While a veteran fixture in the UK adaptive community, Marlow’s Kingsley Ijomah actually hails from Nigeria. In fact, despite moving here as a young child and being a permanent resident, he is still a Nigerian citizen. As such, his international … Read More »
Team Tom (Kerridge) coxed by Kingsley Ijomah Accessibility is not just about disability. All members of a rowing club benefit from improvements to making the club easier to use, train at and boat from. Strapping senior athletes in their prime … Read More »
One of the PCC competitors, Kingsley Ijomah of Marlow, probably had the most intensive training to prepare for the season’s inaugural event attending the Pararowing Foundation training camp in Avis, Portugal as their guest. Adaptive Rowing UK is delighted to … Read More »
One way to escape the confines of winter indoor training is to seek refuge in warmer climes. Some clubs organise training camps in the more southern latitudes of Spain or Italy, but Marlow’s Kingsley Ijomah has gone all the way … Read More »
Kingsley Ijomah and Ruth Naylor of Marlow in the Inclusion 2x Halloween scary? It’s nothing compared to the 5 bridges of the Head of the Charles Regatta (not to mention hundreds of thousands of spectators watching or the logistics of … Read More »
Kingsley Ijomah started rowing in 2014 when he was invited to a Warwick rowing club annual dinner by a friend and someone there mentioned to him that Evesham offered adaptive rowing. He had no idea what that meant and had … Read More »
A big congratulations to Kingsley Ijomah of Marlow Rowing Club for his sterling performance at last week’s World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. I tend not to write about elite international competition because it tends to get plenty of coverage … Read More »
Twickenham’s Ben Pritchard (Photo courtesy of Bill Hiskett ©) Sudbury Regatta hosted the largest adaptive field yet for this event underscoring its commitment to growing the event. The common denominator was that all the competitors were fixed seat athletes (which … Read More »
Susannah Barnett and Katinka Ernst of Worcester RC The Pairs Head of the River took the Supported Adaptive 2x event to new lengths. The Supportive Adaptive event has grown in popularity as it extends crew racing into adaptive rowing, makes … Read More »