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…
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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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The Davison Award
The Committee of the Head of the River Fours is pleased to announce the introduction of a new discretionary award in memory of Noel Davison. Noel was, in addition to many other rowing related volunteer roles, the Honorary Secretary of the Head of…
New for 2018
A number of changes have been made for the 2018 race as the HOR4s continues to evolve. Full details of these and how to enter can be found on our Entries page. Entries will open on BROE2 on Monday, 10…
Noel Davison
The Committee of the HOR4s are greatly saddened by the death of Noel Davison, Hon. Secretary since 2014, on Sunday, 1 July 2018, after a lengthy battle against cancer. Our thoughts are with his family, particularly his wife Eleanor, also…
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