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Welcome Back – RowingHistory!
12 October 2018 By Göran R Buckhorn In the beginning there was RowingHistory.net! The website was the labour and love of rowing historian Bill Miller in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Other rowing historians,...
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More on Thomi
Thomi Keller (right) in a double sculls with Australian Stuart MacKenzie, 1959. From “Thomi Keller: A Life in Sport”. 13 October 2018 Earlier in April, Chris Dodd wrote on HTBS about David Owen’s book...
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The Liquid Universe
14 October 2018 By Philip Kuepper I extended my hand over the low side of the boat, and felt my fingers being drawn through the water, the liquid pressure of water against my flesh, a soft numbing...
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Putting Rowing Back Into The RRM
The River & Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames. Picture: Jaap Oepkes © RRM. 15 October 2018 By Tim Koch HTBS recently reported on the interview that the new director of Henley’s River and Rowing...
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Sofia Priebe Wins the Head of the Q
Two-time world champion Sam Meijer and Sofia Priebe are getting ready for the Head of the Q on the Charles River. Photo: Bob Berry. 16 October 2018 By Göran R Buckhorn Sofia Priebe had a go at the 3K...
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Postponed: Hidden Histories: Doggett’s Coat and Badge
Image © David Gentleman. Photo credit: River & Rowing Museum. 16 October 2018 By Tim Koch Disappointingly, talk and tour titled Hidden Histories: Doggett’s Coat and Badge that was to be held at...
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Ferdinand Gueldry, the Painter of Water and Light
Graphic design by Crea3p. 17 October 2018 By Hélène Rémond Right now there is an exhibition taking place in Nogent-sur-Marne, France, about the French painter Ferdinand Gueldry. This is the first...
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The Leander in the Pink
A statuesque guest at Leander Club’s Bicentennial Banquet at Guildhall in the City of London briefly rests her eyes (no reflection on the quality of the speeches). 18 October 2018 (written City of...
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Tom at 70!
‘Happy Birthday, Tom’! Cartoon by Jim Morin © Courtesy of Jim Morin*. 19 October 2018 By HTBS Editor Göran R Buckhorn Today, we at HTBS are celebrating one of our own. The Right Honourable** Thomas...
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Plan Unveiled for the Mystic River Boathouse Park and Hart Perry Boathouse
The master plan. Courtesy of the Mystic River Boathouse Implementation Committee. (Click to enlarge) 20 October 2018 By Göran R Buckhorn Last week, Göran R Buckhorn attended a presentation of the...
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In the Path
21 October 2018 By Philip Kuepper Boats sit at nervous anchor on Mystic River, the skin of water already feeling the first intimations of the hurricane south of us. A layer of low grey clouds obscure...
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Ferdinand Gueldry: Encore
(Joseph) Ferdinand Gueldry (1858 – 1945). A self-portrait of 1883. 22 October 2018 By Tim Koch Hélène Rémond recently posted a delightful piece on the exhibition of paintings by Ferdinand Gueldry,...
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Hart Perry Boathouse – Something Good for the Community
The Gateway into Mystic: the proposed Hart Perry Boathouse (on the right) at the Mystic River Boathouse Park opposite the Rossie Mill on Greenmanville Avenue. The mill acted as one of the inspirations...
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The Gentle Impressionist
‘Regatta at Molesey’, by Alfred Sisley, perhaps the best known of the pictures that he produced on his visit to Britain in 1874. It is currently on display in the Orsay Museum, Paris. 24 October 2018...
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Close to the Water
Dr. Rob La Frenais giving a lecture from a single scull at the New Performance Turku Festival in Finland in September. La Frenais is trying to bring together rowers from the world of the arts to put...
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‘The Eleventh Hour…’
Marlow Rowing Club has a very fine war memorial and we have reproduced this picture many times before. Names here include F.S. Kelly. 26 October 2018 The 100th anniversary of the Armistice is on 11...
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Rainer Empacher R.I.P.
Rainer Empacher died on 22 October. He was 58. Photo: rudern.de 27 October 2018 By Göran R Buckhorn The rowing world is paying tribute to boat builder Rainer Empacher, of Empacher Bootswerft, who...
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Wingfields 2018: The Thames Has Two New Champions
A Wingfield Sculls winner’s medal viewed against the backdrop of the finish line. A bar is added to the ribbon to mark each year that the recipient has won the race. 27 October 2018 By Tim Koch Tim...
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Tom’s Treasures
The Rowing Gallery at Henley’s River and Rowing Museum (RRM). Picture: RRM. 28 October 2018 By Tim Koch Tim Koch is selling a day return ticket to Henley-on-Thames. Oops!…They Did It Again as the...
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Gold Cups Go to Two Kiwis
Hannah Osborne and Robbie Manson receive their cheques for their wins in the Gold Cup. Photo: Robbie Manson’s Instagram. 29 October 2018 By Göran R Buckhorn It was the two New Zealand scullers Robbie...
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