Steve Bloyce is one of the longer-standing pararowers in the Thames Valley area. He rowed for Maidenhead for the adaptive and senior squads. He’s contributed to Adaptive Rowing UK before about arm impairments (“Arm Impairment Physio Odyssey”) and now he … Read More »
Wales hosted the first adaptive coastal events in the UK – Supported Adaptive 2x and Supported Adaptive 4x. One of the athletes, a leader in the Community Adaptive Group, Sophie Harris of Mayflower RC reported on the proceedings: “It was … Read More »
The Pararowing Foundation supports adaptive athletes pursue their ambitious around the world and the UK has been fortunately enough to have several of its athletes attend its annual training camp in Avizaqcua Team Center in Avis, Portugal. In 2019, (on … Read More »
photo credit: All Mark One The Junior Inter-Regional Regatta is one of the major national event on the British junior rowing calendar and this year it again featured an adaptive race to ick off the proceedings. This year’s weather was … Read More »
It’s mid-March and another Marlow training session is cancelled due to risk assessment today (ie. recent weather has made our section of the Thames too fast and too cold, and also the wind if moderate as well as against the … Read More »
The National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships are the biggest adaptive rowing event of the year in the UK. 2023’s return to live competition also brought not only a record number of adaptive entries (143), but also expanded to a two-venue … Read More »
This week British Rowing announced its “Just Start With One” programme to promote adaptive rowing in UK clubs. Their announcement “New funding available to help clubs offer adaptive rowing” introduced the initiative: “Adaptive rowing is a daily part of rowing … Read More »
More and more adaptive competitions are introducing adaptive rowing in a range of formats. The latest was the MBC Molesey Marathon which welcomed adaptive crews this year: “This glorious winter’s day saw 25 crews of 125 people from 8 clubs … Read More »
British Rowing has published a fine article with their monthly newsletter in February on adaptive seating – “Indoor rowing machine adaptations for adaptive rowers” by Annie Vernon. I’ve done several posts on adaptive seats, but this piece is a very … Read More »
One of my first objectives for the Adaptive Rowing UK website was to provide a comprehensive set of (a) adaptive clubs, and (b) adaptive competitions (see sidebar) in the UK. But some of the most exciting adaptive rowing opportunities for … Read More »