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Swansea University rowers go for gold
Several Swansea University students, who have shown themselves to be consistently excellent at rowing, have been selected to represent Wales and Great Britain this summer at championship level. James Roberts, studying BSc Sports Science, rowed for Great Britain at the […]
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Thames RC is 150 years old
Thames Rowing Club is planning a number of reunion events during its 150th anniversary year. The first of these will be a lunchon Sunday 20th September for all those who were active at Thames during the 1970s, 1960s, 1950s or […]
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Charity rowers find sea crash pilot alive
The Daily Mail reports today: Charity costal rowers witnessed a sudden crash of a small two-seater plane into the sea right in front of their boat yesterday. The pair captured the crash on video before attempting to help the pilot, […]
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Dover RC get a taste for racing
Dover Rowing Club members were busy on 8th and 9th August as they took part in a two day regatta on the south coast. On the Saturday, a small group travelled along the coast to West Sussex in order […]
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River Thames to have £5.1 million upgrade
From the Environment Agency: The River Thames is to receive a £5.1 million upgrade this year, with thirteen locks benefiting from repairs and improvements. The Environment Agency will be investing in new lock gates, improved layby walkways and better mooring […]
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The GB Rowing Team wins a gold and two silvers at World Junior Championships
The GB Rowing Team’s junior men’s four became Britain’s flagship today in Brive-La-Gaillarde, France, when they took gold by a margin of just under three seconds at the world junior championships. GB also won a silver in each of the […]
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Four more boats progress at World Juniors in Brive
Rachel Gamble-Flint from Yarm led a quartet of GB successes in sweltering conditions on the second day of the world junior championships in Brive-La-Gaillarde, France, yesterday morning. The single sculler won her quarter-final to take her place in tomorrow’s semi-finals. […]
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Star performance from junior men’s four at world junior championships
The GB Rowing Team’s star performers in Brive-La-Gaillarde, France, today were the junior men’s four which qualified for tomorrow’s final in style by winning their semi-final in 6:04.78. They battled with the Australians throughout and there was also early pressure […]
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Two crews already through to finals at world junior championships
The GB Rowing Team opened its 2009 world junior championships campaign in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, today by qualifying two boats directly into Saturday’s finals as heat winners – the boys’ eight and girls’ four. The boys’ eight were particularly impressive, leading […]
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FISA success for GB Umpires
The Amateur Rowing Association would like to congratulate Judith Packer from the Thames Region and Chris Anton, West Midlands Region, on their newly acquired status as FISA Umpires. [pictured front row] FISA is the international federation for rowing and Chris […]
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