Tuesday, November 23, 2010

1950s/1960s Rowing Films For Sale

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Another item on eBay that Tim Koch brings up in his e-mail from the other day is two 16mm films from the 1950s/1960s of 'London Universi...

Pull! You Are Not Doing This For Fun, Are You?

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The latest issue of Rowing News , December 2010, arrived on Saturday. I must confess I have mixed feelings about this magazine. Although all...
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Monday, November 22, 2010

Put A Bid In For William's Quintuple

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Good Tim Koch sent me an e-mail earlier today pointing towards some interesting rowing stuff on eBay. Up for sale is the five-person sculli...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

Holmes And Redgrave, A Marriage Made For Gold

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A memorial service for Andy Holmes took place at his old school, Latymer Upper, yesterday, on Saturday 20 November. His Olympic partner, Sir...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

Another Homer Rowing Image

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Well, dear ‘old’ Bill is at it again. Barely had I prepared the previous entry about his Winslow Homer find, and Bill finds another rowing i...
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'New' Rowing Sketch By Homer

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A couple of days ago I received an e-mail from rowing historian Bill Lanouette of Washington DC. He enthusiastically writes about an interes...
Friday, November 19, 2010

Mystic Rower

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Mystic River The sleek black shell Cut the dark gray river, Cut it silently, Oars dipping into it By the black-clad rower, Early morning, si...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

Jüri Jaanson Is Retiring

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Estonian Public Broadcasting Company ERR is reporting today that the legendary Estonian sculler Jüri Jaanson, 45-years old, is retiring. Ja...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Very Funny...

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Of course, I should have added this link to HTBS long time ago. Nowadays it is not being updated, but never mind, The World of Rabbit... ha...
Monday, November 15, 2010

Swedish Rowing Magazine Turning 20 Years!

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My good friend Per Ekström, editor of the Swedish rowing magazine Svensk Rodd , is very busy these days. He is working hard on getting the l...
Saturday, November 13, 2010

Tim Koch On Hylton Cleaver

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“Don’t get excited,” Tim Koch writes in an e-mail from London, regarding my entry about Hylton Cleaver on HTBS 11 November 2010 . Tim contin...

Armistice Day Celebrated With Music By F.S. Kelly

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On Thursday Armistice Day was celebrated in Great Britain (in the USA it is called Veterans Day) and yesterday The Guardian published a sho...
Friday, November 12, 2010

Herb Lotman Buys The Philadelphia Challenge Cup

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One of American rowing's most prestigious cups, The Philadelphia Challenge Cup ( for the Amateur Single Sculling Championship of the Wo...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

'No Drink, Please, I'm An Idiot'

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It seems a major sport event in New Zealand last weekend had a problem with spectators consuming too much alcohol. These drunken spectators ...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Is There Any Fictional Rowing Story By Hylton Cleaver Out There?

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Some weeks ago I ordered a book from a bookseller in Scotland, The Great Book of School Stories for Boys (1933). According to the web site ...