women - Hazewinkel
13 Apr  Northwich Spring Head [results: Div 1, Div 2, Div 3]
18 Apr  Putney Town Juniors & Novices
        Adur Head
        Nithsdale Junior
24-26 Apr Under-23 Trials - 2000m - NWSC Nottingham
25 Apr  Hammersmith Amateur
        Birmingham [draw available, & now also results]
        Southampton Head
        Head of the Dart
        Tyne at Home [event cancelled: see NERN]
        Strathclyde International (ML) [results]
26 Apr  Poplar Spring (ML) [results from Mikrotime]
        Leicester [CANCELLED for 1998, because of bridge building work]
        Head of the Ouse
        Runcorn
        Tyne [event cancelled: see NERN]
        Strathclyde International (ML) [results]
29 Apr  Wingfield Sculls [report from Regatta Online]

MAY98
2  May  Wallingford [draw for Saturday]
         (regatta postponed due to floods, see RQ notice,
           but not now to be rescheduled this year)
        Chiswick
        BUSA Championships
         (& British Women's Regional Championships [new event])
         [draw now available; and Results on Martin Saxon's site]
        Evesham
         (postponed, see notice on RQ news page) [provisionally to 5/6 Sept]
        Merseyside
        York Spring
3  May  Wallingford [draw for Sunday]
         (regatta postponed due to floods, see RQ notice,
           but not now to be rescheduled this year)
        Evesham Sprint
         (postponed, see notice on RQ news page) [provisionally to 5/6 Sept]
        Bideford Head
        Sefton Southport Sprint
4  May  Marlow Spring
        Sheffield & Doncaster May Day
9  May  Putney Amateur [results page; see also RQ's notice]
        Notts City (ML) [Results on Martin Saxon's site]
        Shrewsbury
        Avon County Schools (ML) [results page]
        Worthing
        Durham City
        North East (Scotland)
        Borne
10 May  Notts City (ML) [Results on Martin Saxon's site]
        Shrewsbury Sprint
        Durham City
        North East (Scotland)
16 May  Putney Town
        Bedford Amateur [including draw and results]
        Thames Ditton [changed location:
         owing to work on the river bank in the Thames Ditton enclosure,
          this year the regatta took place at Molesey]
        Coate Water Park (ML)
        Chester
        Bradford Sprint
        Clydesdale
17 May  Cambridge Sprint
        Bewdley Spring Sprint
        Chester
23 May  Metropolitan (ML) 
         [including draw & timetable;
           earlier results and later results now available]
        National Schools (ML) [including results]
         [Results also on Martin Saxon's site, new url]
        Worcester (including West of England Challenge Vase) 
        Plymouth Sprint
        Cambridge 99 Mays Regatta [results]
24 May  Metropolitan (ML)
         [including draw & timetable;  results listed by events,  
           also earlier results and later results now available] 
        National Schools (ML) [including results]
         [Results also on Martin Saxon's site, new url]
        Monmouth
        Northwich Sprint
25 May  Hereford
        Northwich
27-30 May Oxford Summer Eights
           [bumps charts from St Annes, Mansfield, and Oriel]
30 May  Twickenham [draw now available (also on TwRC site), and results]
        Peterborough (ML) [draw & results]
        Welsh National Championships
        Southampton Town
        Tees
        Castle Semple [notice on RQ's noticeboard;
              & results from RQ & from SARA]
        Hastings
31 May  Peterborough Sprint (ML) [draw & results]

JUN98
6  Jun  Docklands (ML) [results from Mikrotime]
        Walton [now including results]
        Torpoint
        Hexham
7  Jun  Docklands (ML)
         [morning results from Mikrotime, afternoon racing cancelled]
        Weybridge Ladies
        Hove
        Northern Universities Boat Race
10-13 Jun Cambridge Mays [link,
            + results: men / women;  including splendid performances from LMBC!
            also coloured bumps charts from St Annes Oxford: M & W]
13 Jun  Barnes & Mortlake
        Reading Amateur [draw from RQ; results now available from Mikrotime
           (for those races before racing was abandoned due to adverse weather)
            and how to get there, with maps]
        Star
        Bridgnorth
        Poole
        Shoreham
        Falmouth
        Agecroft
        Durham
        Scottish Championships [Saturday results]
14 Jun  Reading Amateur [draw from RQ; results now available from Mikrotime
            and how to get there, with maps]
        Star Sprint
        Loughborough/National Veterans (ML)  
          [Results on Martin Saxon's site]
        Durham
        Scottish Championships [Sunday results]
19 Jun   No qualifying races required for HWR
20 Jun  HENLEY WOMEN'S [draw ; full results: replacing 8s, 4s, 2s, 1s]
        Marlow Amateur [draw page, and results]
        Peterborough Vets (ML)
        Stratford-upon-Avon
        Milford
        Plymouth
        York Summer
        Horseferry
21 Jun  HENLEY WOMEN'S [draw ; full results: replacing 8s, 4s, 2s, 1s]
        Upton-on-Severn
        Lancaster
        Thames Valley Park
26 Jun  HENLEY ROYAL [qualifying races: timetable,
          with list of crews required to qualify, and now qualifying results]
          [news of record entry; full entry list]
27 Jun  Richmond
        Reading Town
        Ironbridge [Saturday results]
        Ryde
        Wimbleball
        Doncaster and Leeds [including draw and results]
        Nithsdale
        Peterborough J14 [results]
28 Jun  Egham
        Ironbridge Sprint [Sunday results]
        Shanklin
        Bexhill

