Race Day

SAFETY

Safety documents for the 2025 race:

• Safety and Marshalling Instructions • View as pdf • Download
• Bad Weather Procedure • View as pdf • Download
• Risk Assessment
• Abandonment Plan
• Landing places locations

It is the responsibility of the individual clubs to enter only crews and coxswains that are sufficiently competent to race. Crews must be capable of completing a ten-mile outing, and may be on the water for two hours.

If a club enters a crew that is deemed not to be sufficiently competent, the crew will be escorted off the course and action will be taken against the offending club. Steers and Coxswains from all clubs should also be familiar with the Tideway Code which applies at all time except when the river is closed for the race. This include warm-up outings and rowing back to your host club after the last crew has crossed the finish line.

NUMBER COLLECTION

Numbers will be available at designated collection points at or near host clubs on the morning of the race. Please collect your number before going afloat.

IMPORTANT: Crews must notify the entries secretary – vetfoursheadentries@gmail.com – of any changes to host club by 8 p.m. on Thursday 13th November.

• Crews boating from (1) Putney collect their numbers from Vesta Rowing Club
• Crews boating from (2) Hammersmith collect their numbers from Sons of the Thames
• Crews boating from (3) Civil Service should go direct to their host club, where their numbers will be waiting
• Crews boating from (4) Tideway Scullers School > University of London collect their numbers from Tideway Scullers School

1. Putney: Barn Elms, Crabtree, King’s College School, Imperial College, London, Parr’s Priory, Thames, Vesta, Westminster School
   
2. Hammersmith: Auriol Kensington, Fulham Reach, Furnivall, Sons of the Thames
3. Civil Service: Barnes Bridge Ladies, Cygnet
   
4. Tideway Scullers School > University of London: TSS, MAA, Putney Town, Quintin, Team Keane, UL