Kingsley Ijomah is one UK adaptive and pararowing’s great pioneers. He came up through the ranks of community adaptive rowing (most of the long time British adaptive community will have competed with him) to progress to the Paralympics in Tokyo … Read More »
Marlow RC had the privilege of hosting Kenyan Pararower for the months of August through September on the initiation of the Pararowing Foundation (PRF). Asiya Mohammed competed in the Tokyo 2021 Paralympics and had aspirations of improving her results in … Read More »
Kate Lindgren not only showed how someone with visual impairment (VI) can row, but also how they can excel in the sport without even competing (see photo below). She was awarded Peterborough RC’s Captain’s trophy for ladies who have inspired … Read More »
While the latest pararowing stars from Tokyo are getting all of the press lately, AdaptiveRowingUK was privileged to get an exclusive interview with Rob Holliday, one of UK’s pararowing pioneers. Rob rowed for GB through 2005 years before pararowing had … Read More »
All the Paralympians are heroes, but Kingsley Ijomah is a special kind of hero to the UK adaptive community. His achievement has been accomplished with, through and supported by club rowing. We have all followed his odyssey with enthusiasm. His … Read More »
British Rowing features a profile on Amelia Jones, junior PR3-PD at Marlow RC, in their August newsletter out today (unfortunately only available to British Rowing members). She was a prominent rower at Great Marlow School until she suffered a brain … Read More »
Paddy Wilkins invited me to do a podcast about Adaptive and Pararowing for the Pulse School series which provided an opportunity to share my experiences about the sport in a more conversational manner. I share my rowing background, the … Read More »
British Rowing support for adaptive/pararowing has hit an inflection point recently and the key to this responsiveness and initiative are the people who make it happen. A linchpin to this progress is Community Support Manager Jo Atkinson. Jo is another … Read More »
Over my years in adaptive/pararowing, I have confronted many myth-conceptions about the sport. One of the most prominent is that British Rowing (BR) isn’t doing much to support it. Relative to the number of participants (dozens of adaptives versus thousands … Read More »
Photo courtesy of USRowing Universities are probably the strongest source for recruiting and resource for nurturing the highest standard of rowing talent in the world, and yet, pararowing at universities is virtually non-existent. Years ago, the boats that went onto … Read More »