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now contains entry statistics from past North East Regattas
Records from Head of the River races and
Lists of Championship of the Dee winners from 1989 to present

2024

Aberdeen Eights and Small Boats HOR
Horrible wintry weather the day before, but on Saturday we enjoyed reasonable racing conditions for the Eights event. Coxing skills were tested by having to dodge some debris lifted off the banks by the stream and high tide and everyone enjoyed (or at least experienced) some dramatic storm surges pushing large boluses of water upstream intermittently. These produced dramatic upstream waves at banks and made the returning boats sometimes feel as if they were beach sprint racing! Sad that no-one from outside Aberdeen entered the event to experience this unique rowing experience.

Results from Eights HOR Sat 10/2/24 Competitors names Sat 10/2/24

Lovely racing conditions on Sunday, dull with occasional cooling drizzle but nice water.
Again (as yesterday) we started both divisions ahead of time so well done to volunteers and officials.

Results - Sunday 11/2/24 SB HOR Sorted by Net Time

Results - Sunday 11/2/24 SB HOR Sorted by Event, then Net Time

Competitors Names Sunday (v3)

Original advert for reference

10 - 11 February 2024

2023

Aberdeen HOR Weekend
This event was cancelled at 2pm on 26/10/23 (report below).

We have just held a river inspection and two experienced J-18 scullers were struggling to make headway against the stream upstream of the King George VI Bridge.
Aberdeen and surrounding area has just entered a Met Office yellow warning for rain which extends for the next 72 hours so water-flow conditions are likely to deteriorate.
Regrettably, there is no suitable date this year to offer a re-run.

Any entry fees which have been paid will be refunded. Grateful thanks to the many clubs and competitors who entered this event and we are sad that we were unable to run divisions on Saturday when record entries (87 in D1 and 75 in D2) were planned.

28 - 29 October 2023

Aberdeen Sprint Regatta
Another Sprint, another lovely day of snappy racing on the Dee. We were delighted to welcome a large squad from Inverness but, sadly, our only other outside entry was a solitary sculler from Castle Semple (good to see you back in Aberdeen, Karen).
Troublesome tides forced a late start with first race going off exactly on time at 1pm. With a lot of pre-planning and excellent cooperation from umpires, marshals and competitors, we were pleased to finish racing 14 minutes ahead of planned time, about 6 hours later.
Weather was pleasant with a moderate tailwind and it was warm enough that the Senior Umpire had to advise some local children against swimming in the river off the ABC launching steps!
With their huge entry, the Championship of the Dee award was easily won by ASRA but the other places enjoyed some to and fro battles over the day.

Final Championship of the Dee points
ASRA                  145
ABC                      57
Inverness RC         48
AUBC                     6
Castle Semple         5

All Race Results (chronological list)                                  All Race Results (draw Tree)

Winning crew names and Champ of Dee table                          All Competitors' names

All the above info is available as an Excel spreadsheet if you prefer.

   Event Programme (20 pages)               Advert for the Sprint.

2^nd September 2023

North East Coronation Regatta
We had chosen our date many months before King Charles III decided to have his Coronation on the same weekend - copycat!
Click the link above for report and results

6-7 May 2023

Aberdeen Eights HOR

Results from both divisions

Good weather for the time of year but an increasing headwind made for hard work going through some bridges and in the final 400m. Great to see Tay RC competing with their mixed Eight (mixed sex and experience, with one member only on his 4th sweep-rowing outing). Shame that no other clubs made the trip. The course in both divisions had to be shortened by about 150m due to unusually low water at the finish.

Programme Competitors' Name (v2) List of winners names Original advert

5^th February 2023

2022

Aberdeen Fours and Small Boats HOR
Good weather on Saturday but a variable blustery headwind on Sunday with some squals of rain.
Overall, still not bad for the time of year.

Results

Saturday both divisions sorted by Net Time

                          Saturday both divisions sorted by Event, then Net Time

Sunday both divisions sorted by Net Time

                           Sunday both divisions sorted by Event, then Net Time

Programme for both days (v3)            List of crew Names (v3)   The Advert (v2) is still available

5 -6 November 2022

Aberdeen Sprint Regatta
Perhaps because we ran the only sprint regatta in Scotland this year, we enjoyed a large entry from outside clubs (especially Inverness and Stirling, but also Castle Semple, St Andrews BC and Hollowell Scullers. This resulted in many highly-contested events, two with 10 entrants and one with nine.
We enjoyed lovely racing conditions with no wind and the Goldilocks temperature of nice enough to sit around outdoors but not too hot for racing.
It was, without any disrespect to our local club, lovely to see some junior events being won by clubs other than ASRA! Well done to Hazel G for her work training the Inverness juniors to achieve this.
The stamina award for the event might go to Junior 16 sculler Luke from Inverness who, after capsizing at the start, declined the offer of a launch-rescue but got back into his boat and paddled down the course.
Thanks to all umpires, volunteers and the competitors who worked as a team and allowed us to finish 19 minutes ahead of the published time.

