The Debrief from British Rowing

Listen back to how the GB Rowing Team topped the medal table with seven gold, one silver and four bronze medals at the World Rowing Championships 2022 this Debrief, in association with Junior Rowing News with guests Erin Kennedy, Mark Hunter and Jess Eddie.

Host Fergus Mainland with guests Camilla Hadland-Horrocks, Polly Swann and Jacob Dawson look ahead to the 2022 World Rowing Championships, the challenges, the crews to watch and more, with a particular focus on the GB Rowing Team.

Listen back to how the GB Rowing Team topped the medal table with 6 golds, 3 silvers and a bronze at the European Rowing Championships 2022 this Debrief, in association with Junior Rowing News with guests Matilda Horn, Angus Groom and Cath Bishop.

Look (or listen) back at the fantastic racing at the World Rowing U19 & U23 Championships 2022 in our debrief, in association with Junior Rowing News. 

Following an incredible performance that put the GB Rowing Team on top of the medal table for the second time this year, we sit down to discuss the squad's performance at 2022 World Cup III, Lucerne. Joining host Ed Evans from Junior Rowing News are women's squad member Lola Anderson and Olympic silver medallists Jack Beaumont and Karen Bennett.

Hosted by Fergus Mainland in association with Junior Rowing News, our HRR Debrief looks back on 6 phenomenal days of racing at the most iconic event of the rowing calendar. Joining Fergus are Paralympic Champion Erin Kennedy, newly-appointed Steward Adam Freeman-Pask and coach, umpire and Henley commentator Caroline Lytton. 

Following an incredible performance from Team GB at World Cup 1 in Belgrade, we sit down to discuss with; James Fox, Paralympic gold medalist at Rio 2016 & Tokyo 2020, Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne, Olympian at Tokyo 2020 and Jack Beaumont, Olympic silver medalist at Tokyo 2020.

In advance of this year's Fours Head: Connie Pidoux talks to Rosie Oates from Junior Rowing News about her tips for getting the best out of the Tideway. Connie has coxed on the Tideway with Imperial, Molesey and Thames, coming third at the Head of the River in 2016. At Henley Royal, she coxed Thames RC to victory in the Thames Challenge Cup in 2015 and then repeated the feat in 2018.

In a fascinating conversation, Connie covers topics such as key calls, communicating with your crew, coxing in a bow loader, race plans and steering on the Tideway through to coping with the pressure and tips for controlling different situations.

The Debrief is produced in association with Junior Rowing News. Look out for our special Debrief review of the Fours Head coming soon!

There were fantastic performances overnight from our three Paralympic crews with gold medals for the PR2 mixed double and PR3 mixed coxed four and a fifth place for Ben Pritchard in the PR1 single sculls.

Join Fergus Mainland from Junior Rowing News as he analyses the Tokyo action with Paralympic champions Tom Aggar and Naomi Riches, Olympian Annamarie Phelps, former British Rowing Chair and British Paralympic Association Deputy Chair, and journalist Martin Gough.

The Debrief is produced in association with Junior Rowing News

The GB rowers were in action overnight on the water at Tokyo with the PR3 mixed coxed four and PR2 mixed double crews progressing straight to the A finals, while PR1 single sculler Ben Pritchard will race the repechage tomorrow.

Join Tom Morgan from Junior Rowing News as he chews over the performances with Paralympic champions Tom Aggar and Grace Clough, Jack Beaumont – fresh from winning Olympic silver at Tokyo – and Bruce Lynn, who coaches adaptive rowing at Marlow RC.

The Debrief is produced in association with Junior Rowing News.

The Tokyo Paralympics is here and on Friday the GB rowers will start their campaign in the heats across three boat classes. In this special preview, Fergus Mainland from Junior Rowing News talks to two Paralympic champions to hear their thoughts on GB’s chances at the regatta. Tom Aggar was the first ever men's single sculls Paralympic gold medallist at the Beijing 2008 Games while Grace Clough was part of the gold-medal winning PR3 mixed coxed four from the Rio 2016 Games.

The Debrief is produced in association with Junior Rowing News.

After superb racing at Henley Royal, host Tom Morgan chews over the action with Sarah Winckless, a Henley Steward, umpire and Olympic medallist; Camilla Hadland, rowing commentator, and rowing journalist Martin Gough. Hear their thoughts and insights on the key results and narratives from the 2021 regatta.

Brought to you in association with Junior Rowing News.

