Leicester Regatta
Sunday 20th. April 2008

2008 REGATTA POSTER

2008 Regatta Racing order

2008 Regatta result

2008 REGATTA PHOTOS

For Regatta competitors


Email entries should be sent to the Regatta Entries Secretary
Online OARA Entries preferred

Read the latest ARA Rules of Racing.

Map of the Regatta Course

The Mile Straight, Grand Union Canal, Leicester




The Regatta course is 700m dead straight along a wide canal from a free start. A new bridge has been built towards the end of the course but the approach to this will be buoyed and the centre of the span will be indicated on the bridge. The course is marked on the towpath side at 125m intervals by a yellow line. It is approximately 100m from the final bridge to the finish. The stream is negligible unless there has been recent rain.

The Organisation

The canal is not wide enough to allow boats to go up to the start while racing is in progress so the Regatta runs under a batch system. A batch of 6 to 8 races is held every 30 minutes. Competitors boat starting 30 minutes beforehand and are marshaled above the finish line. There is a small amount of room here for crews to keep moving. After the previous batch has finished the crews then proceed up past the start, turn and are marshaled with their opposition. During the batch crews are started at roughly 2 minute intervals. After the race crews turn straight into the basin and come off the water.

Because of the batch system there are no long waits for the opposition to turn up; if a crew does not appear by the start of the batch they forfeit the race. For this reason it is essential that all doubling up of boats crews and coxes is notified so that adequate time can be arranged between races, and there is a strict limit of only two events per boat / competitor. The regatta has finished on time or just before at 5.45pm for the last ten years. The earliest possible start is 9am if there is a full program of 170 entries.

Detailed Information

Crew Information & Safety
Regatta risk assessment
Regatta Safety Arrangements
Umpires' Safety Information
Marshals' Safety Information
About LeptoSpirosis (if you fall in)
About Food Safety (we will try not to poison you!)