South Coast Rowing Championships
The South Coast Rowing Championships are held each year in mid September and are raced between H&D, CARA (Coast Amateur Rowing Association for Kent & Sussex crews) and WERA (West of England Rowing Association for Devon and Cornwall clubs). The event holds championship events in which each association selects its two fastest crews (usually the championship winner and runner-up for each status) to race against each other.
There are also supporting events for all status’s including Novice and for the past 20 years there has also been a Junior regatta for U16 events. All championship and supporting events are held in fours (coastal fours when hosted by H&D or CARA and predominantly river fours for WERA events) but some of the U16 events will offer small boat entries depending on the venue and timescales.
The 2026 & 69th SOUTH COAST ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS & 20th U16 REGATTA was held on Saturday, 12th September 2026
Event hosted by the Coast Amateur Rowing Association and organised by Deal, Walmer, Kingsdown Amateur Rowing Club.
2025
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The 2025 & 68th South Coast Rowing Championships & 19th u16 Regatta – hosted by WEARA and organised by Plymouth Rowing Club at Arnolds Point, Embankment Road LP4 9JW - was held on Saturday, 6th September 2025. This was preceded by the Junior Regatta on Friday 5th September.
A full set of results for the Championship Regatta and The Open Fours events, can be downloaded here.
A full set of results for Fridays Junior Regatta and Small Boat Invitation events can be downloaded here.
2024
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The 67th South Coast Championship Regatta and 18th U16 Rowing Championships took, hoted by the Hants & Dorset ARA, took place on the 14th September, 2024 at at the Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley, Southampton - the venue of the 2021 event.
A full set of results, can be downloaded here.
The results and winning crews can be downloaded here.
You can download here the presentation made by the Hants & Dorset ARA delegates on our plans for the 2024 South Coast Championships and here the presentation made by the Hants & Dorset ARA delegates to the AGM of the South Coat Council in January 2024.
E. Bulletin number 1. Introduction. The first of a series of Electronic Bulletins regarding the 2024 South Coast Championship can be down loaded here.
E. Bulletin number 2. 6/12/23. Accommodation. The second of a series of Electronic Bulletins regarding the 2024 South Coast Championship can be down loaded here.
E. Bulletin number 3. 31/01/24. General. The third of a series of Electronic Bulletins regarding the 2024 South Coast Championship can be down loaded here.
E. Bulletin number 4. 06/04/24. General arrangements. Accommodation. Draft Timetable for Friday 13th September and Saturday 14th September. The fourth of a series of Electronic Bulletins regarding the 2024 South Coast Championship can be down loaded here.
E. Bulletin number 5. 09/08/24. Entry Pack, SCC Merchandise and Parking Arrangements. The Fifth of a series of Electronic Bulletins regarding the 2024 South Coast Championship can be down loaded here + attachments - Car/Trailer Parking and SCC Merchandise.
E. Bulletin number 6. 18/08/24. The Sixth of a series of Electronic Bulletins regarding the 2024 South Coast Championship can be down loaded here + attachments Reminder ref Entry Closure date. The draw for the Southcoast Championships Regatta, Guide to the 67th SCC at Netley 2024. The Course and the alternative course for Championship events and Safety Information.
Also attached here - the A Guide the 66th South Coast Rowing Championships in pdf fotmat.
Here is a copy of the Event Safety Plan in pdf format.
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The 2023 (66th) South Coast Championships Regatta and 17th U16 Rowing Championships was hosted by the Coast Amateur Rowing Association at Folkestone, on Saturday, 16th September, 2023.
The results from the Championships can be found here in pdf format.
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The 2022 (65th) South Coast Championships Regatta and 16th U16 Rowing Championships was hosted by the West of England Rowing Association at Paignton, on Saturday, 10th September, 2022.
The results from the Championships can be found here in pdf format.
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The 2021 (64th) South Coast Rowing Championships Regatta and & 15th Under 16 Regatta - hosted by the Hants & Dorset ARA - took place from the Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley, Southampton - on Saturday, 18th September, 2021.
The full set of results are shown here in pdf format.
For the link to the Events Official Photographers - DE Photos - please visit dephoto.biz and enter the event code scrc.
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The 63rd South Coast Rowing Championships and the 14th Junior Regatta hosted by Dartmouth Rowing Club on behalf of the West of England ARA on Saturday, 14th September, 2019.
The results can be found here.
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The 62nd South Coast Championships Regatta and the 13th South Coast Junior Regatta, hosted the Coast Amateur Rowing Association at Deal, on Saturday, 8th September 2018.
The results can be found here.
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The 2017 South Coast Championships - was hosted by the the Hants & Dorset ARA - at Dorney Lake on Saturday, 2nd September, 2017.
The fulll results, including the times, for all the crews, in every event at this years 2017 South Coast Rowing Championships Regatta held on Saturday, 1st September, at Dorney Lake Eton, and hosted by the Hants & Dorset ARA can now be viewed and downloaded from our timing partner's - Mikrotime Sports Systems - web site - go to
https://www.mikrotime.com/rowing/row2017/scc17.html
The Event photographers at the event were - DE Photo.
