Rowing/Sailing

Jack Silver BBC News, Guernsey BBC Michael Chapple has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to youth sailing A sailing coach from Guernsey has been presented with a British Empire Medal (BEM) by the island’s lieutenant-governor for his services to youth sailing. Mike Chapple has nurtured the …

Shyamantha Asokan BBC News, West Midlands BBC Lauren Rowles, from Bromsgrove, became the first woman to win a rowing gold at three Paralympic games in 2024 A Paralympic rower said there was a time in her life when she thought being queer and with a disability meant she would never …

Competitors and spectators have gathered for the Henley Royal Regatta. More than 400 international standard races will be run during the prestigious rowing event, which runs from until to Sunday 6 July. Organisers received 768 entries from 19 nations, including a record 589 domestic entries for the annual event, British …

Thousands of people are set to visit the Henley Royal Regatta as the prestigious rowing event gets underway. More than 400 international standard races will be held on the River Thames course that runs through the Oxfordshire town. Organisers received 768 entries from 19 nations, including a record 589 domestic …

George Carden BBC News, Brighton BBC Jazz Turner is overwhelmed to see her parents after completing the solo voyage A terminally ill sailor has completed her solo voyage around the British Isles, becoming the first disabled person ever to complete the feat without any support. Jazz Turner, an engineer from …

Lauren Henry claimed another gold to help Great Britain clinch the World Rowing Cup title in Lucerne on Sunday. The 23-year-old won the women’s single sculls final in Varese two weeks ago and followed that up in Switzerland as GB won two golds and a bronze. The Olympic quadruple sculls …

BBC Steve Lowe said Ports were “hoping for good weather and fair seas” More than 150 yachts are expected to arrive in Guernsey on Saturday as part of an inter-island race and UK regatta. Guernsey Marinas said about 100 competitors were taking part in the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 2025 …

Stuart Maisner BBC News, South East Jazz Turner Jazz Turner has sailed through a week of storm weather off the east coast of Scotland A terminally ill 26-year-old woman from East Sussex who is sailing solo around the British Isles has said a “horrific week of bad weather” left her …

Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley BBC News, west of England Nick Cooper The rowing crew reunited in Gloucester on Saturday A group of former schoolboy rowers have reunited – 50 years after they were last in a boat together. The crew of eight had success in the late 1960s, winning the prestigious Boston …

Woolnough, from Gloucester, grew up playing rugby union for his local club in Dursley, but it was a PE teacher at his school who recommended he try rowing because of his height. He was pointed in the direction of a talent-spotting session in the sport. “For a long time I …

A four-man team of rowers are looking to write their names into the history books and become the fastest group to row across the Atlantic Ocean. Jack Jarvis, David Bruce, Sam Edwards and Adam Radcliffe will row from New York all the way back to Southampton in an attempt to …

A former Parachute Regiment officer has set a new record for rowing solo around Great Britain. Mike Ellicock, 50 and from Lewes, East Sussex, departed from his home town on 30 April and returned to the same spot, the John Harvey Tavern, on Wednesday evening, after completing the 1,820 mile …

Jonathan Swingler BBC News, North East and Cumbria BBC The 192nd Durham Regatta was held at the weekend Regatta organisers are looking to dredge a river, after low water levels damaged boats. Durham Regatta competitors reported boats hitting the river bed and fins being broken off as they made their …

A woman with a terminal illness who is attempting to sail solo around the UK has already broken the fundraising target she set herself. Jazz Turner, an engineer from Seaford, East Sussex, set off from Brighton on 2 June, hoping to raise £30,000 for Sailability, a charity which makes sailing …

Rowers said they have been targeted by people firing fishing catapults and air rifles while they are on the water. The antisocial behaviour was reported to have taken place on a gravel towpath alongside the River Cam between Chesterton and Horningsea, near Cambridge. Rowing coach Ed Parkhouse, 32, said it …

PA Media Lola Anderson has taken part in a University of Portsmouth study A reigning Olympic champion has joined a study investigating how sports bras can work for different body types during physical activity. The University of Portsmouth research project is designed to assess how the underwear supports women of …

A prestigious rowing club says it has updated its code of conduct after being accused of failing to properly investigate sexual assault and harassment allegations. Women at the Leander Club, in Henley-on-Thames, walked out over personal safety fears and refused to train with male teammates as a result, an ITV …

Stuart Maisner BBC News, South East George Carden BBC News, Brighton George Carden/BBC Jazz Turner set sail from Brighton Marina on Monday A terminally ill 26-year-old woman from East Sussex has set off on a solo voyage sailing around the British Isles. Jazz Turner, an engineer from Seaford, lives with …

Great Britain’s Benjamin Pritchard set a world record for the second time in three days as he became European champion on Saturday. The Paralympic champion broke the record in the PR1 men’s single sculls on day one of the European Rowing Championships. Pritchard posted a time of eight minutes 47.88 …

GB Row Challenge The data was collected by a crew who took part in the 2023 GB Row Challenge Data, collected by rowers who circumnavigated Great Britain and analysed by university researchers, has found that sea temperatures have risen. A report by the University of Portsmouth and GB Row Challenge …