Sir Steve Redgrave: Community clubs vital for 'widening the sport to more schools, getting them more involved'

Redgrave: Community clubs vital for 'widening the sport'. Credit: PA

Sir Steve Redgrave has said that community rowing clubs are vital for "widening the sport to more schools, getting them more involved".

The five times Olympic gold medallist officially opened the new Lea Rowing Club boathouse in East London yesterday.

The opening coincided with the Paralympic Rowing Regatta in Rio.