British Rowing Championships

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British National Rowing Championships
StatusSenior (active)
Junior (active)
Genrerowing
Frequencyannually
Previous event 2024
Next event 2025
Organised by British Rowing

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 in 2013 they were held separately for the first time. The Junior events ran without issues, but from 2019-2023 the senior championships did not run due to lack of entries. In 2024, the championships recombined. 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.

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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 did not get scheduled again until 2024, when the decision was made to combine both the senior and junior championships once again.

Dates and locations of Championships

Senior and Junior combined

YearNumberDatesLocationNotes
1972 122–23 July 1972NottinghamInaugural Championships [3]
1973 221–22 July 1973Nottingham
1974 320–21 July 1974NottinghamRecord entry of 330 crews. [7]
1975 419–20 July 1975Nottingham
1976 516–18 July 1976NottinghamEntry affected by Olympic year. [8]
1977 615–17 July 1977Nottingham
1978 714–16 July 1978NottinghamRecord entry of 428 crews. [9] [10]
1979 820–21 July 1979Nottingham
1980 918–20 July 1980NottinghamEntry affected by Olympic year. [11]
1981 1017–19 July 1981Nottingham
1982 1117–18 July 1982Nottingham
1983 1216–17 July 1983Nottingham
1984 1314–15 July 1984NottinghamEntry affected by Olympic year. [12]
1985 1420–21 July 1985NottinghamRecord entry of 517 crews.
1986 1518–20 July 1986NottinghamEntry affected by Commonwealth Games year. [13]
1987 1617–19 July 1987Nottingham
1988 1715–17 July 1988NottinghamRecord entry of 561 crews. [14]
1989 1814–16 July 1989StrathclydeFirst Championships away from Nottingham. [15]
1990 1920–22 July 1990NottinghamRecord entry of 653 crews. [16]
1991 2019–21 July 1991Nottingham
1992 2117–19 July 1992Nottingham
1993 2216–18 July 1993Strathclyde
1994 2315–17 July 1994Nottingham
1995 2414–16 July 1995NottinghamRecord entry of 741 crews. [17]
1996 2519–21 July 1996Nottingham
1997 2618–20 July 1997Nottingham
1998 2717–19 July 1998Strathclyde
1999 2816–18 July 1999Nottingham
2000 2914–16 July 2000Nottingham
2001 3020–22 July 2001Nottingham
2002 3119–21 July 2002Nottingham
2003 3218–20 July 2003Strathclyde
2004 3316–18 July 2004Nottingham
2005 3415–17 July 2005Nottingham
2006 3514–16 July 2006Strathclyde
2007 3620–22 July 2007Nottingham
2008 3718–20 July 2008Nottingham
2009 3817–19 July 2009Nottingham
2010 3916–18 July 2010Strathclyde
2011 4015–17 July 2011Nottingham
2012 4113–15 July 2012Nottingham

Senior Championships

YearNumberDatesLocationNotes
2013 4219–20 October 2013Nottingham
2014 4318–19 October 2014Nottingham
2015 4417–18 October 2015Nottingham
2016 4522–23 October 2016Nottingham [18]
20174621–22 October 2017Nottinghamcancelled; weather
2018 4720–21 October 2018Nottingham
20194815–16 June 2019Nottingham [19] cancelled; insufficient entries [5]
2020-Not heldn/ain order to give more time to review future dates and format. [6]
2021-23-Not heldn/ano official statement
2024 4919–22 July 2024NottinghamCombined with junior championships
2025 5018–21 July 2025NottinghamCombined with junior championships

Junior Championships

YearNumberDatesLocationNotes
2013 4220–21 July 2013Nottingham
2014 4319–20 July 2014Nottingham
2015 4418–19 July 2015Strathclyde
2016 4515–17 July 2016Nottingham [20]
2017 4614–16 July 2017Nottingham [21]
2018 4719–21 July 2018Nottingham [22]
2019 4819–21 July 2019Nottingham [19]
20204917–19 July 2020NottinghamCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [23]
2021 4916-18 July 2021Nottingham [24]
2022 5015-17 July 2022Nottingham [25]
2023 5114-16 July 2023Strathclyde [26]
2024 5219–22 July 2024NottinghamCombined with senior championships
2025 5318–21 July 2025NottinghamCombined with senior 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Announcement on the British Rowing Senior Championships 2019". British Rowing. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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.
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