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 [
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 [ date, moved from 14 Feb]
13 Feb Henley Schools Head
Norwich Head [now moved to December 1998]
South Yorks Head [start order & results] & see 
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 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) [ 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 
analysis of the results.]
28 Mar Vesta Veterans Head [results, & start order]
Abingdon Head [date 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;
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 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 [ 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 ( link)]
MAY 99
1 May Wallingford [Saturday draw and results]
Chiswick [ 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 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 to 30 May]
Tyne (Joint) [cancelled for 1999]
North East (Scotland) [draw]
22 May Metropolitan [or this url] [1999 details, Saturday draw & timetable]
[location map]
Racing abandoned after 10 races; 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 url] [1999 details, Sunday draw & timetable]
[location map]
Racing cancelled because of wind; 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 [ date; abandoned after 5 races: 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 [ 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 [ 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) [ 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 [ 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 [ url]
HRR press release, entry list, draw, & RESULTS
JULY 99
1 Jul HENLEY ROYAL [ url]
HRR press release, entry list, draw, & RESULTS
2 Jul HENLEY ROYAL [ url]
HRR press release, entry list, draw, & RESULTS
3 Jul HENLEY ROYAL [ 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 [ 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 [ date]
11 Sep Talkin Tarn Veterans [cancelled - insufficient entries]
Aberdeen Sprint
International Supersprint - Millwall Dock, London [ 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 [ link]
South Coast Champs, Swanage [postponed to the Sunday
& moved to Poole, Championship events only being raced;
results now available, & now to include report]
19 Sep Boston Marathon [ website, including results]
Mumbles
25 Sep York Sprint
Durham Vet & Jnr
Castle Semple Sprint
26 Sep Great Ouse Sculling Champs [date 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 from 26 Sep]
9 Oct Pairs Head (1230) [results]
Kingston Junior Fours Head [results]
Hylton LDSc [ results (after a publishing delay):
member of Northern Rowing Council's Autumn Sculling Series]
Cambridge SBH [date 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 [ 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 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) [ date]
NOVEMBER 99
6 Nov Tiffin Small Boats Head [date 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 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 [ results: date from 6 Nov]
Tiffin Small Boats Head [date to 6 Nov]
Cambridge Winter Head [ link, now including results]
Northwich Autumn Head [ results]
Wear LDSc [ results:
member of Northern Rowing Council's Autumn Sculling Series]
Monkton Bluefriars SBH [ 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 [ date; website:
entries: start order, also alphabetical, & by events,
results: overall, also alphabetical, & by events; pennant winners]
Trafford Head [date to 27 Nov]
21 Nov Kingston Small Boats Head [poster , & now results available]
York SBH [ results from NERN]
27 Nov Hampton Junior/Schools Small Boats Head
[start list; results now available, & by events]
Evesham Head [ url; info including entries & results]
University of Bristol Head [ results]
Wansbeck Small Boats Head (Cambois ARC) [ link;
Cancelled due to lack of entries]
Glasgow Fours Head [ results (image files): div 1, div 2]
Trafford Head [date from 20 Nov]
Huntingdon Head [ date]
28 Nov Marlow 4s & Small Boats Head [ links: draw & results]
Totnes Mini Head
British Indoor Rowing Championships, Rivermead, Reading
[ link including details of competitors;
also report from RQ]
DECEMBER 99
4 Dec Walton Small Boats Head [ results]
Wycliffe SBH [ links, including results]
Liverpool Victoria Head of the Float
Rutherford Head [ results]
Ibis Head [ results, courtesy of Vesta RC]
5 Dec Wallingford Head [ links, including start list & results]
Maidstone SBH [ results]
Newark SBH [ results]
11 Dec Burway Small Boats Head [ link, including results]
18 Dec Tideway Small Boats Head
Senior & U23 trials: Men: Boston [ results, by boat type & overall]
19 Dec Senior & U23 trials: Women: Henley [moved to Holme Pierrepont; info]
Other events:
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