Vesta Veterans’ Head of the River
The 30th Vesta Veterans’ Head – Noon, Sunday 18 March 2012
Entries can be made by British Rowing Online Entries only – no paper or email entries will be accepted
Entry fee: £80
Entries close: noon, Sunday March 4th
The following notes are on the BROE site (http://www.britishrowing.org/):
* Permission for boating needs to be obtained from the host club or boathouse.
* The Vets Head organisers cannot assist with questions around boating permission, boat hire or finding a cox.
* Coxes can be of either gender for any crew and need not be of Masters age, but coxes under the age of 16 on the day of the race will be closely scrutinised.
* Any crew whose payment is still outstanding on race day will not be allowed to race. Foreign crews unable to pay online and wanting to find an alternative method of payment are encouraged to talk to the organisers.
* Race Numbers will be available from Vesta RC on the day before the race (Saturday March 17th) and on race day.
* Mixed crews must have at least as many women as men, the cox is not included in this calculation.
* We will be offering two new prizes this year, for both men and women: a handicapped prize for the fastest adjusted time (according to the tables laid out in the BR Rules of Racing) and an overseas (non-BR) crew prize.
* Novice crews should enter the A category, if sufficient older entrants to older categories are received, additional categories may be offered. In the event of a single category adjusted times will be used.
* Aside from novices, no aggregation of categories will take place – any category with 3 or fewer entries will not be offered. Entries in that category will still be eligible for the overall handicap prize.
* Before withdrawing/scratching a crew whose entry has been paid for please talk to us about refunds and what options we have. This is especially true if you are withdrawing a crew only to reenter it, for example in a different category. PLEASE TRY TO AVOID PAYING FOR THE SAME CREW MORE THAN ONCE. We can move crews into different categories via the BROE system.
Any problems with the British Rowing Online Entry system should be addressed to BR via the email onlineentry@britishrowing.org - they’ll be more than happy to deal with your question. In particular foreign entrants should talk to BR about how to get set up to make your own entries (sarah.leys@britishrowing.org).
Veterans’ Head Course Map
Link to the Veterans’ Head Facebook Page
The Vesta Veterans’ International Eights Head of the River Race is a rowing race held annually on the River Thames over the Championship Course. The direction in which the event is raced changes from year to year, dependent on the time of the tides: ideally it is raced from Mortlake to Putney but other years it will be raced the other way. It is open to veteran (now known as masters) eights, who race in categories determined by the average ages of the eight rowers. The race always takes place on the day following the Head of the River Race.
The race will start at 1200 BST, racing from Mortlake to Putney.
Any questions: contact Chris Harrison and Sinead Hayes, the entries secretaries: email, telephone on 07973 369106 (evenings only) or Skype to username vesta.open.events.
Results from past Vesta Veterans’ Heads can be found here.
To ensure that the Veterans Head is not subject to VAT the organisers are obliged by VAT regulations to include the following statement in promotional material for the event – “The Vets Head is organised by Vesta Rowing Club, a Community Amateur Sports Club, that applies any surplus on the event to further the sport of rowing.”
