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Trio of Olympic Champions amongst six title winners at GB Rowing Team Trials
Olympic champions featured in three of the six title-winning crews at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials at Caversham today in a finals racing session full of exciting finishes. The much awaited contest between single scullers Charles Cousins and Alan […]
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Youngsters show their mettle in GB Rowing Team Trials semis
World Junior Champion Jess Leyden and Youth Olympic medallist Jack Beaumont are into the semi-finals of the open women’s and men’s single sculls at the GB Rowing Team Trials at the expense of more senior, experienced internationals. Beaumont was involved […]
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Copeland puts in impressive opening time trial at GB Rowing Team Trials
Olympic gold medallist Kat Copeland made an impressive return today by winning the lightweight women’s single scull time trial at the GB Rowing Team Senior Team Trials today. Semi-finals of the Trials are this afternoon with finals due to start […]
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UPDATED: Team spirit parked as battle for European places hots up
Team spirit will be parked temporarily this weekend as members of the British squads and their nearest challengers battle to impress the national coaches ahead of May’s European Championships selections. Some exciting racing should be in store on both Saturday […]
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Victory for Cambridge Veterans
Oxford may have won Sunday’s Boat Race but the Veterans’ Boat Race, held the day before, didn’t go their way. With five Olympians on board, Cambridge won the 19th Veterans’ race by one and a quarter lengths, extending their overall […]
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Oxford win the BNY Mellon Boat Race
The capacity of the Boat Race to generate drama seems apparently inexhaustible – even in the wake of Oxford’s eleven-length drubbing of their Light Blue opponents. Just two years ago a dramatic clash of blades had resulted in the Dark […]
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Morris and Aggar miss out on Trials
Rachel Morris has swapped from cycling to rowing but the 2008 Paralympic Hand-cycling Champion like her single scull counterpart and Beijing rowing gold medallist Tom Aggar, missed out on the trials a fortnight ago with illness. They now wait to […]
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Vets Head rowers race on flood tide
The 32nd Vesta Vets Head of the River took place on Sunday 30th March with a very strong flood tide assisting the crews that started later in the day. Monmouth RC, who started last, were overall winners – and victorious in […]
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Farewell to Henley for the Women’s University Boat Race
Oxford retained the Francombe Cup as Victor Ludorum at yesterday’s Henley Boat Races, and were also the first to raise the new trophy as winners of the Newton Women’s Boat Race. As the clocks sprung forward, spectators enjoyed warm weather […]
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Head of the River race abandoned
A combination of late, spring tides and gusting easterly winds forced the abandonment of the Head of the River Race on Saturday due to unsafe conditions near the finish. John Duff, the Chairman and Chief Umpire issued the following statement: […]
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