Whitlingham Boathouses Foundation

Whitlingham Boathouses based clubs achieved some great results at the London Women's Head of the River Race today.  Four eights travelled to the event which is raced over the 4 and 1/4 mile Boat Race course but in the oposite direction from Chiswick to Putney.

Leading the field was the UEA Boat Club who set a new record for their club of 47th place in 21mins37secs.  Uniquely...

Whitlingham Boathouses was delighted to receive 2 large cheques at the new boathouse this morning.

Richard Bacon, MP for South Norfolk, presented a cheque for £50,000 on behalf of the Sport England Inpired Facilities Fund, part of the London 2012 Legacy.  These funds will be used to develop the essential infrastructure which is a pre-cursor to the fit-out of the first floor of the...

Whitlingham Boathouses Foundation (Registered Charity No 1133063) provides community rowing and canoeing opportunities for people of all ages through a mix of competitive and recreational water-based activities.  It is now the first in Norfolk to be able to offer facilities for adaptive (disabled) rowers and canoers.

From 9am today, Thursday 1 March, localgiving.com has £375,000...

Richard Bacon, MP for South Norfolk, will be handing over a cheque for £50,000 to Whitlingham Boathouses on behalf of Sport England at 9.30am on Friday 2 March at the Boathouses in Whitlingham Country Park.  The money comes from the Inspired Facilities fund and Whitlingham Boathouses is one of the first to receive a grant.

In addition, we will be receiving a cheque for £5000...

There have been some great photos posted on the Norwich Head organised by Norwich RC and sponsored by Websters Estate Agents.

The official photos are at www.nhor.co.uk but there are lots more on the NRC website

For the first time, you can also see the action on video (see link on this ipatter) including a great sequence taken by the bowman of the Norwich RC IM3 eight...

There is a record entry for the Norwich Head of the River Race on Saturday.

Clubs from all over East Anglia and beyond will be racing over a 2000m and a 5000m course between Bramerton and Whitlingham Green in boats ranging from eights to single sculls and ages ranging from 12 to over 70.

Organised by Norwich Rowing Club, part of Whitlingham Boathouses, the event is sponsored for the...

Much excitement down at Norwich Canoe Club - the GB canoe marathon squad will be training at Whitlingham this Saturday!

Dyson Pendle, GB coach as well as Chief Coach for NCC, will be leading the session with a long distance training outing at 10am and an open 5 km race at 2pm.  

You will be able to see the canoeists in action from the banks of the River Yare in Whitlingham Country...

Following on from the adult Learn2Row dates yesterday, Norwich Rowing Club has confirmed that there will be 5 Junior Learn2Row courses in 2012 running in April, May, July and August (2 courses).

The course dates are:

Easter holidays – Wednesday 11 to Friday 13 April

Summer half term - Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 June

Summer holidays – Wednesday 25 to Friday 27...

The dates have now been fixed for Norwich Rowing Club's 2012 Learn to Row courses.

The first course runs on Sunday mornings and Monday evenings from 15 April with others following in June and September.  Full details are on the Norwich RC site - click here and follow the "Learn to Row" tab

Don't forget that you can have a free taster session at any time by...