2025/26 season

Rounds

Each season runs as six monthly rounds plus a standalone summer bonus. A round is either a distance challenge (row a set distance, record your time) or a timed challenge (row for a set time, record your distance). Eights row double the Fours challenge. Entries close at 11pm on the closing date.

1. 1

   Round 1 · June

   Distance challenge — record your time

   Closed

   Fours

   1,000m

   Eights

   2,000m

   Per rower

   4 x 250m

   Entries close

   25 Jun 2026

2. 2

   Round 2 · July

   Timed challenge — record your distance

   Closed

   Fours

   4 min

   Eights

   8 min

   Per rower

   4 x 1 min

   Entries close

   25 Jul 2026

3. 3

   Round 3 · August

   Distance challenge — record your time

   Closed

   Fours

   2,000m

   Eights

   4,000m

   Per rower

   4 x 500m

   Entries close

   24 Aug 2026

4. 4

   Round 4 · September

   Timed challenge — record your distance

   Closed

   Fours

   4 min

   Eights

   8 min

   Per rower

   4 x 1 min

   Entries close

   23 Sep 2026

5. 5

   Round 5 · October

   Distance challenge — record your time

   Open now

   Fours

   1,000m

   Eights

   2,000m

   Per rower

   4 x 250m

   Entries close

   23 Oct 2026

6. 6

   Round 6 · November

   Timed challenge — record your distance

   Upcoming

   Fours

   4 min

   Eights

   8 min

   Per rower

   4 x 1 min

   Entries close

   22 Nov 2026

7. ★

   Bonus round · August

   Distance challenge — record your time

   Closed

   Fours

   2,016m

   Per rower

   4 x 504m

   Entries close

   24 Aug 2026

   Fours only · each rower does a quarter (4 x 504m). Open to anyone, scored on a separate leaderboard, prize by random draw.