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Cornish gig rowers star in BBC’s Poldark
Forty years after the first Poldark TV series, a new adaptation is currently showing on BBC One and gig rowers from Charlestown Rowing Club are involved. Adapted from Winston Graham’s epic tales set in Cornwall during the 18th Century, the […]
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Vesta host quality Veterans Head
Over 200 crews took to the Thames on Saturday morning for the 2015 edition of the Vesta Veterans’ Head of the River. Despite concerns that the event may not go ahead owing to a forecast of inclement weather, competitors were […]
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Head of the River success
It was third time lucky for the Head of the River Race on Sunday as 327 crews made it safely from Mortlake to Putney, defying a terrible weather forecast which did not quite come to pass. The Head was cancelled […]
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3 days to go…HoRR History
With three days until this year’s Head of the River race, we’re looking back today at the history of the race. The Head of the River was founded in 1925 by Steve Fairbairn, an influential rower and coach in the […]
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Junior Head Successes
“I looked down the length of the Dorney course and felt terrified.” Hampton School’s J14 rower, Tom McLoughlin, probably spoke for most of the 900-odd competitors in the J14 sculling events, as they raced for the first time on the […]
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Record WeHoRR wins for Grainger
Olympic champion Katherine Grainger described herself as “incredibly proud” after winning the Women’s Eights Head of the River Race for an unprecedented eighth time in Saturday’s landmark 75th race. Her seven-club GB star composite, led the 2,700-strong, 300-boat, field home […]
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Tributes made to Michael Hill
Michael Hill, the missing Latymer Upper School, London and Thames rowing coach, was recovered from the Tideway on Monday and has been formally identified. The 48-year-old coach had been missing since an apparent capsize on the River Thames at Putney […]
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House of Lords debate on Women’s Rowing
Last week, for the first time, the House of Lords hosted a debate on women’s rowing. Led by Lord Thomas of Gresford, the House of Lords Grand Committee debate asked Her Majesty’s Government ‘what plans they have to encourage women […]
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Tributes paid to Durham rowing coach
It is with great sadness that British Rowing reports the death of Durham Amateur Rowing Club coach and volunteer Bill Grant at the weekend. Bill, from Sunderland, is believed to have suffered a medical incident while coaching a crew from […]
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Sad news of the death of Daniel Topolski
A legendary Oxford coach and rower, author, commentator and journalist, Dan Topolski died on Saturday at the age of 69 following a period of ill health. Tributes have been paid from across the world of rowing, for a man who […]
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