Regional round-up: December 2025
December 27, 2025
For the last two years, the British autumn has been almost synonymous with cancelled races. Strong winds, heavy rainfall, freezing temperatures – you name it,
Author: Bilbo Baggins
Bilbo Baggins
Regional Racing Round-up: Summer 2025
July 22, 2025
For provincial rowers, the summer season is the time for us to acquire a very particular set of knowledge, only tangentially related to rowing. It
Regional rowing round-Up: spring 2024
April 3, 2025
Ever the loyal regional reporter, the last few weeks have seen me travel from Plymouth to Penrith, Bristol to Bradford, and Chester to Cambridge, checking
Regional rowing round-up: September to December 2024
December 19, 2024
Another autumn, another host of races cancelled. From Fours Head to provincial races, we haven’t seen the top provincial crews race against each other in
Regional round-up: July 2024
July 14, 2024
As a provincial rower, the months of June and July fill my mileometer and bank account with dread. Four separate early morning trips down south
Regional round-up: April 2024
April 5, 2024
Now the dust has had time to settle on head season, and with just under a month until the flag falls on the first major
Regional Round-Up: December 2023
December 6, 2023
Welcome to a new regular feature for JRN, which explores the vibrant club racing scene in the ‘provincial’ regions of the UK. Often forgotten by
I’ve got data. Do I even need a coach?
March 20, 2023
A coach is often heralded as the 10th member of a rowing crew. Within the rowing community, great coaches are household names; think of Jurgen
Believe it or not, rowing does exist outside of the Thames Valley!
December 17, 2022
Four’s head has come and gone for another year. But what can we learn from the results of the first tideway head of the year.
In order to survive, rowing just might need to mix things up
October 12, 2022
Given that rowing has been at every Olympic games since 1900, it might seem that it’s place on the programme is grandfathered in. However, with
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