Spring Head To Head

The 2021 Spring Head To Head will be held on 1 May 2021.

The race is two lengths of 1,900m (slightly shortened this year to allow crews spread out when marshalling)
The first leg starts at the Chesterton Railway Bridge in Cambridge and finishes 20m upstream of the outflow before the A14 bridge.
Boats spin at the lock and racing starts again at 20m upstream of the outflow before the A14 bridge and finishes at the Chesterton Railway Bridge.

Division Times:

Division 1: 09:00am
Division 2: 11.00am
Division 3: 13.00pm

Boats can be entered under Student or Cambridge Rowing Association. Categories are:

Open (Championship, Intermediate, Novice, Masters A-H, J13-J18 Juniors)
Womens (Championship, Intermediate, Novice, Masters A-H, J13-J18 Juniors)
Mixed (Championship, Intermediate, Novice, Masters A-H, J13-J18 Juniors)

Prizes:

Winners for categories with 3 or more entries (or 2 or more for juniors) will receive prizes. Prizes are individualised medals showing the name of the event and category. They will be sent to winning clubs after the event.

Entries are now closed. The final draw is here.

Provisional results can be found here. Please contact us by 18:00 on 1 May if you have any questions on the timings.

Competitor Information
Risk Assessment
Numbers for crews will be available at the City of Cambridge Rowing Club from 7:45am.
Boats must be at the marshalling area at least twenty minutes before the start of the division.

Entries are now open can can be made here. Entries close at 10pm on Tuesday 27 April.

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. 4x+ is restricted to juniors.

CRA 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
- Intermediate – crews that are neither Championship or Novice
- Novice – any crew where at least 6 of the members of the crew had not started rowing prior to January 2019
- Masters – Categories from Masters A to G as defined by British Rowing
- Juniors – Categories from J13 to J18 as defined by British Rowing

Student events will be banded as follows:
- Championship – Any crew containing at least two members (excluding the coxswain) who in the past have rowed in Division 1 of the Lent or May Bumps or have raced for the university
- Intermediate – crews that are neither Championship or Novice
- Novice – any crew where at least 6 of the members of the crew had not started rowing prior to January 2019

Where an event has a small number of entries, the organising committee may band events together. This may include grouping CRA and Student events.

The provisional draw is here.

Provisional results can be found here. Please contact us by 18:00 on 1 May if you have any questions on the timings.

Previous Results:

2019 Head To Head Results

Entries can be paid for using the Droplet system.

If you have any questions or would like to request a row-through please contact eventsccrc[at]gmail.com.

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