Competition |
Date |
Times (SBHs in brackets) |
Tees LDS & SBH |
30 September 23 |
10:30 (15:00) - |
Tyne LDS & TUSBH |
07 October 23 |
10:30 (14:30) - |
Berwick LDS |
14 October 23 |
14:00 - |
Wansbeck LDS & SBH |
21 October 23 |
09:30 (13:30) - |
South Hylton LDS |
28 October 23 |
13:00 - |
Durham LDS & ASBH |
11 November 23 |
09:305 (12:00 & 13:30) - |
2023 programme
Full details for each venue in 2023 appeared below when ready. The poster is available here as a pdf or click on the images at the foot of the page for larger jpgs in your browser. BROE opened 3 weeks before each event.
Long Distance Sculling series -
Durham LDS/ASBH -
The 2023 series is now over -
How to find start orders, times and results online
Start orders, real-
Tees LDS & SBH -
The morning LDS was sculling only and was hosted for the NRC by Tees RC. The afternoon SBH including sweep was organised by Tees RC directly and ran over the same course; details of that competition are on their web site. The LDS started at 10:30 (or a bit after, due to capsizes before the start) and the afternoon SBH started at 15:00. There was an upper limit in each of 200 entries. Distance for both was 5000m.
Documents for both events:
* Safety & race instructions * Safety plan * Map of the course
* LDS start order with boating times * SBH start order with boating times
Tyne LDS and Tyne United SBH -
The LDS was to have been hosted for the NRC by Tyne ARC, Tyne United RC and Newcastle
University BC. The afternoon SBH with sweep would have been run by Tyne United RC
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Distance for both was 4500m from Scotswood to Newburn. Tides were small, with high
tide of 3.91 metres at about 10:35 and low tide of 2.50 metres at about 16:47 (times
at host clubs and in BST). But high and fast top-
Documents for both events:
* Course map * Start area plan * Finish area plan
* Instructions to clubs and crews * Risk assessment * Safety plan
* Parking advice * Trailer allocation table * Bank monitors plan (for LDS)
* LDS start order with boating times * SBH start order with boating times
Berwick LDS -
The LDS was to have been hosted by Berwick ARC. Tides meant only one division and
no SBH is normally run at Berwick. Limit of 60 entries. Boating is usually from Tweed
Green, Blakewell Road, Tweedmouth, Berwick-
Docs for Berwick LDS:
* Course map * Competitior instructions * Boating instructions
* Risk assessment * Start order -
Wansbeck LDS & SBH -
The morning LDS was to have been hosted for the NRC by Cambois RC. The afternoon
SBH including sweep was to have been run by Cambois RC; details of the SBH are on
the Cambois RC web site here, but the SBH pre-
In a revised arrangement both the LDS and the SBH were to have been run in two divisions to reduce the time spent on the water. The were going to be :
LDS -
SBH -
Larger
boats in each Div 1 and smaller boats in each Div 2. Despite the cancellations start
order were issued just for the record.
These pre-
* Risk assessment * Safety instructions * Course map * Parking overview
Start orders: LDS: Div 1 & Div 2 and SBH: Div 1 & Div 2 -
South Hylton -
The LDS on the lower Wear was hosted by City of Sunderland Rowing Club, with no
associated SBH. The race started at 1.00pm. Note that the course was from downstream
at the Wearmouth Bridge next to the Stadium of Light up to the club -
Documents for South Hylton LDS:
* Course map v2 * Safety plan v2 * Risk assessment v2
* Start order with boating times * Times and results
Durham -
The LDS on the upper Wear was hosted by Durham ARC. There was also the associated
Durham Autumn SBH run by DARC in the afternoon -
* Instructions for crews * Start order for LDS * Start order for ASBH
* Results for LDS * Results for SBH (both divs together)
* Start order and results are also here in various formats:
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Series background
The Northern Rowing Council, with the help of host clubs, runs the Long Distance Sculling (LDS) series every autumn. We aim to have six competitions over six consecutive weekends each year. All six ran in 2022 but three out of six were cancelled in 2023. Better luck in 2024?
The LDS series is for sculling boats only -
There are associated but independent Small Boats Head (SBH) competitions with sculling
and sweep in the afternoon on four of the six days. See the home clubs’ web sites
for details of these -
Getting in touch
Queries about all aspects of the LDS series including entries and results should go to LDS Series Coordinator, Dan Lockey, at lds@nerowing.com.
Any questions specifically to do with how this page works (or not) should be directed to Colin Percy at colinwpercy@gmail.com.
This page was last updated late at on 04-