Clyde  A R C

Established 1865

2024 Clyde Head of the River Races


  • Saturday 26 October 2024
  • 3 Divisions of Racing over approximately 3.0km from the top of the straight upriver of the Shawfield Footbridge to the monument at Glasgow Green on the River Clyde
  • Raced under Scottish Rowing Rules

Race control will be hosted at the West Boathouse, on Glasgow Green.

Key Dates

  • 01 October 2024: Entries Open
  • 19 October 2024: Entries Close
  • 24 October 2024: Final draw will be posted on this page.
  • 26 October 2024: Racing

Draw

Division 1

Event Crew Name
O8+ (TO) GUBC (Watson)
W8+ GUBC (Byrne)
W8+ EUBC (Middlebrook)
W8+ G Academy (Li)
Nov 8+ GUBC (Watson)
Nov 8+ SUBC (Ballance)
Nov 8+ SUBC (Kesterton)
WNov 8+ GUBC (Pringle)
WNov 8+ DUBC (Brindle)
O1x GUBC (Gorrie)
O1x Cdale (Broad)
O1x GUBC (Sutherland)
W 1x GUBC (Wilson)
W 1x Cdale (Vohnikova)
R2 1x GRC (Quinn)
R2 1x SUBC (Huckle)
R2 1x Tay (Semple)
R2 1x SUBC (McCrone)
R2 1x GRC (Graham)
R2 1x GRC (Rooney)
R2 1x GWC (Ferguson)
J18 1x G Acad (Gibbons)
J18 1x GWC (Skirving)
J18 1x Cdale (Lowrie)
WR2 1x GRC (Boyd)
WR2 1x Cdale (Kingston)
WJ18 1x Chester-le-Street (Smith)
WJ18 1x SABC (Edwards)
WJ18 1x GRC (Warnock)
WJ18 1x Cdale (Soyinka)
Nov 1x SPRC (Langley)
Nov 1x DUBC (Cattermole)
J16 1x G Acad (Morrison)
J16 1x GWC (Palmer)
J16 1x SABC (Nussey)
J16 1x Cdale (Ward)
J16 1x G Acad (Brown)
J16 1x Cdale (Blair)
J15 1x G Acad (Hayashi)
J15 1x G Acad (Wright)
J15 1x GWC (McNab)
J15 1x G Acad (Gilkison)
J15 1x G Acad (Hurst)
J15 1x G Acad (Vella)
J15 1x G Acad (Hinov)
OMas [E-H] 1x Cdale (Johnson)
OMas [E-H] 1x Cdale (MacFarlane)
OMas [E-H] 1x SPRC (Ord)
OMas [E-H] 1x Stirling (Brown)
WNov 1x SPRC (Malcolm)
WNov 1x SUBC (Gilroy)
WNov 1x Cdale (Maclean)
WNov 1x DUBC (Crabb)
WNov 1x SPRC (Robertson)
WNov 1x SUBC (Hogg)
WJ16 1x G Acad (Mark)
WJ16 1x SPRC (Gildert)
WJ16 1x G Acad (Graham)
WJ16 1x G Acad (Cherry)
WJ15 1x GWC (Clements)
WJ15 1x SPRC (Robertson)
WJ15 1x SPRC (Black)
WJ15 1x Cdale (Colclough)
WJ15 1x SPRC (West)
WMas D 1x CSRC (Robertson)
WMas G 1x SPRC (Dancer)

