What are Yellow Cards and Red Cards?

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Yellow Card (warning): given to a rower, crew or coach by a member of the Jury for a rule infraction. It is announced as "name of crew/club/coach, offense, Yellow Card". A Yellow Card given after a race applies to the next round the crew competes in. A crew with two Yellow Cards that apply to the same race automatically receives a Red Card and is excluded from the event. Red Card: excludes the crew from all rounds of the event. Causes include interference with another crew, disorderly conduct, unfair play or unsporting behaviour, and a Red Card may be issued without two Yellow Cards first. An excluded crew is not ranked. Disqualification is more serious: it removes a crew from all events in the regatta (serious or repeated infractions, serious safety violations, intentional cheating and similar). Relegation places a crew last in the race and is used only where the rules provide for it, for example deadweight not placed close to the coxswain. (Rule 10.17)