Filippi Focus | Wingfield Sculls 2025
A stormy Sunday afternoon set the stage for a dramatic return of the Wingfield Sculls, a unique invitational event in which six of the UK’s top scullers go head-to-head over the Championship Course. Last Sunday, champion Callum Dixon lined up against five rivals in the shadows of Putney Bridge as he sought to retain his […]
Filippi Focus | Vesta Scullers Head 2025
Filippi started the 2025/26 season in the best possible fashion by emerging as the most successful boatbuilder at the 2025 edition of the Vesta Sculler’s Head of the River. Filippi shells took 45% of the wins, taking victories in 17 categories and placing 45 athletes into top-three positions. Max Raymond-Barker of Lea Rowing Club finished […]
Wallingford Rowing Club | Turning The Tide
Club rowing at a junior level in the UK is struggling. The talent pool that was once widely and equitably spread seems to be consolidating rapidly into the cohorts of the largest and most successful schools. Clubs, who have always traditionally had issues generating funding, finding coaches and attracting talent, are now faced with the […]
Filippi UK Partnering with inaugural Junior Fours Head
Filippi UK is delighted to partner with the inaugural Junior Fours Head to promote and enhance the junior rowing calendar in the UK. The Junior Fours Head launches in November 025 and will take place on the Championship Course, from Mortlake to Putney. It aims to allow junior rowers to experience racing on the Tideway after several years […]
Paris 2024: Reflections One Year On
This article was written by Becky Wilde. One year since Paris 2024. One year, but it could be ten. It truly feels like a lifetime ago. There have been many articles, interviews, and podcasts, but a year later, in my own words, this is a reflection on achieving the medal many thought was impossible. The […]
Filippi Focus | British Rowing Club Championships 2025
Filippi rounded off the UK season in impressive fashion, securing 41 medals at the 2025 British Rowing Club Championships across four action-packed days of racing. 16 winners crossed the line in Filippi shells, with ten silvers and 15 bronzes also handed out to Filippi participants. Six of our golds came on the Friday of racing […]
Filippi Focus | Henley Royal Regatta 2025
Filippi enjoyed a sensational Henley Royal Regatta 2025, recording 11 wins across 27 Trophies and emerging as one of the most decorated boatbuilders across the course of the week. With temperatures soaring in the early stages of racing before Finals Day was greeted with storms rolling in from the East, the Regatta’s racing reflected the […]
Filippi Focus | Henley Women’s Regatta 2025
Filippi enjoyed a fabulous weekend on the Henley reach at the 2025 Henley Women’s Regatta, collecting eight wins and claiming 33% of the available trophies. Over three scorching days of racing, hundreds of women took to the water to contest 24 categories, with Filippi well-represented throughout. Starting with the lightweights, our wins came in the […]
Filippi Focus | National Schools’ Regatta 2025
Filippi had a magnificant weekend at the National Schools’ Regatta, collecting 19 medals across two frantic days of racing. After weather forecasts forced the organising committee to cancel Sunday’s racing, all the drama and tension accompanying this festival of junior rowing was compressed into Friday and Saturday. Supporting various clubs from across the UK, Filippi […]
Filippi Focus | Junior Sculling Regatta 2025
With crews racing up and down the country, Filippi UK were busier than ever before over the course of the first May bank holiday weekend. At the Junior Sculling Regatta, we collected six medals, including four golds, to complete a fantastic few days of rowing. Our golds all came in the open single disciplines, as […]