Rowing Tour Affiliation
Tours that choose to affiliate to 91ÌÒÉ« receive Public Liability cover through 91ÌÒÉ«’s insurance provider
Tours can choose to affiliate with 91ÌÒÉ« in a similar manner to competitions. The primary advantage of affiliating a tour with 91ÌÒÉ« is that it will receive Public Liability and Employers Liability cover through 91ÌÒÉ«’s insurance provider, Marsh Sport, provided the tour complies with the affiliation requirements set out below. These requirements ensure that the risk involved is covered by policy.
For details on the insurance coverage available to 91ÌÒÉ«-affiliated tours, please refer to the ‘Registered Non-Competitive Events’ section (within the competition area) on the .
To affiliate with 91ÌÒÉ«, tours must meet the following conditions, as agreed with the insurers:
- The tour affiliation application must be submitted at least six weeks in advance of the date that the tour is planned to start. We cannot guarantee that the necessary requirements will be met to ensure insurance cover is granted if an application is made within six weeks of the planned tour start date.
- All individuals participating (in a boat) in the tour must hold one of the following 91ÌÒÉ« memberships; Row, Race, Coach or Umpire, or hold a Scottish & Overseas licence with 91ÌÒÉ«.
- The tour organising committee must agree to promote RowSafe adherence by touring participants.
- A route plan must be submitted by the tour organising committee.
- A Tour Safety Adviser must be appointed who shall be responsible for the submission of an Event Safety Plan and Safety Rules together with associated risk assessments and Event Emergency Response Plan in compliance with the guidance in RowSafe in addition to the Welfare Plan to the Regional Rowing Safety Adviser in the region(s) in which the tour is due to take place a minimum of four weeks before the proposed tour date.
- The tour organiser must supply 91ÌÒÉ« with a list of individuals who are attending the tour and their membership numbers or Scottish & Overseas licence one week before the tour is due to take place. If you use BROE2 to manage the participants, this is done automatically, and you will not need to take further action. Otherwise, the list should be emailed to [email protected].
- A tour will be provisionally affiliated with 91ÌÒÉ« after submitting an and receiving approval from the 91ÌÒÉ« Membership and Community Team. The tour will then be listed on the 91ÌÒÉ« Competition and Tour Calendar page. Full approval of the Tour will be provided in writing once all the above conditions have been met.
The cost to affiliate a tour with 91ÌÒÉ« is £220 a day (VAT exempt) from 1 April 2025, which is the same as for 91ÌÒÉ« affiliated competitions.

