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Staying Safe on the Upper Thames Tideway
The Port of London Authority (PLA) has released a video which is designed to help crews safely navigate the upper tidal Thames between Putney and Kew. The film provides a simple guide to the unique Code of Conduct for safe […]
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Legendary ocean rower John Fairfax dies
This year more than 60 people have set out to row across the Atlantic Ocean but they weren’t the first. Being the first ever is very rare and John Fairfax was a very special man. John was born in Italy […]
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Phil Clements becomes FISA umpire
British Rowing would like to congratulate Phil Clements (pictured above right) who passed the FISA Umpires exam in Oslo on Saturday 4th February. Phil, of Wycliffe College Boat Club and Chairman of WAGS Regional Rowing Council, said that it was a […]
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Boat Race welcomes women rowers to the Tideway
The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race celebrated a ‘momentous day’ today, with the announcement that the women’s Boat Race will be given equal billing with the men’s from 2015 onwards. At a press conference in London this morning, new […]
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Mark Hunter is Olympic Athlete of the Year
Mark Hunter has been named rowing’s Olympic Athlete of the Year for 2011 by the British Olympic Association. He received his award at Twickenham Stadium tonight during the GB Rowing Team’s annual team awards dinner. Hunter, whose Beijing gold with […]
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GB Rowing Team in shape to do the nation proud
GB Performance Director David Tanner has today spoken with confidence of the GB Rowing Team’s ability to “do the nation proud” on home waters in July and August this year. The man who has overseen the preparations for every squad […]
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Sad news of the death of Peter Burdess
[newsimage=1]British Rowing has learned with great sadness of the death of Peter Burdess, a dedicated volunteer, coach, and rower at Durham Amateur Rowing Club of more than 60 years. Peter joined Durham ARC in 1950, and first started coaching for […]
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Welsh cox discusses rowing with a disability on BBC Radio Wales
Thalidomide-affected Mumbles Amateur Rowing Club cox Sue Kent has made an appearance on BBC Radio Wales’s Value Judgements, explaining the positive impact that rowing has had on her life. Despite being born with no arms and small hands as a […]
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2012 is approaching
Katherine Grainger (three-times Olympic silver medallist): “I think that I’ve woken up on a few New Year’s Days in past Olympic years so I know exactly what it means and what we have to achieve. I’ll wake up, like everyone […]
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Lifetime Achievement award for Sir Steve
Rowing’s Olympic legend, Sir Steve Redgrave, has been presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year event held on 22nd December. Redgrave, who won five gold medals at successive Olympics from 1984 to […]
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