The high profile Junior Inter-Regional Regatta featured adaptive racing for the first time ever. Top young athletes from all around the country are assembled into regional teams for a competitve derby. The conditions were so severe that later in the … Read More »
And it’s back! After a two-year hiatus, the Phyllis Court Time Trial has kicked off the 2022 adaptive/pararowing season in the UK with the biggest entry yet. The folks at Phyllis Court did their sterling job of organising and supporting … Read More »
Marlow RC hosted a panel of Paralympians at its recent One Club event who shared there very personal perspectives on their most unique Pandemic Paralympics. Ellen Buttrick – Paralympic and World Champion coxing the PR3 4+ Ben Pritchard – World … Read More »
The pandemic spurred a boost in indoor rowing (you couldn’t find a rowing machine for love nor money) as well as online/remote competitions. The National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships went virtual last year and, despite the lockdown relaxation, decided to … Read More »
The indoor rowing season continues with this past weekend’s Scottish Indoor Rowing Championships. Again, We Are Invictus (4 wins) and Marlow (3 wins) led the para/adaptive table. Noteworthy performances by Ella Holloway of Marlow who set the PR3 Scottish records … Read More »
While live competition is back, many (if not all) of the Indoor Rowing competitions, including this past weekend’s top event – the British Rowing Indoor Championships (BRIC), have opted to remain virtual for the time being. A silver lining to … Read More »
One of the pandemic silver linings has been the surge of remote work and play over digital video conferencing, and this shift helps adaptive rowing. One of the long standing challenges of adaptive rowing was securing a critical mass of … Read More »
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 »