2024 Rowing Calendar
Page created 28 Feb 2020; last updated 18 Apr 2024
The information here is unofficial. If, for the event you are looking at, there are no links here to the 2024
information, it may perhaps be worth trying last year's link (if there is
one) from the 2023 calendar.
See also the
British Rowing
calendar in due course.
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
JAN
1 Jan WADA 2024 Prohibited List comes into operation
13 Jan York SBH [rescheduled from Nov 2023 because of river conditions, & new date includes 8s]
14 Jan Star Club New Year Head [cancelled because of EA strong stream advice; may be replaced by Spring Head 3 Mar]
CRA Winter League leg 1 - Cam crews only
Mon 15 Jan Thames Barrier closes about 12:00 for high tide protection
20 Jan Tyne United New Year Head [new url]
Quintin Eights Head 11:00 [draw; provisional results]
Northampton Head of the Nene
Dart Totnes ARC Autumn Head [cancelled in December 2023 because of conditions; rescheduled to 20 Jan 2024]
21 Jan Boston Head [cancelled for 2024]
Head of the Lune [postponed from Nov 2023 because of river conditions, but then cancelled in Jan 2024 because of forecast 60 mph gusts]
Thu 25 Jan BR awards 19:00 [results]
27 Jan Weybridge Winter Head [cancelled; red boards]
Casey Cup - Mortlake to Putney
Cambridge Winter Head to Head [Cam crews only]
Boat Race fixtures [CUBC LW v Godolphin 13:08; CUBC LM v TRC 14:09]
28 Jan Stourport Winter Head [cancelled because of river conditions]
Junior Head (North)
Boat Race fixtures [OUBC W v OBUBC 13:30; CUBC OW A v NED U23s 13:55; CUBC OW B v IC 14:20; CUBC OM B v TRC 14:30; CUBC OM A v NED U23s 14:45;
live stream; results; HTBS report]
United Hospitals Winter Regatta
Bousted & Rayner Cups - Mortlake to Putney
FEB
3 Feb Durham SBH
Hampton Head
Peterborough Head of the Nene
Wycliffe Big Head
Strathclyde University Head
Cambridge University Newnham Head
Boat Race fixtures
4 Feb English Indoor Rowing Championships - Manchester Velodrome [cancelled for 2024]
North West JIRR time trial - singles - Runcorn
10 Feb Worcester Head [cancelled because of rising river]
South Yorkshire Head [cancelled because of predicted high river level]
GB Senior & U23 trials - Boston [report from JRN]
Hartpury South West Indoor Championships
Thames Barrier closes 10:15 to 16:00 for high tide protection
10-11 Feb Aberdeen 8s and SB Hd weekend
11 Feb Bedford Eights & Fours Head [postponed because of river conditions, hopefully to 18 Feb, but then cancelled]
Warrington Head of the Mersey
Boat Race fixtures
Thames Barrier closes 11:00 to 17:00 for high tide protection
Mon 12 Feb Thames Barrier closes 11:45 to 17:45 for high tide protection
Tue 13 Feb Thames Barrier test closure 09:35 - 12:05 cancelled; high tide protection closure 12.45 - 18.30 [1st time there have been closures 4 days in a row]
17 Feb Henley 4s Head [cancelled; too much water in the river & on the land]
Molesey Head Races (Junior a.m./ Veterans p.m.) [cancelled because of river conditions]
Tyne Head
Glasgow RC Fours & Eights Head
GB U19 trials
Cambridge University Pembroke Regatta
17-18 Feb GB Junior trials - Boston
18 Feb Greenwich 8s & 4s Head [cancelled]
Hammersmith Head 11:00 [yellow ebb tide flag, so the event will exclude J14s & J15s; 
live results]
Bedford Eights & Fours Head [hopefully postponed from 11 Feb, but then cancelled]
Head of The Taff [cancelled]
CRA Winter League leg 2 - Cam crews only
Fri 23 Feb NJIRC North - Leeds
24 Feb Burway Head [cancelled because of river conditions]
Norwich Head
