2008 Rowing Calendar

Page created 21 Dec 05, last modified 14 May 08.
If, for the event you are looking at, there are no links here to the 2008 information, it may perhaps be worth trying last year's link (if there is one) from the 2007 calendar, or (of course) keep an eye on Rachel Quarrell's New Information page.  See also the ARA calendar & SARA calendar
   [Some dates in my calendar may possibly be out of date, as they were originally based on the latest 2008/9 dates from ARA in Sept 07, & they may have changed since then.]    


JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

JAN
13    Jan  Star SBH [event was held in November]
           Wallingford 4s & 8s Hd [postponed from 9th Dec 2007, but cancelled again owing to strong stream]
           Head of the Avon Gorge [confirmed moved from 20th, but cancelled because of wind]
19    Jan  Weybridge Winter Head [date CHANGED from Mar 2nd; now cancelled because of strong stream]
           Cambridge Head to Head
20    Jan  Boston Head
           Head of the Avon Gorge [confirmed moved to 13th]
           Remenham Challenge - Kingston RC [originally hoped to be moved to London RC (as Kingston unrowable),
            but now postponed to a date unknown]
           Monmouth Winter Head [postponed from 9th Dec 2007, because of flood, but cancelled because of more floods]
           Maidstone SBH [postponed from December, but now cancelled]
26    Jan  Quintin Eights Head [start order & competitors instructions; results]
           Henley 4s Head [cancelled because of flood stream]
           Northampton Head
           Western Eights Head (Glasgow Univ) [cancelled because of river conditions]
27    Jan  Thames Valley Trial Head [results, & photos from The Photoshop]
           Stourport Winter Head [cancelled because of flood stream]

FEB
2     Feb  Hampton Head (Jun/ Sch) [date CHANGED from 9th Feb; details including start order;
             results: by position & by category; photos from James Hansell]
           Henley Junior Head [date CHANGED to 9th Feb]
           Peterborough Head of the Nene [results; photos from RowPhoto]
           Durham SBH [details, including start order & instructions; results; photos from Ian Smith]
           Wycliffe Big Head [results, also by division and by events; photos from The Photoshop]
           Warrington Head of the Mersey [date CHANGED from 9th Feb; results]
           Glasgow SBH [cancelled]
           SUBC Small Boats Head, Glasgow [date CHANGED from 10th Feb; draw: div 1/ div 2;
            cancelled owing to unsafe conditions]
3     Feb  Head of the Tawe [new url; cancelled because of gale force winds]
9     Feb  Henley Junior Head [date CHANGED from 2nd Feb; link apparently not working; event cancelled]
           Hampton Head (Jun/ Sch) [date CHANGED to 2nd Feb]
           Warrington Head of the Mersey [date CHANGED to 2nd Feb]
           GB Senior & U23 3rd assessment - Boston [results: from BIRO & from Boston RC]
           Scottish Indoor Rowing Championships
10    Feb  Molesey Veterans Head [start order; results now available]
           Greenwich Head [cancelled]
           Bedford Eights & Fours Head [draw; results: overall & by status]
           Exeter Winter Head
           SUBC Small Boats Head, Glasgow [date CHANGED to 2nd Feb]
16    Feb  Burway Head [start order; results: 4s/ 8s]
           Upton Head [Probably not?]
