S.R.C in action
Gold at the World Masters Regatta 2025
Anna, Elle and Tomasz put Swindon Rowing Club on the global rowing community's radar at the World Masters Regatta with a gold.
At Master's level, medals are only awarded for the first rowers across the line. At the regatta in Banyoles in Spain in September 2025, our team recorded a series of impressive finishes, including while competing in international teams with others they had never rowed with before:
- Gold: Anna & Elle - Double Sculls Class C
- Second Place: Anna & Elle - Double Sculls Class B
- Second Place: Anna & Elle - Double Sculls Class A
- Second Place: Elle - Mixed International Class B with Krzysztof from Bydgoszcz in Poland.
- Third Place: Anna & Tomasz - Mixed Double Sculls Class C
Putting Swindon on the global rowing map
Even before Anna, Elle and Tomasz met British Olympic rowing legend Sir Matthew Pinsent at the World Masters Regatta, British Rowing sat down with Tomasz to find out how a chance meeting in a garage led to Swindon Rowing Club and the World Masters Regatta.
Success and stamina: The Great Ouse Marathon
Sam and Rob rowed 21.5km for the Great Ouse Marathon in Norfolk in September 2025.
Not only was completing the lengthy route from West Norfolk Rowing Club to the Ilse of Ely Rowing Club a show of stamina, but they completed it in just 1 hr 40 mins and 19 seconds making them the 9th fastest crew of the day and fastest in 2x Band 2 - winning the category.