Trafford Head of the Bridgewater
Yorkshire JIRR trials - Leeds
Thames Barrier closes 10:15 to 16:15 for high tide protection
24-25 Feb BUCS Championship & Beginner Heads [ results]
25 Feb Nottingham Masters & Head of the Trent, Nottingham [cancelled because of river conditions]
South East JIRR time trial - London Docklands
Boat Race fixtures [*CU W v TRC 12:40 [report], CU W reserves v TRC 12:55, Isis v LC 13:10, CU M reserves v Brookes 13:20, CU M v Brookes 13:30,
*OU M v LC 13:45 [report]; * live video streaming; report from HTBS]
Christchurch Head of the Stour
Thames Barrier may close for high tide protection
27 Feb -
2 MAR Cambridge University Lent Bumps [results: men/ women; results & live commentary from CamFM, & results from 1st & 3rd; multi-year charts: men/ women;
getting-on race & M4/W4 divisions cancelled, along with lower parts of M3 & W3 divisions]
28 Feb -
2 Mar Oxford University Torpids [live results; results from Anu Dudhia; cancelled]
Fri 1 Mar NJIRC London
2 Mar Reading University Head [cancelled because of river conditions]
Avon Spring Head [cancelled because of river conditions]
Derwentwater Head [date 
to 9 Mar]
Runcorn Spring 8s [including adaptive events]
Yorkshire Head
East Midlands region JIRR Trials - Boston
2-3 Mar Caley Cruisers Winter Head (including Scottish Student Head)
3 Mar Maidstone Spring Head [cencelled because of river conditions]
Head of the East - St Neots [cancelled]
West Midlands Junior Championships (including JIRR trials) - Stourport - moved to Hereford
North West JIRR time trial - crews - Northwich
United Hospitals Head Race [cancelled because of river conditions]
Boat Race fixtures
Star Club Spring Head [replacement for NY Head, which was cancelled in Jan because of EA strong stream advice; but this in turn has been cancelled]
Fri 8 Mar Thames Upper JIRR trials - Dorney
9 Mar WOMEN'S EIGHTS HEAD 15:30 [final draw & press release; conditions being monitored; Tuesday update (including removal of J15s);
further update pm Thu 11 Mar and revised draw; 
results; BR report]
Derwentwater Head [date from 2 Mar; cancelled because of forecast winds]
10 Mar BTC Spring
CRA Winter League leg 3 -Cam crews only
Boat Race fixtures
Eastern Region JIRR trials - Peterborough [draw & live results]
Mon 11 Mar Thames Barrier closes 10:15 to 16:45 for high tide protection
Tue 12 Mar Talbott Cup for lower division Cambridge University crews, & Second Trinity Challenge Sculls
Wed 13 Mar Boat Race crew announcements - Battersea
Thu 14 Mar Thames Barrier was closed overnight & again during the day for high tide protection
16 Mar Kingston Head 11:00 & 14:00 [cancelled because of expected river conditions]
Cambridge Champs Junior Sculling Head [cancelled because of conditions]
Clydesdale 4s & 8s Head
Boat Race fixtures
Northern region JIRR trials - Cambois RC [results]
17 Mar Lincoln Head
Gloucester Head
North of England Head
Wed 20 Mar Schools' Head 13:00 [provisional draw , but may change again as river conditions are being monitored;
likely to be yellow flag, so all J15 crews, and crews with insufficient experience, have been removed from the draw;
Eton College will be running an event at Dorney for J15 eights the same day. BR report on Sch Head]
Fri 22 Mar Oarsport Junior Sculling Head - Dorney [new date; start order now available; land conditions not suitable for spectator car parking; BR report]
23 Mar HEAD OF THE RIVER 15:15 [provisional draw ; river conditions being monitored;
