Membership

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Rowing Ireland membership offers a number of options for all our members including insurance for our members which covers a range of insurance to ensure our members have sufficient cover during training, racing and coaching. In addition, there are a number of services that we offer our members.

In Rowing Ireland our members are our number one priority. Our core strength comes from our membership, as highlighted in our strategic plan.

OUR CULTURE – WE ARE ALL ROWING IRELAND. We promote a culture of excellence and openness so that athletes, coaches and volunteers have a lifelong positive experience. Through our membership we offer opportunities to everyone, our sport is open and inclusive for all.

There are many benefits to becoming and staying a member of our organisation. Through Rowing Ireland our members can feel safe in the knowledge that their sport is being organised in a “world best practice” environment. Enjoying, partaking, competing, coaching, officiating, volunteering and administrating in our sport, all benefit from being a part of the Rowing Ireland community as a member.

Being a member of an affiliated club and a registered member of rowing Ireland grants you opportunities to be involved in one of Ireland’s most successful international sports. Membership opens up the prospects to excel and perform in a safe, structured challenging, and rewarding sport.

Listed below are some of the exciting opportunities and resources available to our members.

Competitor and training membership

Rowing Ireland highly recommends to our clubs that ALL club members have this level of membership if competing. It is important that we all ensure all members are covered for every eventuality and can access all our Rowing Ireland services.

  • Race licence to compete at all Rowing Ireland licenced events
  • Specialist rowing liability and personal accident insurance for all your training and racing at Rowing Ireland events
  • Access to Rowing Ireland Coaching courses and CPD training
  • Administrative support and maintenance of the Tracker system
  • Safeguarding and Child welfare courses
  • Entry to Rowing Ireland Virtual events
  • Entry to Rowing Ireland online webinars and seminars on various subjects relevant to your rowing needs
  • Access to Rowing Ireland administrative and specialist support team
  • Access to Rowing Ireland Women in Rowing support networks and programmes
  • TrY Rowing coaching programme for our junior members
  • Weekly newsletter

Coaching Membership

Rowing Ireland recommends that all clubs take this membership out for their coaches to ensure we fully cover our coaches for every eventuality and it is able to access all Rowing Ireland services offered to our members.

  • €10 per year
  • Liability and Personal Accident insurance covers all your training and racing at Rowing Ireland events.
  • Our scheme includes personal accident cover, public liability cover(€6.5m) and professional indemnity (€2.6m).
  • Cover remains active to 31st December in the year of registration. 
  • Access to Rowing Ireland Coaching Courses and CPD training.
  • Access to Safeguarding and Child welfare courses.
  • Entry to Rowing Ireland online webinars and seminars.
  • TrY Rowing coaching programme for our junior members.
  • Access to Rowing Ireland Women in Rowing support networks and programmes.
  • Weekly newsletter.
  • Access to Rowing Ireland development programmes, such as Role of the Safety Advisor and Safety Advisor workshops.

Training Membership

Rowing Ireland highly recommends to our clubs that all members have this basic level of membership. To ensure all our members are covered for every eventuality and can access all our Rowing Ireland services.

  • Specialist rowing liability and personal accident insurance for all your training and racing at Rowing Ireland events
  • Access to Rowing Ireland Coaching courses and CPD training
  • Safeguarding and Child welfare courses
  • Entry to Rowing Ireland Virtual events
  • Entry to Rowing Ireland online webinars and seminars on various subjects relevant to your rowing needs
  • Access to Rowing Ireland Women in Rowing support networks and programmes

Coastal and Offshore Membership

Rowing Ireland recommend that all our Coastal/Offshore members take this membership out whether training or racing to ensure our members are covered for every eventuality.

  • Specialist rowing liability and personal accident insurance for all your training and racing at Rowing Ireland events
  • Access to Rowing Ireland Coaching courses and CPD training
  • Safeguarding and Child welfare courses
  • Entry to Rowing Ireland Virtual events
  • Entry to Rowing Ireland online webinars and seminars on various subjects relevant to your rowing needs

SCHEDULE OF COMPENSATION

PART A PERSONAL ACCIDENT or PERSONAL ACCIDENT and ILLNESS COMPENSATION PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF ACCIDENT

  • DEATH EUR 65,000
    Members aged 65 to 74 years: Benefits 1-6 limited to EUR 10,000
    Medical & Dental Expenses excess of EUR 500.00 each
    and every claim each insured person
    Members aged 75 to 85 years: Benefits 1-6 limited to EUR 5,000
    Medical & Dental Expenses deleted
  • Loss of sight in one or both eyes
  • Loss of one or both limbs
  • Permanent total loss of Speech
  • Permanent total loss of hearing
  • Permanent total disablement
  • Temporary total disablement
  • Medical expenses (limits and excess applies)
  • Physiotherapy (limits and excess applies)
  • Excluding the first €100 each and every claim

If in respect of such Medical Expenses and Dental Expenses the Assured or an Insured Person shall recover any payment under any other insurance, the Underwriters shall only be liable for the difference between such recovery and the total cost of such expenses incurred, not exceeding
the Sum Insured shown above.

Excluding claims for Dental Expenses unless such expenses are incurred as a direct result of Bodily Injury sustained by an Insured Person due to an Accident to sound and natural teeth only.

Note all policies are subject to full terms and conditions laid out

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