Following the establishment of Malta Rowing Federation in its present format in Summer 2025, a decision was made that all rowers and para rowers wishing to be considered for selection to be part of “Team Malta” are to enrol on the National Performance Monitoring Programme (a mirror of the World Rowing programme).
Registered Rowers with one of the Federation Member Clubs who wish to be part of this monitoring programme are requested to inform their Club and make their formal request to the Federation Executive Board. Our Monitoring Programme is currently being piloted and will become fully mandatory shortly.
Test execution
(1) Set Drag Factor before the start of test with specific check procedure. These are the recommended factors:
| Open Senior Men | drag 135 |
| Light Weight Men & Junior Men | drag 125 |
| Open Senior Women | drag 120 |
| Light Weight Women & Junior Women | drag 110 |
(2) Set the Heart rate recording required equipment. At this “pilot” stage, this but not binding for the test but highly recommended as it will help us show an indication of improvement when compared with the values of future tests on the same subject.
(3) Do the tests as follows:
Day 1
Warm up 30 minutes +
1 x 150 meters max +
Active recovery 20 minutes +
1 x 2000 meters max +
Aerobic regeneration light rowing 40 minutes .
Day 2 (for rowers with up to 3 years rowing experience)
Warm up 30 minutes +
1x6Km SR22 +
Aerobic regeneration light rowing 8 minutes.
Day 2 (for rowers with 4-6 years rowing experience)
Warm up 30 minutes +
1x10Km at SR 22 +
Aerobic regeneration light rowing 8 minutes
NOTE: In order to have comparable tests, it would be ideal if all rowers do the tests in the morning, at the same day and time, and in a controlled environment at a constant temperature. At this “pilot” stage, this will not be mandatory and rowers are “free” to do the tests at a day/time/place of their choice.
Malta Rowing Federation 