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| Photo courtesy: Joel Rogers |
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| Viewer's Guide |
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| If you are new to the sport of rowing, this Viewer's Guide will give you the basics for your first regatta. The Events Events are divided into two disciplines: sweep rowing and sculling, and two categories within those: lightweight and open. Sculling and Sweep Rowing Athletes with two oars – one in each hand – are scullers. There are three sculling events: the single – 1x (one person), th... |
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| Sweep Rowing Vs. Sculling |
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Athletes with two oars – one in each hand – are scullers. There are three sculling events: the single – 1x (one person), the double – 2x (two) and the quad – 4x (four). Athletes with only one oar are sweep rowers. Sweep boats may or may not carry a coxswain (pronounced cox-n) to steer and be the on-the-water coach. In boats without coxswains, one of the rowers steers by moving the rudder with...
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| Rowing Classifications |
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Classifications - By Age Rule 4-104 from the USRowing Rules of Rowing (a) Junior: A Junior is a competitor who in the current calendar year does not attain the age of 19, or who is and has been continuously enrolled in secondary school as a full time student seeking a diploma. A competitor thus ceases to be a Junior after December 31 of the year of his or her 18th bir...
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