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Friday 30th January 2004

  • Draw for the Wycliffe Big Head (UK) now up.
  • Recent FISA stories - Ocean Race Honours John Fairfax, Mueller's Athens Dream May Come in Stars and Stripes, and Australia Rows Through Second Olympic Selection - the last including news that Geoff Stewart and Bo Hansen beat Drew Ginn and James Tomkins by short of a length in the pairs trials. Full results apparently on Rowing Australia but a little hard to find..!

    Thursday 29th January 2004

  • The ARA's Coach of the Year awards (K) have gone to Colin Bullock, Ian Taylor, Charles Green and Jim MacCartney. More details here.
  • Also on the ARA website, details of the recreational rowing dinner and upcoming senior trials.

  • Tuesday 27th January 2004

  • I've just been hit with about 90 copies of a mass-mailing worm which started spreading yesterday. It's called W32.Novarg A (the link takes you to the Symantec page with information on how to avoid/remove it). For general advice see the antispam page.
  • I received a letter from a rower with an irregular heartbeat which others may be interested in.
  • Start list for the Hampton Head (UK) is up.
  • Entry details for Greenwich Fours Head (UK) are on the Poplar Blackwall & District RC website.

    Monday 26th January 2004

  • I have put up a page about how to avoid scams, spam and viruses, collecting together general advice I frequently spout here.
  • Sportsbite updated about the world of Olympic and elite sport.
  • The Head of the Trent (UK) would like to announce that this year they are awarding the "Cliff Booth Memorial Trophy", in memory of a former President, captain and coach of Notts Britannia RC. It will be presented to the fastest boat at the Head of the Trent this year.
  • Details of the Exeter Winter Head (UK) are on the Exeter RC website.
  • Birmingham RC's website (UK) has changed to www.birminghamrowingclub.co.uk.

    Friday 23rd January 2004

  • Sports Tours UK run specialised rowing tours to the UK.
  • Following up the earlier enquiry made about phaseshift rowing, I was sent this link about the interesting concept of a rowing Centipede.
  • The draw for Riviera Vaal Regatta is up online (South Africa, 7th-8th Feb).

    Thursday 22nd January 2004

  • Information about the Hammersmith W/J Head and Hammersmith Head (ie men, I presume) on AKRC's website (UK).
  • RowPerfect UK are running British Rowing Technique seminars around Britain - more can be arranged regionally.
  • Draw for the SARA Indoor Rowing Championships on the Scottish ARA website.
  • Cambridgeshire Rowing Association (UK) last night voted to contribute £2,500 towards the camToo project appeal to fund a study of the project for public presentation.

    Wednesday 21st January 2004

  • A Rowing Service reader is after any details people have (references or personal experience) of syncopated/multi-cycle rowing (also known as phase-shift rowing). If you can help her, please email RQ at phaseshift@rowingservice.com and I will pass the information on. Thanks.
  • Draw for the Marlow-run Thames Valley Time Trial now online (UK).
  • Details of the Weybridge Veteran and Junior Head now up (UK).

    Tuesday 20th January 2004

  • Details of the Head of the Stour on the Christchurch Rowing Club (UK) website.
  • Neil Lewis's funeral (see yesterday's news) will be on Friday January 23rd at Penrhos Church at 12:15. The family ask people not to send floral tributes, and any donations should be to the Amyloid Trust, c/o Mrs B D Lewis (Neil's mother).
  • New weblinks for Manchester Metropolitan University RC (UK) - website is www.mmu.ac.uk/rowing and direct email is rowing@mmu.ac.uk.

    Monday 19th January 2004

  • Results of the Remenham Challenge (UK) which was held yesterday in Staines - if I read it right London won the mens elite by a couple of lengths and Thames were unchallenged in women's elite eights.
  • Rem Catalunya (Spain/Catalonia) have details of the recent 6km national test in Amposta.
  • Hexham Rowing Club (UK) have just learned of the sad and untimely death of a former member, Neil Lewis. An emigre to Canada, he died on 13th January at the age of 47, during a visit back to the UK. Members of Hexham Rowing Club will be meeting at 10am on Sunday 25th January at Tyne Green for a few minutes to remember him: friends and colleagues are welcome to join them.
  • Durham School BC (UK) have their own website.

    Friday 16th January 2004

  • The Olympic bid process is brewing hotter now, with the official bid proposals giving a massive amount of specific detail having to be in to the IOC yesterday. One question may have been answered by the choice of Dorney Lake as the London rowing venue (syndicated piece around the UK this morning). This could in theory change, but it is no surprise since the Eton venue will already have hosted the Worlds in 2006, although it may jeopardise the British bid through its distance from the main Olympic arenas.
  • News yesterday that Julia Lindsey has replaced Dominic Reid as Event Manager for the Boat Race - more details on the official race website (UK).
  • BUSA (UK) are having a big year, with the BUSA Head (February 29th) taking off properly, and a Birthday Bash on May 1st-3rd including alumni races at the BUSA Championships. For more details see the website.
  • The South Yorkshire HoRR (UK) has shifted to the Earth Centre in Conisbrough, have reversed the course, and now offer three divisions. More on the link above.

    Thursday 15th January 2004

  • Thursday giggle: if you have time to download a 1.8Mb mpg file, try try this for a laugh. Particularly good for mountain-biking nuts.
  • The ARA conference (UK) is on 24th-25th January. Details on the link above.

    Wednesday 14th January 2004

  • Sir Steve Redgrave has launched a new auction site on which he will offer sporting memorabilia. Successful bids go towards the Sir Steve Redgrave Charitable Trust for children.

    Tuesday 13th January 2004

  • Ex-boaties of Fitzwilliam College Cambridge (UK) will be sad to learn of the death of George Chapman, the club's boatman for over 45 years. We hear that he died of a heart attack on Christmas Day, and was buried yesterday (12th January). His friendly presence on the Cam towpath will be much missed.
  • T-Shirt Candy, mentioned earlier in the autumn, have added 'occupation' labels to their design-your-own-kit range. Visit their design page and click on a garment to see a list, including oarsman/oarswoman (but also rockstar and fireman for those who like to fantasise....)
  • Poster and entry form for the SARA Indoor Rowing Championships, to be held at Dalziel High School Motherwell on 24th January (Scotland).
  • And a poster for the Yorkshire Head of the River Race (6th March, UK).
  • Details of Stourport Winter Head (UK) on the Stourport BC website.
  • The ARA Annual Touring Rowers Dinner will take place on Saturday 21st February at Maidenhead Rowing Club. Anyone interested in recreational and touring rowing is welcome to attend. Details on the Thames Regional Rowing Council website (UK).

    Monday 12th January 2004

  • A group of rowers have whipped another load off the world 100km erg record, finishing the 10-man relay sprint in 4 hours 12 minutes and 46.7 seconds. The time was 5 minutes and 5 seconds inside the previous record, held by Royce's Gym since 2002. The 'Mad Team Indoor Rowing Club' of Graham Benton, Nik "Big Bird" Fleming, Graham Kirk, Tony Larkman, Rob Smith, Andy Insje, Chris Brett, Steve Hammond, John O'Grady and Kevin Peebles managed an average split of 1:15.8, as compared with the Royce's Gym split of 1:17.4. The successful attempt was held in aid of the UK National Deaf Children's Society charity, and donations can be made online, while there is team information on the web too.
  • Rowing Canada has added double Olympic medallist Laryssa Bisenthal to their coaching roster, with responsibility for the lightweight women's double scull. Biesenthal, who won bronze in 1996 and 2000, has been coaching at the lower senior level for the Under-23's, Commonwealths, World University team and Pan-American Games in recent years.
  • A website for Carrick on Shannon Rowing Club in Ireland.
  • The 27th Thames Valley Oarsmen's Cross Country Race in Windsor Great Park (UK) has an online invitation and entry form up (both Word docs). Date is 24th January.

    Sunday 11th January 2004

  • The calendar itself has been reduced in price to £4.99 + £2.00 p&p.....
  • The Big Cow bunch are doing three UK rowathlons, on 24th January, 21st February and 20th March. More information on their website.
  • Three Empachers have been stolen from the Stuttgart-Cannstatter Ruderclub (Germany). They are 'Sturmvogel' (serial no. K12 H 786), 'Schnakehuster' (serial K18 J 598) and the third has no name, with a 5 cm wide dark green metallic varnish stripe reaching from the bowball to the end of the canvas, 50cm long. All three should have Stuttgart-Cannstatter written on their sterns, glue probably visible if names removed. Could anyone with information please contact info@rudern-in-stuttgart.de.

    Saturday 10th January 2004

  • Dr. Paul Strutton of the Imperial (UK) back pain project is seeking more volunteers for his study. For more details see this MS Word doc (28Kb).
  • The Gay & Lesbian Rowing Federation (global but based in the USA) is launching a "2004 Ready All Boats Awareness Campaign". More information on the website and from Brian Todd.
  • Details of the Durham Head on the ARC website (UK).

