Queen Elizabeth High School (QEHS) in Hexham have proudly offered membership of the rowing club to their students since the 1980's, and over the last 40-odd years the club has enjoyed incredible success on the national and international stage, boasting Olympians amongst the club alumni.

QEHS is a state funded High School (students from yr9 to yr13) and the rowing club is an entirely self-funded extra-curricular club that relies heavily upon the rowers' parents and the goodwill of donors to enable our crew to train and compete.

Rowing as a sport is incredibly rewarding, developing physical fitness but also important life skills such as dedication, commitment and teamwork and it's a sport where, in it's simplest form, physical fitness + technique = speed!

However the sport does require an array of equipment, from winter training on the club ergs, to the boats (seating 1, 2, 4 or 8 rowers) the carbon fibre oars, the performance tracking GPS equipment and all the paraphernalia to enable us to attend races such as the trailers and minibuses. Investing in new equipment, whilst maintaining our current fleet is of vital importance.

With all of these needs and the ongoing support from our dedicated coaching team comes cost, and this is where our eighty five talented young rowers are keen to play their part and encourage YOU to support them - it's the least we can do for them :)

So, on Saturday June 22nd they will be taking to the water in our fleet of fours and quads to row 50km per crew - that's 71 lengths of our beautiful stretch of the Tyne! We hope that reading this will inspire you to make a contribution to their future success, and if possible pop down to the Tyne Green Country Park to lend your encouragement - thank you!

QEHS Rowing Club website