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Regatta
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in a Regatta two
or more crews race head to head (i.e. at the same
time). Often they consist of a series of races, involving heats,
leading (eventually!) to a final. It is usually only the winning crew
from the final (of each event) that receives an award (tankards, medals
or otherwise).
This is the kind of race featured in the Olympics and the famous Oxford
vs. Cambridge 'Boat Race'.
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Indoor
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in an Indoor
event each person races (on a rowing
machine) a set distance (usually 2000 meters), each trying to get a
faster time than everyone else in their event. These events are not as
common as the other two mentioned and therefore we enter just one per
year - the North of England Indoor Championships.
However,
occasionally, members of the club have entered the National Indoor
Championships - where world records are often broken!
Indoor rowing events are entered by many health clubs, police forces
and companies, as you don't necessarily need to know how to row/scull
in order to use a rowing machine properly, and therefore the
competition at these events is often different (usually greater) to
that met at actual boat races.
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