    Friday 9th January 2004

  • First cancellation of the year (UK): - Upton Head has been called off. The river forecast is to rise another 2-3 feet tonight.
  • Glasgow University and Strathclyde BC (Scotland) are holding a weekend of racing on 31st January and 1st February, including the Western Eights Head and Small Boats Head (PDF files, URLS corrected).
  • FISA have announced that they will begin the Olympic regatta a day earlier than originally planned, ie 14th August, in order to have a day in hand in case conditions become difficult. Friday 20th will be their "spare" day: if all goes to plan it will be a day off for everyone.
  • The Thames Regional Umpires' Commission (UK) is putting together its list of candidates for this year's training. More information including details of the upcoming meeting, on the link above.
  • Details of the Hampton Fours and Eights Head (UK) now online.
  • Tyne Head details now online (UK).
  • And for the Henley Fours Head (UK) - note changes to times and events from previous publicity.

    Thursday 8th January 2004

  • Apologies for the silence - Happy New Year to all (and in advance for any Chinese readers), and the Rowing Service is back in business.
  • Dennis Wolbach (USA, I think) seeks information on a "Roona Boat Club" which is probably now no longer in existence. He has an 1881 presentation mug with this on, and wants to work out the provenance. Any information to me to forward to him. Cheers. rq (at) rowingservice.com
  • RemCatalunya (Spain) have news, results and photos from the 4km Catalunya national team trial at Banyoles before Christmas.
  • News from Clyde Rowing Club (Scotland) that their veteran G oarsman Ian Stanners died on Christmas Eve, from pneumonia. The funeral was on December 30th in Glasgow.
  • Oundle Rowing Club (UK) have a website at www.oundlerowingclub.co.uk with email via info@oundlerowingclub.co.uk.
  • From before Christmas, another update from Tim Walton in Iraq (see December 20th): "I am more than happy to report that rowing on Concept 2s is alive and well here and in fact, you will see hitting the headlines fairly soon, the British Army Concept 2 2000m Challenge that I organised here at HQ Multi National Division (South East) at Basra. It was a limited success because unfortunately, the weekend that it was rowed, Ops took us out in response to the news from Baghdad about Saddam's arrest. Never mind, Concept 2 gave me a hand with sponsorship of T Shirts for prizes and I was pleased with the outcome - entrance fees went to Breast cancer charities...."

    Monday 22nd December 2003

  • Nottingham City Regatta (UK) now has a website covering the Head of the Trent as well as the summer regatta. Online payment is hoped for by April 2004.

    Saturday 20th December 2003

  • Letter from the Gulf version 2: Diane Godorov isn't the only umpire on duty in Iraq. Tim Walton (East Midlands, UK) is in Al Basrah. In a recent message he said: "As you will appreciate, there is little call for ML Umpires here though I have introduced all of the members of my Team to the Concept 2 and am still hopeful that we will be able to run the first Iraqi Concept Challenge - PTIs co-operating, before the end of the year. The annoying part about this is that Concept have fully backed the idea but without the blessing of the in theater PTIs I cannot push it ahead. Don't worry, I will continue pressing until I get a result." Perhaps an inter-unit erg challenge?!

    Thursday 18th December 2003

  • Letter from the Gulf. A Rowing Service contributor tells me that he's recently received a Christmas email from oarswoman Diane Godorov (USA). The rowing referee and US Army captain writes that she's "still alive and well and rowing in Iraq." Diane is mother to two teenagers and can be contacted via dianegodorov @ hotmail.com (remove spaces and paste into your email send line). From her missive: "A long overdue Happy December to one and all! I am proud to announce that I am the new owner of a beautiful Concept II rowing machine. I have to believe that it may be the only one of it's kind in country. Thanks for this incredible gift to Geoffery Knauth and friends, I am teaching the rabbi as well as the battalion commander and others the healthful benefits of rowing. It is especially nice to have the erg during the rainy/muddy/ mucky/yukky season when the silt/sand is now wet and like quicksand sucking you down. I have personally never liked the erg, it tells about your rowing performance, dear machine of torture, but I am fast to admit it makes for an awesome workout and an even greater conversation piece! AND, it turns out that one of the doctors with whom I do humanitarian medical care was on some US world team in 19XX! We rowers are everywhere, and that is a great thing!"
  • For those in need of a holiday-season giggle, the Problem-Solving Flowchart - it's an 80kb Powerpoint presentation. File reloaded now as a .ppt which everyone should be able to view/read. When it opens, don't look, just hit "play slide show" and then watch it unfold. Much funnier as a show.
  • On Olympic Odyssey at 8pm tonight (BBC Radio FiveLive, UK): Pinsent, Coe, Colin Jackson, Steph Cook in discussion, plus Martin Cross covering cycling and Garry Herbert doing a bit on judo.
  • Tyne Rowing Club (UK) has relaunched its website with two "proper" domain names. You can reach it via www.tynerowingclub.org.uk or www.tynerc.org but the former/longer is the official address for those creating links lists.

    Monday 15th December 2003

  • OK so no surprise, SSR voted the Golden Sports Personality of Britain by the UK. More on the BBC and Sportsbite.
  • Results for the Tideway Small Boats Head are on the Auriol Kensington website (UK).
  • A message from Stelph Racing Boats went out to (amongst others) various north-eastern UK contacts last week, with the wrong email address. The correct one is stelphrowing@hotmail.com. Andy Clark apologises to anyone whose reply was returned marked 'address unknown'.

    Sunday 14th December 2003

  • UK important: There has been an error in the poster sent out for the Warrington Head. The contact address (including for entries, I believe) should read 71 Wymundsley (seventyone), not number 17.
  • Results from yesterday's GB trials - heavyweight and lightweight. The wind veered from more head to much more tail between the two divisions. Otherwise conditions were good and the sun actually shone a few times (!)

    Friday 12th December 2003

  • If you're stuck for unusual Christmas presents, Oarsport (UK) are now dealers for Leatherman. High-quality multi-tools. Last orders in time for Christmas taken on 16th December.
  • The website for Reading University HORR (UK) is now up.

    Thursday 11th December 2003

  • The annual Henley Royal Regatta Stewards' Meeting was yesterday evening: no new stewards this year but some event changes. The Prince Philip (open 4+) is scrapped, and the Britannia splits into two. The Britannia Challenge Cup will be awarded to club 4+ (Thames-level, 16 crews) while the new Men's Student Fours will be awarded to university/college 4+ (Temple-level, 16 crews). There is also a rule change, banning current students from rowing in alumni crews entered in the Thames, Wyfold and Britannia (eg Tyrian rowing in the Thames would not be allowed to include any current UL students).
  • Headline "the Aussies always get there first"? Perhaps not, but they are the first to formally announce one of their Athens crews. In a show of great confidence in the defending champions and FISA's Crew of the Year, Rowing Australia have confirmed that Drew Ginn and James Tomkins will be the national M2- in Athens next summer, while everyone else in the team has to go through selection trials, starting next week. Ginn and Tomkins are coached by Chris O'Brien, the head coach at Melbourne University BC.

    Wednesday 10th December 2003

  • Draw for the Tideway Small Boats Head (UK) is out.
  • Results for the Wycliffe Small Boats Head (UK) are now online.

    Tuesday 9th December 2003

  • BigBlade has pictures from Wallingford Head (UK).

    Monday 8th December 2003

  • Scam alert: I've received a large number of spam emails this weekend and morning, to various RS addresses, purporting to be from NatWest and encouraging me to log on to my account online via a link. In fact the code for the clickable link in the email disguises a fake web address, which leads to a scam site designed to mimic NatWest's. Similar recipients beware.... Best practice is not to click directly on or copy-paste any links embedded into emails - type in the address yourself into the browser toolbar. That would stop this one. But other scammers are more sophisticated, using similar-to web addresses which are still fakes. Remember that banks still use the post, and if they want you to do something with your account online, it's more likely they will write to you first. If unsure, ring the official helpline as listed in your paperwork, not any number given in a potentially scamming email.
  • Results of Maidstone SBH (UK) now available.
  • Launching (publicly) a new venture between Sir Steve Redgrave and the Rowing Service: Sportsbite (www.sportsbite.com). The aim is brief weekly news on Olympic sports in Britain, with a focus on rowing, plus non-Olympic rowing, and Sir Steve's other interests of golf and rugby. Sportsbite is a part of SSR's suite of sites, including his charity Trust, clothing range (Fivegold) and health/fitness website focusing on diabetes. Story contributions welcome.
  • RemCatalunya (Spain/Catalonia) report "big raining in Banyoles last Thursday" and have photos on their website (link above).
  • Tyne Head (UK) has had a change of date to 6th March 2004.
  • In the UK, Matt Townsend is taking a scull to Dorney Lake for a one-day sculling camp on 19th January 2004. Does anyone else from the Oxford area want to join him on the trailer?
  • Results from Rutherford Head (UK). And photos on www.rowingphoto.co.uk.
  • A piteous little message: "MISSING... Ed the Head Ted, Hatfield Senior Women's priceless talisman. He's a small stuffed teddy bear dressed in blue and white lycra. I believe he also sports a red ribbon, though no-one knows why. Anyway, the girls are going spare so if anyone's seen him please let me know. We've already booked his ticket to Trent; these inanimate toys can be so irresponsible sometimes. Don't worry, if we get him back we'll tie him to our president. Then we'll see how far he can run." Tom Webber.

