PBDRC News

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

As the regatta season draws to a close, Poplar mobilised a 12-strong contingent for the Danson Dashes in Bexleyheath. This local regatta has been a favourite for Poplar for many years and it was a real treat to get so many members along to race and spectate. With a...

On August 9th several members of the Club participated in a cutter race organised by the Thames Traditional Rowing Association. This is an account of how things went for the women’s crew rowing for The Water Conservatory and integrated by Andrea, Phoebe, Amy,...

Ten Poplar athletes travelled to Henley-on-Thames to compete at this year's Town & Visitors Regatta, in another great day out for the club. Molly & Annika brought home a spectacular win for Poplar in the women's doubles. An impressive heat was followed by a...

George Gilbert of Poplar Blackwall & District Rowing Club is the Doggett’s Coat & Badge winner of 2022. Few annual individual sporting contests in the world can match the continuous history of the Doggett's Coat and Badge Wager, which was founded in 1715 by Thomas...

Intense heat accompanied an intense day of racing for Mo, Paddy, and Ben at Molesey regatta on 16 July. The regatta is an 850m course, and requires some careful steering in the middle. At around 10am Paddy kicked things off for Poplar with a three length win over...