Division 2

Event Crew Name
O4+ (TO) CDale (Vohnikova)
W4+ (TO) GUBC (McConville)
WMas 4+ (TO) SPRC (Neill)
R2 4+ EUBC (Curry)
R2 4+ GUBC (Byrne)
OMas 4+ SABC (Collings)
OMas 4+ Cdale (Lawson)
WNov 4+ Cdale (Kingston)
WNov 4+ G Acad (Hayashi)
WNov 4+ GUBC (McConville)
R2 2x EUBC (Jenkins)
R2 2x EUBC/SABC (Lane)
J18 2x GWC (Ellis)
J18 2x Cdale (Lowrie)
WR2 2x SPRC (Gildert)
WR2 2x DUBC (Noake)
WR2 2x SUBC (Benson)
WR2 2x Cdale (Kingston)
WR2 2x G Acad (Swanson)
WJ18 2x GWC (Budgen)
WJ18 2x G Acad (Nickko-Amiry)
WJ18 2x G Acad (Barr)
WJ18 2x Cdale (Soyinka)
J16 2x Cdale (Ward)
J16 2x G Acad (Brown)
J16 2x GWC (Palmer)
J16 2x SABC (Nussey)
Nov 2x SUBC (Docherty)
Nov 2x SPRC (Langley)
OMas [D-H] 2x Cdale (Phillips)
OMas [D-H] 2x SPRC (Ixkes)
OMas [D-H] 2x SABC (Munro)
J15 2x GWC (McNab)
J15 2x GWC (King)
WJ16 2x GWC (Contreras-Wood)
WJ16 2x Cdale (Geddes)
WJ16 2x SPRC (West)
WJ16 2x Cdale (Orton)
WJ16 2x GWC (Wilding)
WNov 2x GRC (Pettersen)
WNov 2x SUBC (Livingstone)
WNov 2x SPRC (Malcolm)
WNov 2x Cdale (Healy)
WNov 2x GRC (Sheikh)
WMas [B-F] 2x Cdale (McCall)
WMas [B-F] 2x GRC (Martin)
WMas [B-F] 2x CSRC (Rainbow)

Division 3

Event Crew Name
O4+ (TO) CDale (Vohnikova)
W4+ (TO) GUBC (McConville)
WMas 4+ (TO) SPRC (Neill)
R2 4+ EUBC (Curry)
R2 4+ GUBC (Byrne)
OMas 4+ SABC (Collings)
OMas 4+ Cdale (Lawson)
WNov 4+ Cdale (Kingston)
WNov 4+ G Acad (Hayashi)
WNov 4+ GUBC (McConville)
R2 2x EUBC (Jenkins)
R2 2x EUBC/SABC (Lane)
J18 2x GWC (Ellis)
J18 2x Cdale (Lowrie)
WR2 2x SPRC (Gildert)
WR2 2x DUBC (Noake)
WR2 2x SUBC (Benson)
WR2 2x Cdale (Kingston)
WR2 2x G Acad (Swanson)
WJ18 2x GWC (Budgen)
WJ18 2x G Acad (Nickko-Amiry)
WJ18 2x G Acad (Barr)
WJ18 2x Cdale (Soyinka)
J16 2x Cdale (Ward)
J16 2x G Acad (Brown)
J16 2x GWC (Palmer)
J16 2x SABC (Nussey)
Nov 2x SUBC (Docherty)
Nov 2x SPRC (Langley)
OMas [D-H] 2x Cdale (Phillips)
OMas [D-H] 2x SPRC (Ixkes)
J15 2x GWC (McNab)
J15 2x GWC (King)
WJ16 2x GWC (Contreras-Wood)
WJ16 2x Cdale (Geddes)
WJ16 2x SPRC (West)
WJ16 2x Cdale (Orton)
WJ16 2x GWC (Wilding)
WNov 2x GRC (Pettersen)
WNov 2x SUBC (Livingstone)
WNov 2x SPRC (Malcolm)
WNov 2x Cdale (Healy)
WNov 2x GRC (Sheikh)
WMas [B-F] 2x Cdale (McCall)
WMas [B-F] 2x GRC (Martin)
WMas [B-F] 2x CSRC (Rainbow)

Events

We invite entries for each of the below events, under each of the following categories:

  • Senior Open
  • Women’s Open
  • Mixed Open
  • Senior Novice
  • Women’s Novice
  • Mixed Novice
  • Senior Restricted 2
  • Women’s Restricted 2
  • Under 18 Open
  • Women’s Under 18
  • Under 16 Open
  • Women’s Under 16
  • Under 15 Open
  • Women’s Under 15
DIVISION 1: 10.30AM DIVISION 2: 12.30PM DIVISION 3: 2.30PM
Singles Doubles Pairs
Eights Coxed Fours Coxless Quad Sculls
    Coxed Quad Sculls (Novice only)
    Singles - The rematch

We additionally invite entries for both masters and women’s masters categories.

