Great Britain has entered two boats into the 2024 World Rowing Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland from 19-21 May, in a last attempt to add to its tally of nine boats already qualified for the Olympic Games this summer. The Final Olympic Qualification Regatta is a brutal event, known as ‘the Regatta of Death’ in the rowing world. Its all or nothing approach sees athletes from across the world competing on the Rotsee to cross the finish line in first or second place, to win the biggest prize – a chance to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. It’s a case of the ‘Bourne Ul ..read more

The pack contains two moisturisers (one daily protection, one daily repair) and two large sun gels. LifeJacket is the official skin protection provider to British Rowing. The winner will be able to choose whether they would prefer SPF30 or SPF50+ sun gels in their pack. To enter the draw, just fill in the form below! The draw closes at 9am on Monday, 3 June 2024. Name(Required) First Last Email(Required) Terms and Conditions British Rowing will choose one winner from 9am on Monday, 3 June 2024. Entries received after this time will not be considered. Entrants into the Prize Draw shall be de ..read more

It was a blustery day in Bournemouth with waves building through the day, creating a real test of skill and character for the competitors by the afternoon finals. The English Beach Sprint Regatta, new in 2023, and supported this year by Swift Racing, gives experienced beach sprint rowers essential early season racing practice as well as introducing the format to those who haven’t tried it before. Commenting on the day, Olympic Pathway Manager Tom Pattichis said: “It’s always exciting when we come to the beach and this year’s Regatta was no different. The athletes gained valuable experience ac ..read more

Safeguarding and Integrity Mental Health Awareness Week – ‘Around the World’ Strava Challenge During May, to mark this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week on the theme of movement, we’re excited to introduce the ‘Around the World’ challenge, exclusively for our Strava followers! To participate simply follow the Mental Health Foundation on Strava and let them know you would like to join the challenge. If don’t already follow them follow this link. The aim is to challenge yourself to accumulate as many miles as possible throughout the month, virtually exploring different countries while raising ..read more

Thank you to all clubs who have completed the affiliation process for 2024/25, which was due by 1 April 2024. Your club affiliation fee enables British Rowing to provide clubs with a wide range of benefits including ClubHub, BROE2 and other support and advice as well as delivering content to keep your members safe, informed and inspired. As of 11am on Tuesday, 30 April 2024, the rowing clubs, universities and schools listed below have not completed the affiliation process via the British Rowing ClubHub portal and are therefore at risk of being suspended from entering British Rowing affil ..read more

The Clean Water Sports Alliance of Angling Trust, British Rowing, British Triathlon, GB Outrigger, Paddle UK, Royal Yachting Association and Swim England has united over the issue of water pollution, setting the vision to achieve healthy and nature rich blue spaces across the UK for everyone to enjoy water sports. Collectively, the organisations represent almost 450,000 members, elite athletes, participants and many more water users across the country who rely on UK waters for sport and recreation. We are now joining forces to call for change to protect those they represent and the natural wo ..read more

Munich International Junior Regatta provides 2024’s first international racing opportunity for this group of talented under-19 (U19) rowers, many of whom will be representing Great Britain for the first time and will measure their standard against some of the leading nations in Europe. The athletes will race across the two days in different boat combinations, allowing them to gain as much international racing experience as possible at the event. Results at this regatta can also help drive the strategy for the World Rowing U19 Championships team formation later in the summer. John Layng, U19 T ..read more

Topping the medal table, Sunday saw four gold medals and a silver added to the four gold and bronze from Saturday. Highlights include a ‘clean sweep’ of golds across the men’s sweep boats, medals for all ten Para rowing athletes, and gold for both the women’s four and women’s quad. Louise Kingsley, Director of Performance at British Rowing said: “It’s been a great weekend and it’s promising to see us top the medal table once again. We are still learning and building through this season, but performances this weekend have put us in a good place as we look towards the Olympic and Paralympic Gam ..read more

Medals were won across the men’s, women’s and para rowing squads with the women’s four, women’s quad, men’s eight and PR3 mixed double all winning gold. It was a win for the Women’s four (W4-) of Helen Glover, Esme Booth, Sam Redgrave and Rebecca Shorten after a tussle with the Romanians saw the GB crew take and keep the lead from the halfway mark. A buoyant Esme said: “It’s great to be a European Champion. I was just saying I don’t have any sort of championship title yet and now I do! I’m so happy!” Double Olympic Champion, Helen Glover, winning her first championship title since 2021 added ..read more

There were continued learnings across the doubles crews with the Lightweight women’s doubles and Men’s doubles building on their races yesterday. Benjamin Pritchard was commanding in the PR1 Men’s single sculls (PR1 M1x) repechage, his second race in consecutive days. “It was good. I went out there and tried something different from yesterday – it was a learning curve to see how we can build towards the final,” he said adding: “I’ve done a lot of work over the winter – probably my most consistent block of training in a season to date but a conversation I had at Caversham with Rich Chambers, t ..read more