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THE OXFORD & CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE
11 Apr 2015 OXFORD
& CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE
Sat 16:50 &
17:50 Putney to
Mortlake. London
First raced in 1829 The Boat Race is one
of the oldest sporting events in the
world. Watched by thousands along
the banks of The Tideway, between Putney
and Mortlake in London and by millions
more on TV around the world, The Boat Race
is a unique sporting event. With two very
strong squads of athletes, expect to see
another
great race this year.
The Boat Race
Pubs Along The Rout
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For a view of the action and great race day
atmosphere choose to spend the day in either
of the two Boat Race Parks - Bishop's Park,
Fulham and Furnivall Gardens, Hammersmith.
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Henley Royal Regatta
1- 5 July 2015, Henley on Thames. Oxon
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The Rowing competition at the London 2012 Games featured
extraordinary displays of power and passion on the world-class
waters at Eton Dorney.
 Rowing is the only sport where competitors cross the finish
line backwards. The oldest Olympic Rowing champion is Great
Britain�s Guy Nickalls, who was 41 when he won gold at London
1908. The first Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race took place in 1829.
The youngest Olympic champion is thought to be an anonymous
French boy, who coxed for a Dutch pair at the Paris 1900
Games. The boy, aged no more than 12, took part in the victory
ceremony but then disappeared. Dr Benjamin Spock, the famous
child development expert, won Olympic gold in the Men�s Eight
at the Paris 1924 Games.
The 2012 Olympic Rowing will take place at Eton
Dorney From Saturday 28 July until Saturday 4
August. Medal events: 14 Athletes: 550 (353 men, 197 women)
Eton Dorney is near Windsor Castle, around 25 miles west of
London
Dorney Lake is a modern world-class rowing and flat-water
canoeing centre set in a 450-acre parkland near Windsor. It is
the venue for the Rowing and Kayak events in the Olympic and
Paralympic Games in 2012. Dorney Lake was conceived as an idea
by Eton College rowing teachers in the 1960's. They thought
that a still-water rowing course would offer greater safety
than the River Thames, with its fast currents, varying widths
and increasing traffic. Over 40 years later their dream came
true. Planning took place over several years between the
1980's and 1990's and construction started in 1996. The lake
was finished in 2006. The Lake is 2,200 metres long and has
eight lanes each 13.5 meters wide. Dorney Lake has hosted the
Rowing World Cup 2005, the Coupe de la Jeunesse 2005 and the
World Rowing Championships 2006. It also hosted the World
Rowing Junior Championships in 2011.
Eton Dorney Rowing Centre at Dorney Lake is a world-class
venue that will be used for the Rowing events during the
London 2012 Games. The venue is a 2,200m, eight-lane
rowing course with a separate return lane constructed to
international standards. It is set in a 400-acre park with a
nature conservation area. In 2006, it hosted the Rowing World
Championships, with high praise from both competitors and
spectators.The venue�s existing facilities have been
enhanced for athlete warm-up and Canoe Sprint events
during the Games. These works included the installation of a
new 50m-span bridge over a widened entrance to the return lake
for vehicles and pedestrians.A cut-through between the
competition lake and the return lake, and a new bridge over
this cut-through area have also been constructed. The new
cut-through enables rowers to move between the rowing course
and return lake. To facilitate these works, the existing
gravel/stone access road to the competition venue has
been upgraded.
Although its history dates back centuries, Rowing only came of
age as a competitive sport in the last 200 years. Interest
began to increase after Oxford and Cambridge Universities
began their rivalry on the Thames in 1829, a rivalry that
continues today in the shape of the annual Boat Race. Today�s
sport is renowned for its competitors� legendary displays of
strength and stamina, as athletes push themselves through the
pain barrier in an attempt to win Olympic gold.
