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New Partnership Secures Future of Olympic and Paralympic Rowing Pathway in Scotland
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.
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2024 Four Nations Beach Sprint Championships Announced
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
Fresh investment for Scotland’s national sports scholarship programme with launch of Winning Students 100
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.
Scotland set to make debut at 2024 Junior Inter-Regional Regatta
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).
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Scotland Rowing Team announces 2024 HIR Selection Policies
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
Success at the first combined Scottish Rowing Performance Land Camp
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:
- Scottish Rowing Performance Programme (inc. Flatwater, Beach Sprints, US Based & Para athletes)
- Performance Development Academy
- Junior Academy
- Winning Students 100 Scholarship Athletes
- U19 & U23 GB Triallists
Read more: Success at the first combined Scottish Rowing Performance Land Camp
George Hunter OBE
Posted: 16 January 2024
Scottish Rowing is saddened to hear of the passing of George Hunter OBE at the age of 97 on 20 December 2023.
When George left the army at the end of World War II, he became Secretary of the Scottish Amateur Rowing Association (SARA) (the predecessor to Scottish Rowing). His first task was to bring together the different rowing associations which existed in Scotland at that time, and bring ‘home’ those Scottish clubs who were affiliated to the ARA in London. Despite the obvious sense in of merging these associations, it took over four years until an agreement was reached and the Scottish Amateur Rowing Association emerged as the sole governing body in Scotland.
Amanda Cobb to retire in spring 2024
Posted: 22 December, 2023
After more than 13 years with Scottish Rowing, including 10 as Chief Operating Officer, Amanda Cobb has today announced her intention to retire in Spring 2024, at the end of the current financial year.
Scottish Rowing will shortly begin a recruitment process to appoint Amanda’s successor.
Since joining Scottish Rowing in 2010, Amanda has overseen a period of significant development, growth and professionalisation of the sport as well as leading the response to the challenges and the restrictions during the pandemic, enabling the rowing community to feel connected during the lockdown period and to return to the water at the earliest opportunity. During her tenure, funding for rowing has more than quadrupled and Scotland’s rowers have enjoyed ‘best ever’ performances on the international stage at all levels of the pathway. She has overseen the introduction of a new discipline in Beach sprints as well as community projects in Glasgow and Ayr that are helping to bring rowing to underrepresented groups.
A Great Time had by Athletes at the 6th Annual J16 Land Camp
Posted: 19 December 2023
The 2023, J16 Land Camp took place from 8th – 10th December at the sportscotland National Sports Training Centre Inverclyde, in Largs. There were 31 young athletes in attendance representing: Aberdeen School’s Rowing Association, Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club, George Heriot’s School, George Watson’s College, Inverness Rowing Club, St Andrew Boat Club, Stirling Rowing Club and, and Strathclyde Park Rowing Club.
Read more: A Great Time had by Athletes at the 6th Annual J16 Land Camp
Intersectionality
Posted:29 November 2023
Intersectionality* considers how all social categories – such as disability, gender, ethnicity, class, ableism etc – are interlinked. Intersectionality recognises that different forms of discrimination and privilege are interdependent and create a unique lived experience for individuals.