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Rowing to receive £9.1 million from Sport England
Sport England has announced that Rowing is to receive funding of £9.1 million, its share of the ‘£480 million investment in 46 sports to deliver grassroots sporting opportunities and a lasting Olympic legacy of one million people playing more sport.’ The […]
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Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year 2008
Now in their twenty-first year, the awards, which are the among the most prestigious and influential in the British sporting calendar, will be presented at Lord’s cricket ground on Thursday 12th February, 2009. The event is in association with David […]
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Katherine Grainger to Carry On Rowing
Katherine Grainger announces her intention to keep rowing. [swf file=”../upload/flash/player.swf” flashvars=”file=../upload/audio/grainger-1.mp3″ params=”height=20px&&width=485px”] Katherine explains the reasons behind her decision [swf file=”../upload/flash/player.swf” flashvars=”file=../upload/audio/grainger-2.mp3″ params=”height=20px&&width=485px”]
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Katherine Grainger to continue competing at the highest level from 2009 onwards
Three times Olympic rowing medallist and reigning world champion Katherine Grainger talked today of the passion and excitement she feels for her sport and which helped her reach a decision to continue competing at the highest level from 2009 onwards. […]
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Sport England: stats show more people playing sport
The number of adults in England who regularly play sport has risen by more than half a million over the past two years, according to new research. The results of the Active People Survey 2 show that the number of […]
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Paralympian Helene Raynsford driving change with Living for Sport
Helene Raynsford recently spent a morning in Putney with school children from a deprived part of Slough introducing them to rowing. The Living for Sport initiative is focused on getting children to engage with school and their communities through introducing them […]
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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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Men’s four receive Sports Journalists’ President’s Award from Sir Michael Parkinson
[img_assist|nid=1988|title=The men’s four celebrate Beijing gold|desc=Peter Spurrier|link=none|align=right|width=640|height=390] Andrew Triggs Hodge, Pete Reed, Steve Williams and Tom James, all members of the Great Britain gold medal-winning men’s four at the 2008 Olympic Games, were the recipients of the Sports Journalist Association’s […]
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Sports Journalist Awards 2008
The outstanding achievement of Olympic rowing champions Tom James, Pete Reed, Andy Triggs-Hodge and Steve Williams was recognised at the Sports Journalist Association of Great Britain Awards held on Wednesday 26th November. The prestigious President’s Award award was presented to the men’s […]
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Olympic Rower is Oxfordshire’s Sportsman of the Year
Olympic rower Steve Williams, MBE was announced as Sportsman of the Year 2008 at the Oxfordshire Sports Awards ceremony, which took place at the Kassam Stadium on Friday 7th November. City of Oxford Rowing Club’s Junior Women’s Coxless Four were the winners of the […]
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