    Thursday 4th December 2003

  • Oarsport (see ad, right) now has the PC interface for the Speedcoach Gold, available to order online. Happy Christmas, stats geeks!
  • The Algarve (Portugal) is holding its first Adaptive Indoor Rowing Challenge on 23rd-24th January 2004. Details are on a website set up for the event.
  • Draw for Maidstone Invicta SBH (UK) is on the club's website.
  • David Clasper has just published a new book, "Rowing: A way of life - The Claspers of Tyneside", covering the 19th century of the family's rowing history. Publishers Portcullis, available by phoning the tourist information centre of Gateshead MBC at Gateshead Library on 0191 4773478 (UK).

    Wednesday 3rd December 2003

  • The start order for Wallingford Head (UK) is out.

    Tuesday 2nd December 2003

  • I (obviously) missed the fact that Cath Bishop and Katherine Grainger were named Team of the Year at the Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year Awards (UK) last week. Congratulations, and very well deserved.
  • Results of the Star Small Boats Head online (UK).
  • Start order and instructions for the Rutherford Head (UK) are online.
  • The River Wear (UK) is apparently 2 ft above rowable level at the moment. For more see the Durham webcam.

    Monday 1st December 2003

  • Details of the Durham Small Boats Head (UK) online. Queries to regattasec@durham-arc.org.uk and during early December please cc to exec@durham-arc.org.uk.
  • Via Row2k.com in the States, San Diego Rowing Club Mourns the Loss of Kearney Johnston, Veteran.
  • Evesham Head at the weekend (UK) had to be run over a shortened course for safety reasons. Results online.

    Saturday 29th November 2003

  • The racing jinx has hit Britain again - after an unusually dry summer and autumn sees regatta/head organisers rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect of actual racing, suddenly Nasty Winds do their worst, affecting the one day of the week when most British clubs are in action. So far I know of the Scullers' Head being cancelled (and not necessarily to be rescheduled), and Christ Church Regatta in Oxford having to row the last day's racing as time-trials a la FISA. [Exeter's novice men and New College novice women won, if you were wondering.]
  • The Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race has been won by Kevin Biggar and James Fitzgerald of Holiday Shoppe Challenge, a NZ team who boast 1997 race-winner Rob Hamill as their expert advisor and team leader. Which should make it no surprise that on Thursday Biggar and Fitzgerald went one better than their mentor, and broke his previous record for the crossing (41 days 2 hrs 55 minutes), registering their own time of 40 days 4 hrs and 53 minutes. Congratulations all.

    Friday 28th November 2003

  • Winner of last weekend's 11,000 metre Turin SilverSkiff race was double Olympic champion Andre Willms, who set a new record time of 40:59 ahead of Stephan Volkert, his usual partner. Women's winner for the seventh time was local Elisabetta Brugo, setting 45:03 ahead of Mathilde Pauls (London, UK). Reports on the official site (link above) and photos on www.fotorowing.com.
  • From FISA, Snow Greets Canada's Olympic Hopefuls, Hong Kong Coaching Course.
  • At the ARA (UK), details of the Senior/U23 trials, Coach of the Year award details, closing date for junior bursary applications, School/Junior rule consultation etc.

    Wednesday 26th November 2003

  • Those interested in the 2004 Rowing Calendar (UK, see advert below right) may like to know that there are 50 limited edition calendars up for grabs, signed by all the calendar boys. You can get one of these for free by placing an order for 20 standard calendars. Orders via the Crew Room or by printing off and sending the online order form.
  • Draw for the Hampton SBH (UK) is out: entries by club and by start order are listed.

    Tuesday 25th November 2003

  • The draw for Evesham Head is now out (UK).
  • Draw for the University of Bristol Head Race (UK) is up too.

    Monday 24th November 2003

  • Canadian trials winners were Roslyn McLeod and Buffy Williams in the W2- over Jacqui Cook and Karen Clark, and Andrew Hoskins/Joe Stankevicius over Dave Calder/Tom Herschmiller in the M2-. Other winners were Doug Vandor/Iain Brambell (LM2-), world champion Fiona Milne (LW1x), Jeff Powell (M1x), Marilyn Taylor (W1x) and Matt Jensen (LM1x). More details on the national federation website.
  • Results for York City SBH (UK) are up.

    Friday 21st November 2003

  • A bit of light relief from the rec.sport.rowing newsgroup.
  • The Canadian heavyweight men, not to be outdone by the Brits, have produced their own 2004 Rowing Calendar.
  • A website for Runcorn Rowing Club (UK).

    Thursday 20th November 2003

  • Evesham Head entries close at noon this Sunday (UK).
  • Some London Tideway notices (UK) from the Putney Winkle (a distant relative of the Tideway Slug, who sends me news from time to time). Apparently a car's been driven into the river on Putney Hard early this morning, but the politzei do know about it and should be removing it soon. Plus the Lower Richmond Road Shell Garage where most Tidewayers buy launch petrol is about to close for a refurbishment. Here endeth the Winkle.

    Wednesday 19th November 2003

  • Due to popular demand, 4- and 4+ events have been added to the Star SBH (UK).
  • New events at Monmouth for 2004: the Monmouth Winter Head (4km, Sun 18th Jan) and a 2-day Monmouth Regatta (29th-30th May). Details on the club's website (UK).
  • Rowing Canada Aviron have details of their latest national trials.
  • To go off-topic a bit (but sent to me by a rowing acquaintance and it does involve water) - the Penguins animated gif is a giggle. As my friend said: "do you ever feel like doing this to someone?" (Warning - 444 kb download).

    Tuesday 18th November 2003

  • Draw for the York Small Boats Head (UK) is up.
  • From FISA, Team Victory for Chinese Taipei at the Asian Junior Championships, Athens Olympics Highlighted at FISA Coaches Conference (including some very interesting combined coaches' predictions!).

    Monday 17th November 2003

  • Results from the British Indoor Rowing Championships (UK).
  • The Star SBH and Great Ouse Sculling Championships will be held on 30th November (UK).
  • Results from the Tiffin Small Boats Head (UK) from Mikrotime.

    Saturday 15th November 2003

  • Live commentary online from the Rowing Service at the British Indoor Championships, http://www.rowingservice.com/birc03-x.html - bookmark it now.

    Friday 14th November 2003

  • News from the Atlantic: Alan Watson and Miles Barnett of Bright Spark a few days ago had to take on fresh water from the Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race support yacht, because their water-maker proved beyond repair. They have continued rowing, but are no longer classified as part of the race. However, they still hope to use their 3000-mile journey to raise lots of money for Cancer UK, the charity both support after the death of one of their coaches, Harry Mahon, from cancer in 2001. More on the racers and other ocean rowers on www.oceanrowing.com.
  • From FISA, Enter the 1st Algarve Adaptive Indoor Rowing Challenge, news on the Asian Junior Rowing Champs in Hong Kong and France dominates the 2nd World Rowing Coastal Challenge.

    Thursday 13th November 2003

  • Hat-trick master Lawson wins third Wingfields (Rowing Service).
  • Draw for the Scullers Head (UK) went up sneakily a couple of days ago.
  • The official proposed venue list for the 2012 London Olympic bid has been announced. Current favourite for the rowing venue is the Royal Albert Dock, which will be controversial to say the least. Detailed PDF's etc. to download from the official website.

    Tuesday 11th November 2003

  • The results of Stourport Small Boats Head (UK) are online.

    Monday 10th November 2003

  • Results from the Docklands Head (UK) by division, by time and by event.
  • Results from the Hylton Scullers Head (UK).
  • And from the Pangbourne Junior Sculls (UK).
  • Durham ARC (UK) have just discovered that four of their oars are missing. They were last used in July and may have been lost after Marlow/Henley regattas. They are Crokers with wooden handles, painted in the current Durham ARC style of Oxford blue with one gold stripe, and numbered 1, 2, 4 and 7. Any information gratefully received by Barry Hudson.
  • BUSA have updated their rowing pages with information for the next 12 months (UK).

    Friday 7th November 2003

  • Tideway Scullers School (UK, not a school, nor do they solely scull, though many specialise in it) now has a website.
  • Information on Tiffin Small Boats Head (UK).
  • I'm told the Wycliffe Small Boats Head (UK) has already received 104 entries, with a limit of 300.
  • Results from Kingston Small Boats Head (UK).

    Thursday 6th November 2003

  • Details of the annual Turkey Trot, happening at the Schuylkill Navy boathouse on Thursday November 27th (USA). Details above on their website.
  • From FISA, The Mexican Indoor Rowing Room, The outstanding achievements of La Mura and Hong Kong Federation celebrates silver jubilee.
  • Jim Shekhdar has just set out on Ocean Challenge 2003, his bid to row the Pacific and then Atlantic eastward.

