Senior and U23 Selection Trials

Information for Rowers and Coaches on trialing for the GB Rowing Team (GBRT)

2026 Season Selection Trials Process

Any senior or U23 rower with the ambition to gain GB selection must be a British citizen and have a current British Rowing RACE membership, or Scottish Rowing equivalent.

Selection Trials Notice – rowers and coaches should read this notice carefully to ensure they fully understand the requirements of the Selection Trials Process for the 2026 Season.  A Trials Process Summary can be found HERE.

All rowers and coaches must be registered with the GB Rowing Team for the 2026 Season.  As detailed in the Trials Notice, Registration will open on Monday 22 September when the relevant links will be published.

For any queries relating to the Senior and U23 Selection Trials Process, please contact [email protected]

NB: If you are looking for information relating to the U19 Selection Trials process please click here.

Please note dates are provisional at this stage – further information will be made available in due course.

Event	Date	Information	Venue
GBRT Open Trial	Sat, 1-Sun, 2 November 2025	2k Ergo Test & 5k Time Trial	Boston
2k Ergo Submission (if exempted for November 2k Ergo Test)	Completed Mon 3 November-Fri, 12 December 2025	2k Ergo Test	Club-based
GBRT Trial and Testing (by Invitation)	Sat, 13-Fri, 19 December 2025	4k on-water Time Trial (Sat), 2k side-by-side Racing (Sun), Further Testing in Crew Boats (Mon-Fri)	Caversham
5k Ergo Submission	Completed Mon, 3 November 2025-Thu, 29 January 2026	5k Ergo Test	Club-based
GBRT Open Trial	Sat, 7 February 2026	5k Time Trial	Boston
2k Ergo Submission	Completed Sun, 8 February 2026-Fri, 10 April 2026	2k Ergo Test	Club-based
GBRT April Trials (by Invitation)	Fri, 10-Sun, 12 April 2026	2k Racing	Caversham