Past Events

Head to our Gallery Page for some updated pictures on our latest goings-on!

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Monster the Loch 2023

We entered a mens quad which took 3hrs 1 minute to complete the gruelling 21miles from the bottom to top of loch ness. A junion womens coastal double who did it an an astounding 3hrs42 and a legendary attempt through the swell in a fine single scull from Kate who completed the course in 3hrs7. See you again next year Nessie! 

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26/27th August Gloucester Masters and Juniors, Gloucester Open and Ross Open Regattas

We attended a full weekend of racing, with numerous crews fielded on all three days.  Notable results from the weekend include:Sterling Mason-Beddows W18 1x and W 1x (Winner)Chloe White W 1x (Winner)

 

28th August Carmarthen River Festival

While other crews were off racing at Ross regatta, a number of squad members stayed in carmarthen to run the stand at our yearly River Festival event. You can see pictures of the event on our socials page, but it was a huge success with over £500 raised for the club!

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26th-31st July 2023 Cornwall training camp 

We went to Castle Dore Rowing Club for our summer training this year, (video can be found on gallery page), and enjoyed amazing facilities, great water and trips to the beach. Thanks to all who made it possible, and to all rowers who attended.

 

Talula recieved the rower of the camp prize, for her progression over the 4 days of rowing.

 

8/9th July Llandaff regatta

We had our biggest ever regatta attendance, with 13 crews racing on Saturday over 1km and 12 on Sunday over 500m.There was some close and tough racing, and some great comments from all the attendees about how well Carmarthen was represented.

 

Open 2x, Jack and Ellison, 1st 

Womens 2x, Catrin and Sterling, 1st

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July 2023 Give Rowing a Go sessions

We hosted a number of taster sessions throughout July, and have had wonderful uptake form these, into full members of the club.

 

Henley Womens regatta 2023

Chloe and Catrin took the pair along, and although they didnt qualify, were complimented on their rowing.  Watch the video here. We are very grateful for the sponsorship of Roberts Boyt Independant Financial Advisors who have supported this campaign.

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3rd June Hereford Regatta 2023

No wins but some excellent, close racing from Lili, Maisie, Ellison, Tom B, Shaun and Gabe.

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Sponsored Row 2023

Tom Allison rowed 100,000m in a time of 7:30:56.7, which is a WORLD best so far this year.

 

Bristol Avon Regatta 2023

WINNERS Open 2x Shaun and Tom B

Quarter Final Womens 1x Sterling

Semi Final Womens 1x Chloe

Semi Final Junior Womens 1x Lili

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Welsh Coastal Championships 2023, Mumbles

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We had the pleasure of attending the Welsh Coastal Championships. It was hosted by Mumbles Rowing Club and Mumbles Yacht Club, and we were blessed with good weather and excellent rowing conditions. 

Caroline and Sterling bringing in a bronze medal in the CW2x category, despite having had a bit of a hard time seeing the buoys from on the water!

Gabe and Harri rowed in to gold medalsafter winning the CO2x U19 category, showing persistence throughout the race.

Finally, Gabe and Sterling in the CMIX2x U19 category put up a good fight and came away with another goldfor the club! Fighting off some strong crews all the way round the course. Incredible since they were a scratch crew on the day!

Incredible performances from all rowers at the amazing and successful event. We’re so proud of our crews and look forward to more events coming up!

 

Crîw Indoor Rowing Championship 2023

18-29 HWT Tom Baldwin 3rd 

40+ HWT Tom Allison 1st (PB)

18-29 LWT Jack Foxton 2nd

50+ HWT Craig Warden 3rd

50+ HWT Russell Jones 7th

50+ HWT 500m Craig Warden 5th

JM 11-17 500m Harri Jones  1st

JW 11-17 500m Alexia Lucaci 4th

Mens 18+ Relay Carmarthen 2nd

We would like to give a massive thank you to all involved in the organisation of such a well-run event. It was a pleasure to attend and a good reminder of all the brilliant talent that exists in our region. Here’s to next year!

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WEHORR 2023

Carmarthen sent our first ever crew to Womens Eights Head of the River race 2023. We were placed 225th overall, which is credit to the British rowing points system as we were the 224th boat to start! We overtook two boats on our trip down the course too.  Time was 23:17 which was much faster than we expected to achieve which was exciting. 

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Actif Communities sports awards 2022

We were nominated for Community Club of the year, and came runner up!

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Christmas Dinner 2021

We recently celebrated a lovely evening at the Boar's head in Carmarthen for our Christmas dinner. 
We were lucky enough to have Paralympian Ben Pritchard to come and talk with us. He has recently been accepted onto the Board of Welsh Rowing, so it was really special to have him to join us.

You can find his website here, and follow him on Social Media to get updates on his Paralympic Journey.

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Welsh Indoor Rowing 2021

Jessica Hall was a representing us at the indoor championships this year, and came third! (Photo below)

 

Llandegfedd Reservoir Training Camp​

We were lucky enough to be able to row at Llandegfedd this year for our winter training camp. We had a fabulous time and hope to be able to head back again soon!

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World Rowing Coastal Championships 2021, Osareus, Portugal

Tom Brain and Swyn Williams attended the World Rowing Champs in Portugal this year. We are so excited to be able to train for the next years championships which are going to be hosted at Saundersfoot in Wales.

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Welsh Coastal Championships 2021

Manon Dixon, Chloe White and Kate Evans went to the Coastal rowing championships over the summer.

There was a lot of competition and Manon came away with the win.