European and French Rowing Indoor Championships 2023

Numerous categories will receive their award simultaneously for different events:

• European Rowing Indoor Championships & MAIF Rowing Indoor - French Championships
• MAIF Rowing Indoor - French Championships & Euro Open (the Euro Open ranking will only be published if at least one of the participants of the event is not French)
• Adaptive Sport French Championship & Euro Open (the Euro Open ranking will only be published if at least one of the participants of the event is not French) 

500m SPRINTS

500m UNDER 23, OPEN and MASTER
MAIF Rowing Indoor - French Championships & Euro Open
Each of the following events include Men, Lightweight Men, Women and Lightweight Women races:

• Under 23
• Open
• Master 30-39
• Master 40-49
• Master 50-59
• Master 60-69
• Master 70 and over

500m JUNIOR
MAIF Rowing Indoor - French Championships & Euro Open

• 17 and 18 years old Men
• 17 and 18 years old Women

MAIF Rowing Indoor - French Championships & Euro Open

• 14 – 16 years old Men
• 14 – 16 years old Women

500m PARA-ROWING EVENTS (World Rowing and/or FFA or other European federation classified athletes)
MAIF Rowing Indoor - French Championships & Euro Open

• Men PR1
• Women PR1
• Men PR2
• Women PR2
• Men PR3
• Women PR3

500m PR3 ID (Intellectual Disability)
Adaptive Sport French Championship & Euro Open (non-confirmed yet)
Each of the following events include 18+ Men, U18 Men, 18+ Women and U18 Women.
These events are subject to the FFSA Rules online here.

• PR3 ID 1B (2 minutes events)
• PR3 ID BC
• PR3 ID CD

2000m RACES

2000m UNDER 23, OPEN, and MASTER
European Rowing Indoor Championships or Euro Open & MAIF Rowing Indoor - French Championships. 
Each of the following events include Men, Lightweight Men, Women and Lightweight Women races:

European Rowing Indoor Championships & MAIF Rowing Indoor - French Championships

• Under 23
• Open

Euro Open & MAIF Rowing Indoor - French Championships

• Master 30-39
• Master 40-44
• Master 45-49
• Master 50-54
• Master 55-59
• Master 60-64
• Master 65-69
• Master 70-74
• Master 75-79
• Master 80 and over

2000m JUNIOR
European Rowing Indoor Championships only

• Under 19 (Junior) Men
• Under 19 (Junior) Women

MAIF Rowing Indoor - French Championships only (also ranked in the ERICH U19)

• 17-18 Men
• 17-18 Women

MAIF Rowing Indoor - French Championships only (also ranked in the ERICH U19)

• 14-16 Men
• 14-16 Women

2000m PARA-ROWING EVENTS (FISA and/or FFA classified athletes)
European Rowing Indoor Championships & MAIF Rowing Indoor - French Championships

• Men PR1
• Women PR1
• Men PR2
• Women PR2
• Men PR3
• Women PR3

1000m PR3 ID  (Intellectual Disability)
Euro Open (non-confirmed yet) & Adaptive Sport French Championship
Each of the following events include 18+ Men, U18 Men, 18+ Women and U18 Women.
These events are subject to the FFSA rules online here.

• PR3 ID BC
• PR3 ID CD

RELAY EVENTS

More information on teams’ constitution can be found in the Competition Information section below.

RELAY 8 x 250m
MAIF Rowing Indoor - French Championships & Euro Open

• Mixed 4
• Men’s 4
• Women’s 4

RELAY 4 x 500m
Adaptive Sport French Championship & Euro Open (non-confirmed yet).
These events are subject to the FFSA rules online here.

• Mixed 4 PR3 ID
• Mixed 4 PR3 IDAB-BC
• Mixed 4 PR3 ID BC-CD

Health events:

• Avirose Relay
• Handi-Santé

Combined 500m (4 rowers)
Euro Open

• Handi-valide

RANKINGS AND NATIONALITIES

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITORS
Competitors who are not French can participate in all the ERICH and Euro Open events according to their categories and events.

