Northern Region Sunday League series - 2020        

   

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Covid-19 - latest - 25 May 2020

    

- the whole series was cancelled at the NRC Exec on 25-05-20

   

- sorry!

   

- roll on 2021

 

2020 programme

 

     * at Derwent Reservoir

    

Background    

    

The Northern Rowing Council with the help of British Rowing set up the Northern Region Sunday League series in 2012. The series was (and remains) aimed at recreational rowers, novices, recent graduates of learn to row courses and those returning to rowing after a break - more details in the rules below.

    

Results in 2019

 

In 2019, the eighth year of our Sunday League / Explore Series, we ended up with Open series winners being It’s Chico Tyne (Tyne ARC) and Women’s series winners being Tynequila (Tyne ARC). The final series league tables for 2019 are here as pdf and jpg .   

         

2020 programme   

 

The steering group (Caroline Scholl, Colin Lawson, Gabrielle Moore, Colin Percy and John Ord) agreed the above with host clubs and the programme was about to start in April when the Covic-19 lockdown started. Events up to August were cancelled as time went on. By late May it was apparent that it was most unlikely that even by autumn would events be possible and the whole series was cancelled.

     

For next year, as each event approaches a separate web page with details is created with links at the top of this page and in the navigation bar on the left. You can see in the Format and Rules just below who is eligible to enter and what teams can consist (some small updates that were being made for 2020 are still to be added).

Format & local rules for Northern Region Sunday League series in 2019

- some small changes to be inserted for 2020

 

General

   

Aims:  To be a fun, relaxed and social series of events.

    

Target audience:  New rowers, recreational rowers, returning rowers, retired racers.

    

Entrants:  Open & Women’s.

   

Boats:  Stable coxed quads or fours.

 

Entry

• By email for each event to entries coordinator - person TBC for 2020 - with entry form attached. You can download the 2019 entry form as xlsx here - but might change for 2020
• Entries close the Wednesday before the event.
• All teams from a club must be entered through one contact.

    

Who can row

• All rowing team members must be:
• British Rowing Members:

- Row membership (the basic and cheapest membership level)

- Race membership (more expensive, but means you can row in ‘proper’ rowing events).

• 18+ on the event day (coxes may be under 18).
• Not an event winner (sculling or sweep) at an affiliated regatta at the time of entry (honest required!).
• If you have a win at an affiliated regatta on a Saturday you can still compete (for the last time) in the Sunday League series event the day afterwards.
• Team members may have new ranking points from heads or regattas and still take part (subject to the above rule on regatta wins).
• Coxes can have rowing or coxing points and can have had wins at regattas.
• Individuals from an earlier year’s overall winning team can re-enter on condition that there are no more two in any new team.

Teams  

• Each team may consist from 4 up to 9 members - this does not include coxes.
• A team may use any of the first six team members to race during the series without penalty; using the 7th, 8th or 9th members on a particular Sunday will result in half points (on that day only).
• If a team starts the series with 4 members only they may add up to the limit of 9 at later events.
• Any combination of team members can be used in different races on one day.
• Team members cannot be removed once they have taken part.  
• Members can only represent 1 team per round, however they may change teams throughout the series.
• Coxes for a team’s races in a round can change and need not be from the team’s own club.
• Teams must wear a uniform kit or colour; preferably a main colour of their club
• New teams may join at any point throughout the series.
• Entry cost per round per team £12.   

Event types

   

Events:

• Each event will be either sculling or sweep rowing in stable coxed quads or fours.
• Each event will be either Splash & Dash side-by-side racing or Skills Head races.

Day timings

   

Unless otherwise notified these will be:

• Registration - 11:00
• Draw - 11:30
• First Race - 12:00
• Finish roughly - 16:00

Splash & Dash events

   

Distance: Approximately 200 - 300 m, maximum 300 m, side-by-side racing.

      

• Maximum of 4 races or equal number per team over 4 hour period.
• There will be a maximum of 40 races at any event.

Points system for Splash & Dash:

• 2 points for each win, 1 point for a loss (to encourage turning up)
• You are allowed to substitute team members between races.
• Points are topped up at the end of the day and added to the league table.

    

Skills Head events

     

Distance: Up to 1 km head races to include a selection of required skills en route.

• Two runs over course per team, combined times used for placing
• A course map will be provided by the host club a minimum of 2 weeks before the event.
• Examples of skills that could be included:

- Emergency stops (penalty if not stopped in required distance)

- Backing Down

- Cornering

- Spinning

- Blade changes

- Other skills can be added when/as required.

 Points system for Skills:

• Teams race twice, with the times added up to form the final time.
• You are allowed to substitute members between races.
• Extra points will be awarded for the top 4 placed teams (both open and women’s) on top of 4 pts
  for turning up.

1st gets 4+4 = 8 pts

2nd gets 4+3 = 7 pts

3rd gets 4+2 = 6 pts

4th gets 4+1 = 5 pts

All others taking part get 4 pts

• Points are added to the league table at the end of the day.

Prizes

There are series prizes for the Open & Women’s Teams with the most points after the final round. No prizes to be given at single events, to keep costs low. Winners in 2019 were It’s Chico Tyne and Tynequila respectively.

 

British Rowing generic guidance on events like the Sunday League series

 

British Rowing has issued generic guidance on Explore Series events (based, we have to say, very much on this region’s work). Whilst the local rules below are much more detailed, you may wish to have a look at the BR document, especially if you are a host club.

 

In particular host clubs should note they are responsible for making sure there is full insurance cover for their home event under their own insurance policy; this includes cover for damage or loss to equipment borrowed from other clubs, unless the lending club has confirmed their cover still extends to use by the host. See the document here as a pdf.

       

This page last updated on 30 May 2020.