    Wednesday 5th November 2003

  • The Challenge Business yesterday announced the sale of its ocean rowing races to Woodvale Events Ltd, sponsors of the current Atlantic Rowing Race which began in mid-October. Challenge Business, which has Sir Chay Blyth as its CEO, will be focusing on sailing events, while Woodvale has ocean rower Simon Chalk as its managing director, is more interested in the rowing.
  • Trafford Head (UK) information on the club site.
  • Connect2Image (UK) has pictures of the Fours Head.
  • Norfolk Sculls November 22nd see http://www.nrc.dircon.co.uk for details.
  • Draw for the Docklands Small boats Head (UK).
  • And the draw for the Stourport Small Boats Head (UK).

    Tuesday 4th November 2003

  • Start order for the Hylton Scullers Head (UK) online. No printed copies being sent out, so please print a copy for your club. Results on NERN when ready.
  • The RemCatalunya website (northern Spain) has pictures of the local juniors training in Banyoles - on next year's Worlds course.
  • Details of Hampton Head (UK) now up.

    Monday 3rd November 2003

  • Provisional Veteran Fours Head results (UK) by time and by event.
  • Details of Evesham Head (UK).

    Sunday 2nd November 2003

  • Fours Head results (UK) (now completely correct after some misprints yesterday). Also by time, by event, alphabetically and pennant winners.
  • From Ewoud Dronkert, plain-text small-file versions by time and by event (good and quick to load).Friday 31st October 2003
  • St. Neots coach Martyn Rooney has BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Sports Personality of the Year (UK) - after not knowing he'd been nominated let alone won...

    Thursday 30th October 2003

  • FISA's 2003 annual awards go to James Tomkins/Drew Ginn (AUS, Male Crew of the Year), Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell (NZL, Female Crew of the Year), Giuseppe La Mura (ITA, Coach of the Year), Thor Nilsen (NOR, Distinguished Service to Rowing). Full details on the FISA website.

    Wednesday 29th October 2003

  • Today Graham Walters leaves La Gomera on a double-ocean rowing attempt (Atlantic then Pacific, via the Panama Canal), today. Giggle-worthy article from the Tenerife Western Sun.
  • The Royal Docks (UK) has its own website.

    Tuesday 28th October 2003

  • The Armada Cup (Switzerland) last weekend featured 250 sculls all starting to race at once.
  • JET Photographic (UK) has pictures up of all crews racing at the Head of the Charles (USA).
  • Results of the Portsmouth (2nd) round of the C2 Grand Prix series on the C2 UK website.
  • A belated notice from the UK: "It is with great sadness that Berwick A.R.C.wishes to inform everyone of the tragic sudden death of John Smales at only 52 years old.John was a stalwart of the club throughout the 70's and club captain in the mid 70's.A Thanksgiving Service is to be held on Friday 31st October at 3.30pm at the Wallace Green Church in Berwick." More information from les@eke-56.fsnet.co.uk.

    Monday 27th October 2003

  • In the Rochdale Observer (UK), Oarsome scheme to find awesome (UK).
  • The Tyne Scullers Head was cancelled on Saturday due to rough water, but Ken Hastie of the NERN website says "if you want a laugh click here" (UK).
  • Results of the Dee Head in Chester (UK) also up.

    Friday 24th October 2003

  • Oarsport UK announce a new look to their website, and are now offering a selection of Oregon Scientific products, including two-way radios which work with NK systems, heart-rate monitors, wrist watches, weather stations, weighing scales and digital cameras. Ad-link above.
  • From FISA, Coxswains Ready? Swiss Rowing Classic 2003 and Annual FISA Junior Coaches Conference great success in Istanbul.

    Wednesday 22nd October 2003

  • Team Madine Meuse Loraine (oarsmen Sebastien Lefebvre and Gregory Loret, FRA) pulled out of the 2003 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race late last night, for reasons as yet unclear. Holiday Shoppe Challenge (NZ) is currently in the lead.

    Tuesday 21st October 2003

  • Results from the Upper Thames Fours and Small Boats Head (UK), though without division/event identifiers, so it's a bit hard to see for sure who won the pennants.

    Monday 20th October 2003

  • Results of the Head of the Charles (USA) up (seems to work better on IE than any other browser). From a quick look, London Training Center (Canada I presume?) seem to have blitzed through the 1997 women's champ eights record, beating USRowing, while in the men's champ eights event, Princeton Training Center were just outside the record time, but beat Victoria City RC and USRowing pretty comfortably. No sign of the Dash results (or perhaps they're just very well hidden).
  • The 2003 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race started yesterday.
  • Results of Marlow Long Distance Sculls (UK) online. For comparison, last year's results are here. Information on the Fours and Pairs Head for the same club up on their website, including time-only categories.
  • A document on a proposed bridge across the Cam (UK).

    Saturday 18th October 2003

  • Early results from the 39th Head of the Charles (USA) - championship men's and women's singles winners today were Jonathan Beare and Kristin Goodrich respectively, although it could be argued Roumiana Neykova would probably have won the women's were it not for 20 seconds of penalties (steering, I think).
  • Results out from the GB national trials (round 1) - direct links for the heavyweight and lightweight trials today, or a general link to Boston RC with the results archive.

    Friday 17th October 2003

  • Rowing results from last night's BBC Superstars heat (UK) were Greg Searle 29 points (1st) and Jonny Searle 18 points (6th). Greg and rugby player Phil de Glanville go through to the final.

    Thursday 16th October 2003

  • The Tideway tide prediction calendar on Mortlake, Anglian & Alpha's website (UK) is updated for 2004. Predictions for a variety of Tideway locations, including downloadable PDF and Excel files.
  • The new "Superstars" programme on British TV (BBC1, 8pm local time tonight) includes Jonny and Greg Searle. An Evening Standard review, plus a direct link to the BBC Superstars website.

    Wednesday 15th October 2003

  • NLRoei have a gallery of 526 Worlds pictures up, from ubiquitous snapper Sybrand Treffers.

    Tuesday 14th October 2003

  • The Gippsland Grammar School (co-ed, 550 students, Victoria, Australia) is once again looking for young people, probably gap-year students or similar, to help with their rowing program. They say" "The position would suit a young person just out of school or a university student wishing to take a break from studies. As in previous years the assistants would need to make their own travel arrangements to and from Australia but full accommodation and meals and a small weekly allowance would be provided. The job starts as soon as possible and runs through to May 2004." To apply or for more information, contact Pam Scrivenor.

    Monday 13th October 2003

  • Results for Bedford Autumn SBH are out overall and by event.
  • For those wanting to know what state the Isis in Oxford is in (a limited UK audience, obviously), there are two new pages giving the flag status by image and as a single character.
  • Results from the Saturday Wansbeck Scullers Head (UK) online.
  • And from the Ancholme Head (UK).
  • The Weybridge Silver Sculls results are now correct, after two omitted names have been reinserted.
  • Results of the Carl Douglas Velt en Vecht race (NL) overall and by category.
  • More news on the CamToo project (UK).

    Friday 10th October 2003

  • The date of the Henley Boat Races (OU versus CU women and lightweights) in the UK has been confirmed as Sunday 21st March 2004, one week before the more famous men's boat race.

    Wednesday 8th October 2003

  • For those who haven't managed to see them so far, the "waterski-ing behind an 8+ pictures" A and B from Vancouver Rowing Club in Canada, as mentioned recently on the rec.sport.rowing global newsgroup.
  • A short from the Western Morning News (UK) says that the Mayflower Offshore Rowing Club in Plymouth have set a new record for the 40-km sea race of Plymouth Mountbatten Centre to Eddystone Lighthouse and back. They finished in just under 5 hours, 1.5 hours faster than last year.
  • The new website for Oxford Univ. college rowing is at www.ourcs.org.uk (UK).
  • BigBlade have pictures from the Wallingford sculls, Pairs Head and Reading SBH (UK).

    Tuesday 7th October 2003

  • Mike Schofield is keen to hear from any members of the British Army who are interested in rowing.
  • Results for the Rowers Revenge Triathlon (UK) now up. Overall men's and women's winners were Hywel Davies and Michelle Parsons respectively: Michelle finished 29th overall, just 12 minutes behind Hywel.
  • The Boat Race 2004 is seeking volunteers to help out on the day and in the week before.

    Monday 6th October 2003

  • Pairs Head results (UK), still officially provisional.
  • Results of the weekend's Canal Cup for international eights, in Germany, were wins for the host nation in both the ergometer sprint and 12.7km water race: more details on the official website (in German). USA were second, GBR third and NED fourth in both sections of the event.
  • A silly/frightening British picture from some time last week.
  • The Miss England 2003 competition includes a certain Miss Reading, who lists amongst her ambitions "to row at the 2008 Olympics". If interested, you can vote online or by text (the former free, the latter costs 50p).
  • Results of the Berwick Scullers Head (UK).

    Friday 3rd October 2003

  • Alan Watson and Miles Barnett are two of the rowers aiming to cross the Atlantic during the 2003 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, which starts from the Canary Islands on 19th October. Their Team Bright Spark website (Java must be enabled) is up and running.
  • Details of next weekend's Carl Douglas Vecht & Velt Race from Germany to Holland.
  • For UK bods, T-Shirt Candy is a new custom T-shirt design business, with online self-design and ordering.
  • Controversy at Exeter Rowing Club (UK) about the recent WEARA championship award: the club's website has more.

