1999 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)

JANUARY 99

17 Jan  Boston Head
23 Jan  Cambridge Head to Head [results]
        Kingston Small Boats Head [rearranged from Nov 98]
          [EVENT CANCELLED OWING TO ADVERSE RIVER CONDITIONS]
24 Jan  Cambridge Winter League [results, and by class]
30 Jan  Hampton Head [Race moved to Tideway (UL to Chiswick Eyot);
           results now available, & by events]
        Glasgow RC Paragon Fours Head [changed date, postponed from Dec 98]
31 Jan  Stourport Head [start order, on Birmingham RC site]
         [race cancelled owing to river conditions]

FEBRUARY 99

6  Feb  Henley Fours Head [HRC website: 4s head page]
         [race cancelled on advice from the Environment Agency]
        Peterborough Head [start order & results on PCRC site,
          poster & results (8s & small boats) from RQ]
        Wycliffe Eights & Fours Head [brief report in The Times]
        Warrington Head of the Mersey
        Durham Head [pages from NERN (including results), and from DARC]
7  Feb  Greenwich Fours Head [changed date, moved from 14 Feb]
13 Feb  Henley Schools Head
        Norwich Head [now moved to December 1998]
        South Yorks Head [start order & results] & see new url
        GB squad trials: Men - Peterborough [results: run 1, run 2],
          Junior - Kingston
        Glasgow Univ Western Head [poster]
14 Feb  Bedford Eights & Fours Head [details,
          including results: overall & by events]
        Gloucester Winter Head
        GB squad trials: Women - Henley [results: run 1, run 2],
          Junior - Kingston
20 Feb  Burway Head [results]
        Avon County Head [poster, draw, and results]
        UL Head [results on QBC site]
21 Feb  Tideway Time Trials [results]
        Head of the Cam
23-27 Feb Cambridge Lents [including starting orders: M & W, & results M & W]
27 Feb  Molesey Veterans Head [results (now on MBC site),
         also poster, letter to clubs, & starting order]
        Worcester Head [results: div 1, div 2]
        Tyne Head [details from NERN, and results]
28 Feb  Janousek Sculls and Small Boats Head
         [results, poster & entry list]
        Nottingham Head of Trent [results from Birmingham RC]
        Exeter University Head
        Remenham Challenge [men's & women's events both won by Vesta]

MARCH 99

3-6 Mar Oxford Torpids [replacing old url:
         bumps charts from St Annes: M & W
                 and from Mansfield: M & W]
6  Mar  Reading University Head [poster, & news from RQ;
          results now available, as the stream did allow the race to happen]
        Upton Head
        Runcorn Eights Head
7  Mar  Medway Fours Head
        City of Bristol Head
        Abingdon Head [notice from RQ:
         race CANCELLED through lack of entries on changed date]
        GB squad trials: Junior - Peterborough
12 Mar  Schools Head (1130 & 1215) [start order info,
         also available at the Rowing Service: long start, short start.
          Results from the Rowing Service now available:
          by events, and overall orders from long start and short start,
          and I have also included an unofficial list of pennant winners]
13 Mar  WOMEN'S EIGHTS HEAD 
         [results overall, alphabetical, & by events 
          link to Headraces site, and report from WIRe;
          also available: start order.
          Pre-race press release at the Rowing Service.
          Report in The Sunday Times] 
        Yorkshire Head [results]
        Berwick Head [race CANCELLED through lack of entries]
14 Mar  Weybridge Veterans Head [on WRC pages, incl start order & results]
        Hammersmith Head [results]
20 Mar  Kingston Head  results (now available), and poster (gif);
         please note corrections if you've been looking at the older version
          of the old poster:
         The closing date was 12th March and the address for entries is:
          Bury Chase Cottage, Bury Chase, Felsted, Essex CM6 3DQ. 01371 821276
          [Additional event now available beyond those on poster: S4 8o]
        North of England Head [results]
21 Mar  Gloucester Head [results]
        Head of the Ouse (CARA) [new results link]
26-28 Mar  GB squad trials: JW/ JM scull
27 Mar  HEAD OF THE RIVER [results, in finish & alphabetic order,
         also split times, though not in event order;
         also see report from RQ; alternative results site not available?;
         As the results may not be available at the above URLs, I have now mirrored:
          results in finish order, alpha, & splits.
         also see Sudbury RC's updated analysis of the results.]
28 Mar  Vesta Veterans Head [results, & start order]
        Abingdon Head [date changed  to 7th March]
        WOMEN'S AND LIGHTWEIGHTS' UNIVERSITY BOAT RACES - Henley
         [report from RQ]
29-31 Mar  GB squad trials: JM sweep
31 Mar  Veterans' University Boat Race (13:00)
         [reports from Daily Telegraph & The Times]

