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 »
British Rowing features a profile on Amelia Jones, junior PR3-PD at Marlow RC, in their August newsletter out today (unfortunately only available to British Rowing members). She was a prominent rower at Great Marlow School until she suffered a brain … Read More »
Paddy Wilkins invited me to do a podcast about Adaptive and Pararowing for the Pulse School series which provided an opportunity to share my experiences about the sport in a more conversational manner. I share my rowing background, the … Read More »
British Rowing support for adaptive/pararowing has hit an inflection point recently and the key to this responsiveness and initiative are the people who make it happen. A linchpin to this progress is Community Support Manager Jo Atkinson. Jo is another … Read More »
Another person on the leading edge of equipment adaptation is Andy Crumpholt. I met Andy when Marlow visited Boston for the 2018 Head of the Charles Regatta. CRI was helping all the adaptive entries with practice sessions and logistical support … Read More »
Photo credit: British Rowing / Nick Middleton Part of my work with Adaptive Rowing is sitting on the Adaptive Rowing Advisory Board led by Rosie Mayglothling working to find ways to support UK adaptive rowing programmes and rowers. This initiative … Read More »
Rowing is classified as a “strength endurance” sport, so the ordinary distances are not small. Events like the Great Ouse involve come seriously heroic mileage. But few things in the conventional rowing world (ie. putting aside things like transatlantic crossings … Read More »