List of winners and (Championship of the Dee) club points

   Chronological list of races with results              Draw tree with results

   List of all competitors' names                          Copy of programme (no results)

   Original advert

27 August 2022

North East Regatta (NER)
It was nice to be almost back to pre-Covid normality.
Click above link for details.

14th May 2022

The Bob Neill Scottish Schools HOR, River Dee, Aberdeen (organised by ASRA)

Saturday 19/3/22 Division 1

                                        Saturday 19/3/22 Division 2


      Sunday 20/3/22 Division 1

                                           Sunday 20/3/22 Division 2

19 - 20 March 2022

Aberdeen Eights and Small Boats HOR

Saturday 19/2/22 results (both divisions)

SB HOR Sunday 20/2/22 Div 1 Results

SB HOR Sunday 20/2/22 Div 2 Results
The original advert is still available here

19 - 20 February 2022

ASRA Time trial
Results

Sunday 6th February 2022

2021

Aberdeen Fours HOR
Results from both divisions on Saturday

Sorted by Net Time

                       Sorted by Event, then Net Time

A breezy day for the Fours HOR, and as noted previously, we have cancelled our SB HOR on Sunday due to predicted high winds

List of competitors names

For reference, the original Advert is availaible along with the programme.
Also the following documents relating to the cancelled Small Boats HOR (Sunday 7/11/21)
Sunday (Small Boats) Start list      Sunday names

6th November 2021

Aberdeen Sprint Regatta
Yippee! Back to racing again as Covid restrictions ease.

Winning crew names (and club points) Results - chlonological list of all races

Results - Tree view of all races Names of all competitors

Various photographs have been shared and I will aim to get links to them soon

21st August 2021

2020

Aberdeen HOR weekend (part of the SR Winter Series, Round 1) *CANCELLED* (Covid-19)

17^th and 18^th October 2020

Aberdeen Sprint Regatta *CANCELLED* (Covid-19)

Saturday 29^th August 2020

North East Regatta (NER) *CANCELLED* (Covid-19)

Saturday 9^th May 2020

Aberdeen Time Trial

Results from Division 1 are available. A sunny afternoon but steadily increasing wind througout caused crews some problems. This was coupled with a faster stream than usual after rainfall in the upper Dee catchment.

Sadly, we made the decision to cancel D2 due to safety concerns relating to high winds and strong stream in the finish marshalling area. We remain chuffed that we managed to run an event at a time when multiple recent and current events have been weather-cancelled.

22nd Feb 2020

2019

Aberdeen Fours and Small Boats HOR

Sat D1 sorted by time over course Sat D 1 sorted by event, then time

Sat D2 sorted by time over course Sat D2 sorted by event then time

Fine conditions on Saturday but, regrettably, we had to cancel the Small Boats HOR on Sunday. Winds were gusting to 40mph making water conditions dangerously rough, especially in the upper reaches of the course. Entry fees applicable to Sunday will be refunded.

26th & 27th October 2019

The Bob Neill Schools HOR - Aberdeen
This event was organised by ASRA. Results are below;

   Div 1 Saturday            Div 2 Saturday

   Div 1 Sunday               Div 2 Sunday

14th and 15th Sept 2019

Aberdeen 'Tornado' Sprint Regatta
We were pleased to see the steam locomotive 'Tornado' chuff back and forth during this event.
Another blustery day in Aberdeen with a particularly unpleasant squall during our Duathlon event (enough to, understandably, dissuade one competitor from undertaking the sculling leg). It was great to see another large squad from Stirling and we also welcomed a number of men from Inverness (perhaps their women and juniors may join us some day!). Also a single Masters sculler from Clydesdale (who managed to go home with a medal).
Club Championship points (corrected after event) were

ASRA	80
Stirling	72
ABC	58
AUBC & RGUBC	18
Inverness	9
Clydesdale	2

Winners names Results (chronological) Results (tree) Duathlon results

Original programme (not marked with results)

31st August 2019

North East Regatta
A blustery day but most competitors and volunteers were still smiling at the end.

4th May 2019

Aberdeen Eights HOR
With apologies for the delay, results are now published from this windy event.
J-15 Quads were cancelled for safety reasons but all other boats managed to race.

