PBDRC News

Inaugural Four Season event

October 8, 2022

It was a sunny day with perfect water for the the inaugural Four Seasons event. About 20 club members turned up to race on a flood tide from the club to the Blue Bridge and back. The first challenge was to get everyone on the water and into their starting position, not unlike herding cats.… Read More »

The 2022 Pairs Head of the River – Race report

October 3, 2022

2022 marked the 50th edition of the Pairs Head, a 4.5 km head race running from Chiswick Bridge to Harrods Wall. A good number of Poplar crews were keen to participate but sadly entries were suspended quite early and thus the Poplar contingent was reduced to only two crews: Ed Benson + Charles Parker on… Read More »

Start of the Four Seasons Club Race on 8 October

September 23, 2022

This is a new event club event to be run throughout the year, hence the four seasons ladder/league. The plan is to submit four times; one in the summer, autumn, winter and spring to be timed from the club to the Blue Bridge and then back to the club rowing continuously, which would include turning… Read More »

Scullers Head 2022 – Race report

September 17, 2022

On Saturday 17th September four intrepid scullers from Poplar raced in the Scullers head over the championship course from Mortlake to Putney. 6.8 Kilometres of challenges, changing conditions and 500 plus other scullers all hurtling down towards Putney in fairly benign weather. Lizzy:   “When I received my allocated race number 484 (out of 500 scullers)… Read More »

World Rowing Masters Regatta 2022 – Race Report

September 13, 2022

The 2022 edition of the World Rowing Masters Regatta took place on September 7th to 11th in Libourne, France at the  Dagueys Nautical Center, a beautiful eight-lane course that has hosted many French Rowing  Championships but for some reason  has yet to see much international activity. A total of 4,362 entries were made by 713… Read More »

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Poplar Blackwall and District Rowing Club is a rowing club on the Northern bank or the River Thames opposite Greenwich on the Isle of Dogs, London.

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