Funding an adaptive/para program is a good-news/bad-news situation. The good news is that fundraising for adaptive equipment is some of the easiest fundraising a boat club will do. The bad news is that adaptive rowing needs lots of funding for … Read More »
The International Mixed Ability Sports organisation hosted the first ever “Virtual Rowing Festival” last week which strove to push the boundaries of inclusivity in the sport of rowing as far as possible. Here is an overview of the event from … Read More »
This week the International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) organisation hosted its first ever “Mixed Ability Sports Virtual Rowing Festival” which extends the range of inclusion in rowing even further than conventional “adaptive” classifications. I will follow this post with a … Read More »
Arielle Torres developed a transradial rowing prosthesis as part of her final project for her master’s in Mechanical Engineering at Nottingham University. Once she had developed a prototype, she approached Marlow RC’s BEA PR3-PD Kirsty Mason to provide user feedback … Read More »
Many crews are adaptive squads are back on the water, but in the “in like a lion” weather has kept many off still. So it’s a bit more erging, but fortunately Concept2 are continuing to sponsor a range of competitive … Read More »
The government’s lockdown roadmap announced at the beginning of the month featured a special consideration for disabled sport, but with all of the complex guidelines those exemptions have caused a bit of confusion. Since released, I have been doing as … Read More »
Marlow PR1 Sally has another tip for fixed seat erg trainers to reduce unstrapping and manoeuvring to retrieve your handle training for those virtual competitions. Even when the handle is on the notch closer to her feet, she has to … Read More »
The latest virtual competition was this past weekend’s Bewl Bridge Virtual Regatta which not only added adaptive categories, but also ran the event in the most convenient way imaginable. No fancy software to integrate with. No specific timings to coordinate. … Read More »
As the lockdown carries on like some interminable UT2 marathon erg session, more clubs are introducing virtual rowing events to put your in-home training to the test. One of the dividends of these “ergattas” is that it is quite straightforward … Read More »
In addition to their Zoom screens, Naomi Riches MBE and Kingsley Ijomah were featured in a television broadcast of Tony Robinson’s new series “The Secret Life of the Thames”. Robinson goes up and down the Thames to explore its remarkable … Read More »