LARC Racing Squads

Race Membership for JLARC, SLARC and Adult

£280p.a. for 2024- due March 1 2024

Looking to commit to a ‘squad training schedule’ with opportunities to compete all year around?

This fee includes all entries into the H&DARA Championship Regattas (between April and September)

**Pic @South Coast Championships 2023, Folkestone.**
**Masters Men SCC Champions**
**Junior Ladies H&DARA Champions 2023**

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Hampshire and Dorset Amateur Rowing Association (H&DARA Coastal)

As a coastal club, this is our main racing focus. With local pre-season Heads from February to April leading into the H&DARA Regatta Series between May and August. This spring/ summer series includes up to 14 regattas, experiencing varying formats across some beautiful, diverse venues from Swanage Bay to Southsea. The H&DARA Championship winners qualify to represent the area at the South Coast Championships (SCC), held in September against the winners of the other 2 areas; from Kent (CARA) to Cornwall (WEARA).

LARC has enjoyed considerable success over the years and is currently the reigning H&DARA Men’s Masters Champions.

J16
Novice
Junior
Senior
Masters

**Heads Races**: Feb-April
**Regatta Series**: May- September
**SCC Championship**s: September

British Rowing (River)

We also race on the river, predominantly in the winter months, with crews also competing in the Pairs, Fours and Eights heads in London as well as some summer regattas.

J13-J18
23’s
Novice
Junior
Senior
Masters

Heads Races: Oct-April

Junior Inter Regionals April (video link below)

National Schools Regatta May

Masters Championships June

World Masters Rowing

Some of our Masters have in recent years competed and won events at the Masters World Championships.

World Rowing.jpg — A: Average age: 27 years
B: Average age: 36 years or more
C: Average age: 43 years or more
D: Average age: 50 years or more
E: Average age: 55 years or more
F: Average age: 60 years or more
G: Average age: 65 years or more
H: Average age: 70 years or more
I: Average age: 75 years or more
World Masters:
Sept 1-5 2021, Linz Ottensheim, AUT

World Championships- Coastal Rowing

In World Rowing competition, two formats of coastal rowing competition take place.

At the World Rowing Coastal Championships, the endurance format is raced. This format sees crews racing in 4-to-6 kilometre races around multiple turning points. It is a challenge of both endurance, skill, navigation, and adaptability to the changing conditions of a longer distance.

At the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals, the beach spring format is raced. Beach Sprint is a head-to-head elimination style of racing, with a short sprint along the beach, a 250m row, and a 180-degree turn before rowing back to the beach and sprinting to the finish line. Competitions are structured such that athletes who progress further are required to race multiple times within a short time window. This discipline of rowing tests your power and strength, as well as coastal navigation skills and performance under fatigue.