Authorized nationalities for the ERICH: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Great-Britain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungry, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Moldavia, Monaco, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine.

In the case of other nationalities not listed above:

• ERICH categories, racing outside the ranking
• Euro Open categories: participation and integration to the overall ranking

In agreement with World Rowing, Russian and Belarusian are not allowed to participate.

FRENCH COMPETITORS

All French competitors will be ranked in both French (except for some of the PR categories detailed below) and European Rowing Indoor Championships or Euro Open (according to the event or the category)


PROCEDURE

No hard copy entries will be accepted for this event. All entries must be made online at www.erichparis2023.fr from the 14th of November 2022 until the 16th of January 2023. If for some reason you cannot participate, no reimbursement will be made.

All entry fees must be fully paid by the 16th of January 2023. After this date, unpaid entries will be considered as late entries If you have any difficulties to register, please contact: erichparis2023@ffaviron.fr

Two platforms will be set up:

• For clubs and members: federal intranet
• For the nonaffiliated structures and non-members: World Rowing platform

A membership is mandatory to participate, fees on the World Rowing platform include an event membership IE for 5€.
All the information is available on the event website: www.erichparis2023.fr


MEDICAL CERTIFICATE

According to the current French law, each participant taking part in MAIF Rowing Indoor – French Championship is required to hold an annual membership “A”, “I” or “BF” with a medical certificate signed by a doctor less than 1 year OR a health survey certificate for the current season allowing him/her to participate to rowing competitions.

For French nonmembers, after registration of the World Rowing platform, it is mandatory to send a medical certificate which attests that he is medically fit to compete in rowing, indoor rowing or sport in competition” by email at erichparis2023@ffaviron.fr.

If this document is not uploaded before the event, a hard copy will be mandatory on the day to collect numbers and to race.

These rules do not apply to foreign nationalities automatically registered only for the European events.


ENTRY FEES

MEMBERS	Early Bird  14.11.22 to 31.12.22	Normal  01.01.22 to 16.01.22	Late entries  17.01.22 to 28.01.22
500 m	15 €	20 €	30 €
2000 m	20 €	25 €	37,50 €
Team of 4	50 € par équipe	70 € par équipe	90 € par équipe

 

NON MEMBERS	Early Bird  14.11.22 to 31.12.22	Normal  01.01.22 to 16.01.22	Late entries  17.01.22 to 28.01.22
500 m	20 €	25 €	35 €
2000 m	25 €	30 €	42,50 €
Team of 4	70 € per team	80 €per team	110 €per team

On the World Rowing Entry Portal, 5e will be added to cover the cost of a IE membership.

From the 17th of January to the 28th, late registration will be accepted if spots are available in the categories involved. Incomplete registrations will be not accepted.

For the non-members, in case of multiple registrations on the World Rowing platform, the involved competitors can ask for a reimbursement of the 5€ equal to the memberships of the second event. Please, contact www.erichparis2023.fr before the 10th of February 2023.


QUOTAS

A high number of entries are expected at this event. In order to smoothly run the event within the given time frame, the following quotas have been set.

• 500m events: maximum of 960 participants
• 2000m events: maximum of 2400 participants
• Relay events: maximum of 200 teams

WITHDRAWALS

Withdrawals must be declared as soon as possible and at any time of the entry period at erichparis2023@ffaviron.fr


WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATION – Toronto 26th and 27th of February 2023.

The World Rowing Indoor Championships 2023 (WRICH) organizing committee will offer a hybrid format with competitors both in person and remotely. There are no quotas set to participate for the in-person competitors, however, only 15 places per category are available to participate remotely.

In order to be among the 15 qualified rowers ‘(3 per continent), rowers must register first to the WRICH. During registration, rowers must submit a validated score with the help of on the following procedures:

• Participate to an indoor rowing competition approved by World Rowing (Sanctioned Event Score) and use the time performed at this event as qualification time for all identical events to those at the WRICH.
• Submit a qualification time performed independently (Independent Qualification Score) with all the required validated documents.

