Whitlingham Boathouses Foundation

Norwich Rowing Club is starting the new year with a bumper entry at the Boston Head of the River Race on Sunday.

Norwich crews will be racing in all 3 divisions (1000; 1215 and 1445hrs) with ages ranging from 4 boys and girls under 14 to 4 veterans over 60 entered in every boatsize from single sculls to eights.  

Races will be held over a 3000m course finishing at Boston...

A very Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for 2012 from Whitlingham Boathouses Foundation.

We have made some very significant progress in 2011 including:

- Phase 1 completed and occupied June 2011

- New quay heading and river access completed June 2011

- First adaptive (disabled) rowing and canoeing facility in Norfolk

- Junior K4 and open...

We are delighted to report that we have received over £1,200 in donations from the localgiving.com donation matching campaign in the first 2 days!

There is still time if you would like to make a donation to Whitlingham Boathouses Foundation which will be doubled by localgiving.com - please click here to donate.

In addition, we will also receive a Gift Aid tax rebate...

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 on Wednesday 14 December, localgiving.com has £125,000...

What a great day it was for the Carrow Cup Rowing Festival last Saturday - a crisp morning, flat water and clear blue skies all day! Organised by Norwich Rowing Club, we were treated to the sight of rowers ranging from aged 12 up to several in their seventies, racing over the traditional course from Pull's Ferry to the top of the New Cut (approx 4000m).  

The boats covered an...

Norwich Canoe Club has won the BBC East Community Club of the Year award - see BBC Look East at 6.15pm tonight for coverage of the award!

This comes on top of recent success at the Active Norfolk Awards where NCC won the Club of the Year 2011 award and Dyson Pendle won the Coach of the Year 2011 award.

Not to be outdone, Dyson's son, Tim Pendle, is featured as a recipient of a...

The historic Carrow Cup races will take place from Pull's Ferry to the top of the New Cut on Saturday 10 December.

Organised by Norwich Rowing Club, there will be 2 main divisions starting at 1000hrs and 1215hrs.  In addition, a short course for younger and less experienced rowers will start from Carrow Bridge at 0945hrs.

In addition to the racing boats (fours and doubles)...

Many congratulations to the team lead by Jo Fitzgerald who delivered a superb Auction of Promises last night.  Over 110 lots were auctioned in just over an hour raising a fantastic £6,700 for Whitlingham Boathouses.

Added to this, ticket, raffle and bar sales brought the grand total to £8,000 raised for the boathouses project.

Very many thanks to the organising...