Prior to moving to Cardiff Bay, Welsh Rowing hosted the event outside Wales on a number of occasions in both Strathclyde and Ghent.

In December 2019 a new format was introduced, to reduce the overall team size, improve competition for places, ensuring that the best rowers get the opportunity to represent their country, and helping to support a more aspirational performance pathway event.

[3] In December 2021, with the growth of the Beach Sprint format internationally and the prospect of the format being introduced to the 2028 LA Olympics it was agreed amongst the Home Nations to introduce a new event the Home International Rowing Beach Sprints (HIRBS).

'# Hosted by English Rowing The last 4 columns refer to the overall winner in each of the event categories: Senior Men (SM), Senior Women (SW), Junior Men (JM), and Junior Women (JW).

The match winners are found from calculating the total number of points won by each country in each section (e.g.