Henley Veteran Regatta has been held on the week following Henley Royal Regatta since 1994. Hosted and run by Upper Thames Rowing Club the regatta has grown into an internationally recognised event for veterans or masters crews. Competitors come from all over the world to compete.

2010 will be the last year the event will be known as "Henley Veterans Regatta". From 2011, in line with FISA regulations the event will be renamed "Henley Masters Regatta".

Henley Veteran Regatta is kindly supported by the Copas Partnership, without them the regatta would not be possible.

Important changes for 2010 Henley Veteran Regatta

In line with FISA, the minimum age has now been reduced to 27

Henley Veteran Regatta are limited to a set number of races each day of the regatta and with the record number of entries last year HVR regrettably, had to refuse some of the later entries.

This may happen again this year so, to ensure your entry , we suggest that you enter as early as possible. To give as many competitors as possible an opportunity to compete, we have introduced new changes

• Single scullers - each category will be restricted to the first 8 entries received
• No competitor will be permitted to compete in more than two events.
• Heats and quarter finals will be rowed on Friday 9th July
• Semi-finals and finals rowed on Saturday 10th July ,although it may be necessary to hold some semi-finals late on the Friday.
• Note Events where entries exceed 4 will involve racing on the Friday.

Online Entries
On-line entries open from 4th May - 19th June via web-site click here

Please complete an online OARA entry form
(Overseas and SARA crews see note below before completing an OARA entry form)

All enquiries about entries should directed to: Entries Secretary Barry Gibbs Tel: (+ 44 (0)1666 504405)
Email: entries@henleyveteranregatta.org.uk

OVERSEAS and SCOTTISH (SARA) CREWS
Contact British Rowing at Irene.townsend@britishrowing.org and give the name of the club and details of the person making the entry. British Rowing will register your details enabling you to enter online through OARA.

Alternatively contact the Entries Secretary of Henley Veterans Regatta (as above ) who can obtain the details.

Please be aware that British Rowing implemented a new rule in 2006 that requires all boats on the Tideway (whether racing or training) to display a standard six digit boat identification code. Further details can be obtained from British Rowing

Written/Postal Entries
Written entries, submitted on British Rowing forms, complete with fees , to be received by Friday 19th June.

All cheques to be in GBP ,made payable to Henley Veteran Regatta .
Post completed froms with fees to Barry Gibbs at the following address:

Barry Gibbs
Well Cottage,
18 Chavenage Lane,
Tetbury,
Gloucestershire ,
GL8 8JW 

Tel. +44 (0)1666 504405.
e-mail entries@henleyveteranregatta.org.uk

WRITTEN ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED ONLY IF FEES ARE ENCLOSED,
ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY FRIDAY 19th JUNE 2010

E-mailed entries will NOT be accepted.

All crews (excluding Overseas Entries) MUST ensure that each crew member is a fully paid-up member of the British Rowing.

See the British Rowing website for details of how to register and renew membership online.

Entry Fees

Finals, semi-finals & heats will take place in the following order:

Note: Category H & I events will be scheduled according to demand.

The programme of events will be strictly adhered to. Any competitor who has entered more than one event and is then unable or unwilling to meet the regatta timetable may withdraw but will be liable for the entry fees for the events entered.

Racing will commence at 9.00am on Friday and 8.00am on Saturday.

For the event timetable click here.

The event takes place on a 1000m upstream course between Temple Island and Upper Thames Rowing Club.

The course:  Two lanes, boomed with stake boats.

Circulation pattern can be viewed here in Acrobat file format

The Veterans Regatta trailer park in Hillside carpark (above the main regatta site) does not open until Wednesday and the landing stages are only constructed on the Wednesday or sometimes Thursday morning. This will affect Overseas Crews in a number of ways.

You can:

• Rack boats at UTRC on Tuesday to Thursday evening
• Boat out of UTRC from Tuesday to Thursday evening. (Boats can be left on trestles on the grass in front of the car park or on the lawn in front of the clubhouse. They are the responsibility of the rowers not UTRC).
• Use showers, tea, coffee, etc (donations gladly accepted).
• Ask for the Door Code to the clubhouse.
• Park at the club until Thursday evening – please do not block any trailers / vans as they may be moved at any time.
• BUT you must use Hillside car park during the Regatta. Hillside carpark gates will always be left open for access, and you can leave boats on the racks in Remenham Riverside (Rememham Farm area) from Wednesday onwards if you prefer to base yourselves there rather than at UTRC.
• Remember we need the UTRC car park on racing days for officials, support crews, safety crews and the medical / ambulance.

