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 »
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 »
It seems that with regatta season over and the cold weather short day period descending on Britain, the prime adaptive rowing opportunities are abroad. Sudbury’s Sophie Brown returned to the hallowed Head of the Charles Regatta this past weekend to … Read More »
Special report from Chair of the Community Adaptive Group Mark Dewdney on the 2023 Mixed Ability Regatta in Turin: For the second year UK clubs attended the Mixed Ability regatta in Turin on 7th-8th Oct. The International Paralympic and Special … 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 »
I recently received an enquiry from a rowing coach who had an athlete with the condition and looking at the current British Rowing guidance on “Rowing and Epilepsy”, he sought a few clarifications. At first glance, the online BR advisory … Read More »
British Rowing has been investing more and more executive and organizational resources in the area of adaptive rowing over the past year or more. To drive and align this focus going forward, Director – Membership and Community Marieke Hagemans has … Read More »
A first report for the Runcorn Rowing Club Autumn Head which has added adaptive competition. Head racing has traditionally been quite limited for adaptive racers. Only 3 of the 32 UK adaptive events are head races. The long distance is … Read More »