British IRC Hall OF Fame-----------------------------------------------------Since the first ever race back in 1991, the British IRC has played home to a number of great performers. The purpose of the Hall Of Fame is to remember those people who have helped to make the championship the biggest and most exciting mass-participation indoor event in British sport. There are eight people initially inducted into the Hall Of Fame. These are Cath Bishop, Arnold Cooke, Annamarie Dryden, Bert Leah, Matthew Pinsent, Pauline Rayner, Steve Redgrave and Andy Ripley. You can find out about their achievements at: http://www.therowingcompany.com/birc/hall_of_fame.php.However, as well as these eight, there are two remaining spots to be filled after a public vote. There are six available choices: Anna Bailey, Noel Frost, Su Larcombe, Sean Morris, Graham Price and Beth Rodford.People have until November 17th to choose their two preferences. You can find out more on the nominees at http://www.therowingcompany.com/birc/nominees.php while the Voting Booth is at http://www.therowingcompany.com/birc/fame.php. Entry Offers-----------------------------------------------------Quick reminder: the deadline for the championship is October 29th, so you've got just over two weeks to take part in the most exciting thing to happen indoors since the woman over the road put up some better curtains. Anyway; if for some reason you're still umming and arring over entering, there's a range of benefits to be had by doing so. In fact, entering the championship could save you £33.50 on stuff from the Concept 2 Shop (although you would have to buy three heart rate monitors for that to be true, which would just be odd). The entry offers are:Product, BIRC Offer, Normal PriceOarsome Foursome DVD, £12.49, £19.99Bernie Shrosbree's Inspired, £11.99, £17.99Polar F2 Heart Rate Monitor, £44.99, £54.99Polar A3 Heart Rate Monitor, £54.99, £59.99Polar A5 Heart Rate Monitor, £64.99, £69.99These offers are available from the website either after you enter on-line or, alternatively, by contacting Concept 2 on 0115 945 5522 during normal office hours with your entry details. Team Championship-----------------------------------------------------Also: the championship ain't just for individuals nowadays, with the introduction this year of the Redgrave Team Challenge. There are two categories in the challenge, J16 and Corporate/Fitness, with separate Men's and Women's competitions. The J16 event is open to anybody under the age of 16 as of August 31st, 2004, while the Corporate/Fitness event is open to all businesses, health clubs or fitness clubs. It is not open to rowing clubs, universities, or indoor rowing clubs. The event is a 1,000m challenge, with four Indoor Rowers joined together on the race system (which is to say, and heaven's knows we've spent twenty minutes tried to find a snappy way of saying this: each team has to row 4,000m overall, so while the fastest person in the team may row 1,100 metres, and the slowest person 900m, the entire team will finish as soon as they've cumulatively rowed 4,000m). Engraved tankards will be awarded to the first, second and third placed teams in each event, while a brand new Indoor Rower will be given to each of the four winning teams, so it's well worth entering. Oh, and the entire entry fee goes to the Sir Steve Redgrave Charitable Trust.For more details, and an entry form, visit http://www.therowingcompany.com/birc/teams.php Matthew Pinsent: A Lifetime In A Race-----------------------------------------------------A signed copy of Matthew Pinsent's well-received autobiography A Lifetime In A Race (go to http://www.steveredgrave.com/sections/sportsbite/index.pl?id=0168 to see the British IRC President give his review of it) will be given out to every gold medallist at the championship. As well as this, there will be 100 signed copies available to buy on the day on a first come, first served basis.