2016 Rowing Calendar
Page created 25 Oct 2013, last updated 27 Feb 2018.
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one) from the 2015 calendar. See also the
British Rowing
calendar
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
JAN
16 Jan Weybridge Winter Head [start order] [cancelled because of river conditions; not now rescheduling for Sat Jan 30th]
17 Jan Star Club New Year Head [cancelled, due to fast stream, debris in river & anticipated cold conditions]
23 Jan Quintin Eights Head 11:00 Hammersmith Bridge to Chiswick Quay crane [start order 
again; final results]
Northampton Head of the Nene
Cambridge Head to Head
Tyne United New Year Head [results]
24 Jan Stourport Winter Head [cancelled because of rapid rise of river level]
Boston Head
South of England Indoor Rowing Championships
United Hospitals Winter Regatta
30 Jan Rutherford Head [rescheduled from December 2015; start order v2 now available]
[now 
to the Sunday because of forecast winds on Saturday]
Weybridge Winter Head [not sufficient demand for rescheduling from 16 Jan]
Exeter Winter Head [new date]
Pre Boat Race fixture - CUBC v Oxford Brookes
31 Jan Thames Valley Trial Head [cancelled because of the forecast of very high winds]
Head of the Severn [moved to reserve venue on the Gloucester-Sharpness Canal]
Rutherford Head [rescheduled from December 2015; start order now again to v4;
now to the Sunday because of forecast winds on Saturday; results]
Cardiff Head of the Taff [cancelled because of the weather forecast]
Pre Boat Race fixture - CUWBC v Oxford Brookes
English Indoor Rowing Championships - Manchester Velodrome
FEB
6 Feb Hampton Head [starting order now available, and weather warning;
results: overall/ by category]
Peterborough Head of the Nene [starting order now available] [cancelled because of forecast winds]
Wycliffe Big Head [draw] [cancelled because of forecast winds]
Durham SBH [draw; results]
Western Eights Head, Glasgow [cancelled because of unsafe bridge]
7 Feb Warrington Head of the Mersey [draw; results]
Dewar Shield p.m.
Hyne Cup - Walton & Weybridge
13 Feb Henley 4s & 8s Head [start order] [cancelled because of river conditions]
Molesey Veterans Head [ start order] [cancelled because of river conditions]
South Yorkshire Head [draw; results]
GB senior squad assessment - Boston [report & results]
Strathclyde University BC Head [cancelled because of unsafe bridge]
14 Feb Bedford Eights & Fours Head [2016 info; start order; results]
Greenwich 8s & 4s Head [draw; results]
Boustead Cup
20 Feb Burway Head [cancelled because of forecast conditions]
Hammersmith Head (incorporating Hammersmith W & J Hd) 13:00 [date from Sun 21 Feb; provisional results now available]
Newark Spring Head [cancelled; insufficient entries; now to be raced on Dec 3rd]
Worcester Head [draw]
Trafford Head of the Bridgewater
Tyne Head [cancelled because of clash with BUCS Head]
Clyde Head [postponed from Oct 2015] [cancelled because of unsafe bridge]
Aberdeen 8o Head [date to 26 March]
BR Council meeting
20-21 Feb BUCS Championship & Beginner Heads - 2016 venue Newcastle [start orders now available;
results: Sat div1/ div2; Sun div1/ div2; victor ludorum]
GB junior squad assessment - Boston [results summary]
21 Feb Hammersmith Head (incorporating Hammersmith W & J Hd) [date to Sat 20 Feb]
City of Bristol Head [draw] [cancelled because of forecast winds]
Itchen Eights & Fours Head [new date] [cancelled; not enough entries]
Pre Boat Race fixtures - OUBC v Oxford Brookes, CUWBC v Molesey, Isis v Oxford Brookes
23-27 Feb Cambridge University Lent Bumps [final results, also results from CamFM]
24-27 Feb Oxford University Torpids
27 Feb Reading University Head [start orders; results]
Runcorn Spring 8s
Masters of Trentside - Nottingham [now to be held on Sun 28th]
Avon County Spring Head
Norwich Head
Inverness 8s & SBH (incorporates Scottish Students Head on 27th and 28th)
Pre Boat Race fixture - Osiris v TSS
27-28 Feb GB para-rowing assessment - Caversham
28 Feb Maidstone Spring Head
Head of the Trent, Nottingham, and for 2016 also Masters of Trentside [results]
Pre Boat Race fixture - OUWBC v Molesey [report]
MAR
5 Mar WOMEN'S EIGHTS HEAD (12:45) [info re pennants for 2016; details now ; now final draw;
results while the results page on the W8H website is down]
Yorkshire Head [cancelled because of expected river conditions]
Loughborough Spring Soar Head [but now see 9 Apr for 2015 Winter event, postponed from 21 Nov]
6 Mar Hammersmith Head [now one event on 20 Feb]
Gloucester Head [ draw]
United Hospitals Head p.m.
