Monday, January 2, 2012

Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge 2011

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While HTBS has written mainly about the British crew Row2Recovery , the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge 2011 actually has 17 teams rowin...
Sunday, January 1, 2012

Row2Recovery Crew In Trouble

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One brave crew: front row (ltr) Will Dixon, Neil Heritage, and Rory Mackenzie; back row (ltr) Carl Anstey, Ed Janvrin, and Alex Mackenzie. P...

Have A Merry New 2012!!!

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HTBS WISHES ALL ITS READERS A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Saturday, December 31, 2011

Tim Koch: Four Famous Scullers 1931 New Year's Greetings

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A Happy New Year from the four greatest scullers of their age! Caricatures from a 1931 report on a Christmas / New Year Dinner for some of t...
Friday, December 30, 2011

Marlow RC Gets £500,000

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Yesterday, the Maidenhead Advertiser website wrote that Marlow Rowing Club, which was badly damaged by fire on 3 August, 2011 , has receive...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

2012 Rowing Calendars

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If you need a rowing calendar for 2012, HTBS has gathered some different ones below: 2012 Power & Grace - US Women’s Rowing Team (Suppor...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

New Olympic Rowing Stamp

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British designer Paul Smith has produced a collection of beautiful stamps for the Isle of Man Post Office to commemorate the London 2012 ...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

"Eyes In The Boat!"

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So let's see one of R.E. Swartwout's light poems that HTBS wrote about the other day. Swartwout, who was a constant contributor to ...
Monday, December 26, 2011

Sir Steve Honoured

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Just before Christmas, on 22 December, Sir Steve Redgrave, Britain’s greatest Olympian, was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at th...
Sunday, December 25, 2011

Alan Campbell: "I Do An Hour Of Sawing..."

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Alan Campbell when he is not sawing... Photo: Tim Koch. Do you want to know how sculler Alan Campbell and some other top British athletes sp...
Saturday, December 24, 2011

Happy Holidays!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS to all the readers of HTBS! We are taking a break for the Holidays, but promise to be back soon...
Friday, December 23, 2011

Bill East: Doggett's Winner, Professional Rower And Coach

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1887 Doggett’s Coat and Badge winner Bill East in 1906. Photo: National Maritime Museum, London. In yesterday’s entry , Bill East, the Dogge...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

R.E. Swartwout: Another 'Blue' Poet And Mystery Writer

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The King’s Bargemaster Bill East shows the 1930 Cambridge cox R.E. Swartwout the tides on the Thames. I have to confess that I was surprised...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

The Wingfields Dinner

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The 2010 Wingfield Sculls Dinner menu. HTBS’s Tim Koch reports from London: What is the collective noun for scullers? Whatever it is, my re...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Winning A Fictional Bronze At The 1968 Olympics Rowing

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Let’s have a little rowing quiz about the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, where the rowing events took place at Lake Xochimilco. We’ll be...