Please see the below for information, which details how you can represent Wales as a Junior, Senior & U23 Athlete, at both the Home International Rowing Regatta & Beach Sprint Regatta 2025.
Home International Rowing Regatta (HIR-R)
The Home International Regatta is an event contested by Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England, in both senior and junior teams. The event has a long history and developed from the Empire Games. Welsh Rowing is responsible for the selection and delivery of a team to the event each July.
The next Home International Regatta will be hosted by England on Saturday 25th July 2025.
To represent Wales at the Home International Regatta you must fulfil one of the requirements below and be able to provide evidence in support of your eligibility:
• Having been born in Wales.
• Having a parent or grandparent born in Wales.
• Be a resident in Wales for 6 of the 12 months prior to the HIRR and be a member of a club in Wales during that time.
• Having had 5 years of primary or secondary education in that country.
• Having competed for that country previously, subject to the requirement associated with competing for different countries in subsequent years.
Junior Athletes:
To register as a Welsh Identfied Junior Athlete for the 2025-26 season, interested in representing Wales please click HERE to register.
Once registered, the athlete, coach & parent will be added to the 'Identified Athlete Group' and will recieve any communications from the U19 National Coach: William King - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Junior athletes will have the oppurtunity to join one of our U19 squads (Welsh U19 National Squad, Welsh Junior Talent Pool & Welsh Identified Athlete) all of which will have the oppurtunity to attend training days and camps with other Welsh athletes within the pathway. The aim of this is to not only raise the standard of our Welsh athlete's across the UK, but also give these athletes the chance to train together in crews, along with further oppurtunties to develop their rowing, in advance of potential HIR selection. For further information on the Welsh U19 Pathway Squads please click HERE
The Junior event Calendar for 2025-26 can be found at the following link: JUNIOR TRIALS & EVENTS CALENDAR
To register for the first Welsh Junior training opportunity of the 2025-26 season at Gloucester Rowing Club on 25th October 2025, see the below information.
Senior/U23 Athletes:
The Senior selection policy for 2025 can be accessed here Team Wales Senior & U23 HIR Selection Policy 2025
To register your interest to represent Wales in 2025 for both River and Beach Sprint HIRs please fill in this form https://forms.office.com/e/K9LPa6mAiE
Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information or with any questions.
