The Duke of Edinburgh (DoE) Award is perhaps the most prestigious high profile award a British young person can aspire to. It requires a breadth of achievement in four sections: Service, Skills, Physical Recreation, and an Expedition. The sport of … Read More »
The Community Adaptive Group (CAG) was started in 2018 by several of the clubs leading the emerging adaptive rowing activity in the UK, eg. City of Oxford, Guildford, Maidenhead, Marlow, Stratford-upon-Avon. Since its inception, it has been heroically chaired by … Read More »
2025 provided another clear-blue water step in the ongoing progress of developing adaptive rowing in the UK through the constantly growing support for it coming from may corners… COMPETITION SUPPORT – 2025 really feels like an inflection point in Adaptive/Pararowing … Read More »
The past decade or more of the UK’s growth and international pre-eminence in Pararowing has been largely due to the overall growth and awareness of parasport from a negligible outset to critical mass with an inflection point with the 2012 … Read More »
British Rowing posted an article, “Supported adaptive rowing: A popular innovation”, written by yours truly, which provides an overview of this format which enables many rowers to row at all, and some adaptive rowers to row in a more satisfying … Read More »
This week, the Neuro-Diversity in Rowing Special Interest Group (a focused sub-group to the Community Adaptive Group, or “CAG”) held its first meeting (see photo above). It included a wide range of individuals with various interests and experience in the … Read More »
It’s never been easier to open your rowing club to the possibility of an adaptive athlete joining in. First and forecast, “welcoming” adaptive athletes’ inquiries, does NOT mean the following: That such inquiries will necessarily lead to joining – not … Read More »
Rebekah Knights rows for Llandaff Rowing Club and has been increasingly active in the adaptive rowing circuit. She shared some of her perspectives on rowing with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT): I’m Rebekah and I was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) when … Read More »
In the same September Safety update, Stephen Worley also included a piece on “Safety Advice for Blind Rowers” which I also contributed to (he also noted in the piece that advice for rowers supporting blind rowers is being drafted): I … Read More »
This weekend Marlow Rowing Club officially christened two additions to its para fleet courtesy of the Douglas Bader Foundation’s generous support who were there to join in the celebratory honours. The Douglas Bader Foundation mission aligns tightly to adaptive rowing: … Read More »