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GB Olympic hopefuls on trial at Boston
The event described recently by Alan Campbell – Britain’s top single sculler – as the one “where it all begins for the Olympics” will go ahead this Saturday in Boston, Lincolnshire. Boston perennially hosts the second GB Rowing Team Winter Assessment […]
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‘Hell’ and ‘Dagger’ crews edge Trial Eights
Contrasting conditions characterised the 2012 Trial Eights, with Oxford and Cambridge’s University Boat Race crews experiencing equally fierce but entirely different races on the Thames. Cambridge’s eights took to the water first on Tuesday, racing the Championship Course between Putney […]
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Bucks Sport Awards recognise Marlow RC coach
Marlow Rowing Club’s Bret King has been named Coach of the Year at the Bucks Sport Awards 2011. King received his award at a star-studded awards ceremony on Friday 25 November, presented by the GB Rowing Team’s Olympic and World […]
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GB rowers among awards lists
Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins have been shortlisted for the Sports Journalists’ Association Team of the Year Award with the ceremony taking place in London’s Covent Garden today. The duo successfully defended their World Championships double scull title in Bled, Slovenia, this year despite […]
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Sir Steve drops in on Sport Makers
Sir Steve Redgrave has made a special visit to Middlesex and Brunel Universities to meet the first batch of Sport Makers – people actively encouraging their communities to take up sport and be a part of the Olympic and Paralympic […]
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Volunteers recognised at British Rowing Awards
On Saturday 19 November, volunteers, coaches and club officials from across the country gathered in London for the 2011 British Rowing Volunteer Awards. Volunteers from the British Rowing regions were recognised at an awards lunch held at the historic Watermen’s […]
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Michael Lapage: A miraculous life
By Michael Lapage’s own estimation, there was something miraculous about him winning a silver medal at the 1948 London Olympics. Because it was a miracle he was still alive. Having learned to row on the waters of the Avon, where […]
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World Rowing Coastal Championships underway
The 2011 World Rowing Coastal Championships are underway, with over 500 competitors from 19 nations converging on the Italian coast for a weekend of frantic rowing in the Adriatic. Six coastal titles are being contested, with Italy, France, and Spain […]
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West Yorkshire rower wins Young Sports Person Award
Jess Leyden of Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club, has received a £1,500 OCS Young Sports Person Award for her achievements in rowing. The 16 year old claimed the prize for the North East region, after a successful five years of rowing […]
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Silver for GB Rowing Team at European Championships
The lightweight women’s double of Kathryn Twyman and Andrea Dennis won an impressive silver medal for the GB Rowing Team at the European Championships today behind the Greek World Champions. It was the second time in a fortnight that Twyman […]
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