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Safeguarding and Integrity Update – December 2023
Meet our new Case Officer, join the Club Welfare Officer Forum, and the 2024 WADA Prohibited LIst
Enter the Affiliated Club dryrobe® draw!
Affiliated British Rowing clubs who enter by 11 December 2023 can win a dryrobe® worth £160
Toyota Community Fund pushes the boat out at Stratford-upon-Avon
A grant from the Toyota Community Fund has helped the club buy a new double scull and a set of specially modified sculls for adaptive athletes
British Rowing launches Adaptive Rowing Strategy
The 2023-2028 strategic plan aims to increase participation and inclusion of rowers with any type of impairment within rowing club settings
Indoor rowers set new 30-hour record to raise men’s mental health awareness
Isaac Kenyon, Alex Pierrot and Graham Moore finished their marathon row on 25 November after clocking up 320,000m, and have raised over £1,250 so far
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Lea RC’s ‘I Am a Rower’ exhibition now open at the River and Rowing Museum
The photographic collection aims to challenge and inspire a wider understanding of what it means to be a rower
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Free club management online workshops in December from Club Matters
Topics include Dealing with Increasing Costs, Volunteers’ Experience, Raising Money, and Creating an Inclusive Environment
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Students unite for national indoor rowing competition
The 2023 University Indoor and Adaptive Rowing Series saw nearly a thousand students from universities around the country compete at 10 venues
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British Rowing’s Project Minerva featured on the BBC
GB Rowing Team athletes, university researchers and sports scientists are working together on the ground-breaking project to understand better the health and performance of female rowers
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British Rowing umpire launches campaign to help Ukrainian rowing club
Thames Tradesmen RC member Gary Painter is raising funds for a minibus to transport young rowers in Ukraine to a safe place to train
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Love Rowing grant funding opens for applications
Applications are welcome from rowing clubs, schools and community organisations
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Docklands Head returns with a splash
Amid many other heads being cancelled at the moment due to strong stream and waterlogged boating areas, Docklands Head ran successfully at the London Regatta Centre in East London on 12 November 2023
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Henley Women’s Regatta appoints Naomi Ashcroft as Chairman
2002 World Champion Naomi Ashcroft replaces 2012 Paralympic Champion Naomi Riches MBE, who stepped down in July after two years in the role
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Rowers recognised for lifesaving reactions after competitor collapses
Royal Humane Society certificates presented to three rowing club members reflect their prompt and effective actions after a masters sculler collapsed at the Head of the Stour
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