It was fast and furious racing as York City Rowing Club members joined forces with their North East colleagues to take on the rest of the country at the inaugural British Rowing Power 8 Sprints tournament on Bristol Harbour on the 22nd July. The Power 8 Sprints, an exciting new knockout-format where eights go head […]
The top class racing at Henley didn’t end with Henley Royal – Henley Masters Regatta took place on the famous boomed course on the 13th and 14th July, and YCRC crews were out in force this year in the small boats. Our intrepid scullers started the regatta off early on Friday morning, with Darren racing […]
In a break from the hectic sprint racing of regatta season, a group of past and present YCRC members took a rather different rowing outing on the 78th July – a two-day rowing tour on a Finnish lake! Joining up with friends from Chesterton RC and Bradford ARC, the group began at Sulkava rowing club, […]
Henley Royal Regatta is the highlight of the rowing calendar, attracting crews from around the world to race head to head on the Thames, and YCRC were there to race in the yellow, purple, and gold for the Fawley Challenge Cup for Junior Quadruple Sculls last weekend. The quad of Luca Machado, Aiden Wilson, Alfie […]
Due to popular demand, we have added two new evening taster session dates for those wanting to try out rowing with YCRC, on the 26th July and 9th August, 6-8pm. During one of these sessions, you’ll be shown around the boathouse, put through your paces on a rowing machine, and taken for a paddle on […]
Bradford Sprint Regatta lived up to its reputation last weekend as a fabulous 600m splash and dash in the glorious summer weather. YCRC sent a large squad to this ever-popular event on the 30th June, and they brought home just a few pots… From the senior squads, Jez continued his winning ways in the 1x […]
YCRC are delighted to announce that five of our senior rowers have been selected to represent Team Newcastle in the inaugural British Rowing Power 8s sprint on Bristol Harbour on the 22nd July. The sprint event will see teams from eight cities – Bristol, Cambridge, Exeter, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Oxford – battle it […]
It was a sunny weekend on the Thames as two YCRC crews travelled to race at Henley Women’s Regatta, one of the higlights of the rowing calendar. After a winter and spring of hard work, an ‘aspirational’ quadruple scull of Sophy Nicholson, Helen Waller, Helen Sneath and Louise Hawkyard, and a junior double scull of […]
Held in the centre of York, York Summer Regatta saw nearly 200 crews from clubs from as far afield as Cambridge come together for a day’s worth of racing in the glorious sunshine on the 24th June. YCRC crews had a fantastic day, winning 23 out of the 51 events, many wins coming from our […]
A flotilla of masters boats headed to Nottingham this past weekend to take part in the British Rowing Masters Championships 2018, and came home laden with a raft of medals! Saturday dawned bright and early with our scullers taking to the water in small boats across the age categories and levels of experience. The famed […]