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Spring Head To Head

The 2024 Spring Head To Head will be held on Saturday 4 May 2024 as part of the City of Cambridge Big Weekend.

  • The race is two lengths of 2,000m.
  • The first leg starts at the Chesterton Railway Bridge in Cambridge and finishes at the A14 bridge.
  • Boats spin at the lock and racing starts again at the A14 bridge and finishes at the Chesterton Railway Bridge.

Division Times:

  • Div 1: 09:00
  • Div 2: 11.00
  • Div 3: 13.00

Boats can be entered under Student or Cambridge Rowing Association.

Entries

Entries can be made here.  Entries are open until the end of day, Monday 29 April

Draw

The draft draw will be published here when ready.

Competitor information

All participants should read the competitor information.

Prize categories and results

Winners for categories with 3 or more entries (or 2 or more for juniors) will receive prizes.

Prize giving will be in the City of Cambridge Boathouse at 3pm.

Results will be published here as soon as possible.  Previous year results can also be found on RowClock – www.RowClock.com.

Questions and row-through

If you have any questions or would like to request a row-through please contact the Events Secretary.

Marshal instructions

Marshal instructions can be found here Spring Head to Head Marshal Instructions 2024

The marshal sign up sheet can be found here.

City Sprints

About the race

City Sprints is an annual side-by-side 500m race in front of the boathouses, racing from Cutter Ferry footbridge to City of Cambridge Rowing Club.

The invitational regatta takes place on the Sunday before the May Day bank holiday.  This year the 2024 City Sprints will be held on Sunday 5 May.  There will be a bar and spectator viewing area at the finish line.

Prize categories and results

Events will be held for each boat class across Open, Women’s and Mixed categories and in: 8+, 8x+, 4-, 4+, 4x, 4x+, 2-, 2x, 1x.

There will also be a special category for the overall fastest Open and Women’s 8+.  The winners of each 8+ category will be able to race off against the other 8+ winners, and the overall fastest 8+ will be awarded our new 3m City Sprints Pennant to display at your club until next year’s race.

Events will be banded as follows:

  • Championship – crews containing members who in the past have rowed at national level events such as HRR, HWR, Wallingford and Met regattas or May’s 1st Division crews
  • Club – May’s 2nd Division crews or town crews that are neither Championship or Novice
  • Novice – any crew where all of the members of the crew have not started rowing prior to May 2022 or student crews rowing in the Mays 3rd division or below
  • Masters – Categories from Masters A to G as defined by British Rowing
  • Juniors – Categories from J13 to J18 as defined by British Rowing

Where an event has a large number of entries, the organising committee may band entries into student and CRA, or by creating bands based on past performance.  The organising committee reserves the right to change banding if they feel that a crew has been entered in a category that is too low.

Where an event has under 4 entries, the organising committee will offer competitors the option of racing crews of a similar speed by combining classes in order to provide more competition.

Racing take place in divisions with first commencing at 11:00am.  Crews will stay on the water until they are knocked out.  It is expected that racing will finish by 6:00pm.

Any crew boat sharing must include the shell name on the entry form.  Wherever possible we would discourage significant boat sharing.

Entries, draw and results

Entries and payment can be made here.  Entries close on Monday 29 April, or when they sell out.

The final draw will be published here.

Live results will be published here.

Competitor information

  • The race draw will be published here when ready.
  • Competitor information can be found here: Sprint Regatta Competitor Instructions 2024
  • The risk assessment can be found here: Sprint Regatta Risk Assessment
  • Numbers can be collected from the City of Cambridge Boathouse on the morning of racing.
  • Boats must be at the pre-division marshalling near New CRA/Combined boathouse at least 30 minutes before the division start time.

Questions and row-through

If you have any questions or would like to request a row-through please contact the Events Secretary.

Marshal instructions

Marshal instructions can be found here: City Sprints Marshal Instructions 2024

The marshal sign up sheet can be found here.

Winter Head to Head

The 2024 Winter Head To Head will be held on Saturday 27 January 2024.

  • The race is two lengths of 2,000m.
  • The first leg starts at the Chesterton Railway Bridge in Cambridge and finishes at the A14 bridge.
  • Boats spin at the lock and racing starts again at the A14 bridge and finishes at the Chesterton Railway Bridge.

Division Times:

  • Div 1: 09:00
  • Div 2: 10:45
  • Div 3: 12:30
  • Div 4: 14:15

Boats can be entered under Student or Cambridge Rowing Association.

Entries

Entries are now closed.

Draw

The final draw can be found here.

Competitor information

All participants should read the competitor information.

Prize categories and results

Winners for categories with 3 or more entries (or 2 or more for juniors) will receive prizes.

Prize giving will be in the City of Cambridge Boathouse shortly after racing has finished.

Results will be published here as soon as possible after each leg. Provisional results can be found here.

Previous year results can also be found on RowClock: www.RowClock.com.

Questions and row-through

If you have any questions or would like to request a row-through please contact the Events Secretary.

Marshal instructions

Marshal instructions can be found here: Head to Head Marshal Instructions 2024

The marshal sign up sheet can be found here

Christmas Head

Our annual Christmas race is taking place on Saturday 2 December 2023.  The race is the day after Fairburns, so we have a 2pm division for people racing the day before.

The course is 1,800m long running from the Pike and Eel to outside Jesus boathouse.

It’s a light-hearted race with many crews getting involved with the festive spirit by wearing fancy dress.

Come join in the fun and Christmas cheer!

Entries

Entries are now closed.  Draft start order can be found below.

Prizes will be given for:

  • Senior categories with 3 or more entries
  • Junior categories with 2 or more entries
  • The best fancy dress
  • The best line under the Green Dragon Bridge

Division Times:

  • Division 1: 10:00am
  • Division 2: 12:00pm
  • Division 3: 14:00pm

Competitor information

A detailed copy of the competitor information and instructions can be found here Christmas Head Competitor Info 2023.docx-1.

Numbers can be collected from the City of Cambridge Boathouse on the morning of the event.  Please note we will be using Empacher number boards so each boat will need an Empacher slot.

Boats must be ready to marshal along the Reach at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the division.

A copy of our risk assessment can be found here Xmas head Risk Assessment 2023.docx

Draw

The start order can be found here.

Results

Provisional results can be found here.

Previous Results: 

Marshaling instructions and sign up sheet

Marshal instructions can be found here: Christmas Head Marshal Instructions 2023.docx

Sign up to marshal here.

Contact and row-through

If you would like to request a row though please contact the Events Secretary.