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Golden Preps
1924 – Bow Leonard Carpenter (Hotchkiss), (2) Frederick Sheffield (Groton), (3) Alfred Wilson (Andover), (4) James Stillman Rockefeller (Taft), (5) John Miller (Exeter), (7) Benjamin Spock (Andover),...
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Rowperfect RowingChat with Eric Murray
Eric Murray, in the background Hamish Bond. Photo: Wikipedia.org 22 May 2018 Yesterday, Rowperfect announced yet another one of their wonderful RowingChats. This one is on Friday, 25 May, with Eric...
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Reminder: Rowing Quiz
23 May 2018 This is a reminder of Chris Dodd’s Rowing Quiz, which HTBS first posted on 14 May. There are still a few days left before we close the competition. To give you some help, the answers can...
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World Rowing Cup Starts on 1 June in Belgrade
Jeannine Gmelin of Switzerland, the 2017 World Champion in the single sculls, will compete at the first World Rowing Cup of the year in Belgrade, Serbia. Photo: WorkingAgainstGravity.com. 24 May 2018...
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How to Prove you are an Englishman in a War
25 May 2018 Göran R Buckhorn has looked into what makes an Englishman at war. On my list of the Top 10 War Movies is A Bridge Too Far, which was produced by Joseph E. Levine and Richard P. Levine and...
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Once on Lake Annecy
26 May 2018 They appeared to appear out of nowhere, the school of boats flying royal blue sails, a single row of them passing close to the shore, not a sound emanating from them. Were they somewhere...
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River Traffic
27 May 2018 Floating on the water’s surface, the slender petals of the flower radiating from the clustered center, appeared a tiny wheel of shells tethered together, streams of light approached, eager...
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The Quiz – The Answers
28 May 2018 On 14 May, HTBS ran a quiz by Chris Dodd. We now have a happy winner, Ralf-Peter Stumme, who will receive a signed copy of Chris’s Brave Bonnie Boat Rowers. Congratulations Ralf-Peter. 1...
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Victory for Edinburgh in the Scottish Boat Race
All the rowers competing at the 2018 Edinburgh vs. Glasgow Boat Races. Photo: The Scottish Boat Race Facebook page. 29 May 2018 Göran R Buckhorn writes: Both Edinburgh University’s men and women beat...
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Comic Cuts: A Few Hints on the Subject of Oarsmanship
The 1939 Boat Race edition of the comic, “The Boy’s Own Paper”. In British popular culture, improbable or daring endeavours are often described as ‘real Boy’s Own stuff’, in reference to the heroic...
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Mrs K.L. Summerton: The Forgotten Founder of the Women’s Amateur Rowing...
31 May 2018 Göran R Buckhorn writes: On 28 May, Lisa Taylor, who is a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Ph.D. student working on competitive women’s rowing since 1945 and known to the readers of...
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Sir Steve Goes to China
Sir Steve signing his contract with the President of the Chinese Rowing Association, Dr Liu Aijie. Photo: Sir Steve Redgrave’s website. 1 June 2018 Göran R Buckhorn writes: The other day, the Chinese...
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World Cup in Belgrade has Started
Photo: Worldrowing/FISA Facebook page. 2 June 2018 The first World Cup started in Belgrade, Serbia, yesterday. The Sava River offered flat water, at least in the beginning of the races, and a...
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Second Day at World Cup in Belgrade
In Belgrade, Birgit Skarstein of Norway, the reigning World Champion from Sarasota-Bradenton last year, set a new World Best Time, beating her own best time by nearly two seconds in the PR1. She took...
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The Netherlands Top the Medal Table
The medallists from the women’s eights race in Belgrade. From left: Great Britain (silver), the Netherlands (gold) and China (bronze) Photo: FISA. 4 June 2018 Here follows FISA’s press release from the...
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The Coat of Ceremony
Photo: Tim Koch. 5 June 2018 From London Bridge to Albert Bridge, the bargemen row in the Doggett’s Race, to celebrate George the First acceding to the throne. There is a coat and badge at stake, an...
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The Kelly Family’s Home Movies
Jack Kelly, Snr., starts to ‘push the hell’ out of his young son, ‘Kell’. Kell’s sister, Grace, later said of her brother, ‘He lived the first part of his life thinking he was Dad, and the second part...
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The Vikings are Back in Mystic
A real gem is in the Collins Gallery in the Thompson Exhibition Building at the north end of Mystic Seaport Museum – “The Vikings Begin: Treasures from Uppsala University, Sweden”, a beautiful...
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Will the Bulldogs Bite?
Yale defending the national title at the 2018 Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta. Photo: Steve Conn/www.yalebulldogs.com. 8 June 2018 Göran R Buckhorn writes: Tomorrow is the 153rd Yale-Harvard...
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Benoît Decock’s Rowing Book, Now in Dutch
“Fausses Pelles” by Benoît Decock is now available in a Dutch translation, “Snoeken Slaan”, translated by Koos Termorshuizen, chief editor of “Roei!”. 9 June 2018 Göran R Buckhorn writes: In November...
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