PLANS FOR 2013

In 2013 our main focus will be on establishing the new Senior Championships in October, and we are only planning minor changes to the Junior event this year.

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

20th – 21st July 2013, National Watersports Centre, Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham.

We continue to offer racing in singles, doubles and quads at J14, J15, J16 and J18 levels, with additional boat classes for J16s and J18s. In response to feedback from coaches and the Junior Rowing Committee, we are no longer offering both coxed AND coxless fours for J16 and J18s. For J16s we offer coxed fours, and for J18s we offer coxless fours. A full list of events for 2013 is available on the Notice of Regatta page.

Last year we changed the racing format for events with a large entry so that nearly every competitor gets a multilane side-by-side race. These events start with a time trial, with competitors then placed either into an A/B semi-final and the chance to make the A final, or into a C, D, E, etc final. This format produced closer racing which was popular with competitors and coaches, so we intend to continue this format for larger events. In 2012 this applied to any event with 25 or more entries, but in 2013 we plan to reduce that threshold to 13+ entries.

The 2013 Junior Championships will run over two full days, with time trials, eliminators, repechages and C, D, E, etc finals on Saturday, and the A and B finals on Sunday. The precise timetable will of course depend on the level of entries. We will publish definitive information on the order of finals by the end of March 2013, so keep watching this space.

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

This is a brand new event offering a new format of racing, largely along the lines of the Diamond Jubilee Rowing Championships (DJRC) organised by British Rowing last October.

Racing will be organised by boat type and gender. Each event will start with a time trial which will determine a place in the subsequent semifinals and finals. British Champions will be declared in each event for different categories, such as Open, Lightweight, under-23 and under-19 entries.

We have learned a number of lessons from British Rowing’s DJRC in 2012, and are still finalising the details of the events to be offered, the racing format and how racing will split over the two days. We intend that racing for each event will be completed in a single day, and will publish more definite details by May 2013.