Sanction a Regatta

• Designated as meeting the highest standards of fairness and safety. 
• Receive compliance reports on participating clubs and athletes, as well as unlimited access to USRowing staff in supporting you to get to 100% compliance by the start of your regatta. 
• Option to run entries through the top rated, RegattaCentral platform. 
• The Local Organizing Committee, participants, and referees can rest easy knowing they’re insured at your event through USRowing’s insurance program.  
• Sanctioned Regattas that utilize Time Team as their timing contractor, will appear in an Athlete’s historical racing results available to view through their member portal account. 

• The host organization must be a current U.S. organizational member of USRowing with annual membership.  
• Sanctioning fees must be paid in full one month prior to the event. 
• The Chief Referee must be fully licensed with USRowing and all referees working the regatta must meet the requirements of an individual member.
• Any exceptions or amendments to USRowing rules must be submitted on the registered regatta application.

• If the LOC is not using RegattaCentral for registration services, the Regatta Director must submit the compliance of all clubs and athletes in attendance at the regatta prior to racing beginning. 

   

This option is for standard organizational members that do not participate in the USRowing insurance program, but want to utilize the USRowing Ref Corps and provide eligibility for Organizational Plus members to compete. It provides coverage for USRowing Referees ONLY. Submission of a current Certificate of Insurance (COI) that meets USRowing Insurance program requirements and names USRowing as an additional insured will be required for approval.  

Chief Referees are required for all sanctioning tiers except for Duals/Tris.

Teams often work with and contract third-parties to be involved in a regatta. You must have a written contract in place that requires the 3rd party to have the following insurance requirements. In addition to the signed contract, the 3rd party must provide you with a copy of a certificate of insurance that includes each of these requirements prior to the rental or lease date.

General Liability Insurance Requirements for 3rd Parties
•       General Liability limit must be a minimum of $1,000,000 per occurrence
•       Your member club must be listed as an Additional Insured on a primary and noncontributory basis
•       Waiver of Subrogation must be included in favor of your member club
•       Hold Harmless and Indemnification language must be included to you as the lessor

Clubs must be current organizational members of USRowing. For clubs that do not operate annually, a one-time Regatta Pass is available to purchase through the USRowing member portal.  

• Athletes must meet all requirements found on the Individual Membership Page. If racing unaffiliated, Athletes are required to hold Championship Membership at the minimum.  
• International Athletes must create an account with USRowing and opt into the complimentary International Membership. During this join or renewal flow, they will agree to USRowing’s waiver agreement. 
• Competitors of any USRowing hosted or sanctioned regattas are required to adhere to the USRowing Safe Sport Policy Manual for the duration of the event and to follow the Athlete Safety Procedures for USRowing Event Organizers.  Reporting misconduct is vital to protecting athletes and preventing further incidents. Sexual Misconduct must be reported to the U.S. Center for SafeSport. To report other forms of misconduct, including violations of the Athlete Abuse Prevention Policies, refer to the USRowing Safe Sport Reporting Procedures. 

Yes. Only certified coaches will be able to: 

• access restricted athlete-only areas at  a sanctioned regatta. This assumes the regatta has an athlete only area  and that it monitors compliance and access using RegattaCentral. This may include docks and fenced or otherwise designated athlete-only spaces 
• be assigned coach role on the team’s rosters within the member portal 

A non-member organization interested in attending a limited amount of sanctioned events can purchase a Regatta Pass to meet the requirement for organizational membership. This organization would still be required to also meet the requirement for individual membership. A Regatta Pass includes insurance for the event only and would be secondary coverage to any existent coverage a non-member organization already carries. 
 

You are, broadly speaking, covered based on our sanctioning of your event. The risk lies with attendees blaming USRowing and potentially you for allowing someone to compete who was somehow not insured or not compliant. That vicarious risk is currently USRowing’s burden, as we certify insurance we provide or the certificates of insurance for teams not covered by us. If you were not to sanction through us, that vicarious risk becomes yours. You would have to collect evidence of insurance from all attending teams.