Excitement builds as British Rowing Indoor Championships set to take place at Birmingham's NEC

British Rowing has partnered once again with FitFest to deliver its flagship indoor competition alongside the biggest weekend in the UK fitness calendar, with 15,000 fitness fanatics set to compete across five different events including the England Weightlifting Championships, obstacle course racing, powerlifting and AHX Finals Weekend.

With entry for Saturday’s events now closed, British Rowing is encouraging the public to head down to Birmingham’s NEC this weekend to watch the action unfold!

The action-packed weekend will kick off on Saturday 7th December with the 2,000m, 500m, timed events and team relay events. The events are open for ages 11+ across seven different categories:

Open (anyone over 18), Under-23, Junior, Lightweight, Masters (all ages from 30+), Adaptive Relay

More than 1,500 people are expected to compete in total, with notable participants including Paris Olympic champion Lauren Henry, who won gold in the women’s quadruple sculls. Entries also include competitors from across the world, with 32 different nationalities represented so far.

Last year’s competition saw three World, four British and 30 Championship records broken in an electric day of rowing – and this year’s event is hoping to raise the bar once more.

In an exciting new addition, British Rowing has added a Super Sprint Sunday to this year’s event schedule, offering the ultimate short-distance challenge for athletes competing across six challenges.

British Super Sprint Champions will be crowned as rowers take aim at Concept2 World Records in the one-minute sprint, 100m and 1,000m – entries for this event are is very much open (starting at £6).

Participants will be taking part in either one or multiple sprint challenges, which include:

One-minute sprint, 100m sprint, 250m sprint, 1,000m, The Elimination Race, The Super Sprint Surprise Challenge.

For more information and to secure your place visit: https://www.britishrowing.org/events/events-calendar/bric/

British Rowing Indoor Championships take place as part of FitFest on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th December at Birmingham’s NEC

Over 1,500 indoor rowers hoping to be crowned a British Rowing Indoor Champion.

Entry for Sunday’s new Super Sprint event still open!

Monday 2nd December – Excitement continues to build as the iconic British Rowing Indoor Championships (BRIC) returns to Birmingham’s NEC as part of FitFest this weekend (Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th December).

British Rowing has partnered once again with FitFest to deliver its flagship indoor competition alongside the biggest weekend in the UK fitness calendar, with 15,000 fitness fanatics set to compete across five different events including the England Weightlifting Championships, obstacle course racing, powerlifting and AHX Finals Weekend.

With entry for Saturday’s events now closed, British Rowing is encouraging the public to head down to Birmingham’s NEC this weekend to watch the action unfold!

The action-packed weekend will kick off on Saturday 7th December with the 2,000m, 500m, timed events and team relay events. The events are open for ages 11+ across seven different categories:

Open (anyone over 18), Under-23, Junior, Lightweigh, tMasters (all ages from 30+), Adaptive Relay

Over 1,500 people are expected to compete in total, with notable participants including Paris Olympic champion Lauren Henry, who won gold in the women’s quadruple sculls. Entries also include competitors from across the world, with 32 different nationalities represented so far.

Last year’s competition saw three World, four British and 30 Championship records broken in an electric day of rowing – and this year’s event is hoping to raise the bar once more.

In an exciting new addition, British Rowing has added a Super Sprint Sunday to this year’s event schedule, offering the ultimate short-distance challenge for athletes competing across six challenges. British Super Sprint Champions will be crowned as rowers take aim at Concept2 World Records in the one-minute sprint, 100m and 1,000m – entries for this event are is very much open (starting at £6).

Participants will be taking part in either one or multiple sprint challenges, which include:

One-minute sprint, 100m sprint, 250m sprint, 1,000m, The Elimination Race, The Super Sprint Surprise Challenge.

For more information and to secure your place visit: https://www.britishrowing.org/events/events-calendar/bric/