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SUMMARY:The Junior Fours Head
DESCRIPTION:The Junior Fours Head is a time-trial race for school and junior crews in fours and quads\, rowed over the Championship Course from Mortlake to Putney with crews started one after another from 12 noon. The finish is on the Putney stretch\, and visiting crews can boat from the Putney clubs. \nThe race was launched in 2025\, with the support of schools\, clubs and The Fours Head\, to give junior rowers the chance to race on the Tideway after years of limited places at the existing heads. Composite crews are not allowed and no rowers aged 15 or under can enter. It runs the day before The Fours Head\, which no longer offers junior events. \nSuitable for: All ages. Free to watch from the riverside. \nAccessibility: Viewing is from the public riverside at Putney Embankment. Expect crowds\, crews carrying boats and boat trailers on the embankment on race day. \nBooking: No booking or tickets needed for spectators.
URL:https://putney.news/event/the-junior-fours-head/
LOCATION:Putney Embankment\, Putney Embankment\, London\, England\, SW15 1LE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Sports
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SUMMARY:The Fours Head of the River Race
DESCRIPTION:The Fours Head brings coxed fours\, coxless fours and quad sculls onto the Championship Course for a timed race against the clock\, rowed in reverse of the Boat Race from Mortlake to Putney. Crews start at intervals from 12.45pm and the finish is on the Putney stretch\, so the embankment is the place to see crews come home and to watch the boating beforehand\, when more than 180 crews launch from the Putney clubs. \nThe race was founded in 1955. Entries for 2026 were suspended on 29 October with the field full and oversubscribed by about 20 crews. Open and women’s crews race in three categories\, and since 2025 juniors have had their own race\, the Junior Fours Head\, the day before. \nSuitable for: All ages. Free to watch from the riverside. \nAccessibility: Viewing is from the public riverside at Putney Embankment. Expect crowds\, crews carrying boats and boat trailers on the embankment on race day. \nBooking: No booking or tickets needed for spectators.
URL:https://putney.news/event/the-fours-head-of-the-river-race/
LOCATION:Putney Embankment\, Putney Embankment\, London\, England\, SW15 1LE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261122T133000
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SUMMARY:The Veteran Fours Head
DESCRIPTION:The Veteran Fours Head is the masters’ turn on the Championship Course: coxed fours\, coxless fours and quad sculls in age categories from Masters A to K\, for open\, women’s and mixed crews\, racing against the clock from Mortlake to Putney. The provisional start time is 1.30pm\, the day after The Fours Head. \nCapacity has been raised this year from 260 to 280 crews\, and entries closed oversubscribed. Putney host clubs include Barn Elms\, Imperial College\, London\, Thames and Vesta\, and crews boating from Putney collect their race numbers at Vesta. Events with three or more crews race for medals. \nSuitable for: All ages. Free to watch from the riverside. \nAccessibility: Viewing is from the public riverside at Putney Embankment. Expect crowds\, crews carrying boats and boat trailers on the embankment on race day. \nBooking: No booking or tickets needed for spectators. The 1.30pm start is provisional until the organisers publish the start order.
URL:https://putney.news/event/the-veteran-fours-head/
LOCATION:Putney Embankment\, Putney Embankment\, London\, England\, SW15 1LE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Sports
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SUMMARY:The Remenham Challenge
DESCRIPTION:The Remenham Challenge is the Remenham Club’s head race for crews from its seven founding clubs. Eights and masters quads start from the Chiswick Pier walkway at 10am and race downstream to the Black Buoy on Putney Embankment\, so the finish is right in front of the Putney boathouses. \nOpen and women’s eights race together and are split after entries close into Championship and Club bands\, alongside Development and Masters categories\, with handicaps applied to masters times. Points from the eights categories decide the Jonty Steel Victor Ludorum trophy for the most successful club. \nSuitable for: All ages. Free to watch from the riverside. \nAccessibility: Viewing is from the public riverside at Putney Embankment. Expect crowds\, crews carrying boats and boat trailers on the embankment on race day. \nBooking: No booking or tickets needed for spectators.
URL:https://putney.news/event/the-remenham-challenge/
LOCATION:Putney Embankment\, Putney Embankment\, London\, England\, SW15 1LE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Sports
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SUMMARY:Women's Eights Head of the River Race
DESCRIPTION:The Women’s Eights Head of the River Race is the largest women’s rowing race in the world\, with up to 320 crews and close to 3\,000 rowers\, from Olympic champions to novices in their first season. Crews turn and cross the start line five seconds apart from 3.15pm and race the Championship Course against the clock\, with the finish and the prize-giving in Putney. \nThe race began in the 1930s with five crews. It is the only race in the UK where novices compete on the same course as Olympic champions\, and more than 200 volunteers and officials run it. Crews and supporters celebrate afterwards in the Putney rowing clubs. \nSuitable for: All ages. Free to watch from the riverside. \nAccessibility: Viewing is from the public riverside at Putney Embankment. Expect crowds\, crews carrying boats and boat trailers on the embankment on race day. \nBooking: No booking or tickets needed for spectators.
URL:https://putney.news/event/womens-eights-head-of-the-river-race/
LOCATION:Putney Embankment\, Putney Embankment\, London\, England\, SW15 1LE\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Schools' Head of the River Race
DESCRIPTION:The Schools’ Head of the River Race is the annual inter-schools processional race on the Tideway\, with school crews racing from Chiswick Bridge to Putney\, one after another\, from 2pm. Crews finish on the Putney stretch\, passing the large buoy near the finish\, and race numbers go back to the Westminster School boathouse on Putney Embankment. \nEvents run in school first\, J16 and J15 categories among others. Each school may enter only one crew per event\, school events are for single-school crews only\, and composite crews are not allowed. \nSuitable for: All ages. Free to watch from the riverside. \nAccessibility: Viewing is from the public riverside at Putney Embankment. Expect crowds\, crews carrying boats and boat trailers on the embankment on race day. \nBooking: No booking or tickets needed for spectators.
URL:https://putney.news/event/the-schools-head-of-the-river-race/
LOCATION:Putney Embankment\, Putney Embankment\, London\, England\, SW15 1LE\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Head of the River Race
DESCRIPTION:The Head of the River Race sends more than 320 eights and some 2\,800 rowers down the 4.25-mile Championship Course from Mortlake to Putney\, one crew after another\, each racing the clock for the fastest overall time. Racing starts at 2.45pm and the crews finish on the Putney stretch\, where the embankment fills with boats\, trailers and supporters. \nSteve Fairbairn founded the race in 1926 as a cure for winter boredom\, and it ran its 100th edition in March 2026. The fastest crew wins the Fairbairn Trophy. Crews come from clubs and universities across the UK and abroad\, and it is a highlight of the Tideway winter season. \nSuitable for: All ages. Free to watch from the riverside. \nAccessibility: Viewing is from the public riverside at Putney Embankment. Expect crowds\, crews carrying boats and boat trailers on the embankment on race day. \nBooking: No booking or tickets needed for spectators.
URL:https://putney.news/event/the-head-of-the-river-race/
LOCATION:Putney Embankment\, Putney Embankment\, London\, England\, SW15 1LE\, United Kingdom
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