Saturday 15th November 2025
The Graham Sports Center, Durham, DH1 3SE
Are you ready to test your fitness? Come down to Durham University’s state of the art fitness centre to race against rowers and athletes of every kind. We are offering both BUCS events for university rowers as well as guest events for college rowers, amateur rowers, and athletes from any sport.
BUCS EVENTS - £8.25
Openweight (Open and Women) 2000m
Lightweight (Open and Women) 2000m
Adaptive (Open and Women) 1000m
Beginner (Open and Women) 1000m
NEW for 2025 - Open and Women 250m sprint - £5 entry
GUEST EVENTS - Starting from £4. See pricing on guest event webpage above
50% of all ticket prices will go to supporting Sport in Action Zambia, Team Durham’s partner charity.
Categories are as follows:
Senior Open & Women’s 2km
Masters Open & Women’s (27 years+) 2km
Junior Open & Women’s 2k, 1km
Open & Women’s 250m sprint (club discount available)
NEW for 2025 - Novice 1km; an event specifically for those learning to row this year (started rowing July 2025 onwards)
Relays:
Junior Mixed 2km Relay
Open and Women’s 2km Relay
College Open & Women’s 2km (club discount available)
College Open & Women’s 1km (club discount available)
College Open & Women’s 2km Relay (Teams of 4)
Prizes:
NEW this year - College and Club Victor Ludorum! The best performing club and college will be awarded Victor Ludlum awards at the end of the day, which comes with a £50 donation.
As with last year, all event winners will be awarded a (highly prestigious) medal/pot along with a case of beers (tub of sweets for junior events) to the winning team in each of the relay competitions!
Rules and Information:
Racing starts at 09:00 am and the timetable will be released closer to the event. You are advised to arrive up to an hour before your race.
BUCS events are open to any university rower and entries are registered through BUCS Play. If entering as part of BUCS, entry information can be found on the BUCS event webpage above.
Guest events are open to any rower or athlete from any sport. Tickets can be bought through the website linked above or by card machine on the day, depending on event availability.
All lightweight competitors will be required to weigh in on arrival (<75kg for men, <61.5kg for women)
There will be warm-up equipment for use before the event and changing rooms on site for your use.
There is an athlete tailored cafe on site for all your nutritional needs.
Photos will be taken at the event in line with Durham University policy. If you are unwilling to be photographed please get in touch.
Any questions about entries or otherwise should be sent to alexandra.e.gentry@durham.ac.uk
Results from previous years can be found below:
Event photos are uploaded to the club’s facebook page.
