CAUTION – Pontoon, or clubhouse, or any other lack of “accessibility” should NEVER be a rationale for NOT welcoming adaptive athletes. Accessibility in nearly all cases is an ease and convenience matter, not a safety one. And the difficulties can … Read More »
Unequal leg length (also termed leg length inequality, LLI or leg length discrepancy, LLD) is a disability where one leg is shorter than the other. This condition can be complicated by other presentations such as inflexibility in the impaired leg. … Read More »
One of the first steps in developing a more expansive adaptive rowing programme is to put in place a safety plan. Individuals with disabilities are formally a “vulnerable” cohort so attention to the risks that their impairments present is especially … Read More »
The annual Regatta for the Disabled (“R4D”) at Phyllis Court provided a sterling event of riverside and on the water activities to a crowd of folks representing a number of disability charities and special needs. Marlow Rowing Club also supported … Read More »
You can never have too many PR1 capsize drills (or insights into them). A PR1 capsize is the most hazardous event in the sport of rowing and the most complicated to mitigate. We held our latest Marlow PR1 capsize drill … Read More »
This year’s climactic event in the UK adaptive rowing calendar, City of Oxford Sprints, was made all the more poignant by honoring adaptive rowing pioneer from CORC, Andy Weekes. Andy Weekes was one of the very first trailblazers in the … Read More »
Brit Champs set a new high water mark for national adaptive racing with 14 competitors compared to 11 at last year’s benchmark event. On top of that the competitors featured the high-profile Blue Peter presenter Abby Cook who just took … Read More »
Maidenhead Regatta has long established itself as one of the premier events on the UK adaptive rowing calendar. The club culture has a pervasive inclusivity, the course is a quite straight and wide course for an upper Thames area, and … Read More »
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 »