    Thursday 2nd October 2003

  • Following the sudden and unexpected demise of the 'oxfree' server on 19th September, BigBlade has moved to http://www.bigblade.net.

    Wednesday 1st October 2003

  • In Cambridge (UK), Think tank proposes variation of the camToo Project.
  • City of Bristol (UK) are making some changes. The website is now at www.bristolrowing.co.uk, with the imminent Small Boats Head on a page of its own, and with an email too: smallboatshead@bristolrowing.co.uk. Entries by email are fine.

    Monday 29th September 2003

  • Barebones Wallingford LDS results (UK) are out, but not by-club or by-event yet.
  • Lancaster Royal Grammar School Boat Club (UK) is compiling a web-based club history, and is seeking input from former members. Send photographs, anecdotes, biogs, anything from past and present members: use the "contact us" link on the website.

    Sunday 28th September 2003

  • Results of the Split Sprint (see below) were wins for Iztok Cop (1x) and Ramon Di Clemente/Donovan Cech (2-). More later.
  • Results from the recent Berwick Union of the Crowns (UK).

    Saturday 27th September 2003

  • Announcement that the Northumbrian Water Boat Race (UK) will be on 16th May 2004, raced with the tide.

    Thursday 25th September 2003

  • RC Gusar, home of the Croatian Skelin brothers (silver M2- this year), are holding a 222 metre sprint regatta on Friday 26th September at 8pm in Split's harbour, under spotlights. The event is in cooperation with the Cop Challenger, and features seven 1x entrants: Tufte (NOR), Chalupa (CZE), Cop (SLO), Lawson (GBR), Simon (NED), Lynch (IRL ltwt) and Niseteo (ex-junior Croatian world champ). Added to the singles are four pairs: Di Clemente/Cech (RSA), Lari/De Vita (ITA), Skelin/Skelin (CRO) and Boraska/Vucicic (from CRO M8+). Last week at the Cop Challenger Iztok Cop beat Olaf Tufte, with Ian Lawson holding off Vaclav Chalupa for third.

    Wednesday 24th September 2003

  • Stuck for a rowing present? Visit The Art of Rowing, a new US commercial site with a droolingly gorgeous collection of rowing art.
  • News that the National Schools Regatta (UK) is moving to a three-day event from 2004 onwards.
  • Results from the Boston Marathon (UK).

    Monday 22nd September 2003

  • Results from Bradford Autumn Regatta (UK) online.
  • And results and photographs from the Isis Sculls in Oxford (UK) this weekend also.
  • The website www.lola-aylings.com represents the partnership formed between Lola Cars and Aylings (UK).
  • The University of Bristol BC website has been shifted to www.ubbc.org (UK) - this is also the alumni address.
  • The not-very-old club Strathclyde Park RC (Scotland) is holding its first public event, a Small Boats Head, on 11th October. Details on their website.
  • PS-Sport, founded by Paul Smith, inventor of the CBreeze, is selling the ErgMonitorTM, a real-time stroke force software package for the B and C C2 models.
  • There is a website for Medway Towns RC (UK).

    Friday 19th September 2003

  • Finally a report of the NZ Great Race, which this year saw Waikato University scalp Oxford University to retain their Harry Mahon memorial trophy (NZ).

    Thursday 18th September 2003

  • Australian photographers Hebfotos now have another cracking selection of pictures on their website from the Worlds in Milan last month.
  • UK outfit RowData has a few new tricks on its website, including the very nifty little MiniRate unit - stroke counting without wires.
  • The sponsor of the next Atlantic Rowing Race has been announced as Woodvale Events, a business set up by successful ocean rower Simon Chalk. The race begins this year on 19th October from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, and goes to Port St. Charles in Barbados, for double-crew 24-foot boats.

    Wednesday 17th September 2003

  • News that John (Jack) Carrington-Crowe of Tyne Rowing Club (UK), "one of the last professional oarsmen", died of a heart attack on Saturday. Funeral at St. Alban's Church, Windy Nook, Gateshead, on Friday 19th September at 9am.

    Tuesday 16th September 2003

  • A link on the Open Water Rowing Center (US) website to an unusual piece commemorating the recently deceased Carl White. A better tribute to a rower - and rowing - I have rarely seen. [Thanks SS for the heads-up.]
  • Results of the South Coast Rowing Championships (UK) on the region's website in Excel format. BTC (men) and Southampton ARC (women) won the respective senior champs races.

    Monday 15th September

  • Winners of the South African Universities Boat Race (held last weekend on Port Alfred's Kowie River) were Rand Afrikaans University over Rhodes (women) and Rhodes over Cape Town (men). Full details on the national website.
  • The UK's Senior Service asks that all members of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines who wish to row contact the men's or women's captain by email to men@navy.rowing.org.uk or women@navy.rowing.org.uk respectively. Coxes/coaches would probably be very popular if they email both.
  • Bradford Rowing Club had a mention in a recent Guardian article which might increase their spectator section.

    Sunday 14th September

  • Results from the Cambridge Autumn Regatta (UK) are out.

    Monday 8th September

  • Tom Aston has written an online coxing guide (UK orientated) for beginner coxes and rowers.

    Monday 1st September

  • An English version of the Polish rowing clubs list (thanks MA).
  • Full results for Bristol Avon Regatta (UK) are now up.
  • The Tideway loses Lofty - sad news from Quintin BC (UK) about the sudden death of Kevin O'Shea from a massive asthma attack just over a week ago. Details via the link.

    Sunday 31st August

  • Final day results from Milan.

    Saturday 30th August

  • Links to the RS quick results listing, and also the RS Excel medals table including adaptive medals.

    Friday 29th August

  • FISA is running live streaming video of the remaining racing here in Milan, but read this very carefully only under the strict broadcasting constraints. Nobody in Europe can get it, because of the TV feed already sold to the various television stations. Some other non-Europe countries are also blocked because TV rights have been bought by their stations. But Australia, New Zealand, the USA and quite a few other countries should find that they can get streaming video without trouble. You need RealPlayer/RealOne in order to view it.
  • Ewoud's direct link to plaintext Worlds results is here.
  • A full listing from the Rowing Service of each of Thursday's and Friday's Worlds results.
  • NE rowing (UK): there will be a memorial service for Mike Marshall at Newburn Church, St. Michael & All Angels, at 12 noon on Saturday 6th September, and afterwards at Tyne RC. Old rowing friends and acquaintances welcome.
  • A list of entrants for the Marlow Rowers' Revenge Triathlon (UK).
  • Simply Fitness Equipment are an outfit selling machines including Concept II in the UK. Free delivery, apparently.
  • Ken Hastie has put up an NE UK summary of Nat Champs performance on the Yahoo groups list for the region.

    Wednesday 27th August 2003

  • A short summary of today's Worlds results on the Rowing Service.
  • Ewoud Dronkert is putting out the full Worlds set of plain text results as each bunch of races progresses. They're ASCII text with filesizes listed and with/without names, plus by start time or boat class (Ewoud's such a helpful bloke).
  • The FISA DVD of the Worlds racing can be pre-ordered online now via the FISA merchandising operation backed by New Wave and RegattaSport. Information and links to the order form are up for Europe (cost Û45) but although the RegattaSport main website mentions the DVD, there is no obvious way to pre-order for North American customers, nor a visible price. DVD's will be deliverable from 25th November 2003 onwards, for all countries.
  • Congress chooses Munich for 2007 - a report from FISA on the world championships venue vote which Munich won by 86 to 69 over Aiguebelette at last Saturday's annual Congress in Milan.

    Tuesday 26th August 2003

  • The website for the World Masters Regatta in Vichy is up and running: most files are in PDF format so boot up the Acrobat Reader before visiting. Their statistics (foot of the front page) show a whopping 7866 seat entries this year.

    Monday 25th August 2003

  • Ribosyn puts Austria out of the qualification zone - news on a doping story from the Rowing Service.
  • FISA's results service is running throughout the Worlds, with the RaceTracker going live during racing, and the main results window holding all the archived listings, including this week's.

    Wednesday 20th August 2003

  • On Row2k, Ed Hewitt has done a gallery of the departing US World Champs team. For the team list, see iRow.com.

    Monday 18th August 2003

  • Provisional draw for Gloucester Regatta (UK) now out.

    Friday 15th August 2003

  • From FISA's website, gearing up for the World Rowing Championships, Europe's heatwave affects athletes, Cuba rules the Pan American medal podium (with basic medal results summary), Tallying up the medals World Junior Champs.
  • The Oxford City Royal Regatta & Sprint draw and timetable are out (UK).
  • Entries for the Whitby Friendship ARC Invitation races close on Saturday 23rd August (fixed seat, UK). Contact is Richard Green.
  • NLRoei (Netherlands) have 324 photos of the World Junior Champs online, I hear.

    Wednesday 13th August 2003

  • The website for the Dee Autumn Head has shifted to www.deehead.org.uk (UK).

    Saturday 9th August

  • Brief results fro mthe junior worlds finals today.
  • Details of Kingston Small Boats Head (UK) online already.

    Friday 8th August 2003

  • I've put up brief summaries for Thursday and Friday at the Junior Worlds.

