Recognising the volunteers who make a significant contribution to the sport the awards presentation to the winners of British Rowing’s Volunteer of the Year for 2016 took place at a lunch at the River & Rowing Museum at Henley-on-Thames on February 4th.
Winner of the Event Administration award for the Northern Region, on behalf of Durham Regatta was Richard Mortimer of Durham ARC.
Coverage will appear in Rowing & Regatta magazine and in the British Rowing Almanack in due course.
Richard is pictured along with Nicci Slipman of Hexham RC receiving their awards from guest speaker Dame Katherine Grainger.
Photo by Nick Middleton.