The trials for Team England took place this weekend at the Nottingham rowing lake with another strong line-up of men and women pararowers looking to sport country colours. Nottingham is renowned for its breezes, but this day was a tailwind … Read More »
Marlow Town Regatta has emerged as the closest thing to the Henley Royal experience for all adaptive rowers (Women’s Henley is all the more so, obviously, but just for pararowing women) – enclosure with throngs of dressed-up spectators, commentary, special … Read More »
Many people applaud the clubs and individuals who are supporting adaptive rowing for their generous altruism, but in reality, adaptive rowing provides many self-serving benefits to the club and its members. Support Rowing – Support Rowing is where a non-adaptive … Read More »
Alan Titmarsh’s ITV show “Love Your Weekend” has been doing a series of pieces on things to do along the Thames and this week featured Marlow Rowing Club showing that rowing is something absolutely anyone and everyone can do with … Read More »
And we’re off…well in the Thames Valley at least with the first adaptive regatta events of the season at Marlow Spring Regatta. The unfortunate cancellation of this year’s traditional Phyllis Court Time Trial put moved the kick off this weekend. … Read More »
The Junior InterRegional Regatta (JIRR) has been the highest profile junior regatta with adaptive racing. This is an important and early testing ground of lane racing for the pararowing youth aspiring to the Brisbane Paralympics in 2032. It is also … Read More »
The Duke of Edinburgh (DoE) Award is perhaps the most prestigious high profile award a British young person can aspire to. It requires a breadth of achievement in four sections: Service, Skills, Physical Recreation, and an Expedition. The sport of … Read More »
The “Can you row with…” series has featured a number of UK adaptive athletes talking about their specific impairments and how they manage and adapt their rowing to their conditions. To date, all the pieces have been exclusives to Adaptive … Read More »
The National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships has long established itself as the largest UK adaptive “rowing” event in the UK (and as far as my research can confirm…the world). Despite a number of website and registration problems (which left a … Read More »
This week UK adaptive rowing lost one of its longstanding and staunchest champions – Andy Weekes. Andy contributed to the sport in many ways as a rower, coach and umpire, but his leadership in adaptive rowing from its earliest days … Read More »