    Wednesday 6th August 2003

  • New pm: I got a bit fed up with waiting for interminably slow connections to the FISA website, and did a summary sheet with the finishing positions for each junior worlds race.
  • The Junior World Rowing Championships start today in Schinias, Greece. FISA are running their racetracker and intend to publish race reports each day, while there is also an official website which is part of the Athens 2004 site, since this is the first test event for next year's Olympics, part of a month of testing.

    Tuesday 5th August 2003

  • SportsAid, a charity set up to help athletes attempting to reach the highest levels.

    Wednesday 30th July 2003

  • Details for Maidenhead Regatta (UK, Aug 9th) are online.
  • Warwick BC (UK) has gone online at www.warwickboatclub.co.uk, which includes details of their forthcoming regatta in August.
  • The date of the UK Schools Head next year has just been confirmed - it will start at 11am on Tuesday 16th March 2004.

    Monday 28th July 2003

  • Results from the Under-23's are on the official site now - they're huge files (>300kb each) and the server can hang up, but here are direct links to Friday heats, Saturday heats, reps, semi's and finals. Given the server problems, here are the results ported onto the Rowing Service too.

    Sunday 27th July 2003

  • The official Belgrade Rowing website (Serbia) now has Java popup windows for Friday's and Saturday morning's results, on the rowing page (HTML format).

    Friday 25th July 2003

  • The draw for Bewdley Regatta (UK) is up (PDF format).
  • Entries for Henley Town & Visitors (UK) close tomorrow night.

    Monday 21st July 2003

  • The draw for Staines Regatta (UK) is now up.
  • Details of Stourport Regatta (UK) online.

    Sunday 20th July 2003

  • I ran UK National Championships commentary - the computer connection hung up a couple of times but the whole lot is now up there with a mirror here.

    Thursday 17th July 2003

  • Information on this year's Staines Regatta (UK) now online.
  • Visitors to the UK RowLeague website are encouraged to use http://www.rowleague.org.uk since the www.rowleague.com domain name has expired.
  • The Whitby Friendship Invitation Races (traditional fixed-seat boats, UK) will be held on 30th/31st August this year. Contact is Rich Green.

    Wednesday 16th July 2003

  • At the Worcester Autumn Regatta on 6th September (UK) the West of England Challenge Vase (MS Word doc, big) will be offered in competition for the 111th time. Note that the regatta is on 6th, not 7th September (incorrect in some publications) and the events page of the club website has not yet been updated with information.
  • Local residents of Cambridge, UK, are being invited to vote (Word doc) on the CamToo project.

    Tuesday 15th July 2003

  • Full results from the Henley Veteran Regatta can be found on the UTRC website.

    Friday 11th July 2003

  • Results from the Lucerne World Cup on the FISA website (direct link to live-updating racetracker here and other information on the dedicated Swiss website (German and English).
  • For those who don't want to use the racetracker, Ewoud Dronkert has full printable plaintext results in a single file.
  • A press release for the Imperial rowing biodynamics research project, (UK) aimed at finding the best and safest rowing technique.
  • A bit late (apologies) - results and pictures from last weekend's Swiss Rowing Championships on the Rotsee in Lucerne.
  • Photos from Evesham, Hereford and Stratford regattas (UK) on www.connect2image.com.
  • Active Tools (UK) have launched a new range of precision instruments to improve rigging. A great little website, featuring some interesting new products which are already patent-pending, and online ordering in several different countries.

    Monday 7th July 2003

  • Burton Leander (UK) have moved their website to www.burtonleander.co.uk.

    Saturday 28th June 2003

  • I have put a printable full-set copy of the Henley Royal Regatta draw online. The individual draw for each event is on the official website.

    Sunday 22nd June 2003

  • From the World Cup in Munich, Germany (1st with five World Cup gold medals and a total of 79 points) now have 131 in the overall standings. The full points list I've compiled during the day is here (Excel format, includes Milan table too) and the summary of results here in plain text.
  • www.regatta.de, the official Munich regatta website, has over 50 photos of crews and medallists. (They are, of course, mostly German...!)
  • The Leo Blockley Memorial Campaign have started a sinking/swamping incident database on the campaign website. You are invited to send in details of incidents you know about which would be of interest. It would be wise to check facts first, and note that the "Details" field is the one for the full report, while the "Outcome" field is for the summary of what happened overall. It sounds as if it will be a more useful resource as people get used to adding reports, and when more information is known about currently sketchy records.

    Saturday 21st June 2003

  • summary of Saturday results from the Munich World Cup racing.
  • The Online Rowing Magazine has articles up on the South American Rowing Championships, the role of athlete commissions, and interviews with junior champion Pierpaolo Frattini and Olympic champion cox Rowley Douglas, amongst others. Translated into English from Portuguese.

    Friday 20th June 2003

  • Results from Munich: either on the FISA racetracker or a digest on the Rowing Service from today's racing.

    Tuesday 10th June 2003

  • The Dutch club Roosendaalse Roeivereniging has a website including a page of blade colours and club links from all over the world. Surprisingly quick to load despite the images, and sortable by name or place (handy). Good work guys.

    Monday 9th June 2003

  • Results in full from the London Docklands Regatta are on the Mikrotime website - Saturday already up and Sunday expected shortly (UK).

    Thursday 5th June 2003

  • From the Australian newswires, via the Ocean Rowing Society website, Rowers shouldn't foot the bill.
  • Photos from Doncaster Regatta (UK) are available to order online from the official website.

    Wednesday 4th June 2003

  • Message from YUBC (UK): "An eight belonging to York University was taken without permission on Saturday night from its trailer at Peterborough regatta by some naked rowers not from York University. The boat has been severely damaged and requires much repair. If anybody saw anything or knows of anyone who may have been involved in this please contact the club President Keith Settle via kfs105@york.ac.uk and let him know. Thanks."

    Tuesday 3rd June 2003

  • There is now a website for the UK branch of Filippi, at www.wwmarine.co.uk and giving details of pricing, moulds and construction methods.

    Monday 2nd June 2003

  • Ewoud Dronkert helpfully put up text results from Milan for those who have neither the time, patience nor connection to manage the FISA comprehensive results service.
  • A new link for RIC Amsterdam (Netherlands).
  • Susan Brown of X-Press BC, Cambridge (UK) would like to hear from anyone who knows how her boat was damaged at Peterborough Regatta. She left it "tucked away down the side of the boathouse and returned to race it on Sunday to find a split across the bow ssection." It had great sentimental value and may not be replaceable unless her (or someone else's) insurers play ball. Any information to Susan at susan.g.brown@ntlworld.com please. Thanks.
  • A British rowing student has started an MSN community (MSN email address and passport required) at http://communities.msn.co.uk/oarsome.

    Thursday 29th May 2003

  • Florian Caspari had some time on his hands (always dangerous) and has created an indoor rowing section in his Rowing X-Pert site.
  • Commercial RC in Brisbane, Australia, has a website courtesy of the indefatigable James Worrell of Rowing Queensland.

    Wednesday 28th May 2003

  • Melbourne University BC (Australia) have revamped their website.
  • A duo raising money for the British charity Winston's Wish have wheedled a WaterRower from the company as a prize in a draw. Visit their website to see the details and enter.
  • Eton Excelsior (UK) has a website at www.etonexcelsiorrowingclub.org.

    Tuesday 20th May 2003

  • University College Dublin (Ireland) have relaunched their boat club website, to be found at www.ucdbc.com.
  • With another Atlantic Rowing Challenge coming up this autumn, first contestants to announce their website are Richard Pullan and Chris Hall, to be found online at www.rowatlantic.com.

    Monday 19th May 2003

  • JamcoTimes ran live splits at the Pac-10 Championships (May 18th, USA) last weekend. Washington and Stanford were respective men's and women's Grand 8+ winners.

    Monday 12th May 2003

  • Results for the Gent Regatta (including the Belgian National Championships) online in PDF format.
  • There is also a full results service from Munich International Juniors Regatta, with a digest of the British results at Talk Rowing.

    Thursday 8th May 2003

  • Tim Granger (he of the Supersprint Rowing game and other addictive monstronsities) has invented a new distraction - Cambridge Mays Bumpsdaq. Trading in college crews has already begun, with Caius currently heading both the men's and women's listings.
  • The National Watersports Centre at Holme Pierrepont (UK) has got itself organised with a new results website, including last Monday's Junior Inter-Regionals.
  • Hatfield College Durham (UK) now have their own website.

    Wednesday 7th May 2003

  • The draw is out for Ghent Regatta and the Belgian Championships (in several languages).
  • Information also online for Essen International (Germany), with a direct English link.

    From Friday 2nd May 2003

  • Results from the Kuessnacht Regatta (Switzerland) - also in full PDF format.

    Wednesday 23rd April 2003

  • The latest update of the Argonaut (Toronto) Rowing Club (Canada) now includes two webcams, training logs for sale, and their club song in MP3 format..!
  • London (UK) oarsman Gregory Kirkman-Edelston offers sports-specific rowing massage.

