2024 Hampton Roads Erg Pull

Indoor Rowing Challenge

The Hampton Roads Erg Pull will be held on Saturday, February 17, 2024, at Catholic High
School. Venue address: 4552 Princess Anne Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23462.


Pre-registration is CLOSED. Race Day registration will be available.

(If registering a team of 5 of more, please contact the regatta director before Saturday morning)


Entry fee is $20.00. The deadline is Wednesday, February 14th, 2024.


Entries after this deadline will be taken solely at the discretion of the Race Committee
with an entry fee cost of $30.

Reserve an awesome Erg Pull shirt for purchase during registration! Deadline to reserve a shirt is Monday, February 12th! Cost is $20/shirt.

We are ONLY taking pre-orders since shirts will be customized with names! Sample image of the shirt below!

Buy an Erg

New indoor rowing machines are being purchased for 1-days use at this
regatta and come assembled with complete manufacturer’s warranty.

ERG Machine sale information can be found here!

Race Schedule

Events

All races are 2,000 meters except the coxswains race, which is 1,000 meters and the
youth races which are 500 meters.

The Race schedule below is tentative based on the previous number of entries received
last year.  Actual race schedule will be based on the number of entries and will be e-
mailed to all registered entrants the Thursday before the event.

Schedule

EventTime
Men’s Junior U-198:30
Men’s Junior U-179:00
Men’s Junior U-159:30
Men’s / Women’s Open10:00
Men’s / Women’s Masters (27 – 39)10:00
Men’s / Women’s Senior (40 – 49)10:15
Men’s / Women’s Veteran (50+) 10:15
Women’s Junior U-1910:30
Women’s Junior U-1711:00
Women’s Junior U-1511:30
Men’s Coxswain (1,000 M) 11:45
Women’s Coxswain (1,000 M)12:00
Youth – Middle School / Elementary School (500 M) 12:10
Team Challenge Event Race 1 (1,000 M)12:20
Team Challenge Event Race 2 (1,000 M)12:30
Team Challenge Event Race 3 (1,000 M)12:40
Team Challenge Event Race 4 (1,000 M)12:50

The Fine Print
*If the number of rowers in each flight does not fill a sufficient number of ergs, it is
possible and likely that more than one event will be conducted at the same time. 
Races with heats are seeded based on the submitted 2k erg score. Slower scores are in
the 1st heat.…hope you told the truth! And if you didn’t provide a score, you went where
the registrar felt like putting you.
To keep it as uncomplicated as possible, the age brackets for Jr events are your age on
race day.

Hampton Roads Erg Pull Rules

  • New Concept II® Model D ergometer will be used. You may use the damper setting of your choice, but the setting may not be changed during the race. Warm up Ergs will be available for all participants. 
  • Rowers will compete as a group. Participants will be seeded, based upon erg scores submitted on the entry form, so that each rower will compete against other rowers of comparable abilities. The best time out of all heats will win each event. 
  • All races are 2,000 meters except as noted on the schedule above.
  • All events are finals. Qualified participants are allowed entries in multiple events. 
  • The Team Challenge events are set up the day of the event so no pre-registration is required.  If an entrant has already paid for an individual entry, then no entry fee is required for the Team Challenge events.
  • The Concept II® PM2 Software will be used to establish the winners in each event. These scores will be checked against each ergometer monitor following each race.  In the event of a discrepancy between the monitor and the software, the officiating USRA Judge/Referee will make the final determination.
  • ERG Scores: Everyone must submit their most recent 2,000-meter ergometer score. Be honest . . . or you’ll be sorry! 
  • Waivers must be submitted for each participant. Team participants can submit copies of their team waivers.
  • Master’s events will be using the USRA handicap formula.

Event Photos

Photos of the event will be posted to the HRRC Instagram page @HRRC_757