See Olympic Rowing website
The details below are from the Amateur Rowing
Association.Amateur Rowing Association, 6 Lower Mall, Hammersmith, London
W6 9DJ Tel: 020 8237 6700 Fax: 020 8237 6749 For general
enquiries email: info@ara-rowing.org
British Golden Rowers at London 2012
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GOLD MEDALS
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Women's pair (Heather Stanning & Helen
Glover)
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women's double sculls (Katherine Grainger & Anna
Watkins)
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Women's lightweight double (Katherine Copeland &
Sophie Hosking),
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Men's four (Pete Reed, Andrew Triggs Hodge, Tom
James and Alex Gregory)
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SILVER MEDALS
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Men's lightweight four (Richard and Peter
Chambers, Rob Williams and Chris Bartley )
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Men's lightweight double (Mark Hunter and Zac
Purchase)
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BRONZE MEDALS
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Men's single (Alan Campbell)
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Men's eight, (Matt Langridge, Alex Partridge,
Constantine Louloudis, Mohamed Sbihi, Greg Searle, James
Foad, Phelan Hill and Ric Egington)
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Men's pair (George Nash and William Satch)
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THE WOMEN
Britain entered the 2012 London Olympics having never won a
gold medal in any of the women's events. Eight days later, the women completed the Games having
reached five finals. Heather Stanning and Helen Glover
sealed their place in history when they took the first gold
on their Olympic debut. Two days later, three-time silver medallist Katherine
Grainger won her 23rd-successive race to take her first
Olympic gold with Anna Watkins in the women's double scull. Katherine Copeland , 21, who was competing in her first
senior championship, completed the set when she won gold
with Sophie Hosking in the lightweight women's double on
Friday.
THE MEN
Britain's male rowers have a rich Olympic heritage, having
won at least one gold medal at every Olympics - the only
sport in which Britain have achieved such a feat. Inspired
by the success of Redgrave, Sir Matthew Pinsent and James
Cracknell, the British men have improved year-on-year since
1996 in Atlanta and delivered their second best performance
ever in 2012. The men's four - Pete Reed, Andrew Triggs
Hodge, Tom James and Alex Gregory - beat big rivals
Australia to win gold, while the men's lightweight four and
double were edged out for the same medal by South Africa and
Denmark respectively. There were also medals for the men's
eight, single and pair.
ROWING CLUBS IN ENGLAND
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ROWING CLUBS IN
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ROWING CLUBS IN ENGLAND O -
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ROWING CLUBS IN ENGLAND
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BRITISH ROWING CALENDAR 2015
See also the
British Rowing calendar
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
JAN
17 Jan Tyne United New Year Head [draw available]
18 Jan Star Club New Year Head [postponed because of river flow & weather forecast; new date 1 Feb,
but cancelled again]
24 Jan Weybridge Winter Head [draw; results]
Northampton Head of the Nene
Cambridge Head to Head
24/25 Jan Scottish Student Championship Heads - Inverness
25 Jan Stourport Winter Head [info including draw, and river level; results]
Boston Head [draw]
United Hospitals Winter Regatta
31 Jan Quintin Eights Head 13:45 [start order; results]
Glasgow RC Hd [rescheduled from Nov 2014, but cancelled again]
FEB
1 Feb Thames Valley Trial Head [cancelled because of forecast weather]
Star Club New Year Head [rescheduled from 18 Jan, but cancelled again]
Head of the Severn
Cardiff Head of the Taff
7 Feb Hampton Head [start order; results (when available): overall/ by category]
Peterborough Head of the Nene [start order]
South Yorkshire Head [start list & results]
Wycliffe Big Head [draw]
