As British Rowing prepares for the next Paralympic cycle, A key first step is to invite prospective new pararowers for trial. As a precursor to this process, Paralympic High Performance Coach Nick Baker and Performance Development Coach James Loveday ran … Read More »
How many regattas do you know where 20% of the races are determined by BOW BALL finishes (and half the races are within a single boat length)? The intensity of the competition was just one highlight to the City of … Read More »
A capsize is always the most dangerous event for any rower and for pararowers it is all the more fraught with risk. The best way to minimise the impact of the risk (because capsizes will happen no matter how steady … Read More »
This post comes to you courtesy of British Rowing’s Paralympic Pathway Coach Ella Willott. As it happens, Ella was the one who first established the adaptive/pararowing programme at the Marlow RC including recruiting me as a volunteer to run it … Read More »
GB PR1 Andy Houghton demonstrating AS capsize on British Rowing website Marlow Rowing Club held one of its periodic capsize drills last month and had a chance to drill three of our fixed seat athletes. Some people think PR1 is … Read More »