2021 British Rowing Awards Shortlist announced

Congratulations to everyone who has been shortlisted for this year’s awards – national winners will be announced in a live webcast on 20 January

This year we’ve had a huge number of nominations for British Rowing Awards from right across the country and so it’s been a tough job for our judging panels to narrow them all down to this year’s shortlist. Thank you to everyone who made a nomination and congratulations to the volunteers, coaches, clubs, crews and other rowers who have been selected for this year’s shortlist.

The following have been nominated and shortlisted for national awards:

Club of the Year	Rowing Project of the Year	COVID Hero
Bristol Ariel RC Fulham Reach BC Isle of Ely RC Lea RC Vesta RC	Fairlop RC Fulham Reach BC – Junior Community Course Lea RC – iBelong Race the Thames Warrington Youth Rowing	Aidan Hunt (Runcorn Rowing Club and North West Umpires) Aline Heyerick (Birmingham RC) Chris Elder and Hayley Shipton (Peterborough City Rowing Club) Clay Knowles (Ardingly Rowing Club) Zoom Ergos

Club Crew of the Year	University Crew of the Year	Junior/School Crew of the Year
Cantabrigian RC: Women’s Club Eight Leander Club: Prince of Wales Quad Olivia Bates – NCRA LW1x Pengwern Men’s Masters E4+ Tideway Scullers’ School Thames Eight	Cambridge University Men’s Blue Boat Crew Newcastle WC Eight Oxford Brookes Women’s Eight Surrey University Beginner’s Men	Eton College First Eight Hereford Cathedral School Boat Club J16 Quad Hinksey Sculling School Britannia Four Shiplake College JW Quad 2021 Surbiton High School, HRR 8+ Tideway Scullers’ School Fawley Quad

The following are the regional winners of their respective categories and will form the shortlist for the national awards:

Volunteer of the Year	Rising Star of the Year	Lifetime Achievement Award
Aidan Hunt (North West) – Runcorn RC Alice Draper (Eastern) – Milton Keynes RC Colin Percy (Northern) – Tyne RC Emma Nunn (West) – Carrick RC Grant “Ralphie” Ralph (Thames) – London Otters Jon Osborn (Wessex & South East Coast) – Eastbourne RC Maninder Hothi (West Midlands) – Birmingham RC Peter Hullett (Wiltshire, Avon, Gloucester & Somerset) – Taunton RC	Annie Caddick (West Midlands) – University of Birmingham/Molesey BC Chris Radbone (Eastern) – Cantabrigian Rowing Club Eleanor Stevens (Thames) – University of Surrey Boat Club Ella Murphy (Yorkshire) – University of Leeds Rowing Club Morgan Fice-Noyes (Wiltshire, Avon, Gloucester & Somerset) – Bradford on Avon	Andy Turner (North West) – Queen’s Park High School Michael Beresford (Wessex & South East Coast) – Southampton University Boat Club Tony Roper (Eastern) – Yare Boat Club Jim Mathieson (Thames) – Burway Rowing Club Ian Wilson (East Midlands) – Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association Stephen Rose (Wiltshire, Avon, Gloucester & Somerset) – Gloucester RC Mark Dewdney (West Midlands) – Stratford-upon-Avon BC

The following are winners of the Coach of the Year categories and will form the shortlist for national Coach of the Year:

Coach of the Year
Coaching Team: Wayne Curry, Lauren Barclay – Agecroft Rowing Club Club Development: Rob Mayes – Broxbourne RC Club Performance: Chris Williams – Tideway Scullers’ School Education Development: Daniel Grant – University of Leeds RC Education Performance: Samuel Tuck – University of Surrey BC

Thank you to all our volunteer judging panels who have helped select winners of each category.

Our national winners, selected from our shortlist, will be announced in a live webcast on 20 January alongside the winners of our Medal of Honour, Medal of Merits, Beryl Crockford Awards and National Safety Awards. All winners will be visited by a British Rowing official at their club to receive their award in person, following the webcast.