BUCS PwC Rowing

Club Reps Development Day

Saturday 17 September 2011

Agenda

Welcome & introduction

Meet your region (initial networking)

BUCS Season’s Information 2011/12 (incl. Indoor Rowing)

Rules & Regulations 2011/12

Workshop 1 / Workshop 2 / Workshop 3

AOB / Next Steps/ Review of Key Points

The aim of the meeting is to provide an opportunity for rowing club representatives to

• Meet / network

• Learn

• Hear and discuss plans for the forthcoming season.

BUCS ……

The BUCS sporting programme is available to the 2.3 million students across the UK. Over 100,000 students regularly compete in BUCS competitions, leagues and events. BUCS delivers 50 sports to these students and universities and organises 150 individual finals or championship events each year.

Within Rowing we want to see more students rowing, more support for coaching / volunteering / leadership and more students supported to achieve their potential on a performance pathway

BUCS Rowing is about …

• Safe and well run events• Helping clubs to grow and develop• Sharing best practice• Providing support networks• Widening opportunities for students• Raising the profile of student rowing• Enabling student rowers to realise their

potential and to gain international representation

BUCS Rowing – 2011/12 Season

22 – 24 Oct 2011 – BUCS PwC SBH (& GB Trials)

Boston Rowing Club

19 Nov – 7 Dec 2011 – BUCS PwC Indoor Rowing Championships

Regional locations

18 – 19 Feb 2012 – BUCS PwC 4s & 8s Head

Peterborough

5 – 7 May 30 2012 – BUCS PwC Regatta

NWSC, Nottingham

Small Boats Head – 23rd October Boston Rowing Club

The event is being run in conjunction with GB Rowing Team and includes the 5km single

sculls of their 1st Assessment.

The event is being hosted by Boston Rowing Club.

All student rowers will be eligible to compete in the BUCS SBH on the Sunday

regardless of their erg results.

Student athletes involved in the GB trials will be able to complete the requirements of the

GB assessment and to represent their University Club in the SBH events on the

Sunday.

Small Boats Head – 23rd October Boston Rowing Club

Entries close Thursday 13th October !!!

DIV 1 DIV 2 DIV 3

Boat Class

M1x

W1x

LM1x

LW1x

M2x

W2x

M2-

W2-

LM2x

LW2x

Weigh In 07:30 - 08:30 10:15 - 11:15 12:45 - 13:45

Briefing 08:00 11:00 13:45

Boating 08:15 - 09:15 11:15 - 12:00 14:00 - 14:30

Race Start 09:30 12:15 14:45

19 Nov – 7 Dec 2011 – BUCS Indoor Rowing Championships

• Regional events to be held within a period 19 November to 7 December)

• Each event will be monitored by an independent adjudicator

• Results will be collated by the BUCS office and made available on the rowing pages of the BUCS website.

• BUCS points will be awarded to the top 4 individual on a national basis in four categories.

• 1st = 12 points,  2nd = 8 points, 3rd = 6 points, 4th = 4 points

• BUCS medals will be awarded for the national 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each category. i.e. Men’s Heavyweight, Women’s Heavyweight, Men’s Lightweight, Women’s Lightweight

• Each regional organiser (University) will collect their own entries and set their own entry fees - up to a maximum of £5/seat

19 Nov – 7 Dec 2011 – BUCS PwC Indoor Rowing

Championships

Exeter (23 November 2011)

Nottingham Trent (4 December 2011)

Chester (Date tbc)

UEA (26 November 2011)

Imperial (26 November 2011)

Warwick (27 November 2011)

Reading (3 December2011)

Edinburgh (3 December 2011)

Hull (26 November 2011)

Solent (4 December 2011)

UWE (4 December 2011)

Durham (7 December 2011)

• Information will be available online and entries will open on 7th December

• Saturday 19th February – BUCS Beginners Head

• Course length: approx 2500m

• Sunday 20th February – BUCS Championships Head (Champ + Intermediate categories)

• Course length: approx 5000m

• Top 6 crews will earn exemption from BUCS Regatta Time Trials where applicable.

