Training on the Water
As with any water sports, the safety of the crews, coaches and officials remains paramount to enjoy the sport we love so much. As much as each club has a responsibility to ensure the safety of its members, all involved in the sport also have a responsibility to ensure our own safety. We strictly adhere to the advice given to us by GB Rowing, organisations like The Avon Navigation Trust and our own highly experienced coaches.
Any decision to train on the water rests with the individual or crew - no criticism will be faced by anyone unwilling to row when they believe it is unsafe to do so.
Use Your Common Sense - If in Doubt then Don’t Go Out!
All river outings at ERC must be formally risk assessed by the person in charge (normally the coach) using the Water Training/Outing procedure, including the Rowing Safety Matrix for Supervised or Unsupervised Outings. That person must, as a minimum, sign the outing book (in the main boathouse) to confirm this has been done. We have created our own Water Training/Outing Procedure Guide, which can be downloaded as a PDF
Other Guides and Plans
Unsupervised Outings Procedure
Formal risk assessment form for unsupervised boat outings
Formal risk assessment form for supervised boat outings
Additional safety information for anyone steering a boat
The data displayed in the environment Agency link (click on image) is recorded at 15-minute intervals by the Environment Agency and sent to the website typically twice per day. On some occasions, especially during flooding, when data is retrieved more frequently, the website will be updated more often.
Where the current level is shown at 1.07m or more, it would indicate that river levels at Evesham Rowing Club are on the RED safety post marker, where rowing is not permissible.
In all cases, Members and competitors should check with the Safety Officer if in doubt.
River levels
River Avon level at Evesham - Environment Agency
Avon Navigation Trust - Alerts & Notices