British Rowing Championships Explained

British National Rowing Championships
Status:Senior (inactive)
Junior (active)
Genre:rowing
Frequency:annual
Organised:British Rowing

The British Rowing Championships usually take place every year and are normally held at the National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepont (Nottingham), with occasional championships held at the Strathclyde Country Park. The championships originally incorporated Senior and Junior crews but since 2013 have been held separately. However, since 2018 the senior championships have not been held. It is a major event for club rowers and schools and events are held for open, women, open junior, women's junior, under 23, lightweight, adaptive and coastal boats.

Each crew member of the first, second and third placed crews in each event receive gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. The club champion in each event (i.e. the highest placed non-composite crew) also receives a wooden club champions plaque to display in their clubhouse.

History

The Championships were inaugurated in 1972 and held at the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham, which had only been built the previous year.[1] [2] [3]

In 2010, the Regatta adopted the title British Rowing Championships to reflect the change in name of the Amateur Rowing Association to British Rowing. The logo and branding now reflects that of British Rowing. The 40th anniversary of the Championships was celebrated in 2012. Although it has been the practice for the Championships to be held in Scotland at the Strathclyde Country Park every fourth year, the 2014 Championships was held in Nottingham. This was because Scotland hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Rowing Championships at Strathclyde Country Park. Since 2016, the Championships have only been held in Nottingham.

A decision was taken in 2012 that in order to raise the standard of senior competition, the senior events from the Championships would be moved to autumn from 2013.[4] This resulted in the Championships splitting into the senior championships and junior championships, with the latter continuing to be held during July.

In 2019, the Senior Championships were cancelled due to insufficient entries and the 2020 edition was not scheduled, with British Rowing stating it was reviewing the dates and format following the lack of entries for the 2019 Championships.[5] [6] The event has not been scheduled since, with no official statement on the future plans of the Senior Championships.

Dates and locations of Championships

Senior and Junior combined

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1 22–23 July 1972 NottinghamInaugural Championships
2 21–22 July 1973 Nottingham
3 20–21 July 1974 Nottingham Record entry of 330 crews.[7]
4 19–20 July 1975 Nottingham
5 16–18 July 1976 Nottingham Entry affected by Olympic year.[8]
6 15–17 July 1977 Nottingham
7 14–16 July 1978 Nottingham Record entry of 428 crews.[9] [10]
8 20–21 July 1979 Nottingham
9 18–20 July 1980 Nottingham Entry affected by Olympic year.[11]
10 17–19 July 1981 Nottingham
11 17–18 July 1982 Nottingham
12 16–17 July 1983 Nottingham
13 14–15 July 1984 Nottingham Entry affected by Olympic year.[12]
14 20–21 July 1985 Nottingham Record entry of 517 crews.
15 18–20 July 1986 Nottingham Entry affected by Commonwealth Games year.[13]
16 17–19 July 1987 Nottingham
17 15–17 July 1988 Nottingham Record entry of 561 crews.[14]
18 14–16 July 1989 StrathclydeFirst Championships away from Nottingham.[15]
19 20–22 July 1990 Nottingham Record entry of 653 crews.[16]
20 19–21 July 1991 Nottingham
2117–19 July 1992 Nottingham
22 16–18 July 1993 Strathclyde
2315–17 July 1994 Nottingham
24 14–16 July 1995 Nottingham Record entry of 741 crews.[17]
2519–21 July 1996 Nottingham
26 18–20 July 1997 Nottingham
27 17–19 July 1998 Strathclyde
28 16–18 July 1999 Nottingham
29 14–16 July 2000 Nottingham
30 20–22 July 2001 Nottingham
31 19–21 July 2002 Nottingham
32 18–20 July 2003 Strathclyde
33 16–18 July 2004 Nottingham
34 15–17 July 2005 Nottingham
35 14–16 July 2006 Strathclyde
36 20–22 July 2007 Nottingham
37 18–20 July 2008 Nottingham
38 17–19 July 2009 Nottingham
39 16–18 July 2010 Strathclyde
40 15–17 July 2011 Nottingham
41 13–15 July 2012 Nottingham

