photo credit: All Mark One The Junior InterRegional Regatta is one of the premier national competitions on the junior rowing calendar and their support of adaptive rowing has grown steading over the years culminating in this past week’s highpoint. After … Read More »
As we head into adaptive racing season, British Rowing’s Safety Advisor Stephen Worley has included a very helpful “Rescuing Adaptive Rowers at Competitions” in his monthly safety report: Events for rowers who need adaptations are being increasingly integrated into “normal” … Read More »
The National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships (NJIRC) set new highwater marks for its already premier position as the biggest adaptive rowing event in the UK: MULTI-VENUE – The event had its first ever dual location event – Leeds and London … Read More »
As highlighted in my post “Welcoming Adaptive Rowers” a wide range of support is available to clubs to assist with any requirements for introducing an adaptive rower to the club. The latest comes from the Community Adaptive Group (CAG) which … 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 »
So you didn’t make the GB Paralympic squad? What are your options for exceptional, elite-level competition in adaptive/pararowing if the Paralympics are now off the table? Whether you are striving for elite pararowing achievements so just looking for a 2024 … 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 »
After a 3-year COVID-induced hiatus, BRIC is Back! With a new mid-country friendly venue of the NEC Birmingham to make it easier to access for a large geographic area, it hosted 46 events compared to the 19 during its 2021 … Read More »
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 »
The latest “Can You Row With…” post comes from Paola and Ian Ward, who themselves have taken their adaptive rowing partnership international with competitions in Cork, Ireland and Turin, Italy. Paola’s son Ian has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) so she … Read More »