Wikipedia / British Rowing Championships
Wikipedia / British Rowing Championships
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 in 2013 they were held separately for the first time. The Junior events ran without issues, but from 2019 to 2023 the senior championships did not run due to lack of entries. In 2024, the championships recombined. 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.
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. 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. The event did not get scheduled again until 2024, when the decision was made to combine both the senior and junior championships once again.
Dates and locations of Championships
Senior and Junior combined
Year | Number | Dates | Location | Notes |
1 | 22–23 July 1972 | Nottingham | Inaugural Championships | |
2 | 21–22 July 1973 | Nottingham | ||
3 | 20–21 July 1974 | Nottingham | Record entry of 330 crews. | |
4 | 19–20 July 1975 | Nottingham | ||
5 | 16–18 July 1976 | Nottingham | Entry affected by Olympic year. | |
6 | 15–17 July 1977 | Nottingham | ||
7 | 14–16 July 1978 | Nottingham | Record entry of 428 crews. | |
8 | 20–21 July 1979 | Nottingham | ||
9 | 18–20 July 1980 | Nottingham | Entry affected by Olympic year. | |
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. | |
14 | 20–21 July 1985 | Nottingham | Record entry of 517 crews. | |
15 | 18–20 July 1986 | Nottingham | Entry affected by Commonwealth Games year. | |
16 | 17–19 July 1987 | Nottingham | ||
17 | 15–17 July 1988 | Nottingham | Record entry of 561 crews. | |
18 | 14–16 July 1989 | Strathclyde | First Championships away from Nottingham. | |
19 | 20–22 July 1990 | Nottingham | Record entry of 653 crews. | |
20 | 19–21 July 1991 | Nottingham | ||
21 | 17–19 July 1992 | Nottingham | ||
22 | 16–18 July 1993 | Strathclyde | ||
23 | 15–17 July 1994 | Nottingham | ||
24 | 14–16 July 1995 | Nottingham | Record entry of 741 crews. | |
25 | 19–21 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
Year | Number | Dates | Location | Notes |
42 | 19–20 October 2013 | Nottingham | ||
43 | 18–19 October 2014 | Nottingham | ||
44 | 17–18 October 2015 | Nottingham | ||
45 | 22–23 October 2016 | Nottingham | ||
2017 | 46 | 21–22 October 2017 | Nottingham | cancelled; weather |
47 | 20–21 October 2018 | Nottingham | ||
2019 | 48 | 15–16 June 2019 | Nottingham | cancelled; insufficient entries |
2020 | - | Not held | n/a | in order to give more time to review future dates and format. |
2021-23 | - | Not held | n/a | no official statement |
49 | 19–22 July 2024 | Nottingham | Combined with junior championships | |
50 | 18–21 July 2025 | Nottingham | Combined with junior championships |
Junior Championships
Year | Number | Dates | Location | Notes |
42 | 20–21 July 2013 | Nottingham | ||
43 | 19–20 July 2014 | Nottingham | ||
44 | 18–19 July 2015 | Strathclyde | ||
45 | 15–17 July 2016 | Nottingham | ||
46 | 14–16 July 2017 | Nottingham | ||
47 | 19–21 July 2018 | Nottingham | ||
48 | 19–21 July 2019 | Nottingham | ||
2020 | 49 | 17–19 July 2020 | Nottingham | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
49 | 16-18 July 2021 | Nottingham | ||
50 | 15-17 July 2022 | Nottingham | ||
51 | 14-16 July 2023 | Strathclyde | ||
52 | 19–22 July 2024 | Nottingham | Combined with senior championships | |
53 | 18–21 July 2025 | Nottingham | Combined with senior championships |
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