Scullers_Head_of_the_River_Race

Scullers Head of the River Race

Scullers Head of the River Race

Annual rowing race on the river Thames, England


The Scullers Head of the River Race is a rowing race held annually on the River Thames Championship Course from Mortlake to Putney, open to single scullers only. The race is held in November or early December each year on a week usually to suit the mid-morning or mid-afternoon timing of the ebb tide.

Quick Facts Frequency, Location(s) ...

History

The Scullers Head was first raced in 1954 when it was won by John Marsden.[1] It now admits entries of over 500 scullers[2] and is the largest sculling race in the UK for a single class of racing shell. The race gains enough entries to organise the greatest number of marshalls for any singles event on the Thames and it draws considerably more overseas single scullers than the same race held in reverse usually three to four weeks before, the Wingfield Sculls, which dates to the middle of the 19th century.

In 2014 were the first admissions of categories for adaptive rowing for athletes with disabilities, in TA and LTA adaptive rowing classifications.[2]

Annual organisation

The race is organised by Vesta Rowing Club, Putney, London.

Results since 1990

Men

More information Date, Winner ...

Women

More information Date, Winner ...

See also

  • Metropolitan Regatta The London Cup (singles). Held in late May/very early June at Eton-Dorney Lake.
  • Diamond Challenge Sculls rowed by race-winning singles at Henley Royal Regatta, forming the second prerequisite of the rare accomplishment of a 'Triple Crown' with those above and below. Held in July.
  • Wingfield Sculls rowed by singles along the course in reverse, the last component of the 'Triple Crown'. Held in October or early November. Where the Scullers' Head is also won there is the theoretical possibility of a 'Quadruple Crown' for a single sculler able to win all four events. As the Diamond Sculls is not open to women, a win at the Scullers Head forms the last leg of the UK's Triple Crown for an all-round champion female single sculler.
  • Rowing on the River Thames

References

  1. Daily Telegraph Obituary John Marsden 5 March 2004
  2. Main page noting new facts and full capacity of 550 entries has been reached in 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  3. "Stephen Feeney | British Rowing". Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  4. Scullers Head 2013 Results (pdf) Vesta Rowing Club. Retrieved 2014-17-11.



Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Scullers_Head_of_the_River_Race, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.