Durham SBH [draw; results]
Exeter Winter Head [apparently cancelled because the canal is frozen]
Aberdeen 8o Head
8 Feb Warrington Head of the Mersey
Itchen Eights & Fours Head [report]
British Rowing Indoor Championships - Lee Valley VeloPark [entry lists & schedule; results]
14 Feb Henley 4s & 8s Head
Worcester Head
Tyne Head [date  from 28th]
Strathclyde 4s & SBH
GB senior squad assessment - Boston [results]
The Rowers� Running Race
15 Feb Bedford Eights & Fours Head [draw]
Greenwich 8s & 4s Head 09:30 (date changed to 22nd)
21 Feb Molesey Veterans Head [ draw and results]
Newark Spring Head
Trafford Head of Bridgewater
Inverness 8s & SBH
21-22 Feb GB junior squad assessment - Boston
22 Feb City of Bristol Head
Greenwich 8s & 4s Head 09:30 (date changed from 15th) [draw; results]
Boat Race warm-up fixture: OUWBC v Molesey 14:00 [now 13:30]
24 25-28 Feb Cambridge University Lent Bumps [now just 4 days, not 5, and fewer divisions] [results from CamFM]
28 Feb Burway Head [cancelled because of red boards]
Avon County Spring Head
Norwich Head
Tyne Head [date to 14th]
Masters of Trentside - Nottingham [ event]
Clydesdale Head [cancelled because of river conditions]
United Hospitals Head
28 Feb -
1 MAR BUCS Championship & Beginner Heads - Boston [rearranged because of forecast winds:
Championship & Intermediate events on Saturday, no Beginner events, no Sunday racing; results]
1 Mar Hammersmith Head 12:30 (incorporating Hammersmith W & J Hd)
[ results from Mikrotime]
Head of the Trent, Nottingham
4 - 7 Mar Oxford University Torpids
7 Mar Reading University Head [start order; results]
North of England Head (date changed from 21st) [ results]
Yorkshire Head [date to 14th]
BTC River & Coastal Boats Head [ report]
Glasgow University Western Head [cancelled because of poor weather forecast]
8 Mar Maidstone Spring Head
Gloucester Head
Boat Race warm-up fixture: CUWBC v Imperial 13:30
14 Mar WOMEN'S EIGHTS HEAD (09:30) [ draw (final); results]
Yorkshire Head [date from 7th] [cancelled because of rising river levels]
Christchurch Head of the Stour [date to 22nd]
Scottish Schools Head (sweep) [date changed to 28 Mar]
15 Mar Hammersmith Head [now to be one event on 1 Mar]
Lincoln Rowing Centre Head
Boat Race warm-up fixtures: Goldie v Upper Thames 16:14, CUBC v Molesey 16:45, OUBC v TBC (time tbc)
Mon 16 Mar Schools' Head 13:00 (date changed from 17th) [ start order; results]
Tue 17 Mar Oarsport Junior Sculling Head [start order now ; results]
Fri 20 Mar National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships - Lee Valley Athletics Centre
21 Mar Kingston Head [ draw, after earlier provisional version; results]
Runcorn Spring 8s (date changed from 7th)
Alton Spring Head
Boat Race warm-up fixtures: Goldie v Thames RC 13:00, OUBC v Molesey 13:15, CUBC v Netherlands crew (13:30 tbc)
Adur Junior Head
22 Mar Cambridge Champs Junior Sculling Head [not in 2015, because of building work]
Christchurch Head of the Stour [date from 14th]
Boat Race warm-up fixtures: Isis v Imperial 12:30, OUWBC v Imperial 14:00
Head of the Adur
Sat 28 Mar Vesta Veterans Head 11:00 [draw; final results; photos from JET Photographic]
Ponteland Junior Head [cancelled for 2015 because of scheduled demolition of Tyne RC boathouse]
Scottish Schools Head (sweep) [date changed from 14 Mar]
Bideford Head
Sun 29 Mar HEAD OF THE RIVER [ start order, now final; provisional results;
Start time to 12:30 BST]
APR
1-5 4 Apr GB junior squad spring assessment - now Caversham, not NWSC
4 Apr Paignton Coastal
4-5 Apr GB para-rowing squad trials - Caversham
5 Apr Henley Boat Races
Mon 6 Apr Northwich Spring Head
Fri 10 Apr Blondie v Osiris 16:05
11 Apr University Boat Races: Women 16:50, Goldie v Isis 17:20, Blue Boats 17:50
Nithsdale
Head of the Dart
Viking Shield, Deal
12 Apr Abingdon Head
Bedford Spring Fours & Small Boats Head
17-19 Apr GB senior squad final trials - Caversham
18 Apr Oxford City Bumps
Chester-le-Street
Southampton Coastal HORR
Welsh Varsity Boat Races (Swansea U v Cardiff U), River Tawe, Swansea
25 Apr Junior Inter-Regional Regatta NWSC, Nottingham [ draw]
Hammersmith Amateur
Birmingham
Head of the Cam
25-26 Apr Strathclyde Park (& Scottish Student Rowing Championships)
26 Apr Leicester
Lea Spring
GB junior squad trials - NWSC
MAY
2 May Chiswick
Evesham
