Shortlists revealed for the 2023 British Rowing Awards

British Rowing is excited to announce the shortlists – including regional winners – for the 2023 British Rowing Awards

Thank you to everyone who took time to nominate individuals, crews and clubs from across the rowing community who deserve recognition for their hard work and achievements.

The Judging Panels have drawn up the following shortlists and identified regional winners across nine of the Award categories. Congratulations to you all!

Shortlists are in alphabetical order by surname, club or region.

Club of the Year	Rowing Project of the Year
Derby RC Fulham Reach BC Lower Thames RC Vesta RC York St John University BC	Junior Bursary Project at City of Bristol RC East Anglia Youth Rowing EasyRow Team led by Julien Tavener Fulham Reach BC – Free Watersports Weeks The Rowing Abreast challenge group from Trent RC

Club Crew of the Year	University Crew of the Year	Junior/School Crew of the Year
Greenbank Falmouth RC – Sarah Lewis and Issey Barnes Leeds RC Henley Women’s Regatta Eight Northampton RC Men’s Coxless Four Thames RC Thames Cup ‘A’ Crew Tyne ARC Women’s First Eight	University of Bath – Cedol Dafydd and Jamie Gare University of Birmingham Women’s Beginner Eight Lancaster University Women’s Coxed Four University of Nottingham Women’s Eight Nottingham Trent University Women’s Eight	Calpe RC – Thomas Zammitt The Grange School RC J16 Quad (Abdelrahman Farag, Gus Goode, Charlie Goodman, Eamonn Timmons-Williams) Hexham RC – Jacob Lloyd and Harry Westlake Lea RC – Evelyn Pakule Putney High School BC Women’s J16 Quad (Izabella Habdank-Toczyska, Emily Peel, Lucy Cara, Honor Parish) St Mary’s School, Cambridge Women’s J14 Coxed Quad (Eilidh Hutton, Anna Trapmore, Honour Constable, Phoebe Tollerton, Charlotte Mutsaerts) Southsea RC Women’s Junior Four Trentham BC J14 Double (Lucas Copeland and Robbie Holmes) Wycliffe College BC/Wycliffe Junior RC Women’s J18 Quad (Yasmin Howe, Ella Fullman, Lily Martin, Elizabeth Sekinger/Violet Holbrow-Brooksbank)

Regional winners

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

Volunteer of the Year	Rising Star Volunteer of the Year	Lifetime Achievement Award Regional Winners
Eastern: Jennie Brotherston – Lea RC and Anne Gunn – Lower Thames RC East Midlands: Ethan Page-Mason – Nottingham University BC/LYR Active Row Nottingham Northern: Julie Shaw – St Leonard’s School BC North West: Colin Ratcliffe – The Grange School RC Thames: Matt Kennedy – Furnival SC  Wessex and South East Coast: Adam Bates – Shoreham RC Wiltshire, Avon, Gloucestershire and Somerset: Geoff Lester – Bristol Ariel RC Yorkshire: Matthew Bertola – Leeds RC	Northern: Jessie Rickelton – Tyne ARC and Philip Kinghorn – Durham School BC/Tynemouth RC North West: Tom Bamber –  Queen’s Park High School RC and Charlie Ford – Warrington RC Thames: Ellie Campbell – Tideway Scullers School Wessex and South East Coast: Nadine Smith – University of Portsmouth RC	East Midlands: Derek (Digger) Johnson – Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association Northern: Ian Stonehouse –  St Leonard’s School BC North West: Bonner Davies – Royal Chester RC Thames: Peter King – Kingston RC Wessex and South East Coast: Steve Bull – Ryde RC/Hants and Dorset ARA West Midlands: John Lomas – Evesham RC Wiltshire, Avon, Gloucestershire and Somerset: Antony Constantinidi – Avon County RC Yorkshire: Hugh Scott – Bradford ARC

The national winners, selected from shortlists, will be announced at an online Awards ceremony on Thursday, 25 January 2024 along with this year’s winners of the three Coach of the Year Awards (Talent Development Coach of the Year, Community Coach of the Year, and Coaching Team of the Year), the British Rowing Medal of Honour, the British Rowing Medal of Merit, the Beryl Crockford Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Junior Rowing, and the National Safety Award.