18 – 19 Feb 2012 – BUCS PwC 4s & 8s Head, Peterborough

18 – 19 Feb 2012 – BUCS PwC 4s & 8s Head, Peterborough

Saturday – Beginner’s 4s & 8s

Division 1 Division 2

Men’s Beginner 8+

Women’s Beginner 4+

Women’s Beginner 8+

Men’s Beginner 4+

Sunday – Championship 4s & 8s

Division 1 Division 2 Division 3

Women’s Championship 8+

Women’s Intermediate 8+

Men’s Championship 4+

Men’s Championship 4-

Men’s Lightweight 4x

Men’s Lightweight 4-

Women’s Lightweight 4-

Men’s Championship 4x

Women’s Championship 4x

Men’s Championship 8+

Men’s Intermediate 8+

Women’s Championship 4+

Women’s Championship 4-

Women’s Lightweight 4x

DRAFT

5 – 7 May 2012 – BUCS PwC Regatta, NWSC, Nottingham

5 – 7 May 2012 – BUCS PwC Regatta, NWSC, Nottingham

Saturday Sunday Monday

WLwt8

MLwtInt1x

MLwt1x

WB1x

WInt2-

WC2-

MInt1x

MC1x

WLwt2x

MLwt4-

MB4+

WInt4x

WC4x

MInt8

MC8+

WLwt2-

MLwt2-

WB4+

WInt1x

WC1x

MInt2x

MC2x

WLwt4-

MLwt4x

MB8

WInt8

WC8

MC4-

MInt4+

MC4+

WLwtInt1x

WLwt1x

MLwt8

MB1x

WInt4+

WC4+

Mint2-

MC2-

WLwt4x

MLwt2x

WB8

WC4-

WInt2x

WC2x

MInt4x / MC4x

DRAFT

BUCS Endorsed events

• The aim of BUCS Endorsed events is very much to encourage participation within the sport.

• BUCS provides third party public liability insurance, and will also have in place an agreed delivery mechanism that will ensure that each event is organised in a competent manner.

• These events will not offer BUCS points, medals or trophies, although the latter may be provided by the organising committee.

• In order to be Endorsed, it must be shown that these events will be lead by a University rowing club and will provide opportunities for members of that club to learn skills in events management, sports administration etc.

• The BUCS Commercial team must be informed on any commercial activity around these endorsed events and guidelines are available.

BUCS Endorsed events

• Team of 80 rowers, coaches, support staff

• From 10 Universities spread across the UK

• 2 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze

• Huge effort / huge reward

Universities

BATH

BIRM

BRIS

CAMB

GLAS

NOTTS

NOTTS TRT

READ

UEL

UL

7th European Universities Rowing Championships - Moscow

Gold M2x UEL

Gold WLwt4x READ

Silver WLwt1x NOTTS TRT

Silver W8 READ

Silver W1x BATH

Silver W4- UL

Silver MLwt4x UL

Bronze MLwt2- NOTTS

Bronze M4x READ

Bronze W2- READ

Bronze MLwt8 NOTTS

7th European Universities Rowing Championships - Moscow

12th World University Rowing Championships – Banyoles 7-9 Sept.

BUCS Rowing Regs. 2011/12

All rules are as per the British Rowing Rules of Racing and “Row Safe” with notable exceptions.

ROW 1 Definitions

ROW 1.1 Beginner: (VL points awarded) – Only open to students in their first year of rowing, regardless of discipline. No funded athletes may compete. ( where a funded athlete is defined as an individual who receives direct / individual funding.. not someone who happens to be part of a funded coaching programme )

ROW 1.2 Intermediate: (VL points awarded) - Any crew from any university can enter. No athletes who have raced in Championship of that boat type at that event can race.

ROW 1.3 Championship: (VL & BUCS points awarded) - Open to all. If there is an Intermediate event in that category then only one entry per university. If no Intermediate event then multiple entries are permitted from one university, but only the highest placed crew receives the BUCS points. All crews will receive VL points. No athletes who have raced in Intermediate of that boat type at that event can race.

ROW 1.4 Students cannot compete in both Intermediate and Championship statuses in the same boat type, for example, a student in an I4+ can not race in a C4+. N.B. students may race in 4+ and 4- at different statuses

ROW 1.5 Lightweights: as a championship event a lightweight competing as such may not enter a Beginner or Intermediate event of the same boat type.

ROW 1.6 Institutions may enter boats into the Intermediate category without entering aChampionship boat

ROW 2 Weights

ROW 2.1 Coxswains: Women’s crews:50kg, Men’s crews: 55kg

ROW 2.2 Lightweight’s: Head weight: Men 75kg, Women 61.5kg, Regatta weight: Men 72.5kg, Women 59kg

ROW 2.3 N.B. Lightweight crews are not averaged. The lightweight weigh-in will be from two hours before the beginning of the racing day up to 1 hour prior to the published start time of each category. If racing in more than one lightweight event the competitor need only weigh in once. Crews need to weigh in all together. All Lightweight rowers must produce photo identification at weigh-in.

ROW 3 Substitutions

ROW 3.1 A reserve list must be completed in addition to an Institutions’ entries – there will be no charge for reserve names, but the inclusion of an individual on the reserve list allows event organisers to accept that individual being substituted into a boat with the confidence of insurance cover via the Athletic Union.

ROW 3.2 An unlimited number of substitutions can be made up until before the crew’s first race. However, these substitutions must be made from either the reserve list or between already competing crews (as long as this does not contravene any existing regulations regarding doubling up). Failure to adhere to this regulation will result in a fine.

BUCS Rowing Regs. 2011/12