Div 1 sorted by finish time
                    Div 1 sorted by event then net time

Div 2 sorted by finish time
                     Div 2 sorted by event then net time

9th March 2019

2018

Aberdeen Fours and Small Boats HOR
Fortuntely the weather on Saturday turned out (slightly) better than the rather worrying early forecast (hail and very strong winds). Still very cold on Saturday but Sunday was a lovely autumnal day

RESULTS:
     Sat Division 1 sorted by TIME OVER COURSE
                                          Sat Division 1 sorted by EVENT then NET TIME

      Sat Division 2 sorted by TIME OVER COURSE
                                             Sat Division 2 sorted by EVENT then NET TIME
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     Sunday Division 1 sorted by TIME OVER THE COURSE
                                        Sunday Division 1 sorted by EVENT then NET TIME


    Sunday Division 2 sorted by TIME OVER THE COURSE
                                        Sunday Division 2 sorted by EVENT then NET TIME

27th & 28th October 2018

Aberdeen Sprint Regatta
Another lovely day of racing in Aberdeen. A fairly strong cross-head wind did entertain us with some rough water at times but nothing that us tough North Easterners aren't used to!
We welcomed another trailer-full of Stirling rowers and also a good squad from Inverness (after their delayed arrival due to wind-turbine movement on the A96).
Competitors and spectators alike seemed to enjoy our first-ever Duathlon (run/row) event - this was held in two heats of 8 competitors in each and attracted competitors ranging from junior to 70+ years of age. We are grateful to Scottish Rowing for providing financial support to help run this event.

Complete results are available here, or if you only want selected portions from this, you can choose
List of winners or Duathlon results (both of these are contained in the complete results)

Most Successful Club
We only award the Championship of the Dee trophy at our main North East Regatta but, for interest, I applied the same points system (2 points per person in winning finalists and 1 point pp for losing finalists) to ascertain the most successful club. Points were as noted below;
ASRA                   81
Stirling                  64
ABC                     56
AUBC/RGUBC      14
Inverness              13
Albyn Schools         7
Univ of St Andrews 1

25th August 2018

North East Regatta
A wonderful day with great competition (thanks largely to a huge entry from Stirling). Great weather and a shock win for the Championship of the Dee. Click on above link for details.

14th April 2018

Aberdeen Eights HOR
Results from both divisions

Lovely weather except for a bit of a headwind between the Suspension and Railway Bridges.
Thanks to all umpires and helpers. Also thanks to our visitors from Inveress and University of St Andrews

17th February 2018

2017

Aberdeen Fours HOR (Saturday) Aberdeen Small Boats HOR (Sunday)

Lovely weather on Saturday for our Fours event.
The forecast of rain and gales on Sunday in reality became sunny but cold weather and a variable breeze. Overall reasonable conditions for Guy Fawkes weekend.
It was great to see a large entry from lots of clubs including almost every Scottish university.

4th & 5th November 2017

North East (Sprint) Regatta
We ran the NER this year as part of Scottish Rowing's initiative to revitalise the sprint season.
Click above link for details.

19th August 2017

Aberdeen Scratch Regatta
Three Clubs (ABC, ASRA and Albyn) participated in this event. Many thanks to Elspeth Archibald for proposing the format which seemed to be enjoyed by all participants. An initial time-trial took place and the sorted crews were then divided into blocks of 4 or 3 for side-by-side competition - this took place regardless of boat class or competitors' status. All races took place over a very windy 700m downstream course resulting in some challenging rough water. Click for results or (only 3!) pictures

7th May 2017

Aberdeen Eights HOR
A windy, and sometimes wet, start to our racing in 2017. Strong tailwind (good) but this resulted in some very rough water (bad) at times.

11th Feb 2017

2016

Aberdeen Fours and SB HOR 2016
Despite a pessimistic forecast, the weather forecast, and actuality, on the days turned out to be lovely.
Saturday, in particular, was flat calm, sunny and warm (at least by November standards).
We were delighted to have a huge entry, especially featuring many of the university rowing clubs in Scotland.
This resulted in well-contested racing, especially at the novice end of the spectrum.
Sunday’s racing featured two dead-heats so awards were made to all four winners.
Thanks to all helpers, SR umpires, and everyone else who made the event run (mostly) smoothly.

Saturday Div 1 - by finish order         Saturday Div1 - by event
Saturday Div 2 - by finish order         Saturday Div 2 - by event

Sunday Div 1 - by finish order            Sunday Div 1 - by event
Sunday Div 2 - by finish order            Sunday Div 2 - by event

Competitors' names Saturday         Competitors' names Sunday

12th & 13th November 2016

North East Regatta 2016
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4th June 2016

Aberdeen Eights HOR
Windy and wet with a strong headwind and rough water up the 500m straight. Sadly a poor entry from outside clubs - our only non-Aberdeen entrant was a junior quad from Loch Lomond - but at least they won their division so hopefully they considered the trip worthwhile!
Results from both divisions Pictures from Div 1 Pictures from Div 2

26th March 2016

2015

Fours and Small Boats HOR
   Division 1 Saturday           Division 2 Saturday

   Division 1 Sunday             Division 2 Sunday (Version 2 - minor corrections to Vet handicaps - no changes to winners)

Saturday results sorted by Event         Sunday results sorted by Event

There was a pessimistic weather forecast (wind and rain) preceding this event but I am glad to say that conditions were benign over the weekend. It was great to see a large entry from visiting clubs, especially Universities. Thanks to ABC for providing accommodation (and especially ABC President Jim Steel for organising and serving breakfasts)
Results are available above, in finish order or sorted by event. If you want to analyse the data in any further way the entire spreadsheet we use to run the event can be downloaded here (it does contain Macros).

