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Two milestones, one event - Inverness Autumn Head hosts GBRT U19 benchmarking event and a para-rowing first.
Posted: 12 November 2025
For many rowers in Scotland, Inverness’ Caley Cruisers Autumn Head is an exciting opportunity for crews to race against Scotland’s best athletes in the early stages of each season; and this time round it also saw two historic firsts for the Scottish Rowing Performance Pathway.
The first milestone was hosting a GB Rowing Team U19 Trials event, and the second being the first B1 Visually Impaired athlete (fully blind) to race a single scull down a head-race course (to our knowledge).
Caley Cruisers Autumn Head 2025 – Race Report
Posted: 13 November 2025
Written by Andrea Byrne, Scottish Student Sport Communications Officer & Glasgow Uni BC Member
For many Scottish rowers, the November trip to Inverness marks the first major head race of the season and a chance to test early-season speed. This year’s Caley Cruisers Autumn Head delivered everything competitors could have hoped for, with calm water and tight racing across all divisions.
Inaugural World Champions and a Solo Bronze – Scottish Rowers shine in Antalya at the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals
After a record 8 Scottish athletes were selected to represent Great Britain at the first World Championships in the LA28 Olympiad, we were treated to another thrilling long weekend of racing in Türkiye.
A record eight Scots selected to represent Great Britain at World Beach Sprint Finals in Turkey
Posted: 04 November 2025
Following on from the three Scots who raced at the European Rowing Beach Sprint Championships in October, GB Rowing recently announced a massive eight Scottish athletes have been selected to race at the World Beach Sprint Finals this coming weekend donning the coveted red and blue ‘hoops’ of a GB World Championship team for the first time at the beach.
Twenty Scottish athletes travel south to take part in first round of 2026 GB Rowing Team trials for U23’s, Seniors & Para athletes.
Posted: 04 November 2025
18 Scottish athletes travelled to Boston last weekend to take part in the first of this season’s GB Trials for Seniors, U23 & FISU athletes.
Image: Scottish Rowing. Boats lined up on the River Witham at Boston.
Your Scottish Rowing Award Winners 2024-25
Posted: 05 October 2025
Thank you to everyone who played a part in the Scottish Rowing Awards.
With a significant increase in nominations this year—and the quality of each submission so impressively high—our staff and board panels faced an incredibly difficult task in selecting the winners!
A huge congratulations to all who were nominated, shortlisted, and awarded.
Your achievements reflect the outstanding talent and dedication within the Scottish Rowing community. We’re proud to celebrate such exceptional individuals and groups who continue to inspire and elevate our sport.
Scots Master the World in Banyoles
Posted: 08 October 2025
Written by Andy Dobson.
For many of us, the season culminates in a small town in Oxfordshire – in one regatta or another – but the sense of an ending here is deceptive. Henley has the history and the Pimms – not to mention a few hundred hectares of blazer-cloth, and more hats than a millinery catalogue – yet in terms of participation, it’s a rather trifling backwater. Rumbling into view at the start of each September is the largest regatta by far: World Masters. The numbers speak for themselves; this year, almost 4,000 athletes aged from 26 to 96 converged on the little town of Banyoles, Spain, forming 5,171 crews to contest 763 races over five days.
Scottish Rowing AGM 2025: Celebrating Progress and Looking Ahead
Posted: 06 October 2025
Scottish Rowing held its Annual General Meeting on Sunday 5 October 2025, bringing together members, clubs, volunteers and partners to reflect on the past year and look ahead with confidence. Attendance was excellent, with the majority of Scottish clubs represented, underlining commitment and strong engagement across the rowing community in Scotland.
Read more: Scottish Rowing AGM 2025: Celebrating Progress and Looking Ahead
Scottish Rowing appoints new Safe Sport Case Officer
Posted: 2 October 2025
Scottish Rowing has appointed Julie Mullen as its new Safe Sport Case Officer, reinforcing the organisation’s commitment to wellbeing and protection across the sport.
Read more: Scottish Rowing appoints new Safe Sport Case Officer
Celebrating Excellence – Scottish Rowing Award Shortlists
Posted: 01 October 2025
After much deliberation, the Scottish Rowing Awards Shortlists are finalised!
Read more: Celebrating Excellence – Scottish Rowing Award Shortlists
- Sponsorship Opportunity for Scotland's Commonwealth RA Beach Sprint Championship Team
- Wet, Windy & Wild – The Scotland Rowing Team takes to the Irish Atlantic Coastline
- Scottish Rowing Welcomes Positive Steps Taken By ASRA
- Young Voices, Big Impact: Scottish Rowing Launches First-Ever Young People’s Panel