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NJIRC 2025 is Going Virtual!

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The National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships 2025 will be a virtual event!
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We are opening up NJIRC 2025 to more people than ever before, aiming to be one of the biggest Indoor rowing events ever.

The event will build on the success of previous Live NJIRCs, including the Virtual NJIRC 2021 and 22.

This means  you can race from your school, club, or local NJIRC hub anytime during race week. ‍Once you have raced, you can submit your score online and see how you have placed on the NJIRC Online Arena.

The competition will take place from 9am on Saturday 15th March until 5pm on Friday 21st March 2025

Medals will be awarded to the fastest competitors, with the winners announced online after submissions have closed.

‍‍Race Categories for 2025 (for age equivalents please see FAQs)

‍Mainstream Individual – Boys and Girls awards for each class
‍Year 7 - 0:2:00
Year 8 - 0:3:00
Year 9 - 0:4:00
Year 10 - 0:5:00
Year 11 - 0:6:00
Year 12 - 2000m
Year 13 - 2000m
Student* - 2000m
*Student is anyone past school age and born after the 1/9/2003 who is still in fulltime education.

‍SEND Individual – Boys and Girls awards for each class
‍Year 7 - 0:2:00
Year 8 - 0:2:00
Year 9 - 0:2:00
Year 10 - 0:2:00
Year 11 - 0:2:00
Year 12 - 0:2:00
Year 13 - 0:2:00
Student* - 0:2:00
*Student is anyone past school age and born after the 1/9/2003 who is still in fulltime education.

‍Relay (team of 4) – Boys, Girls and Mixed awards for each class
‍Years 7 & 8 - 2000m
Years 9 & 10 - 2000m
Year 11 - 2000m
Years 12 & 13 - 2000m
Student* - 2000m
*Student is anyone past school age and born after the 1/9/2003 who is still in fulltime education.

‍You can learn more about how the event will run by looking at the FAQs, or watching the wrap-up from our previous Virtual NJIRC below.

For Individual, UK school and club sign up Here. For international team entries, please contact NJIRC@londonyouthrowing.com

Important Race Documents

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Click the links below to see the important NJIRC 25 Race Documents

Rules & FAQs

Privacy statement

Safeguarding Policy
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Congratulations to our NJIRC 2024 Winners

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Year 7 Boys -  The Ruth Gorse Academy -Treasure Idahosa -  549m    
Year 7 Girls -  Mossbourne Rowing - Chinenye  Ikwukaeme - 507m    

Year 8 Boys -  Northampton School for Boys - Max Roper -  886m  
Year 8 Girls -  Walbrook Rowing Club - Jessica Harper -  800m

Year 9 Boys - Northampton School for Boys - Mikey Graham - 1232m
Year 9 Girls -  Sir William Borlase Grammar - Amelie Grice - 1052m

Year 10 Boys - Mossbourne Rowing Academy - Josef Robinson - 1480m
Year 10 Boys - Infinity Boat Club - Abdullah Sajad - 1480m
Year 10 Girls - Putney High School Boat club - Florence Grose - 1393m

Year 11 Boys - Shrewsbury School - Richard Wolskel - 1871m
Year 11 Girls -  St Angela's Ursuline School - Daniela Raguckaite - 1620m

Year 12 Boys -  Poole Grammar School - Eddie Hall - 06:38.5
Year 12 Girls - Maidstone Invicta Rowing Club - Aimee Mace - 07:32.5

Year 13 Boys - Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club - Fred Giemza-Pipe - 06:27.2
Year 13 Girls - Millfield School Boat Club - Lucy Buckingham - 07:24.1

Year 7 Boys SEND - The Ruth Gorse Academy - Olaf Grudowski - 489m
Year 7 Girls SEND - The Bruntcliffe Academy - Teagan Brown - 458m

Year 8 Boys SEND - Abingdon House School - Elijah Santagada - 553m
Year 8 Girls SEND - The Ruth Gorse Academy - Yasina Mirhadizdeh - 421m

