Nottingham Rowing Club

Nottingham Autumn Heads

Sunday 19th October 2008

Safety

Entries & Draw

Directions

Results

Contact

 Many thanks to everyone who took part!

STOP PRESS

21/10/2008 - The results are now  on this site
17/10/2008 - Links added to various weather forecasts
15/10/2008 - Minor errors corrected in division 1.
15/10/2008  -The draw  is published.
13/10/2008 - Entries closed this morning
06/10/2008 - The closing date for entries  is  a WEEK TODAY (13/10 a.m.)
06/10/2008 - Note that the eights events on offer are NOVICE and SENIOR 4 (men's and women's)
30/09/2008 - Please see this statement about the closing date for entries
20/09/2008 - OARA now  open for entries
17/09/2008 - Poster available for download
24/08/2008 - Initial posting of site.


DIVISION 1 (the Nottingham Sculling Head)  at 1100
Starts 1600m upstream of Clifton Bridge (total distance 5450m)
Open, Veteran* and Junior 18 singles only

Course map: http://www.mapmyride.com/route/united-kingdom/west-bridgford/186030770

DIVISION 2 (the Nottingham Autumn Head)  at 1400
Starts at Clifton Bridge (total distance 3850m))
Entries are invited in the following categories:
4x : All Open and Veteran* classes
4- : E, S2, Veteran*
4+ : All Open and Veteran* classes
2x : All Open and Veteran* classes
2- : E, S2, Veteran*
1x : Novice
8+ : S4 and Novice only
Junior entries are invited in all sculling and small boat classes
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Course map: http://www.mapmyride.com/route/united-kingdom/west-bridgford/933726839

Both divisions finish at the buttress outside the Nottingham Britannia boathouse

* Veteran A not available. The organisers reserve the right to amalgamate Veteran classes as appropriate in order to form a race and to apply standard handicaps as necessary.
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The organisers reserve the right to amalgamate Junior categories as appropriate in order to form a race. No J18 singles in Division 2

 

The event is held under the ARA Rules of Racing and Water Safety Code.

DOWNLOAD the event poster (PDF, 85 kB)


IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

The ARA Water Safety Code can be downloaded from the ARA website by following this link: http://www.ara-rowing.org/publication/water-safety-code  

The instructions for competitors are available for download as a PDF document. These include important safety information which you must familiarise yourself with.

A map of the course may be downloaded as a PDF document.


ENTRIES

Entries may be made on OARA or by post. For all entries, the closing date is first post on Monday 13th October.

NB Some clarification for anyone struggling with the term "first post". I will be closing OARA for entries at 0830 on Monday 13th October. As I will not be be doing the draw until Monday afternoon, any entries that arrive by mail on Monday morning will be included.

The 2008 draw is now out :    DIVISION 1        DIVISION 2

Weather forecasts

Met Office
BBC
Nottinghamshire County Council

If you have any issues or queries please contact us by e-mail in the first instance.


DIRECTIONS

A  map of the course is given below. Boating is from Trentside (just downstream of Trent Bridge). 

Please do not park on the road at Trentside, as it will be very congested. Instead, car parking is available at Rushcliffe Borough Council on Pavilion Road, just around the corner from the Boat Club.  

Interactive map of Trent Bridge area


View Larger Map

Course map (non-interactive)

Course map


RESULTS

2008 results:    Division 1      Division 2

2007 results:    Division 1      Division 2

2006 results:    Division 1      Division 2

2005 results:    Division 1      Division 2      Division 3


CONTACT

Please send all enquiries to: info@nrcuk.org

The club telephone number is 0115 9811251