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1974: Vesper/Potomac Goes on a European Tour
Vesper/Potomac launching in Mannheim. 10 September 2020 By Bill Miller After reading Chris Dodd’s recent article about the Brits going to the 1974 Mannheim Regatta, Bill Miller remembers...
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The Martini Achter: ‘The Race of the Century’
At the 1973 International Heidelberg Regatta, United States was the winner of the “Martini Achter”: Bow Larry Gluckman, 2 Calvin Coffey, 3 Hugh Matheson(GBR), 4 Mike Vespoli, 5 Hugh Stevenson, 6 Terry...
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The 1950s River Thames – Free Shows
12 September 2020 Let HTBS take you on a 10-minute trip down the River Thames – ‘the nerve centre of Britain’ – in the 1950s, with swan-uppers, Thames sailing barges, The Boat Race (when you could...
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Courses in Art
13 September 2020 By Philip Kuepper I. On the canvas of the river, rain comes, a Pointilist, never a Cubist. Oils prove Abstractionists; the river, itself, a landscapist, when the water is calm, clear,...
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Rowing Shoes
14 September 2020 By Larry Fogelberg Larry Fogelberg goes looking for rowing shoes. Many of you “old boys” may recognize these, my 60-year-old rowing shoes (picture above). Hiding in a corner of my...
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Gavin Jamieson: Jumbo’s 1927 Metropolitan Medal
15 September 2020 By Gavin Jamieson For the HTBS show-and-tell series, Gavin Jamieson has chosen a medal in the family’s collection of Hugh ‘Jumbo’ Edwards’s memorabilia, a medal from the...
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‘On the Water’ 2020 European Junior Championships Start 26 September
The 2019 Junior Women’s European Championships single sculls winner Daria Stavynoga, Ukraine (middle), Maria Kyridou, Greece, silver (left), Alexandra Foester, Germany, bronze (right). ©Detlev...
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The Life-Boat
17 September 2020 By Göran R Buckhorn Here is another article in The Dry Season Bottom-of-the-Barrel Series in which Göran R Buckhorn finds an old book on Life-Boats. When I was working in the...
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1920: Ernest Barry Wins the World Sculling Title
18 September 2020 By Göran R Buckhorn HTBS has previously told the story of how Ernest Barry beat Alf Felton for the World Sculling Championships in 1920 – 100 years ago last month – but in this...
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Roger Angell: This Old Man at 100
Some programmes for the 1966 Henley Royal Regatta. 19 September 2020 Neither of the two Roger Angell’s articles in The New Yorker, which Göran R Buckhorn brings up in this article, were illustrated....
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A Cooperative Effort
20 September 2020 By Philip Kuepper I watched the egret watching the rower pass, sensing the motion of her blades would herd a school of darters toward the shallows. (29 August 2020)
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Stamp of Approval for the Rule of Six
A tale of two cartoons, two holy men and two Olympics USA and China in the same boat? Illustration: Craig Stephens, “South China Morning Post” 3 February 2020. 21 September 2020 By Greg Denieffe Greg...
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Hammersmith Bridge: A Bold New Initiative?
‘Now, pay attention, 007… ‘ ‘M’ (Ralph Fiennes) and James Bond (Daniel Craig) in deep conversation in front of Furnivall Sculling Club. Hammersmith Bridge is in the background. Picture: @007/Instagram...
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Going to Town with Barry
One of the article writer’s favourite items in his rowing collection is a silk scarf for the 1908 professional race between Ernest Barry and George Towns. 23 September 2020 By Louis Petrin Ernest Barry...
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Cuthbert Lempriere Holthouse: The Man with the Last Wooden Spoon
Cuthbert Lempriere Holthouse, oarsman of Lady Margaret Boat Club and student of St John’s College, Cambridge, with his mock prize, the ‘Wooden Spoon’, which showed everyone that he was the last one on...
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The 2020 Fours Head: Business as Usual… Almost… Probably
Not this year. Crews in the 2017 Fours Head pass under Hammersmith Bridge on their way to the start. 25 September 2020 By Tim Koch Tim Koch wonders if he sees light at the end of the tunnel – or just a...
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Coastal Rowing: A Boxing Match on Water
The start of the C1xW in the Swedish Open Championships in Coastal Rowing. The regatta was held in Malmö in 2019. Photo: Marie Barge. 26 September 2020 By Göran R Buckhorn While HTBS mostly writes...
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A History of Relations
San Diego History Center (formerly San Diego Historical Society) 27 September 2020 By Philip Kuepper Spears are oars, oars spears. Sailors have rowed to shores through history, waving their oars (their...
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Attention… D’oh!
Attention… Go! Homer Simpson, perhaps racing for his ‘alma mater’, Springfield University (‘Home of the 30-year PhD’), against their old rivals, Springfield A&M (‘If you were a student here, you’d...
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570 top Rowers Meet for the 2020 European Championships
German Oliver Zeidler will defend his European Champion title in the single sculls at Poznan. © Detlev Seyb/MyRowingPhoto.com 30 September 2020 The pandemic could not slow down the excitement of...
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