Great Tyne Row -
Background
The Great Tyne Row is a 25 km challenge row with an element of racing (depending on how seriously you take it). It ran for the fifth time on 6 September 2015 in great weather and a following wind.
Each year there are prizes for fastest boat in various categories, but with an emphasis on fun, with awards also for the best dressed crew and best decorated boat.
Numbers have risen from 11 in year one to 40 in 2015. A wide range of sliding seat and fixed seat boats entered, from doubles through a triple and into fours and quads.
You can find information on the the previous years here: 2012, 2013 & 2014.
Organisers
The event is organised by the Northern Rowing Council in association with British Rowing, Tyne Amateur Rowing Club, Gosforth Community Rowing, Tyne United Rowing Club and Tynemouth Rowing Club. In 2015 invaluable support was given by Port of Tyne, Red Seal, the Sea Cadets and many others. Those doing the work are almost all volunteers.
2015 documents
Documents loaded onto the main web site are also available here too. All are pdf unless otherwise stated:
Final start order as pdf or xls
Results as pdf or xlsx -
Final results with course records and GPS info -
Navigation Guide -
Navigation Guide -
Navigation Guide -
Direction maps -
Day plan -
Contact: Colin Percy, Event Director at eventdirector.gtr@outlook.com or on 07985 003304.
This page last updated on 11-
Main event web site
The event has a new stand-
GPS tracking
We used GPS tracking for the first time in 2015, courtesy of Durtytracking. This allowed real time viewing of boat positions and lots of data afterwards. To have a look at all participants ‘tracks’, go to http://durtytracking.com/g/g_map.php?event=31.