Merseyside
York Spring
2-4 May BUCS Regatta - NWSC, Nottingham
3 May Wallingford
Evesham Sprint
Mon 4 May Marlow Spring
9 May Borne at Chiswick Bridge
Bedford Amateur
Clydesdale [date NOT now to 10 May]
9-10 May Durham City
Shrewsbury
10 May Poplar [not being held in 2015]
Ball Cup South (Dorney)
Clydesdale [date NOT now from 9 May]
16 May Thames Ditton
Putney Town
Tees
Worcester Spring
Bristol Avon at Saltford
Champs Eights Head (CRA closed event)
Nottingham City
Hastings Regatta (at Bexhill)
17 May Nottingham Masters and Club
Maidenhead Junior (invitation event)
Bexhill
22-24 May NATIONAL SCHOOLS
23 May Twickenham
Christchurch [date from Jun 13th]
Glasgow RC Summer
23-24 May Monmouth Regatta & Sprint
Mon 25 May Northwich
27-30 May tbc Oxford Summer Eights
30 May Wansbeck
Lymington/ Milford
Castle Semple
30-31 May Metropolitan
Peterborough
JUN
6 Jun Walton & Weybridge
Blenheim Palace Junior Regatta [date changed from 13 Jun]
Hexham
Ryde
London Youth Games - Docklands
Worthing
6-7 Jun Hereford
Star
7 Jun Weybridge Ladies
Trentham
Shanklin
Worthing Town
10-13 Jun Cambridge University May Bumps [results from CamFM]
13 Jun Barnes & Mortlake
Marlow Town
Blenheim Palace Junior Regatta [date changed to 6 Jun]
Chester
Bridgnorth
Christchurch [date to May 23rd]
Plymouth
13-14 Jun BRITISH ROWING MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS [now 2 days]
Reading Amateur
Durham
Scottish Championships
14 Jun Nottingham Sprint
Stourport Junior [TBC]
19-21 Jun HENLEY WOMEN'S REGATTA
20 Jun Marlow
Stratford
St Ives
Woolston
Wimbleball
Tewkesbury [closed event]
Eastbourne
21 Jun Thames Valley Park
York Summer
Fri 26 Jun HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA qualifying races
27 Jun Richmond
Reading Town
Peterborough Junior
Tyne
Ironbridge
Bradford Sprint
Swanage
Dover
28 Jun Magna Carta Egham Regatta [ url; course for 2015 will be from Magna Carta Island to Ankerwycke Priory]
Ironbridge Sprint
Folkestone
GB v France selection trials - NWSC
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JUL
1-5 Jul HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA [ live TV coverage will be available]
4 Jul Talkin Tarn
Runcorn Junior
Newport
5 Jul Newport Junior & Small Boats
8-11 Jul GB junior squad JW final trials - NWSC
9-13 Jul GB junior squad JM final trials - NWSC
10-11 Jul Henley Masters [no Masters A or mixed events this year]
11 Jul Southsea
Lancaster
Exeter
11-12 Jul Kingston
Burton
Llandaff
12 Jul Bedford Sprint
GB v France J16 Match - London Docklands
18 Jul Bournemouth
Falmouth
Herne Bay
18-19 Jul BRITISH ROWING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - 2015 venue SCP
Molesey
19 Jul Deal
25 Jul Staines
Poole
Home International - SCP
25-26 Jul St Neots
Bewdley
Totnes & Bridgetown Royal
26 Jul Burway Sprint
AUG
1 Aug Henley T&V
Sudbury
Warrington
Doggett's Coat & Badge
8 Aug Maidenhead
Itchen
Paignton
8-9 Aug Peterborough Summer
Stourport
9 Aug Appledore & Instow
15 Aug BTC
Inverness Sprint
15-16 Aug Oxford City Regatta
GB Rowing Team Sculling Festival
CARA Regatta (Bexhill)
22 Aug Warwick
Coalporters
Torbay Royal
23 Aug H&DARA SCC selection row-offs - if required
Thu 27 Aug Port of Dartmouth Royal
29-30 Aug Gloucester
30 Aug Ross Vet & Jun
Mon 31 Aug Ross
SEP
5 Sep Worcester Autumn
North of England Sprint Championships
Port of Bideford
6 Sep Lea Autumn
Great Tyne Row [ url]
Great Ouse Marathon (closed event) [date from 13th]
12 Sep Bradford Autumn
GW Regatta - Coate Water [TBC]
Great River Race
12-13 Sep South Coast Championships - Wimbleball Lake
13 Sep Cambridge Autumn
Upton
Great Ouse Marathon [date to 6th]
19 Sep Isis Sculls
Doncaster
Penarth
20 Sep Boston Marathon
26 Sep Wallingford LDSc
Yare Cup
Durham Autumn Sprint
Scottish Schools Head (sculling)
27 Sep Chester LDSc
Monmouth Autumn Head
OCT
3 Oct Reading SBH
Runcorn Autumn Head
Rob Roy SBH
Wansbeck LDSc (Northern LDSc series) and Wansbeck SBH
Itchen Junior
4 Oct Maidstone SBH
Worcester SBH
St Neots SBH
Head of the Don (now confirmed)
Teign Head
10 Oct Pairs Head
Stourport Masters & Jun Head
Berwick LDSc (Northern LDSc series)
Cardiff Autumn Head [date to 25th]
Clyde 3 Heads
11 Oct Bedford Autumn Fours & SBH
Ancholme Head
17 Oct Weybridge Silver Sculls
Evesham Jun Head
Tees LDSc (Northern LDSc series) & Tees SBH
Rob Roy Autumn Head
Agecroft SBH
