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Glenn, I agree that it is worth trying again with World Rowing. The three large regattas held in early 2023 in The States are on board. I plan to try again with World Rowing soon after their regatta in Canada is over in late February. In the meantime, I will check to see if World Rowing--like US Row...

Thanks Mike; I appreciate your support

As readers surely know I was quite unsuccessful in my attempt to convince World Rowing to add age group categories beyond 70 and up. But US Rowing has just announced that my recommendation of a rule change to add five year categories up to age 100 beyond their present 85 and up was accepted. (See th...

The reply from World Rowing came today. Here it is: Dear Bob, Thank you for your email and comments. It is certainly understood that in any competition age category, there will be a range of athletes--some of whom will be disadvantaged because of age. This decision was taken by the World Rowing Coun...

Thanks Mike. I sent the following email to World Rowing on August 6: "My point is to express concern with respect to the age groupings contained in your announcement of August 2, 2022 outlining the regulations regarding the 2023 World Rowing Indoor Championships. Focus is on the fact that the last a...

On August second, 2022, World Rowing announced the regulations governing the 2023 Championships. The age group categories utilized previously, which included five-year intervals from 50 to 100, have been replaced by five-year intervals from 50 to 70, and a last category of 70+. This change seems unw...