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Marlow Regatta is one of the top [1] events in the British rowing calendar and attracts top crews from schools, clubs and universities from around the UK, Europe and the USA. The regatta takes place two weeks prior to Henley Royal Regatta and for some competitors this will be the last chance to pre-qualify for Henley Royal.
The British Rowing Championships usually take place every year and are normally held at the National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepont (Nottingham), with occasional championships held at the Strathclyde Country Park. The championships originally incorporated Senior and Junior crews but since 2013 have been held separately.
Abingdon Spring Head of the River [6] is a rowing time-trial race event held annually in mid-April on the river Thames in Abingdon. The competition was founded in 1961 by the Abingdon Rowing Club and traditionally it is the last head race event of the season in British Rowing competition calendar before BR regatta season commences.
The club began to record success perfoming well at the 2015 British Rowing Junior Championships [5] the 2015 Junior Inter-Regional Championships [6] and the Henley Sculls in 2017. [7] They also won the Victor ludorum at the 2015 Worcester Regatta.
The canoeing and rowing events for the 1948 London Olympic Games were contested in early August, a month after the Royal Regatta. The course was widened to accommodate three lanes and shortened to start at the top of Temple Island: the distance was approximately 1980 metres – 20 metres short of the standard international distance.
The sport and recreational/touring rowing takes place on the Tideway and on the 45 separate lock reaches on the non-tidal section.. The river hosts a televised succession of races on which bets are placed – traditionally named The Boat Race and for some decades a men-only event – it is now the (Oxford and Cambridge) Men's and Women's Boat Race on the cusp of March and April.
The Wingfield Sculls is a rowing race held annually on the River Thames in London, England, on the 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (6.8 km) Championship Course from Putney to Mortlake.. The race is between single scullers and is usually on the Saturday three to four weeks before the Scullers Head of the River Race which is the same race in reverse, attracts more international entries and is held in November ...
The only non-academic rowing club in Reading, Goring Gap Rowing Club is the nearest such club and is a semi-rival, in the west of Mapledurham, as that club take part in events for the non-racing, recreational side of the sport. Reading RC organises adult beginner coaching and provides events for the competitive and recreational sides of the sport.