The National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships are the biggest adaptive rowing event of the year in the UK. 2023’s return to live competition also brought not only a record number of adaptive entries (143), but also expanded to a two-venue … 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 »
The high profile Junior Inter-Regional Regatta featured adaptive racing for the first time ever. Top young athletes from all around the country are assembled into regional teams for a competitve derby. The conditions were so severe that later in the … Read More »
The pandemic spurred a boost in indoor rowing (you couldn’t find a rowing machine for love nor money) as well as online/remote competitions. The National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships went virtual last year and, despite the lockdown relaxation, decided to … Read More »
It takes more than a pandemic to stop the UK’s biggest adaptive rowing event – the National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships. Like most of the rowing world, the NJIRC went virtual this year including a streaming a number of accompanying … Read More »
In addition to the big indoor events like BRIC and NJIRC, a number of smaller regional indoor rowing events are also held like the Southern England Indoor Rowing Championships (SEIRC) in Oxford. Their regional venues can be more accessible to … Read More »
The largest adaptive rowing event in the UK with over 100 entries returned to Olympic Park with the next generation of adaptive rowers completely filling all corners of the competition floor. Special kudos to Stormont house School who were … Read More »
The Junior Sculling Regatta at Dorney Olympic Rowing Lake this past weekend is the highest profile competition for junior adaptives on the UK rowing calendar. Congratulations to Norwich’s James Burrows for winning gold and Marlow’s Sebastian Johnson for taking home … Read More »
The indoor rowing season concludes with one of the largest adaptive rowing events in the UK – the National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships – at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. With over 70 junior adaptive entries in 4 divisions, the competition … Read More »
The Rivertime Trust was set up with the mission to introduced disabled children to water activity. It was started by Pat Davis who had been was stymied finding a river boat that would accommodate disabled individuals (accessibility, safety concerns). So … Read More »