Race name Recognising that most people refer to our race as the Fours Head, we have changed its official name to that. It has been the Head of the River Fours since it began in 1955, but we are happy…
Helena Smalman-Smith
Fours Head webmaster, expedition rower and creator of RowingStory.com
COVID-19 and the 2020 race
The Committee very much hopes that the 2020 race will take place, but this will only be possible once British Rowing has cleared affiliated competitions to restart in their Returning to Rowing guidance. Various other criteria outside our control will…
York City RC wins Davison Award 2019
We are delighted to announce that York City Rowing Club are the winners of the 2019 Davison Award. This discretionary award was created in 2018 in memory of Noel Davison, who was Honorary Secretary of the race from 2014-2018, for…
Contingency Plan for finishing at Hammersmith
As we mentioned in our conditions update this morning (Friday), the wind forecast for race day is South Easterly (wind against stream from Hammersmith), with possible significant gusts. A course inspection will assess the actual conditions at 11.30am on Saturday.…
Conditions update (Friday morning)
We are pleased to see that the PLA Ebb Tide Flag has now gone to GREEN. However, there is still a very considerable and above-average flow of water into the Tideway from upriver so the stream will still be extremely…
Changes due to conditions
Reduction in number of crews Earlier in the week we highlighted these challenging conditions and asked all competing clubs to consider whether any of their crews should scratch from the race, and offered a full refund to those who did.…
Check your crew’s entry!
We have just published updated start orders on the Start order page. These include scratchings up to noon today (Wednesday, 20 November 2019). Don't worry, we do know about scratchings since then. Please can all crews and coaches: Check that…
Conditions continuing to be reviewed
We extended the window for refundable scratchings from 8pm yesterday (Tuesday, 19 November) to noon today because BROE2 was unavailable yesterday evening due to a hardware failure. Scratchings received during this time, plus others, have reduced the number of crews…
Conditions: Refund/scratching deadline extended & Next update Wednesday evening
Thank you to all of the clubs which scratched crews during our refund window from Sunday evening until 8pm today (Tuesday, 19 November 2019). Due to BROE2 going down, this has now been extended to noon on Wednesday, 20 November 2019.…
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M4 roadworks/Hammersmith Bridge: check your route
If you plan to use the M4 to come to the race, please check your route in advance as there are ongoing roadworks. See https://highwaysengland.co.uk/projects/m4-junctions-3-12-smart-motorway/ (scroll down to Planned Roadworks section). The motorway was fully closed last weekend, although there…
