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Leicester Regatta kick-starts Row for Gold season
Leicester University claimed the bragging rights at this year’s Leicester Universities Boat Race, powering to a comfortable victory over varsity rivals De Montfort University (DMU) in the first Row for Gold Regatta of the season – the Leicester City Regatta. […]
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Double celebration for Charlestown Rowing Club
On Saturday 21st April, the sun shone down on Cornwall as Charlestown Rowing Club hosted a joint celebration – opening their new rowing shed and blessing their new Cornish Pilot Gig, ‘Grace’. Shane Sullivan, Chairperson of Charlestown RC, spoke of […]
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Draw revealed for 2012 JIRR
The draw has been revealed for the 2012 Junior Inter-Regional Regatta (JIRR), in which juniors from the 11 British Rowing regions will go head to head at the National Watersports Centre, Holme Pierrepont. Competitors will battle it out in the […]
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Row to the Pole on BBC One
[newsimage=0]On July 28th 2011, a six-strong crew of British rowers completed the first ever trek to the Magnetic North Pole by rowing boat. Led by renowned rower and Arctic explorer Jock Wishart, the Row to the Pole crew rowed 450-miles through […]
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British Rower ready for Pacific row
British rower and adventurer Sarah Outen will embark on the next leg of her extraordinary London2London: Via the World challenge in the coming days, rowing solo across the North Pacific Ocean. So far on her epic journey the 26-year-old has […]
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Juniors hone gig-rowing skills in Cornwall
Junior rowers from across Devon and Cornwall gathered to hone their skills last weekend (April 14/15) at the Western Regional Rowing Council’s junior training camp. The camp – held at Stithians Watersports Centre, Cornwall – gave the juniors an opportunity […]
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Zizzi does it for Stratford Regatta
Stratford upon Avon Boat Club have started their Row for Gold Regatta celebrations by announcing that Zizzi restaurants will once again be sponsoring the event. “We are delighted that Zizzi Restaurants are sponsoring our regatta again, especially as they have […]
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Local success for Wallingford Rowing Club
Wallingford Rowing Club was out in force again at the 2012 Abingdon Spring Head on Sunday 15th April, including some top performances from its junior and senior rowers. The club had seven wins on the day including Alice Walker (pictured) […]
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Swanage SRC celebrates new Cornish Gig
Swanage Sea Rowing Club launched its new Cornish Pilot Gig on Saturday (April 14th), with a traditional blessing and naming ceremony. The new Gig, Winspit, took 12 weeks to complete after a mammoth fund-raising drive by the club and a […]
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Dr. Richard Budgett named IOC medical director
Olympic gold medallist Dr. Richard Budgett OBE has been named as the International Olympic Committee’s new medical and scientific director. Dr. Budgett – who is also British Rowing’s Honorary Medical Adviser and Chief Medical Officer for the London 2012 Olympic […]
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