The regatta organising committee reserve the right to consolidate categories in order to maximise competition.

Prizes

Prizes will be awarded in categories where at least three entries have been received in that division.

Venue

Race control will be located at the West Boathouse on Glasgow Green, Glasgow, with racing on The River Clyde.

Clubs based furth of the Clyde will normally be invited to boat from the pontoon at the West Boathouse, but arrangements will be finalised when the draw is distributed.

Boat Hire

We are in a position to offer limited boat hire for this event to travelling clubs. Enquiries should be made to the regatta organising committee (entries@clydearc.org.uk) to discuss availability and arrangements.

Additional Information

Whatsapp & event day communications

We ask that all clubs have at least one coach join our WhatsApp announcements channel. You can join via this link.

Course Map

Course map

Boating

Please boat in plenty of time for your race. There will be a marshal at the West Boathouse pontoon to ensure crews boat as efficiently as possible. Do your bit by making sure you have everything ready to go before you get to the steps, as you may hold someone else up if you delay by forgetting a cox box, blade, one-piece or crew member.

Crews MUST arrive upstream of Rutherglen Bridge 15 minutes prior to the division start time. Crews arriving at this checkpoint within 15 minutes of the race start time will not be allowed to pass upstream and will be instructed to return to their boating point (i.e. you will miss your race). Crews must be in their marshalling positions 5 minutes before race start time. A five-second time penalty will be added for any minute thereafter.

Circulation

Boats should proceed upstream to the start on the North Bank (Strokeside/Port Bank) of the river, passing through North arches of all bridges. Whilst racing, crews are encouraged to pass through the centre arches of all bridges but may take any arch they wish. The only exception to this rule is Rutherglen bridge where the south arch must not be used.

Safety

All competitors and coaches must make themselves aware of the rules and guidelines covering the River Clyde. These rules and guidelines along with the SCOTTISH ROWING safety rules should be adhered to.

The regatta committee would like to draw particular attention to the rule stating that all coaches and club assistants on the towpath should carry throw ropes. Life belts are positioned at intervals of approximately 100m along the river bank. Another safety point we wish to emphasise is the turning of boats well clear of the gates of the tidal weir.

Medical assistance will be available from the West boathouse. In the event of any emergency, however, please contact the emergency services yourself immediately on 999, prior to seeking further assistance from the regatta organisers. An AED device is available at the West Boathouse.

Please familiarise yourself with the risk assessment for this event.

Handicaps

Handicaps will be applied to determine the results within masters events. Handicaps will be determined according to the rules laid out by Scottish Rowing, and crews and methods used to determine the standard time for each event will be included with the final results.

Access arrangements

Competitors, coaches and visitors must not climb riverside fences.

Vehicular movement within Glasgow Green is regulated by Glasgow City Council. The stated limit is 5mph, and specific care should be taken at the juntion with the suspension bridge.

In addition it would be appreciated if vehicular movement is kept to a minimum. Vehicles entering the Green must enter at the King’s Bridge / King’s Drive Entrance on the South East Corner of the Green.

Competitors must not obstruct the carriageway outside the West Boathouse.

Cakes & refreshments

There will be a busload of buns and cakes, in addition to obligatory soup and bacon sarnies available for purchase at modest prices upstairs at the West Boathouse. We accept contactless payment, and ask that you use this where possible rather than cash.

Clyde ARC wishes all competitors and spectators a fun day’s racing!

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2024 Clyde Head of the River Races

26 October 2024

West Boathouse, Glasgow Green