All the information is available HERE.

The ERICH and the MAIF Rowing Indoor – French Championship 2023 is an event approved by World Rowing. Therefore, racing at this event allows you to use your score performed on the 2000m and/or the 500m races to qualify for the 2023 WRICH and this participate at this international event remotely.

ON RACE DAY

ATHLETE CHECK-IN

Race Cards will be issued to competitors on the 27th and 28th of January 2023, at the Athlete Registration Desk at Coubertin Stadium (Provisional opening hours: Friday 27th – 10:00 to 18:30 / Saturday 28th – 7:00 to 18:00). Race Cards will be available for pick up by last name. Race cards must be picked up no later than one hour prior to race time.

An ID or a copy of an ID will be systematically asked even for clubs picking up a group of Race Cards.

Competitors will have to present their race card in order to access the different areas of competition: weigh-in room, war-m room and competition stage. Lightweight competitors must pick up their race card before going to the weigh-in.

APPEL ROOM AND RACE START

Times stated in the program are race start times. Competitors must ben in the appeal room, at the gates of the racing stage 10 minutes before the indicated race start.

AGE CATEGORIES FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS ENTRIES

• 14-16 (French Championships only): A competitor may compete in the 14-16 category if he’s 14, 15 or 16 years old on the race day.
• 17-18 (French Championships only): A competitor may compete in the 17-18 category if he’s 17 or 18 years old on the race day.
• Under 19: A competitor may compete in the U19 category if he/she shall not have attained the age of 19 by race day.
• Open: Open events are open to competitors of any age (except for the MAIF Rowing Indoor Ranking for which the minimum age is 14 years old on race day)
• Masters: A master athlete is a competitor who has attained, or will attain, the age of 30 on race day. A competitor’s age is determined on the day of the race. Rowers will automatically be registered in the category they belong to except if they decide to race in open category.
• Masters Age Categories: 30-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80 and over.

PARA-ROWING EVENT CLASSIFICATIONS/ELIGIBILITY FOR PARA ATHLETES
PR1,2,3 – 2000m

• European Rowing Indoor Championships: all the European nationalities + WR classification
• MAIF Rowing Indoor – French Championship: French nationality + FFA and/or WR classification

PR1,2,3 – 500m

• Euro Open: all nationalities + European and/or WR national ranking
• MAIF Rowing Indoor – French Championship: French nationality + FFA and/or WR classification

National and international classification sessions will be organized on Friday 27th of January at the Coubertin stadium.


PARA-ROWING EVENT CLASSIFICATIONS/ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABLED ATHLETES
PR1,2,3 ID AB-BC-CD – 2min/500m

• Euro Open: all nationalities + VIRTUS classification (non-confirmed yet)
• French Federation of Disability sport Championship: French nationalities + FFSA and/or VIRTUS classification

PR1,2,3 ID BC-CD-1000m

• Euro Open: all nationalities + VIRTUS and/or European classification (non-confirmed yet)
• Adaptive Sport French Championship: French nationalities + FFSA and/or VIRTUS classification

For all enquiries regarding FFA, WR, FFSA and VIRTUS classifications, please contact handicaps@ffaviron.fr.

RELAY CATEGORIES

8*250m Relay
Four rowers share a machine. Team members row 250 meters one after another and row twice in the same order. Members who do not row stand behind the line 5 meters behind the ergometer.

Euro Open

• Mixed four: Team of four rowers with a minimum of 1 man and 1 woman
• Men’s four: Team of four men
• Women’s four: team of four women
• Mixed U16: Team of 2 men and 2 women U16, members of the same FFA club
• Mixed U18: team of 2 men and 2 women, members of the same FFA club

MAIF Rowing Indoor – French Championship (also ranked in the Euro Open)

• Mixed four: Team of 4 rowers with a minimum of 1 woman and 1 man, members of the same FFA club
• Men’s four: team of 4 men, members of the same FFA club
• Women’s four: team of 4 women, members of the same FFA club.
• Mixed 14-16: team of 2 men and 2 women 14-16, members of the same FFA club
• Mixed 17-18: team of 2 men and 2 women 17-18, members of the same FFA club

Teams racing at the French Championship must not include more than one membre of foreign nationality.

