The University of St Andrews has been officially recognised by British Rowing as both a GB Beach Sprint Performance Development Academy and a GB Olympic Beach Sprint Training Venue, cementing its role at the heart of Great Britain’s preparations for the LA 2028 Olympic Games. Lewis McCue, Director of Rowing at St Andrews, said: “The
University of St Andrews undergraduate rower Sophia Issberner will represent Great Britain this weekend at the 2025 FISU World University Games in Germany. Sophia will compete in the Women’s Eight (W8+) rowing event in the Rhine-Ruhr region, with racing scheduled from 25-27 July. The final will take place on Sunday 27 July. Sophia’s selection marks
The University of St Andrews Boat Club is celebrating its first ever Henley Women’s Regatta win, thanks to a sensational performance from a rower with less than 12 months experience. With over 2,000 competitors from across the UK and around the world, the regatta showcased elite talent on the iconic stretch of the River Thames.
University of Bath alumni Becky Wilde and Cedol Dafydd both won gold during a historic day for Great Britain at the 2025 European Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Poland. Five titles were won by GB during a thrilling 90-minute spell on Sunday, including a first-ever European gold in the men’s quadruple sculls. Dafydd was part of
It was a successful weekend for University of Bath-based rowers past and present when they contested the 2025 GB Rowing Team Senior and U23 Selection Trials at Caversham. And there was another magical moment for Paris 2024 medallist Becky Wilde when she was named as rowing’s BOA Female Olympic Athlete of the Year during the
Sisters Maria and Helen Nielson-Scott are throwing love out in the boat as they compete against each other in the world’s oldest rowing rivalry. The sisters make history on Easter Saturday by being the first to row in different boats in the Oxford versus Cambridge race on the Thames. It will be the first time
Study finds LYR’s Active Row programme provides large improvements in all measures of individual wellbeing whilst young people are more physically active with better attitudes to physical activity and are more resilient. Social benefits generated by the Active Row programme could be more than £17 million per year, and £69 million over the four years
The successful British Rowing Start talent development programme based at the University of Bath is holding trials for aspiring Olympians this month. Taking place at the Team Bath Sports Training Village on Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st May, they are open to women aged 14-22 who are 178cm or taller and men aged 14-20 who
University of Bath alumna Sara Parfett will make her Olympic debut this summer alongside history-making Helen Glover and Rio medallist Vicky Thornley after the trio were today named in the Team GB rowing squad for Tokyo 2020. All three began their rowing careers on the British Rowing World Class Start talent identification and development programme
University of Bath student Imy Bantick struck gold at the 2021 World Rowing Indoor Championships this week – all while competing in her own kitchen. Bantick, who studies Sport & Exercise Science and rows for the Crew Bath student club, completed 2km on her home rowing machine in 7mins 22.3secs to claim victory in the
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