It seems that with regatta season over and the cold weather short day period descending on Britain, the prime adaptive rowing opportunities are abroad. Sudbury’s Sophie Brown returned to the hallowed Head of the Charles Regatta this past weekend to … Read More »
Special report from Chair of the Community Adaptive Group Mark Dewdney on the 2023 Mixed Ability Regatta in Turin: For the second year UK clubs attended the Mixed Ability regatta in Turin on 7th-8th Oct. The International Paralympic and Special … Read More »
A first report for the Runcorn Rowing Club Autumn Head which has added adaptive competition. Head racing has traditionally been quite limited for adaptive racers. Only 3 of the 32 UK adaptive events are head races. The long distance is … Read More »
The Regatta for the Disabled has been running at Phyllis Court in Henley for many year to provide a summertime regatta festivity specifically catering to disabled individuals in the area. Not unlike the co-located Royal Regatta, the focus has been … Read More »
The City of Oxford Regatta is one of the premier adaptive/para events in the racing calendar and its anticipation was all the more keen with the cancellation of 3 major adaptive events this year. As usual, CORC did not disappoint … Read More »
The British Rowing Offshore Championship featured the a ‘Supported Adaptive 4+’ (2 adaptive rowers and 2 non-adaptive rowers) for the first time ever with 6 clubs participating: Stratford-upon-Avon, Coastal Barbarians, Mayflower Offshore, Exmouth, Fishguard & Goodwick Jemima and Llandaff. Community … Read More »
Wheelpower National Junior Games included rowing this year with a pre-event opportunity for athletes to try the rowing machine out: “The National Junior Games has been running for over 30 years and during this time many thousands of children and … Read More »
Adaptive Rowing in the UK keeps growing and, fortunately, with more athletes comes more opportunities for getting together and competing. The latest addition to the adaptive rowing calendar is the Llandaff Regatta which held its first ever adaptive races last … Read More »
Henley Royal Regatta honoured City of Oxford Rowing Club’s 25 year anniversary of adaptive rowing with a row-by during the Sunday festivities. CORC was the first UK club to offer adaptive rowing in the UK. To mark the occasion, CORC … Read More »
Finally! We are back competing on the water. After ruining our traditional maiden events of Phyllis Court Time Trials and Marlow Spring Regatta, the weather gods paid us back with interest with one of the most glorious regatta days in … Read More »