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Hazard spotting quiz
Staying safe all is about taking care to avoid accidents. We should all take care of our own, and others’, safety. There are hazards to avoid and we must be prepared to cope if something happens.
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Leander lightweights rule Fours Head waves
On most days, a good heavyweight will beat a good lightweight but that maxim was overturned on the Tideway on Saturday when Leander Club’s lightweight quad won the overall title at the Fuller’s Head of the River Fours.
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Crews tested in Pairs Head
The 2015–16 Tideway heads season kicked off on an overcast October afternoon with the Pairs Head. The race offered a good early-season test of Tideway conditions, with a stiff headwind whipping up some rough water along the 4.5-kilometre course from […]
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Blind rowers and radios at WRC
A group of blind scullers, coaches and helpers gathered at Worcester Rowing Club’s Autumn Regatta to race in double and single sculls
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North of England Sprint Rowing Championships 2015
Around 300 competitors raced in the North of England Sprint Rowing Championships hosted by Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club last Saturday
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Talkin Tarn ARC row the Caledonian Canal
Early morning on the 13th August, ten members of Talkin Tarn Amateur Rowing Club set out to try and row the 90km length of the Caledonian Canal in just two days, to raise funds for the Club and the Great […]
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Worcester Regatta welcomes blind & visually impaired rowers
My name is Susannah Barnett, I am visually impaired/blind, and I am a member of Worcester Rowing Club. You may have met me when I have taken part in regattas around the region. I have been developing a system using […]
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Pettipher triumphs in 301st wager
Louis Pettipher won the 301st Doggett’s from London Bridge to Chelsea in 24 minutes 23 seconds on Saturday, August 1. It was a fine day and a fine race through 11 bridges – that is to say, 11 more bridges […]
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Oxford Brookes University win Red Bull Outrow for the second year
On Sunday 2nd August at 10:21am, eight rowing teams from across the world set off 3km west of Minsterworth in Gloucestershire, attempting to outrow the world renowned Severn Bore. Yesterday the eight teams had a 280 metre head start on […]
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Tributes to Kevin Whyman
Tributes have been paid across the rowing community to a former GB junior and Cambridge cox who died at a motor festival this weekend when the display aircraft he was piloting suddenly crashed. Whyman, aged 39 and known latterly as […]
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