QEHS Rowing Club took 48 competitors to Durham Regatta last weekend. Durham Regatta dates to 1834. It is the second oldest regatta in England after Chester Regatta. It predates the Henley Royal Regatta by 5 years. The event has a real festival feel, with live music and food stalls along the course.As a Regatta, the racing is head-to-head, meaning that
QEHS Rowing Club rowers are in the middle of a busy period of competitions. Saturday gone, saw 59 club members competing at the Hexham Regatta. QEHS Rowing Club were well represented across a range of age group races at our home regatta. Hexham regatta is a long day’s racing. QEHS first race was at 8am and the last race QEHS
QEHS rowers competed at the National School Championships at the beginning of the half term holiday. Nat Schools is held at Eton Dorney Lake, the venue for the 2012 London Olympics. This event has the strongest crews from across the country competing. For Junior rowers, Nat schools is considered as the premier event to compete in. After a long journey
A small group of Y9 and 10 QEHS Rowers travelled to Wansbeck to compete on Saturday. This is an ideal event for rowers new to side by side Regatta racing. The calm and sunny weather was ideal for racing. QEHS overall winners on the day were: Astrid CM and Imogen B, W2; Morty C and Robin BM J14 4x+; Rosie
Last weekend, QEHS took over 60 rowers to Durham to race the first regatta of the season. We came away with 7 wins overall with incredibly competitive racing from all crews. This included many of our junior crews beating adult crews, showcasing the great standard of rowing we have at QEHS.Special mention to all of the year 9 crews in
27 QEHS Rowing club athletes qualified to represent the Northern region at the junior Inter-regional regatta, held at Nottingham. The JIRR event is a competition for the best crews from all the regions of England, Wales and Scotland. This was a record number of QEHS athletes selected to represent the region. All crews participate in a time trial in the
JIRR (Junior Inter-Regional Regatta) – 16th March On March 16th, around 70 QE students from QEHSRC (65 competing, 5 sixth formers helping out) as well as a group of around 25-ish students from rival Hexham RC – as well as 2 rowers from Tyne United RC and one from Tyne Amateur RC – travelled to Ashington to compete at the
Rowing Success A huge congratulations to Queen Elizabeth High School students Harry W and Jacob L, who won Gold in the J15 2x at the British Junior Championships held in Scotland over the weekend. They came second out of 38 crews in the time trial, and then stormed through the semi finals to get Gold in the A Final, with
The last two premier junior events of the Head Season allowed QEHS Rowers to demonstrate success across all age groups and in both sculling and sweep oar disciplines. The northern region junior trials provided an opportunity for all clubs to put forward rowers J14 to J16 hoping to gain selection to the northern team. This team will compete against the
If any of our new Year 9 are interested in rowing, please see the flyer below! QEHS ‘Learn to Row’ (PDF)