For coaches attending any GBRT Trials, you are expected to maintain coaching membership of British Rowing or Scottish Rowing throughout the season. Please refer to the Membership & Insurance page for more information.  

In order to attend certain GBRT U19 programme activites a coach must be in possession of a valid enhanced CRC disclosure issued through British Rowing.  The following events are classed as regulated activities and you will not be allowed to participate in them without the required disclosure, which must be valid for the duration of the event:

• •  October Potential Camp

  • December Potential Camp

  • Spring Assessments

  • Munich Regatta

  •  European Rowing Junior Championships

  •  Crew Formation Part 1 & 2

  • Coupe de la Jeunesse and associated GBRT training camps

  • World Rowing U19 Championships and associated GBRT training camps

The following J16 events are also be classed as regulated activities and have the same CRC requirements for coaches:

• J16 Crew Sculling Camp

• GB v France J16 Match and associated GBRT training camps

Rowers attending the Spring Assessments, Crew Formation, the J16 Crew Sculling Camp and the GB v France J16 Match and associated training camp must be accompanied by a coach with a valid CRC disclosure and you should be aware that if you are not able to fulfil this requirement the rower will not be permitted to attend.  It is generally expected that a rower will be accompanied by their registered coach but, in the event that this is not possible, another coach or adult can be nominated to be responsible for the rower as long as they are in possession of the required disclosure, agree to taking on the responsibility and parental permission has been obtained.

Proof of your possession of the required disclosure must have been provided to the GBRT Office in accordance with the deadline set out in the information circular for each of the above-mentioned events if they were not provided at the time of coach registration (or have been renewed since then).

Only coaches with a valid disclosure will be considered for selection for any GBRT U19 Teams.

Please note: British Rowing does not accept portability of disclosures obtained through other registered bodies, including schools and Scottish Rowing, and therefore it is essential that you obtain the disclosure through British Rowing. 

Applying for a CRC through British Rowing

In order to begin the application process for the enhanced CRC through British Rowing please email holly.furniss@britishrowing.org

Any queries relating to CRC should be directed to governance@britishrowing.org.

You should be aware that the application process has several stages and can take several weeks (in some cases longer) to be completed. 

Safeguarding and Protecting Children

UK Coaching’s Safeguarding and Protection Children training (which can be renewed online).

Club Coaches - UK Coaching Course

• When complete, download the certificate and upload it to your British Rowing ClubHub Membership.

• Select ‘Qualifications’ from the Left had menu. This looks like a rosette logo on your profile

• Select the credentials tab and chose ‘Add credential’

• Select Safeguarding Children and Young People’ from the list

• Enter the date the certificate is issued

• Select the Provider of the course, UK Coaching.

• Upload the certificate, and click ‘Save’

• Head to the UKAD Website

• Click Athletes & Support Personnel page and choose 'Coach Clean e-learning'

• Register on the Clean Sport Hub to sign up for the online course.

• When complete download the certificate and upload it to your British Rowing ClubHub Membership.

• Select ‘Qualifications’ from the Left had menu. This looks like a rosette logo on your profile

• Select the credentials tab and chose ‘Add credential’

• Select 'Clean Sport’ from the list

• Enter the date the certificate is issued, upload the certificate, and click ‘Save’

Attendance to an iRowClean workshop is only a requirement for athletes.  Coaches are required to complete UKAD's Coach Clean online qualification

Registering as a U19 coach will add you to the GBRT U19 information distribution list. All registered coaches will receive information for U19 programme trials, training plans and support. Only coaches/clubs/schools with rowers actively taking part in trials will receive trials data and results unless published on the British Rowing website.

Information sent out about camps and competition will only be sent to coaches, not directly to parents/guardians or rowers. It is important that clubs/schools pass on all relevant information to parents/guardians of rowers taking part.

If a coach is to attend a camp or competition, GBRT may request that information on emergency contacts, allergies, dietary requirements and passport details are uploaded to their ClubHub account. Please only update the GBRT section of ClubHub if you have been asked to by the GBRT Office.

ClubHub guidance can be accessed below.

For any event involving travel outside of GB, the following are also required:

• Passport - issued less than ten years before outward travel date and valid for at least three months after return travel date, unless a later date is specified in the circular

•  GHIC or EHIC (if you are eligible) for travel in the EU and Switzerland - valid for at least the period of travel

British Rowing acknowledges the complexities surrounding weighing of rowers and coxes and that we have a duty of care to safeguard the physical and mental health of the individuals. 

Through the season the British Rowing U19 programme collects, or askes to be submitted, a number of anthropometric measurements.  Typically, these are standing height, arm span, and athlete mass.  Though in some cases the physios that work with the U19 programme may take other anthropometric measurements as part of their assessment of an athlete. 

One or all of these measurements could be collected at Early ID Trials, February Water Assessment, J16 Crew Sculling Camp, with the submission of the U19 trial ergo submissions, and during camps or competitions as part of the athlete readiness to train or compete morning monitoring process. 

Standing height is measured with the rower wearing no footwear and standing so that their heels, back, and head all touch a wall or equipment designed for the measuring of height.  The rower should look directly forwards and be asked to breathe in and ‘stand tall and relax’.  The measurement is then taken from the top of the rower’s head.  Arm span is measured in the same position as standing height but with the rower’s arms stretched out at shoulder height.  The measurement is taken across the back of the rower’s shoulders, from the tip of each middle finger.  Athlete mass is conducted using the key recommendations which are laid out in the British Rowing Weighing Rowers Guidance.

Providing anthropometric data helps provide further understanding of trial and ergo performances with respect to growth spurts etc. in the young developing rower. It also allows the U19 Programme to better advise coaches and athlete support personnel in the support and development of their rowers.  The data also helps with identification of rowers who have the anthropometric attributes that fit trends shown further along the British Rowing Olympic Pathway. 

Providing anthropometric data is not compulsory and it is not used as a selection tool.  Rowers or programmes who choose not to submit this data are not penalised in any way. 

All anthropometric data falls under GDPR regulations and is stored digitally and password protected.  The only people that have access to this data are British Rowing staff that have direct involvement with the running of the U19 programme. 

For further guidance on the topic of weighing rowers we recommend reading the British Rowing Weighing Rowers Guidance

If there are any concerns please get in contact with Dan Cooper (dan.cooper@britishrowing.org - U19 Programme Manager).