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Remembering ‘Auld Acquaintance’
W.D. Kinnear, one of the great scullers of the Edwardian Age, was present both in spirit and also in this representation at a dinner recently held in his memory. 27 June 2016 Tim Koch writes: Scotland...
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More Than Sport
Photo: Tim Koch. 28 June 2016 The river was aswirl with eights, once the Bumps got underway. And bump the competitors did, to the cheers of those lining the banks; the competitors’ faces merry with...
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You can lead a Norse to water…..
The annual Scottish Traditional Boat Festival at Portsoy, a village located on the Moray Firth Coast of North East Scotland, 50 miles North West of Aberdeen. Picture: www.pressandjournal.co.uk Tim Koch...
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Looking Down on Henley Royal Regatta
The view downstream from Henley Bridge on Tuesday 28 June, the day before the start of the 2016 Regatta. Leander Club is on the right and to the left of the ‘Pink Palace’ is the regatta’s boat tent...
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Henley: A Sustained Wish to Excel
An elegant gentleman surveys the scene on the first day of the 2016 Henley Royal Regatta. 30 June 2016 Images, thoughts and a little news from Tim Koch on Henley 2016’s opening day, Wednesday: I spent...
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Rowing Remembers the Somme
30 June 2016 Tim Koch writes: At 11 a.m. on Henley Friday, 1 July, The Last Post will mark the start of a two-minute silence observed across the Regatta to commemorate the Battle of the Somme, which...
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Thursday: Henley heats up
Watching me watching you. Two nonchalant Henley regulars keep a seasoned eye on Thursday’s action. 1 July 2016 Tim Koch has been looking at people and at paddling on the second day of Henley 2016, a...
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Henley 2016: That Friday Feeling
Abingdon School racing in the Fawley Challenge Cup (Junior Men’s Quads). They were beaten by Claires Court School by 3 1/2 lengths. 2 July 2016 After a long lunch, Tim Koch, of Hear The Boat Sing’s...
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Henley Saturday: Pictures from Regattas Past
A mobile post office at Henley in 1937. 2 July 2016 Tim Koch has found a pen and some postage stamps: Due to other commitments, I will not be immediately producing a HTBS report on Saturday at Henley....
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Henley: Semi Saturday
The long camera lens makes Henley’s 2,112 metres or 1 mile 550 yards look deceptively short. This traditional length of the course was the longest distance of straight water that could be obtained on...
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Henley Sunday: Not a Day of Rest
4 July 2016 Tim Koch writes: The results from the finals day of Henley Royal Regatta 2016 are on the regatta website and a 25-minute highlights programme is on YouTube, here. If that is not enough, my...
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Hemingway’s Boat Gives Wounded Veterans Outdoor Experience
At this year’s WoodenBoat Show, there was a replica of Ernest Hemingway’s 38-foot fishing boat Pilar, owned by Shannon River Marine Heritage Foundation. The foundation uses the vessel to take out...
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A Cheat is a Cheat is a Cheat
6 July 2016 Göran R Buckhorn writes: In the wee hours of 1 July, when the rowing world’s eyes were in the direction of Henley Royal Regatta, the World Rowing Federation (FISA) announced that the...
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What Came to Pass
7 July 2016 The sun was setting and throwing coppery all: The many-boated bay; the little town backing it that stippled, with buildings, the hills; the steepled church that told the sixth hours in the...
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Henley 2016 Finals: Part I, The Open Events
A Hannes Horribilis for Drysdale while Henley Goes Dutch Hannes Obreno celebrates with a splash, having just defeated Mahé Drysdale, the reigning Olympic Champion and five times Henley winner. 8 July...
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Henley 2016 Finals: Part II, Intermediate and Student Events
The Umpire Strikes Back and a Boom Time for Cal Tierney of Edinburgh University flips at winning the Prince Albert, the first ever Henley win for his boat club. 9 July 2016 Here is Tim Koch’s second...
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Beyond Reflection
10 July 2016 Like funhouse mirrors, the doors of shiny sedans reflect, grotesquely, the passing rowers carrying their shells across the parking lot toward the dock. Then, just beyond the reach of...
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Rowing Films: Down the River – Maybe in a Hat, or Not
A still photo from the Raymond James commercial “The Cautious Hat Maker”. 11 July 2016 Göran R Buckhorn writes: We are all eagerly waiting for the release of the rowing movie based on Daniel James...
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Henley the First
This ‘progress box’ is ingenious. 12 July 2016 Courtney Landers, of Pembroke College BC’s W1, famous on HTBS for her witty and beautifully written diary about how she and her team mates prepared for...
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Henley 2016 Finals: Part III, Club and Junior Events
Grasshoppers plague Upper Thames, Damascene revelation for St Paul’s. Two members of the Rowing, Tennis and Hockey Club from Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, tired but happy after winning the...
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