APRIL 99

1-6 Apr  GB Junior squad pre-Munich training camp
2  Apr  Thames World Sculling Challenge [results from Regatta On-Line]
         [press release & history & athletes' biographies;
          race day previews in The Times, Daily Telegraph, and The Guardian;
          changed date, reported in Daily Telegraph (and a change to the line-up),
          also in The Times]
3  Apr  UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE [link from Regatta On-Line. Race report from RQ.
          Crews: CUBC (also CUBC page, soon to be at new url), OUBC;
            also Goldie (also Goldie page) & Isis 
            (And again a race report from RQ,
              with Goldie setting a new record time for the reserve race)]
          [Press links, thanks to RQ;
           also: Weigh-In reports: Telegraph, Times, Independent, & CNN;
           Various reports in the FT; Challenge reports: Times & Telegraph,
            & another report in the Telegraph]
          Unofficial times of both races.
        Glasgow Scullers Head
5  Apr  Northwich Head [results]
10 Apr  SCULLERS HEAD (1115) [start order & results]
11 Apr  Veteran Scullers Head
        Fowey Head
        Bedford Spring Fours & Small Boats Head [results now available]
13-15 Apr  GB Trials
          [reports & results (Semi-Finals & Finals) in the Daily Telegraph]
17 Apr  Putney Juniors & Novices ?
        Teddington Sculls [start order & results]
        Southampton Coast Head
        Nithsdale Junior
18 Apr  Adur Head [new results link]
        London Marathon: among the runners was Harry Mahon, 
         GBR sculling coach & CUBC coach, running for cancer charities.
         He would appreciate your support.
24 Apr  Birmingham [poster; results now available]
        Hammersmith Amateur
        Dart Head
        Strathclyde International [draw & Saturday results]
25 Apr  Poplar Spring [location map]
        Leicester [including timetable]
        Strathclyde International [draw & Sunday results]
29 Apr  Wingfield Sculls [reports in The Times, Daily Telegraph, & Regatta;
         previews in The Times and Daily Telegraph, & photos (new link)]

MAY 99

1  May  Wallingford [Saturday draw and results]
        Chiswick [updated details] [results]
        BUSA Regatta & Women's Inter-Regional Championships
         [draw, & details in Regatta Online; results from Martin Saxon & from ARA]
        Evesham [notice & results on RQ's page]
        Worthing (H&D) [results]
        Merseyside
        York Spring
2  May  Wallingford [Sunday draw and results]
        Evesham Sprint [notice & results on RQ's page]
3  May  Marlow Spring [results]
        Welsh Nat Champs (Monmouth)
8  May  Nottingham City [results from Martin Saxon;
          Saturday racing stopped mid-afternoon on safety grounds]
        Putney Amateur [cancelled owing to lack of entries: info from RQ] 
        Borne
        Avon County Schools [poster, & results]
        Durham City
        Castle Semple 
        Newport [results from H&D ARA]
9  May  Nottingham City [results from Martin Saxon]
        Danson Dashes
        Bideford Head
        Durham City
12-14 May  United Hospitals' Bumps [results]
15 May  Bedford Amateur [draw, & results]
        Thames Ditton [which was again held at Molesey this year]
        Putney Town
        Shrewsbury
        Shanklin [date changed to 29 May]
        Tyne at Home [results]
        North East (Scotland) [draw]
        Edinburgh/ Glasgow Universities Boat Race [report]
16 May  Cambridge Sprint
        Shrewsbury Sprint
        Ryde [date changed to 30 May]
        Tyne (Joint) [cancelled for 1999]
        North East (Scotland) [draw]
22 May  Metropolitan [or this new url] [1999 details, Saturday draw & timetable]
         [location map]
         Racing abandoned after 10 races; NEW info about refunds
        Coate Water Park
        Milford [postponed to Sat 3 Jul, & again to Sun 29 Aug]
        Chester [+ report & results in Daily Telegraph]
        Clydesdale
23 May  Metropolitan [or this new url] [1999 details, Sunday draw & timetable]
         [location map]
         Racing cancelled because of wind; NEW info about refunds
        Chester
26-29 May Oxford Summer Eights [replacing old url]
           Bumps charts: M & W from St Annes,
                         M & W past years' charts from Mansfield
29 May  NATIONAL SCHOOLS [links to Saturday draw (& text file),
         & to results from Martin Saxon & on NSR site]
        Worcester
        Twickenham [draw] 
        Doncaster 
        Shanklin [changed date; abandoned after 5 races: NEW date Sat 26 Jun]
	Cambridge Nines Invitation Regatta [Cambridge College Eights: results] 
30 May  NATIONAL SCHOOLS [links to Sunday draw (& text file),
         & to results from Martin Saxon & on NSR site]
        Monmouth
        Northwich Sprint
        Tees
        Ryde [changed date; results from H&DARA]
31 May  Hereford
        Northwich

