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18 June 2023 By Philip Kuepper Barber’s“Adagio for Strings,”Brahms’s,“Allegro giocoso,” Symphony No. 4,Chopin’s,“Etude in C minor, Op. 10,”these, to my ears,are pure poems,these, shells,being rowed in...
View ArticlePrinceton Lightweight Women – A Study in Courage to the End
The Princeton Women’s Lightweight eight at Henley Women’s Regatta. 19 June 2023By William O’CheeGreatness is rarely the product of comfort, whereas adversity can spur some to glory. Of few could this...
View ArticleWorld Cup II Results in Varese
Australia won the women’s eights at the World Cup II in Varese, Photo: World Rowing 20 June 2023The second World Cup of the 2023 series finished on Sunday in Varese, Italy. Here are the results in the...
View ArticleKnollys Rose: Watermen Honour A 642-Year-Old Fine
A stained glass window in memory of Sir Robert Knollys (pronounced “Knowles”), c.1325 – 1407, sited in All Hallows-by-the-Tower, an ancient Anglican church overlooking the Tower of London. The many...
View ArticleScott Patterson’s The Oarsmen Need Help
22 June 2023By Göran R Buckhorn The film The Oarsmen will be like Chariots of Fire – but on the water! Scott Patterson, Australian author and filmmaker, writes that his documentary The Oarsmen is...
View ArticleSarah Cook is Rowing Australia’s New CEO
Sarah Cook. Photo: Rowing Australia 24 June 2023By Göran R BuckhornRowing Australia announced yesterday that Sarah Cook has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer. Cook is the Chief Operating...
View ArticleA Magic Row
25 June 2023 By Philip Kuepper The smooth luminous blue skylies reflected on the water,a sky my oars crack and breakinto thousands of piecesthat shape again into sky in my wake.This breaking and...
View ArticleHenley Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
We’ll drink to that. 26 June 2023By Tim KochTim Koch is looking for six clean shirts. HTBS Types will probably not need reminding that the now six-day Henley Royal Regatta starts tomorrow, 27 June and...
View ArticleTime For Henley Royal Regatta
HRR – Photo: Tim Koch 27 June 2023Finally, the regatta we have all been waiting for – the 2023 Henley Royal Regatta starts today. Henley Royal is a growing Regatta and is now a six-day affair running...
View ArticleHenley Women’s Regatta – And Saving Rowing For Women
Radcliffe Harvard University A lay down some power in a heat of the Ron Needs Challenge Cup for Championship Eights at Henley Women’s Regatta. 27 June 2023By William O’Chee Last week saw the...
View ArticleHenley – The Agony And The Ecstasy Is About To Begin
Cameron Buchan comes off the water on the day before Henley Royal Regatta. 28 June 2023 By William O’Chee The qualifiers are over. Henley Royal Regatta began yesterday. Here is just a glimpse of the...
View ArticleHRR 2023 – Day 1
Between the races, in 2022. Photo: Tim Koch 28 June 2023 Here is a 26-minute video from Day 1 of Henley Royal Regatta. The results from Tuesday are here. Races for today, Wednesday are here.
View ArticleHRR 2023 – Day 2
I spy with my little eye….HRR 2016. Photo: Tim Koch 29 June 2023 Here is a 26-minute video from Day 2 of Henley Royal Regatta. The results from Wednesday are here. Races for today, Thursday, are here....
View ArticleThe Woodgate Treasures from Henley
William Bradford “Guts” Woodgate by Fred May from Tatler magazine, 7 July 1920. 30 June 2023By Thomas E. Weil There are few fiddlers visible on Henley’s rooftops this week, but no one can miss the...
View ArticleHRR 2023 – Day 3
Henley spectators, 2022. Photo: Tim Koch. 29 June 2023 Here is a 26-minute video from Day 3 of Henley Royal Regatta. The results from Thursday are here. Races for today, Friday, are here.
View ArticleHRR 2023 – Day 4
HRR, 2022. Photo: Tim Koch 1 July 2023Here is a 26-minute video from Day 4 of Henley Royal Regatta. The results from Friday are here. Races for today, Saturday, are here.
View ArticleHRR 2023 – Day 5, Semi-Finals
Oliver Zeidler at 2022 HRR. Will he be able to defend his Diamonds title from last year? Photo: Tim Koch 2 July 2023Here is a 26-minute video from Semi-Finals Day of Henley Royal Regatta. The results...
View ArticleHRR 2023 – Day 6, Finals
Diana Dymchenko, Rowing Club Baku, of Azerbaijan, won the Princess Royal. Here seen at Henley in 2022. Photo: Tim Koch 3 July 2023 Here is a 26-minute video from the Finals at Henley Royal Regatta....
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