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The Face in the Water
18 August 2018 By Philip Kuepper The low unbroken purring of the rowboat’s motor moored the morning to the dock of the day. It’s purring caught my attention, allowing me concentrate on the image that...
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Results Commonwealth Beach Rowing Sprint Championships
Proud winner of the gold medal in the men’s single sculls, Riilio ‘Rio’ Rii of Vanuatu. On the left, silver medallist Gian-Luc Angiolini of England and on the far right, bronze medallist Gregor Maxwell...
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Why German Boathouses were not Jerry Built
Kaiser Wilhelm II, who ruled the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, portrayed here dressed as a British Admiral of the Fleet, an honorary title given to him by his Grandmother,...
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San Diego RC takes Masters Overall Team Points Trophy
Happy members of San Diego RC. Photo: USRowing. 21 August 2018 USRowing writes in a press release about the organisation’s Master National Championships. After four days of racing, from 16 to 19...
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3 Men/Mann/Hommes in a Boat/Boot/Bateau – Part 1
Down to the river in skiffs 22 August 2018 By Chris Dodd Diana Cook, the most-informed scholar and maître-d’ of Henley’s Richard Way Bookshop, specialists in literature, engineering, railways and...
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3 Men/Mann/Hommes in a Boat/Boot/Bateau – Part 2
A veritable can of pineapple 23 August 2018 By Chris Dodd Jerome K Jerome’s most celebrated book has never been out of print since it first saw the light of day in 1889. The Walsall writer’s story...
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3 Men/Mann/Hommes in a Boat/Boot/Bateau – Part 3
Crabbing and catastrophe 24 August 2018 By Chris Dodd The success of Jerome K Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat brought an influx of tourists escaping the Big Smoke to the upper reaches of the Thames,...
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3 Men/Mann/Hommes in a Boat/Boot/Bateau – Part 4
Impressions of the Thames Valley 25 August 2018 By Chris Dodd Given almost 130 years in print, it will come as no surprise that some editions of Jerome K Jerome’s bestseller enjoy outstanding...
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3 Men/Mann/Hommes in a Boat/Boot/Bateau – Part 5
In the wake of Jerome 26 August 2018 By Chris Dodd Three Men in a Boat has made a terrific impact on comic writing and messing about in boats in several tongues, writes Chris Dodd. If you have never...
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The Incongruity
27 August 2018 By Philip Kuepper In the front yard of the clapboard house, set on a low rise overlooking the river, lay an eight, face down, atop sawhorses, an eight out of water, an eight out of its...
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Lost In Translation
Picture by @CoachDanHarris. 27 August 2018 By Tim Koch Tim Koch finds something that may give Trump ideas. My recent history of Shanghai Rowing Club, 1863 – 1952, indicated that in the past the city...
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Doggett’s 2018: Better Late Than Never
A view of the 91st Doggett’s Coat and Badge Race in 1805 by the Georgian caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson. The world’s oldest existing continuously run rowing race, ‘Doggett’s’ was instituted in 1715 by...
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A Hidden History of The Thames on Show
A picture of the three members of the McCarthy family who have won Doggett’s. It is on display outside the Tate Modern in an exhibition telling the story of the race and of the people, past and...
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Martin Brandon-Bravo: The Counsel of Trent
Martin Brandon-Bravo OBE 30 August 2018 By Chris Dodd Martin Maurice Brandon-Bravo who has died aged 86 was president of British Rowing when it was the Amateur Rowing Association, an engaging MP for...
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Ein Mann in einem Boot
und kein Hund Some editions of “Three Men in a Boat”. From the collection of Der Classic Boat Club e.V., Germany. 31 August 2018 By Göran R Buckhorn It was with great pleasure Ralf-Peter Stumme of...
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Community Rowing Inc. Names Ted Benford as New Executive Director
The Harry Parker Boathouse. 1 September 2018 By Göran R Buckhorn The Community Rowing Inc. (CRI) in Brighton announced that the organisation has appointed Ted Benford as new executive director of the...
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River. Lake. Rapids.
Photo: Therm-a-Rest. 2 September 2018 By Philip Kuepper I watched the rowboat move down the river, like a tear down a face. Why a tear? Because, that instant, my memory transported me back, sixty...
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Pinniped Passengers
On 23 August, a quad from Barnes Bridge Ladies Rowing Club picked up a passenger outside the Putney Town boathouse, just upstream of Chiswick Bridge on the River Thames. Picture: @BBLRC. 3 September...
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Plovdiv is Ready
The Sinkovic brothers, Martin (bow) and Valent (stroke), are eager to take the gold medal in the men’s pair. Photo: Croatian Rowing Federation. 4 September 2018 In a press release, FISA writes about...
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Gliding Down the Thames in ‘Clemmy’
‘“Clemmy” has two masts,’ Martin Wainwright writes, ‘one for her standard with the famous, almost Nelsonian words: “Am I nearly there yet?” and the other with the naval signal flag for “I am...
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