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House of Lords v House of Commons boat race
As befits such an auspicious occasion, a traditional wooden shallop, propelled by oarsmen in the ceremonial red coats of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen, rowed up the Thames on Thursday 17th July to open the Parliamentary Boat Race. […]
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Gold for Lucas and Cousins
Bill Lucas and Charles Cousins converted the promise they have long shown as graduates of the ARA’s World Class Start Scheme, sponsored by Siemens, by today winning world U23 double scull gold in Brandenburg, Germany, on a day when GB […]
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Ten crews through to World U23 finals
Ten GB Rowing crews are through to tomorrow’s finals of the World U23 Championships in Brandeburg, Germany. Nine qualified through the standard racing session and a tenth, the men’s four, joined later by finishing third in their semi-final which was […]
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World Junior Championships line-ups announced
GB Rowing today announced six crews to contest the World Junior Championships in Linz, Austria, starting next week and running to 27 July. The junior men’s four includes Kieran Emery of Tyne RC and Jack Morrissey of Latymer Upper School […]
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Five Heat wins at World U23 Championships
GB Rowing clocked up five heat wins on the opening day of the world U23 championships in Brandenburg, Germany, to move through to semi-finals with two other crews getting to the same stage by placing highly enough in their heats. […]
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Congratulations Phil!
Congratulations to the ARA London Team Leader, Phil Simmons, and Marcia on the birth of their baby daughter on Thursday 17th July.
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Crews Announced for Senior World Championships
GB Rowing today announced the crews who will compete in the 2008 World Championships (for non-Olympic classes) taking place in Linz, Austria, from 22-27 July. They include strong line-ups in the lightweight men’s and women’s quadruple scull events – both classes in which […]
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Soldier and Solicitor Join Olympic Ranks
[img_assist|nid=1942|title=Peter Spurrier|desc=Solesbury and Bourne-Taylor selected for Games|link=none|align=right|width=388|height=268] Robin Bourne-Taylor and Tom Solesbury have today been included in Britain’s Beijing Olympic team list after coming through a final selection round. Solesbury, a qualified but non-practising solicitor, and British Army Officer Bourne-Taylor […]
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Six returning medallists for U23 World Rowing Championships
GB Rowing has announced the squad to contest the World U23 Championships in Brandenburg, Germany, from 18 – 20 July 2008, which includes six athletes who last year won bronze medals at this level – Tina Stiller, Charles Cousins, Bill Lucas, Mohamed […]
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Inaugural Paralympic team announced
Rowing makes its Paralympic Games debut in Beijing this September and ParalympicsGB
has named the eight-strong squad for the Games. Britain will be represented in all four boat classes at this summer’s Paralympics following British performances at the World Championships in Munich in 2007.
