Rowing Management Software for Irish Clubs
Boat booking, training sessions, attendance, crew lineups, member portal, regatta entries and committee reporting in one platform. Built for Rowing Ireland clubs from the Lee to the Liffey, plus clubs across the UK, US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Replaces spreadsheets, WhatsApp polls and paper sign-out sheets.
Built for clubs affiliated with Rowing Ireland, plus British Rowing, USRowing, Rowing Australia, Rowing Canada Aviron and Rowing New Zealand. Live at Oundle Town Rowing Club.
What does Row HQ take off a volunteer committee?
The chasing. Garda vetting status and expiry dates sit against each coach instead of in a folder somebody has to find. Subs, boat booking, crew assignment and Rowing Ireland membership all run off one roster, and jobs can be delegated so no single volunteer is the only person who knows how it works. Free for clubs with up to 20 active members.
Irish clubs run on volunteers, and the paperwork knows it
Almost every Irish club is run by people doing it around a job. The captain is a volunteer, the treasurer is a volunteer, and so is whoever ends up holding the Garda vetting file for the junior coaches. That last one is not optional and it is not a spreadsheet job: it is a compliance record with expiry dates that somebody has to be able to produce on request.
Stack Rowing Ireland affiliation returns, federation regatta entries, subs in euro and selection for the Irish Championships on top, and the admin quietly becomes a second job for three or four people. Row HQ exists to shrink that load: vetting status and safety records held against the member rather than in a folder, entries and crews built from the same roster, and enough delegation that no single volunteer is the only person who knows how anything works. See the features in detail.
Built for Rowing Ireland affiliated clubs
Garda vetting, coaching qualifications and water-safety records sit in the same member file as your boat bookings and crews.
Garda vetting status for junior coaches
Vetting status and renewal date recorded against each coach and volunteer working with juniors, with expiry flags. Your children's officer can see at a glance who is cleared, without chasing a paper file.
Rowing Ireland membership on the member record
Membership category, number and renewal date on every member. Pull a lapsed-members report before the head season and send renewal reminders from the same screen.
Coaching qualifications and water safety
Coaching awards, swim competency and capsize drill dates stored per person. A member without a current water-safety record is flagged before a coach can put them afloat.
Regatta and head entries
Build crews for Irish Rowing Championships, heads and club regattas, with an eligibility check on membership and safety records before you enter.
What we do not claim
Row HQ does not sync automatically with Rowing Ireland's membership system. No public API exists for club software to read or write that data, so no third-party system can. Row HQ gives you one place to hold it alongside your bookings and crews. Member communications are built to respect Irish ePrivacy consent rules. Read the full detail on Rowing Ireland and Row HQ.
The Real Headaches Running an Irish Rowing Club
Community clubs, secondary school programmes, university boat clubs, masters squads - you already know these problems.
The Daily Reality
The Row HQ Solution
Sound familiar?
Built by a rowing club, not a vendor
We row. We also write software. Every feature in Row HQ exists because we got sick of the same problems Irish clubs have. See what other clubs think.
Water Time First
Get crews on the water faster. Spend less time on admin.
Real Club Experience
10+ years rowing at clubs from university to masters level
Proper Software
Built by professional engineers, not cobbled together in a spreadsheet
We Use It Too
This runs at our own club. We are our own first users.
"We kept losing track of who was coming to outings and which boats were free. Spreadsheets weren't cutting it anymore, so we built this."
What your club gets
Training schedules, boat bookings, member management, event coordination. All in one web-based system. See it in action.
Session Management
Schedule outings and ergs, take attendance, assign coaches. Members confirm with one tap.
Boat Booking and Fleet
Live availability with conflict prevention, plus damage reports and maintenance logs.
Crew Formation
Drag-and-drop crews, saved lineups, availability checks, and separate coach permissions.
Regatta and Head Entries
Championship and club regatta entries, crew sheets and eligibility checks in one place.
Member Portal
Members keep their own details current and see which crew and boat they are in.
Committee Reporting
Attendance, fleet usage and club activity over time, ready for the committee.
Your Club Branding
Your colours, your logo, your own subdomain. It looks like your club, not like us.
Notifications
Message the whole club or one squad, built to respect ePrivacy consent.
Videos and Resources
Technique videos, safety procedures and club policies where members can find them.
Pricing
Monthly or annual. No contracts. No setup fees. See full pricing details.
Frequently asked by Irish clubs
Looking for more? Visit our full FAQ page.
Rowing management software handles the operational work specific to running an Irish rowing club: training session attendance, boat booking with conflict prevention, crew lineups, member portals, regatta entries through Rowing Ireland and other federations, and committee reporting. It differs from generic club software because it understands that members train in crews, that boat conflicts can pull an entire eight off the water, and that selection for the Irish Championships needs a lineup builder rather than a calendar invite. Row HQ is rowing club management software built for clubs that were running on spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups.
Most clubs go live within a day. We handle the data migration.
We import it for you. Spreadsheets, member lists, boat inventories - send it over and we will get it into the system.
Yes. Set different permissions, schedules and boat access per squad.
It checks boat availability before confirming. If someone else has the boat, you can't book it.
Yes. Small clubs tend to get the most out of it because they have fewer volunteers to handle admin.
Founder-led email support during business hours, plus documentation and video tutorials. Same-day response on weekdays.
Yes. It works in any mobile browser. You can add it to your home screen.
TLS 1.3 in transit, AES-256 at rest, daily backups, a secure UK data centre with cross-border safeguards, role-based access. Designed around GDPR and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018. We never share your data.
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