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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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Adaptive rowing classification opportunities in the North West
Places are fast running out for British Rowing’s adaptive rowing classification opportunities in the North West. The courses allow rowers with a disability or physical impairment to establish their racing classification. The classification opportunity is scheduled for March 10th at Crosby, […]
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EDF launches Community Rowing Challenge
Official London 2012 sponsor EDF launched the Community Rowing Challenge today (February 10th), inviting five East London schools to train for a special indoor rowing race at Eton Dorney in May. Pupils from Cardinal Pole School, Connaught School for Girls, […]
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Juniors: Win a Flip Video Camera
The River & Rowing Museum’s Knowing Rowing initiative is offering a brand new Flip Video Camera to the junior rower who sends in the best short film about their club. The competition – which will run until 17 February 2012 – invites […]
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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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Rowing clubs reach out with Sportivate
Six months into Sport England’s Sportivate Olympic and Paralympic legacy project, and 33,000 young people have taken up sport in their own time. Sportivate aims to get hundreds of thousands of 14 to 25-year-olds taking part in sport over the […]
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Northern rowers gather for Club Development Conference
Rowing club representatives from across the North gathered at Durham Rowing Club on Sunday, for the Northern Region British Rowing Club Development Conference. More than 50 regional and university rowing clubs sent representatives to the day-long conference, which included presentations […]
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Canal & River Trust to receive £1 billion funding
Environment minister Richard Benyon has announced that more than £1 billion will be invested in the UK’s waterways over the next 15 years, securing the future of the new Canal & River Trust charity. The Canal & River Trust – […]
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Showdown looms for Aberdeen universities
Aberdeen University and Robert Gordon University will go head to head on Saturday 10 March, for the 17th annual Aberdeen Asset Management Universities’ Boat Race trophy. The fierce varsity rivals are set to contest a challenging 3.5km course along the […]
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Warrington celebrates 25th birthday
Warrington Rowing Club celebrated its 25th birthday last month, and can look back on a quarter of a century of success on a previously unfashionable stretch of the River Mersey. [newsimage=0]With dedicated club members and support from British Rowing the […]
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