Fri 11 Mar National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships - Lee Valley Athletics Centre
12 Mar Kingston Head [start orders now available] [cancelled because of river conditions]
North of England Head
Christchurch Head of the Stour [results]
Adur Junior Head
Bristol Varsity Boat Race
Clydesdale Head [cancelled because of continuing works to Polmadie Bridge]
Aberdeen Universities' Boat Race
Pre Boat Race fixtures - Goldie v tbc, CUBC v U23 German crew [report], Isis v TSS, OUBC v Leander [report]
13 Mar Lincoln Rowing Centre Head
Head of the Adur
Cambridge Champs Junior Sculling Head [CRA-only race this year due to redevelopment of the Race HQ site]
Pre Boat Race fixture - OUWBC v Newcastle [report]
Thu 17 Mar Schools' Head 12:00 [start order; results, & report from BR]
Fri 18 Mar Oarsport Junior Sculling Head [2016 details now available, including start list; results, & report from BR]
19 Mar HEAD OF THE RIVER 13:30 [final start order; results & BR report]
Ponteland Junior Head
Alton Spring Head
Henley Boat Races [results & report]
20 Mar Vesta Veterans Head 14:00 [ results, & BR report]
22-23 Mar GB Olympic trials - Caversham [date from 19-20; preview & start lists, time trial results; final results]
26 Mar Aberdeen 8o Head [date from 20 Feb]
BTC 4s & Small Boats Head [new date] [cancelled because of forecast high winds]
27 Mar University Boat Races [crew announcements]:
15:10 - Women’s Boat Race [report]
15:25 - Osiris-Blondie race [report]
15:40 - Isis-Goldie race [report]
16:10 - The Boat Race [report]
Note: no South West Trains service between Clapham Junction and Barnes via Putney that day.
APR
2 Apr Paignton Coastal [to be confirmed]
Viking Shield, Deal [date from 9th]
2-3 Apr GB Paralympic trials - Caversham
3 Apr Northwich Spring Head [draw]
9 Apr Loughborough Soar Head [new date, rescheduled from 2015; results]
Southampton Coastal HoRR
Viking Shield, Deal [date to 2nd]
Head of the Dart [date to 16 Apr]
10 Apr Abingdon Head [cancelled because of river conditions]
Bedford Spring Fours & Small Boats Head [results]
11-12 Apr GB World, U23, & FISU trials - Caversham [report & results: time trials/ SFs & finals]
16 Apr Oxford City Bumps
Derby Small Boats Head [new date, rescheduled from 13 Dec 2015] [subsequently cancelled]
Head of the Dart [date from 9 Apr]
Nithsdale [date to 30 Apr]
Welsh Varsity Boat Races - Swansea
Chester-le-Street [cancelled because of river conditions; may be postponed to later in the year if possible]
23 Apr Junior Inter-Regional Regatta NWSC, Nottingham [draw & list of entries; results]
Birmingham
Head of the Cam
Roses match - Lancaster U v York U - Lune
