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Royal Approval
British Rowing are proud to announce that Dudley Fletcher (from Doncaster Rowing Club) has been presented with an MBE by Princess Anne. Dudley, aged 68, was awarded the MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List at the end of 2009 […]
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Hereford RC makes most of Sport England grant
Following a grant from Sport England for the purchase of two new training boats, Hereford Rowing Club is planning to offer more introduction to rowing courses in 2010. The first will be run in January and it’s a great way to kick […]
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Atlantic Rowing Race 2009
The Atlantic Rowing Race 2009 has finally begun. After delays from bad weather, a fleet of 30 boats started the epic voyage of 2,548 nautical mile race from La Gomera, Tenerife to Antigua earlier today. Britannia III, the record attempting […]
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Sad News: Carl Smith
British Rowing is sad to report the tragic death of four-time GB world champion Carl Smith, who was travelling home from a training session at Nottingham Rowing Club on New Year’s Day, when his car left the road and hit […]
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The Xchanging Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race Trials
Both club presidents got to row on their desired Stations in today’s Trial VIII’s races – despite only one of them winning their respective toss. American Deaglan McEachern lost the toss in the Cambridge Race but his boat Spaghetti […]
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Ocean first for British rowers
For four and a half years, Molesey rower Chris Martin, 28, had dreamt of rowing underneath Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge – a fitting finale to his planned record breaking North Pacific Ocean row. After leaving Choshi Marina in Japan on […]
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Universities Boat Race 2010
The 2009 winners of the Aberdeen Asset Management Universities Boat Race ‘threw down the gauntlet’ to their opposition today. Tania Griffin, team president of Aberdeen University Boat Club issued the formal challenge to Craig Marjoribanks, president of Robert Gordon University […]
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Brian Armstrong – Lifetime Achievement Award
Chris Baillieu MBE, recently appointed Chairman of sports coach UK, introduced the Lifetime Achievement Award at the UK Coaching Awards presentation Dinner, held in London on Tuesday 8th December. The Chairman said of Brian Armstrong, a fellow oarsman, “This award goes to […]
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Rowing coach wins BBC award
Rowing coach Bobby Platt from Coleraine has been chosen as BBC Sports 2009 Unsung Hero for Northern Ireland. Bobby, who is 87 and has given more than 60 years’ service to rowing, received his award from Olympic rower Richard Archibald […]
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Dylan Jane wins a Volunteer Award
Building on the success at this year’s Cornwall Sports Awards, fixed seat rowers from Cornwall were recognised as sporting volunteers. Each year, British Rowing asks clubs around the country are asked to nominate members who have put in considerable time […]
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