The Scullers Head of the River Race is a rowing race held annually on the River Thames Championship Course from Mortlake to Putney, open to single scullers only. The race is held in November or early December each year on a week usually to suit the mid-morning or mid-afternoon timing of the ebb tide.

History The Scullers Head was first raced in 1954 when it was won by John Marsden.Daily Telegraph Obituary John Marsden 5 March 2004 It now admits entries of over 500 scullers Main page noting new facts and full capacity of 550 entries has been reached in 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014. and is the largest sculling race in the UK for a single class of racing shell. The race gains enough entries to organise the greatest number of marshalls for any singles event on the Thames and it draws considerably more overseas single scullers than the same race held in reverse usually three to four weeks before, the Wingfield Sculls, which dates to the middle of the 19th century.

In 2014 were the first admissions of categories for adaptive rowing for athletes with disabilities, in TA and LTA adaptive rowing classifications.

Annual organisation The race is organised by Vesta Rowing Club, Putney, London.

Results

Men Date Winner Club Time Notes1954A J MarsdenVesta RC1955T A FoxLondon RC1956T A FoxLondon RC1957D V MelvinJohn O'Gaunt RC1958D V MelvinJohn O'Gaunt RC1959M A SpracklenMarlow RC1960G V JusticzBirmingham RC1961K R SmithNottingham University BC1962N J Birkmyre & J M RussellAriel RC & Molesey BCDead Heat1963W L BarryQuintin BC1964W L BarryQuintin BC1965W L BarryQuintin BC1966W L BarryQuintin BC1967H A Wardell-Yerburgh1968H A Wardell-Yerburgh1969K V DwanPoplar, Blackwell and District RC1970K V DwanPoplar, Blackwell and District RC1971K V DwanPoplar, Blackwell and District RC1972P G R DelafieldTideway Scullers School1973K V DwanPoplar, Blackwell and District RC1974Chris L BallieuLeander Club1975Chris L BallieuLeander Club1976Chris L BallieuLeander Club1977Chris L BallieuLeander Club1978T J CrooksLeander Club1979Chris L BallieuLeander Club1980M SpencerPoplar, Blackwell and District RC1981Chris L BallieuLeander Club1982Chris L BallieuLeander Club1983Chris L BallieuLeander Club1984Chris L BallieuLeander Club1985Carl SmithNottingham RC1986Steve RedgraveMarlow RC1987Nick BurfittImperial College BC1988Simon LarkinNottingham RC1989Simon LarkinNottingham RC1990Rory HendersonLeander Club22:511991Steven RedgraveMarlow RC21:321992Guy PooleyLeander Club20:561993Peter HainingAuriol Kensington RC23:131994Peter HainingAuriol Kensington RC19:531995Niall O'TooleCommercial Rowing Club, Dublin21:161996Peter HainingAuriol Kensington RC21:491997Martin KettleQueens Tower BC20:311998Greg SearleMolesey BC21:181999Giles MonnickendamNottinghamshire County RA21:292000Rod ChisholmTideway Scullers School2001 Guy Pooley Leander Club 20:03.942002Tim MaleTideway Scullers School2003 Cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions 2004 Mark HunterLeander Club 21:22.132005 Tom GaleTideway Scullers School 22:05.18 2006 Mahé DrysdaleTideway Scullers School 19:55.262007 George Whittaker Imperial College BC 20:58.762008 Alan CampbellTideway Scullers School 20:30.57 2009 Jamie KirkwoodImperial College BC 20:55.382010 Stephen Feeney London RC 21:31.202011 Adam Freeman-PaskImperial College BC 21:09.022012 Alan CampbellTideway Scullers School 20:43.322013 Sigmund VerstraeteWalton RC 21:06.992014 Jamie CopusOxford Brookes University BC 21:03.552015 Cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions 2016Pedro FragaSporting Clube de Portugal2017Calvin TarczySt Paul's School BC2018Cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions2019Sebastian DevereuxLeander Club21:20.972020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2021Jamie CopusOxford Brookes University BC21:40.172022Rui XuLondon RC20:52.112023Jamie CopusOxford Brookes University BC20:37.022024Cancelled due to no river closure

Women

Date Winner Club Time 1975J RankineThames RC1976C MossThames RC1977D BishopWallingford RC1978S HhandscombCivil Service Ladies' RC1979B JonesThames RC1980J A CorbinCivil Service Ladies' RC198119821983N RayImperial College BC1984B JonesBroxbourne RC1985N RayRob Roy BC1986S ClarkCity of Cambridge RC1987G BondCivil Service Ladies' RC1988A MardenThames Tradesmen's RC1989A MardenThames Tradesmen's RC1990A MardenThames Tradesmen's RC1991A MardenThames Tradesmen's RC1992A MardenThames Tradesmen's RC1993A HallUpper Thames RC1994A HallUpper Thames RC1995Guin BattenThames RC1996P ReidLea RC1997Guin BattenThames RC1998Guin BattenThames RC1999Sue AppelboomMortlake, Anglian & Alpha BC2000H CaseyWallingford RC2001Sue AppelboomMortlake, Anglian & Alpha BC2002Guin BattenLeander Club2003Cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions2004K GrevesUniversity of London BC2005M PaulsImperial College BC2006J GolsackWallingford RC2007K StillerNottingham RC2008Hester GoodsellReading University BC2009 Hester GoodsellReading University BC 22:21.922010 Beth Rodford Gloucester RC 22:54.062011 Imogen WalshLondon RC 22:35.92012 Georgina PhillipsImperial College BC 22:40.242013 Lou ReeveLeander Club 22:14:41Scullers Head 2013 Results (pdf) Vesta Rowing Club. Retrieved 2014-17-11.2014 Brianna StubbsWallingford RC22:41.312015 Cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions 2016Suzi PerryThames RC2017Meghann JacksonThames RC2018cancelled due to exceptional weather conditions2019Katy Wilkinson-FellerTideway Scullers School22:38.702020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2021Jessica LeydenLeander Club23:16.872022Katie MoleUniversity of Birmingham BC23:05.782023Georgia MianarowLondon RC21:49.732024Cancelled due to no river closure

See also Metropolitan Regatta The London Cup (singles). Held in late May/very early June at Eton-Dorney Lake. Diamond Challenge Sculls rowed by race-winning singles at Henley Royal Regatta, forming the second prerequisite of the rare accomplishment of a 'Triple Crown' with those above and below. Held in July. Wingfield Sculls rowed by singles along the course in reverse, the last component of the 'Triple Crown'. Held in October or early November. Where the Scullers' Head is also won there is the theoretical possibility of a 'Quadruple Crown' for a single sculler able to win all four events. As the Diamond Sculls is not open to women, a win at the Scullers Head forms the last leg of the UK's Triple Crown for an all-round champion female single sculler. Rowing on the River Thames

References

External links Scullers Head