A further four crews will race repechages on Friday along with two PR3 boats yet to start their campaign. Olivia Bates joined Imogen Grant in Lightweight women’s double sculls (LW2x) with the new combination narrowly missing out on the one final place available. Looking ahead to the repechage on Friday, Olvia said: “The race was such fun, it was nice to get some good close racing to start off with, and we really learnt a lot from it so we can step forward as we go through. The repechage will double the amount of races we’ve had together so hopefully it’ll help our speed a little bit as we mov ..read more

The workshop was organised and supported by the club’s new sustainability working group, which includes Vice Chair, Gina Fusco; Safeguarding Officer, Lizzie Sartain; Co-Treasurer Jake Blatcher and Chris Belcher, Fun Regatta organiser of recent years. Club member and ‘Rubbish Friend’ Claudine Pearson assisted with resources. Over the course of the afternoon, the athletes worked in groups to answer a series of questions on sustainability, including “What does sustainability mean to you?” and “What are the consequences if we don’t act sustainably?” The group watched two recently-launched short f ..read more

RowSafe is a simple to use, web-enabled directory. The sections contain “Expectations” for various different groups – Everyone, Clubs, Competitions, Coaches, Regional Rowing Councils, and British Rowing; the list varies a little according to topic. They also contain links to other relevant information. If you’re involved in rowing, it’s essential reading! The 2024 edition of RowSafe is now available. Updates from last year’s edition are highlighted in yellow and include a new sub-section on Rescue Provision for Adaptive Rowers at Competitions. Get your copy here The post 2024 version of RowSa ..read more

Background British Rowing is the national governing body for the sport of rowing (both indoor rowing and rowing on water). We are committed to ensuring that the sport continues to thrive from the grassroots right up to winning medals at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. We are responsible for participation and the development of rowing and indoor rowing in England and for the training and selection of individual rowers and crews representing Great Britain internationally. We have over 30,000 members and over 100 staff. Scope We run a number of public-facing online systems. The scope of this te ..read more

Mild conditions met competitors at Holme Pierrepont Country Park on Saturday, 20 April for British Rowing’s first Championship event of the year – Junior Inter-Regional Regatta. Thirteen regions battled it out for medals, with Team Scotland making their debut appearance at the competition. Co-Team Manager for Scotland Ronan Welch said: “It’s really exciting to be along for the first ever time. The parents have loved it, the coaches have loved it and most importantly, the juniors have absolutely loved it. Hopefully we’ll be back for future years, and hopefully for a win.” Rohan Ladva of Thames ..read more

Nick Digby, Hugh Elwes, Rory Carnegie and Al Davidson, dads to World Champion GB rowers, Tom Digby, Charlie Elwes, Sholto Carnegie and Freddie Davidson are taking up oars to raise money for two fantastic charities. donate here Inspired by their son’s, from 2 – 6 May 2024, the four dads will row from Lechlade in the Cotswolds (the highest navigable part of the Thames) right through to the famous Oxford Cambridge Boat Race Championship Course in Putney – a distance of over 130 miles containing 40 locks. The NHS estimates that one in two people will develop some form of cancer in their lifetime ..read more

Commenting on the team selection Louise Kingsley, British Rowing Director of Performance said: “This is a quick turnaround after our Olympic class athletes made a promising start to the season at World Rowing Cup I in Varese, but with more race experience we can implement learnings and continue to build as we progress towards Paris. This will also see our Paralympic athletes take to the water for the first time this year, after a long winter of training, and I know they are keen to get their season underway.” Emily Craig and Imogen Grant have continued to dominate the Lightweight women’s doub ..read more

The racing came thick and fast, with crews adding eight medals to the gold won by Olivia Bates in the lightweight women’s single on Saturday. The golds came in the Men’s pair, Lightweight Women’s double, Women’s four and Men’s eight. It was a one, two in the Women’s four (W4-) with the GBR1 crew of Helen Glover, Esme Booth, Sam Redgrave and Rebecca Shorten taking gold and the GBR2 crew of Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Holly Dunford and Emily Ford taking the silver. The GBR3 crew of Hattie Taylor, Annie Campbell-Orde, Lauren Irwin and Eve Stewart were sixth. Talking about the GB crews doubling u ..read more

Olivia (Liv) Bates put Great Britain on the World Rowing Cup I medal table with her first senior gold in the Lightweight women’s single sculls (LW1x) on day two in Varese. “It feels great!” Liv said, speaking to the media after the race, “This is my first international gold medal so it’s nice to start the season strong. I wanted to execute my race plan a little better today, and I was able to do that. It’s easy when there’s great conditions out here in Varese! “This has been my first winter season full time with the GB Rowing Team at Caversham so it’s been a little different. I’d never really ..read more

The three GB women’s four (W4-) boats were drawn in the same heat. Not only was it all to play for with just the top two going directly to the final, but the GBR2 and GBR3 crews raced again just two hours later, where they convincingly won their Women’s eight (W8+) heat, coxed by Henry Fieldman. The new GBR1 women’s four combination of Helen Glover, Esme Booth, Sam Redgrave and Rebecca Shorten led from the start, winning the heat with GBR2 of Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Holly Dunford and Emily Ford taking the second final spot. Just behind in third were GBR3 of Hattie Taylor, Annie Campbell-O ..read more