JUL98
1  Jul  HENLEY ROYAL  [Wednesday results]
         [draw, also in plain text from RQ; timetable;
         news of record entry; 552 crews; full entry list]
2  Jul  HENLEY ROYAL [Thursday results]
3  Jul  HENLEY ROYAL [Friday results]
4  Jul  HENLEY ROYAL [Saturday results]
4  Jul  Southampton Coalporters
        Totnes & Bridgetown Royal
        Talkin Tarn [record entry; see NERN]
        Folkestone
5  Jul  HENLEY ROYAL [Sunday results;
         also results & reports from the Henley Standard;
         ... and if the old links don't work: HRR archived results]
        Dart-Totnes Invitation
11 Jul  Kingston [results]
        Henley Veterans
        Burton-on-Trent
        Llandaff
        Southsea
        Exeter
12 Jul  Bedford Quarts Sprint [also here; & draw page]
        Burton Sprint
        City of Bristol
        Llandaff Sprint
13 Jul  Doggetts Coat & Badge
17 Jul  NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Strathclyde [draw, & Friday results]
18 Jul  NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Strathclyde [draw, & Saturday results]
        Molesey [draw, timetable & results pages, also results on MBC pages]
        Nottingham Sprint [1998 page] [regatta cancelled]
        Penarth
        Newport
        West of England Veterans
19 Jul  NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Strathclyde [draw, & Sunday results]
        Mumbles
        Appledore & Instow
25 Jul  Staines [results & draw]
        St Neots
        Bewdley
        Swanage
        Disabled Henley
        Home International, Strathclyde
        South Yorkshire Sprint [new date: Doncaster & Leeds Sprint: 27 Jun]
26 Jul  St Neots Sprint
        Bewdley Sprint
        Herne Bay
28-31 Jul  Cambridge Town Bumps [starting order, & results]

AUG98
1  Aug  Greenwich
        Henley Town & Visitors [results, & on new HRC website]
        Bournemouth
        Warrington
        Deal
2  Aug  Sudbury [new results now available, and report from Trevor Chambers]
        Dover
8  Aug  Maidenhead
         [(web camera not available this year),
           with draw (provisional), & results now available]
        Stourport [date changed since earlier provisional calendar]
        Woolston
        Paignton
        Inverness Sprint
        Eastbourne
9  Aug  Stourport Sprint [date changed since earlier provisional calendar]
15 Aug  Peterborough Summer (ML) [incl Saturday draw, timetable, & results]
        Christchurch
16 Aug  Peterborough Summer (ML) [incl Sunday draw, timetable, & results]
22 Aug  Hammersmith Summer
        Oxford City [including draw, timetable, map, & results]
        Warwick Invitation
        BTC (Southampton)
        Torbay Royal
        North West Veterans
        Royal West (Scotland)
23 Aug  Abingdon [including draw & timetable;  results to follow]
27 Aug  Port of Dartmouth Royal
29 Aug  Danson Dashes
        Gloucester
        Vospers
        Loch Lomond Sprint
30 Aug  Ross V & Sc
        Bristol Avon (ML) [notice on RQ's pages]
        CARA Sprints
31 Aug  Ross

SEP98
5  Sep  Nithsdale Sprint
        Great River Race
          [Start Ham House 1430, then: Richmond 1445, Kew 1515, Chiswick 1530, 
            Hammersmith 1555, Putney 1615, Wandsworth 1625, Battersea 1635,
            Lambeth 1650, Westminster 1655, Tower 1710, finish Island Gardens 1745]
        Evesham [Saturday draw; rearranged date]
6 Sep   Evesham Sprint [Sunday draw; rearranged date]
12 Sep  Bideford
        Talkin Tarn Veterans
        Clydesdale Sprint
13 Sep  Cambridge Autumn [on '99  site, including results & timetable,
         also notice on RQ's pages]
        Worcester Veterans & Juniors
19 Sep  City of Swansea
        South Coast Championships (Falmouth)
        Bradford Autumn Sprint
        Berwick
        Aberdeen Sprint
20 Sep  Boston Marathon
        Aberdeen Sprint
26 Sep  York Sprint
        Durham Veterans & Juniors
        Glasgow Sprint
27 Sep  Star Great Ouse Sculling Challenge [& results]

