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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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Schools’ Head successful despite stormy conditions
On a cold and blustery Wednesday (26th March), more than 2200 junior rowers, scullers and coxswains took to the Tideway for the 2014 Schools’ Head of River. For the first hour, race conditions were relatively benign. However an hour later […]
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Star-studded composite wins Women’s Head
After much doubt during the preceding weeks due to the adverse water conditions on the Tideway, this year’s Women’s Head of the River took place on Saturday (15th March) in glorious sunshine with the temperature reaching 17°C. The fast stream […]
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