JUNE 99

4 Jun    Cambridge Mays getting-on race [results]
5  Jun  Docklands [location map, & entry form; Saturday timetable;
         racing 0830 - 1630; results will be available from Mikrotime]
         [THIS WEEKEND'S LONDON DOCKLANDS REGATTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED
           OWING TO THE CONDITIONS ON THE COURSE IN THE STRONG WINDS.
           THE DECISION WAS MADE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE FORECAST
           DID NOT HOLD OUT HOPES OF IMPROVED WEATHER, AND THE ORGANISERS
           WANTED TO AVOID WASTED JOURNEYS FOR COMPETITORS.]
        Walton [link to timetable]
        Peterborough [draw & timetable, + results]
        Shoreham
        Southampton Town [results from H&DARA]
        Hexham
6  Jun  Docklands [location map, & entry form; Sunday timetable;
         racing 0900 - 1400; results will be available from Mikrotime]
         [THIS WEEKEND'S LONDON DOCKLANDS REGATTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED,
           see announcement above]
        Weybridge Ladies
        Peterborough [draw & timetable, + results] 
        Northern Universities Boat Race [report]
9-12 Jun Cambridge Mays [including bumps charts: M & W,
          + perhaps later coloured versions from St Annes Oxford: M & W;
          + report on RQ's site]
12 Jun  Reading Amateur [including draw]
        Star [Saturday results]
        Durham [Saturday draw & results]
        Barnes & Mortlake [new results from MAABC]
        Bridgnorth
        Poole [results from H&DARA]
        Plymouth
        Agecroft
        Bradford Sprint [cancelled]
        SARA/ Schools Champs [Saturday results]
13 Jun  Reading Amateur [including draw]
        Loughborough/ NATIONAL VETERANS [link to results from Martin Saxon]
        Durham [Sunday draw & results]
        Star Sprint [Sunday results]
        SARA/ Schools Champs [Sunday results]
        Hove (CARA) [new results link]
18 Jun  HENLEY WOMEN'S - No qualifying races required
19 Jun  HENLEY WOMEN'S [NOW including draw, (& results now available);
          Preview of HWR, & HWR feature from WIRe;
          photo of Sue Appelboom on her 10th victory, thanks to CDRS]
        Marlow Amateur [draw, timetable, & results,
         also draw as GIF files on RQ's site]
        Horseferry
        Stratford-upon-Avon
        Vospers [results from H&DARA]
        Totnes Royal
        York Summer
        Nithsdale
20 Jun  HENLEY WOMEN'S [1999 details;
          NOW including draw, (& results now available);
          Preview of HWR, & HWR feature from WIRe,
          reports from RQ & from the Daily Telegraph,
          photos from NLRoei, and report on Pauline Churcher in The Times]
        Thames Valley Park [1999 details]
        Brighton & Hove [see 13 June?]
        Lancaster City
25 Jun  HENLEY ROYAL - Qualifying Races: qualifying results no longer available
         HRR press release, entry list, draw;  RESULTS no longer available
26 Jun  Reading Town [1999 details]
        Richmond [draw]
        Ironbridge
        West of England Vet & Jnr
        Leeds Sprint [cancelled, due to lack of water in Waterloo Lake, 
         Roundhay Park;  replaced by:
        Leeds Bradford Regatta
        Peterborough J14 [draw available,
         & see link on PCRC site, or this alternative url]
        Shanklin [changed date; abandoned after 5 races on 29 May
         and re-scheduled for SATURDAY, 26th JUNE - was cancelled again]
          [report from H&DARA]
27 Jun  Ironbridge Sprint
        Egham
        Herne Bay
30 Jun  HENLEY ROYAL [changed url]
         HRR press release, entry list, draw, & RESULTS

