Trouble at Brookes

[KitD]

British Rowing have updated their list of permanent suspensions with the names of some Brookes coaches. See https://www.britishrowing.org/about-us/ ... rocedures/ under "Permanent Suspensions".

I do wonder how much was known about beforehand by BR though. Misconduct at one of its HPCs going undetected/ignored is a shocker.

[fatsculler]

an executive summary of British Rowing's investigation into Brookes has been posted on reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/Rowing/comment ... e_summary/

It makes very damning reading....financial irregularities, bullying, sexual harassment, misuse of data, racism.....

[fatsculler]

Spratley cleared of any wrongdoing
https://www.britishrowing.org/2026/02/b ... uary-2026/

[fatsculler]

Statement regarding Henry Bailhache-Webb
https://www.britishrowing.org/2026/02/b ... uary-2026/

[crewu]

Payout?

[rowing]

They'll get nothing and like it.

[crewu]

Mind blowing that British Rowing would ban a coach and not even contact him as part of its investigation. And now has to apologize and eat crow.

https://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/h ... l-ban.html

The British Rowing leaders who oversaw this ban should recognize the serious harm they have caused, a safesport violation in itself (or whatever safesport is called in the UK) and ban themselves for such a reckless, negligent abuse of power.

British Rowing has set a new standard going forward that now any coach that has committed some type of abuse on an athlete simply needs to say sorry and all is OK. Because that is all British Rowing is willing to do.

I am truly surprised coaches across the UK are not in uproar about this.

[fatsculler]

New British Rowing CEO, Tom Solesbury, admits that the organisation got it “totally wrong” with Brookes. One of his first tasks when taking over was to draft a new safeguarding policy

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[fatsculler]

Hearing a rumour that Brookes Rowing Club have been told by the University to abandon their maroon kit and adopt the university colours of cerise and black from September.

[fullmetal]

Hearing a rumour that Brookes Rowing Club have been told by the University to abandon their maroon kit and adopt the university colours of cerise and black from September.

Looks like charcoal, pink, and yellow (primary colours). One could come up with interesting combinations!
https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes ... ty/colours

[Stewie Griffin Should Cox]

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Hearing a rumour that Brookes Rowing Club have been told by the University to abandon their maroon kit and adopt the university colours of cerise and black from September.

Looks like charcoal, pink, and yellow (primary colours). One could come up with interesting combinations!
https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes ... ty/colours
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Deep Purple was ALWAYS a better colour

[fullmetal]

Charcoal (primary) and purple (secondary) seem like a valid combination. Maybe add some yellow or pink flash/highlights. Very comic book superhero-esque.