Neil and Finlay Lawson, City of Oxford Only in England do you have the nicest day of the year and still end up cancelling an event because it’s too wet. Marlow Spring Regatta was lining up to be the biggest … Read More »
James Burrows, Norwich RC The first every national-level junior rowing event was featured by the Junior Sculling Regatta at Dorney Lake yesterday. The event was introduced to cover a number of events not able to be included in the annual … Read More »
Sally Hopewell, Marlow, PR1 What started as a generous courtesy has turned into one of the biggest and most important events of the UK adaptive rowing calendar – Phyllis Court Invitation Time Trial. Several years ago, Guildford Adaptive Coach and … Read More »
The sun is shining, the weather and water are warming, daylight savings has added an hour to our evenings, and it is time to emerge from the bowels of the gym and winter land training. The unofficial coda to the … Read More »
National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships (NJIRC) claims that it is the “World’s biggest national indoor rowing competition,” but it is also by far the biggest adaptive rowing competition I have ever seen in the UK. At most adaptive events, you … Read More »
In the depths of winter land training (shorter daylight hours, colder water, and faster water all keeping most training off the water), a number of Indoor Rowing events are livening up the steady diet of erg pieces with some competition … Read More »
For much of the UK, the winter months are focused on indoor training especially for the adaptive rowers. The colder water temperatures and the faster flowing rivers spike the risk assessment dangers. This temperature risk will often tip the balance … Read More »
Scott Jones 2000m world record The biggest adaptive/pararowing event on the British rowing calendar – British Indoor Rowing Championships set all sorts of high water marks (even without the actual water) for adaptive rowing. The event is one of the … Read More »
How do I add Adaptive Events to our Regatta? Adaptive rowing is more and more popular with more races than ever. And just in the past month, I’ve spoken with Sudbury RC and Worcester RC who are looking to add … Read More »
Adaptive racing has traditionally been a solitary affair. Due to limitations on number of the athletes as well as reconciling diverse impairments, nearly all adaptive regatta events have been in single sculls. Also, due to adaptive rowing still being in … Read More »