    Saturday 19th April 2003

  • The Australian National Championships start tomorrow.
  • The Fuzzy Duck Boat Club (UK) has been set up as an umbrella for Wycliffe College and Wyclife Sculling Centre to compete under. Commentators beware, and readers, you will need Flash-5 to view the site (no alternatives available).

    Tuesday 8th April 2003

  • A report from Simon Newton on the Isis-Goldie race 2003 (MS Word format, 39Kb).
  • Steve Mills is launching a new rowing discussion forum - there are two possible addresses, www.row.no-ip.org or www.talkrowing.cjb.net.

    Saturday 5th April 2003

  • After the drama of yesterday afternoon's Cambridge crash, there is more news - Ben Smith to replace Pommen. More links to be added here through the morning.
  • Pictures - one on the NLRoei website.

    Friday 4th April 2003

  • Andrew Halsey's ocean row is over - report updated on the Ocean Rowing Society website.
  • Southampton Amateur Rowing Club (UK) announce details of their Fours Head (Saturday 19th April) together with an entry form and aerial photo, on their website.

    Thursday 3rd April 2003

  • Oxford won the 8th Veteran Boat Race today: report here.
  • On the Pacific Ocean, Andrew Halsey has either activated his EPIRB or it is another inadvertent transmission. Report on the Ocean Rowing Society website.

    Wednesday 2nd April 2003

  • With the beginning of April the ARA also has new rules on child protection procedures and the much-anticipated revised Water Safety Code (including guidance notes) - a must-read for all clubs (UK).

    Friday 28th March 2003

  • Sydney University Boat Club goes online (Australia).

    Wednesday 26th March 2003

  • Richard Packer has created some JavaScript calculators on his personal rowing-related website to help UK crews calculate junior and veteran age categories (and also vet handicaps).

    Monday 24th March 2003

  • Results for Kingston Head (UK) now out. I am told that London's 'A' crew (setting off number 1) decided to go the wrong side of Raven's Ait, and as a result were disqualified. Crabtree (starting no. 2) inadvisedly followed them, and suffered the same fate.
  • In the US, JAMCO real-time coverage of big races begins with the Windermere Regatta at Redwood Shores next weekend.

    Friday 21st March 2003

  • New Zealand are the first country to announce their international squad for the pre-Worlds season this year.
  • Crew lists for Isis and Goldie have been released (UK).

    Tuesday 18th March 2003

  • Details of the Keizer Karel Cup (Sunday 8th June 2003, Gent) on the Rowing Service. The host club's website doesn't have information up yet, so I've put online all the MS Word information they've given me - details (48Kb), entry form (46Kb) and rules (1Mb, contains picture-map).
  • Results from the Heineken Roeivierkamp Regatta on the Nereus website (Netherlands). Skoll (international development crew) won the women's, and an Imperial/Dutch stroked by Dan Ouseley and including Dirk Cirkel the men's, after a national-based crew withdrew due to Olympic champion Bartman's back injury. Pictures and more reports on the NLRoei website.

    Saturday 15th March 2003

  • Eton College (UK) have just launched a website for their Eton Rowing Courses, run every summer for 12-18 year olds.

    Tuesday 11th March 2003

  • German rowing site Rudern1 has an article and pictures of the new "slide rigger" Empacher have made for world champion Marcel Hacker.
  • Imperial College (UK) have details of the rowing courses online.
  • Davies RowTech are now the UK agents for Cadence FC ratemeters (the gadgets which fit on the blade loom and work on feathering action). See website for details or email davies.rowtech@virgin.net.
  • The Thames Region (UK) also now has its own website.

    Monday 10th March 2003

  • On the rec.sport.rowing international newsgroup, from James Elder, "This year's Boustead (the annual grudge match between the men's first eights of London RC and Thames RC) was won by Thames, who beat London by 3/4 length after a cracking race."

    Tuesday 4th March 2003

  • Details of the 2003 ARA coaching courses (UK).
  • A story Ocean Rowing Society, about a memorial to rowers lost at sea.

    Friday 28th February 2003

  • A report from the ULWBC Trial Eights (UK), held this afternoon in London.
  • Legendary Calgary businessman dies (Edmonton Sun, Canada) - an obituary of Cambridge Blue (1964) John Lecky.
  • Canada's Foundation 2000 Plus announced this week that the national 2003 Dynamic Opportunities for Youth rowing program will be launched soon, five months ahead of schedule. It is a national initiative inviting marginalised youngsters to attend a free 10-session introduction to rowing at their local club. More information on F2000's website.

    Wednesday 26th February 2003

  • Details of the ARA's 2003 Coach Education timetable (UK, MS Word document, 28kb) on the Rowing Service.
  • An alert from the NE region of the UK that any crews thinking of fitting Concept-II-type "erg" foot fastenings into their boats will not be complying with the England and Wales ARA Water Safety Code, unless heel restraints are also fitted (and even then please ensure easy foot release).

    Monday 24th February 2003

  • The American Rowing News paper (was the Independent Rowing News) has moved upmarket with a different format and change of image. Many regular features remain, and it is still bimonthly.
  • Announcing the Project 'Horizonte 2008' in Portugal: a new initiative looking at bringing on future world class Portuguese rowers.
  • A few results from the FISA Team Cup this last weekend in Spain.

    Friday 21st February 2003

  • A UK website for the RowPerfect ergo.
  • Another piece on the Docklands Head (UK - what are they bribing the paper with?) - Pull for victory about the Curlew RC.

    Tuesday 18th February 2003

  • From the news - Poplar club put in strong showing in Docklands time trial (Tower Hamlets News, UK).

    Monday 17th February 2003

  • The Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club has shifted its site to http://www.ouwlrc.org.uk.

    Wednesday 12th February 2003

  • Oarsport Ltd (UK) now have a message board on their website, and information about the new oar sleeve and collar system.

    Tuesday 11th February 2003

  • Powerhouse Clothing (Ireland/UK) have gone fully online, with a website including secure online ordering and a brochure for all their training kit.
  • Glasgow University BC (Scotland) are trying to update their former members database. They have created a page on their website where alumni can fill in their current details.
  • And Birmingham BC (UK) are doing the same, with new alumni pages on their website.

    Monday 10th February 2003

  • Stijn Smulders, a member of the Belgian Olympic squad, has his own website.
  • The URL of the KZ & RV Neptunus (Delft, Netherlands) has changed to http://www.kzrvneptunus.nl/rv/. A separate page in English includes information about their regatta.

    Sunday 9th February 2003

  • City of Bristol RC (UK) are rapidly approaching their 50th anniversary year. They are starting to put archive material on their website and are appealing for anyone with old photos or stories about the club to get in touch.

    February 3rd 2003

  • I attended the buoyancy seminar on Saturday (London, UK) and have published a summary of what was said taken from notes made at the time. Please note that the views expressed are in each case those of the speaker.

    February 2nd 2003

  • The Zagreb rowing federation appears online at http://www.vsz.hr">www.vsz.hr. Mostly in Croatian, with online regatta entry, photos etc, and a couple of areas still slightly under construction.
  • In particular results from the Otvoreno prvenstvo Zagreba na ergometrima a week ago (ZIP format).

    January 31st 2003

  • Ed Hewitt of Row2k put a link on the rec.sport.rowing international newsgroup describing a study into water-induced hypothermia which may be of interest to rowers.
  • Derek Gordon has one solution to the problem of attaching lights to boats (UK).

    January 30th 2003

  • The Thames Rowing Council in the UK has its own website - although this is a temporary location: real URL coming soon. The formal email for the organisation is Thamesregion@aol.com.
  • The UK Sport drug database is a good resource for those in Britain wishing to find out what medicines are banned.
  • It has been announced in the UK House of Commons that while it will become an offence to operate a vessel in British waters while impaired by alcohol or drugs, rowing boats and sailing dinghies are likely to be exempted.

    January 28th 2003

  • An ingenious solution to the ratemeter problem - Cadence Rowing in the USA.

    January 27th 2003

  • Details of the UK Rowing Foundation from the ARA.

    January 23rd 2003

  • Steve Redgrave's personal website has now been revived, after its initial sponsor Breathe.com collapsed last year. Thoroughly back in action, it includes news and information on all the projects he is spearheading, and if interested you can use the sign-up form to register for regular news updates starting in February.

    January 21st 2003

  • Dan Whiting has designed and produced the BoatBox - a specialist tools and spares kit for rowing boats.

    January 20th 2002

  • Mark Pollard has a regatta scheduling freeware program (MS-DOS systems), which he has just sent out to those he knew were interested. If anyone else would like a copy, please email him directly.
  • Chris Anton has pictures of the 3rd division at Boston Head (UK).

    January 17th 2002

  • In the UK, rowing clothing company Redhead have started up a design it yourself page for their tops (uses Java, may require x-wav plugin to play sound).
  • Mortlake Anglian & Alpha's monstrously useful Tideway tides predictor has moved to http://www.mortlake.net/tides/index.html - please rebookmark if you use it a lot.

    January 15th 2003

  • Atlantic rowing boat for sale, from Ray Jardine and his wife who completed the ocean crossing just before Christmas.
  • Reading RC (UK) have put on their website pictures of the recent flooding as well as photo galleries of winning crews and races from the 1920's, '30's and '40's.