           South Yorkshire Head
           Tyne Head [date CHANGED from Mar 8th; results]
           Inverness Eights and Small Boats Head [draw; results: div 1/ div 2; report]
16-17 Feb  GB Junior assessment - Boston [results from Boston RC]
17    Feb  Hammersmith W & J Hd [details; results]
           Head of the Trent, Nottingham [start order; results]
20-23 Feb  Oxford University Torpids [info, including: start order: Wed/ Thu/ Fri/ Sat;
            results: Wed/ Thu/ Fri/ Sat; bumps charts: M/ W; finishing order; statistics; photos from RowPhoto]
23    Feb  Reading University Head [start order; results; photos from The Photoshop & BigBlade]
           Teddington Sculls (no longer to be held in the Spring; Tiffin/ Teddington Head to be held in the Autumn)
           Runcorn Spring 8s [results]
           Norwich Head [results]
           Worcester Head [date CHANGED from Mar 8th; results: div 1/ div 2]
           Aberdeen Eights Head [results]
24    Feb  Medway 4s Head [poster & draw;  results, temporarily on Old Monmothian BC website]
           City of Bristol Head [results; photos from the BBC]
           BUSA Champ & Novice Head - Nottingham [info; results; photos from Natures Images]
26 Feb
   - 1 MAR Cambridge University Lent Bumps [results; commentary & results from CUR1350; photos from RowPhoto]

MAR
1     Mar  WOMEN'S EIGHTS HEAD 10:00 [draw; see also other W8H links, including info from earlier years;
            results: time order, alphabetical, by division, veteran handicap times;
            photos from Natures Images, The Photoshop, BigBlade, RowPhoto, Rachel Clarke,
            & from Colin Percy (including prizegiving); video from RowTv]
           Yorkshire Head [start order & competitors' info; cancelled because of river condions]
           NW Jun Hd (closed)
           Head of the Taff 
2     Mar  Weybridge Head [date CHANGED to Jan 19th]
           Hammersmith Head [details; results]
           Gloucester Head [results: long course/ short course]
Mon 3 Mar  National Junior Sculling Head - Henley [date CHANGED from Wed 5th; start list;
            results from Mikrotime; photos from The Photoshop & from BigBlade]
Tue 4 Mar Schools' Head - sweep events [13:30, & 14:00-ish; list of entries; start list & results; photos from Natures Images, The Photoshop, & BigBlade] Wed 5 Mar National Junior Sculling Head - Henley [date CHANGED to Mon 3rd] 8 Mar Kingston Head [poster; Updated start order; new results] Worcester Head [date CHANGED to Feb 23rd] Avon County Head [results] North of England Head [new results: morning/ afternoon] Tyne Head [date CHANGED to Feb 16th] Cambridge Champs Junior Sculling Head [new results] Welsh University Boat Race Clydesdale Fours and Eights Head, Glasgow [cancelled due to adverse weather] 9 Mar Head of the Stour, Christchurch [H&DARA] Aberdeen Univ/ Robert Gordon Univ Boat Races Sat 8 - Sun 9 Mar GB Senior final assessment trials - Hazewinkel BEL [preview & entry list; timetable CHANGED from Sun/Mon to Sat/Sun, & may change again; Updated entry list; results & reports from BIRO: time trial/ SFs/ finals; and report from RQ] 15 Mar HEAD OF THE RIVER (0945) [start order & alphabetic list of entries; photos from The Photoshop, Natures Images, BigBlade, dodsworld, & RowPhoto; video from RowTv; results: overall/ alphabetic/ crew number order/ by status/ trophy list] Northwich