Thrill! to the sight of some of Britain's best athletes straining every sinew in their bodies!Rub! shoulders with these same athletes due to the way the championship operates on a no heat system!Marvel! at how so many people put themselves through the wringer year after year and SEEM TO ENJOY IT!Roll Your Eyes! as the theme to Chariots of Fire gets played for the umpty-umpth time!Yes, it's back, bigger, bolder and better than ever before, it's the (deep breath) British Indoor Rowing Championship! Taking place this year on November 26th, everything's now starting to move into top gear for the premier event in the British indoor rowing calendar. We've got some big name rowers competing, both from home and from abroad, as well as some special guests. Steve Trapmore, the stroke of the Men's Eight that so thrillingly won gold at the Olympics, has promised to pop down to present some of the prizes, as well as a number of other celebrities who we hope to announce a bit closer to the date.In other exciting British Indoor Rowing Championship related news…The next couple of days will see the launch of our whizzy new championship web site which will be updated daily with all the latest news and entries. If you can't wait that long, our current page (http://www.therowingcompany.com/v4/brit_champ_r.htm) contains both an HTML and PDF version of the entry form as well as results and reports from last year. While we're on the subject of entry forms: the deadline for this year is November 8th and if you want to earn yourself a couple of extra brownie points, try and get the entry form in as early as possible. Also, at the bottom of each entry form there's a section asking you to fill in your sporting background. Make sure you fill this in, as not only is it used by the race commentators, but we'll be posting up everybody's comments on our new BIRC web site.