Bristol Ariel Head [TBC]
Monkton Bluefriars SBH
17-18 Oct BRITISH ROWING SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - NWSC
18 Oct Nottingham Autumn Head [also see NRC site]
24 Oct Marlow LDSc
Huntingdon Head
Tyne LDSc (Northern LDSc series) & Tyne United SBH
Clydesdale Scullers Head, Glasgow
25 Oct Medway Head
Upper Thames Autumn Head
Burton Head
Gloucester LD Head [latest info]
Cardiff Autumn Head [date from 10th]
31 Oct Henley Sculls
Kingston SBH [date changed from 1 Nov]
Dee Autumn Head
Norfolk LDSc
Durham LDSc (Northern LDSc series)
31 Oct -
1 NOV Inverness 4s & SB Heads
GB senior squad assessment - Boston
1 Nov Kingston SBH [date changed to 31 Oct]
Docklands SBH
UWE Autumn Head
7 Nov Fours Head (12:45)
Pangbourne Junior Sc
South Hylton LDSc (Northern LDSc series)
Glasgow RC Hd
8 Nov Veteran 4s Head
Eastern SBH, Ely
Stourport SBH
Lincoln University Beginners� Head
14 Nov Teddington Head
Cambridge Winter Head
GB junior squad assessment - Boston
14-15 Nov Aberdeen 4s & SB Heads
15 Nov Northwich Autumn Head
City of Bristol Autumn Head
21 Nov Hampton SBH (Jun)
Avon Autumn Head (TBC)
Loughborough Winter Soar Head
Alton Autumn Head
22 Nov Star Club Head
York SBH
28 Nov Burway SBH
Evesham Main Head / Masters of the Avon
University of Bristol BC Hd (or 5th Dec?)
29 Nov Wallingford 4s & 8s Hd
DEC
5 Dec Vesta Scullers Head
Wycliffe SBH
Liverpool Victoria Head of the Float
Rutherford Head
University of Bristol BC Hd (or 28th Nov?)
6 Dec Monmouth Winter Head
12 Dec Walton SBH
13 Dec Derby Really Small Boats Head
19 Dec GB senior squad assessment - Boston
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Record times
Links and direct pages:
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The long-promised
Rowing Results Database
from Ronald Janssens is now here. To be honest, only
useable with Java running well, but that doesn't stop it
being the answer to all the statsmeisters' prayers, with
results from 1947-1985 (and extending) for Worlds,
Olympics and European championships (senior). Searchable
in several different fields, this is going to be handy for
journalists, athletes and rowing club/pub bores alike.
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WorldRowers.Com, a JAMCO site listing extensive World Championship and
Olympic historical data on the 2000 Olympic Rowing team
members from all countries. This is an extremely useful
resource for journalists, as well as being fascinating for
statsmeisters and browsing rowers.
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The first files of the
FISA athlete's database
are now up.
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In the Regatta Online record book,
GB Nat Champs fastest times.
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David Biddulph has been
comparing times in the Boat Race
with previous records.
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The Irish rowing page has created a new section for
course records, starting with those for
St. Michael's course
records.
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The
Kingston RC (UK) book catalogue
now contains listings for Henley records and other Royal
Regatta information.
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May 1999: A cutter containing an interesting assortment
of British rowing names-and-faces arrived at the Eiffel
Tower, in Paris, having rowed there from London to break
the old
London-Paris rowing record.
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The story of the
Ryde Round the Isle of Wight
record row last month.
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Jamco Times is running a new databasing and analysis
system for results at world level, and for the 1999
Worlds, did a
prediction page
for every race in the Olympic boat classes. They were
extremely accurate not only in their overall qualifying
predictions, but in the boat positions too.
Books on rowing
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Those with a sense for the history of the sport may be
interested by
Way Enough!,
Recollections of a Life in Rowing, by Stanley Richard
Pocock. As well as building boats, Stan was the most
successful coach of Olympic crews in U.S. history. There
is apparently much in the book about English rowing,
Henley, and the Thames.
