From
Doncaster, he took up the sport of snooker seriously after he left school. Within five years he had won the
English Amateur title, defeating Coventry's Sean Lanigan 13-11 in the final in 1987, before turning professional. As a professional, Rowing reached a highest ranking of 57 in the world. At the
1990 Classic, Rowing reached the last 16 after defeating
Dean Reynolds 5-4, and
Barry West 5-0, before losing to eventual winner
Silvino Francisco. At the
1990 British Open, Rowing defeated former world champions
Fred Davis and
Ray Reardon before losing to
Les Dodd in the round of 32. At the 1991 Grand Prix, Rowing led world champion
Stephen Hendry 4-2 before eventually losing 5–4 in the round of 64. At the
1996 International Open, Rowing defeated
Doug Mountjoy and
Tony Knowles before losing to
Tony Drago in the round of 32. At the end of the
1996–97 snooker season he was ranked 114th For the
1997–98 snooker season, only the top 64 players in the rankings at the end of the previous season retained full professional status. Those who finished from 65th to 192nd, including Rowing who was 92nd, had the opportunity to play in a WPBSA Qualifying School series which allowed qualifiers to regain full professional status. Rowing did not compete in the qualifying series. Rowing won the 2009
EASB English Seniors Snooker Championship title at Sheffield's English Institute of Sport, defeating Phil Hartley in the quarter-final, and Colin Norton 6-4 in the final. Rowing reached the semi-final of the
European Billiards and Snooker Association 2010 European Senior Masters, losing 5–4 to Joe Delaney. ==Career finals==