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,…
Helena Smalman-Smith
Fours Head webmaster, expedition rower and creator of RowingStory.com
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…
Press Release: Entries surge for the 2019 Fuller’s Head of the River Fours
A lightning fast flood of entries saw an arguably record-breaking uptake for the Fuller’s Head of River Fours 2019, with it taking only 15 days for the race to reach full capacity. With such a high interest for participating in…
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John Booker
The members of the Committee of the Fuller's Head of the River Fours are sad to hear of the recent death of John Booker, one of the event's Vice Presidents. John played a key role in building the Head of…
Entries suspended: we’re full
Entries were suspended at 4.20pm on Monday, 14 October 2019 after 480 (including 166 Sch/Jun) crews had been accepted. Please note that this limit is for safety reasons on and off the water and cannot be exceeded. We are operating…
Have your entries been accepted? If not…
As at 6pm on Sunday, 13 October, we have 526 live entries for the race, of which 437 have been accepted. As stated on our Entries page: The race has a limit of 480 crews. We will accept the first…
Entries are filling up
Entries for the 2019 Head of the River Fours have been filling up faster than usual since we opened on BROE2 just over a week ago. As stated on our Entries page, we will accept – as quickly as we can –…
Changes for 2019
A number of changes have been made for the 2019 race as the HOR4s continues to evolve: The Overtaking Rule has been changed to bring it in line with the one used at the Tideway eights heads i.e. Boats being…
Stratford upon Avon BC wins 2018 Davison Award
We are pleased to announce that Stratford upon Avon BC are winners of the inaugural Davison Award. There were many clubs and many commendable performances that met the criteria of the Davison Award which were all reviewed by the Committee…
2018 Contingency Plan for finishing at Hammersmith Bridge
UPDATE 11.20am Saturday, 3 November 2018: After a positive river inspection it has now been decided to run a full course race. The race committee would like to wish all crews the best of luck and send their best wishes…
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