Posted: 8 March 2024
In celebration of International Women's Day, Scottish Rowing is proud to recognise the remarkable contribution of women in our sport. In this special feature, we're sharing a small sample of stories from athletes, volunteers, and staff members - hearing about their experiences, what rowing means to them and about those who inspired them.
Posted: 27 February 2024
Scottish Rowing is seeking three new Directors to join its voluntary Board. The volunteer Board of Directors is responsible for setting the strategic direction of Scottish Rowing. The Board meets regularly to oversee the management of the business with day to day delivery delegated to a staff team based at Strathclyde Country Park and across Scotland.
Posted: 23 February 2024
Across two weekends in the middle of February, Scottish athletes across a variety of disciplines took part in the February set of trials for the GB Rowing Team across the country. Under 19s, Under 23s, Seniors & Paralympic hopefuls from both the Scottish Rowing Performance Programme and club programmes travelled across the UK to test themselves against the best in the nation.
Posted: 1st March 2024
Hello and welcome to the third quarterly newsletter!
Happy New Year and Welcome to 2024!
We had an amazing year in 2023 and are very excited to see what 2024 has in store for us. We are two months in and already so much has happened!
Posted: 26 February 2024
British Rowing and Scottish Rowing will jointly fund performance initiatives to help identify and develop the next generation of GB rowers.
Read more: New Partnership Secures Future of Olympic and Paralympic Rowing Pathway in Scotland
Posted: 22 February 2024
Can YOU claim a Grand Slam at the Four Nations Beach Sprint Championships in Scotland, England, Wales and Jersey this spring?
The Six Nations isn’t the only international battle happening this spring - on beaches all around the UK rowers will be racing for new titles across the four Home Nations Beach Sprint regattas.
Read more: 2024 Four Nations Beach Sprint Championships Announced
Posted: 08 February 2024
Following a new injection of funding from sportscotland and the Scottish Funding Council, Scotland’s national sports scholarship programme for talented student athletes has relaunched as Winning Students 100.
Helping student athletes balance their studies with high performance training and competition, the newly-branded Winning Students 100 provides athletes with grants of up to £3000 and works with respective colleges and universities to offer additional support such as academic flexibility.
With funding secured until 2028, it is expected 500 scholarships will be awarded over the period with the programme also introducing a hardship fund to offer additional support to eligible student athletes. 106 scholarships have been awarded for 2023/24 across 28 different sports and 21 universities and colleges – this includes 11 rowers from 3 universities who met the Winning Students 100 programme criteria.
Posted: 6 February 2024
Scottish Rowing is delighted to announce that a Scotland team will make its debut at the 2024 British Junior Inter-Regional Regatta (JIRR).
Read more: Scotland set to make debut at 2024 Junior Inter-Regional Regatta
Posted: 31 January 2024
The Scotland Rowing Team selection policy documents for the 2024 Home International Rowing Regatta (HIRR) and the Home International Rowing Beach Sprints (HIRBS) have today been published.
Read more: Scotland Rowing Team announces 2024 HIR Selection Policies
Posted: 23 January 2024
The Hogmanay bells had barely rung out when the first event of 2024 had kicked off in the form of the Scottish Rowing Performance Land Camp. The invitational camp brought together athletes from clubs across Scotland and from a range of our Performance Pathway programmes, including:
Read more: Success at the first combined Scottish Rowing Performance Land Camp