Spotlight: Head of the River Adur 2022
The first event of the 2022 CARA coastal rowing season will be the Head of the River Adur, the race is held in Shoreham every March and is usually the first opportunity for crews aiming for CARA Championships to size one another up. The race is held over a 3.5km tidal stretch of the river Adur, with two divisions held either side of the high tide. The course runs through the centre of the historic Sussex town and is usually well supported by locals and rowers alike. See more info and previous race results (including course records – for those thinking of attempting them!) on the Shoreham Rowing Club website: here
2023 Season calendar takes shape
Welcome back! We’re all set and ready to go with the 2022 Coastal Rowing Season on the South Coast in Sussex and Kent. The new season calendar has been agree by the committee and the clubs and we’re ready to publish the dates for your diary.
Here’s how the 2023 season is shaping up:
Tuesday 31st Open Transfer of Registration & Regressions closed
March
Sunday 12th Adur Head @ Shoreham Rowing club
Saturday TBC C.A.R.A. Umpires Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 21st Wessex SE Coast meeting via Zoom
April
Saturday 15th C.A.R.A. Annual General Meeting @ Worthing
May
Sunday 7th Viking Shield @ Herne Bay – 12.00 start
Tuesday 16th Wessex SE Coast meeting via Zoom
Saturday 20th Eastbourne Regatta
Sunday 21st Bexhill Regatta – 10.00 start
Saturday 27th Shoreham Regatta
June
Saturday 10th Dover Regatta
Sunday 11th Folkestone Regatta – 10.00 start
Saturday 17th Hastings Regatta
July
Saturday 15th Southsea Regatta
Saturday 22nd Herne Bay Regatta – 13.30 start
Saturday 29th Deal Regatta
August
Saturday 5th Worthing Regatta
September
Saturday 2nd C.A.R.A. Row-offs Venue TBC
Saturday 16th South Coast Championships @ Folkestone
Updates to the Events calendar to follow.
Deal Regatta
After a high ratio of cancelled regattas this year, Deal Regatta went off without a hitch on the 31st July. Despite high winds and threatening skies, Deal managed to hold a great event with all races completed.
Full results will be available on this website as soon as they are released.
http://www.coastara.org/events/deal-regatta-2/
The return of rowing!
The COVID-19 pandemic which has blighted so many lives, finally appears to be lessening its grip on the UK, and for us that means a return of rowing regattas on the South Coast. No regattas were held during 2020 and the first half of the 2021 season was also cancelled. However, as of the 11th of July 2021, we are back up and running!
Folkestone had the honour of being the first post-COVID race, after Worthing lost out owing to the lockdown extension.
We’re so pleased to be back and are looking forward to many more races to come this year and beyond.
Phil Challen
We’re very sad to announce the passing of Phil Challen, former secretary of CARA. We cannot express enough thanks for everything Phil contributed to rowing on the South Coast, he touched the lives of so many of us and for that we will be forever grateful. Our thoughts are with Bexhill and Phil’s family and friends at this time.
Deal win the Pompey
Southsea regatta was held in its entirety this weekend, with CARA crews battling against their Hants and Dorset Amateur Rowing association counterparts. Updated regatta standings will be put up later this week.
2019 Season underway
2019 season is now underway, with lots of exciting racing and close finishes! We have so far had Hastings Regatta, Bexhill Regatta and Eastbourne Regatta – all of which were held in full. You can find the full standings on the 2019 Standings page.
We have 4 events in a 4 way tussle, these are the Veteran 50+ Fours, Mens Junior Fours, Ladies Novice Fours and Mens Junior Sculls! Very excited to see which crews will get to 2 wins first!
Many thanks to Joel Dinning for the pictures, this is of the Ladies Senior Pair at Hastings Regatta
Crews will clash again this weekend at Dover Regatta (weather permitting) this Saturday (8th June)
Tom and Vicky (Deal) – World Record Holders!
Thomas Barwell and Victoria Ward of Deal Rowing Club have broken the world record for the longest tandem ergometer row (Heavyweight Mixed 19 and Under). They together kept a single rowing machine running for 37 Hours straight, which is incredible!
2019 Calendar Updated
The 2019 calendar is now on the website, go to ‘Competition’ -> 2019 Race calendar to see or click here 2019 Calendar
Worthing Regattas Cancelled!
Both Worthing and Worthing town regattas were cancelled over the weekend due to strong winds. The regatta calendar will be updated as and when we know the new regatta dates if the regattas are rescheduled.
Picture: Mia Giles