Their photographs can be viewed and purchased from their site at -
Go to the site - "Search by Date" at the bottom of the page - click on "Find". Click on 2nd September, 2017 on the Calendar - and a list of events will be displayed on the Right Hand side. Scroll down to "South Coast Rowing Championships" and click on the arrow.
The Souvenir Program can be downloaded here in pdf format.
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The 2016 South Coast Championships - hosted by the Coast ARA - was held at Herne Bay on Saturday, 3rd September, 2016.
A booklet providing information on the Regatta - accommodation, time table, loaction etc... published by the organising committee can be downloaded here.
The contact for the Regatta was - Ryan Epps. Championship Director. 112, Cantebury Road, Herne Bay, Kent. CT6 5SE. Mobile: 07746 650430. E Mail: repps1@btinternet.com
The Hants & Dorset ARA Secretaries report on the Regatta weekend, which includes the results can be downlaoded here in pdf. format.
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The 2015 Regatta - hosted by the West of England ARA - was held at Wimbleball Lake in Somerset over the weekend of - 12th/13th September, 2015.
The Hants & Dorset ARA Secretaries report on the Regatta weekend, which includes the results can be downloaded here.
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The 2014 South Coast Championship Regatta - hosted by the Hants & Dorset ARA - was held in Swanage over the weekend of - 13th/14th September.
The results from this South Coast Rowing Championships Regatta can now be downloaded from here as an Excel Spreadsheet or in PDF format.
Also available is the pdf version of the 2014 souvenir program and the Hants & Dorset ARA's Secretaries report on the 2014 event.
History of the South Coast Rowing Championships Regatta
The South Coast Rowing Champions was the inspiration of Archie Fraser, of Westover & Bournemouth Rowing Club who had the idea of an event involving the three South Coast Rowing Associations - the Hants & Dorset ARA, (H&D ARA) the Coast ARA (CARA) and the West of England ARA (WEARA) - who would provide a champion in each class to compete in a "champion of champions" race at the end of the rowing season.
The first Championship Regatta was hosted by the Hants & Dorset ARA at Poole in 1957 where Christchurch were the winners of the first Senior event, for the Bideford Bowl, donated by the West of England ARA and BTC won both the Junior Senior and Junior Event. The following day officials from the three Associations met in Poole Yacht Club where it was decided that the Regatta should continue and be hosted by each Association in rotation. It was agreed that the host Association would provide six matched boats and include any supporting events of their own choice. The Hants & Dorset and Christchurch Rowing Clubs Toby Trowbridge was elected the first Chairman of what became the South Coast Council.
In the early years there was a good deal of controversy between the Associations because of the differences in rules and because WEARA rowed in 36' river boats (now 42') but H&DARA and CARA Clubs used 30' staggered seat Coastal boats. However annual meetings of the representative South Coast Committee (now the South Coast Council) have established a set of acceptable rules and regatta format. The original three-year cycle was changed to a four-year cycle with the regatta being held in WEARA every other year to counteract the disadvantage that WEARA crews suffered having to row in Coastal Boats – although this will revert to a three year cycle again from 2011. In 1967 it was stated that the cost of staging the South Coast Championship Regatta was £270 - today it is around £25,000!
Although the supporting events had often included ladies races there was no Championship event until 1976 - and in 1992 a Junior Ladies Championship event was added - with a Veterans Championship added in 2004 bringing the total of Championship events to six.
The 50th Regatta was held at Dartmouth and hosted by the West of England Amateur Rowing Association and included a celebration Dinner on the Thursday evening before the Regatta, a row-past on Regatta day of some of those who had competed in the first Regatta in 1957 - and the inaugural Junior Regatta.
In 2007 it was the Hants & Dorset ARA’s turn to host the Championships once again and they took the brave and rather controversial decision to stage the event at the new, purpose built, international standard venue of Dorney Lake, Eton, where the 2012 Olympic Regatta will be staged. Their decision was justified when the event proved to be one of the most successful and arguably the fairest ever staged prompting the Association to return to Dorney Lake for the 2011 Championship Regatta.
To celebrate fifty years of the South Coast Championship Regatta, at Dartmouth, in 2006, a fascinating book was produced with full results, including winning crews names and anecdotes from all the Championship regattas held between 1957 and 2005 and this is recommended reading for those who are interested in the event and the history of rowing. Hard copies - at the reduced price of £2.50 will be available for purchase at the Championships or copies can be obtained from the Coast ARA's Phil Challen or the Hants & Dorset ARA’s Denny Woodford who are the books authors - see contact details below. For the first time this book is also now available in pdf. format, free of charge, and can be downloaded from this page - see below. Unfortunately due to the file size it has to be downloaded in four parts.
The book was written by CARA's Phil Challen and the Hants & Dorset ARA's Denis Woodford.
The results of the South Coast Championships from 2006 to 2016 can be found here.