SUNDAY OCTOBER 15TH 2023

DIVISION 1 FINISH: TS Orion (about 1200 m below Lady Bay Bridge - see map below).

DIVISION 2 FINISH: flagpoles outside County Hall (about 100 m above Trent Bridge  - see map below)

ENTRIES are via BR Online Entry at £12 per rowing seat (online payment only). 

ORDER OF RACING: the first ten competitors in Division 1 will hold their places from the previous year as far as possible, otherwise competitors will race within their allocated bands. For safety reasons, the number of entries in each division will be capped (priority given to paid entries).

MASTERS' EVENTS: for each boat class, if an age category has two or more entries then a trophy will be awarded to the fastest crew in that category. If any age category contains only a single crew, then that crew will compete for the boat class's 'headship on handicap', which they will win if they beat, on handicapped time, all other masters crews in that class of boat. Separate open and women's headships on handicap will apply.

JUNIOR EVENTS: the organisers reserve the right to amalgamate Junior categories as appropriate to form a race, or to move to an appropriate Senior event. 

BEGINNER EVENTS: all competitors in these events will have a PRI of 10 or less and have been involved in the sport for up to two years.

PRESENTATION OF PRIZES will be in Nottingham & Union Rowing Club after each division. Prizes will only be awarded for an event when at least two crews actually race (except for 'masters headships' as above).

CONTACT: nottmautumnhead@gmail.com

CLOSE OF ENTRIES: Noon on Sunday 8th October (or earlier if the event is full). The draw will be at 13:00 in Nottingham RC.

Course map - Division 1

Historically, this division has been raced from 'The Pipe' (about a mile above Clifton Bridge) to the rowing clubs (just downstream of Trent Bridge), a challenging distance of some 6000 m. In recent years, however, reaching 'The Pipe' has been tricky due to shallow water, and we've repeatedly been forced to move the start downstream to Grove Farm, thereby making the race somewhat shorter than advertised. 

In 2022 we decided to make Grove Farm the new permanent start and to restore the traditional 6000 m length by moving the finish about 1200 m downstream to TS Orion (the same finishing point as the Head of the Trent).

Course map - Division 2

Division 2 now finishes above Trent Bridge for all boats, a change that was made principally on safety grounds. The long course is therefore shorter (by about 200 m) than the 'traditional' course that finished outside the clubs.