The 2021 European Rowing Under 23 Championships is confirmed

Following extensive discussions with all key stakeholders, the European Rowing Board has verified that the preparations of the Organising Committee (OC) of the 2021 European Rowing Under 23 Championships, Kruszwica conforms to the World Rowing requirements for 2021 regattas and have therefore confirmed that the regatta will take place from 4 to 5 September 2021.

As required by World Rowing’s event management guidance (Return to Regattas found here) which has been successfully tested during 2020 and 2021 so far, the OC has developed a covid-19 response plan for staging the event based on the recommendations of the World Health Organisation (WHO) & World Rowing. The plan has been carefully reviewed and approved by the Local Health Authorities. World Rowing, European Rowing and the OC are confident that the measures planned to be in place are appropriate to minimise the risk of transmission and infection at the event. The event covid-19 Response Plan will shortly be available on the OC website http://eru23ch2021.com/.

As previously stated, the decision-making framework for all events during the pandemic begins with two key considerations: first, the ability of the organising committee and the host city to still stage the event in the current circumstances and, second, the full commitment of the organising committee and host city to implement the strict covid-19 transmission mitigation measures required by World Rowing’s “Return to Regattas” guidelines.

Each Member Federation is responsible to exercise maximum care for its team members before, during and after the event. All participants must follow the measures in the OC Covid-19 Response Plan at all times, including the wearing of masks at all times except in the boat, on an ergometer or at meals, social distancing and regular disinfection among the other measures published by the OC.

In addition to meeting any airline or government requirements, each participant at the regatta will be required to present a negative PCR Covid-19 test result, no older than 72hrs, at the accreditation centre on arrival at the venue. Additionally, all participants will have to complete a Pre-Event Health Questionnaire and Member Federations are obliged to sign a Member Federation Consent Form accepting responsibility for their team members. The forms will be sent out to Member Federations directly by the Kruszwica OC and must be completed and returned to the OC by email to BeataKruszwica@wp.pl. The forms must be signed and returned by 48 hours prior to the arrival in Kruszwica.

All participation conditions will be explained to participating athletes and officials in a webinar briefing to be organised before travel to the event. To protect the health of all participants, anyone not adhering to the participation conditions will be immediately disqualified and excluded from the event, at the discretion of the World Rowing Executive Committee.

European Rowing, World Rowing and the Kruszwica OC continue to monitor the covid-19 situation in Poland and the latest recommendations from the WHO and local health authorities. Any further updates will be communicated to the Member Federations directly.

Member Federation Zoom Meeting

World Rowing will hold a Video Conference Call for Member Federations on Tuesday 01 June 2021 at 09:00 hrs CET to cover essential elements of these decisions and as an opportunity for representatives to ask any questions relating to these World Rowing events. Representatives of Member Federations and participants will be informed by email.