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British Rowing Championships

The British Rowing Championships usually take place every year and are normally held at the National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepont (Nottingham), with occasional championships held at the Strathclyde Country Park. The championships originally incorporated Senior and Junior crews but since 2013 have been held separately. However, since 2018 the senior championships have not been held. It is a major event for club rowers and schools and events are held for open, women, open junior, women's junior, under 23, lightweight, adaptive and coastal boats.

Each crew member of the first, second and third placed crews in each event receive gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. The club champion in each event (i.e. the highest placed non-composite crew) also receives a wooden club champions plaque to display in their clubhouse.

History

The Championships were inaugurated in 1972 and held at the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham, which had only been built the previous year.[1][2][3]

In 2010, the Regatta adopted the title British Rowing Championships to reflect the change in name of the Amateur Rowing Association to British Rowing. The logo and branding now reflects that of British Rowing. The 40th anniversary of the Championships was celebrated in 2012. Although it has been the practice for the Championships to be held in Scotland at the Strathclyde Country Park every fourth year, the 2014 Championships was held in Nottingham. This was because Scotland hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Rowing Championships at Strathclyde Country Park. Since 2016, the Championships have only been held in Nottingham.

A decision was taken in 2012 that in order to raise the standard of senior competition, the senior events from the Championships would be moved to autumn from 2013.[4] This resulted in the Championships splitting into the senior championships and junior championships, with the latter continuing to be held during July.

In 2019, the Senior Championships were cancelled due to insufficient entries and the 2020 edition was not scheduled, with British Rowing stating it was reviewing the dates and format following the lack of entries for the 2019 Championships.[5][6] The event has not been scheduled since, with no official statementon the future plans of the Senior Championships.

Dates and locations of Championships

Senior and Junior combined

Senior Championships

Junior Championships

References

  1. ^ "Two best eights meet in main event". Times Digital Archives.
  2. ^ ""Holme Pierrepont National Water Sports Centre, Nottinghamshire." Times, 6 July 1972, p. I". Times Digital Archives.
  3. ^ a b "Railton, Jim. "Nottingham in their Olympic stride." Times, 21 July 1972, p. 10". Times Digital Archives.
  4. ^ "British Rowing Championships - the Chairman's view". 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Announcement on the British Rowing Senior Championships 2019". British Rowing. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Statement on British Rowing Senior Championships". British Rowing. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Hart could cause upset if he starts in singles sculls." Times, 19 July 1974, p. 9". Times Digital Archives.
  8. ^ "By a Special Correspondent. "British championships carry on regardless." Times, 17 July 1976, p. 17". Times Digital Archives.
  9. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 17 July 1978, p. 11". Times Digital Archives.
  10. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 15 July 1978, p. 21". Times Digital Archives.
  11. ^ ""Rowing." Times, 21 July 1980, p. 12". Times Digital Archives.
  12. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 13 July 1984, p. 26". Times Digital Archives.
  13. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28". Times Digital Archives.
  14. ^ "Railton, Jim. "Holmes is not risking his injury." Times, 15 July 1988, p. 34". Times Digital Archives.
  15. ^ "a Special Correspondent. "Top crews do clubs good turn." Times, 13 July 1989, p. 44". Times Digital Archives.
  16. ^ "Rosewell, Mike. "A record entry attracted." Times, 20 July 1990, p. 414". Times Digital Archives.
  17. ^ ""Record national entry." Times, 15 July 1995, p. 34". Times Digital Archives.
  18. ^ "2016 British Rowing Senior Championships" (PDF). British Rowing.
  19. ^ a b "2019 British Rowing Championships series". British Rowing.
  20. ^ "Henley Rowing Club triumph at the British Rowing Junior Championships". British Rowing.
  21. ^ "Rowers delight at the 2017 British Rowing Junior Championships". British Rowing.
  22. ^ "Category: British Rowing Junior Championships 2018". Junior Rowing News.
  23. ^ "British Rowing Junior Championships National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham has been cancelled due to coronavirus (COVID-19)". British Rowing.
  24. ^ "British Rowing Junior Championships-Entries Open". British Rowing. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  25. ^ "British Rowing Junior Championships-Entries Open". British Rowing. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  26. ^ "British Rowing Junior Champs". British Rowing. Retrieved 7 August 2023.