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The Quick Decision
27 November 2021 By Philip Kuepper In rowing rapids,perhaps it is wiseto let the rapidsrow the rower. (25 November 2021)
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Living History
Cannon Square, Stonington, Connecticut. Photo: Wikipedia 28 November 2021 By Philip Kuepper Though morethan two centuries ago, now,when Stonington was rapedby war, I still read in the waters,breasting...
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LA2028: Some Modest Proposals
A new discipline at the Olympic rowing in Long Beach in 2028? Turning the stake – the professional Biglin brothers showing how it is done. The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake (1873) by Thomas...
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Michael Dillon Revisited
A 1949 picture of Michael Dillon in Neptune Rowing Club racing kit published in the Summer 2020 edition of The Bristol Magazine. 30 November 2021 By Greg Denieffe Greg Denieffe finds himself guilty....
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Thank You for Reading HTBS
1 December 2021 Dear HTBS Readers – Friends! It’s the first day of the last month of 2021. For us living in the northern hemisphere, it’s the month that will bring the first day of winter according to...
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Rowing Paintings on Display
Filmmaker and oarsman Mike Nicholson is opening an art exhibit on 2 December at the Meat Market Stables in North Melbourne. Among the displayed pieces are three rowing paintings. 2 December 2021 By...
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At The Pictures: A Hundred Thousand Oarsmen
In the summer of 1961, a short documentary on amateur rowing in Britain was made by the Rank Organisation for showing in their nationwide chain of cinemas. 3 December 2021 By Tim Koch Tim Koch takes a...
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Indoor Rowing: Jönköping Cancels and Hamburg goes Fully Virtual
4 December 2021Yesterday, it was announced that the Jönköping Organising Committee (OC), the Swedish Rowing Federation and the European Rowing Board have decided to cancel the 2022 European Rowing...
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The Hands of Rowers
5 December 2021 By Philip Kuepper The waves are handswaving their wayto shore. Are they hands, lost,of all ships sunk?Are they the handsfrom war-rammed triremes,from ships of explorers,from the...
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Dutch Rowing Federation Re-Shuffles
Josy Verdonkschot is leaving his coaching position after a rift with the Dutch Rowing Federation. 7 December 2021 By Göran R Buckhorn The Dutch Rowing Federation’s re-structuring is forcing out...
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Louise Kingsley New Director of Performance at British Rowing
Louise Kingsley is the new Director of Performance at British Rowing. Photo courtesy of Peter Spurrier/Intersport Images 9 December 2021 By Göran R Buckhorn British Rowing announced earlier today that...
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Phil Marshall New Head Coach of the Canadian National Team
Phil Marshall has been appointment as Head Coach of the Canadian National Team. Photo: Rowing Canada Aviron website © Merijn Soeters 10 December 2021 By Göran R Buckhorn ‘Tis still the season for...
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The Paragon
12 December 2021 By Philip Kuepper His were the oars prized,even by other rowers,whose envy was the envyof admiration. Merely to watch himwas to learn from him.There were no words,just action. Smooth...
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The HTBS Christmas Caption Competition
This picture has recently resurfaced on the Internet but it was taken in 2012 by the then Zimbabwe-based coach Rachel Davis and shows the two scullers that she coached for the London Olympics, Peter...
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World Rowing Awards Finalists for 2021
14 December 2021 Presentation of the 2021 World Rowing Awards finalists. After having asked for public nominations, the World Rowing Executive Committee has selected the finalists based on the...
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East is East – Or is He?
I had three questions on finding this 1887 oil painting titled “Sculling along the Thames” for sale on eBay: is it art, where was it painted and who is the sculler? Picture reproduced by permission of...
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Tom Terhaar Leaves USRowing for Columbia
Tom Terhaar is heading to Columbia University as Director of Rowing after 21 years as the USRowing’s women’s coach. Photo: USRowing 17 December 2021 By Göran R Buckhorn USRowing announced yesterday...
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The 2022 Boat Race Trials: Keeping in the Stream
The Cambridge Men battle it out in the 2017 Trials. 18 December 2021 By Tim Koch Tim Koch on student tests with a fifty percent failure rate. It is just over 100 days before the Oxford – Cambridge...
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Rowing to the Ethereal
19 December 2021 By Philip Kuepper Women,only women rowthe metal boatsup Suoi Yen River,to the Goddess of Mercy Pagoda,where one goes to pray,for good health, for absolution,high in the green-draped...
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News from Henley Royal Regatta
Next Henley Royal Regatta will be on 28 June – 3 July 2022. Photo: Tim Koch. 20 December 2021 By Göran R Buckhorn Exciting news comes from the Henley Royal Regatta Headquarters in Henley-on-Thames....
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