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No Women Rowing at the 1908 Olympics
While women were not allowed to compete in rowing and other sports at the 1908 Olympic Games, they were allowed to compete in archery. Queenie Newall, of Great Britain, won the gold medal in the...
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Winterspeak
19 January 2025 By Philip Kuepper No rowers rowthe river frozenby winter’s breath blownalong it. There is no blow.Fish sleep, and dream,dream the immemorialevolution of their species. Rowers dreamthe...
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The 1902 International Cork Regatta – The Berlin View
The Berliner Ruder-Club crew at the Cork Regatta. 21 January 2025By Matthias Zander(All photographs from the archives of the Berliner Ruder-Club) In December 2014, Greg Denieffe wrote an article about...
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Alastair Marks Steps Down as CEO of British Rowing
Alastair Marks says good-bye. Photo: british Rowing 22 January 2025In an article on British Rowing’s website, it is announced that Alastair Marks has made a decision to step down from his role as CEO...
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U.S. Olympic Sculler Bill Belden Dies
25 January 2025By Göran R Buckhorn U.S. sculler William “Bill” Thomas Belden, Jr., has passed away at age 76.Bill Belden, who was born in 1949 and grew up in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, was the...
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The Rowboat
26 January 2025 By Philip Kuepper The air was the colorof clear ice.All hung cold.I inhaled the clear coldness.I felt filled with its cleanness.The beach lay a lipsipping at the baythat lapped at the...
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Crossing the English Channel in a Racing Eight, 1885
27 January 2025By Peter WilliamsPeter Williams tells the story of an 1885 poorly prepared crossing of the English Channel by W. H. Grenfell, Lord Desborough. The many exploits of William Grenfell...
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Photo Essay: International Regatta Posters
1900 Spa International RegattaThomas E Weil Collection 29 January 2025 By Bill Miller International regatta posters are great pieces of graphic art. National, International, FISA and Olympic posters...
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In the Sound of Mystic Bells
The Mystic River 2 February 2025 By Philip Kuepper Grey sound the bells fallingthrough this winter afternoon,falling from the church on the hillabove Mystic River.How they haunt the windless air,as...
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Frenchy A. Johnson – Part I: Oarsman to Marksman
Photo believed to be of Frenchy A. Johnson (digitally colorized by the author). Photo from HTBS files. 3 February 2025By Edward H. Jones Readers of HTBS might be familiar with Frenchy A. Johnson (ca...
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Frenchy A. Johnson – Part II: Ode to an Oarsman
Frenchy A. Johnson. Image: Author’s collection from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, November 1, 1879, 137. 4 February 2025By Edward H. Jones Here Edward H. Jones continues his story from...
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Zara Lachlan – First Woman to Solo Row from Europe to South America
Zara Lachlan has reached French Guiana. Photo: Women in Sport 10 February 2025 Göran R BuckhornAfter 97 days, solo rower Zara Lachlan, 21, completed a 3,600 nautical-mile voyage from Europe to South...
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Henley Royal Regatta: Open To Suggestions
Successfully running the world’s most famous regatta requires constant innovation. Picture: @HenleyRegatta. 11 February 2025By Tim Koch Tim Koch on change and Henley. Historically at least, Henley...
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Dr Dillon: Making History – Part I
Dr. Laurence Michael Dillon – Modern art print designed by Kep Trefler. Picture: redbubble.com. 12 February 2025 A dip into the HTBS Archive. February in the UK and Ireland is LGBTQ+ History Month –...
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Dr Dillon: Making History – Part II: 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. 13 February 2025 By Greg Denieffe February being the LGBTQ+ History...
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Valentine’s Day: How To Win A Rower’s Heart (Again)
Say it with flowers. 14 February 2025By Tim Koch Archive advice from Tim Koch, first given in 2016 but worth repeating. Feign interest in their ergo scores. Smell like a regatta. Don’t laugh at their...
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Pocock’s Prowess
George Pocock and the blue plaque on George Inn, Eton. 15 February 2025By Thomas Wigley George Pocock built brilliant boats and in his home town of Eton where he lived as a boy, we honoured him last...
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The Profoundness of Children
16 February 2025 By Philip Kuepper A castle built by childrenof sand on a beach,is more real than castles,the seats of kings and queens.For comes its dissolution by the ocean,allowing no illusion of...
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Remenham Club: Knowing The Answers
A poem titled “The Wise Old Men of Remenham Club” by G.O. “Gully” Nickalls that hangs in Remenham Club in Henley-on-Thames. (Click on the image to enlarge it.) 17 February 2025By Tim Koch Tim Koch...
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