The committee have determined that, in light of the current pandemic, it will not be possible to run an on-water event as originally planned on 20th March 2021. We are exploring a range of options to offer an online/virtual event of some kind and will provide further information about this when decisions are made. We look forward to welcoming you all back to the Championship Course in 2022 and in the meantime, we hope that everyone stays safe. .
New Pennants 2020
The Head of the River Race Committee is pleased to announce that for the 2020 race we will be offering the following additional pennants: Junior Men Masters Men B, C and D The Committee hopes that by including these events Masters men’s crews travelling long distances to race will have the opportunity of racing for pennants at both head races for which they are eligible over the course of the weekend. Clubs with junior members drawn from multiple schools and who may experience difficulties with events during a school week will have an opportunity to race on the Championship Course The events will be subject to our usual Rules and Entry Requirements (both the Rules and Entry Requirements are currently provisional and will be fully updated by 9 December 2019) […]
2019 Race round-up
Thank you for joining us for Head of the River Race 2019 Results can be found here: Results 2019 Photos are available from WEROW We had a great response to some women’s crews joining us following the cancellation of WeHORR 2019 due to adverse weather conditions and congratulations to Tideway Scullers School women’s eight who have the only Fairbairn Head Medals ever awarded to a women’s crew.
2018 Dead Heat
While the full results were still being finalised for over 300 crews, the top two crews (Oxford Brookes University BC A and Leander A) had been the focus of much attention as it became increasingly clear that it was going to be difficult to separate them. Following deliberation with the timing team the Head of the River Race Chairman, Ben Helm, issued the following statement: “After reviewing the camera recording, the conclusion was that the crews could not be separated with 100% confidence and a dead heat was declared”
Race filming & digital media
We are pleased to announce that we have engaged a professional drone operator to film at Sunday’s Head of the River Race 2018. The drone will not film directly over boats and it will fly a minimum of 50m above the water. The drone pilot will be monitoring weather conditions and will only film if it is (and remains) safe to do so. The drone will primarily be operating in the marshalling area, around the start and the first 250m of the course. We anticipate that it will be relatively discreet and quiet and that it will not interfere with racing. We will also be filming from the bank and capturing images of the race for use in digital content. We ask that any crew/competitor who would […]