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Scullers Head of the River Race

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Scullers Head of the River Race
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Championship Course, River Thames in London, England
Years active1954-Present
Previous event7 December 2019
Next eventNovember/December 2020
Participants500 crews
Websitewww.vestarowing.co.uk/vesta-scullers-head

The Scullers Head of the River Race is a rowing race held annually on the River Thames Championship Course from Mortlake to Putney, open to single scullers only. The race is held in November or early December each year on a week usually to suit the mid-morning or mid-afternoon timing of the ebb tide.

History

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The Scullers Head was first raced in 1954 when it was won by John Marsden.[1] It now admits entries of over 500 scullers[2] and is the largest sculling race in the UK for a single class of racing shell. The race gains enough entries to organise the greatest number of marshalls for any singles event on the Thames and it draws considerably more overseas single scullers than the same race held in reverse usually three to four weeks before, the Wingfield Sculls, which dates to the middle of the 19th century.

In 2014 were the first admissions of categories for adaptive rowing for athletes with disabilities, in TA and LTA adaptive rowing classifications.[2]

Annual organisation

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The race is organised by Vesta Rowing Club, Putney, London.

Results

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Men[3]

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Date Winner Club Time Notes
1954 A J Marsden Vesta RC
1955 T A Fox London RC
1956 T A Fox London RC
1957 D V Melvin John O'Gaunt RC
1958 D V Melvin John O'Gaunt RC
1959 M A Spracklen Marlow RC
1960 G V Justicz Birmingham RC
1961 K R Smith Nottingham University BC
1962 N J Birkmyre & J M Russell Ariel RC & Molesey BC Dead Heat
1963 W L Barry Quintin BC
1964 W L Barry Quintin BC
1965 W L Barry Quintin BC
1966 W L Barry Quintin BC
1967 H A Wardell-Yerburgh
1968 H A Wardell-Yerburgh
1969 K V Dwan Poplar, Blackwell and District RC
1970 K V Dwan Poplar, Blackwell and District RC
1971 K V Dwan Poplar, Blackwell and District RC
1972 P G R Delafield Tideway Scullers School
1973 K V Dwan Poplar, Blackwell and District RC
1974 Chris L Ballieu Leander Club
1975 Chris L Ballieu Leander Club
1976 Chris L Ballieu Leander Club
1977 Chris L Ballieu Leander Club
1978 T J Crooks Leander Club
1979 Chris L Ballieu Leander Club
1980 M Spencer Poplar, Blackwell and District RC
1981 Chris L Ballieu Leander Club
1982 Chris L Ballieu Leander Club
1983 Chris L Ballieu Leander Club
1984 Chris L Ballieu Leander Club
1985 Carl Smith Nottingham RC
1986 Steve Redgrave Marlow RC
1987 Nick Burfitt Imperial College BC
1988 Simon Larkin Nottingham RC
1989 Simon Larkin Nottingham RC
1990 Rory Henderson Leander Club 22:51
1991 Steven Redgrave Marlow RC 21:32
1992 Guy Pooley Leander Club 20:56
1993 Peter Haining Auriol Kensington RC 23:13
1994 Peter Haining Auriol Kensington RC 19:53
1995 Niall O'Toole Commercial Rowing Club, Dublin 21:16
1996 Peter Haining Auriol Kensington RC 21:49
1997 Martin Kettle Queens Tower BC 20:31
1998 Greg Searle Molesey BC 21:18
1999 Giles Monnickendam Nottinghamshire County RA 21:29
2000 Rod Chisholm Tideway Scullers School
2001 Guy Pooley Leander Club 20:03.94
2002 Tim Male Tideway Scullers School
2003 cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions
2004 Mark Hunter Leander Club 21:22.13
2005 Tom Gale Tideway Scullers School 22:05.18
2006 Mahé Drysdale Tideway Scullers School 19:55.26
2007 George Whittaker Imperial College BC 20:58.76
2008 Alan Campbell Tideway Scullers School 20:30.57
2009 Jamie Kirkwood Imperial College BC 20:55.38
2010 Stephen Feeney[4] London RC 21:31.20
2011 Adam Freeman-Pask Imperial College BC 21:09.02
2012 Alan Campbell Tideway Scullers School 20:43.32
2013 Sigmund Verstraete Walton RC 21:06.99
2014 Jamie Copus Oxford Brookes University BC 21:03.55
2015 cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions
2016 Pedro Fraga Sporting Clube de Portugal
2017 Calvin Tarczy St Paul's School BC
2018 cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions
2019 Sebastian Devereux Leander Club 21:20.97
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Jamie Copus Oxford Brookes University BC 21:40.17
2022 Rui Xu London RC 20:52.11
2023 Jamie Copus Oxford Brookes University BC 20:37.02
2024 cancelled due to no river closure

