Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 7:15PM The Minutes of the Associations Race Officials of 15th January and the Associations Safety Meeting of 26th February, 2022 can now be downloaded from the H&D Web Site at - www.hdara.co.uk
Go to the down loads Tab and scroll down to the Minutes of the Race Officials Meeting and the Safety Meeting.
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 11:19AM The Hants & Dorset ARA Rule Amendments following 2022 AGM have now been updated and can be downloaded from the Rules section of the Hants & Dorset ARA Web Site - www.hdara.co.uk
There were only minor changes this year - effecting the Hants & Dorset ARA Status Rules and the Hants & Dorset ARA Rules for Boat Racing as follows -
Hants & Dorset ARA Status Rules.
18.0. EFFECTIVE START OF STATUS.
18.1. An oarsman/woman's status shall be in accordance with the classifications set out above and any qualifying championship point(s) won effecting status shall take immediate effect shall be applied in status order from 23.59h on the day the qualifying championship point(s) are won.
Hants & Dorset ARA Rules for Boat Racing.
18.0 LENGTH OF BOATS.
18.1. Boats competing in races in which championship points are awarded shall be restricted to 30ft. for fours and 22ft. 6ins.for pairs and sculls excluding any rudder.
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 3:17PM Hants & Dorset Regatta Results Spreadsheet & Championship Tables for 2021 can now - at long last - be downloaded in Excel and pdf format from the resuts section of the Hants & Dorset ARA Web site at www.hdara.co.uk
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 2:50PM Ray New an Honorary Life Member of Christchurch Rowing Club passed away suddenly on Saturday 6th February.
Ray had been out sailing in the morning and was on his way home when he suffered a major heart attack. Ray was one of the most successful oarsmen at Christchurch and in the Hants & Dorset with multiple championship wins in Single Sculls, Pairs and Fours. Ray was the winner of 6 South Coast Senior Championships one Junior / Senior Championship and an open Junior winner. Ray commenced rowing in 1964 and was an outstanding athlete in all sports and was captain of Christchurch in 1974, 1979 and 1980.
Ray followed this with a sailing career at Christchurch Sailing Club where he was an outstanding sailor enjoying many successes.
A Thanksgiving Service will be held in Christchurch Priory on Tuesday March 1st at 12:00.
Friday, February 18, 2022 at 11:48AM The details of the Southampton Coastal HORR, 2nd April, 2022, are now available on its Calender entry on the Home Page of the Hants & Dorsey ARA Web site at - www.hdara.co.uk