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The 2024 British Rowing Championships were the 2024 edition of the National Senior and Junior Championships, held from 19 to 22 July 2024 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. [1] [2] [3] They were organised and sanctioned by British Rowing, and were open to British rowers.
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.
Marlow Regatta is one of the top [1] events in the British rowing calendar and attracts top crews from schools, clubs and universities from around the UK, Europe and the USA. The regatta takes place two weeks prior to Henley Royal Regatta and for some competitors this will be the last chance to pre-qualify for Henley Royal.
Success at the British Rowing Championships was first achieved at the 2021 British Rowing Junior Championships under the coaching of Allan French. [6] Girls joined the boat club in 2023. [6] Further national success came at the 2023 British Rowing Junior Championships and the 2024 British Rowing Championships. [7]
British Rowing, formerly the Amateur Rowing Association (ARA), is the national governing body for the sport of rowing (both indoor and on-water rowing). It is responsible for the training and selection of individual rowers and crews representing Great Britain and England, and for participation in and the development of rowing in England . [ 1 ]
Sir William Lorenzo Parker, 3rd Baronet (9 January 1889 – 27 October 1971) was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. [1] Parker was born in Kensington, London. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of Sir William Biddulph Parker, 2nd Baronet on 23 January
National Schools' Regatta is the largest rowing regatta for junior rowers in Great Britain. Held annually in May, the three day regatta offers events for junior rowers between the categories J14 and J18 (the number being the age group).
The race was founded on a much smaller scale, in 1925, by Steve Fairbairn – an influential rower then rowing coach of the early 20th century, who transformed the sport into one involving today's lengthier slides enabling conventional (Fairbairnized) racing shell propulsion. "My dear boy, you are under a wrong impression.