Hammersmith Regatta will take place on Saturday 26 April 2025.
Free start, approximately 1,000 metres with the tide; winner stays on.
The regatta is run by an independent committee under British Rowing Rules of Racing and the RowSafe Safety Code.
The regatta is held on a tidal river under normal Tideway navigation rules. The river WILL NOT be closed to other users.
ENTRIES AND PAYMENTS VIA BRITISH ROWING ONLINE ENTRY ONLY. Please review the notes below before making your entry. Entries will close at 14:00 on Thursday 17 April 2025. The draw will be made at 14:00 on Saturday 19 April 2025.
The following categories will be offered in four divisions. No doubling up will be accommodated within a division:
Notes:
- Please consider your crew’s competence and fitness before submitting your entry:
- Small boats (1x, 2- and 2x) are likely to be racing close to high tide and so these crews should be able to cope with high water conditions
- We expect 4- and 2- crews to be experienced (under the previous entry system, we had a minimum category of IM2 for these boats), and reserve the right to exclude boats with particularly low ranking points.
- The committee discourages doubling up by crews planning to row to the regatta from boathouses above Barnes Bridge and may exclude crews that do so. The timetable will not allow for a return to those boathouses between adjacent divisions.
- Entries must be paid by Close of Entries. Only paid entries will be included in the draw. Paid entries that are rejected will be refunded.
- Entries will be divided into events based on the Crew Ranking Index (CRI). If there is no opposition available with a well-matched CRI, the crew will be rejected.
- We may switch the event you have entered in order to provide competition as follows:
- Adjacent Masters categories (across a maximum of two) may be combined and races handicapped
- Sch/Jun entries may be moved to senior
- Other Junior entries may be moved up one age group (eg J15 moved to J16)
- If you wish to offer other flexibility for your entry to ensure competition (such as masters racing senior, or alternative boat classes), please add this to the notes with your entry.
- If we are over-subscribed, we will apply the following two principles:
- Maximise the number of competitors that get to race
- Maximise the competition between clubs
- This means we will:
- Reject crews in events where only one club has entered
- Reject crews that have doubled up into larger boats
- Not seek to create events by moving crews
- If we are still over-subscribed, we will reduce the number of events, starting with the smallest boats
- Enquiries and to provide additional information (no entries): mskrennoldson@gmail.com
- British Rowing membership insurance is only valid for UK residents who are resident in the UK for more than six months in a year.
- The draw will be available on www.hammersmithregatta.org by the end of Monday 21 April 2025, along with all Competitor’s Instructions.