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
Queen’s College Taunton has proudly announced that alumna Rebecca Wilde has achieved a bronze medal in the Women’s Double Sculls Rowing event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Wilde, partnering with Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne, they secured their place on the podium with an impressive time of 6:53.22. After their remarkable race, Wilde and Hodgkins-Byrne looked satisfied with
University of Bath Rowing Club’s Becky Wilde is set to compete at Paris 2024 after successfully securing a women’s double scull space for Team GB at the Final Olympic Qualifying Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland. Wilde, in her first full season with the senior GB Rowing Team, and partner Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne needed a top-two finish
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
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