Bayada Regatta scheduled to return to Pennsauken on 27 September

The annual Bayada Regatta is scheduled to return to Pennsauken on 27 September, with racing planned from 9am to 3pm at the Camden County Boathouse in Cooper River Park. Attendance and parking are scheduled to be free.

The adaptive rowing competition is for people with disabilities, with participants training through local rowing clubs before joining the annual event. Competitors are expected to range from beginners to Paralympians and use adaptive boat equipment.

According to event material cited by Yahoo Sports, the programme is expected to include singles, doubles and sweeps races. Sweeps events involve four para-rowers and a coxswain responsible for steering the boat.

Philadelphia firefighter and adaptive rower Carlos Santory is expected to compete. Santory began adaptive rowing after losing his left leg following a 2025 motorcycle accident and has said he plans to row with his prosthetic leg this year.

The regatta was founded in 1981 by Philadelphia Adapted Rowing, while Bayada Home Healthcare became its primary sponsor in 1983. Organisers describe it as one of the world’s largest and longest-running rowing competitions for people with disabilities.