photo courtesy of Ben Marsden After years of COVID and high waters, Marlow Spring Regatta finally returned in full spring glory with sunshine and a full day of fine competition. With the Phyllis Court Time Trial providing a solid basis … Read More »
British Rowing has recently published its updated “Row Safe: Safety Advice for Rowers, Clubs and Competitions” by Stephen Worley including a major overhaul of the section on Adaptive Rowing. CAG Chairperson Mark Dewney and others in the community contributed significantly … Read More »
The National Junior InterRegional Regatta is a major fixture on the UK’s national junior competition which has been promoting is adaptive racing for a number of years culminating in the biggest and most competitive adaptive events ever this weekend. British … Read More »
Marlow junior pararower, Adam Hussain, has one leg considerably shorter than the other and it also unable to bend it creating a considerably issue in his erging stability. Despite securing a World Record for his age group as BRIC this … Read More »
Starting from a humble invitation by Phyllis Court to include a couple of adaptive rowers in its traditional spring time trial, this cornerstone event in the adaptive community has grown through Phyllis Court’s generous support to the largest annual adaptive … Read More »
Marlow Adaptive Juniors doing their NJIRC pieces Back to the nostalgic days of COVID. Allows the competition to be even more inclusive by removing geographical barriers to competing. The innovation expanded the event to a record 7,664 competitors featuring 209 … Read More »
The Para Rowing Foundation recently concluded its annual Foundation Intensive event in Portugal with support from a number of prominent individuals from the UK taking part: Isaac Clarkson, athlete, Stratford Upon Avon Court Clarkson, observing coach, Stratford Upon Avon Ben … Read More »
An increasing number of outreach events are being supported by both British Rowing and the Community Adaptive Group. BR has produced a survey for some of those coming up where we are looking for people to help out if they … Read More »
The past decade or more of the UK’s growth and international pre-eminence in Pararowing has been largely due to the overall growth and awareness of parasport from a negligible outset to critical mass with an inflection point with the 2012 … Read More »
Pararowing is the pinnacle of rowing with a disability on the world stage with formal classification of the impairments, but the biggest area of disability in the sport is Adaptive rowing which refers to a broader range of impairments and … Read More »