Do not:

• Boat out of UTRC on Sunday or Monday before the Regatta as the site is being cleared after Henley Royal Regatta. Boating by arrangement at Henley RC, Reading, Wallingford or Marlow rowing clubs could be available.
• Deliver trailers to UTRC on Sunday or Monday (keep trailers in HRR car park or elsewhere)
• Park your trailer on the lawns in front of the car park or near the down stream boat shed. Trailers may be parked at least 20 metres down stream of the boat shed. Tents are erected at UTRC on Thursday afternoon.

If you are borrowing a boat that has been used at HRR, load the boat on to the UTRC trailer in the HRR car park – it will be taken to UTRC on Monday evening. You cannot leave boats in HRR tents on Sunday following racing or on Monday.

No Camping at UTRC
There is no camping allowed at UTRC and no competitors are allowed to stay overnight in the clubhouse – all camping MUST take place in the campsite behind Remenham Church.
River rules

For those new to this Regatta, please note the Berkshire bank of the river (Berks) is the side you are standing on and from which you will boat. The other bank is the Buckinghamshire bank (Bucks).

You must familiarise yourselves with the normal river rules which operate prior to the Regatta and outside of regatta hours on Friday & Saturday.

Steerspersons / coxes must be especially careful below Temple Island (remember that during HVR you must return to the normal (Berks) side of the river below the island during racing so there is a cross over point to look out for.

Steerspersons / coxes should be aware that lone scullers from Leander and Henley RC sometimes ignore the change over times for racing and normal operation. The best advice is to look around a lot more often than you would normally.

Boats are allowed out on the water on Friday morning but must be off the water 30 minutes before racing starts. This also applies for Saturday when you must be off the water by 7.20am.

The Finish is about 3 metres below the floating pontoon in front of the UTRC boathouse.

Boat Hire
UTRC does not hire out boats. Ask at Enquiries for contacts for boat hire.

Following racing on a launch
Following a race on a launch will be at the umpire / launch driver’s discretion.

You may be able to get on a launch to follow a race – go to the Start and find out which launch is following the race.

If you just want a general experience of any race then ask to get on a launch at UTRC.

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Information on accommodation in Henley: 

Henley Tourist Information Centre
Telephone: + 44 (0)1491 578034
Fax: + 44 (0)1491 411766 or

Changing:
Facilities for men & women will be found in the Regatta Field as well as limited facilities at Upper Thames Clubhouse.

Catering
During the day food and drink will be available from the Barn Bar near Remenham Farm.

1. The regatta is affiliated to the British Rowing and held under British Rowing rules.
2. All competitors must comply with the British Rowing Water Safety Code
3. Boat registration rules require all boats, including those from overseas, to clearly display their 6 digit identification number on the sides of the boat.
4. Crews must proceed to the Start and leave the course after racing in accordance with the circulation pattern (PDF). Crews crossing the course MUST NOT impede races in progress.
5. The first named crew in each race will take the Berkshire station
6. Crews must be attached to the stake boat 2 minutes, before the time of their race
7. No practising will be allowed on the course from 30 minutes before the first race.  No practice starts will be allowed on the course during the Regatta.
8. Winners - medals will be presented at the Presentation Raft as crews return from the finish of their final race.
9. The order of events advertised on the Poster for Regatta will be strictly adhered to for finals, semi-finals and heats. Events not included in the Schedule of Racing will be incorporated to suit competitors as far as possible.
10. Heats and Quarter finals will normally take place on Friday and Semi Finals and Finals generally on Saturday.
11. If the number of entries for the Regatta exceeds that which can be accommodated the Organising Committee reserves the right to restrict entries be determining a cut-off date for the acceptance of entries.
12. Crews or individuals entered in more than event who are unable or unwilling to comply with the Programme of Racing may withdraw from an event but will forfeit the entry for that event.
13. Where appropriate the Veteran Handicap System will be used in accordance with the Operating Notes in the British Rowing Almanac.
14. The Organising Committee reserves the right to suspend any crew whom in their opinion cannot demonstrate competent watermanship or safe rowing technique.
15. The decision of the Organising Committee on any aspect of the operating of the Regatta will be final.

FAILURE OF COMPETITORS TO COMPLY WITH THESE RULES MAY LEAD TO DISQUALIFICATION FROM AN EVENT OR FROM THE REGATTA

These can be seen at:

• Wokingham Photographic (2004 only)
• Big Blade (2004 -> 2009)

• 2010 (PDF)
• 2009 (PDF)
• 2008 (PDF)
• 2007 (.XLS)
• 2006 (PDF)
• 2005 (PDF)
• 2004 (PDF)