JULY 99

1  Jul  HENLEY ROYAL [changed url]
         HRR press release, entry list, draw, & RESULTS
2  Jul  HENLEY ROYAL [changed url]
         HRR press release, entry list, draw, & RESULTS
3  Jul  HENLEY ROYAL [changed url]
         HRR press release, entry list, draw, & RESULTS
        Talkin Tarn
        Huntingdon
        Worthing (CARA)
        Milford [postponed from 22 May; cancelled again due to weather,
                  trying again Aug 29]
4  Jul  HENLEY ROYAL [changed url]
         HRR press release, entry list, draw, & RESULTS; report from RQ
         ... and if the old links don't work: HRR archived results
10 Jul  Henley Veteran
        Kingston Amateur [links to programme, draw, & results]
        Burton
        Llandaff
        Southsea [results from H&DARA]
        Exeter
11 Jul  Bedford Quarts Sprint [poster & details]
        Burton Sprint
        Llandaff Sprint
15 Jul  Doggetts Coat & Badge
16 Jul  NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Friday racing 0830 - 1846
         [links to draw, timetable, and Friday results,
           & to results from Martin Saxon]
17 Jul  NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday racing 0800 - 1929
         [links to draw, timetable, and Saturday results,
           & to results from Martin Saxon]
        Molesey Amateur [info on MBC pages, also draw on RQ's pages (temporarily?)]
        Hastings
        Nottingham Sprint
18 Jul  NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday racing 0900 - 1701
         [links to draw, timetable, and Sunday results,
           & to results from Martin Saxon]
        Bexhill
24 Jul  Bewdley
        Staines [results & draw]
        Franco-British Match (J16) Henley
        Home International (Cork) [Scottish team announcement,
         Irish team list, & points score] 
        St Neots
        Swanage [results from H&DARA]
        Torpoint
        Folkestone
24-31 Jul Celtic Water Sports Festival, Largs
27-30 Jul Cambridge Town Bumps
25 Jul  Bewdley Sprint
        Disabled Henley
        St Neots Sprint
31 Jul  Henley Town & Visitors [info on HRC website,
         including draw & results; replacing old url]
        Deal
        Woolston (H&D) [results from H&DARA]

AUGUST 99

1  Aug  Sudbury
7  Aug  Maidenhead [timetable; results to follow]
        Bournemouth
        Paignton
        Warrington
8  Aug  Appledore & Instow
14 Aug  Peterborough Summer [PCRC link, including results,
         but draw/timetable link wasn't working,
         so Rachel has published the draw & timetable]
        Stourport
        Christchurch [results from H&DARA]
        Inverness Sprint
        Eastbourne
15 Aug  Peterborough Summer  [PCRC link, including results,
         but draw/timetable link wasn't working,
         so Rachel has published the draw & timetable]
        Stourport Sprint
        Dover
21 Aug  Hammersmith Summer
        Oxford City Royal [1999 details, including results]
        Southampton Coalporters [results from H&DARA]
        Torbay Royal
        Royal West of Scotland
        Warwick (closed)
22 Aug  Abingdon [& results]
26 Aug  Port of Dartmouth Royal
28 Aug  Gloucester
        Berwick
        BTC (Southampton) [results from H&DARA]
        Loch Lomond Sprint
29 Aug  Bristol Avon (including West of England Challenge Vase)
         [see also notice on RQ's pages]
        Ross Vet & Jnr
        CARA Sprints
        Milford (Lymington) [postponed from May & July] [results from H&DARA]
30 Aug  Ross

SEPTEMBER 99

4  Sep  Bideford
        Nithsdale Sprint
5  Sep  Great River Race [changed date]
11 Sep  Talkin Tarn Veterans [cancelled - insufficient entries]
        Aberdeen Sprint
        International Supersprint - Millwall Dock, London [NEW event;
         report, team lists, & quotes, from The Rowing Service,
         & report in Daily Telegraph;
         earlier info in Daily Telegraph, & briefly in The Times]
12 Sep  Cambridge Autumn [results & draw]
        Worcester Vet & Jnr
18 Sep  Penarth
        Bradford Autumn Sprint
        Glasgow Sprint [NEW link]
        South Coast Champs, Swanage [postponed to the Sunday
         & moved to Poole, Championship events only being raced;
         results now available, & now updated to include report]
19 Sep  Boston Marathon [NEW website, including results]
        Mumbles
25 Sep  York Sprint
        Durham Vet & Jnr
        Castle Semple Sprint
26 Sep  Great Ouse Sculling Champs [date changed to 3 Oct]       

