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Seven medals for GB on opening day of Australian Youth Olympic Festival
GB Rowers have won three golds, a silver and three bronzes on the first of two days racing during the Australian Youth Olympic Festival at the Penrith Regatta Course near Sydney which staged the 2000 Olympic Games. The golds came […]
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Rowing begins at Australian Youth Olympic Festival
Twenty young British rowers will take to the water this weekend as the rowing events begin at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) in Sydney, Australia. The young team, which will be competing on the famous Penrith regatta […]
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Tanner receives New Year’s CBE
GB Rowing’s Performance Director, David Tanner, has been made a CBE in the New Year’s Honours list, following a year in which Great Britain achieved the nation’s best Olympic medal results in rowing for 100 years topping rowing’s medal tables […]
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Rowers Honoured
Great Britain’s six 2008 Olympic rowing gold medallists have been honoured in the New Year’s Honours List. Steve Williams, already a gold medallist in the men’s four in 2004 and made an MBE four years ago, now receives an OBE […]
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Youth Olympic names announced
The GB rowers who are set to take part in the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival from January 13 – 18 have been announced by the British Olympic Association. 1,600 athletes from 25 nations will take part in the festival, […]
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ARA Medals of Honour 2008
The 2008 ARA Medals of Honour were awarded at the Annual General Meeting on Saturday 27th September. Di Ellis, Chairman, said ‘it is my pleasure to announce the names of those awarded this year’s ARA Medals of Honour, given in recognition of two […]
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The GB Women’s eight find silver lining in Athens’ storm clouds
GB Rowing’s women’s eight found a silver medal lining in the cloudy and rainy conditions of a storm-rescheduled European Championships this morning in Athens when they came home just adrift of Romania but ten seconds ahead of the rest of […]
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Four finalists and an international first for Townsend
GB Rowing has four boats through to the finals of the European Championships in Athens on a day when Sam Townsend recorded his first senior international race win in a single scull to reach the semi-finals. Townsend will be joined […]
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ARA Volunteer of the Year Awards 2008
The ARA’s fourth annual Volunteer of the Year awards took place at the National Championships on Saturday 19th July 2008. As last year, separate awards were presented to recognise the work of young volunteers across the country. This category for Under […]
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Simon Hewitt – a volunteer with inspirational attitude
Simon Hewitt was nominated for the Volunteer of the Year Awards by WAGS for his work at Bristol Ariel Rowing Club. Simon’s main impact on the club has been to promote the club in the public eye, inspire those around […]
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