Entries open at 9am on Friday 12 December 2025, and will stay open until midnight of the Thursday before each leg. You can enter all three legs as soon as entries are open (we prefer that you do this).
Use the form here if you want to enter a single crew or a small number of crews.
Use the form here if you are making a large number of entries and prefer to complete a template Google sheet.
We will publish a provisional draw at 9am on the Tuesday before each leg. See here for the list of current entries.
If you do not enter the race for Leg 1, you can still enter using the same entry forms for legs 2 and 3 (the entry window for those legs will open immediately after the previous leg, and will close on the Wednesday before each leg).
Entries are invited for all fine boat and fixed seat boats.
Categories in Open / Women's / Mixed, split into:
Championship - The highest category. Crews containing members who in the past have rowed at national level events.
Club A - Below Championship level and an average of more than two BR, CRA or CUCBC event wins in last 24 months.
Club B - Below Club A level and above Novice level (see below).
Novice - A maximum of two members of the crew who have won a BR, CRA or CUCBC event.
Beginner - All members of the crew learnt to row in the previous calendar year.
Masters, Juniors, and Adaptive - As defined by British Rowing.
Division 1: 9:00am
Division 2: 10:40am
Division 3: 12:20pm
Division 4: 2:00pm
Crews have a free choice of division. The first division is usually very popular - if that is your preference, get your entry in early.
Entry fees are £11 per seat per race, with no charge for coxes. If you are competing in all three legs then please pay the full amount of £33 per seat before entries close for Leg 1.
Payment by bank transfer to:
Cambridge '99 Rowing Club Ltd
Sort code: 20-17-35
Account number: 10228613
Reference: "WL" followed by your club name and crew name.
Visiting clubs. Crews who do not have boating facilities on the Cam should contact us (or a host club) to agree boating arrangements. If relevant, the CRA annual co-option fee of £12 must be paid by visiting clubs by the time of entry. The co-option fee is a single flat amount of £12 per visiting club (regardless of number of crews entered). Please include the co-option fee with the regular race entry amounts. Cambridge based clubs are reminded to pay their usual £25 CRA affiliation fee for the year.
Race categories. Crews can enter a higher category than that for which they are qualified. The Leg 1 race status of a crew will apply for all three legs unless a change upwards is required due to crew substitutions. We might split a category if there are many entries. We might combine two categories to create racing competition if there are too few entries in a category.
CUCBC clubs can enter any or all legs. However, university term dates might make it impractical to enter for legs 1 and 3. Therefore, we will award pots for CUCBC categories based on the Leg 2 (i.e., February) stand-alone time.
Oversubscription. In the unlikely event that the race is oversubscribed, we will use our discretion to prioritise larger boats and crews entering all three legs, and to disallow some 'doubling up' so that everyone gets the opportunity to race.
Refunds. Where there are a large number of refunds needed (for example, if a leg is cancelled due to bad weather), we will make the refund after Leg 3, and will refund the amount to your club treasurer (or another selected person at your club), and they can distribute to individual crews.
Withdrawals after the entries have closed for a leg (i.e., the Wednesday before the race) will only be given a refund of the entry fee at our discretion. Where a leg is cancelled (or cancelled for your race category) we would always give a refund.