Rowing Board Free Trial Scheme

Board Rowing is a new type of rowing promoted by the Association, rowing board it different from traditional rowing and it is using the sliding rigger; simple and easy to learn. To promote Board Rowing, the Association is now launching the “Free Trial Scheme for Rowing Board” to provide the Rowing Board free trial to all affiliated clubs and centre users to experiencing the board rowing and sliding boat rigger, kindly take this opportunity to try the Rowing Board!

The free trial is on first-come-first-served based, interested participants please sign to acknowledge the Regulation and Declaration at our centres before using the Rowing Board. The scheme will start from 10 Feb 2021 to 10 May 2021 and take effect for 3 months. Scheme details are as below:-

  1. Store location

 Location

 Sha Tin Rowing Centre

 Jockey Club Shek Mun Rowing Centre

 Amount

 2 rowing boards

 2 rowing boards

  1. Regulation of the Rowing Board trial

 Eligibility

 ※ Valid HKCRA centre users and: –

 a.    Star 3 or above certificate holder OR

 b.   Coastal rowing course stage 2 or above certificate holder OR

 c.    Lead by qualified board rowing instructor

 Activity area:

 ※ Shing Mun River (0 -2000m mark), for more details please refer to “the traffic rules at Shing Mun River” :

https://rowing.org.hk/hk/traffic-rules-at-shing-mun-river/

 Number of rental sessions:

 ※ Each centre user can only have 1 session (60 min) trial per time and the use of more than 1 session is depends on the number of people waiting on the day.

 ※ Free trial is on first-come-first-served basis, each centre users are invited to take turns to use.

 Remarks

 1.   HKCRA may need to adjust the quota in response to the latest measurements announced by the Government. For any updates, please refer to the latest Centre Notice.

 Booking period

 ※ Monday will be the maintenance day, no timeslot available for trial;

 ※ Tuesday to Friday: (9 am – 6 pm) and

 ※ Saturday, Sunday & Public Holiday: (9 am – 6 pm)

 ※ The booking period will be adjusted according to the opening hours of the centre, HKCRA reserves the right of final decision.

 For Safety Reason, applications must:

 1.   Sign to acknowledge the regulation and declaration before using the Rowing Board.

 2.   Follow the updated Health Advice for the Prevention of COVID-19” from HKCRA.

We hope the above Scheme can support the interested Clubs and rowers to take part and enjoy the new kind of Rowing. Please note that the above Scheme may be suspended in short notice if the COVID-19 pandemic situation changes. For any questions of the Scheme, please feel free to contact our Assistance Sports Executive, Mr Harris PANG or our Sports Executive, Mr Marcus KWOK at 2699-7271 or 3841-7217 respectively.

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