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 »
British Rowing recently joined a Paralympic Discover Day in Liverpool supported by Runcorn Adaptive Lead Faye Stewart. Faye supported the previous event in Birmingham and kindly shared her account with us: “It was a very busy day at the stand. … Read More »
“Hearing from two neurodivergent rowers was eye-opening for me and the highlight of my day.” – coach from Nottingham sharing his top takeaway in the final plenary session British Rowing held its annual Coaching Conference this past weekend at the … Read More »
The Para Rowing Foundation announced its slates of invitees to its annual Intensive Training programme which included both athlete Isaac Clarkson (above) from Stratford-upon-Avon and coach Ben Marsden (below) from Marlow. · “The PRF Intensive Training is a six-day residential … Read More »
The British Indoor Rowing Championship 2024 at NEC, Birmingham was the biggest in its history with over 100 competitors (including competitors from Ireland and Malta) in 57 adaptive events from 24 clubs (a 5 not in clubs). The elephant in … Read More »
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 »