Year 9 Boys SEND - Abingdon House School - Jake Nassim - 585m
Year 9 Girls SEND - Highshore School - Alisha Abioye - 466m

Year 10 Boys SEND - Thomas Barrett - 623m
Year 10 Girls SEND - The Ruth Gorse Academy - Aya El Shafei - 491m

Year 11 Boys SEND - Stormont House School - Jose Marquez - 614m
Year 11 Girls SEND - Stormont House School - Aisha Ahmed - 500m

Year 12 Boys SEND - SMMA The Courtyard - Charlie Cutmore - 555m
Year 12 Girls SEND - Stormont House School - Leona Addai - 474m

Year 13 Boys SEND - Drumbeat School - Tyrese Bellinfantie-Tietie - 634m
Year 13 Girls SEND - SMMA The Courtyard - Angelina Bou-Chedid - 507m

Junior Boys Relay (2112m) - Northampton School for Boys A - 06:39.3      
Junior Girls Relay (2112m) - Nottingham  & Union Rowing Club A - 07:41. 5
     
Senior Boys Relay (2112m) - Northampton  School for Boys B - 05:58.5      
Senior Girls Relay (2112m) - Maidstone  Invicta Rowing Club C - 06:47.4
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Volunteer at NJIRC

We are expecting 2000 young people competing so will need lots of volunteers!
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We need volunteers to do everything from photography, to marshalling to supporting the athletes through their tough bit of racing!

Competition is a vital part of helping our young people to learn how to push themselves and feel proud of their achievements.

Contact mhaines@londonyouthrowing.com for more information

Festival of Life Skills

We will be hosting the Festival of Life Skills throughout NJIRC.
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The Festival will provide attendees with information on opportunities post schooling and activities to complete when not competing.

We also require volunteers for this section of the event.

Contact rharrisson@londonyouthrowing.com for more information

NJIRC Live

See the live action from all over the UK

Henley Royal Regatta Charitable Trust

The Henley Royal Regatta Charitable Trust (HRRCT) is the lead sponsor of NJIRC 2022.

HRRCT has supported the competition for a number of years and we are grateful for their continued support. The Trust, funded mainly from donations from Henley Royal Regatta,  encourages and supports young people still receiving education or undergoing training to row or scull. HRRCT funds LYR's Active Row Leeds programme, as well as the "Step Up" coach development programme which is helping to make rowing's workforce more diverse. Other HRRCT funded projects, including Warrington Youth Rowing and Oarsome Chance are competing at NJIRC.

In October 2021, the Trust also staged the "Rocking the Boat 2021" conference, bringing together people from rowing, education and sport for development to discuss how to boost the future of grassroots rowing in the UK.

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Concept 2 Rowing Machine (2021)

Want to own your own Concept 2, the world's leading rowing machine? 
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Now you can, thanks to London Youth Rowing, and at a discount to the normal price. 

We will have Concept 2 rowing machines available at the end of the National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships on 3rd March 2023. 

Click here to learn more about the Concept 2 rowing machine. The rowing machines will be brand new black Model Ds and come with the standard one year warranty.

You can place your order for a machine now, and then pick it up from the Copper Box Arena. 

To order a Rowing Machine, or with any queries, contact us at: events@londonyouthrowing.com

About LYR

Swipe along and click an article to learn more

Sport England

Thank you Sport England for your support with NJIRC and Active Row

Our Impact - Sascha

Sascha is one of the squad rowing at LYR's Mossbourne Rowing Academy

Programme - Life Skills

Head over to LYR's Life Skills Portal to learn more about building on the skills you learn through rowing

Coach - Ikem Ndigwekings

Ikem is one of LYR's Active Row London coaching team

LYR Programme - Mossbourne Rowing Academy

Mossbourne provides a free performance rowing programme at two state schools in Hackney

Our Impact - Callum

Callum is a former LYR Globe Rowing Club athlete. He joined after Googling how to get involved during the London 2012 Olympics. He has gone on to represent Great Britain at the Coupe de le Jeunesse regatta, the Junior World Rowing Championships. He is now studying music at Cambridge University and made his Boat Race debut in 2019.

