Nottingham Autumn Head

Next event: SUNDAY OCTOBER 18TH 2026

ENTRIES are via BR Online Entry at £13 per rowing seat (online payment only). 

CLOSE OF ENTRIES: Noon on Sunday 12th October (or earlier if the event is full). The draw will be at 13:00 in Nottingham RC.

CONTACT: nottmautumnhead@gmail.com

ORDER OF RACING: the first ten competitors in Division 1 will hold their places from the previous year, 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: if there are two or more entries in an age category for a particular boat class then a trophy will be awarded to the fastest crew in the category. On the other hand, if there's only a single crew in an age category, then it will compete for the boat class’s “Headship On Handicap”, which is awarded to the fastest crew on handicapped time in that class of boat.

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 rowing or sculling for up to three years. Please see the notes at the bottom of the page for more clarity.

Course map - Division 1

Division 1 starts at Grove Farm (~4300 m upstream of Trent Bridge) and finishes at TS Orion (~1700 m below Trent Bridge).

Course map - Division 2

The Division 2 long course starts near Clifton Bridge (~3800 m above Trent Bridge) and the short course at the Toll Bridge (~2000 m above Trent Bridge). Both courses finish at the flagpoles outside County Hall (~100 m above Trent Bridge).

Notes on Beginner events

• We run Beginner events in order to provide meaningful competition for people who've only taken up the sport recently.

• Although the PRI requirement for Beginners (<=10) can be checked in BROE, the date when someone took up rowing/sculling isn't available to us. We therefore have to rely on submitting administrators certifying on entry that Beginner entries meet the "<=3 year" criterion. For clarity, the clock starts ticking when someone joins a rowing club (any rowing club).

• Competitors entered as a Beginner cannot also be entered in a non-Beginner event.