Women[3]

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Date Winner Club Time
1975 J Rankine Thames RC
1976 C Moss Thames RC
1977 D Bishop Wallingford RC
1978 S Hhandscomb Civil Service Ladies' RC
1979 B Jones Thames RC
1980 J A Corbin Civil Service Ladies' RC
1981
1982
1983 N Ray Imperial College BC
1984 B Jones Broxbourne RC
1985 N Ray Rob Roy BC
1986 S Clark City of Cambridge RC
1987 G Bond Civil Service Ladies' RC
1988 A Marden Thames Tradesmen's RC
1989 A Marden Thames Tradesmen's RC
1990 A Marden Thames Tradesmen's RC
1991 A Marden Thames Tradesmen's RC
1992 A Marden Thames Tradesmen's RC
1993 A Hall Upper Thames RC
1994 A Hall Upper Thames RC
1995 Guin Batten Thames RC
1996 P Reid Lea RC
1997 Guin Batten Thames RC
1998 Guin Batten Thames RC
1999 Sue Appelboom Mortlake, Anglian & Alpha BC
2000 H Casey Wallingford RC
2001 Sue Appelboom Mortlake, Anglian & Alpha BC
2002 Guin Batten Leander Club
2003 cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions
2004 K Greves University of London BC
2005 M Pauls Imperial College BC
2006 J Golsack Wallingford RC
2007 K Stiller Nottingham RC
2008 Hester Goodsell Reading University BC
2009 Hester Goodsell[5] Reading University BC 22:21.92
2010 Beth Rodford[6] Gloucester RC 22:54.06
2011 Imogen Walsh London RC 22:35.9
2012 Georgina Phillips Imperial College BC 22:40.24
2013 Lou Reeve Leander Club 22:14:41[7]
2014 Brianna Stubbs Wallingford RC 22:41.31
2015 cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions
2016 Suzi Perry Thames RC
2017 Meghann Jackson Thames RC
2018 cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions
2019 Katy Wilkinson-Feller Tideway Scullers School 22:38.70
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Jessica Leyden Leander Club 23:16.87
2022 Katie Mole University of Birmingham BC 23:05.78
2023 Georgia Mianarow London RC 21:49.73
2024 cancelled due to no river closure

See also

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  • Metropolitan Regatta The London Cup (singles). Held in late May/very early June at Eton-Dorney Lake.
  • Diamond Challenge Sculls rowed by race-winning singles at Henley Royal Regatta, forming the second prerequisite of the rare accomplishment of a 'Triple Crown' with those above and below. Held in July.
  • Wingfield Sculls rowed by singles along the course in reverse, the last component of the 'Triple Crown'. Held in October or early November. Where the Scullers' Head is also won there is the theoretical possibility of a 'Quadruple Crown' for a single sculler able to win all four events. As the Diamond Sculls is not open to women, a win at the Scullers Head forms the last leg of the UK's Triple Crown for an all-round champion female single sculler.
  • Rowing on the River Thames

References

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  1. ^ Daily Telegraph Obituary John Marsden 5 March 2004
  2. ^ a b [1] Main page noting new facts and full capacity of 550 entries has been reached in 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b British Rowing Almanack. London: World Sports. 1948–2024.
  4. ^ "Stephen Feeney | British Rowing". Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Scullers' Head".
  6. ^ "Scullers' Head".
  7. ^ Scullers Head 2013 Results (pdf) Vesta Rowing Club. Retrieved 2014-17-11.
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