Head (date CHANGED to 5 Apr) Scottish Schools Head, Glasgow [provisional draw; results] 16 Mar Vesta Veterans Head [draw; cancelled because of river conditions; photos of Corney Reach from BigBlade] East Midlands Junior Head, Newark [cancelled] 23 Mar Henley Boat Races [provisional crew lists; results & report; video from SportUK.TV; photos from BigBlade] Southampton Eights, River & Small Boats HORR [H&DARA] 29 Mar University Boat Race (17:15; Goldie/Isis 16:45) [crew announcement; times; photos from BigBlade] Ponteland Junior Head [poster] Lincoln Head [new event; results] APR 5 Apr Northwich Head (date CHANGED from 15 Mar) [results] Glasgow 'Silver' Regatta 12-13 Apr GB trials - U23 (& World Universities) - Caversham 13 Apr Bedford Spring Fours & Small Boats Head 19 Apr Junior Inter-Regional Regatta [draw, also temporarily on TRRC website; abandoned because of water conditions] British Universities National Sprints - Cleveland Lake - Cotswold Water Park nr. Swindon [date now CHANGED to Sun 20th (with GW Sprints) instead of Sat 19th] 19-20 Apr North-East Regatta, Aberdeen 20 Apr Leicester [results] Abingdon Head [results: by time & by event] GW Sprint, & British Universities National Sprints - Keynes Park, Cotswold Water Park nr. Swindon [BUSA date CHANGED from Sat 19th; raced as a time trial; results; photos from BigBlade] 26 Apr Birmingham [url Updated again][entries now closed, as over-subscribed; new draw & results] Hammersmith Amateur [new draw & results] Oxford City Bumping Races (event website) Chester-le-Street [new draw & results] Southampton Coastal Fours HORR [H&DARA] Lloyds TSB Bristol Varsity Boat Race 26-27 Apr Nottingham City [new draw; photos from Natures Images] Strathclyde Park Regatta [new results] 27 Apr Lea Spring MAY Fri 2 May London 2 Paris Rowing Challenge 3 May Chiswick Amateur [new details for 2008] Head of the Cam [info; new poster] Merseyside Evesham [new results; video of finals from RowTV] York Spring Viking Shield, Herne Bay [CARA] 3-5 May BUSA [venue now confirmed as Strathclyde Park for this year; draw, & other info for competitors; new results: Sat/ Sun/ Mon] 4 May Wallingford [new draw & results, also draw & results for mobile phones; photos from Birdman Photography, & from BigBlade; video from RowTV] Evesham Sprint [new results] Coalporters Scullers HORR [H&DARA] Mon 5 May Marlow Spring [new details & draw now available; RED BOARDS above Marlow - event moved to Dorney] Wed 7 May Ball Cup North - Grange School - Northwich (Entries to Heidi Hackett) [new info] 10 May Borne at Chiswick Bridge [new website, including draw] Bedford Amateur [new results; video from RowTV] Bradford Spring (now Sprint on 21 Jun) Welsh Open Rowing Championships [mail link; cancelled for 2008] Clydesdale Summer Regatta [new draw & results] Manchester v Salford 2 Cities Boat Race 10-11 May Durham City [new draw] Shrewsbury [race Matchmaker service; new draw: Sat/ Sun] 11 May Poplar [new draw & results] Barnes & Mortlake [date *not* now changing; regatta running on original date of June 14th] Cambridge Sprint Ball Cup South & J11/12/13 Sculling Champs (Dorney) [new draw] Bideford Head [WEARA] Northumbrian Water University Boat Races (new press release) 17 May Thames Ditton [new timetable] Putney Town Chester (275th anniversary)[entries now open through OARA] Doncaster [date CHANGED to 24th] Tees