GB Beach Sprint Performance Development Academies

High performance centres providing professional coaching, equipment and support, for the development of athletes from any background who show potential within the Olympic Beach Sprint discipline

The GB Beach Sprint Performance Development Academies operate in a similar manner to the highly successful classic rowing Performance Development Academies. They offer professional coaching, equipment and other services to support athletes on the Olympic Beach Sprint Pathway.

This includes identifying a diverse group of athletes with future Olympic Beach Sprint format potential. If you’d like to find out more or be talent tested, register your interest here:

Register your interest in Beach Sprint rowing

There are two Beach Sprint Performance Academies in England, supported through funding from Sport England and the Backing the Best initiative.

South Coast Performance Development Academy

This is based at Knoll Beach, Studland, and Bournemouth.

The Academy has a series of official partner clubs – Christchurch, Poole, Lymington, Southsea, Shanklin Sandown, and Bournemouth University. Weekly sessions take place for rowers from those clubs who are identified as having potential within the Beach Sprint format.

North East Performance Development Academy

This is based at South Shields Sailing Club. The academy will run weekly Beach Sprint specific sessions for identified rowers from local clubs. Partner clubs are currently being established for this new academy.

Scottish Beach Sprint Performance Development Academies

British Rowing has also established two GB Beach Sprint Performance Development Academies working in partnership with Scottish Rowing, Sport Scotland and the Universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews.

These two Beach Sprint Performance Development Academies will provide professional programmes for athletes identified within the GB Beach Sprint pathway, with bespoke coaching, equipment and support via two world leading academic and sporting universities.