OCT98
3  Oct  Wallingford Long Distance Sculls [start order & results]
        Norfolk Long Distance Sculls
        Chester Long Distance Sculls
        Castle Semple Sprint
4  Oct  Maidstone Scullers Head
        Welsh Autumn Small Boats Head
10 Oct  Weybridge Silver Sculls [on WRC pages, now including results]
        Wansbeck Long Distance Sculls [results from NERN]
11 Oct  St Neots Head [results]
        Ancholme Head
        Worcester Small Boats Head
17 Oct  Pairs Head [replacing recent url, & another old url;
         1998 results]
        Cambridge Small Boats Head [new pages on Rob Roy site, including results]
        Gloucester Long Distance Head
        Runcorn October Head [results]
        Tyne Long Distance Sculls [results from NERN]
        Kingston Junior Head [results]
18 Oct  Reading Small Boats Head [& results]
        Bedford Autumn Fours & Small Boats Head [details:
         including draw by division, and sorted within event;
         Results overall & by events now available]
        Nottingham Scullers Head
24 Oct  Marlow Long Distance Sculls [results]
        Norfolk & Suffolk Small Boats Head
        Dee Autumn Head [cancelled due to river conditions]
        Tees Long Distance Sculls
         [cancelled due to high winds and dangerous conditions]
25 Oct  Upper Thames Small Boats Head
         [cancelled due to shortage of entries]
31 Oct  Henley Scullers Head [cancelled on EA's instructions] 
        Berwick Long Distance Sculls [results from NERN]
        Clydesdale Scullers Head
        Cambridge Autumn Head [changed date;
         new pages on Rob Roy site; draw; results now available]

NOV98
1  Nov  Janousek Fours Head [results]
        Monmouth Head [cancelled due to river conditions]
        GB squad trials: M&W - Peterborough [cancelled due to river conditions] 
7  Nov  Pangbourne Junior Sculls [date changed to 14 Nov, then cancelled]
        Northwich Autumn Head
        Wear Long Distance Sculls [results from NERN]
        Clyde ARC Small Boats Head
8  Nov  Cambridge Autumn Head [date changed to 31 Oct]
        Docklands Small Boats Head
14 Nov  FOURS HEAD [draw, & results: Finish order, alphabetic, & by events]
        Cambridge Winter Head [including results]
        Hylton Long Distance Sculls [results from NERN]
        Caledonian Fours Head (Inverness)
        Pangbourne Junior Sculls [date changed from 7 Nov][NOW CANCELLED] 
15 Nov  Kingston Small Boats Head [new pages,
         including instructions to competing crews]
         [rearranged to 23 Jan 99 but now 
           CANCELLED DUE TO ADVERSE RIVER CONDITIONS] 
        Stourport Small Boats Head [this one cancelled too]
21 Nov  Tiffin Small Boats Head [results: div 1 & div 2]
        Monkton Bluefriars Small Boat Head [start order & results]
        Trafford Head
        Aberdeen Fours Head
        GB squad trials: Junior - Peterborough
22 Nov  York Small Boats Head
        Aberdeen Small Boats Head
        British Indoor Rowing Championships [list of winners, & full results]
26-28 Nov Clare Novices Regatta (Cambridge Univ.) [including results]
28 Nov  Hampton Junior/ Schools Small Boats Head
         [results now available: overall, & by events]
        Evesham Head [results]
        University of Bristol Head [results]
29 Nov  Marlow Fours & Pairs Head [results]
        Totnes Mini Head

DEC98
3-4 Dec  Fairbairn Cup Races (Cambridge Univ.) [including results]
5  Dec  Thames World Sculling Challenge [men & women]
         [moved to 2 April 1999 - new info]
        Walton Small Boats Head 
         [new website now including updated results]
        Wycliffe Small Boats Head [starting order]
        Liverpool Victoria Head of the Float
        Rutherford Head [results from NERN]
        Norwich Head [new date] 
        Ibis Head [results from AKRC]
        Glasgow Fours Head [postponed to 30 Jan 99]
6  Dec  Maidstone Small Boats Head [results from RQ]
        Wallingford Head [updated results & starting order]
        Newark Small Boats Head [results from RQ]
12 Dec  Burway Small Boats Head [results from RQ]
13 Dec  Tideway Small Boats Head
19 Dec  GB squad trials: Men - Peterborough - results: H2-, H1x, HPL2-, HPL1x
20 Dec  GB squad trials: Women - Henley - results: run 1, run 2


Other events:

Scottish events in 1998

International events in 1998

Skiff racing events in 1998

Hants & Dorset ARA events in 1998

West of England ARA events in 1998

Cambridge University events 1998/9

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