Worcester Spring [date CHANGED from Jun 7th] Bristol Avon at Saltford [date CHANGED to 17 May and venue changed] Southampton Town [H&DARA] (presumably not to be held) Worthing [CARA] Castle Semple [new provisional draw: PDF & Excel] 18 May Maidenhead Junior Champs Eights Head (CRA closed event) [Updated url] 21-24 May Oxford University Summer Eights 23-25 May NATIONAL SCHOOLS [entries now open via OARA] 24 May Twickenham [date CHANGED to Sun 25th] Doncaster [date CHANGED from 17th] Ryde [H&DARA] Edinburgh Univ Regatta 24-25 May Monmouth Sprint & Regatta 25 May Twickenham [date CHANGED from Sat 24th; Updated poster including new lightweight events] Cambridge Spring Northwich [no Sunday regatta this year; Sprint on Monday goes ahead] Shanklin [H&DARA] Mon 26 May Hereford Northwich Sprint Northampton Hollowell [date CHANGED from 25 Aug] 31 May Tyne at Home Milford (Lymington) [H&DARA] Hastings [CARA] 31 May - 1 JUN Metropolitan JUN 1 Jun Weybridge Ladies 7 Jun Walton & Weybridge Hexham Woolston [H&DARA] Worcester Spring [date CHANGED to May 17th] 7-8 Jun Peterborough 8 Jun Wessex Junior, Bryanston [H&DARA] (date CHANGED from 15th) 11-14 Jun Cambridge University May Bumps 14 Jun Barnes & Mortlake [after a proposal had been made that the date be CHANGED to May 11th, it has now been confirmed that the regatta will run on the original date of June 14th] Marlow Town Bridgnorth Tewkesbury Plymouth Poole [H&DARA] Brighton & Hove [CARA] 14-15 Jun Reading Amateur Durham Star Scottish Championships (date now confirmed) Loughborough (Sat)/ National Veterans (Sun); previously shown as 7th/ 8th] 15 Jun York Summer [date CHANGED to 22nd] Wessex Junior, Bryanston [H&DARA] (date CHANGED to 8th) Bexhill [CARA] 20-22 Jun HENLEY WOMEN'S REGATTA (including new rule changes for 2008) 21 Jun Berwick Stratford Bradford Sprint (not 10th May) Newport [H&DARA] Totnes & Bridgetown Royal [WEARA] 21-22 Jun Marlow 22 Jun Thames Valley Park York Summer [date CHANGEDfrom 15th] Lancaster Southampton Junior Sprint [H&DARA] 27 Jun HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA qualifying races 28 Jun Reading Town Richmond Peterborough J14 Ironbridge Leeds [not this year] Coalporters Regatta [H&DARA] Wimbleball Nithsdale 29 Jun Egham Ironbridge Sprint Herne Bay [CARA] JUL 2-6 Jul HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA [new rules for 2008] 5 Jul Talkin Tarn Runcorn Junior Swanage [H&DARA] 6 Jul Bedford Quarts Sprint Fri 11 - Sat 12 Jul Henley Veterans 12 Jul Exeter City [WEARA] Southsea [H&DARA] Eastbourne [CARA] 12-13 Jul Kingston Burton Llandaff 13 Jul Shoreham [CARA] 18-20 Jul NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 19 Jul Greenbank Falmouth [WEARA] Folkestone [CARA] 19-20 Jul Molesey 20 Jul Southampton Junior Sprint [H&DARA] (date CHANGED to 22nd Jun) 26 Jul Home International - Cardiff [date *not* now Aug 2nd] Staines Itchen Imperial [H&DARA] Deal [CARA] 26-27 Jul St Neots Bewdley 27 Jul Burway V&J AUG 2 Aug Home International - Cardiff [now confirmed as Jul 26th] Henley T&V Sudbury Warrington Bournemouth [H&DARA] Dover [CARA] 3 Aug City of Swansea Invitation Appledore & Instow [WEARA] 9 Aug Maidenhead Tees Primary Adaptive Christchurch [H&DARA] Paignton [WEARA] 9-10 Aug Stourport Peterborough Summer 10 Aug CARA U16 & Ladies 16 Aug Warwick Primary Inverness Sprint 16-17 Aug Oxford City 17 Aug Coalporters Junior [H&DARA] 23 Aug BTC [H&DARA] Torbay Royal [WEARA] 23-24 Aug Gloucester [now to be 2 days] 24 Aug Bristol Avon [date CHANGED to 17 May and venue changed to Saltford] Ross Vet & Jun Mon 25 Aug Ross Northampton Hollowell [date CHANGED to 26 May] Thu 28 Aug Port of Dartmouth Royal 30 Aug North of England Sprint Championships 31 Aug Lea Autumn SEP 6 Sep Worcester Autumn Port of Bideford [WEARA] 7 Sep Cambridge Autumn Fri 12 Sep South Coast Junior Championships (Plymouth) 13 Sep Bradford Autumn Great River Race [date CHANGED from 20 Sep] South Coast Championships (Plymouth) Aberdeen Sprint 13-14 Sep Bradford on Avon Mini-Head ? 14 Sep Boston Marathon [date CHANGED to 21st] Upton [combined regatta and head ?] 20 Sep Great River Race [date CHANGED to 13 Sep] Isis Sculls York Sprint Stourport Vet & Jun Head Yare Cup Penarth 21 Sep Boston Marathon [date CHANGED from 14th] Monmouth Autumn Head [date CHANGED to 28 Sep] 27 Sep Wallingford LDSc Runcorn Autumn Head [date CHANGED from 11 Oct] Durham Primary Itchen Junior [H&DARA] 28 Sep Maidstone Sc Hd Monmouth Autumn Head [date CHANGED from 21 Sep] OCT 4 Oct Cambridge SBH Evesham Jun Head
Wear LDSc [NRC Autumn Sculling Series] Clydesdale Scullers Head, Glasgow 5 Oct Reading SBH St Neots SBH Chester LDSc Worcester Autumn Head Ancholme Head [date CHANGED to 12th] 11 Oct Pairs Head Monkton Bluefriars SBH [date CHANGED from 18 Oct] Runcorn Autumn Head [date CHANGED to 27 Sep] Berwick LDSc [NRC Autumn Sculling Series] St Andrew BC Head 12 Oct Nottingham Autumn Head [see NRC site; date CHANGED to 19 Oct] Bedford Autumn Fours & SBH Ancholme Head [date CHANGED from 5th] 18 Oct Weybridge Silver Sculls Cambridge Autumn Head Agecroft Head Monkton Bluefriars SBH [date CHANGED to 11 Oct] Stirling Head 18 or 19 Oct? Cambois LDSc [NRC Autumn Sculling Series] 19 Oct Nottingham Autumn Head [see NRC site; date CHANGED from 12 Oct] 25 Oct Marlow LDSc Dee Autumn Head Huntingdon Head Tyne LDSc [NRC Autumn Sculling Series] Bristol Ariel Head [date CHANGED from 9th Nov] Cardiff SBH Clyde ARC Head 26 Oct Upper Thames 4s & SBH Burton Head Gloucester LD Head British Indoor Rowing Championship Tue 28 Oct Wingfield Sculls heats (if necessary) Thu 30 Oct Wingfield Sculls: Women's Championship 12.30pm, Men 1.30pm NOV 1 Nov Teddington SBH Tees LDSc [NRC Autumn Sculling Series]/ Tees SBH Glasgow Fours Head 2 Nov Docklands SBH 8 Nov Fours Head (10:30) Pangbourne Junior Sc [new PCBC website] Northwich Autumn Head Hylton LDSc [NRC Autumn Sculling Series] Inverness Fours Head 9 Nov Veteran 4s Head Stourport SBH Bristol Ariel Head [date CHANGED to 25th Oct] Inverness SBH 15 Nov Henley LDSc Norfolk LD SBH Cambridge Winter Head Trafford Head Aberdeen Fours Head 16 Nov Head of the Soar Dart-Totnes Mini Head [WEARA] Aberdeen SBH 22 Nov Kingston SBH Evesham Sen Hd 23 Nov Marlow 4s & 2s Head Star SBH York SBH 29 Nov Burway SBH 30 Nov Wallingford 4s & 8s Hd DEC 6 Dec Vesta Scullers Head Hampton SBH Wycliffe SBH Rutherford Head Liverpool Victoria Head of the Float 7 Dec Monmouth Winter Head Newark Head 13 Dec Maidstone SBH Walton SBH To 2009 calendar

Provisional calendar of International events for 2008
Hants & Dorset ARA calendar for 2008
Skiffing calendar for 2008

Cambridge (& surrounding area) calendar 2008, + CUCBC diary
NWSC calendar
WARA calendar
SARA calendar

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