We have reached our limit of 300 crews. Entries remain open but only onto a waiting list.
One of the biggest Tideway rowing heads and the first of the winter rowing season.
Course: Chiswick Bridge (University Post) to Fulham Reach (between Hammersmith Bridge and Harrods Depository) on the ebb tide.
Race Cancellation (Friday 23rd January)
The PLA’s ebb tide flag has turned red this morning.
The Quintin Head committee regrets to announce that we have to cancel the race, even if the flag returns to yellow before Sunday.
We will pay partial refunds as soon as we can. However, it may take some time for us to establish which of the bills must still be paid and what refunds we can get from the ones that we have already paid. Please be patient.
Countdown to the 2026 Race
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Key Details
Race start: 9:30am Sunday 25 January 2026
Course: Chiswick Bridge (University Post) to Fulham Reach
Number of crews: 300
Opening time for entries: 12 noon Tuesday 9 December 2025
Entry Fee – £136 per crew
This site is always aimed at the current race but carries all past results.
A Note on Timing
We aim to publish the results as quickly as possible. However, they may initially contain some errors and will therefore be marked as ‘provisional’.
Any Masters handicaps and penalties awarded by the Chief Umpire will then be added.
Timing a head race depends on matching separate streams of data for crew number and time at both start and finish. Occasionally a time may initially be matched to the wrong crew.
The Quintin Head is timed with three separate systems and photographs are taken of crews as they cross the line. As soon as possible after the end of the race – and, we hope, during the race – provisional results based on just one of the timing systems will be put online. The results from the three systems will then be compared. The official results will be published only once all discrepancies and protests have been resolved. At that stage the ‘provisional’ label will be removed.
If you suspect there are errors in the provisional results, please email chiefumpire@quintinhead.org