Rowing/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 …

Olympic champion Lauren Henry MBE was among the winners for Great Britain as they claimed three gold medals on the final day of the World Rowing Cup in Varese, Italy. Henry was impressive in the women’s single sculls, finishing more than eight seconds clear of Germany’s Juliane Faralisch and China’s …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Olympic swimmer Cassie Patten is 38 now, a mother of three, yet can still recall the anger she felt at a male coach’s reaction to her being unable to train while on her period. The 2008 bronze medallist spoke of how one male coach “looked me in the eye and …

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 …

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 …

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 until Sunday 6 July. Organisers received 768 entries from 19 nations, including a record 589 domestic entries for the annual event, British Rowing said. …

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 …

Colin Hattersley The colourful boats at the SkiffieWorlds are generally community-built More than 2,000 rowers from around the globe are expected in south west Scotland for the SkiffieWorlds championship. The world championships for the St Ayles class coastal rowing boats is taking place on Loch Ryan, near Stranraer, from Sunday …

Jonathan Morris BBC News, South West Sam Goodchild Sam Goodchild is sailing with two jibs and without the mainsail A sailor from Cornwall has suffered a major blow in the Vendee Globe round-the-world race when the mainsail on his boat “exploded”. Sam Goodchild, 35, from Falmouth, was in fifth place …

Kirstin McEwan/CT Productions Racers from around the world are in south west Scotland for the event A major coastal rowing championship in south west Scotland has resumed after being hit by high winds. The SkiffieWorlds opened in Stranraer on Sunday but the first day’s racing had to be cancelled on …

A sailor from Cornwall has repaired his mainsail after it was ripped apart during the Vendee Globe, a non-stop race around the world. The tear happened on Monday as Sam Goodchild’s yacht Vulnerable’s sail swung from side to side twice off the Azores while he was in fifth place. Goodchild, …

A sailor from Cornwall has repaired his mainsail after it was ripped apart during the Vendee Globe, a non-stop race around the world. The tear happened on Monday as Sam Goodchild’s yacht Vulnerable’s sail swung from side to side twice off the Azores while he was in fifth place. Goodchild, …

Four-time Olympic champion Ben Ainslie has split from Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos Britannia America’s Cup sailing team. Ainslie, 47, reportedly, external had a strained relationship with Manchester United co-owner Ratcliffe regarding plans for the next America’s Cup which prompted them to part ways. Ainslie was Ineos Britannia’s team principal and …

Jonathan Morris BBC News, South West Jean-Marie Liot/Alea Sam Goodchild took ninth place after his mainsail ripped Sailor Sam Goodchild, who came ninth in the gruelling Vendee Globe round-the-world sailing race, has set his sights on becoming the first British sailor to win the event. Goodchild, 35, from Falmouth, Cornwall, …

Katherine Grainger, Sally Gunnell, Alice Dearing and Lizzy Yarnold on the athletes to look out for this summer (and winter). BBC News