23-24 Apr Strathclyde Park (& Scottish Student Rowing Championships)
24 Apr Hammersmith Amateur (moved from Sat to Sun)
Leicester
Lea Spring
GB Junior trials - NWSC
Wed 27 Apr Tees/ Wear varsity - Teesside U v Sunderland U
30 Apr Chiswick [draw]
Evesham
Merseyside
York Spring [provisional draw]
Bideford Spring Head
Nithsdale [date from 16 Apr]
30 Apr -
2 MAY BUCS Regatta - NWSC, Nottingham [race schedules for each day; event schedule; provisional entry list; preview from BR;
results; update on Monday afternoon re revised schedule because of weather]
1 May Wallingford [draw & results]
Evesham Sprint
Mon 2 May Marlow Spring
Wed 4 May Nottingham varsity boat races
7 May Borne at Chiswick Bridge
Bedford Amateur
Clydesdale
Worthing
Boat Race of the North - Durham v Newcastle
7-8 May Durham City
Shrewsbury
8 May Poplar [not this year]
Ball Cup South (Dorney)
Worthing Town
14 May Nottingham City [ draw]
Thames Ditton [ draw] [cancelled because of river conditions]
Putney Town
Bristol Avon at Saltford
Coalporters
Castle Semple
15 May Nottingham Masters and Club [ draw]
Maidenhead Junior (invitation event) [cancelled because of river conditions]
21 May Walton & Weybridge [draw & results]
Tees [ draw]
Worcester Spring [draw]
Ryde
Glasgow RC Summer
Glasgow v Edinburgh Universities Boat Race [report from the BBC]
22 May Weybridge Ladies [draw]
Champs Eights Head (CRA closed event) [date changed from Sat 21; results]
Shanklin
25-28 May Oxford Summer Eights
27-29 May NATIONAL SCHOOLS (2016 venue now confirmed as Dorney) [draw to v2; results]
28 May Twickenham
Wansbeck
Lymington/ Milford-on-Sea
Shoreham
28-29 May Monmouth Regatta & Sprint
29 May Brighton and Hove
Mon 30 May Northwich [not held in 2016]
Junior Sculling Regatta - Dorney, organised by The Scullery - [lists of entries, + timetable; results]
JUN
4 Jun Hexham
Christchurch
Wimbleball
4-5 Jun Metropolitan [draw; results]
Peterborough
Hereford (this year hosting the West of England Challenge Vase) [race schedules]
5 Jun Trentham
Tue 7 Jun BR Council meeting
8-11 Jun Cambridge University May Bumps [results & live commentary from CamFM]
11 Jun Barnes & Mortlake
Marlow Town
Blenheim Palace Junior Regatta
Chester
Bridgnorth
Poole
10-12 Jun Scottish Championships (including time trial Friday) [draw]
11-12 Jun BRITISH ROWING MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS [draw, & results with 500m splits]
Reading Amateur [draw & results]
Durham
Star
Totnes & Bridgetown Royal
17-19 Jun HENLEY WOMEN'S REGATTA [ draw; results; HWR YouTube video channel]
18 Jun Marlow [results]
Stratford
St Ives (or perhaps new website?)
