Rowing news

• The importance of the pelvis in the stroke

  20-11-2020 07:00
  The last couple of posts about movement and injury prevention were focussed on the lower limbs and their impact on our upper body. Let’s have a look on the importance of the pelvis in the stroke!The importance of the pelvis in the strokeThe body’s ability to perform is based on the sum of it’s parts. The pelvis is an extremely important functional part of the body in all movements and particularly when rowing. It provides the attachment points for the glutes, hamstrings, main q
  
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• MND rowers mistaken for migrants complete last leg

  18-08-2026 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The team faced challenges including being mistaken for a "migrant dinghy" by MP Rupert Lowe.
  
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• Pritchard eyes world title defence after Euro win

  08-08-2026 13:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 34-year-old from Mumbles, near Swansea will head to Amsterdam having overcome a freak pre-Europeans injury to retain his title in Italy.
  
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• GB's Henry and Pritchard win golds at European Championships

  02-08-2026 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain claim gold medals with Lauren Henry in the women's single sculls and Benjamin Pritchard in PR1 men's single sculls at the European Rowing Championships in Italy.
  
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• GB win three golds at European Championships

  01-08-2026 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain win gold medals in the women's four and PR3 mixed coxed four races at the European Rowing Championships, while a men's four development team also claim victory.
  
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• Ex-finance worker and crew win row around Britain

  21-07-2026 06:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sam Gibbons says he will never forget seeing dolphins play around the boat.
  
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• Viking longboat race to return to western harbour

  17-07-2026 16:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Peel Viking Longboat Races see more than 600 people compete on a course in replica boats.
  
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• Student rower builds university boathouse in Lego

  12-07-2026 07:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The keen rower uses 10,000 bricks to make a scale model of Christ's College boathouse.
  
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• Rower's world record hopes delayed by food wait

  08-07-2026 07:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The British crew are in northern Australia awaiting a replacement food pallet.
  
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• Winning rower, 100, returns to regatta 80 years on

  05-07-2026 12:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tony Purssell previously won The Grand Challenge Cup in 1946.
  
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• In pictures: Henley Royal Regatta gets under way

  01-07-2026 08:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The annual event in Henley-on-Thames returns with rowing and a touch of style on the River Thames.
  
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• Woman to row Atlantic in memory of school friend

  01-07-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liv Stocks will take part in the 3,000-mile 'World's Toughest Row' with Jenna Vincent and Meg Neely.
  
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• Rowers urged to try out Olympic style rowing boats

  30-06-2026 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The swift boats set to feature in the 2028 Olympic Games are in the island for rowers to try.
  
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• Blazers and boaters at the ready for Henley Regatta

  30-06-2026 07:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The iconic rowing event returns to the River Thames for the 187th running of the Royal Regatta.
  
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• GB rowers win six golds at World Cup in Lucerne

  28-06-2026 16:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain win six gold medals at the third and final World Cup regatta of the season in Lucerne.
  
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• Silver for Scott and Stratton at first World Cup

  31-05-2026 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olympic champions Hannah Scott and Lola Anderson, along with Finnola Stratton and Sarah McKay, finish second in the women’s quadruple sculls at the first World Cup in Seville.
  
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• GB rowers start World Cup season with Seville golds

  31-05-2026 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain win their first gold medals of the season at the 2026 World Rowing Cup I in Seville.
  
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• Plans to turn £3m former museum into fitness centre

  29-05-2026 07:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A preferred bidder for the award-winning River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames is identified.
  
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• Scott 'treasuring' every day on road to LA 2028

  28-05-2026 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olympic rowing champion Hannah Scott speaks to BBC Sport NI as she prepares to embark on a new season in the boat with renewed enthusiasm.
  
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• Stratton joins Olympic champion Scott for season opener

  26-05-2026 13:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olympic gold medalist Hannah Scott will be joined in the Great Britain quadruple sculls for this weekend’s first World Cup regatta in Seville by another Northern Ireland rower making her senior international debut.
  22 year-old Finnola Stratton is already a world champion at under-23 level and although she grew up on a farm near Bristol, her mum, Cathy, is from Cullybackey in County Antrim.
  Scott and Stratton will be joined in the boat by Lola Anderson and Sarah McKay.
  
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• Bursary a 'huge help' with rower's travel costs

  20-05-2026 11:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ryanna Clifford has received £1,000 to support her rowing by covering travel and costs.
  
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• Biggest boost for climbing as UK Sport ups funding

  07-05-2026 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Climbing is the biggest winner among a number of sports benefiting from millions of pounds of additional funding as UK Sport bids to boost Britain's medal hopes at the Los Angeles Games in 2028.
  
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• World championship titles secured by gig rowers

  04-05-2026 12:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of rowers from 481 crews took part in the competition on the Isles of Scilly.
  
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• From Scotland to the Isle of Man: Veteran rowers complete marathon challenge

  27-04-2026 10:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The crew, all at least in their 40s, made it from the Isle of Whithorn to the Isle of Man.
  
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• Olympian 'deeply honoured' to receive freedom of borough

  18-04-2026 15:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 26-year-old said she was "delighted and deeply honoured" to receive the honour.
  
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• Paralympian aims to make rowing more accessible

  17-04-2026 07:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ben Pritchard helps Oxfordshire-based freemasons raise £12,470 for adaptive rowing.
  
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• Transporting Your Crew to a Regatta

  26-03-2021 07:00
  Hopefully we have some regattas ahead of us! In case you’re a bit rusty with transporting your crew to a regatta look at the following steps!Minimize the potential catastrophes with 6 easy stepsTransporting your crew to a regatta can be a hectic affair, ever more compounded by the age of the crew.  It’s time to accept that THINGS GO WRONG.  To combat the chaos theories of the universe you will have to be as organised as humanly possible and we’re here to help.1. Venue
  
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• Webinar: Functional Movement Assessment for Masters

  23-03-2021 13:00
   Webinar: Functional Movement Assessment for MastersHow flexible is your body? Does it help or hinder your rowing and sculling?Learn how to test yourself and what you need to do to improve.Our bodies naturally undergo changes in coordination, balance, muscle strength, and joint range of motion as we age.In this webinar you will learn:The 10 screening exercises Identify the key movements needed for rowingWhat you may need to give attention to in order to improve your stroke.How to impro
  
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• How much Ergo do you need? Introducing: AUGLETICS Eight Style

  01-03-2021 08:30
  How much Ergo do you need? Introducing: AUGLETICS Eight StyleRowing in your living room! During the next couple of weeks, we would like to show why our AUGLETICS Eight and Eight Style are definitely worth a closer look!Let’s have a look at the AUGLETICS Eight Style today!How much Ergo do you need? Introducing AUGLETICS Eight StyleRowing in your living room!  Test wanted: [email protected] The AUGLETICS rowing machine Eight Style Oak is the high-tech innovation on the market.
  
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• How much Ergo do you need? Introducing: AUGLETICS Eight

  22-02-2021 08:30
  How much Ergo do you need? Introducing: AUGLETICS EightRowing in your living room! During the next couple of weeks, we would like to show why our AUGLETICS Eight and Eight Style are definitely worth a closer look!Let’s have a look at the AUGLETICS EIGHT today!How much Ergo do you need? Introducing: AUGLETICS Eight Rowing in your living room! The AUGLETICS rowing machine Eight is a high-tech innovation on the market. Its outstanding design and innovative functions along with a com
  
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