Welcome to our new website, we hope to help you get started.

What is recreational rowing?

Recreational rowers come in all shapes and sizes. Some are former national and international rowers who just want to have an occasional row with their old friends, others are people who have come to rowing rather later in life - parents of junior rowers, retired people with time on their hands, career types who want to keep fit, those who are new to an area and want to meet new people. However, they have a number of common goals:

to get fit (or fitter)
to develop or improve their technique in the boat
to be part of a team or group

This website, developed for the Amateur Rowing Association's Recreational Rowing Working Party, is aimed at all of these:

new to rowing
want to know what is involved and where to do it? Go to our getting started page
already a recreational rower and want to broaden your horizons? Try our touring page
club organiser who is thinking of starting a recreational section? See our advice for clubs
And if you can't find what you're looking for contact us and we'll do our best to help