Saturday 2nd October, 2027
The annual Head of the Ouse takes place on the River Ouse in Sussex, with a challenging 10km race course taking crews through the beautiful South Downs — from the busy port of Newhaven to the county town of Lewes and back.
Format
The event is open to all types of fixed seat rowing craft and features two races — a women’s race upriver on the last of the flood tide, and an open race for men’s and mixed crews back downriver as the tide begins to ebb.The boats are set off at intervals, with results adjusted according to the Ouse Yardstick which ensures different boat classes can compete on an equal footing.Three crews will be crowned Head of the Ouse in their category — the fastest women’s, men’s & mixed crews.In addition, there are prizes for the swiftest boat of each class across both upriver and downriver races, and certificates for the fastest crews by age category.
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Entries
The 2027 edition of the Head of the Ouse takes place on Saturday 2nd October. Entries open in the spring.Join our mailing list via this link
About Us
The 2027 event is being organised by members of the four rowing clubs on the Sussex Ouse: Affinity Rowing Club, Lewes Rowing Club, Newhaven Gig Rowing Club and Lewes Pilot Gig Club.
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Photos
All photographs (c) Martin Sinnock
Media
An article about HOTO24 was published on the GigRower website here.Read about the 2023 event on GigRower here.Results from the 2022 event featured on the British Rowing website here and on GigRower at this link.The Sussex Express reported on the 2021 event here.