Paddy Wilkins invited me to do a podcast about Adaptive and Pararowing for the Pulse School series which provided an opportunity to share my experiences about the sport in a more conversational manner. I share my rowing background, the … Read More »
British Rowing support for adaptive/pararowing has hit an inflection point recently and the key to this responsiveness and initiative are the people who make it happen. A linchpin to this progress is Community Support Manager Jo Atkinson. Jo is another … Read More »
The minimum bar for accessibility is quite low, but the maximum bar is limitless. Rowing clubs often get overly apprehensive about not having accessible enough facilities to support adaptive rowing, but most disabled athletes deal with inaccessibility every day of … Read More »
And we’re back! Marlow Town Regatta hosted the first outdoor adaptive racing for nearly 2 years! The event brought most of the top adaptive clubs of Southern England – Guildford, Marlow, Stourport, Stratford-upon-Avon, Sudbury. Due to COVID restrictions, the event … Read More »
British Rowing published its “Adaptive Rowing Club Guide” covering all aspects of adaptive and pararowing from starting a programme to running regatta events. I was pleased to help with the drafting and editing of this much need resource (and the … Read More »
Attaching rigger pontoons is the conventional approach to adding some stability to a single scull for an adaptive rower who (a) might have balance issues, or (b) might be more vulnerable (eg. fixed seat). But Wraptor has a product called … Read More »
Rowing is physically one of the most inclusive sports there is. This is because it is a whole-body sport. As a result, if some part of the body (nearly any part) is impaired, you can still use the rest of … Read More »
Over my years in adaptive/pararowing, I have confronted many myth-conceptions about the sport. One of the most prominent is that British Rowing (BR) isn’t doing much to support it. Relative to the number of participants (dozens of adaptives versus thousands … Read More »
It takes more than a pandemic to stop the UK’s biggest adaptive rowing event – the National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships. Like most of the rowing world, the NJIRC went virtual this year including a streaming a number of accompanying … Read More »
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 »