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Rowing confirmed as core scholarship sport
Posted: October 31, 2013
World U23 silver medallist Iona Riley is one of seven students to gain scholarship support after rowing was confirmed as a Winning Students core sport.
Riley, a third year Applied Sport and Exercise Science student at Robert Gordon University (RGU), formed part of the GB women’s eight which made the podium in Austria.
She is joined on the programme by fellow RGU students Christie Duff and Lewis McCue and by Kieran Brown (University of Edinburgh), Jack Burns (University of Strathclyde), Emma McDonald (University of Glasgow) and James Scott (Heriot-Watt University).
Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association in Gent
Posted: April 24, 2014
In Belgium on the 12th & 13th April at the annual Gent Spring International Regatta, crews from the Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association won 3 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals over the two days of the competition.
Record Scottish contingent set for GB Rowing Team trials
Posted: April 16, 2014
A record 19 Scots will take to the water at the home of the GB Rowing Team this weekend aiming to produce strong performances and put themselves in contention for a place at the World Rowing and World Rowing Under 23 Championships this summer. Following a winter of open assessments on the water and the ergometer, the GB Rowing Team Senior and Under 23 invitational trials at the Redgrave-Pinsent Rowing Lake in Caversham will see the country’s top oarsmen and women undertake a 1,900 metre time trial followed by seeded semi-finals and finals to produce a clear ranking across each of the four main disciplines.
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Scots compete at Head of the Charles
Posted: October 29, 2013
Three of the 1986 Commonwealth Games Rowing squad headed over to compete at the 49th Head of the Charles Regatta over the weekend of the 19th and 20th October.
British Rowing Masters Championships 2014
Posted: April 1, 2014
The British Rowing Masters Championships are being held on Sunday 18th May 2014 at the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham.
Senior British Championships 2013
Posted: October 24, 2013
Scottish Rowers shine at Inaugural Senior British Championships.
A large number of Scottish Rowers competed over the weekend (19th/20th Oct) at the Senior British Championships hosted at Holme Pierrepoint in Nottingham.
Busy weekend for Inverness Rowing Club members on the River Thames
Posted: April 1, 2014
Members from Inverness Rowing Club were involved in three significant and separate rowing events on the River Thames last weekend.
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Elite athletes become apprentice coaches
Posted: October 13, 2013
An apprenticeship programme to support former top-class athletes become coaches has been launched by sportscotland.
The Coaching Futures initiative will see eight sports employ a retiring or retired athlete who will use their knowledge and expertise to help develop and inspire the next generation of champions.
North Lanarkshire Schools Indoor Rowing Competition
Posted: March 28, 2014
Clyde Valley High School is one of the newest schools in Scotland to take up rowing. A project initiated by Scottish Rowing and North Lanarkshire Council has been set up to offer a wider range of rowing participation opportunities, spreading the delivery of rowing in local schools.
Read more: North Lanarkshire Schools Indoor Rowing Competition
Scottish Rowing Coaches Conference
Posted: October 8, 2013
The Scottish Rowing Coaches Conference 2013 was held at Edinburgh University's Centre for Sport and Exercise on the 5th and 6th of October. The conference was well attended by coaches from all over Scotland and we were privileged to have a great line-up of speakers who generously shared their knowledge and experience.