Senior Championships

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42 19–20 October 2013 Nottingham
43 18–19 October 2014 Nottingham
44 17–18 October 2015 Nottingham
45 22–23 October 2016 Nottingham[18]
2017 46 21–22 October 2017 Nottingham cancelled; weather
47 20–21 October 2018 Nottingham
2019 48 15–16 June 2019 Nottingham[19] cancelled; insufficient entries
2020 - Not held n/ain order to give more time to review future dates and format.
2021-23 - Not held n/ano official statement

Junior Championships

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42 20–21 July 2013 Nottingham
43 19–20 July 2014 Nottingham
44 18–19 July 2015 Strathclyde
45 15–17 July 2016 Nottingham[20]
46 14–16 July 2017 Nottingham[21]
47 19–21 July 2018 Nottingham[22]
48 19–21 July 2019 Nottingham
2020 49 17–19 July 2020 Nottingham Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[23]
49 16-18 July 2021Nottingham[24]
50 15-17 July 2022Nottingham[25]
51 14-16 July 2023Strathclyde[26]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Two best eights meet in main event. Times Digital Archives.
  2. Web site: "Holme Pierrepont National Water Sports Centre, Nottinghamshire." Times, 6 July 1972, p. I. Times Digital Archives.
  3. Web site: Railton, Jim. "Nottingham in their Olympic stride." Times, 21 July 1972, p. 10. Times Digital Archives.
  4. Web site: British Rowing Championships - the Chairman's view . 31 December 2012 . 4 May 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130108005537/http://www.britishrowing.org/news/2012/may/4/british-rowing-championships-chairmans-view . 8 January 2013 .
  5. Web site: Announcement on the British Rowing Senior Championships 2019 . British Rowing . 24 October 2022 . 10 June 2019.
  6. Web site: Statement on British Rowing Senior Championships. British Rowing. 24 October 2022.
  7. Web site: Railton, Jim. "Hart could cause upset if he starts in singles sculls." Times, 19 July 1974, p. 9. Times Digital Archives.
  8. Web site: By a Special Correspondent. "British championships carry on regardless." Times, 17 July 1976, p. 17. Times Digital Archives.
  9. Web site: Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 17 July 1978, p. 11. Times Digital Archives.
  10. Web site: Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 15 July 1978, p. 21. Times Digital Archives.
  11. Web site: "Rowing." Times, 21 July 1980, p. 12. Times Digital Archives.
  12. Web site: Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 13 July 1984, p. 26. Times Digital Archives.
  13. Web site: Railton, Jim. "Leander take Kingston with a late charge." Times, 21 July 1986, p. 28. Times Digital Archives.
  14. Web site: Railton, Jim. "Holmes is not risking his injury." Times, 15 July 1988, p. 34. Times Digital Archives.
  15. Web site: a Special Correspondent. "Top crews do clubs good turn." Times, 13 July 1989, p. 44. Times Digital Archives.
  16. Web site: Rosewell, Mike. "A record entry attracted." Times, 20 July 1990, p. 414. Times Digital Archives.
  17. Web site: "Record national entry." Times, 15 July 1995, p. 34. Times Digital Archives.
  18. Web site: 2016 British Rowing Senior Championships. British Rowing.
  19. Web site: 2019 British Rowing Championships series. British Rowing.
  20. Web site: Henley Rowing Club triumph at the British Rowing Junior Championships. British Rowing.
  21. Web site: Rowers delight at the 2017 British Rowing Junior Championships. British Rowing.
  22. Web site: Category: British Rowing Junior Championships 2018. Junior Rowing News.
  23. Web site: British Rowing Junior Championships National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham has been cancelled due to coronavirus (COVID-19). British Rowing.
  24. Web site: British Rowing Junior Championships-Entries Open. British Rowing. 25 October 2021.
  25. Web site: British Rowing Junior Championships-Entries Open. British Rowing . 21 October 2022.
  26. Web site: British Rowing Junior Champs . British Rowing . 7 August 2023.

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