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Cam-era
“Overlap”, a splendid photograph taken by Guy Beauchamp on the River Cam at the 2018 Cambridge Town Bumps. On his Flickr page, Guy’s notes that the cox of the Champion of the Thames Rowing Club crew...
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Let Slip the Dogs of Oar: The Cambridge Women’s Trial Eights
This year, the Cambridge Women’s trial crews were named Buzz and Woody after the dogs owned by their Chief Coach, Patrick Ryan. 8 January 2022 By Tim Koch Tim Koch catches a passing glimpse of the...
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Ours Are Oars
9 January 2022 By Philip Kuepper Oars of hope and joyfor rowingthe shells of our bodies,slip us outinto the stream of days, oars of hope and joyallowing us rowthe stream of enchantmentsthat flows just...
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R.I.P. Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier and Italian actress Rosanna Schiaffino in the “rowing” movie The Long Ships, which was released in 1964. 10 January 2022 By Göran R Buckhorn The brilliant Bahamian-American actor Sidney...
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Druzhba-84
The logo for the 1984 Friendship Games. СПОРТ ДРУЖБА МИР [SPORT DRUZHBA MIR] SPORT FRIENDSHIP PEACE 11 January 2022 By Grigori Denikin Grigori Denikin MCMK, of the Soviet Ministry of Blogging website...
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And… Action!
Photo: Twitter 13 January 2022 By Göran R Buckhorn World Rowing dropped a belated Christmas present on everyone’s lap yesterday, when the organisation updated its video library. You can now enjoy more...
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English Boatbuilders are Building Boats for “The Boys” Movie
Boatbuilder Mark Edwards and his team working on the Leviathan at the Richmond Boathouse. This vessel and others will be featured in the movie The Boys in the Boat. Photo: Peter Williams 15 January...
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The Breath of the Rower
16 January 2022 By Philip Kuepper There is forecast a heatwave, today,of eighteen degrees.walking through the airis like walking through a shieldof ice. The clarity of the air is miraculous,air kissed...
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USRowing: A Crew of Thousands
After USRowing’s rebranding, the organization has a new logo. Photo: USRowing 18 January 2022 By Göran R Buckhorn USRowing is rebranding. USRowing CEO Amanda Kraus. In a letter on USRowing’s website,...
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Winning in Style: The Oxford Women’s Trial Eights
This year, the Oxford Women’s Trial Eights crews were named Style (in white tops) and Speed (in blue tops). 20 January 2022 By Tim Koch Due to the COVID-related rescheduling of the Oxford Women’s...
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Outfitting the Rower
Water turbine driven sewing machine, 1880-81. 23 January 2022 By Philip Kuepper He found himself, suddenly,wearing a shirt of water,when a wave tailored himwith something from its most recent line....
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Pieces of Eight
George Sims (left) and others engaged in building a wooden eight in Hammersmith’s Rutland Boathouse in 1947. 25 January 2022 By Tim Koch Tim Koch looks inside George Sims’ head. On the eve of the 1947...
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Bill Manning New High-Performance Coach at Penn AC
Bill Manning is appointed head coach of Penn AC’s High-Performance Group. Photo from La Salle University website. 26 January 2022 By Göran R Buckhorn The hiring of High-Performance Coaches saga...
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Hamish Bond has Retired
Hamish Bond with his 2012 Olympic gold medal. Photo: olympic.org.nz 27 January 2022 By Göran R Buckhorn Three-time Olympic gold medallist Hamish Bond has retired from rowing. A few hours ago, the news...
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The 2021 World Rowing Awards
28 January 2022 The 2021 World Rowing Awards will be held virtually tomorrow, Saturday, 29 January, at 12:00 CET. The Awards Ceremony can be followed on YouTube at this link. Following public...
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The Hazardous Condition
30 January 2022 By Philip Kuepper Whistling cold, racingdown out of the mountains,the katabatic bora blowsits fanatic tenet of wind.Sailors, beware. (12 January 2022)
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The 2022 Boat Race Fixtures: Beating the Blues?
In a Boat Race fixture run in February 2020, Oxford University Boat Club took on Oxford Brookes University Boat Club – but found that they were not the fastest crew in their shared city. 31 January...
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How Oxford Won The Boat Race
A page with photographs that accompanied Adrian Stokes’s article in the 1952 Eagle Sports Annual. 1 February 2022 By Adrian StokesPresident and member of the victorious 1952 University Boat Race crew...
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Michael Morgan: My Coaching Journey – Part I
Learning to coach started in the boat by necessity Stroke: Howard Croker (Haberfield), 3: Michael Morgan (Sydney RC), 2: Gary Pearce (Balmain RC), Bow: John Ranch (Colleagues RC). 2 February 2022 By...
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Michael Morgan: My Coaching Journey – Part II
The decision to take up coaching and my apprenticeship New South Wales Colts’s eight for the New Zealand tour in 1973. 3 February 2022 By Michael Morgan Here Michael Morgan continues his story about...
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