Bedford Rowing Club Ltd.

📣 Bedford Regatta Crew Announcements 📣

Good Luck to our Bedford crews competing in the 160th iteration of the Bedford Regatta this Saturday. Having built strong through the winter they'll be looking to put out strong performances against clubs from across the country.

With races every 2 minutes get yourself down for an action filled day. If you get a sore throat from shouting your support the will be open all day to cater to you.

Go strong 📈

📣 Evesham Crew Announcement 📣

Good luck to our masters contingent this weekend as they travel cross-country to take on Evesham Regatta. With some of our crews getting a hit out at Lea Regatta they will look to build further off that performance, for the rest it is a first chance for some side by side racing (hopefully with the sun shining)

Good luck to all those taking part and row well 💪🏻

📣 Kingston Head Crew Announcement 📣

Good luck to our senior men who this weekend will be making the trip down to London for Kingston's 2026 Head. They will look to perform strong as the long winter racing comes to an end, go well.

Good luck as well to some of our junior section as they compete at the inaugural Cambridge junior sculling head, putting all the winter training to use.

📣 Norwich Head Crew Announcement 📣

Our crews will get their first race of 2026 this week as they travel east for 2026 head. With many cancellations already this year it feels good to be back out racing again.

Fingers crossed for clear weather🤞🏻 Good luck to all of those racing 📈

📣 Boat Naming 📣

Over the festive period we held a naming ceremony for the clubs new 2x/-. With the boat being named after ex Ellie Cooke. After progressing through the junior programme Ellie has gone on to represent GB under 23s, crowning off last season with a Gold Medal in the 4x- 🏅

Now for the boat to fit the name and get to winning 📈

Congratulations to our very own Dave Pendall, who has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2026 New Year's Honours List. 🎖️

Dave has given decades of service as a volunteer coach at Bedford Rowing Club, becoming a key figure in the club and a trusted mentor to generations of young people.

Alongside coaching the sport itself, he has focused on building discipline, resilience and teamwork, helping junior athletes of all backgrounds to progress.

His commitment has supported local growth in rowing, and many former students have gone on to achieve regional and national success through his unpaid hours of guidance and technical support.

We are incredibly proud to have such a member within our club

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📣 Bedford Autumn Small Boats Crew Announcements 📣

We are back into head season and what better way to kick it off than on home water.

With plenty of inter club races going on, juniors moving up ages grades and new crews forming there will be plenty of exciting racing down our 2k stretch of the Great Ouse.

Good luck to all of those representing BRC and thank you to all of those volunteering to help through the day, ensuring a great event for all.

📣 Monster the Loch Crew 📣

This Sunday a group of our Masters women will be journeying north of the border to take part in the gruelling for a summer Side quest

Entering in the 4x+ they will be competing not only against other rowing boats but any self propelled water craft across the 21 mile stretch of the Loch Ness 🦕

It's a monster for a reason, good luck ladies and go strong 💪

Another successful weekend ticked off for BRC as we brought back 4 wins across the 2 days racing.

The weekend started with our senior men storming to the win swapping 1 blade for 2. With deane rounding out the day picking up the win in a composite.

On the Sunday the course shortened to 500m Brodie and Cox picked up another pot to add to the ever growing trophy cabinet. Alongside them the new combo of Korolev and Truluck got their maiden win together.

Well done to all our athletes in action over the weekend 📈