Tyne
Newport
Plymouth
19 Jun Thames Valley Park [results]
York Summer
Newport Junior & Small Boats
Fri 24 Jun HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA qualifying races [list of crews required to qualify; results of qualifying]
25 Jun Reading Town [ draw]
Richmond [cancelled because of river conditions]
Peterborough Junior
Bradford Sprint
Swanage [subject to confirmation]
Eastbourne
25-26 Jun Ironbridge [expecting to run the regatta as normal, but may need to review the course dependent on river conditions over the weekend]
26 Jun Egham [race schedule & live results]
GB v France selection trials - NWSC
29 Jun -
3 JUL HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA [list of entries & press release; draw (& RQ version with explanatory notes); outline programme; timetable for each day when available;
live results stream & full results; live coverage on BT Sport from 13:00 BST on Wed/Thu/Fri, and for all racing on Sat/Sun; also coverage throughout on YouTube]
2 Jul Talkin Tarn
Ball Cup North at Runcorn Junior Regatta [racing abandoned because of wind]
Dover [abandoned part way through, because of deteriorating conditions]
3 Jul Folkestone
7-11 Jul GB Junior trials - NWSC
8-9 Jul Henley Masters [entries suspended; final list of confirmed entries; schedule; results]
9 Jul Bournemouth [cancelled because of adverse weather conditions; note re possible implications re championships; not to be rescheduled]
Lancaster [apparently not this year]
Exeter
Deal
9-10 Jul Kingston [draw & results]
Burton
Llandaff
10 Jul Bedford Sprint [not in 2016]
CARA Regatta - Deal
15-17 Jul BRITISH ROWING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS [Now 3 days, see format of racing; provisional timetable & lists of crews; live results & start lists;
results; news including revisions because of weather]
16 Jul Southsea [programme]
16-17 Jul Molesey
Tue 19 - Fri 22 Jul Cambridge Town Bumps [results; multi-year bumps charts: men/ women]
Wed 20 Jul Doggett's Coat & Badge 11:00
23 Jul Staines [draw]
Woolston
Herne Bay
Falmouth
Home International - Cardiff Bay [Team announcements: ENG/ IRL/ SCO/ WAL; results]
23-24 Jul St Neots
Bewdley
24 Jul Burway Sprint [cancelled for 2016]
30 Jul Henley T&V [results]
Warrington
AUG
6 Aug Maidenhead (date confirmed)
Sudbury [draw & results]
6-13 Aug Olympic rowing (sadly not in Britain this time!)
13 Aug Itchen
Paignton
13-14 Aug Peterborough Summer [draw; results: Sat/ Sun]
Stourport [provisional draw & results]
GB Rowing Team Sculling Festival
14 Aug Appledore & Instow
20 Aug Warwick [cancelled because of forecast weather]
BTC [confirmed change of venue because of forecast bad weather]
Torbay Royal
20-21 Aug Oxford City Regatta [draws; live results: Sat/ Sun]
21 Aug H&DARA Championship/ SCC selection row-offs if required
CARA row-offs if required, at Bexhill or Folkestone
Thu 25 Aug Port of Dartmouth Royal
27 Aug Great Tyne Row [new date]
27-28 Aug Gloucester
28 Aug Ross Vet & Jun
Boston [cancelled for 2016]
Port of Bideford
Great Tyne Row
Mon 29 Aug Ross
SEP
3 Sep South Coast Championships - Herne Bay
North of England Sprint Championships
Great River Race
4 Sep Lea Autumn
Great Ouse Marathon
10 Sep Worcester Autumn [race shedule & live results]
Bradford Autumn
GW Regatta - Coate Water [TBC]
Penarth [date from 17 or 24 Sep]
11 Sep Cambridge Autumn
Upton
Wed 14 Sep Parliamentary Boat Race
17 Sep Milton Keynes [new event]
Isis Sculls [live results]
Severn Mile [cancelled]
York Autumn Sculls
Penarth [date to 10 Sep]
17-18 Sep Henley Revival [cancelled]
18 Sep Boston Marathon [results now available]
24 Sep Wallingford LDSc
Yare Cup
Durham Autumn Sprint
25 Sep Chester LDSc
Monmouth Autumn Head
OCT
1 Oct Reading SBH [results from Mikrotime]
Runcorn Autumn Head
Rob Roy SBH
Worcester SBH
Wansbeck LDSc (Northern LDSc series) and Wansbeck SBH
Scottish School Sweep Head
BR AGM & Council meeting
2 Oct Maidstone SBH
St Neots SBH
Head of the Don
Teign Head
Scottish School Sculling Head
