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24-502: Bradford Amateur Rowing Club (BARC) is a British Rowing affiliated club in Saltaire , West Yorkshire. It was founded in 1867 and the boat house was built in 1893 on land given to the club by Sir Titus Salt . The club's colours are dark blue and white and the crest features a boar's head with crossed blades . The club competes in many races each year around the surrounding area and further afield. The club also hosts has two regattas

48-471: A Crew Ranking Index (CRI) representing the combined total of each crew member's PRI. While coxswains acquire a coxing PRI (in addition to a sweep rowing PRI and/or sculling PRI), this is not included in a CRI. A PRI is based on the rower's performances in both head races and regattas, every time they race. The number of points allocated depends upon how well they do relative to others and how many crews race. Points reduce automatically over time, so will drop if

72-577: A decision was taken to rename the organisation as 'British Rowing'. Five English rowing clubs retained the right to appoint representatives directly to the Council of British Rowing. They were: London Rowing Club , Leander Club , Thames Rowing Club , Oxford University Boat Club and Cambridge University Boat Club . This right was, however, removed from the five clubs in September 2012. Sir Steve Redgrave , multiple Olympic Gold medallist in rowing,

96-551: A new double and single scull for the Project Oarsome juniors. British Rowing British Rowing , formerly the Amateur Rowing Association ( ARA ), is the national governing body for the sport of rowing (both indoor and on-water rowing). It is responsible for the training and selection of individual rowers and crews representing Great Britain and England, and for participation in and

120-718: A particular area or boat type, but are often held just for the joy of competition, camaraderie , and general promotion of the sport. One of the largest and most popular rowing regattas is the Henley Royal Regatta held on the River Thames , England. One of the largest and oldest yachting regattas in the world is Cowes Week , which is held annually by the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes , England, and usually attracts over 900 sailing boats. Cowes Week

144-664: A rower stops competing or reduces the number of races they enter. The maximum number of points available from one event is 145. The PRI points system was introduced in September 2015. Prior to this, competitors gained points in both rowing and sculling by winning a qualifying race (a regatta race with more than 2 entries). When first joining British Rowing, all members begin at zero points. Points are increased by members winning qualifying regattas. The status levels were (high to low) Elite (ELI), Senior (SEN), Intermediate 1 (IM1), Intermediate 2 (IM2), Intermediate 3 (IM3), Novice (NV). Each crew members' points were added up and this determined

168-459: A single one design class and usually last more than one day. Regattas may be hosted by a yacht club , sailing association, town or school as in the case of the UK's National School Sailing Association and Interscholastic Sailing Association (high school) regattas or Intercollegiate Sailing Association (college) regattas. The Barcolana regatta of the yacht club Società Velica di Barcola e Grignano

192-588: A year one in spring and another in autumn. Since April 2009 the club has hosted an annual scratch regatta for veterans named 'The War of the Roses' alluding to the war between Yorkshire and Lancashire . In October 2009 BARC crews won six events at Ancholme Head in North Yorkshire , crews from all sections of the club won races. Since BARC became one of 30 clubs to become a member of Project Oarsome in May 2001,

216-490: Is or has been by trade or employment for wages a mechanic, artisan or labourer." Moreover, the new rules stated that only clubs affiliated to the ARA could compete in regattas held under ARA rules, and that ARA affiliated clubs could not compete under any other rules, nor against crews not affiliated to the ARA. This ruling was extremely socially divisive, effectively excluding any club with a socially mixed membership. It resulted in

240-608: Is predated by the Cumberland Cup (1775), Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta (1822) and Port of Plymouth Regatta (1823). North America 's oldest regatta is the Royal St. John's Regatta held on Quidi Vidi Lake in St. John's, Newfoundland every year since 1818. There exist other traditional and centuries old boat races like Vallam kali of Kerala, India and Dragon Boat Race from China. Sailing race events are typically held for

264-628: The Grand Challenge Cup at Henley because the crew, who were all policemen, were deemed to be 'manual workers'. The embarrassment caused persuaded the ARA and the Stewards of Henley Royal Regatta of the need for change, and on 9 June 1937, the offending references to manual labourers, mechanics, artisans and menial duties were deleted from the ARA rules, with Henley following suit the following day. The ARA and NARA finally amalgamated in 1956. David Lunn-Rockliffe , Executive Secretary of

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288-483: The ARA from 1976 to 1987 and later co-founder of the River and Rowing Museum at Henley-on-Thames , oversaw the transition to a more professional organization. In 1998, the ARA followed FISA in removing all references to amateurism from its rules. Professional rowers are now permitted. The name Amateur Rowing Association remained because of its heritage and because no agreement could be reached on alternatives. In 2009,

