With the Paris Paralympics a fond memory, pararowers around the world will be turning their sights to Los Angeles 2028! And one of the biggest boosts a pararower can get in their international career is the annual Para Rowing Foundation … Read More »
Super well-deserved congratulations to our very own Mark Dewdney for receiving the “Unsung Hero” award last night at the Variety Disability Sports awards for his community leadership in adaptive rowing. Also, huge congrats to Lauren Rowles and Gregg Stevenson as … Read More »
I wrote a previous post about “Erg Monorail Clamps” that were very simple and effective devices for turning an erg into a fixed seat for PR2 rowers (or other rowers who might want to row fixed seat). We also used … Read More »
14 intrepid RRC Ross rowing club MARS Stars and supporters advanced upon Turin this year, with high expectations after last year’s positive experiences. The welcome from Armida club that we received was even more heartfelt than last year … thank … Read More »
In a nod to the ever increasing popularity of Paralympic sport, Ocean Outdoor and Paralympic GB set up the first ever outdoor “Fanzones” for large group viewing of some of the big Paris events. Of course, pararowing featured highly in … Read More »
ALLEZ LES PARAS! The Paris Paralympic Regatta was not only a marvellous Olympics occasion, but it also showed the world just how strongly Great Britain supports disabled sport with GB’s success on the leaderboard in general and the complete domination … Read More »
British Rowing posted an article, “Supported adaptive rowing: A popular innovation”, written by yours truly, which provides an overview of this format which enables many rowers to row at all, and some adaptive rowers to row in a more satisfying … Read More »
The first and always one of the best – City of Oxford Regatta. Maybe it’s their many years of experience hosting adaptive racing on this August weekend that makes them so adept at supporting the events. Or maybe it’s their … Read More »
This year’s Maidenhead Regatta might have just marked the end of the bad weather year that started at last year’s Maidenhead event when high winds cancelled the adaptive (and junior) racing. By stark contrast, this year’s event was a gorgeous, … Read More »
The Home International Regatta has long supported adaptive rowing and is one the main opportunities for pararowers in the UK to get a taste of “international” competition…when those nations are England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. This year’s event was the … Read More »