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Posted: 6 February 2023

Scottish Rowing were invited by Dame Katherine Grainger and Rob Wainwright to put together a Scottish Rowing team for the #DoddieAid Britannia Regatta onboard the Royal Yacht Britannia. Rowing was well represented, with a team from Glasgow University Boat Club also taking part.

Posted: 27 January 2023

The GB Rowing Team’s Under 19 Programme Manager Dan Cooper recently spent four days in Scotland where he was able to engage with athletes and coaches from across the Scottish Rowing community.

Dan was a guest coach at the Scottish Rowing Junior Academy camp held at Strathclyde Park on Saturday 21 January where he led a video analysis session and presented a GB Rowing Team update.

He also got the opportunity to travel around Scotland visiting training sessions with Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association, George Watson’s College and St Andrew Boat Club.

Posted: 19 January 2023

Scottish Rowing is saddened to hear of the passing of Bob Neill on 17th January 2023 after a short illness.

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Posted: 5 January 2023

Scottish Rowing is saddened to hear of the passing of George West on 22nd December 2022.

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A member of Nithsdale Amateur Rowing Club for decades, as both a talented rower and later an influential coach. Members past and present of Nithsdale will know of George’s commitment, guidance and encouragement that he gave the club over the years and he will be sadly missed.

Funeral Service to be held at William Jardine Chapel of Rest, 23 Terregles Street, Dumfries, on Friday 13th January 2023 at 10.00am. All friends respectfully invited to attend.

Posted: 15 December 2022

As 2022 draws to a close Scottish Rowing is delighted to have had two of its community-based projects recognised in local authority awards.

Firhill Youth Project & Community Sports Hub have been awarded two major awards, the Glasgow Sports ‘Community Project of the Year Award’ and the Pride of Queens Cross ‘Community Health and Well-being Award,’ recently due to their investment in helping the young people in North Glasgow stay active and develop new skills by increasing accessibility to water-sports and other educational activities.

Posted: 15 December 2022

The Scotland Rowing Team topped the medal table at the Commonwealth Rowing Association Beach Sprint Championships in Walvis Bay, Namibia winning gold medals in three out of the four events.

The Namibian Canoe and Rowing Federation, supported by local partners as well as World Rowing and the Commonwealth Rowing Association, hosted the first ever Beach Sprints coastal rowing competition in Africa, on Independence Beach from 2-4 December 2022.

Posted: 17 November 2022

On Saturday it was the turn of the under 19 athletes to row the 5-kilometer course on the River Witham in a bid to show their early season form to GB selectors. Twenty Scottish athletes and their coaches travelled to Boston to race alongside over 200 other boats after qualifying their spot with a 2k ergo performance.

Posted: 22 November 2022

In sunny, cool and mainly windless weather conditions, a record number of over 600 crews from all over Scotland took part in the Caley Marina Inverness Fours/Quads and Small Boats Heads on the superb rowing waters of the Caledonian Canal in Inverness over a course of approximately 4500 metres from Dochgarroch to the Inverness Rowing Club’s Boathouse close to the Tomnahurich Swing Bridge. All crews raced over the full length course with the exception of Novice and the younger Junior 14/15 crews which raced over a slightly shorter course length of approximately 3500 metres.

Posted: 11 November 2022

Scotland were well represented at the GB Rowing Team Senior and Under 23 Open Trials held in Boston, Lincolnshire last weekend. Athletes underwent a 2k ergo and 5k water assessment over the course of two days to demonstrate progress and form at this early point in the season.

Posted: 9 November 2022

We are sorry to report the passing of Christa Diekmann, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Rowing Association. Christa was the driving force behind Namibia’s hosting of the upcoming 2022 Commonwealth Rowing Association’s Beach Sprints (CRABS), which will take place this December in Walvis Bay.

Christa was also a member of the Namibia Canoe and Rowing Federation and acted as their Secretary-General for many years. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.

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Scottish Rowing @ Doddie Aid Regatta

GB Rowing Team’s Dan Cooper visits Scotland

Bob Neill

George West

Scottish Rowing Project Awards

Scotland Rowing Team tops medal table at the Commonwealth Beach Sprints in Namibia

GB Rowing Team Under 19 Early ID Trial

Exceptional racing conditions for the Caley Marina Inverness Fours/Quads and Small Boats Heads on Saturday and Sunday 19th and 20th November 2022

PB Rush As Scottish Rowers Launch 2023 Trials Campaign

Christa Diekmann - Commonwealth Rowing Association

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