Friday, September 13, 2013

The Poetry of Rowing

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The Poetry of Rowing If rowing be a form of poetry, row on. The morning being rowed through could not have been more exquisite remind...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

The Union Nautique of Liège Celebrates its 140th Anniversary

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The entrance of UNL's club house. Hélène Rémond writes from France, As I visited Liège during my recent holidays in Belgium, I t...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

1936 Olympic Games: Parvis e Glandibus Quercus*

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Bobby Moch, USA coxswain, receives a Hitler Oak in the Olympic Stadium on 15 August 1936. Greg Denieffe writes, The 1936 Olympic Games...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

GRR: London’s Other Marathon

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The Great River Race approaches Hammersmith from Putney, passing the former Harrods Repository on the right. Here is Tim Koch’s report o...
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Monday, September 9, 2013

Canadian Champion Sculler Ned Hanlan

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A statue of Ned Hanlan. To honour his achievements, the City of Toronto erected a monument of Hanlan by sculptor Emanuel Hahn in 1926. Pho...
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Sunday, September 8, 2013

Konnichiwa Tokyo

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An impression of the proposed ‘Sea Forest Waterway’ in Tokyo Bay. Tim Koch writes, The International Olympic Committee announced yeste...
Saturday, September 7, 2013

2013 World Rowing Masters Regatta - some results

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The World Rowing Masters Regatta is underway in Varese, Italy. The FISA website has an article about the regatta, read it here . For those...
Friday, September 6, 2013

2013 World Masters Regatta in Varese

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Yesterday, the World Rowing Masters Regatta started in Varese, Italy, with a record 3,355 athletes registered from 633 clubs from 454 citi...
Thursday, September 5, 2013

Harry Parker: A Good Coach

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Above is a teaser of yesterday's programme 60 Minutes Sport which followed legendary Harvard coach Harry Parker last year. Rowing web ...
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Rowing to Stay the Course

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Rowing to Stay the Course I keep blowing the dust of my flesh off my soul to prolong mt earthly transit, to remain cognizant of the b...
Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Jean-Christophe Rolland, New President of FISA in July 2014

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Jean-Christophe Rolland (FRA) ©Igor Meijer/FISA In a press release from yesterday, the International Rowing Fedaration, FISA, writes th...
Monday, September 2, 2013

To Follow the Etiquette

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The date is 21 July, 1913, and the well-dressed gentleman wearing a boater, being escorted by mounted police on the towpath at Putney, is ...
Sunday, September 1, 2013

2013 World Rowing Championships - Day Eight & Final Day

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You will find FISA’s race reports for the eighth day of the 2013 World Rowing Championships on the Tangeum Lake regatta course in Chungju,...