British Indoor Rowing Championship & Euro Open 2012
Sunday 25th March 2012 - Entry Now Open
The British Indoor Rowing Championship is the world's biggest indoor rowing race and the largest indoor sporting event in the UK.It takes place in a high-octane environment with races going on throughout the day where competitors race up to 2,000m in the quickest possible time, and it provides a stage for indoor rowing enthusiasts to test themselves on a national level and assess their own performance and progress.
The championship also attracts sporting legends and stars, and over the years has become an integral part of the training and selection programmes for both the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race crews, and the British rowing squad. The dynamic of having sporting heroes such as Sir Steve Redgrave competing alongside promising youth athletes and indoor rowing enthusiasts has created a compelling environment for the competitor and spectator alike. The link with Sir Steve does not end there though. From his Men's Open triumph in the first ever British championship in 1991 he is now the honorary president and the Steve Redgrave Trust is the official charity of the Championship.
We are pleased to announce that the 2012 British Indoor Rowing Championship will take place at Nottingham University and will also be the host event for the 2012 Euro Open - the first time ever in the UK. Entries are strictly limited this year and assigned on a first come first served basis so we urge you to get your entry in early - enter now.
Sport Relief 2012
Sport Relief 2012 is winging its way to you from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th March - obviously this means it clashes with this year's BIRC, however with over a million people expected to join in the Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile, there's no reason why you can't still take part.
If your race isn't until the afternoon then why not warm up by running for Sport Relief alongside the River Trent - for more info please see the Sport Relief website. If you can't make that and would like to donate you can do so securely through their site at www.sportrelief.com/donate
BIRC 2010 Report & Results
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As the dust settled on the 20th British Indoor Rowing Championship, and all of the individual's names for each team have been entered onto the website (no mean feat!), we were very pleased with another successful event.
Graham Benton and Debbie Flood were again the top competitors on the day, but were over shadowed by the oldest competitor we have ever seen race anywhere in the world. John Hodgson raced at age 100, and picked up a Championship, British and World Record for his troubles. John has been a regular competitor at the BIRC and it is his fantastic attitude that epitomises the ethos of the sport of Indoor Rowing, and we know he quietly enjoys the attention he gets on the big day! As well as his BIRC medal, John also won the Millennium Cup which is awarded to the rower over the age of 50 whose performance at the championship is the best when compared to the existing World Record. The other competitor who produced a new world record was Harry Dobinson - who set a new 90-94 Hwt World Record in a time of 9:32.5.
Over 2200 competitors took part this year and the results are available to browse online, along with results going back to 2001, or you can download a PDF of the full results.
Videos
We've got plenty of encouragment from sports personalities.
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