312-702: The Instructor's Award, Bronze Award, Silver Award and finally the Gold Award. These were overhauled in 2006 as qualifications were brought in line with the Sportscoach UK system that many other sports in the UK have adopted. British Rowing now offers the Level 2 (Session Coach and Club Coach), Level 3 (Senior Club Coach) and Level 4 (Advanced Coach) coaching awards and other related workshops and training courses. British Rowing occasionally fields boats under

336-600: The Metropolitan Rowing Association changed its name to the Amateur Rowing Association, having gained additional member clubs from outside London, and began its evolution into the governing body of rowing. In 1886 the ARA issued General Rules for Regattas . The ARA adopted Henley Royal Regatta 's restrictive definition of "amateur" which not only excluded those who made their living as profession oarsmen but also anyone "who

360-463: The club has had a large juniors group. Project Oarsome gave the club a £50,000 grant to introduce rowing to children from local state schools . The club first forged links with nearby Titus Salt School before expanding the project to other local schools. The club rows on a 600m stretch of the River Aire and has a boat house and a club house next to the two landing stages. On the ground floor of

384-422: The club house are men’s and women’s changing rooms and a gym with ergos , weight machines, and floor space. Upstairs there is a function room with a bar and a balcony that looks out over the river. In October 2009, BARC secured a grant from Sport England to buy a new coxless quad , to keep up with the growing number of juniors that have joined the club since the beginning of Project Oarsome. The club also bought

408-825: The desire to form crews drawn from the leading English clubs 'for the purpose of defeating the foreign or colonial invader' although in fact this aim was not fulfilled until much later. A series of meetings were held in Putney from 1877 culminating in the formation of the Metropolitan Rowing Association in 1879 by Cambridge University Boat Club , Dublin University Boat Club , Kingston Rowing Club , Leander Club , London Rowing Club , Oxford University Boat Club , Royal Chester Rowing Club , Thames Rowing Club and Twickenham Rowing Club . Molesey Boat Club joined soon afterward. In 1882

432-778: The development of rowing in England . Scottish Rowing (formerly SARA) and Welsh Rowing (formerly WARA) oversee governance in their respective countries, organise their own teams for the Home International Regatta and input to the GB team organisation. British Rowing is a member of the British Olympic Association and the World Rowing Federation (formerly FISA). The ARA (as the predecessor of British Rowing) had it roots in

456-596: The entries received. The table below indicates the maximum number of points that could be held by a crew at each status level under the pre-2015 system: There are a number of junior categories (J12, J13, J14, J15, J16, J17 and J18). The number represents the age competitors must be younger than, before the first day of September preceding the event. Sweep oar rowing is only allowed at J15 and older for both boys and for girls, due to possible issues of asymmetric muscle development (coxswains excepted). British Rowing has an awards scheme for coaching that up until 2005 consisted of

480-681: The formation of a breakaway organisation in 1890, the National Amateur Rowing Association , whose clubs could draw their membership from all social classes and occupations. The schism in English rowing was to remain for over half a century as a regular cause of controversy and bad feeling. Change only came after the Australian national eight, preparing for the Berlin Olympics in 1936 , was excluded from

504-634: The name of the Nautilus Rowing Club (boat code NAU). Regatta A regatta is a series of boat races. The term comes from the Venetian language , with regata meaning "contest, contention for mastery"(from regatare ("compete, haggle, sell at retail"), possibly from recatare ) and typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft, although some powerboat race series are also called regattas. A regatta often includes social and promotional activities which surround

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528-406: The racing event, and except in the case of boat type (or "class") championships, is usually named for the town or venue where the event takes place; for example “valley field”. Although regattas are typically amateur competitions, they are usually formally structured events, with comprehensive rules describing the schedule and procedures of the event. Regattas may be organized as championships for

552-603: The status of the crew. The crew was only allowed to race at this level or higher (e.g. an IM1 crew can only race at IM1, SEN or ELI). Anyone who had competed for the GB Senior, Lightweight or U23 international squads was given 12 points (then the maximum possible) and those representing GB at the World Rowing Junior Championships had their points topped up to 6. The new points system allows race organisers to divide entries more flexibly, depending on

576-489: Was the Honorary President of British Rowing from 2001 until 2013. Dame Di Ellis, former chairman of British Rowing, succeeded him as Honorary President. British Rowing operates a points system to allow race organisers to arrange races among rowers of a similar standard. Each individual rower can acquire Personal Ranking Index (PRI) separately for sculling and sweep rowing, and the crews in which they compete have

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