LYR Programme - Step Up Coach Development

Funded by HRRCT, the Step Up programme is boosting diversity in rowing's workforce

Coach - Isobel

Isobel is Assistant Coach at the Mossbourne Rowing Academy

Our Impact - Anna & Tida

Anna and Tida heard about rowing in their schools and learned to row through LYR beginner courses. Both have been active members of Thames Tradesmen Rowing club and continue to include sport in their lives.

LYR Programme - Alternative Provisions

Funded by The Vintners' Company, the AP programme supports young people excluded from mainstream education

Tideway Odyssey

On 12th December 2021 the all-female ocean rowing crew ‘Tideway Odyssey’ began their 3,000-mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean. This was done as part of The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, while fundraising for London Youth Rowing.

LYR Programme - Active Row London

Active Row London is LYR's flagship school engagement programme, working with 60+ state secondary schools across London.

LYR Online League

Enjoyed NJIRC? LYR has a fitness challenge each month hosted on our Online League. Take on the challenge each month and see how you rank against your peers. Accumulate points for you and your club over the season. Check it out here.

LYR Programme - Active Row Kent

Active Row Kent is LYR's newest programme, launching from January 2022.

Concept2

Thank you to Concept2 for being a big supporter of NJIRC. Click here to get yourself one of their rowing machines at a discounted price.

Skills Builder

LYR uses the Skills Builder framework to help develop young people

LYR & Tideway

Learn more about LYR's award winning partnership with Tideway

LYR Programme - Active Row Leeds

LYR launched the Active Row Leeds programme in September 2021, with funding from HRRCT and the Gemini Boat Race Bursary

