2025 Sin City Erg Report

The Gay + Lesbian Rowing Federation hosted its fourth indoor rowing event, the Sin City Erg, on Sunday, 19 January 2025, in Las Vegas, United States.  The event is part of the multi-sport festival known as the Sin City Classic.  The event draws over 8,000 participants who compete in 24 (at last count) sport and club tourneys, and is the largest annual LGBTQ+ sporting event in the world.

Framed as the Global LGBTQ+ Indoor Rowing Event, the 2025 Sin City Erg was held in the gymnasium of the Cambridge Recreation Center.  Twenty-one ergs were laid out in a two-row semicircle that faced a large projection screen.  A total of 61 events were offered in 1X, 2X, 4X, 8X, PR1, PR2, and PR3, for men, women, and non-binary genders.  The team events use a feature of the Concept2 race software that allows multiple participants to race as one boat. 

A total of 20 participants competed across 37 entries in 8 events:

·         Over 44 men

·         Over 44 women

·         Under 45 men

·         Under 45 women

·         Open Women

·         Open Men

·         Team 2X Under 45 men

·         Team 2X Under 45 women

Participants hailed from Washington, Maryland, Florida, California, and Nevada.

Medals were awarded for 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd places. 

The 2025 Sin City Erg marked the first active use of the Regattas+ listing feature on the GLRF website.  Take a look. GLRF members added themselves to Members Going.  Images were uploaded to albums. Results were added to Files. Comments were posted. The Seat Search feature was used for a Team 4X event.

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