U19 Spring Assessments

The GBRT U19 Programme uses the British Rowing online portal 'ClubHub' to collect emergency contact information including medical information. All Rowers attending GB Rowing Team U19 events will need to make sure their ClubHub Profile is up to date and accurate. Please make sure all rowers attending have logged in and updated their British Rowing membership ClubHub profile. Guidance on what additional GBRT Information we require can be found here.

Accommodation and all meals will be at the National Water Sports Centre.

First meal provided: Lunch Saturday 25 March

Last meal provided: Lunch Tuesday 28 March

The assessments format will be a mixutre of matricies and seat racing in crew boats.  Crew combinations will be announced in the first discipline briefing.

For the Spring Assessments to run smoothly, to complete the required testing and deliver an effective outcome we need the support of the clubs and schools to provide additional equipment (boats and blades). Please be proactive in offering your support in providing equipment as without enough of the right standard of equipment we may be limited to what can be achieved at the Spring Assessments.  Below is the required equipment for each discipline:

Women's Sculling: Seven 2x and three 4x-, as well as pairs of Concept 2 Smoothie spoon sculls (without vortex edge)

Men's Sculling:  Seven 2x and three 4x-, as well as pairs of Concept 2 Smoothie spoon sculls (without vortex edge)

Women's Sweep: Twelve 2- and seven 4-, as well as pairs of Concept 2 Smoothie spoon oars (without vortex edge).  Bow-siders are asked to provide a pair and blades for use at the assessments. 

Men's Sweep: Five 2-, six 4-, and three 4+ as well as pairs of Concept 2 Smoothie spoon oars (without vortex edge).

GBRT will provide some equipment for use at the Spring Assessments however for the trial to run smoothly we require the support of the clubs and schools to provide additional equipment. If any programme can assist with this, please contact the U19 Programme Manager (dan.cooper@britishrowing.org) and fill out the relevent insurance details form above.

Rowers should be prepared for varying temperatures as well as the probability of rain.  The average daily maximum temperature in December is 11˚C and the average daily minimum is 6˚C.  There are no washing and drying facilities on site therefore please ensure that rowers bring adequate and appropriate kit for the land and water training sessions. 

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).