The Tokyo Olympic regatta wrapped up with a fantastic bronze for the GB men’s eight and a historic fourth-place finish for Vicky Thornley in the single sculls. Listen to the Debrief as host Tom Morgan analyses the final day of racing from Tokyo with Cath Bishop, an Olympic silver medallist in 2004, Sarah Cook, Olympian and COO Rowing Australia, and sports journalist and rowing coach Martin Gough on our expert panel.

The Debrief is produced in association with Junior Rowing News.

Listen to the Tokyo Debrief as host Tom Morgan analyses the overnight action from Tokyo with double Olympic champion Heather Stanning, Olympic silver medallist Richard Chambers and Daniel Spring, rowing blogger aka ‘fatsculler’.

The Debrief is produced in association with Junior Rowing News.

On a day when Britain won its first Olympic medal in the men’s quad, watch or listen to the Debrief as host Tom Morgan is joined by Olympic gold and bronze medallist Anna Watkins, sports journalist Martin Gough and Nicola Benavente, British Rowing World Class Start coach.

The Debrief is produced in association with Junior Rowing News.

With racing cancelled on days four and five of the Tokyo Olympic regatta, our guest panel looks ahead to the final three days of racing on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: how will the athletes be dealing with the two-day break, and what can we expect when racing resumes? Host Tom Morgan speaks with Olympic Silver medallists, Guin Batten and Jess Eddie alongside Rio Olympian, Pete Lambert. You can watch now on British Rowing Plus or listen on a range of podcast platforms!

The Debrief is produced in association with Junior Rowing News.

Five GB crews were in action on day three of the Tokyo Olympic regatta including the men’s and women’s quads, the women’s single scull and men’s double and women’s four. Debrief host Fergus Mainland joins Olympic silver medallist Zoe De Toledo, Olympian Sarah Cook, COO of Rowing Australia, together with sports journalist Martin Gough to chew over the overnight action from the Sea Forest Waterway.

The Debrief is produced in association with Junior Rowing News.

Six GB crews took to the water on day two of the racing from Tokyo 2020. On today’s Tokyo Debrief we have Heather Stanning, Olympic gold medallist twice with Helen Glover in the women’s pairs; Mark Hunter, Olympic gold and silver medallist, together with rowing aficionado and blogger Daniel Spring. They talk to our host Fergus Mainland about all the action overnight from the women’s pair and lightweight women’s double sculls through to the men's and women's fours and eights.

The Debrief is produced in association with Junior Rowing News.

Day one of the racing from Tokyo 2020 saw the men’s and women’s single sculls – including Vicky Thornley pictured above – and the double sculls and quad sculls take to the water. Fergus Mainland goes through all the overnight action below with Olympian Pete Lambert, former GB rower Melissa Wilson and Martin Gough, sports journalist and rowing coach.

The Debrief is produced in association with Junior Rowing News.

Tokyo 2020 is finally almost here! In a series that will run every day of racing – and will be available to everyone – we talk to Olympians and rowing experts for their views on the racing.

In this special preview, Tom Morgan from Junior Rowing News talks to Sarah Cook, Olympian and COO of Rowing Australia; Zoe De Toledo, who won Olympic silver in the women’s eight in 2016 and Mark Hunter, Olympic champion in the lightweight double sculls in 2008 and a silver medallist at London 2012.

The Debrief is produced in association with Junior Rowing News.

With a young, up and coming group of rowers from British Rowing's "Project Paris" squad competing in Sabaudia - we caught up with 2012 Olympic Champion, Kat Copeland, Rio silver medallist Jess Eddie and 2019 U23 world champion, Sam Meijer to run through all the action. 

Host Tom Morgan is joined by GB rower Sam Meijer, Richard Sinnott from Warrington Youth Rowing and Jo Brown, Assistant Coach at King’s College School, Wimbledon, to discuss all the highlights from the 2021 National Schools’ Regatta.

Host Fergus Mainland is joined by GB Rowing Team legends, Jess Eddie, Zoe de Toledo and Pete Lambert to talk through all the action from a fantastic weekend's racing in Lucerne at the second World Rowing Cup of the season.

Kiwi rowing legend and double Olympic Champion, Eric Murray joins Olympic silver medallist, Jess Eddie and Olympic Champion, Mark Hunter to talk over the key talking points from the 2021 Final Olympic Qualification Regatta from Lucerne. Hosted by Fergus Mainland and brought to you in association with Junior Rowing News.

Host, Fergus Mainland is joined by Olympic silver medallist, Jess Eddie, former GB rower, Pete Lambert alongside rowing blogger and British Rowing Plus contributor, Daniel Spring (aka @fatsculler) to discuss the key talking points from the weekend’s action at the European Rowing Championships in Varese.