The adaptive regatta (ie. event with an array of adaptive racing) season has culminated a bit later this year with the re-surgent Stratford-upon-Avon Junior Regatta this past weekend (while it is called “Junior” and was originally limited to juniors, they … Read More »
Despite over a year of lock-down erging, some folks just can’t get enough and have jumped back on the rowing machine for the British Virtual Indoor Championships which were held live and streamed on YouTube this past week. The event … Read More »
A massive week for British pararowing at the Tokyo 2021 Paralympic Regatta with sterling results from all of our heroes: Kingsley Ijomah, PR1 1x (NGR) – Kingsley was one of the UK adaptive/pararowing community who laboured to achieve his dream … Read More »
How many regattas do you know where 20% of the races are determined by BOW BALL finishes (and half the races are within a single boat length)? The intensity of the competition was just one highlight to the City of … Read More »
Maidenhead has once again set the high bar for exceptional adaptive/pararowing racing at its 2021 Maidenhead Regatta. Its success is a credit to the club (Maidenhead RC has long exuded a culture of generous congeniality and slick organization), and its … 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 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 »