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Posted: 7 September, 2018

Former GB rower, Lewis McCue, has been rewarded for his success leading the emerging University Rowing Aberdeen (URA) programme after being appointed its full-time head coach.

Posted: 30 August, 2018

Stirling University student, Perri McCluskey, has made the jump from beginner rower to Scotland Rowing Team competitor in just over a year.

And, having been discovered by British Rowing’s World Class Start programme, this could just be the start of the 19-year-old’s career in the sport.

Posted: 24 August, 2018

The Scottish Rowing AGM will take place on the 14th October at Strathclyde Park. Details will follow with the formal notice of the meeting. Member clubs are reminded that should they wish to table a resolution at the AGM, this needs to be submitted in writing 30 clear days before the meeting i.e. 13h September 2018.

Posted: 24 August, 2018

Andy Barton, the popular former Director of Rowing at Glasgow University BC who oversaw roaring growth at the club, has been appointed Scottish Rowing’s Club Support Manager.

In this new role, which comes as part of Scottish Rowing’s Regional Development programme relaunch, Barton has responsibility for developing the tools and resources to help club leaders manage and build successful sustainable clubs. As part of his remit he is also the regional lead for the West.

Posted: 21 August, 2018

Robyn Hart-Winks came away with the lion’s share of medals as Scotland topped the medal table at the inaugural Commonwealth Beach Rowing Sprint Championships in Poole, Dorset.

Posted: 20 August, 2018

Thank you to those clubs that have sent in questions for the GDPR Workshop which is taking place tomorrow. Your questions will be answered during the workshop but unfortunately technical issues mean we are no longer able to live stream the session. The workshop will being recorded and we will be share the audio recording the following week.

Apologies for any disappointment.

Posted: 5 August 2018

Having been drafted into Britain’s men’s double sculls crew at the last minute as a replacement for Glasgow’s Angus Groom, who fell sick, Edinburgh’s Harry Leask and his partner Jack Beaumont took bronze medals in a blanket finish of their final, with just over a second separating the first four crews.

Posted: 20 August, 2018

Lochwinnoch’s Emma McDonald won gold in the women’s eight at the 2018 FISU World University Rowing Championships in Shanghai whilst a further two athletes from Edinburgh University also made the top of the podium.

Posted: 4 August, 2018

Youngsters from as far afield as Helensburgh, Edinburgh, East Renfrewshire and even Carlisle have joined the Strathclyde Park-based Start programme, which aims to identify young athletes with the potential to become Olympic medallists.

Posted: 4 August, 2018

In the last final of the third day of the European Championships at Strathclyde Park, the British women’s eight, with Scotland’s Olympic silver medallist Karen Bennett and Katherine Douglas aboard, both from Edinburgh, overtook the Netherlands to grab silver medals as they then closed down on the eventual winners, the world champions from Romania.

McCue appointed full time Head Coach for University Rowing Aberdeen

How Perri McCluskey leapt from beginner to Scotland Rowing Team

Scottish Rowing AGM - 14th October, 2018

Andy Barton appointed Scottish Rowing Club Support Manager

Four medals for Hart-Winks as Scotland tops the table at Beach Sprint Championships

GDPR Workshop

Bronze for Leask Completes Scottish Medal Hat-trick

McDonald strikes a balance to win World University gold in China

World Class Start programme determined to recruit its first Lanarkshire athlete

Two Scottish Silver Medals

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