Welcome to ASRA

Growing at ASRA

Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association is the ideal place to develop as a junior athlete.  Grow within a supportive squad system and reach for your racing goals or enjoy a more relaxed social-rowing scene whilst improving fitness.

With structured training and high-quality coaching, an extensive fleet of boats ​​chosen for beginners through to those competing at an international level, and a boathouse with excellent land-training facilities; ASRA has all you need to fulfil your sporting ambitions as a junior and set you up for the next chapter in your story.

Recent achievements include:

  • 7 junior athletes representing Scotland at the 2025 Home International Regatta.

  • 2025 GB v France Match - victory in Girls’ Pair.

  • 2025 British Rowing Club Championships - Golds in WJ16 Pairs and OJ15 Doubles.

  • 3 junior athletes representing GB in 2024 - including Silver in the Women's Eight at the U19 World Championships.

Why rowing?

Rowing is a low-impact sport engaging the majority of the body’s muscles.  Whether you are rowing for fun or to compete it is a great way to build strength, endurance and mobility.  Racing adds the adrenaline rush of sitting on a start line, ready to put all that training to the test, and then pushing yourself beyond what you thought possible - pure sport, judged only on speed.  Beyond physical fitness, the sport develops mental focus and strong teamwork.

How do I get involved?

ASRA runs a number of Learn To Row weeks during the summer holidays.   We reach out to local schools and can be involved in delivering PE lessons, sports day activities and activity-week experiences - if you are a teacher, or involved in school sport, you can find out more here.  Whether you have rowed before, want to try it for the first time, or if you have questions and are not sure where to start, please get in touch.

Follow Our Journey

The first of our National Schools Regatta crew announcements are here!!! ⚫️⚪️FRIDAY⚪️⚫️ O J14 8x+ (Cherwell Cup) S- Euan J 7- Zecheng Z 6- Rory P 5- Thomas M 4- Ewan A 3- Thomas F 2- Seán R B- Orrin B Cox: Max Martin W J14 4x+ (Hunter Cup)
Staying on home waters, ASRA competed at North-East Regatta which is held over 750m. We were very lucky as we had blue skies majority of the weekend with minimal wind. North-East regatta is a brilliant competition to practice starts and sprints along
After trialling at Inverness head in March, 24 ASRA athletes were selected to represent Scotland in the Junior Inter-Regional Regatta at Holme Pierrepoint, Nottingham. Whilst some crews were all ASRA, a couple of the athletes joined with other Scotti
Kicking off the regatta season, ASRA headed down to Strathclyde Park for the Scottish Rowing Spring Regatta. Saturday brought some challenging weather conditions, which saw all of the training the club have had in rougher conditions come into play. F
In the first week of the Easter holidays, ASRA went on their yearly training camp to start preparations for the lane racing season ahead. This year, ASRA returned to the small town Kruszwica, Poland where they have held the last 2 previous camps. A
The following day after schools head, ASRA made club history with our first ever full club eight competing in the Women’s Eights Head of the River Race - the largest women’s rowing race in the world, with around 3000 athletes competing on
On Friday 13th March 2026, ASRA had 22 athletes racing at the Schools Head of the River in 3 different crews. Champ 8+ (Bow no. 18) Bow: Findlay C 2: Rory T 3: Luke M 4: Sandy B 5: Finlay A 6: Luke R 7: Nicol M Stroke: Euan S Cox: Lily A Girls Ch
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🌟🎄MERRY CHRISTMAS from everyone here at ASRA! 🎄🌟 📸 Andy Freeman