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 “Can you row with…” series has featured a number of UK adaptive athletes talking about their specific impairments and how they manage and adapt their rowing to their conditions. To date, all the pieces have been exclusives to Adaptive … Read More »
The National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships has long established itself as the largest UK adaptive “rowing” event in the UK (and as far as my research can confirm…the world). Despite a number of website and registration problems (which left a … Read More »
This week UK adaptive rowing lost one of its longstanding and staunchest champions – Andy Weekes. Andy contributed to the sport in many ways as a rower, coach and umpire, but his leadership in adaptive rowing from its earliest days … Read More »
Despite the daffodils and crocuses peeking up above the ground, the Thames and other rivers levels – the bane of winter for the sport of rowing – have never been higher (surpassing 150 m3/sec last week – see video below). … 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 »
Ten years ago, Marlow Rowing Club set out to create the most accessible boat club in the UK. It opened our doors to see who walked/rolled in. At the outset, it was just one athlete, Ben Marsden (now one of … 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 »
Working together is a great way to inspire the strongest progress. Working alone means we have to overcome the extra burden of loneliness and tedium in addition to the exertion. Furthermore, committing to doing something with others is a well-known … Read More »
The British Indoor Rowing Championship (BRIC) 2025 at NEC, Birmingham is the pinnacle event for the adaptive community in the UK. Nothing matches it for participation, support, energy and profile. 52 events with nearly 100 entries The increase in the … Read More »