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Six days shalt thou labour…*
Is this the end of patriarchal power structures and gender norms?No, it’s the final of The Ladies’ Plate. 14 December 2019 By Tim Koch Tim Koch receives a press release from Henley Royal Regatta that...
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Organ Recital
15 December 2019 By Philip Kuepper A river of blades appeared the river, blades being sharpened by the wind, a nor’easter gnashing at the water, causing it cut the docks, cut the shores, thick with...
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USRowing Awarded $500,000 VA Grant to Support Veterans
Photo: USRowing 16 December 2019 In a press release USRowing writes that the organization has received a $500,000 grant from U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs for its Freedom Row program. The U.S....
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The 2020 Boat Race Trial Eights: Oxford’s Civil War
Oxford women from the Brown crew huddle before going afloat to race Morley. 19 December 2019 By Tim Koch Tim Koch goes P to M – twice. Even before 2019 draws to an end, some of us have our thoughts...
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The 2020 Boat Race Trial Eights: Tab on Tab
Adriana Perez Rotondo from Spain rowed at ‘4’ in Myosin in their race against Actin. 20 December 2019 By Tim Koch Tim Koch experiences déjà vu – again. Four days after the Oxford men and women ran...
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Oxford Lightweights Prove Brains are Better than Brawn
The eventual winners, Brains, show their mettle in rough conditions to take the lead. Photo courtesy of AllMarkOne. 22 December 2019 By William O’Chee Oxford University Lightweight Rowing Club...
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GOD JUL
“Christmas Eve” by Swedish artist Carl Larsson, 1904. 24 December 2019 By Göran R Buckhorn While most cultures and countries that celebrate Yuletide do it on 25 December, the ‘big’ day of Christmas in...
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Holiday Greetings from Germany
24 December 2019 Christmas and New Year’s greetings to all HTBS contributors and readers come from Ralf-Peter Stumme in Germany. Ralf-Peter and his friends went for their ‘Christmas Row’ and ‘the...
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Row, Ho, Ho
25 December 2019 By Tim Koch Season’s Greetings from all the elves (also Swedish tomtar, Cornish piskies, Irish leprechauns, plus fairies, sprites, goblins and hobgoblins of all nationalities) at Hear...
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Why One should Row Stroke Side on the Head of the Yarra
The Head of the Yarra multi-national winning Masters crew from St George Rowing Club. Article writer Lutz right in the middle, fifth from the left. 31 December 2019 By Lutz Lange Lutz Lange, a member...
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Letter from a Fire-Stricken Nation
5 January 2020 By William O’Chee Many HTBS readers have graciously contacted Louis Petrin and me to enquire about our safety. We are touched by the kindness of the rowing community worldwide and wish...
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Børge Kaas Andersen 1937-2019: World Rowing’s Umpire
In 2018, Børge Kaas Andersen (on the right) was awarded FISA’s medal for distinguished service to international rowing from the hand of FISA President Jean-Christophe Rolland. © Ben Tufnell 6 January...
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7 Haikus
7 January 2020 By Philip Kuepper The rower’s shell brushes the reflections of pines, in the bright river. Blades, suddenly, dipped in the river waken swans alert to motion. Oarlocks’ groans echo...
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6 Haikus
8 January 2020 By Philip Kuepper Glides a rower past embodied stillness; an egret “thinking” to feed. The rower found herself amidst a sudden display of jewels: Mallards. Jeweling the blue river,...
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Medaling Through
Under the British honours system, diplomats and people serving the UK abroad can be awarded the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. It has three classes: Companion (CMG), Knight...
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24-Hour Row at RRM
The 24-hour fundraising event at the River & Rowing Museum is the brainchild of The Bubbleheads, one of the crews set out to cross the Atlantic in The 2020 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. 10...
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The Gospel According to Steve
13 January 2020 By Chris Dodd Chris Dodd stumbles across a book at Leander. Book donor Pat Delafield. Courtesy of Peter Spurrier, Intersport Images. I had cause to stay at the boutique hotel that is...
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Holy Cross Rower Dies in Crash
Grace Rett. Image from the Holy Cross. 15 January 2020 Sad news comes from Florida where a van with rowers collided with a pickup truck, killing one of the rowers. The College of the Holy Cross...
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Barge Collides with a Four on the Rhine
Basler RC’s Club House. From Basler Ruder-Club website. 17 January 2020 By Larry Fogelberg Yet another tragic accident hits the rowing community when a women’s four collided with a barge on the Rhine,...
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