Wales hosted the first adaptive coastal events in the UK – Supported Adaptive 2x and Supported Adaptive 4x. One of the athletes, a leader in the Community Adaptive Group, Sophie Harris of Mayflower RC reported on the proceedings: “It was … Read More »
photo credit: All Mark One The Junior Inter-Regional Regatta is one of the major national event on the British junior rowing calendar and this year it again featured an adaptive race to ick off the proceedings. This year’s weather was … Read More »
The National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships are the biggest adaptive rowing event of the year in the UK. 2023’s return to live competition also brought not only a record number of adaptive entries (143), but also expanded to a two-venue … Read More »
More and more adaptive competitions are introducing adaptive rowing in a range of formats. The latest was the MBC Molesey Marathon which welcomed adaptive crews this year: “This glorious winter’s day saw 25 crews of 125 people from 8 clubs … Read More »
This year’s British Universities and Colleges Sports (BUCS) Indoor Rowing Series, which took place over the month of November, featured a notable slate of adaptive competitors. Congrats to the athletes and the universities supporting adaptive sport.
The City of Oxford RC is the earliest pioneer of club adaptive rowing, and yet after decades innovating, they have still found news ways to extend the sport. Their coach Hannah Germain and UK’s most veteran adaptive rower Rachael Lunney … Read More »
“Oxford” is half of one of the world’s oldest and most famous amateur sporting events (“The Boat Race”), but through the City of Oxford Royal Regatta, it is the also the heart of one of the UK’s oldest and most … Read More »
It doesn’t get much better than this. A glorious summer’s day, an impeccably organized event, exceptional support for the adaptive athletes. Just another great Maidenhead Regatta. A couple of aspects stood out this particular time around. First, was the smoothness … Read More »
The Home International Regatta (HIR) is most UK pararowers’ first taste of ‘international’ competition. The ‘nations’ are the four home nations of the UK – England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. UK Paralympians Kingsley Ijomah and Benjamin Pritchard both had … Read More »
The Stratford Upon Avon adaptive squad is trailblazing international frontiers for UK adaptive rowing with their trip this past week to the International Mixed Ability Sport regatta in Cork, Ireland. They were joined by crews from England, Ireland and Italy … Read More »