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05/12/2023
White Rose Head 2023 entries close in 2 days!
The 3km head race takes place upstream on the River Ouse and is open to both senior and novice crews.
Register your crews now via this link:
https://www.britishrowing.org/rowing-activity-finder/competition/?competitionid=698&competitionname=white-rose-head
£8 per seat, coxes are free.
16/11/2023
White Rose Head 2023 entries are now reopened as a British Rowing event!
The 3km head race takes place upstream on the River Ouse and is open to both senior and novice crews.
Register your crews now via this link:
https://www.britishrowing.org/rowing-activity-finder/competition/?competitionid=698&competitionname=white-rose-head
£8 per seat, coxes are free.
Entries close at 07/12/23.
29/09/2023
Interested in joining the Novice Women this year? No rowing experience is required.
Join us in AEW/104 at 7 pm this evening (Friday 29th) for all the information you need for the rest of the year!
If you have any questions send us a message.
29/06/2023
It's time to get out your blazers ready for the annual Henley alumni drinks this year taking place on Saturday the 1st of July at 13:00. This year the event will be held at Butler's field in space B1161. A £5 contribution to supplies can be made on the day.
We look forward to welcoming all alumni, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us.
21/04/2023
The Roses Boat Race is tomorrow! The day starts with the coin toss at 12:00 at York City Rowing Club. Come along and watch!
Find the official livestream on https://roseslive.co.uk
See the crew announcement on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CrT4j00tt3-/?igshid=Mzc1MmZhNjY=
21/04/2023
Congratulations to Men's Coach Sean Potter for being awarded Highly Commended in the Coach of the Year category at the York Sports Awards last night. Having coached at York since 2008, Sean has devoted an incredible amount of time and effort to the program and we are massively grateful to have him on our side. Congratulations again, Sean!
23/03/2023
HoRR and WEHoRR Results
The men's first eight has won the medium academic pennant at Head of the River placing 65th.
The Women's first eight has also displayed impressive performance at WEHoRR, securing 57th place and finishing 3rd in the challenge academic pennant.
The men's and women's second eights placed 220th and 210th respectively.
The women's third eight came 215th after starting in position 310 and the men's third eight finished 251st, both competing in the beginner academic category.
With a promising set of head race results behind us, the focus now shifts to Roses and the start of regatta season.
We are excited to share that our Senior Men's Coach, Sean Potter, has been selected as a finalist for the York Sports Awards Coach of the Year.
Sean's guidance and expertise have been pivotal in our club's success, producing incredible results, including the British Rowing University Crew of the Year winning coxed four.
We are incredibly grateful for Sean's contributions to the club, and we recognise the high performance atmosphere he has been instrumental in building.
The winner of the award will be announced on April 20th, and tickets for the event are available here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/york-sports-awards-2023-tickets-585053750517.
30/01/2023
Challenge Week Recap
We’ve now come to the end of the week and we are amazed at the determination of our athletes to complete some rather gruelling challenges, and at the generosity of all those that have supported the fundraiser.
We’ve managed to break two British records. Will and Chris have set a new 100km lightweight tandem erg record time of 6:25:02 for the 20-29 age category and Emma, Jemima and Frances have broken the Concept2 24hr relay record. They rowed in one hour shifts for a total of 8 hours each, however, were struck by disaster in the last few hours when the monitor malfunctioned leaving them unable to verify the record. They were still able to power through and complete the 24 hours knowing it would not be saved.
Six senior men (Daniels, James, Ben, Barney, Alexander and Ross) came to the end of a 60 hour erg relay at midday on Sunday. Over 2.5 days they covered 843 km and were still able to put in a sprint at the end.
Ella finished her last run at 5am on Saturday completing 5 miles every 4 hours for 24 hours and raising £500 in the process.
Other successful challenges included:
21 Club members completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks.
Max, Matt, George and Sam rowed a quad 54km, the full length of our stretch of the Ouse, in under 5 hours.
Sofia, Will, Victoria, and Matt all completed a full erg marathon with Charlie making a valiant effort but falling slightly short due to injury.
Guste and Naoise each covered 60km a day on the erg and bike.
Sarah climbed 1,963 floors on the stair climber in under 10 hours.
Ryan rowed 30km in a single and 30km on the erg on Sunday.
The coxes squad totalled 330km in distance on the erg and bike over 5 days.
Jake and AJ completed an ‘Erg Crawl’ from Charles XII to the train station with 9 sub-7 2ks along the way.
Thank you to all that have donated to and shared the campaign so far. We’ve raised an incredible £6,135 to go towards a new Women's VIII+ and Men’s IV+. We have 11 days of fundraising left and we’d love to push for even more to help make these important purchases possible.
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28/01/2023
British Rowing announced the winners of their national awards ceremony on Thursday evening, and we are thrilled to share that our 21-22 Senior Men's Coxed Four was named University Crew of the Year.
A big congratulations to Florence Chadwick, David Casson, Ben Newton, AJ Coates, Will Lock and coach Sean Potter for this well-deserved recognition.
21-22 SM Captain James Remer has said, “It's a testament to the lads hard work and determination. I couldn't be prouder of those lads. Excited to see AJ take the next steps. Just trust the process.”
Thank you to Andy Caywood, Rival Kit and Oarsport - WinTech Racing & NK Sports UK for the support throughout the season.