Backed by UK Sport · Feather & Square

Young athletes shouldn't
have to learn the hard way.

At Athlete Journey, GB rowers help young athletes have the conversations they wish they could have had.

The Gap

Levelling the
playing field

Elite private schools have alumni networks, dedicated rowing staff, and access to guidance on US recruitment, training pathways, and life as an athlete. Grassroots clubs rarely have any of that.

The talent is the same. The information isn't. We're here to fix that by giving your athletes access to honest conversations with someone who's already walked the path.

“Rowing changed my life. I was very lucky to stumble across some of the opportunities that rowing opened up for me. I don't want anyone else to miss out on incredible opportunities.”
Miles Beeson, Founder, GB rower

For Clubs

How it works

Nominate. Match. Inspire. Three steps from your boathouse to a GB-level conversation.

Nominate

Club coaches nominate the athletes who would benefit most. A short form, no bureaucracy, done in under a minute.

Match

We match each athlete with the right GB-level mentor based on their goals, background, and rowing pathway.

Inspire

Athletes schedule a video conversation and get perspective and honest advice from someone who has already walked the path they are dreaming about.

For Clubs

Give your athletes
the access they deserve.

Free for all athletes and clubs
Nominate athletes in under a minute
Tokens allocated to your club, one token per session
Visibility of your club's session activity
No technical setup required

The Mentors

Current GB athletes.
Real experience,
honest conversations.

Our mentor pool is drawn from the men's and women's Great Britain senior squads, rowers who have lived the pathways your athletes are working towards. Every mentor is vetted by our team and committed to honest and focused conversations.

Contrary to popular knowledge, most senior team athletes came from grassroots clubs rather than private schools, and they want to give back and help change the elitist narrative around rowing.

Members of the GB Squad, our mentor pool.

One conversation with the right person can change everything.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding is the priority, not an add-on.

Every conversation is mediated so your duty of care stays intact.

Platform-mediated comms

No email addresses or phone numbers are shared between mentor and mentee.

Guardians informed for U18s

Explicit age confirmation and parental notification at signup, in line with UK Sport requirements.

Admin oversight

All messages are reviewable by our safeguarding team. Users are told this at signup and in our T&Cs.

Audit logged

Every admin action affecting a mentee record is logged.

Approved mentors only

Every mentor is vetted and approved by our team before taking a single session.

GDPR-aligned

Minors-first data minimisation, a plain-English privacy policy, and the right to be forgotten honoured.

For Sponsors

Measurable impact, at a fraction of the cost.

At just £30 an hour, mentorship is one of the most cost-effective ways to open up rowing. You can help make it happen, supporting GB athletes on the road to their Olympic dreams, and giving valuable mentorship opportunities to young athletes.

£10,000

funds over 300 mentorship sessions

£40,000

buys a single rowing shell

Talk to Us About Sponsorship

Founder

Miles Beeson

3× U23 World Champion. Senior World Championships silver medallist. European champion. Yale graduate. Founder of Feather & Square.

Miles started rowing at Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association, a successful local club run mostly by volunteers with no pipeline to US universities or the GB senior team.

By getting lucky and stumbling into the right conversations at the right time, Miles was able to realise the potential of where rowing could take him.

Athlete Journey exists to ensure all young athletes have access to the information that can help rowing open doors to pursue their full athletic, academic, and personal potentials at every level.