in yellow flag conditions, beginners, novices, J15 and younger, weaker crews, and those not used to navigating the tidal Thames should not be afloat on the ebb tide;
flag went green on morning of race; BR report]
Ponteland Junior Head [cancelled because of forecast high winds]
Adur Head - Shoreham
24 Mar Vesta Veterans Head 15:45 [draw now available; BR report; results & winners]
Thames London JIRR trials [7 Apr if conditions not OK on 24 Mar]
Wed 27 Mar Spares university boat races: Ltwt men's pairs 09:50, Women's coxed fours 10:00, Men's pairs 10:10
Fri 29 Mar Lightweight Boat Races [url lapsed?; W 14:13, M 15:13; CUBC crews; preview; men's race report; women's race report]
Men's & Women's Veteran Boat Races [Putney to Hammersmith; W 14:33, M 14:53; preview]
Good Friday Row Nottm-Newark
30 Mar University Boat Races (Women 14:46, Blondie v Osiris 15:01, Goldie v Isis 15:16, Men 15:46) [full timetable; crew lists; Goldie & Blondie announcements; BR preview;
online programme; women's race report; men's race report]
Sun 31 Mar Easter Sunday
Clocks go forward to BST
APR
Sun 7 Apr Northwich Spring Head [J14s & J15s removed; course may be shortened; results]
Loughborough Winter Soar Head [date from 18 Nov 2023, but subsequently cancelled]
Thames London JIRR trials [7 Apr if conditions not OK on 24 Mar]
Mon 8 Apr Thames Barrier closes 10:15 to 16:30 for high tide protection, & then overnight from 22:00 to 04:30
Thu 11 Apr Test closure of Thames Barrier 09:40 - 12:10 [cancelled because of Monday's closure]
12-14 Apr GB Senior & U23 invitation trials - Caversham [BR report]
13 Apr Trafford [cancelled]
Glasgow RC Spring Regatta [cancelled]
Head of the Dart - downstream [cancelled because of waterlogged ground & strong stream]
Southampton HORR
13-14 Apr 4 Nations Beach Sprint - Round 1 - St Helier Jersey
14 Apr Bedford Spring Fours & Small Boats Head
Abingdon Head [cancelled; land waterlogged]
20 Apr Chester-le-Street Spring [date to 27 Apr because of JIRR]
Junior Inter-Regional Regatta - NWSC [new format this year: 13 teams, and singles allowed 2 entries per team; this year includes adaptive races]
Clyde ARC Power Sprint [date from 4 May]
Welsh Varsity Boat Races - Swansea
Head of the Cam - Cambridge crews only
21 Apr Lea Spring
Leicester
Oxford City Bumps
GB U19 trials
Mon 22 - Wed 24 Apr Cambridge University Small Boats Regatta
27 Apr Hammersmith Amateur (may include adaptive events)
Chester-le-Street Spring [date from 20 Apr because of JIRR]
Birmingham
Viking Shield - Herne Bay [cancelled]
27-28 Apr Scottish Rowing Spring Regatta
28 Apr 4 Nations Beach Sprint - Round 2 - Bournemouth
MAY
4 May Chiswick
Merseyside [cancelled]
York Spring
Clyde ARC Power Sprint [date to 20 Apr]
Marlow Spring [moved from Mon 6th; will include adaptive events; cancelled because of wet ground]
Cambridge Head to Head
4-5 May Evesham
Durham City
4-6 May BUCS Regatta - NWSC
5 May Wallingford Regatta - Dorney [may include adaptive events]
Cambridge Sprint Regatta
Mon 6 May Bank holiday
Junior Sculling Regatta Dorney, organised by The Scullery
Marlow Spring [moved to Sat 4th, but then vancelled]
11 May Borne at Chiswick Bridge
Nottingham City
Tees
Bristol Avon at Saltford
Castle Semple
Bedford Amateur [date from Sun 12th]
Shoreham
4 Nations Beach Sprint - Round 3 - Fishguard
11-12 May Shrewsbury [not including adaptive events this year]
12 May Nottingham Masters and Club
Ball Cup South (Dorney)
Bedford Amateur [date to Sat 11th]
Northwich [date may be changed to 8 Sep to avoid clash with Shrewsbury]
Radegund Mile - Cambridge
18 May Putney Town [cancelled for 2024]
Thames Ditton
