Nottingham Masters & Club Regatta

Sunday 12th May 2024

Six lanes (1000 m) at the National Watersports Centre (Holme Pierrepont)

Many thanks to everyone who took part . If you have any feedback to leave, please send it to the organisers at nottmcityregatta@gmail.com

On-site parking

• Competitors and supporters should follow the directions of marshals on the day - please don't ignore the marshals.

• The car parks will open at 06:45 and close at 20:00 on Saturday and Sunday.

• Please note, Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) (parkpcm.co.uk) is in place on the car parks at the National Watersports Centre. The NWSC levies a charge of £7.50 per vehicle per day; for multiple days, please use parking code NCR001, use this code to take advantage of the special rate of £10.00 per weekend (2 days parking, Sat and Sun). Event parking can be purchased in advance via parkpcm.co.uk or follow instructions on the signs around the parking area. 

• The NWSC indicates that a fixed penalty notice will be issued by a third party if no payment is allocated next to a registration number

Trailers

• Trailer parking will be available on a first come first served basis. Gate will close at 8pm (opened 06.45am throughout the event). Towing vehicles must be moved to parking areas. 

• If arriving on Friday, trailer parking will be on the Northside Grassy Bank only. Gates will close on Friday night at 21:00

Saturday and Sunday– parking opens at 06.45am

Northside Grass Bank (all for trailers, no parking at the bottom of grass where gazebos go) - enter through the brown gate near Desperate Measures shop and cafe (///shorts.branch.faster), and exit via the playground gate (///coach.heavy.flip)

Cars

In order as below:

1. Grassland (Car Park B) - ///silver.bats.hurt

2. Rugby Field - ///fancy.output.spit

3. Country Park - ///error.tight.thigh

4. Northside Grassy Bank - ///drives.truck.direct (enter through the playground gate, exit via desperate measures brown gate)

5. Footgolf (last resport) - ///flash.foal.alone (entrance and exit through the main Adbolton Lane ///gone.oval.backed)

6. Patio Lawn - ///award.held.remit 

Parking Marshals

It is essential that all drivers/attendees follow the parking instructions from the marshals; unfortunately this may mean not parking in the area you expected. Due to the nature of the restrictions all those vehicles not complying with directions will be reported and appropriate action taken. 

Parking and Walking dangers

Every effort has been made to keep parking safe, however there are busy road crossings and shared parking and pedestrian routes - please take care in these areas. At all times motorists should observe the Highway Code and not obstruct access in case of an emergency.

Grass Parking 

Every effort has been made to check the grass parking areas for suitability - unsuitable areas are marked with cones or tape. Should you become stuck please contact a member of site staff or a marshal.

Schedule of events

Masters, Senior and Junior events will be rowed in the following order. Events not listed will be incorporated to suit competitors as far as is practicable.

To alleviate scheduling difficulties we may be able to spread out the Masters races by inserting Junior and Senior races that follow on from the Masters boat type. Please make copious notes in BROE on any doubling-up and/or boat sharing and we will try our best to accommodate you.

Note: "Ch" events in the grid below are shorthand for Open/Women, i.e. senior events.

Race progression

Every race is a straight final of 2 - 6 boats.

Entry fees

Entries close 6 pm on Thursday 2nd May 2024

• Eights £170

• Fours/quads £94

• Doubles/pairs £52

• Singles £28

CANCELLATION REFUNDS : If the event is cancelled before it starts we will try to refund a proportion of the entry fee after the fixed costs of the event have been covered. The amount withheld would be to cover any unavoidable costs. 

Conditions of entry

General

1. The Regatta is open to all club and composite crews. 

2. All competitors must provide their own boats and blades. 

3. All boats must be fitted with slots for numbers on the bows.

The draw

4. The draw will be made in Nottingham Rowing Club on Saturday 5th May at 1 pm. It will be published on this website on Tuesday 7th May.

5. Masters and Senior events may be split into bands based upon the CRI of the crews, as well as ages in the case of Masters crews.

6. To accommodate races in the schedule, there may at times be "races within a race" - if this happens then crews who are racing each other will be in adjacent lanes.

7. The committee reserves the right to alter the list of entries to correct a mistake of the Regatta, or should it be in the best interests of racing. 

Combining age categories in a race

8. Entries are available for all age categories: if it's necessary to combine age categories in order to form a race then the BR handicapping system will be used. 

Competitors

9. All competitors must be able to produce a valid BR racing licence on demand.

10. Coxes requiring deadweight must bring their own clearly identifiable weights. 

11. Coxes will be weighed not more than two hours, nor less than one hour, before the published time of the first race in the event.

12. Junior events  will not be banded by CRI. The committee reserves the right to move junior crews to corresponding senior events on the basis of CRI if no appropriate junior event can be formed.

Prizes

13. Immediately after a final, the winning crew will be instructed to proceed directly to the presentation pontoon. Be aware of condition 9 above.