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British National Rowing Championships
StatusSenior (inactive)
Junior (active)
Genrerowing
Frequencyannual
Next event2023
Organised byBritish 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

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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

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Senior and Junior combined

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Year Number Dates Location Notes
1972 1 22–23 July 1972 Nottingham Inaugural Championships[3]
1973 2 21–22 July 1973 Nottingham
1974 3 20–21 July 1974 Nottingham Record entry of 330 crews.[7]
1975 4 19–20 July 1975 Nottingham
1976 5 16–18 July 1976 Nottingham Entry affected by Olympic year.[8]
1977 6 15–17 July 1977 Nottingham
1978 7 14–16 July 1978 Nottingham Record entry of 428 crews.[9][10]
1979 8 20–21 July 1979 Nottingham
1980 9 18–20 July 1980 Nottingham Entry affected by Olympic year.[11]
1981 10 17–19 July 1981 Nottingham
1982 11 17–18 July 1982 Nottingham
1983 12 16–17 July 1983 Nottingham
1984 13 14–15 July 1984 Nottingham Entry affected by Olympic year.[12]
1985 14 20–21 July 1985 Nottingham Record entry of 517 crews.
1986 15 18–20 July 1986 Nottingham Entry affected by Commonwealth Games year.[13]
1987 16 17–19 July 1987 Nottingham
1988 17 15–17 July 1988 Nottingham Record entry of 561 crews.[14]
1989 18 14–16 July 1989 Strathclyde First Championships away from Nottingham.[15]
1990 19 20–22 July 1990 Nottingham Record entry of 653 crews.[16]
1991 20 19–21 July 1991 Nottingham
1992 21 17–19 July 1992 Nottingham
1993 22 16–18 July 1993 Strathclyde
1994 23 15–17 July 1994 Nottingham
1995 24 14–16 July 1995 Nottingham Record entry of 741 crews.[17]
1996 25 19–21 July 1996 Nottingham
1997 26 18–20 July 1997 Nottingham
1998 27 17–19 July 1998 Strathclyde
1999 28 16–18 July 1999 Nottingham
2000 29 14–16 July 2000 Nottingham
2001 30 20–22 July 2001 Nottingham
2002 31 19–21 July 2002 Nottingham
2003 32 18–20 July 2003 Strathclyde
2004 33 16–18 July 2004 Nottingham
2005 34 15–17 July 2005 Nottingham
2006 35 14–16 July 2006 Strathclyde
2007 36 20–22 July 2007 Nottingham
2008 37 18–20 July 2008 Nottingham
2009 38 17–19 July 2009 Nottingham
2010 39 16–18 July 2010 Strathclyde
2011 40 15–17 July 2011 Nottingham
2012 41 13–15 July 2012 Nottingham

Senior Championships

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Year Number Dates Location Notes
2013 42 19–20 October 2013 Nottingham
2014 43 18–19 October 2014 Nottingham
2015 44 17–18 October 2015 Nottingham
2016 45 22–23 October 2016 Nottingham[18]
2017 46 21–22 October 2017 Nottingham cancelled; weather
2018 47 20–21 October 2018 Nottingham
2019 48 15–16 June 2019 Nottingham[19] cancelled; insufficient entries[5]
2020 - Not held n/a in order to give more time to review future dates and format.[6]
2021-23 - Not held n/a no official statement

Junior Championships

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

References

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