Blenheim Palace Junior Regatta
Worcester Spring [including West of England Challenge Vase for coxed fours]
Wansbeck
Paignton
Milton on Sea (Lymington)
Scottish Rowing Beach Sprint Championship - St Andrews
4 Nations Beach Sprint - Round 4 - St Andrews
18-19 May United Hospitals Bumps
19 May Poplar Regatta - Royal Albert Dock
Lancaster
Maidenhead Junior (invitation event)
Boston Marathon [date for rescheduled event, after weed in Sep 2023, but now cancelled (not enough manpower)]
Champs Eights Head - Cambridge
22-25 May Oxford University Summer Eights [in due course: results from Anu Dudhia; live racedesk]
24-26 May NATIONAL SCHOOLS - Dorney [changes for 2024]
25 May Twickenham [new url; changed to upstream course]
Clydesdale
Poole
Worthing
25-26 May Monmouth Regatta & Sprint [possibility of adaptive racing]
26 May Cambridge Spring Regatta
Mon 27 May Bank holiday
JUN
1 Jun Hexham
Christchurch
Hereford [Saturday only; Sunday sprint cancelled]
X-Press Head - Cambridge
1-2 Jun Metropolitan - Dorney
Peterborough
Briish Rowing Offshore Championships - Jersey
Totnes & Bridgetown
2 Jun Trentham
8 Jun Walton & Weybridge
Star
Chester
Bridgnorth
Ryde
Eastbourne
8-9 Jun Durham
Scottish Championships
9 Jun Weybridge Ladies [cancelled for 2024]
Chester Sprint
Shanklin
12-15 Jun Cambridge University May Bumps [results & live commentary from CamFM; official results: M/ W; multi-year charts: men/ women]
15 Jun Barnes & Mortlake
Marlow Town [including adaptive events]
Stratford Junior Sprint
Tyne (incl Tyne at Home) [date to 17 Aug]
Welsh Rowing Coastal Championships - Aberdyfi
Plymouth
Coalporters
15-16 Jun BRITISH ROWING MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS - NWSC [venue NWSC, as SCP unavailable]
Reading Amateur
21-23 Jun HENLEY WOMEN'S REGATTA [2024 rules & regulations published Fri 1 Dec; including adaptive events]
22 Jun Marlow Regatta - Dorney
St Ives
Nithsdale
Wimbleball
BTC
Hastings
23 Jun Thames Valley Park
York Summer
Bexhill
Wed 26 Jun Warrington Youth Regatta
Fri 28 Jun HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA qualifying races
29 Jun Richmond
Reading Town
Peterborough Junior
Bradford Sprint
Port of Bideford
Swanage
29-30 Jun Ironbridge
30 Jun Egham
Folkestone
2-7 JUL HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA
6 Jul Talkin Tarn
Woolston
7 Jul Huntingdon Regatta [returning after 30 years]
Dover
Wed 9 Jul Doggett's Coat and Badge
Fri 12-13 Jul Henley Masters
13 Jul City of Exeter
Llandaff
Itchen Imperial
England trials for Home International - NWSC
13-14 Jul Kingston
Burton
14 Jul Ball Cup North at Runcorn Junior Regatta
Llandaff Sprint [including adaptive events]
Mon 15 - Fri 19 Jul Cambridge Town Bumps
Fri 19 - Mon 22 Jul BRITISH ROWING JUNIOR AND SENIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS - NWSC [new url; Senior Champs revived; including adaptive events]
20 Jul Greenbank Falmouth
Southsea
20-21 Jul Molesey
27 Jul Warrington
Home International - SCP [including adaptive events; url changed]
Deal
27-28 Jul Staines
St Neots
Bewdley
28 Jul Appledore and Instow
AUG
3 Aug Henley T&V
Sudbury [including adaptive events]
Newport 4s
Herne Bay
4 Aug Newport SB
10 Aug Maidenhead [including adaptive events]
Coalporters Junior
10-11 Aug Peterborough Summer
Stourport
British Rowing Beach Sprint Championships - St Andrews
17 Aug Warwick
Danson Dashes
Tyne (incl Tyne at Home) [date from 15 Jun]
Torbay Royal
Southsea (spare day)
Cantabs Summer Regatta - Cambridge
17-18 Aug Oxford City Regatta [including adaptive events - Sun?]