History of NJIRC

Take a journey through the NJIRC past

2007
Inaugural NJIRC
840 Participants
Location: Hammersmith Town Hall
The first ever NJIRC! LYR worked with LB Hammersmith and Fulham deliver an event in the borough. The Festival of Sport was only just getting started though... a climbing wall was the only other activity running alongside the rowing!
2008
New Year, New Location!
1100 Participants
Location: Battersea Evolution
Following the success of the inaurural NJIRC, LYR knew the 2008 edition would be bigger and better. We needed a new venue - Battersea Evolution sponsored the event and was our home for the next three years! The new venue helped us take NJIRC to the next level.
2009
NJIRC embraces the Arts!
1500 Participants
Location: Battersea Evolution
In our second year at Battersea, we worked with a local college to bring an artistic flavour to NIJRC. Students at the college painted artworks around the themes of water, youth and teamwork during the day of the event, which were then used as backdrops at the prize-giving
2010
A million light bulbs!
2080 Participants
Location: Battersea Evolution
In our final year at Battersea, we used the million bulb ceiling cloth at the venue to let people know what colour (representing a particular age group) were racing next - nobody had any excuse for missing their race that year!
2011
5 Years Old & Still Growing...
2140 Participants
Location: Lee Valley Athletics Centre
As NJIRC turned 5, the event continued to grow. Word was spreading between schools and the rowing community, and more and more groups from outside London wanted to take part. The move up to the Lee Valley Athletics stadium allowed people from all over the UK to drive to the event - it was such a great venue it would be NJIRC's home for the next 8 years!
2012
NJIRC & The Boat Race
3130 Participants
Location: Lee Valley Athletics Centre
After many years of talking to the Boat Race, we were delighted to welcome both the Oxford and Cambridge crews from that year's boat race to the event. The Oxbridge rowers helped out on the race floor, gave out medals and cheered on the young people taking part. Two different ends of the same sport, it was brilliant to see them getting involved and providing inspiration for everyone taking part!
2013
NJIRC meets GB Rowing
1850 Participants
Location: Lee Valley Athletics Centre
The first edition of NJIRC following the amazing success of the London 2012 Olympics, we were incredibly lucky to welcome members of the GB Rowing Team at NJIRC. The team ran a series of Q&A's for the participants so they could meet their heroes post-London 2012.
2014
Festival feel!
1900 Participants
Location: Lee Valley Athletics Centre
Now firmly established on the racing calendar, NJIRC continued to develop. Using the space of the Lee Valley venue, we set up a festival feel to the event, with lots of activities alongside the rowing and numerous food trucks. The aim was to give competitors a fantastic day out of school and give the NJIRC the feel of a truly National event.
2015
A sea of rowing machines...
1890 Participants
Location: Lee Valley Athletics Centre
As NJIRC continued to develop, for the first time ever we used 120 rowing machines on the race floor. In the new set up, the machines were facing each other giving the event another competitive edge!
2016
10 Up... and Row4Results
1759 Participants
Location: Lee Valley Athletics Centre
Ten Years Old! To celebrate, for the first time we ran the Row4Results grand finale, funded by Tideway, alongside NJIRC. This additional element to the event was a huge success and helped forge LYR's partnership with Tideway which helped fund the hugely successful 2017-2021 Active Row programme.
2017
The Great Outdoors
1930 Participants
Location: Lee Valley Athletics Centre
We continued to develop the outdoor activities running alongside the rowing competition, including activities from the NFL, Triathlon, Cycling Clubs and the ever-popular Smoothie bikes. The space freed up indoors allowed our partners to showcase employment and training opportunities for young people.
2018
Goodbye Lee Valley!
2130 Participants
Location: Lee Valley Athletics Centre
2018 was NJIRC's final year at Lee Valley! After a brilliant 8 years, it was time to refresh and reboot NJIRC. But Lee Valley went out on a high, with the most participants since 2012 and the biggest and best Festival to date.
2019
Race The Thames!
1950 Participants
Location: Copper Box Arena
After nearly a decade at Lee Valley, NJIRC moved onto the Olympic Park, taking up a long-planned residency at the Copper Box Arena. The new venue gave a "big arena" feel to NJIRC and allowed us to launch the first ever edition of Race The Thames, with 11 corporate teams fundraising to help cover the costs of running NJIRC.
2020
Copper Box Take Two
1987 Participants
Location: Copper Box Arena
NJIRC was again a roaring success in its second year at the Copper Box. Race The Thames continued to grow, with 18 teams raising £30,000 for charity. With covid already looming on the horizon, we were delighted we were able to run the event - NJIRC 2020 was one of the very last rowing events to go ahead before lockdown just a few weeks later.
2021
The first-ever virtual NJIRC...
3500 Participants
Virtual
With the country still emerging from the pandemic, NJIRC 2021 was delayed to May to give time for schools to get (somewhat) back to normal and participants the chance to train for the event. While a challenge, running the event virtually has given us a new way to think about NJIRC and while we plan to be back at the Copper Box in 2022, virtual racing will help us open up NJIRC to ever more young people around the UK!
2022
Second Virtual NJIRC
7000 Participants
Virtual
NJIRC 2022 was once again ran as a virtual event, due to uncertainty about the impact of the Omicron wave of covid. As in the previous year, we used an online “NJIRC Arena” to bring together participants from across the country, with online content including leaderboards showing results and medal winners, content covering career opportunities and life skills from our corporate partners and a Lands End to John O’Groats challenge. The event was a massive success, with 7,382 verified entries from 164 different groups.
2023
NJIRC heads North
3,000 Participants
London & Leeds
For the first time ever, NJIRC runs outside London as part of LYR's commitment to make the event as accessible as possible to young people around the country. NJIRC runs in Leeds and London on the same day, with LYR Founder and President Jim Downing opening the event in Leeds and closing 6 hours later in London!