8 Oct Burway SBH [now final draw]
Stourport Masters & Jun Head
Tees LDSc (Northern LDSc series) & Tees SBH
Clyde 3 Heads
9 Oct Bedford Autumn Fours & SBH [2016 info]
Ancholme Head
Cardiff Autumn Head [date changed from 23 Oct; provisional draw]
Thu 13 Oct Wingfield Sculls (women's race 09:15; men's race 10:15) [draws; report]
15 Oct Rob Roy Autumn Head [results]
Evesham Jun Head [results]
Monkton Bluefriars SBH
Agecroft SBH
Berwick LDSc (Northern LDSc series)
BTC Autumn Head
16 Oct Pairs Head [new url; 12:30: Reverse direction, on flood tide; results (not necessarily final yet)]
Medway Head [date from 30 Oct]
Burton Head [date from 23 Oct]
22 Oct Weybridge Silver Sculls
Huntingdon Head
Tyne LDSc (Northern LDSc series) & Tyne United SBH
Clydesdale Scullers Head, Glasgow
22-23 Oct BRITISH ROWING SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - NWSC [crew lists & timetable now available; results & report]
23 Oct Burton Head [date to 16 Oct]
Cardiff Autumn Head [date changed to 9 Oct]
24-28 Oct Cambridge University Fours
Fri 28 Oct Scottish Schools Indoor Rowing Championships
29 Oct Marlow LDSc [cancelled for 2016]
Dee Autumn Head
Norfolk LDSc
South Hylton LDSc (Northern LDSc series)
[Note revised start time of 15:15 (and revised boating times) - see start order issued 28-10-16]
Scottish Indoor Rowing Championships
30 Oct Upper Thames Autumn Head [results from Mikrotime]
Medway Head [date to 16 Oct]
Nottingham Autumn Head [draw]
Gloucester LD Head [latest info]
BUCS SBH [date to 5 Nov]
NOV
5 Nov Henley Sculls [start order; results during the day]
Kingston SBH [ final results]
Durham LDSc (Northern LDSc series) & Durham Autumn SBH
Glasgow RC 4s Hd
5-6 Nov GB Senior & U23 trials - Boston
BUCS SBH [date from 30 Oct]
6 Nov Docklands SBH [draw]
Eastern SBH, Ely
Stourport SBH
City of Bristol Autumn Head [date changed from 13th]
12 Nov Fours Head 13:15 [draw & crew lists; raw times & now provisional results]
Pangbourne Junior Sc
12-13 Nov NE Heads Weekend - Aberdeen
13 Nov Veteran 4s Head (10:30, racing with the flood tide) [provisional results on Nov 15th]
Star Club Head [date corrected to 20th]
Northwich Autumn Head
City of Bristol Autumn Head [date changed to 6th]
Lincoln University Beginners’ Head
19 Nov Hampton SBH (Jun) [provisional start list; results now available]
Cambridge Winter Head
Avon Autumn Head
Loughborough Winter Soar Head
GB Junior trials - provisional
19-20 Nov Inverness 4s & SB Heads [results]
20 Nov York SBH [provisional start order]
Star Club Head [date corrected from 13th]
24-26 Nov Cambridge University Clare Novices Regatta
Fri 25 Nov Welsh Schools Indoor Rowing Championships - Cardiff Bay Water Activities Centre
26 Nov Vesta Scullers Head 1:30 pm [final results]
Rutherford Head
Evesham Main Head / Masters of the Avon
Alton Autumn Head
Dart Totnes Autumn Head
BR Council meeting
Welsh Indoor Rowing Championships - Cardiff Bay Water Activities Centre
Wed 30 Nov Oxford Univ trial eights: OUWBC 12:00, OUBC 13:15 [report]
DEC
1-2 Dec Cambridge University Fairbairn Cup
3 Dec Teddington Head [results]
Wycliffe SBH
Liverpool Victoria Head of the Float
Newark Head [new date, postponed from February]
University of Bristol BC Hd [provisional results]
University of York White Rose Head
4 Dec Wallingford 4s & 8s Hd [draw, & results as they become available]
Monmouth Winter Head [date changed to 11th]
10 Dec Walton SBH [start order, & 
full results now available]
Derby Really Small Boats Head [date changed from 11th]
British Rowing Indoor Championships [ results]
11 Dec Derby Really Small Boats Head [date changed to 10th]
Monmouth Winter Head [date changed from 4th]
Henley Boat Races trial eights [ report]
Mon 12 Dec Cambridge Univ trial eights: CUWBC 09:50, CUBC 11:00
17 Dec Remenham Challenge 10:00 - (for crews from Remenham founding clubs only) [draw & results]
18-22 Dec GB Senior & U23 trials - Caversham [ time trial results]
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