Scullers Head of the River Race
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| Scullers Head of the River Race | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Championship Course, River Thames in London, England |
| Years active | 1954-Present |
| Previous event | 7 December 2019 |
| Next event | November/December 2020 |
| Participants | 500 crews |
| Website | www |
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.
History
[edit]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
[edit]The race is organised by Vesta Rowing Club, Putney, London.
Results
[edit]| Date | Winner | Club | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | A J Marsden | Vesta RC | ||
| 1955 | T A Fox | London RC | ||
| 1956 | T A Fox | London RC | ||
| 1957 | D V Melvin | John O'Gaunt RC | ||
| 1958 | D V Melvin | John O'Gaunt RC | ||
| 1959 | M A Spracklen | Marlow RC | ||
| 1960 | G V Justicz | Birmingham RC | ||
| 1961 | K R Smith | Nottingham University BC | ||
| 1962 | N J Birkmyre & J M Russell | Ariel RC & Molesey BC | Dead Heat | |
| 1963 | W L Barry | Quintin BC | ||
| 1964 | W L Barry | Quintin BC | ||
| 1965 | W L Barry | Quintin BC | ||
| 1966 | W L Barry | Quintin BC | ||
| 1967 | H A Wardell-Yerburgh | |||
| 1968 | H A Wardell-Yerburgh | |||
| 1969 | K V Dwan | Poplar, Blackwell and District RC | ||
| 1970 | K V Dwan | Poplar, Blackwell and District RC | ||
| 1971 | K V Dwan | Poplar, Blackwell and District RC | ||
| 1972 | P G R Delafield | Tideway Scullers School | ||
| 1973 | K V Dwan | Poplar, Blackwell and District RC | ||
| 1974 | Chris L Ballieu | Leander Club | ||
| 1975 | Chris L Ballieu | Leander Club | ||
| 1976 | Chris L Ballieu | Leander Club | ||
| 1977 | Chris L Ballieu | Leander Club | ||
| 1978 | T J Crooks | Leander Club | ||
| 1979 | Chris L Ballieu | Leander Club | ||
| 1980 | M Spencer | Poplar, Blackwell and District RC | ||
| 1981 | Chris L Ballieu | Leander Club | ||
| 1982 | Chris L Ballieu | Leander Club | ||
| 1983 | Chris L Ballieu | Leander Club | ||
| 1984 | Chris L Ballieu | Leander Club | ||
| 1985 | Carl Smith | Nottingham RC | ||
| 1986 | Steve Redgrave | Marlow RC | ||
| 1987 | Nick Burfitt | Imperial College BC | ||
| 1988 | Simon Larkin | Nottingham RC | ||
| 1989 | Simon Larkin | Nottingham RC | ||
| 1990 | Rory Henderson | Leander Club | 22:51 | |
| 1991 | Steven Redgrave | Marlow RC | 21:32 | |
| 1992 | Guy Pooley | Leander Club | 20:56 | |
| 1993 | Peter Haining | Auriol Kensington RC | 23:13 | |
| 1994 | Peter Haining | Auriol Kensington RC | 19:53 | |
| 1995 | Niall O'Toole | Commercial Rowing Club, Dublin | 21:16 | |
| 1996 | Peter Haining | Auriol Kensington RC | 21:49 | |
| 1997 | Martin Kettle | Queens Tower BC | 20:31 | |
| 1998 | Greg Searle | Molesey BC | 21:18 | |
| 1999 | Giles Monnickendam | Nottinghamshire County RA | 21:29 | |
| 2000 | Rod Chisholm | Tideway Scullers School | ||
| 2001 | Guy Pooley | Leander Club  |
20:03.94 | |
| 2002 | Tim Male | Tideway Scullers School | ||
| 2003 | cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions | |||
| 2004 | Mark Hunter | Leander Club |
21:22.13 | |
| 2005 | Tom Gale | Tideway Scullers School  |
22:05.18 | |
| 2006 | Mahé Drysdale | Tideway Scullers School |
19:55.26 | |
| 2007 | George Whittaker | Imperial College BC  |
20:58.76 | |
| 2008 | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School |
20:30.57 | |
| 2009 | Jamie Kirkwood | Imperial College BC |
20:55.38 | |
| 2010 | Stephen Feeney[4] | London RC  |
21:31.20 | |
| 2011 | Adam Freeman-Pask | Imperial College BC |
21:09.02 | |
| 2012 | Alan Campbell | Tideway Scullers School |
20:43.32 | |
