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UK clubs claim European Surf Rowing Championship honours in France
Porthtowan Blue Bali and Porthtowan Black & Blue – who won the men’s and women’s competitions respectively – overcame tough competition from French, British, and Dutch crews on their way to victory at Soulac sur Mer. This was the fifth […]
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Funding available to Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent rowers
Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent (SASSOT) has updated its information about funding for individual sportsmen and women. Grants range from £250 to £5,000m and are available to elite and promising individual athletes, but there is also information about grants of […]
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Eton Dorney prepares to host South Coast Championships
The South Coast Championships are heading to Eton Dorney on Saturday, where the cream of England’s southern coastal rowers will battle it out at the London 2012 Olympic venue. British coastal rowers traditionally race in wind speeds of up to […]
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Falmouth claims 10th consecutive Ladies Newquay Gig Championships title
This weekend saw an eventful end to a season’s racing with the Newquay Gig Championships, in Cornwall. A total of 88 crews braved the wind and rain to compete in the championships, which saw Falmouth Ladies secure their 10th consecutive […]
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Solihull schoolgirl completes adaptive rowing challenge
Emma Wilson – a pupil at St Martins school, Solihull – has completed a sponsored row of a mile on Edgbaston reservoir after recently learning to scull. Seventeen-year-old Emma is paralysed from the chest down, and wanted to raise money […]
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Aiguebelette to host World Rowing Championships in 2015
The 2015 World Rowing Championships will be held in Aiguebelette, France, delegates of the International Federation for Rowing (FISA) congress have announced. Aiguebelette won a three-way fight, defeating bids from Strathclyde, Scotland, and Varese, Italy. The French bid had been […]
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British university rowers shine in Moscow
The GB Universities team claimed third place at the 2011 European Universities Rowing Championships, after collecting two gold, five silver, and four bronze medals in Moscow. The seventh annual championships, which took place at the Krylatskoe Canoeing and Rowing Course […]
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Poznan gearing up for 2011 World Rowing Masters Regatta
The World Rowing Masters gets underway on Thursday, with masters oarsmen and women from around the world converging on the Lake Malta Regatta Course in Poznan, Poland. Racing concludes on Sunday, with a variety of mixed races being contested across […]
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Double gold finale for GB Rowing Team at World Championships
Olympic Champions Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter successfully defended their lightweight men’s double scull World Championships title today in Bled on a day when the men’s four of Alex Gregory, Ric Egington,Tom James and Matt Langridge also won gold.
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Impending storms in Bled mean a change to race schedules
Racing has been brought forward at the World Championships today because of impending storms. That means the GB boats will race at these times (UK): 09.13 Frances Houghton goes in the B final of the single scull. Games’ place upfor […]
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