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GB Rowing Team in shape to do the nation proud
GB Performance Director David Tanner has today spoken with confidence of the GB Rowing Team’s ability to “do the nation proud” on home waters in July and August this year. The man who has overseen the preparations for every squad […]
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Sad news of the death of Peter Burdess
[newsimage=1]British Rowing has learned with great sadness of the death of Peter Burdess, a dedicated volunteer, coach, and rower at Durham Amateur Rowing Club of more than 60 years. Peter joined Durham ARC in 1950, and first started coaching for […]
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Welsh cox discusses rowing with a disability on BBC Radio Wales
Thalidomide-affected Mumbles Amateur Rowing Club cox Sue Kent has made an appearance on BBC Radio Wales’s Value Judgements, explaining the positive impact that rowing has had on her life. Despite being born with no arms and small hands as a […]
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2012 is approaching
Katherine Grainger (three-times Olympic silver medallist): “I think that I’ve woken up on a few New Year’s Days in past Olympic years so I know exactly what it means and what we have to achieve. I’ll wake up, like everyone […]
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Lifetime Achievement award for Sir Steve
Rowing’s Olympic legend, Sir Steve Redgrave, has been presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year event held on 22nd December. Redgrave, who won five gold medals at successive Olympics from 1984 to […]
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British Rowing Champs: ‘we need to try something new’
At a meeting on 26th November, Council congratulated the British Rowing Championships working party on its proposals to restore the status of the Championship as the premier event in the British Rowing calendar. Improving the racing experience for all, encouraging […]
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Boston Trials Round-Up
It was frozen, it rained and then the wind picked up its pacebut the GB Rowing Team Winter Assessment went aheadin Boston, Lincolnshire, today pitting Britain’s top rowers againstthe elements and the clock on a 5km course. “Yes it’s tough […]
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Gallery: 2011 Coach of the Year Awards
Take a look at a selection of photos from the 2011 Coach of the Year Awards, celebrating the success of rowing coaches across the UK. Click on the photo to begin our awards slideshow…
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Coaches celebrate success
It’s been another busy few months for coaches up and down the country, and we’re delighted to announce the following coaching successes across the country. The following coaches have gained Level 2 and Level 3 certificates, and we’d like to […]
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Tyne RC coaches receive British Rowing award
The Junior coaching team from Tyne Rowing Club was this year’s recipient of the British Rowing Coaching Team of the Year award. We take a closer a look at the incredible impact that Tyne’s coaches have had on Juniors at […]
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