News Archive
20 April 2008 Dove Pier Report - Lessons for Rowers
A soft copy of the in-depth report on the incident at Hammersmith, is now available for download.
30 March 2008 West London Sports Trust Grants
The West London Sports Trust is offering grants to young sports people resident in: Barnet; Brent; Camden; Ealing; Hammersmith & Fulham; Harrow; Kensington & Chelsea; City of London and Westminster, who are in full time education...
18 February 2008 PLA Harbourmaster's Recreational Navigational Group
The Rowing Risk Assessment Implementation Group recommended that a permanent body be setup to represent the interests of all recreational users in the upper and middle district. This new group is the PHRNG.
18 February 2008 Training for Coach Educators - courses in March
Two courses are currently planned in March to increase the Coach Education Workforce in the Region.
18 February 2008 River Thames Lock Improvement Programme
A list of Enviroment Agency winter lock closures at Teddington and above,
4 December 2007 ARA Volunteer of the Year Awards 2008
The TRRC is looking for nominations for volunteers from within the region for the 2008 ARA Volunteer of the Year awards.
4 December 2007 2008 Club Safety Audits
TRRC received notice during November that the ARA have changed the Club Saftey Audit slightly and added the end of year Recordable Incident data form to the annual year end audit.
16 November 2007 Coaches wanted for Hammersmith Schools
Coaches are needed to take two one hour sessions a week, coaching in schools in Hammersmith for two after-school indoor rowing clubs.
16 November 2007 PLA & TRRC Announce Rowing Code Winners
As the Tideway Rowing Code was launched just over a year ago, the PLA and TRRC have recently announced those clubs that have come out as the best at implementing the new rules.
8 October 2007 Women into Coaching 2 - London
More funding available for London's coaches - the WSF are looking for a final push to spend their money ahead of the March 2008 deadline.
19 September 2007 Boat IDs to be in place above Teddington lock, by 30th September 2007
A reminder to all crews training or racing on the non-tidal Thames above Teddington, that they must comply with the ARA's six letter code boat identification system by the end of September.
11 September 2007 Adaptive Coaching Conference
Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Buckinghamshire will host the first Adaptive Rowing Coaching Conference- 'Breaking down Barriers, Creating Opportunities', on the 13 and 14 October 2007.
11 September 2007 Xchanging continue to sponsor the Boat Race
The Boat Race Company, organisers of the annual Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race have appointed Xchanging as the continued official sponsor of the Boat Race for the next five years.
23 August 2007 Case of Leptospirosis (Weil's disease) confirmed.
A case of Leptospirosis has recently been confirmed in someone who regularly canoes on the River Thames.
3 August 2007 National Junior Sculling Head
A questionnaire has been sent out by email and also handed out at various regattas about potentially changing the venue for the National Junior Sculling Head.