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…
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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…
Message regarding stream conditions
The following message is being sent by email to all club entries secretaries and crew contacts on Sunday, 17 November 2019: You will be aware of the heavy rainfall we've been experiencing. The Tideway is now on a yellow flag,…
We are monitoring the stream conditions
The Committee is aware that the Port of London Authority has issued a Yellow Ebb Tide Flag warning (strong fluvial flows), and that the whole of the non-tidal Thames is currently on red boards: PLA website: http://www.pla.co.uk/ Environment Agency River…
