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La Traversée de Paris en Aviron 1920. A boat race through Paris passing under the Pont de Grenelle (now the Pont de Grenelle-Cadets de Saumur). The 28k race passes under 33 bridges and still takes...
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The Silver Lake Regattas
22 August 2023By Bill Miller Little is known about the Silver Lake Regattas of 1877, 1878, and 1879. It was the site of some great professional races, but it was also the site of some major incidents....
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The Popular Coxed Single Sculls
Among the many boats at “Regate 1900” in Joinville-le-Pont, France, in 2015, was the coxed single sculls. 23 August 2023 By Ralf-Peter Stumme I was surprised when I read in the caption of one of the...
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Tales Of The Riverbank
Brian Sewell (1931-2015) was, according to the London Evening Standard newspaper, “a world-famous authority on art whose acerbic style meant he was as feared as he was respected.” However, the...
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Rowing the Stream of Consciousness
27 August 2023By Philip Kuepper In a whiteroarfallswatertearingdownin a rushof speedat suchvelocitymy eyecannotregisterthe unbrokendownwardthrustappearingto reverseand riseat equalspeedfallingrisingat...
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European Under 23 Championships – Results
29 August 2023The seventh European Rowing Under 23 Championships were held during the past weekend in Krefeld, Germany. Twenty-six nations had rowers entering in the following events: Under 23 Men...
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Hoo’s There?
A replica of the 7th-century ship discovered in 1939 at an Anglo-Saxon burial site, Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, could be on course for its maiden voyage within two years. The Sutton Hoo burial showed that...
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2023 World Rowing Championships
2 September 2023 The 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, will start tomorrow on 3 September and run until 10 September. The following Olympic, Paralympic and International events are...
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To Be
Rowers on the Yerres River (aka The Oarsmen) by the French painter Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1897). Private Collection. In the public domain. 3 September 2023 By Philip Kuepper Insofar as the river...
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The Percy-Grosvenor Nuptials Regatta of 1842
This lithograph has the inscription “This Representation of the Fête Given at Isleworth in honour of the Marriage of The Right Honourable Lord Prudhoe, Thursday, August 25th 1842, is respectfully...
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Voices From Belgrade
Birgit Skarstein qualified for Paris 2024 at the World Championships. 5 September 2023 Some of the para-rowers competing at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, got their tickets to...
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The RRM: Great Opportunity, Big Challenge
River and Rowing Museum (RRM) welcomes its new Director, Steve O’Connor. Picture: @jaowallace. 6 September 2023By Tim Koch On 26 July, there was a reception at Henley’s River and Rowing Museum (RRM)...
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Yale and Harvard: Two Coach Promotions
8 September 2023By Göran R BuckhornBoth Yale and Harvard have elevated two of their coaches.The other day, Mike Gennaro, who took over the position as Craig W. Johnson ’68 Head Coach of Heavyweight...
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Voices from Belgrade II – Scullers Qualifying for Paris
At the World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, Karolien Florijn of the Netherlands was one of the scullers who qualified for the Olympic Games in Paris next year. She won the single sculls at the...
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Therapy
10 September By Philip Kuepper I row my shell.As I row, the shellof my ego falls away.I emerge from the shellof my ego as I row my shell.I am chrysalis.I am Christlike risingout of the shell of...
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2023 World Rowing Championships – Results
The Ada Ciganlija Regatta course in Belgrade, Serbia. 11 September 2023 The World Championships concluded yesterday on the Ada Ciganlija Regatta course in Belgrade, Serbia. The Netherlands topped the...
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Olympian Nancy Hitchcock Storrs Dies
The Red Rose Crew – left to right: Anne Warner, Lynn Silliman, Nancy Storrs, Carie Graves, Claudia Schneider, Carol Brown, Wiki Royden, Chris Ernest and Gail Pierson. Courtesy of Daniel Boyne/Photo:...
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Return to Syon
Isleworth by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851). This is dated c.1810-1815 but Turner made his preliminary sketches in Isleworth between 1805 and 1806. Image: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Public...
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Olympian Andy Larkin Dies
Andy Larkin rowed for Harry Parker in three Harvard crews, in 1966, 1967 and 1968. The 1967 Harvard eight won a silver medal at the European Championships and rowed in the 1968 Olympic Games in...
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Zoom Event – UBC/UBC: The Tale of Two Clubs
16 September 2023It is time again, the Committee of the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (HOSR) invites those interested in rowing history to a new Zoom event at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, 26th September –...
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