We are delighted to support the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Maidstone Millennium Park
Our next race is the autumn Small Boats Head on Sunday 18th October 2026
Race details.
4 divisions at 9.15am, 11.00am, 12.45pm and 2.30pm.
The event is rowed over a course of approximately 2500 meters upstream from Allington to Maidstone and is run under British Rowing Rules of Racing, MSBH Rules and takes account of the guidance laid out in Row Safe. The race is open to all BR registered clubs. All competitors must be BR registered and have RACE level membership, or have purchased a day ticket for the competition via British Rowing.
Event Classes: Senior, Junior, Masters
Boat types: 4+, 4x+ (no coxless quads or fours are allowed), 2x, 2-, 1x. All fine boat types available in all events except mixed (no 2- or 1x).
Categories:
Senior; Open and Women. Crews will be grouped into event classes where appropriate. The event reserves the right to use a combination of points and information supplied by clubs to band crews. Senior Mixed will be one class.
Junior; Open and Women with event classes grouped by age from J14 to J18. (J14 may not enter 4+ or 2- as per British Rowing Rules). Under a local rule junior crews may be coxed by a senior.
Masters; Open, Women and Mixed with event classes grouped by age from Masters A to J. Where appropriate, events may be combined using the handicap system set out in the Rules of Racing. The Rules of Racing state that “the category spread can include all categories, if necessary, to give all entrants a race, but in principle the spread should not normally exceed 3 where entries allow”.
Entry Fee: TBC per seat (no charge for coxswains). Medals will be awarded where a minimum of two crews start in an event. Pennants are awarded for the fastest overall crews in the Open, Women, Junior Open and Junior Women classes (crews racing as ‘time only’ are eligible for pennants at the discretion of the Organising Committee).
Cancellation policy. In the event that the competition has to be cancelled the organising committee reserve the right to retain a proportion of the entry fee for each competitor.
Entries will open on BROE at mid-day on TBC and close at mid-day on TBC
All entries must be made via BROE. Payment should be made through BROE or by bank transfer direct to MIRC (Bank HSBC, business account number 71230964, sort code 40-31-06). Payment must be received before the close of entries in order for crews to be accepted to race. The Organising Committee reserves the right to suspend or close entries early if the event is oversubscribed.
It is intended that the start order will be published by TBC latest.
For enquiries concerning entries please contact the Entries Secretary, Clive Harlow by email: sbhentries@maidstoneinvicta.co.uk
Please see below for documents relating to the race. All competitors/coaches should read these carefully. In particular the Competitor Instructions which gives details of race rules and timings, the course map, circulation plans and marshalling details. There is also a video of the full course which should be watched by all coxes and steerers.
DOCUMENT DETAILS LINK
Event Poster Entry details, events and classifications. To follow
Start Order Start order by division. To follow
Instructions and Rules Competitor instructions and race rules To follow
Course Map Course map showing main features and hazards. MSBH Course Map
Start Marshalling area Photos showing start marshalling area and where to marshal Start Marshalling Area Photos
River Circulation Circulation patterns for boating, start and finish MSBH River Circulation Diagrams
Safety Plan Full details of safety procedures with circulation diagrams To follow
Welfare Statement MSBH Welfare and safeguarding policy To follow
Parking Map No parking for cars at the club except towing vehicles or if carrying boats. For nearest public car parks please see map. Maidstone East car park map
Risk Assessment Event risk assessment To follow
Emergency Action Plan Additional planning for a more serious incident To follow
All photographs courtesy of Clive Harlow