2022 British Rowing Awards shortlists and regional winners announced

British Rowing is pleased to announce the shortlists – including regional winners – for the 2022 British Rowing Awards. Join us online* on Thursday, 26 January at 7.30pm at the awards ceremony when the national winners will be announced.

Thank you to everyone who took time to nominate individuals, crews and clubs from across the rowing community who deserve recognition for their hard work and achievements.

The Judging Panels have drawn up the following shortlists and identified regional winners across for nine of the Award categories. Congratulations to you all!

Shortlists are in alphabetical order by surname, club or region.

Club of the Year	Rowing Project of the Year
Ardingly RC Derby RC Lea RC Leeds RC University of Leeds BC	Coalporters Amateur RC clubhouse renovation East Anglia Youth Rowing Greater Manchester Youth Rowing Kate Lindgren ‘The Blind Sculler’: 12 Hour Rowathon Lea RC ‘I Belong’ Project

Club Crew of the Year	University Crew of the Year	Junior/School Crew of the Year
Bewl Bridge RC Mika Rosenfeld and Louise Allen Derby RC Wyfold Challenge Cup Crew Jersey RC ‘Girls That Row’ Milton Keynes RC Women’s Masters F 4+ Nottinghamshire County RA Lwt 1x Olivia Bates	University of Nottingham BC Women’s 4x Oxford Brookes University BC Temple and Prince Albert Challenge Cup crews Reading University BC Men’s Championship Quad University of York BC Senior Men’s 4+	Claires Court School BC Diamond Jubilee Challenge Cup Crew Guildford RC J14 4x+ Hexham RC WJ14/15 4x Marlow RC J16 4x Paignton ARC J14 4x+ Windsor Boys’ School BC Fawley Challenge Cup ‘A’ Crew

The following are the regional winners of their respective categories and form the shortlist for the national awards:

Volunteer of the Year	Rising Star Volunteer of the Year	Lifetime Achievement Award
Eastern: Piers Herrmann – Yare BC East Midlands: Deborah Speed – Lincoln RC North West: Judith Rimmer – Warrington RC Thames: Mike Parsons – Marlow RC and Dave Morten – Bewl Bridge RC** WAGS: Paddy Davison – City of Bristol RC Wessex and SE Coast: Tony Burrows – Dover RC Western: Rob Harris – Paignton ARC	Eastern: Katie Jugg – Isle of Ely RC North West: Dillon Brookes – Royal Chester RC Thames: Matthew Holland – London RC Yorkshire: Alex Wilkins – University of Leeds BC	Eastern: Gill Parker – Lea RC East Midlands: Tim Walton – Leicester RC North West: Chris Jackman – Royal Chester RC Thames: Richard du Parcq – Cygnet RC and the Fours Head WAGS: Penny Senior – Avon County RC Western: Maggie Hawkyard – Dart Totnes ARC Yorkshire: Phil Jones – York City RC

**When judging first took place, Bewl Bridge RC, on the Kent/East Sussex border, was incorrectly classified as being in the Wessex and SE Coast Region and Dave Morten was initially announced as the winner for this region. This club is actually part of the Thames Region, so our Panel has now selected a new winner from the region and Dave Morten joins Mike Parsons as joint winner for the Thames region. 

The following are winners of the Coach of the Year categories and form the shortlist for national Coach of the Year:

Coach of the Year
Club Development: Graham Miller – Royal Chester RC
Club Performance: Declan Gamble – Nottinghamshire County RA
Education Development: Adrian Pogmore – Doncaster Schools RA
Education Performance: Mark Wilkinson – Windsor Boys’ School BC
Coaching Team: Jo Burch, Andy Turnbull and Stefan Graf – Rob Roy BC

National winners, selected from shortlists, will be announced in the online Awards ceremony at 7.30pm on Thursday, 26 January 2023 along with this year’s winners of the Medal of Honour, Medal of Merit, Beryl Crockford Award and National Safety Award.

*The link for this ceremony will be published on the British Rowing website earlier that week.