| 2013 | Sigmund Verstraete | Walton RC  |
21:06.99 | |
| 2014 | Jamie Copus | Oxford Brookes University BC | 21:03.55 | |
| 2015 | cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions | |||
| 2016 | Pedro Fraga | Sporting Clube de Portugal | ||
| 2017 | Calvin Tarczy | St Paul's School BC | ||
| 2018 | cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions | |||
| 2019 | Sebastian Devereux | Leander Club | 21:20.97 | |
| 2020 | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | Jamie Copus | Oxford Brookes University BC | 21:40.17 | |
| 2022 | Rui Xu | London RC | 20:52.11 | |
| 2023 | Jamie Copus | Oxford Brookes University BC | 20:37.02 | |
| 2024 | cancelled due to no river closure |
| Date | Winner | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | J Rankine | Thames RC | |
| 1976 | C Moss | Thames RC | |
| 1977 | D Bishop | Wallingford RC | |
| 1978 | S Hhandscomb | Civil Service Ladies' RC | |
| 1979 | B Jones | Thames RC | |
| 1980 | J A Corbin | Civil Service Ladies' RC | |
| 1981 | |||
| 1982 | |||
| 1983 | N Ray | Imperial College BC | |
| 1984 | B Jones | Broxbourne RC | |
| 1985 | N Ray | Rob Roy BC | |
| 1986 | S Clark | City of Cambridge RC | |
| 1987 | G Bond | Civil Service Ladies' RC | |
| 1988 | A Marden | Thames Tradesmen's RC | |
| 1989 | A Marden | Thames Tradesmen's RC | |
| 1990 | A Marden | Thames Tradesmen's RC | |
| 1991 | A Marden | Thames Tradesmen's RC | |
| 1992 | A Marden | Thames Tradesmen's RC | |
| 1993 | A Hall | Upper Thames RC | |
| 1994 | A Hall | Upper Thames RC | |
| 1995 | Guin Batten | Thames RC | |
| 1996 | P Reid | Lea RC | |
| 1997 | Guin Batten | Thames RC | |
| 1998 | Guin Batten | Thames RC | |
| 1999 | Sue Appelboom | Mortlake, Anglian & Alpha BC | |
| 2000 | H Casey | Wallingford RC | |
| 2001 | Sue Appelboom | Mortlake, Anglian & Alpha BC | |
| 2002 | Guin Batten | Leander Club | |
| 2003 | cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions | ||
| 2004 | K Greves | University of London BC | |
| 2005 | M Pauls | Imperial College BC | |
| 2006 | J Golsack | Wallingford RC | |
| 2007 | K Stiller | Nottingham RC | |
| 2008 | Hester Goodsell | Reading University BC | |
| 2009 | Hester Goodsell[5] | Reading University BC  |
22:21.92 |
| 2010 | Beth Rodford[6] | Gloucester RC  |
22:54.06 |
| 2011 | Imogen Walsh | London RC |
22:35.9 |
| 2012 | Georgina Phillips | Imperial College BC |
22:40.24 |
| 2013 | Lou Reeve | Leander Club |
22:14:41[7] |
| 2014 | Brianna Stubbs | Wallingford RC | 22:41.31 |
| 2015 | cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions | ||
| 2016 | Suzi Perry | Thames RC | |
| 2017 | Meghann Jackson | Thames RC | |
| 2018 | cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions | ||
| 2019 | Katy Wilkinson-Feller | Tideway Scullers School | 22:38.70 |
| 2020 | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021 | Jessica Leyden | Leander Club | 23:16.87 |
| 2022 | Katie Mole | University of Birmingham BC | 23:05.78 |
| 2023 | Georgia Mianarow | London RC | 21:49.73 |
| 2024 | cancelled due to no river closure |
See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Daily Telegraph Obituary John Marsden 5 March 2004
- ^ a b [1] Main page noting new facts and full capacity of 550 entries has been reached in 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ a b British Rowing Almanack. London: World Sports. 1948–2024.
- ^ "Stephen Feeney | British Rowing". Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ "Scullers' Head".
- ^ "Scullers' Head".
- ^ Scullers Head 2013 Results (pdf) Vesta Rowing Club. Retrieved 2014-17-11.
External links
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