World Rowing Masters

Join the World Rowing Masters Commission

The World Rowing Masters Commission is looking for passionate individuals who want to help shape the future of Masters rowing and support the continued growth of our global community.

While best known for organising the annual World Rowing Masters Regatta, the Commission's role extends far beyond the event, helping expand opportunities for Masters rowers worldwide, strengthen rowing communities, and support the long-term development of the sport.

Interested in contributing? Contact your National Rowing Federation and ask them to submit a nomination on your behalf.

📅 Nominations must be submitted by 15 October 2026

We’ve finally got the proof: this community is built differently.

When the skies are still dark, you show up.
When the rain pours, you smile.
When the waves pick up and the mud gets deep, you keep going.

No matter what the day brings, you find a way forward. Together. 💙

📸 Looking for your race photos?

This year, the 2026 World Rowing Masters Regatta partnered with PhotoToday and getPica to provide full photographic coverage of the event. With a dedicated team of photographers on site, they captured every race and every athlete throughout the regatta! 🚣‍♀️📸

You can find the full selection of photos at www.getpica.com using the code REGATTA26.

Gold Members: you can redeem one photo for free using the special code sent to you.

Go and find your favourite racing moments!

A final little dose of ❤️ from Bled.

Because after a week like this, there’s really only one way to spell it:

sLOVEnia. 🇸🇮🫶🚣

Final day, final scenes. 🫶🚣

One last look at an unforgettable week in Bled. 🇸🇮❤️

The racing is only part of the story. ❤️🚣

Medal celebrations, proud crews, big smiles and plenty of moments in between — Saturday brought the boat park at Bled to life.

A few of our favorite scenes from Day 4 of the 2026 World Rowing Masters Regatta. 🥇📸

Saturday racing at Bled. 🔥🚣

Another full day of Masters racing on the lake — thousands of rowers, hundreds of races and plenty of battles all the way to the finish.

Here are some of our favorite moments on the water from Day 4 of the 2026 World Rowing Masters Regatta. 💪

For more than 25 years, World Rowing Masters have been helping open the door to the next generation.

Today’s Masters rowers are helping shape tomorrow’s Olympians. 🫶🚣

Through the Masters-to-Youth Rowing Initiative, €1 from every seat entered at the World Rowing Masters Regatta supports youth rowing — helping athletes and developing rowing nations get to the World Rowing U19 Championships.

And the impact can extend far beyond one race.

In 2026, Ugandan rower Marcel Otim raced at U19 Worlds in Plovdiv. His experience inspired him to train harder and dream bigger.

But there’s more.

A school back home saw Marcel’s progress and has now started its own rowing programme.

One opportunity became an opportunity for many more.

That’s the power of Masters rowing. ❤️

The rowers racing in Bled have spent decades building a life around this sport. Now, they’re helping the next generation build theirs.

And who knows where that journey leads?

“We might be at the Olympics in 2032.” 🇺🇬🏅

Read the full story 👇
https://worldrowing.com/2026/09/12/from-masters-to-youth-paying-it-forward-in-rowing/

What happens when the competitive career ends?

For Ronald Chen, the answer has always been: you stay in rowing.

For more than four decades, Chen has been a rower, umpire, volunteer and advocate for the sport. For the past 24 years, he has also helped shape the future of Masters rowing as a member of the World Rowing Masters Commission.

He remembers a time when Masters Regatta entries were handled with faxes and yellow pads. Today, thousands of athletes from around the world come to compete at a World Rowing Masters Regatta.

But for Chen, the biggest story isn’t the growth in numbers or technology.

It’s the people.

Masters rowers are athletes, coaches, club leaders, officials, organisers and volunteers. They keep clubs going, bring new generations into the sport and carry rowing into communities around the world.

They are athletes for life. And increasingly, they are ambassadors for rowing.

Read Ronald Chen’s story from Bled — and his vision for where Masters rowing goes next. 👇

👉 https://worldrowing.com/2026/09/11/athletes-for-life-ambassadors-for-rowing/
Read the full story on World Rowing

Memorably moody Day 3 in Bled. 🌊🚣‍♀️

Another huge day on Lake Bled — thousands of rowers, packed start lines, hard racing, and plenty of moments worth remembering.

From the first boats heading out in the morning mist to the celebrations back on shore with the sun coming back out on the latter half of the sesson, Day 3 had it all.

And somehow, we’re just over halfway through.

📸 Here’s a look back at some of our favourite moments from Day 3 of the 2026 World Rowing Masters Regatta.

Day 4 starts now. Let’s go, Bled! 🇸🇮

📸 World Rowing / Detlev Seyb