14th & 15th November 2015

North East Regatta 2015
apologies for the delay (22/6/15), but here are the results from this event

16th & 17th May 2015

Aberdeen Eights HOR
Good weather conditions (but a surprising lack of water near the finish resulted in various boats losing their fins in the First Division - we marked the offending obstruction for Div 2.

We were honoured to have the Lord Provost of Aberdeen, George Adam attending to view racing and present prizes. This had been arranged as the start of ABC's celebrations during 2015 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the club.

Results (times) Names of Winning Crews Names of all entrants

Link to ABC website featuring photos of ABC crews

7th February 2015

2014

Aberdeen 4s and Small Boats HOR weekend
Saturday results Sunday results
A lot of rain fell in the week preceding these events and the River Dee was running fast so no record times (except perhaps, vying for a record slow time?). Many outside entries and lots of novice crews (and coxes) resulted in some marshalling issues and occasional clashes during racing. It seemed, however, that a (mostly) good time was had by all. Many thanks to the Scottish Rowing umpires and to all entrants.

22nd & 23rd November 2014

North East Regatta 2014
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10th & 11th May 2014

Aberdeen 8s HOR (cancelled)
Regrettably, this event was cancelled due to heavy rain causing a very strong stream but, mostly due to gales on the day making conditions dangerous. We have been unable to find a suitable date to reschedule the event so it will not be held at this time.

1st February 2014

2013

Aberdeen Fours and Small Boats HOR
Saturday results Sunday results

It was great to see a large entry from various Scottish Universities (Glasgow, St Andrews, Heriot Watt, Dundee). Conditions were good on Saturday but challenging on Sunday with strong gusting winds and a strong stream after lots of overnight rain. It was safe for the event to proceed but the organisers encouraged inexperienced crews to withdraw on Sunday and entry fees for these will be refunded.

2nd & 3rd November 2013

Aberdeen Club Championships
Lovely weather (although rather limited water) for our second Inter-Club Championships. This again went down to a nail-biting finish with the wellie-boot toss deciding the winner. AUBC won overall with 49 points, ASRA in 2nd place with 47, ABC only one point behind with 46 and then RGUBC with 31 points.
Competitors names Race results Results summary Points totals
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12th October 2014

North East Regatta

11th & 12th May 2013

Aberdeen Eights HOR
Lovely water conditions for the first event held in Scotland in 2013 (sadly the SUBC HOR last week had to be cancelled due to river conditions)

9th February 2013

2012

Aberdeen 4s and SB HOR
           Results Saturday       Results Sunday
PS results updated 10pm on 28/10/12;
   (1) noting that Div 1 on Saturday was about 150m short at finish due to low water.
   (2) adding Veteran handicaps to Mens Vet 1x in Div 2 on Sunday

27th & 28th October 2012

Aberdeen Club Championships

13th October 2012

North East Regatta

5th & 6th May 2012

Aberdeen Eights HOR
A headwind at times but generally good weather conditions. It was good to see outside entries from 'Scottish Argonauts' composite Eights along with entries from Edinburgh, St Andrews and Dundee Universities.

25th February 2012

2011

Aberdeen HOR weekend

12th & 13th November 2011

North East Regatta 2011

14th & 15th May 2011

Aberdeen Eights HOR
(a) by finish time (b) sorted by event

5th February 2011

2010

Aberdeen HOR for 4s and Small Boats
Despite trying to run this on 2 occasions (20th & 21st November then 4th & 5th December) we had to cancel both attempts due to ice on the river

cancelled

2010 Aberdeen Sprint
Race results Winners names List of all competitors names

18th September 2010

2010 North East Regatta

15th & 16th May 2010

2010 Eights HOR

13th Feb 2010

2009

2009 Fours and Small Boats HOR
4s HOR - results from Both Divisions
SB HOR - results from both divisions (modified 3/11/09 - new winner for Mens R2 1X after original 'winner' found to be not R2)

31st October & 1st November 2009

2009 North East Regatta

9th & 10th May 2009

2009 Aberdeen HOR for Senior Eights and Junior Fours

14th March 2009

2008

2008 Aberdeen Fours and Small Boats HOR

15th & 16th November 2008

2008 Aberdeen Sprint Regatta

13th September 2008

2008 North East Regatta

19th & 20th April 2008