24-25 Aug Gloucester: Juniors & Masters(Sat)/ Open (Sun) [including adaptive events]
25-Mon 26 Aug Ross: Masters & Juniors Sprint (Sun)/ Open (Mon) [including adaptive events]
Mon 26 Aug Bank holiday
Thu 29 Aug Port of Dartmouth Royal
31 Aug North of England Sprint Championships
31 Aug
- 1 Sep North East Regatta
SEP
1 Sep Lea Autumn
Great Ouse Marathon
7 Sep Worcester Autumn
Chester-Le-Street Autumn
8 Sep Medway Head [cancelled]
Northwich [date may be changed from 12 May to avoid clash with Shrewsbury]
Cambridge Autumn
14 Sep Vesta Scullers Head
Bradford Autumn
Tyne Single Scullers Head
Yare Cup Small Boat Hd
Milton Keynes [but may change date to 21 Sep because of clash wih FISA Masters]
South Coast Championships - Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley
14-15 Sep RoWindermere
15 Sep Penarth
21 Sep Runcorn Autumn Head [including adaptive events]
Isis Sculls
Durham Autumn Sprint [now disaffiliated]
Milton Keynes [may change date from 14 Sep because of clash wih FISA Masters]
Great River Race 11:00
28 Sep Wallingford LDSc
York Autumn Sculls [date changed to 12 Oct]
Berwick LDSc (Northern LDSc series)
Home International Beach Sprint - Bournemouth ENG
29 Sep Chester LDSc
Monmouth Autumn Head
Maidstone SBH [date to 20 Oct]
OCT
5 Oct Worcester SBH
Reading SBH [date from 12 Oct because of clash with Pairs Head]
Tees LDSc (Northern LDSc series) & Tees SBH
Avon Bluefriars SBH
Medina HoRR, Newport
Cambridge SBH
6 Oct St Neots SBH
Burton Head
Annual Thames Barrier full tide test closure 2024 - 0930 to 2130
12 Oct Pairs Head 11:00
Reading SBH [date to 5 Oct because of clash with Pairs Head]
Agecroft SBH
Tyne LDSc (Northern LDSc series) & Tyne United SBH
Evesham Autumn Head
York Autumn Sculls [date changed from 28 Sep]
Cambridge Autumn Head
13 Oct Bedford Autumn SBH
Ancholme Head
19 Oct Weybridge Silver Sculls
Wansbeck LDSc (Northern LDSc series) and Cambois SBH
20 Oct Nottingham Autumn Heads
Huntingdon Head
Maidstone SBH [date from 29 Sep]
26 Oct Burway SBH
Dee Autumn Head
South Hylton LDSc (Northern LDSc series)
Norwich Small Boats Head and Norfolk Sculls
27 Oct Clocks go back to GMT
Upper Thames Autumn Head
Gloucester Autumn Head
NOV
2 Nov Durham LDSc (Northern LDSc series) & Durham Autumn SBH
3 Nov Head of the Don
Isle of Ely Head
9 Nov Kingston SBH
Derby Really Small Boats Head ?
Stourport SBH
Cambridge Winter Head
10 Nov Docklands SBH
Northwich Autumn Head
16 Nov Teddington Head
Avon Autumn Big Boats Head
17 Nov York SBH
Head of the Lune
Star Club Head
Sat 23 Nov Veteran 4s Head
Sun 24 Nov Fours Head 10:00 tbc
BUCS Novice Eights Head - Liverpool University
Lincoln University Beginners' Head (or alternative web page)
30 Nov Hampton SBH (Jun)
Evesham Main Head / Masters of the Avon
Liverpool Victoria Head of the Float
Rutherford Head
DEC
1 Dec Wallingford 4s & 8s Hd
Monmouth Winter Head
7 Dec Newark Head [website may be faulty]
Wycliffe SBH
University of Bristol Boat Club Head
BR Indoor Championships - NEC Birmingham
City of Cambridge Christmas Head
14 Dec Walton SBH
University of York White Rose Head
Remenham Challenge (for crews from Remenham founding clubs only)
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