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British rowers nominated for Sportswomen of the Year Awards
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning have been shortlisted for the 2014 Sunday Times and Sky Sports Sportswomen of the Year Awards, and need your votes to win! The GB Rowing Team duo had an imperious year in the women’s pair, […]
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Sad news of the death of Anna Roots
It is with enormous sadness that British Rowing has learned of the untimely death of Anna Roots (nee Townsend) following a tragic accident whilst cycling in Scotland. A great ambassador for the sport, Anna was a member of Mortlake Anglian […]
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Scotland top, England second at Commonwealth Champs
Scotland topped the medal table at the Commonwealth Rowing Championships, held at Strathclyde Country Park over 1500 metre and 500 metre courses. With 14 nations competing, this was the sixth edition of these Championships and altogether the Scottish team won […]
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World War One – 100 Years
On this, the 100th anniversary of Britain’s entry to World War One, we remember the rowers who lost their lives. Close to 300 oarsman who had competed at Henley or the Boat Race died during the Great War – provincial […]
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Keeping a Good Look Out
Collisions are an issue for all rowers; they have been too frequent and have caused painful injuries. Collisions can be avoided. The first step in Collision Avoidance is to keep a good lookout. This enables you to know where you […]
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Harry McCarthy wins 300th Doggett’s Coat and Badge
The Duke of Edinburgh attended the 300th Doggett’s Coat and Badge Race yesterday – 60 years after he first followed it way back in 1951 – watching Harry McCarthy scull home comfortably ahead of the five-strong field. In so doing, […]
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Henley medallists line up for European Uni Games
A strong team of University rowers from nine different universities across the UK will make the trip to Rotterdam later this month, to compete at the European University Games – the first time that rowing has been part of the […]
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Henley celebrates a vintage regatta
175 years later and the head-to-head format of Henley Royal Regatta still has nothing to beat it in the world of rowing. There was high drama all the way down the course on finals day. A controversial disqualification after a […]
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Success on and off the water at Henley Women’s
What a weekend of racing at the 27th Henley Women’s Regatta on the banks of the River Thames! More than 1,600 competitors competed for the 27 trophies on offer in perfect conditions both on and off the water. Spectators lined […]
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Victory for Cambridge Veterans
Oxford may have won Sunday’s Boat Race but the Veterans’ Boat Race, held the day before, didn’t go their way. With five Olympians on board, Cambridge won the 19th Veterans’ race by one and a quarter lengths, extending their overall […]
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