Ponteland Junior Head - 28 March 2026 - update
2026 competiton cancelled due to high winds forecast
Text of email sent out to clubs as at 11.37am on 27 March 26:
With regret we have taken the decision to cancel this year's Ponteland Junior Head competition. The current forecast wind speeds for Saturday have actually increased rather than decreased, as we had hoped.
We delayed the decision in order to give every chance of providing an opportunity for crews to race even if it meant a reduced event with some crews withdrawing if they did not feel able to compete in challenging conditions.
We would have fully refunded those crews in such circumstances as we want all of our competitors to feel safe.
2026 competiton cancelled due to high winds forecast
Text of email sent out to clubs as at 11.37am on 27 March 26:
With regret we have taken the decision to cancel this year's Ponteland Junior Head competition. The current forecast wind speeds for Saturday have actually increased rather than decreased, as we had hoped.
We delayed the decision in order to give every chance of providing an opportunity for crews to race even if it meant a reduced event with some crews withdrawing if they did not feel able to compete in challenging conditions.
We would have fully refunded those crews in such circumstances as we want all of our competitors to feel safe.
Race documents
* Poster - pdf - v3 with div times amended - issued 23-03-26
Poster as jpegs - click on images above for larger jpgs
* Course map - pdf - click on image above for larger jpg - issued 02-03-26
* Instructions to clubs and crews - v2 with updated div times - issued 23-03-26
* Risk assessment - issued 02-03-26
* Safety plan - v2 with updated div times - issued 23-03-26
* Welfare plan - issued 02-03-26
* Parking advice - issued 02-03-26
* Start order - issued 25-03-26 - version with boating times not issued before cancellation
* Risk assessment - issued 02-03-26
* Safety plan - v2 with updated div times - issued 23-03-26
* Welfare plan - issued 02-03-26
* Parking advice - issued 02-03-26
* Start order - issued 25-03-26 - version with boating times not issued before cancellation
Note: If you have trouble downloading the pdf documents here due to secrity warnings (caused by a lack of a site https certificate), go to https://www.nerowing.com/ponthead26.html to get them. But the files on this site are safe.
Contact details
| Organising Cttee Chair | Nicola Wake |
| Race Cttee Chair | John Mulholland |
| Safety Adviser | Cathy Graham/Colin Percy |
| Competition Secretary | Lyn Goldsmith |
| Pre-race contact | entries@tynearc.com |
| Competition web page | www.tynerowingclub.org/pages/ponteland_junior_head_153682.cfm |
| Start order & results | Oar-Online at go.oar-online.uk |
| X (formerly Twitter) at twitter.com/Tyne_Rowing | |
| Mastodon at toot.oar-online.uk/@racing |
