Here it is! Reading Am Draw reading-amateur-regatta.org/RESULTS/regatt…

Not long now! Commentary position is coming together. There are crews out practicing on the course. Coaches - please note that Tactical Medical would like to remind you to bring spare clothes in case of capsize and as it could be hot a reminder to hydrate and bring sun screen.

Starting to feel real! The start raft is ready to move to position. Crews practicing starts. The marshals would like to remind crews that the river is open to traffic for the regatta and that crews must not practise starts nor row at firm pressure in the navigation channel. 🙏

Lots of crews wonder which side is Oxford and which side is Berkshire. Easy way to remember is that Reading Rowing Club is on the Berkshire bank. Don’t worry, if you forget it is written on the start raft. You just have to remember which side of the draw you are on!

Coxing or steering at Reading Am this weekend? You get a course map. There are also distance markers at 1km, 500m, 400m, 300m, 200m and 100m to go. The 400m is quite hidden, but there is also a sign saying Boathouse 12 on the opposite bank at 400m to go. 🤫 don’t tell everyone.

This updated and final draw for Saturday is now published.

Racing is underway!

Note to crews that we have nesting cygnets on the course on the navigation channel side. Please take extra care at the 600m to go on the way to the start. (Opposite the umpire on the launch next to the white posts).

Welcome to the morning commentary team. Neil and Ian have been supporting the RAR for decades and Ian used to be Chairman of the Regatta.

Thank you to our channel marshals Sheldon and Alex. They help boats through the navigation channel and move or amazing umpires between locations.

Huge thank you to our course team who get up very early to get the course finalised for you to race on. They work on Friday evening and finish Saturday morning and lay about 100 buoys including these two huge ones which mark the start and finish of the course.

Thank you to all of our umpires. You do an amazing job for us. Al is chairman of the race committee and organises his team. They all umpire most weekends to keep clubs racing each weekend. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Safety boats and medical are brought to you by OXSAR and Tactical Medical. Thank you for supporting Reading Amateur Regatta and club rowing. Oxfordshire LSAR

Some great racing on the course!

Thank you to the site team; Reading Rowing Club and James Denny (Mudlark) for getting the site ready today looking great!

Welcome to day 2 of Reading Amateur Regatta. We race over 1000m on Sunday. Big thanks to the course team for moving the start raft and getting the course ready. We can see some of the competitors checking out the course near the commentary position.

Congratulations to all our day 2 competitors at Reading Regatta Reading AM Regatta 1842 yesterday! Our winners from the day are pictured - Madison and Jessica (WJ15 2x), Meg (WJ14 1x) and Ania (WJ16 1x).

Photos of winners are now on our website. They are free to download.

This is a great video please watch. It is two minutes……two minutes that could save a life. If you would like to know more, or practice using a throw line, then please reach out to us or the RBFRS.

We were at the Caversham Court Fete and saw some amazing colouring entries to the CADRA Residents’ Association colouring competition. Thank you to Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service for providing us with the design for the competition. Here are a few of the entries. ❤️