“Mixed Ability” rowing has been emerging as a third segment of disabled rowing – alongside “Pararowing” and “Adaptive Rowing” for a number of years now. While organisations like International Mixed Ability Sport (3 of IMAS’s 4 Ambassadors are from the … Read More »
“Life isn’t fair.” That’s what most of our mothers told us. It’s especially not fair to individuals with serious impairments. Actually, the sport of rowing seems to be a particularly unfair sport. At last year’s Henley Royal Regatta finals – … Read More »
More and more people are rowing with epilepsy and the adaptive rowing community has been supporting this growth with intensified information to help row safely. British Rowing relatively recently updated its guidance on rowing with epilepsy. A special interest sub-group … Read More »
More regattas are featuring more adaptive events than ever and this past weekend brought a bumper participation at Monmouth’s event. Thanks to roving reporters Stratford’s Mark Dewdney and Llandaff’s Rebekah Knight. “It was great to catch up with some familiar … Read More »
Invictus is the pre-eminent Indoor Rowing team in the UK, but don’t actually get on the water as a matter of course, but Invictus Coach, who is also the Adaptive/Pararowing Coach at Maidenhead Rowing Club and a lead member of … Read More »
The Stratford-upon-Avon RC adaptive squad, led by its intrepid leader Mark Dewdney, continue to pioneer new frontiers for UK adaptive rowing. After its roadtrip to Cork, Ireland for the International Mixed Ability Sports Regatta, they have now ventured even further … Read More »
Check out the comprehensive piece on Junior Adaptive Rowing in the UK by Junior Rowing News this month: “It would not be unfair to suggest that rowing has an issue with inclusion. This is not to say that there are … Read More »
This month’s online edition of Row360 included the opinion piece “Mixed Up” which Adaptive Rowing UK contributed to examine and promote “mixed ability” and competing in the sport of rowing. The piece looks at the history of especially (a) gender … Read More »
For a behind the scenes exploration of not just life at the Paralympics, but also the odyssey to get there, check out Row360’s cover profile on the UK’s own (Row360 is the premier magazine in the international rowing world) Kingsley … Read More »
With the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Regatta underway, you can follow the path to this paralympics with British Rowing’s set of three 30 minute videos, “The Road to Tokyo“, examining the rigours of elite training in the final run up to … Read More »