4*500m Relay
Four rowers share a machine. Team members row 500 meters one after another and row twice in the same order. Members who do not row stand behind the line 5 meters behind the ergometer.

Adaptive Sport French Championship & Euro Open (non-confirmed yet)
These events are subject to the FFSA rules online here.

• PR3 ID 1 AB/BC: teal of 4 men and/or women, any age including at least 1 classified athlete AB
• PR3 ID BC/CD: team of 4 men and/or women, any age, including at least 1 classified athlete BC
• Mixed PR3 ID: team of 4 rowers classified AB, BC or CD, any age including at least 2 women.

Health & Euro Open

• Avirose relay: team of 4 women including at least 2 women with a cancer and/or who have had a surgery for a cancer
• Handi-santé: teal of 4 rowers including at least 1 man et 1 woman and 2 rowers with an ALD or MDPH certificate (to be send to handicaps@ffaviron.fr).

Combined 500m
4 rowers on 4 rowing machine, one each. The overall result = average of the individual performances

Euro Open

• Handi-valide: team of four rowers with at least 1 man and 1 woman and one athlete classified as PR1, 2 and 3. Seven second will be added to the PR2 teals and 13 seconds to the PR3 team.

RULES
Racing one of the events of the MAIF Rowing Indoor – French Championship involve accepting, for all the competitors, these present regulations and the French Rowing regulations. Racing one of the events of the European championship involve accepting, for all the competitors, these present regulations and the European Rowing Board regulations and the Athletes commitment form.

LIGHTWEIGHT CATEGORY
For any rowing indoor events, the maximum weight allowed is set to 75kg for men and 61.5kg for women. Lightweight rowers have to weigh in racing kit between 1 and 2 hours before their first race of each lightweight event in which they are competing, each day of the competition.

ANTI-DOPING
World Rowing authority regarding anti-doping is set out in World Rowing’s Statutes, Rules and Bye-Laws and the World Anti-Doping Code and Regulations and includes the ability to implement in- and out-of-competition drug testing and the biological passport. In France, AFLD is in charge of the control and all the rowers can be subject to an anti-doping control during the event.  

ACCESSORIES AND EQUIPMENT
All equipment used in competition will be provided by the organizers and the partners. No external software will be permitted, and any other devices will be allowed to be connected to PM5.

OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE
Crews are reminded that they cannot receive outside assistance during a race except from the unaided voice and only from the public stand. No coaches are allowed on the racing stage. PR3 VI and PR3 ID only are allowed to have a coach with them.

WARM-UP AND COOL DOWN
Warm-up ergometers will be available next to the racing stage in a separate room. Priority will be given to competitors racing next. Cool down will be permitted on rowing machines, bikes, stretching mats in a dedicated area of this room.

MEDALS AND AWARDS

• World Rowing will present European championship medals (gold, silver and bronze) to the top three finishers in all the ERICH events.
• FFAviron will present national championship medals (gold, silver, and bronze) to the top three French finishers in all events designated as French Indoor Rowing Championship events.
• FFAviron will present the Euro Open medals (gold, silver, and bronze) to the top three French finishers in all events designated as French Indoor Rowing Championship events.

Victory ceremonies for both the European Rowing Indoor Championships and French Indoor Rowing Championships will take place on the racing sage or in a separate room according to the category.

The competition will be held at the Coubertin Stadium, a world-class athletic facility. This venue is regularly used for handball (PSG) volleyball, tennis, martial arts, fencing, badminton and similar events. The venue will be used for the goalball events of the Paris Olympic Games 2024.