British Rowing Beach Sprint Championships
The 2025 British Rowing Beach Sprint Championships will take place from 30-31 August in Bournemouth. It is set to be the biggest BRBSC in history so don’t miss out on your opportunity to be part of it!
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30-31 August 2025 | Bournemouth, Dorset
Championships Information
Entries are now open and will close at 11:00 on Wednesday 20th August 2025.
NEW for 2025: At the end of each day we will be offering “Mixed Challenge 4x+” for up to 8 crews each day. You can enter a mixed quad (£125 per crew), or enter for a rowing seat in a crew (£35 per seat). ‘Seat entries’ will be drawn into quads on the day, with additional seat entries advertised and available on the day if we have not already received entries for eight crews to race on that day.
Key Documents
Further information
Accommodation
Bournemouth is well known for its fantastic variety of hotels, B&Bs, and self-catering options. You’ll find luxury international hotel groups and budget friendly independent guesthouses. Check out some of the options here.
Travel
With great links to motorways, public transport and its own airport – it’s an easy destination to get to and around. Further information can be found here.
Results
2024 British Champions
| Event | Champion |
|---|---|
| Coastal Open Solo | S Scrimgeour (Glasgow RC) |
| Coastal Women’s Solo | L McKenzie (University of Glasgow) |
| Coastal Open Student Solo | H Flowerdew (Tynemouth RC) |
| Coastal Women’s Student Solo | I Lancaster (Bradford ARC) |
| Coastal Open U19 Solo | Z Hills (Whitby Coastal RC) |
| Coastal Women’s U19 Solo | Z Gray (Lympington ARC) |
| Coastal Open Double Sculls | H Hall (Stirling RC) and C Buchan (Edinburgh University) |
| Coastal Women’s Double Sculls | L McKenzie (University of Glasgow) and H Gordon (Inverness RC) |
| Coastal Mixed Double Sculls | L McKenzie (University of Glasgow) and S Scrimgeour (Glasgow RC) |
| Coastal Mixed U19 Double Sculls | S Ormston and Z Hills (Whitby Coastal RC) |
- Event:
- Coastal Open Solo
- Champion:
- S Scrimgeour (Glasgow RC)
- Event:
- Coastal Women’s Solo
- Champion:
- L McKenzie (University of Glasgow)
- Event:
- Coastal Open Student Solo
- Champion:
- H Flowerdew (Tynemouth RC)
- Event:
- Coastal Women’s Student Solo
- Champion:
- I Lancaster (Bradford ARC)
- Event:
- Coastal Open U19 Solo
- Champion:
- Z Hills (Whitby Coastal RC)
- Event:
- Coastal Women’s U19 Solo
- Champion:
- Z Gray (Lympington ARC)
- Event:
- Coastal Open Double Sculls
- Champion:
- H Hall (Stirling RC) and C Buchan (Edinburgh University)
- Event:
- Coastal Women’s Double Sculls
- Champion:
- L McKenzie (University of Glasgow) and H Gordon (Inverness RC)
- Event:
- Coastal Mixed Double Sculls
- Champion:
- L McKenzie (University of Glasgow) and S Scrimgeour (Glasgow RC)
- Event:
- Coastal Mixed U19 Double Sculls
- Champion:
- S Ormston and Z Hills (Whitby Coastal RC)
Beach Sprints 101
What are Beach Sprints?
The Beach Sprint format is ideal for agile and skilled scullers with a performance background, from either coastal or river rowing.
It starts with a sprint on the beach for one person from each crew. After entering the boat, the boat slaloms around buoys, turns around and rows straight back to the beach before one of the crew exits the boat and runs to the finish line.
Coastal Glossary of Terms
Did you know that in coastal rowing, ‘singles’ are called ‘solos’?
Classifications follow the same lines as river rowing classifications do. ‘C’ stands for Coastal!
| Classification | Explanation |
|---|---|
| WC 1x | Women’s Coastal Solo |
| MxC 2x | Mixed Coastal Doubles |
| OC 1x | Open Coastal Solo |
| OCMas 4x+ | Open Coastal Masters Coxed Quad Sculls |
- Classification:
- WC 1x
- Explanation:
- Women’s Coastal Solo
- Classification:
- MxC 2x
- Explanation:
- Mixed Coastal Doubles
- Classification:
- OC 1x
- Explanation:
- Open Coastal Solo
- Classification:
- OCMas 4x+
- Explanation:
- Open Coastal Masters Coxed Quad Sculls
Want to give beach sprints or coastal sculling go? Find out which clubs and organisations offer beach sprint and coastal sculling, or contact one of the network of Coastal Sculling Academies rowing clubs and other locations where you can learn and develop coastal sculling skills.
Volunteers
At British Rowing we rely on our amazing volunteers to make our events a success. We are always on the look out for people who want to help out – no rowing experience is required and everyone is welcome.
Please email us if you can help at [email protected].
Retail Village
Each of our Championship events has a retail village for boats, blades, clothing, gifts and more. If you are interested in booking a pitch, please just email James Lee for details.