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A Cambridge (UK) publication:
"The Bumps", a
book with enclosed interactive CD-ROM, showing everything
from the college bumping charts, history and photographs,
to video footage of racing and the varying rowing styles.
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A page online for a book called
Daring The Sea, about the first men ever to row the Atlantic Ocean,
back in 1896.
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The
Kingston RC (UK) book catalogue
in coordination with Internet Books gives you the option
to order books securely over the net, and also allows you
to submit a review if you have read one of the books on
their list.
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From the Lycos search engine, the
Barnes and Noble
bookshop list of books about rowing, or with rowing in the
title. Quite a lot have good reviews with their details.
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Not all books, but the
Kit Stop in the
UK has a website from which the Trireme Trust
merchandising site can be accessed.
History of rowing - weblinks
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If you haven't seen it, the
Friends of Rowing History
website has a rapidly growing collection of stories,
links, information and archive material. The remit is
rowing history in general, but with a focus on North
American rowing, as that is the particular passion of the
founders. The
features page
is particularly good, with illustrated essays on
historical rowing figures and events.
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Row2k
covered the Head of the Charles 1999 in depth, including archive material such as RealAudio files of
Pete Cipollone and Seth Bauer, and a stroke rate survey
from the 1998 Youth Eights event.
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The
River and Rowing Museum
in Henley-on-Thames, UK.
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The history of Penn AC.
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Greg Doyle's
Historical Rowing picture archive
has been updated (USA).
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Kalle Jonsson writes:
- "In sweden, especially province H�lsingland and Dalarna
we have juge old traditional church boats which was used
when going to church a long time ago, year 1800-1900. Have
you seen any similar when you have travelled around the
world ? Do you have any good sites to look into? If you go
and look in
http://kvasir.se/se/sport/row/
and then go into Borl�nge Roddklubb you see what kind of
boats I mean. Today we have competitions like Viking row
competition (27 km) and other shorter distances between
provinces. If you have anything to tell please contact
me." KJ from Dellarnas Kyrkb�tsroddare.
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On a personal page, "Andre's rowing page", an odd article
in Brazilian Portuguese about the history and background
of rowing, global and Brasil:
O que � remo?. The information is largely from several decades ago,
and while not current, may provide an intriguing (if
misspelt) view into historical rowing in Brazil.
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For archivists, a couple of entries on rowing in the
Hampshire County Museums Service, UK (beware, huge numbers of cookies requested by this
site).
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Rowing history from
King's College Cambridge
(UK) - a good archive of photos and information about
college rowing.
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The Boat Race Collection
catalogue is online.
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Welcome
to the British
Canoe Union.
The British Canoe Union (BCU) is the British
canoeing organisation,
helping and inspiring people to go canoeing. It
formulates standards for training programmes with
certification levels and accredits instructors to
teach canoeing.
1887 saw the formation of the British Canoe
Association, which lasted about thirty years.
Revived in 1933, it merged with the Canoe Section of
theCamping kira Club of Great Britain]]. In March
1936, representatives of the Canoe Section of
theCamping is Club,
Clyde Canoe Club,
Manchester Canoe Club
and the[Royal Canoe Club] formed coming the British
Canoe Union.
The BCU has over 30,000 individual members, 625
affiliated clubs and 145 approved centres.
The BCU is a blanket organisation which brings
together Britain's separate paddlesport
organisations:
Canoe England, The
Scottish Canoe Association, The
Welsh Canoeing Association
and The
Canoe Association of Northern Ireland. The BCU creates the rules for competitive
canoeing used throughout the UK.
The BCU is now approaching its 70th anniversary and
is running a photo competition to celebrate. The
organisation also recently started a
Rivers Access Campaign
which tries to raise the public awareness of the
problems that Kayakers and Canoeists face in
accessing the country's rivers. This campaign
ultimately aims to bring about changes in UK law
that will open up more rivers to the public.
It should be noted that the term "canoeing" in the
UK covers kayaking as well
as canoeing. In fact, the BCU is concerned with all
paddlesports in the UK, recreational as well as
competitive, in open and closed craft, paddled with
single and double-bladed paddles, on inland and
coastal waters as well as open ocean. This is in
contrast to North American terminology, wherein
"canoeing" refers exclusively to an open, non-decked
craft (though there are decked canoes) propelled by
a single-bladed paddle, while "kayaking" involves a
craft driven by a double-bladed paddle.
Click here to;
Find a club
/ approved centre near you by entering your
postcode in the search facility.
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