By JRN
The Fours Head course is a long journey from Mortlake to Putney: it is an even longer journey in the coxed four. Although these competitors
After a tight margin in last year’s event, clubs on their home turf will once again likely fight for the win at this year’s Fours
Head season is well underway, and with new squad dynamics settled into following the start of the academic year, seventeen Women’s Coxed Fours from universities
Fours Head is the first opportunity of the season for most university clubs to race against their national competition. Taking to the tideway, most universities
As the new season begins, with old seniors having graduated and fresh blood stepping up to the mark, Fours Head allows us to see not
What makes the J4- such an interesting event at this time of year is the way it provides a glimpse into what to expect later
This weekend marks the return of one of the most anticipated autumn head races: Fours Head. Crews from all corners of the UK will gather
In years past, the championship sweep events have been hotly contested battles between some of the best fours in the country, with athletes from the
The Fours Head sees head season truly get underway, with hundreds of fours and quads flocking to the Tideway. This category is always intriguing, with
This Sunday is the season’s first opportunity for most club rowers to hit the water against their national competition. For this reason, it’s nigh-on-impossible to
With the term now well underway, the student athletes are packing up their lecture notes for the weekend and heading back to the Tideway for
Yet again we find ourselves on the tideway, anticipating another 6.8km down the championship course, from Chiswick to Putney. Student rowers, fresh or returning, will
The head season is well and truly underway. Up next is the Fours Head, held on the infamous Championship Course. Starting in Chiswick and ending
Fours Head never fails to bring excitement to winter head racing, and the volatility of coxless fours only adds to this. Covering the whole Championship
With a total of nine entries into this years women’s championship coxless four and some impressive competition, the 2023 edition of the Fours Head will
The absence of the National Team squad from the Fours Head and no Oxford Brookes or Leander in this event mean that the Championship Coxless
Fours Head is perhaps the premier sculling head race on the Tideway. With no Head of the River race for sculling crew boats this is
The tradition of The Fours Head has been going on since the 1950s and has only grown in popularity since it started. First held over
The Fours Head is held on the famous racing stretch of the Thames, The Tideway, a 6.8km route from Chiswick Bridge finishing at Putney Pier.
Not all of us are blessed with the coordination to handle two blades at once, and us sweep rowers hear time and time again from
The Fours Head of the River, taking place this on Sunday, will take place on an over four mile stretch of the tideway between Mortlake
The Fours Head of the River, put simply, is a gruelling test of might – both physical and mental. As autumn bridges the gap between
We have a small but strong pack of athletes hitting the water in the Women’s Championship Quad category. Unlike last year, where the women’s championship
The apex of the pre-Christmas run is here. The Fours Head is the earliest indicator of speed we have to take with us into the