OCTOBER 99

2  Oct  Wallingford LDSc [start list & results]
        Norfolk LDSc
        Chester LDSc [draw; results to follow]
        Clydesdale Sprint
3  Oct  Maidstone Sc Hd
        Welsh Autumn SBH, Monmouth
        Great Ouse Sculling & Pairs Champs [date changed from 26 Sep] 
9  Oct  Pairs Head (1230) [results]
        Kingston Junior Fours Head [results]
        Hylton LDSc [NEW results (after a publishing delay):
         member of Northern Rowing Council's Autumn Sculling Series]
        Cambridge SBH [date changed from 16 Oct; start order & results]
10 Oct  Reading Small Boats Head (1130 am & 2 pm) [results from Mikrotime]
        St Neots SBH [including start order & results on SNRC site]
        Ancholme Head [NEW results on Ancholme RC site]
        Worcester SBH [cancelled owing to high water: info from RQ]
16 Oct  Weybridge Silver Sculls [WRC link, including start order, & results]
        Cambridge SBH [date changed to 9 Oct]
        Gloucester LD Head
        Runcorn October Head
        Tees LDSc [results:
         member of Northern Rowing Council's Autumn Sculling Series]
17 Oct  Bedford Autumn Fours & Small Boats Head [results: overall & by events;
         link from Bedford RC's list of event dates]
        Nottingham Sc Head
23 Oct  Marlow LDSc [results, & by events]
        Norfolk & Suffolk SBH
        Dee Autumn Head [poster; draw, & results (+ results from RQ);
         see also this previous link]
        Berwick LDSc [results: 
         member of Northern Rowing Council's Autumn Sculling Series]
24 Oct  Upper Thames Fours & SBH
30 Oct  Henley LD Sc Head [HRC website, replacing old url;
         draw, & results]
        Cambridge Autumn Head [including start order & results]
         [also invitation event for Oxbridge colleges & local universities]
        Wansbeck LDSc [results:
         member of Northern Rowing Council's Autumn Sculling Series]
        Clydesdale Sc Head
31 Oct  Janousek Fours Head 1200 [results now on TTRC site]
        South West Champs (Barnstaple) [new date]

NOVEMBER 99

6  Nov  Tiffin Small Boats Head [date changed from 13 Nov;
         starting order: div 1 (1000), & div 2 (1330),
         & results: div 1 (though in a rather strange order) & div 2]
        Pangbourne Junior Small Boats Head [date changed to 13 Nov]
        Tyne LDSc [cancelled due to strong winds:
         member of Northern Rowing Council's Autumn Sculling Series]
        Aberdeen Fours Head [starting order]
7  Nov  Docklands SBH
        Monmouth Head
        Aberdeen SBH
        Senior & U23 trials: Peterborough (TBC) 5km in 1x/2- for men, 3km for women
13 Nov  Pangbourne Junior Small Boats Head [NEW results: date changed from 6 Nov]
        Tiffin Small Boats Head [date changed to 6 Nov]
        Cambridge Winter Head [new link, now including results]
        Northwich Autumn Head [NEW results]
        Wear LDSc [NEW results:
         member of Northern Rowing Council's Autumn Sculling Series]
        Monkton Bluefriars SBH [new link: was previously shown as 20 Nov;
         starting order & results]
        Inverness Fours Head
        Junior trials: early identification: Peterborough (TBC)
14 Nov  Stourport SBH
        Junior trials: early identification: Peterborough (TBC)
20 Nov  FOURS HEAD [new date; new website:
         entries: start order, also alphabetical, & by events,
         results: overall, also alphabetical, & by events; pennant winners]
        Trafford Head [date changed to 27 Nov]
21 Nov  Kingston Small Boats Head [poster , & now results available]
        York SBH [NEW results from NERN]
27 Nov  Hampton Junior/Schools Small Boats Head
         [start list; new results now available, & by events]
        Evesham Head [changed url; new info including entries & results]
        University of Bristol Head [new results]
        Wansbeck Small Boats Head (Cambois ARC) [new link;
         Cancelled due to lack of entries]
        Glasgow Fours Head [NEW results (image files): div 1, div 2]
        Trafford Head [date changed from 20 Nov]
        Huntingdon Head [new date]
28 Nov  Marlow 4s & Small Boats Head [new links: draw & results]
        Totnes Mini Head
        British Indoor Rowing Championships, Rivermead, Reading
         [new link including details of competitors;
           also report from RQ]

DECEMBER 99

4  Dec  Walton Small Boats Head [new results]
        Wycliffe SBH [new links, including results]
        Liverpool Victoria Head of the Float
        Rutherford Head [new results]
        Ibis Head [new results, courtesy of Vesta RC]
5  Dec  Wallingford Head [new links, including start list & results]
        Maidstone SBH [new results]
        Newark SBH [new results]
11 Dec  Burway Small Boats Head [new link, including results]
18 Dec  Tideway Small Boats Head
        Senior & U23 trials: Men: Boston [new results, by boat type & overall]
19 Dec  Senior & U23 trials: Women: Henley [moved to Holme Pierrepont; new info]


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