EVENT REGULATIONS
AND/OR DEPARTURES FROM
THE FISA RULES OF RACING
1. Application: These regulations apply to the
World Rowing Masters regatta together with
and not in exclusion of the Rules of Racing and
related Bylaws.
2. Governance: World Rowing Masters Regattas
are international regattas and shall be rowed
according to the Rules of Racing and related
Bylaws in addition to these Event Regulations.
3. Competition in World Rowing Masters Regatta
(Rule 11): At a World Rowing Masters Regatta,
all crews shall enter and compete in the name
of a club, or as a composite crew comprising
members of two or more clubs. Only clubs
recognised by their member federation may
enter and compete.
4. Coxswains (Rule 27 & 28): The rules for
coxswains shall apply to World Rowing Masters
Regattas crews except as provided in this
Regulation.
A coxswain is not included in the calculation of
the age of the crew.
At a World Rowing Masters Regatta, coxswains
are not required to be weighed before their race
but are subject to random checks, or selection,
by the President of the Jury or his delegate,
for weighing immediately after disembarking
after their race. If a coxswain, together with
any deadweight he has carried in the boat
during the race, is found to weigh less than the
minimum weight required by these Rules when
checked immediately after his race, the crew
shall be excluded from that event.
5. Masters Age Categories (Rule 32): A rower
may compete in Masters rowing events from the
beginning of the year during which he attains
the age of 27. The age of a rower in a Masters
rowing event shall be that which he attains
during the year of the event. Events at World
Rowing Masters Regattas shall be held in the
following crew age categories:
Minimum age: 27 years
Average age: 36 years or more
Average age: 43 years or more
Average age: 50 years or more
Average age: 55 years or more
Average age: 60 years or more
Average age: 65 years or more
Average age: 70 years or more
Average age: 75 years or more
Average age: 80 years or more
Average age: 85 years or more
Age categories do not apply to coxswains of
Masters crews.
6. Mixed Masters Events (Rule 33): Mixed crew
events may be held at World Rowing Masters
Regattas in which half of the crew, excluding the
coxswain, shall be women and half shall be men.
7. Boat Classes: The World Rowing Masters
Regatta offers racing in the following boat
classes:
Men 1x 2x 2- 4x 4- 4+ 8+
Women 1x 2x 2- 4x 4- 4+ 8+
Mixed 2x 4x 8+
8. Number of Lanes: For a World Rowing Masters
Regatta, races may be held on up to eight lanes.
9. Rowers Clothing and Blade Colors (Rule 51):
At a World Rowing Masters Regatta, members
of the same crew shall compete wearing uniform
clothing (racing shirt and shorts or equivalent
and any additional garments). The regulation
regarding uniform clothing will not be enforced
in mixed crews.
Crews may race with blades which are not of
uniform color within the crew.
10. Crew Changes after the Entry Deadline and up
to one hour before the First Heat (Rule 59): In
the case of Masters crews, a substitute shall not
be permitted if the age of the substituting rower
would result in the lowering of the average age
of the crew by more than one year or would
change the age category of the crew concerned.
RULES OF RACING
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