Training

Thursday, 18 September

• The course and boats will be available from 6:00pm – 7:00pm.

• Team Managers: If you intend to train on Thursday, please contact the Match Director in advance to arrange times.

Friday, 19 September

• Training has been allocated as follows:

  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Ireland

  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm: Scotland

  • 2:00pm – 3:00pm: Wales

  • 3:00pm – 4:00pm: England

During these sessions, four C2x and four C1x boats will be available. Please note that all boats will also be used on race day, so we kindly ask that crews take care to avoid any damage during training.

Boats & oars

The supplied boats will be made by Swift. All crews shall use these shared boats allocated by the

organising committee.

The boats will be set to the same parameters:

• Span - 158 cm

• Gates set to max height with round washers, no clips.

• Seats - lowest seats will be in boats.

• Wing riggers to be positioned closest to bows.

• Identical shoes in each boat.

Teams shall bring and use their own oars.

Rules of Racing

The Match will be run under the World Rowing Rules of Racing; Appendices R18 and R19 cover specific rule variations

for Coastal and Beach Sprints competitions. There are limited exceptions/variations to the World Rowing Rules of Racing for this Match and are detailed here.

Teams should specifically note the following rules which were added to the World Rowing Rules of

Racing in 2024:

• Boat handlers: Where there are two or more boat handlers, there must be at least one boat

handler who is a man and one boat handler who is a woman.

• For Mixed events, excluding para events, the runners at the start and the finish must be two different runners with one runner being a man and the other runner being a woman.

HIR Governance information, including athlete eligibility rules, is available here.