British Rowing Masters Championships |
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British Rowing Masters Championships |
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The regatta lake will be open until 20:30 on Saturday for crews wishing to practise on the course.
Please note that there will be limited safety cover at this time and crews MUST follow the guidance of the safety team.
No, this is not possible. You can go for an outing on the River Trent if you wish but you must ensure your boat is licensed for use on British Waterways’ waters.
Yes of course. Many crews do two events; some even do three or four! The order of events as shown on the poster will be adhered to though so whilst every effort will be made to accommodate doubling up you must remember it is at your risk (see the Masters Championships Rules). For example if you double up in events 42 and 43 (M B2x and M D4x) we might not be able to give you enough time between races.
This is not normally possible because of the impact on other crews who may be doubling up and who may have chosen their events specifically to fit in with the published order of racing. Racing is provisionally expected to be from 08:30 to 18:30 (depending on entries) and you should make travel arrangements to fit around these times. In particular please check train and flight times to make sure you are on a late enough train or flight to fit in with the racing schedule. A rough idea of when the Open and Women’s Championship races will be run can be found by looking at last year’s programme.
Yes. All entries must be put in via the BROE. You can pay by credit card via the BROE or payments can be made by post if you prefer (cheque payable to BR Masters).
No. The Entries Secretary must receive all entry fees by the closing date shown on the poster. No payment - no entry!
If your club isn’t listed in the BR On-Line Entry system (either because it’s a new club or an overseas club) please contact British Rowing on 020 8237 6700 to arrange access.
There will be heats and possibly semi-finals to determine the crews that will race in the final. The order of heats and semi-finals will be the same as that for the finals. See the ‘Progression System’ link on the left for full details.
One of the crews will be drawn randomly and will receive a bye to the final. The other 6 crews will race a heat in which the first 5 go through to the final.
Heats and Finals for the Open and Women’s Championship events are run in the order shown on the poster. Mixed, Novice, Intermediate 3, Masters H and Masters I events are then slotted into the main racing programme taking into account, where possible, doubling up of people and equipment. We do try to accommodate doubling, tripling and even quadrupling up so it is very important that the names of your crew members are correct and you let us know if you are sharing equipment.
Yes. The only fair way is for all crews to turn up for their heats. A decision might be made by the Organizers at that stage to cancel the heat but that will not be done in advance.
If possible we will contact the remaining crew to advise them of the fact. It is then their decision whether to row-over and collect the medals or not to race (in which case they won’t get the medals). We are unable to refund any entry fees however if this does happen.
Yes. As long as you tell us what you are doing we can take it into account.
If you think your event won’t get many entries (e.g. M H1x, W A8+, etc.) then you could specify an alternative choice of event on your entry form. For example just add a note saying something like “If there are no M G4+ we’ll do M G4-“. If we still can’t find a race for you then we’ll try to arrange a handicapped race. The ‘Championship Rules’ pages on this website outline how the Masters Handicap System will be used for ‘open’ events. The Handicap system will not be used for IM3 or NOV events but adjacent age categories may be merged. For example single entries in Masters D NOV 1x and Masters E NOV 1x would be merged to make a race which would be run as Masters D NOV 1x without the handicap.
It does help a lot if you are able to specify an alternative choice of event when you put your entry in. If all else fails we’ll try to ring you up to find something you can do!
This is not an exact science. It all depends on how many entries there are for the various events. Generally if an event gets 4 entries in its own right then it will go ahead. If two events that are side-by-side only get 1 entry each (e.g. W A1x & W B1x) then they would be combined and run as a handicapped race. If W A1x got 4 entries and W B1x got 1 entry then the B sculler would be asked if she wanted to race with the 4 A’s without a handicap (since the A’s already have a race in their own right). If two side by side events get 2 entries each then it is likely each event will run separately unless the racing programme is so full we can’t fit all the races in. These aren’t cast in stone though! Events could be raced as handicap depending on other entries, the crews, the racing programme etc.
These races are organized following the guidelines in the British Rowing Almanack. See the ‘Standard Times’ page on this website for further details and for the Standard Times that are used by the Masters Championships.
No. It’s not possible to move crews after the draw has been published unless we have made a genuine mistake.
No. It’s not fair on other competitors to start moving races to suit an individual once the draw has been published. It is also very difficult logistically to move a race when races are being run even four minutes. We would only do so as a last resort if we had made a mistake and there was no alternative.
You will be given a full refund.
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