Folkestone Beach Sprint Regatta

5th APRIL 2025 SUNNY SANDS FOLKESTONE

Folkestone's Inaugural Beach Sprint Regatta

Beach sprint is an exciting, fast-paced and spectator-friendly rowing format. Beach sprint combines running, racing and navigation, and your ability to adapt will be tested alongside your physical abilities. And it’s all over in a matter of minutes!

With Beach Sprints now being added to the programme for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, there has never been a better chance to get in, learn fast and progress onto representing your country at the highest level.

Beach Sprints

Start

Run down the beach approx 50m to your assigned boat - this will be stroke seat in a double

Entry

Get in the boat which is held in the water by 2 boathandlers

Row

Row out to the buoy at the top of the course then 180 turn & row straight back.

Exit

Bow seat - Get out of your boat when the water is shallow enough, start your run

Finish

Run up the sand (10-50m depending on tide) touch the button on the finish line

PHOTOS COURTESY OF BRITISH ROWING

RACE INFORMATION

Folkestone beach sprint regatta will consist of consecutive races combining running and rowing. Each race has four boats, competing head-to-head in a knock-out style competition.

The race begins on the land, with one member from each crew running approximately 50m to the water line. They then enter the boat and row a 500m course, out from the beach, around a large buoy, and directly back. When the boat approaches the land, another crew member exits the boat and runs 50m back to the start/finish line.

The boat classes in competition are singles and doubles. Boats, blades and life jackets will be supplied by Swift Racing on behalf of the regatta organisers.

In addition to the competitors, two boat handlers will help to hold and control the boat on the departure and arrival of the crew from and to the beach. Whilst the boat is on the water, one boat handler may stand on the shore and signal to the rowers to aid with steering. Boat handlers must be provided by the crew’s club.

Categories are defined as follows

Any competitor, regardless of gender, may enter an open race.
A mixed crew must consist of at least 50% women.
Each competitor in a junior’s J18 crew must be competent rowers between the ages of 14 -17 years of age.
There are no age or gender restrictions on boat handlers.

The club relay will be the final race and is designed for clubs to showcase the breadth of their talent. Using a single scull

each rower will run, row and run and then tap their crewmate who will repeat this in a relay until the final member crosses

the line. The club relay event must contain:

At least two women
At least one junior (no more than 17 years of age)

Rowers must have British Rowing Membership (Row or Race), if you do not have BR membership, day tickets will be

available.

Each seat is £10, apart from the J18 races which are £7.50 a seat.

More information will be available in the invitation.

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Rowers must have British Rowing Membership (Row or Race), day tickets will be available.

Click below to be taken to the British Rowing Online Entry (BROE)

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Location

Sunny Sands

Folkestone CT19 6RB

*note not Folkestone Rowing Club