The Scotland Rowing Team continues to represent a significant opportunity for Scottish Rowing to support athletes on the performance pathway. Scottish Rowing will continue to place a strong emphasis on the Home International Regatta as an athlete development opportunity for those on the performance pathway.
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The Home International Rowing (HIR) Regatta is an annual challenge match between Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales. The Scotland Rowing Team, which actually comprises four separate teams (Senior Men, Senior Women, Junior Men and Junior Women) are selected annually and compromises approximately 60 athletes and 10 coaches and support staff. The HIR Regatta provides an opportunity for Scottish Rowers to gain their first taste of international competition. 2012 Olympic Gold Medallist, Dame Katherine Grainger and 2016 Olympic Silver Medallist Karen Bennett are both veterans of the regatta as is Sir Chris Hoy before making his switch to cycling.
In bringing the most talented athletes and coaches in Scotland together on a regular basis, Scottish Rowing promotes collaboration between clubs and athletes while nurturing a culture of healthy competition, thus ensuring that the Scotland Rowing Team can be as successful as possible.
The 2025 Home International Rowing (HIR) Regatta will be hosted by Wales on Saturday 26th July 2025 (venue Dorney Lake).
The Scotland Rowing Team selection policy for the 2025 Home International Rowing (HIR) Regatta can be found here.
Register for the Scotland Rowing Team here.
Any questions relating to the Scotland Rowing Team should be addressed to the Team Manager (hir.teammanager@scottish-rowing.org.uk) or Tom Young, Scottish Rowing Interim Head of Performance (tom.young@scottishrowing.org.uk)
The Home International Rowing (HIR) Beach Sprints is an annual challenge match between Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales using the World Rowing Beach Sprints race format. In 2023 the event also saw the addition of Jersey as one of the competing nations.
The 2025 Home International Rowing (HIR) Beach Sprints will be hosted by Ireland on Saturday 20th September 2025 (venue Loughros Point).
The Scotland Rowing Team selection policy for the 2025 Home International Rowing (HIR) Beach Sprints can be found here.
Any questions relating to the Scotland Rowing Team should be addressed to Ailsa Martin, Scotland Rowing Beach Sprints Team Manager (ailsa.martin@scottish-rowing.org.uk) or Tom Young, Scottish Rowing Interim Head of Performance Pathway (tom.young@scottish-rowing.org.uk).
Further information about the regatta can be found at Home International Regatta
Browne’s Beach, Barbados, 21-23rd November 2025
Scottish Rowing are pleased to share that we intend to send a team to the recently announced CRABSC in Barbados in November 2025.
With the Beach Sprints discipline now confirmed as part of the Olympic Programme for the LA2028 Games, the Scotland Rowing Team will look to defend their performance at the Championships in Namibia in 2022 where they finished top of the medal table. With many of the successful athletes from Namibia now regularly competing for the GB Rowing Team at World & European events, the team will look to support the next generation of athletes across the Senior & Development team with the potential to represent Team GB at the LA 2028 and Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games.
The 2025 Selection Policy for the Scotland Rowing Team (CRABSC) can be found HERE
Note that Athlete and Coach registration is open Monday 2nd June – Friday 1st August
Further information regarding the 2025 CRABSC can be found on the Commonwealth Rowing Association website: www.commonwealthrowing.org
