Notice to Mariners 16 of 2026 – MIRC Autumn Small Boats Head
Maidstone Invicta Rowing Club will be holding the Maidstone Autumn Small Boats Head Race on Sunday 18th October 2026.
Boats will be launching from the Maidstone Invicta Rowing Club steps and King’s School Boathouse from 08:00 hours and should be clear of the water by 16:00 hours.
The races will be run on a timed basis over a course from Allington Marina bend to Town Bridge, Maidstone. There will be four divisions starting at 09:15, 11:00, 12:45 and 14:30 hours. Each race should last between 45 and 60 minutes.
Would all other river users please give the rowers unhindered passage during race times. Vessels travelling upstream from Allington Lock, or downstream from Town Bridge, may be asked to wait until a race has been completed.
Medway Navigation Team Environment Agency | Lock House, Allington Lock, Castle Road, Allington, ME16 0LU
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Boats will be launching from the Maidstone Invicta Rowing Club steps and King’s School Boathouse from 08:00 hours and should be clear of the water by 16:00 hours.
The races will be run on a timed basis over a course from Allington Marina bend to Town Bridge, Maidstone. There will be four divisions starting at 09:15, 11:00, 12:45 and 14:30 hours. Each race should last between 45 and 60 minutes.
Would all other river users please give the rowers unhindered passage during race times. Vessels travelling upstream from Allington Lock, or downstream from Town Bridge, may be asked to wait until a race has been completed.
Medway Navigation Team Environment Agency | Lock House, Allington Lock, Castle Road, Allington, ME16 0LU
www.therivermedway.co.uk<www.therivermedway.co.uk>
Information in this message may be confidential and may be legally privileged. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify the sender immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. We have checked this email and its attachments for viruses. But you should still check any attachment before opening it. We may have to make this message and any reply to it public if asked to under the Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act or for litigation. Email messages and attachments sent to or from any Environment Agency address may also be accessed by someone other than the sender or recipient, for business purposes.
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