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Lake Bagsvaerd, Copenhagen, Denmark
Lake Bagsvaerd 7 September 2016 Göran R Buckhorn looks back at his connections to København, Copenhagen, capital of Denmark, where the 2016 World Rowing Masters Regatta starts tomorrow. Göran writes:...
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Velkommen til Bagsværd
8 September Today, the 2016 World Rowing Master Regatta starts at Lake Bagsvaerd, outside Copenhagen. The regatta will go on until Sunday, 11 September. Rowing as a sport has a long and proud...
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Racing in a Tailwind
Lake Bagsvaerd, Copenhagen, 9 September 2016 Göran R Buckhorn writes: Thor, the Norse god of thunder and weather, was in a god mood when the 2016 World Rowing Master Regatta (WRMR2016) started...
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2016 WRMR: Picture Cavalcade, Part 1
Lake Bagsvaerd, Copenhagen, 10 September 2016 Göran R Buckhorn writes: The second day of racing at 2016 World Rowing Master Regatta on Lake Bagsvaerd on Friday was as great as the previous day. The...
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2016 WRMR: Picture Cavalcade, Part 2
11 September 2016 Göran R Buckhorn writes: The Danes are a very friendly people, which both photographer Jan Servin and I noticed when we arrived to Lake Bagsvaerd on Wednesday, the day before the 2016...
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2016 WRMR: Picture Cavalcade, Part 3
12 September 2016 Göran R Buckhorn writes: Yesterday, the 2016 World Rowing Master Regatta ended at Lake Bagsvaerd, outside Copenhagen. You will find the race results here. The third part of Jan...
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2016 WRMR: Picture Cavalcade, Part 4
13 September 2016 Göran R Buckhorn writes: This is the last picture report from the 2016 World Rowing Master Regatta at Lake Bagsvaerd, outside Copenhagen. I hope you have enjoyed Jan Servin’s...
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The Thames Finds a Champion
London Bridge in 1831, the year Charles Campbell beat the famous sculler John Williams for the Championship of the Thames. 14 September 2016 Chris Dodd writes: I have followed the great erudite debate...
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Rescued from the Flames and Risen from the Ashes
Not a Phoenix, but Marlow RC’s Swan. However, like the mythical bird, the historic rowing club has risen from the ashes of its 2011 fire. 15 September 2016 Tim Koch looks back to a visit that he made...
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Book on Dutch Rowing Heroes
Photo from “Helden op het Water”, published by Kanniball publisher. 16 September 2016 Göran R Buckhorn writes: Here is the truth: not only is my Dutch rusty, it is more or less non-existent. But in...
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(Legislative) Bodies Between Their Knees*: The 2016 Parliamentary Boat Race
The eights that take part in the Parliamentary Boat Race are launched onto the Thames from next to the Secret Intelligence Services building at Vauxhall Bridge, using a slipway decorated with splendid...
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Nominations for the 2016 World Rowing Awards
The 2015 World Rowing Para-rowing Crew of the Year, Moran Samuel. Photo: FISA. 18 September 2016 In a press release the other day, the World Rowing Federation, FISA, reported that the organisation had...
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Two Brothers in a Boat and They went to Rio
Paul O’Donovan flying the Irish flag after the LM2x Olympic final medal presentation. Gary got to do the same in the Olympic Stadium at the closing ceremony. Photo: Irish Examiner. 19 September 2016...
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The 25th Coastweeks Regatta
Coastweeks Regatta offers mixed doubles. 20 September 2016 Göran R Buckhorn writes: There is never a dull moment for a rowing correspondent: last week I covered the 2016 World Rowing Master Regatta on...
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I Am Seven. I Have Vowed
21 September 2016 I am seven. I have vowed to keep quiet as I watch unfasten from my Grandmother’s wrist the elastic band of time, as I watch her being divested of her last hours on earth. How like...
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“What’s Seldom Is Wonderful”
Paul O’Donovan (left) and Gary O’Donovan, with their coach, Dominic Casey. 22 September 2016 Göran R Buckhorn writes: HTBS’s Greg Denieffe is not the only one who has celebrated the Irish Olympic...
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Tilbage til Bagsværd
The Russian version of Thomas Eakins’s “The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake”. 23 September 2016 Göran R Buckhorn takes another look at Jan Servin’s photographs from the 2016 World Rowing Masters...
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Book – Liquid History: The Thames Through Time
24 September 2016 Clive Radley, author of The Radleys of the Lea, writes: I purchased Liquid History: The Thames Through Time by Stephen Croad at the Mall Galleries in London in 2015. This beautiful...
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A Parabola Parable
25 September 2016 My disappointment was acute. My imagination was to blame. For I had imagined a spectacular sunrise upon arrival at Venice. But reality had its way with us. A flat sheet of grey...
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Stonington says ‘Yea’ to Mystic River Boathouse Park
At 123 Greenmanville Ave. is a banner showing how the property can be turned into Mystic River Boathouse Park, a public park, but also the new home for Stonington High School’s rowing team. 26...
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