The Club Minihead

The Tees RC Club ‘Minihead’ is an informal time trial run once a month over a 4k course – a shortened version of the Small Boats Head / Long Distance Sculls course .

It’s a bit of fun, but also timed, so you get to measure yourself against other crews.

And we have a great spreadsheet that not only shows the raw time but creates results based on ‘adjusted time’ to allow for crew age, sex and boat type. This way, an older single sculler or adaptive rower can fairly mix it with the Senior Men’s 8+ and those new to rowing using the L2R boats can see their representative time.

The race is generally followed by bacon sandwiches and hot drinks back at the Clubhouse.

How to enter

The event is run on a rota basis by different squads to ensure the workload is shared around the club and everyone gets to take part as much as possible.

As a Tees member you will receive an email inviting you to enter a crew in an upcoming Minihead.


Upcoming Minihead Dates

Minihead DateSquad
Dec 21st 2025Juniors
Jan 18th 2026Chris Kenyon’s Masters squad
Feb 15th 2026Janet Wilkinson’s Ladies squad
Mar 15th 2026Angela Warburton’s Ladies squad
Apr 26th 2026Steve Leigh’s Masters squad
May 2026NO EVENT
Jun 28th 2026Intermediate Squad
Jul 26th 2026Development Squad (Frida)
Aug 16th 2026Graham York’s Masters Squad
Sep 27th 2026Junior Squad
Oct 25th 2026Johnnie Cooper’s Masters squad
Nov 29th 2026The Recs
Dec 20th 2026Chris Kenyon’s Masters squad

** If your squad is willing to run one of the Miniheads, the Captain would love to hear from you! – Tees Captain