    January 13th 2003

  • Florian Caspari has done a new version of his German/English rowing dictionary, in PDF format and with phonetics. Visit http://www.rowing-xpert.de/ to try it out.
  • Chris Boothroyd has put up more pictures of the floods at Henley (UK).

    January 8th 2003

  • The German Rowing Federation has relaunched itself online at http://www.rudern.de/ - still slightly under development.
  • UK flooding pictures - Richard Packer has taken a bunch showing Staines to Weybridge, Anu Dudhia has been snapping the Isis floods in Oxford, and there are 1, 2, 3 and 4 pictures from Peter McConnell of the flooding at the River and Rowing Museum in Henley. PMcC does say that despite this, the Museum is still open, and welcoming visitors.
  • Bill Colley (UK) would like to announce that he is back in business repairing, renovating and building wooden boats, especially singles and doubles. Address is 4 Bridge Boathouses, Riverside, Richmond, TW9 1TH, 'phone 020 8940 0504 and email bill.colley@btbroadband.com.

    January 7th 2003

  • Now that UK flood waters are subsiding enough for clubs to be able to get to their boats, some Tideway hints for clubs thinking of visiting the reach.

    January 1st 2003

  • A Happy New Year to all the Rowing Service readers: best wishes both on the water and off for the year to come. RQ.

    December 23rd 2002

  • Just a few English-writing press bits: Rower beats odds in sea challenge (Gloucestershire Echo, UK), PL resident captures world title in England (Prior Lake American, UK), Cayuga Inlet project (Ithaca Journal, USA), Pinsent urges British govt to bid for Games (Daily Times, Pakistan), Romney pick for development chief odd choice (Taunton Gazette, USA), World Rowing Champ Named Bulgarian Athlete of 2002 (Novinite, Bulgaria).

    December 18th 2002

  • French ocean rower Anne Quemere was forced to come back to shore recently when hit by severe storms, but aims to restart her trip this weekend. More on the Ocean Rowing Society website.
  • The ARA has put up a notice of the Coaches of the Year (UK).

    December 12th 2002

  • A piece I wanted to link before, but there wasn't much online, reports the story of Dragon School Head of Rowing Michael Righton leaping to the rescue at Dorney Lake (UK). Thanks to my source...

    December 5th 2002

  • The latest Naked Rowing Calendar comes from City of Oxford (UK) - there is a little taster online here.

    December 4th 2002

  • Because the UK national newspapers collectively decided not to print the OUBC Trial Eight crew lists, here they are.
  • Irish outfit The Water Edge have pictures and results from the Irish Erg Champs on their website, as well as some video clips.

    December 3rd 2002

  • Russian Fedor Konyukhov has set a new record for solo rowing East to West across the Atlantic, which he has just finished, in 46 days and 4 hours. There is a letter from him on the Ocean Rowing website, translated into English.

    December 2nd 2002

  • Details of next year's Thames Region Umpires Training (UK) on David Biddulph's website.

    November 29th 2002

  • The UK University Rowing League website has undergone a lengthy facelift and been relaunched. Get your challenges in now...
  • The Seville 2002 World Championships on DVD is available from FISA (different continents) or in the UK from Oarsport.

    November 25th 2002

  • A link for Rudergesellschaft Wiking e.V., Berline (Germany).
  • From several correspondents on the international rec.sport.rowing newsgroup, a link to the British Pathe News archive, which includes quite a lot of rowing clips, especially early Oxford-Cambridge Boat Races.
  • More discussion on the "CamToo" river link website - it now has the support of all three local Cambridge MP's (UK).

    November 23rd 2002

  • Following up a post from a reader of this page on rec.sport.rowing, there is an interesting article on the decline of VO2max with age, from Peak Performance Online.

    November 21st 2002

  • The multilingual rowing dictionary has moved homes to a new URL.

    November 19th 2002

  • A website for RG-Aquarius, in the Netherlands.
  • The Welsh Rowing Association is putting together their first plans for this year's Home Countries (2003, in Cork). They can accept athletes for the team who have Welsh parents or grandparents, so if you are eligible and interested, please email chief coach Damian Hammond for registration and training/selection information.
  • The UK junior trials results are out on the ARA website, which entertainingly describes them as the 'junior trails'....
  • The site also has details of the Clubmark scheme, Molesey's £216,300 Lottery award, and the UK BBC North West sports awards.

    November 18th 2002

  • Sally Causby and Amber Halliday (AUS LW2x) won the 2002 "Rower of the Year" awards this weekend, with Vicki Roberts also honoured. Views from the winners on www.auslightychicks.org.
  • As noticed on the rec.sport.rowing international newsgroup, the Despair.com website features a number of rowing-related pictures. To find them, visit the search page and type coxswains into the search box.

    November 17th 2002

  • The Rowing Service commentary team was in action for the British Indoor Rowing Championships.

    November 14th 2002

  • UK: Four's Head update. The organisers of the Four's Head have announced that the Reading University S2+ crew has been disqualified - they have admitted that the crew which rowed was not the one entered. As a result Imperial College S2+ (crew VII) wins the pennant, despite incurring a 7-second penalty for aggressive and dangerous steering.

    November 12th 2002

  • A website for Davies RowTech, UK suppliers of rowing electronic equipment. If you have trouble seeing anything on the home page (as my browser did) then use the contacts page to get into the site.

    November 8th 2002

  • For those who don't usually read the rec.sport.rowing global newsgroup, this thread is well worth a giggle: Rowing widow.....

    November 7th 2002

  • Ian Lawson won his second successive Wingfields championship today (UK) in one of the slowest times on record, due to a Thames Barrier closure which rendered the Putney to Mortlake course virtually streamless. Mark Hunter passed Richard Ockendon late in the race to grab second, while Alan Campbell did well to finish only a minute behind these experienced scullers, and Richard Wilder was NSO.
  • While trawling for press links, I was astonished to realise that there is a rowing community in Alaska - not sure what kind of boats. This link has details of the Juneau Rowing Club meeting coming up next week there, while the Alaska Sports Digest has more reports.

    November 5th 2002

  • Russian Fyodor Konyukhov is crossing the Atlantic at the moment - I'd put a link to the Ocean Rowing Society coverage but its website is currently unavailable. English Pravda has an article though, Sharks pursued traveller Fyodor Konyukhov's boat for 2 days, while the Exeter Express has Russian adventurer starts Atlantic journey (UK). I wasn't at all sure about the Russian claims that it's the first solo rowing Atlantic 'marathon', but it turns out the article was chopped - the important point is by a Russian....
  • FISA have an extended report on the South East Asian Games 2003: Rowing Included story.

    November 1st 2002

  • UK Sport has started Matt Wells Athens diary (UK).
  • Twickenham RC (UK) has published a link to the Richmond tide tables (link is for all UK tides too) as a warning, because this winter some very high tides are predicted some days.

    October 29th 2002

  • A website for Australian kit-manufacturers Rowbust (like the name!).
  • An email address for Corunha Rowing Club in the northwest of Spain - clubrega@clubregatasperillo.com.
  • Mercantile Boat Club's website (Australia) has had an extensive update.

    October 22nd 2002

  • Summer Programs on the River is an American outfit offering 1-4 week sailing, rowing and multisport camps.
  • FISA has just announced the passing of its Honorary Secretary General, Charles Riolo.

    October 21st 2002

  • Frank Porter, who competed, wrote an excellent piece entitled Shall I bond with my boat today? just before the weekend.
  • The Supersprint Rowing Game scoreboard is now fixed, with older scores now archived so that they don't clog the system. For those interested in the SuRo events themselves, there has been a hiatus while a couple of planned international events had to be cancelled, but regional SuRo sprints are now being reconsidered. Anyone who is interested in holding a Supersprint Rowing format event can contact the organisers on enquiries@su-ro.com - while the format is fixed, it is easy to set up locally and you'll get help and advice from Sir Steve himself, amongst others.
  • RowPerfect Australia are holding the 2002 RP Classic Ergometer Championships in Riverview, NSW, this coming Sunday..

    October 18th 2002

  • Sweat Technologies (Australia) have released version 1.0 of their iCoach for Rowing programme.

    October 14th 2002

  • The West of England ARA (UK) now has its own website.
  • North West Rowing (USA) is a site dedicated to providing news and information to the rowers of the Pacific Northwest of the States, as well as for British Columbia.

    October 13th 2002

  • Poplar (UK) are putting online the memories of one of their older members, about rowing with the club 60 years ago, and its history. First instalment can be found at www.pbdrc.co.uk.
  • From FISA, Iztok takes Cop Challenger.
  • And Swiss Rowing Federation Seeks a New Technical Director.
  • Worcester College Oxford BC (UK) are setting up an old members' society called the Martletts. Anyone interested please contact Kathy Ward (TRC) or Alice Page (Sons) or email greatbigtiger@another.com.
  • For some reason I've not had the Sons of the Thames website (UK) listed, until now.
  • Apparently the film Nine has won the Jimmy Stewart Memorial Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival.

    October 12th 2002

  • UK coach Pat Lockley has an umpire competency document on his RTS website which he'd be interested in getting feedback on: mostly for UK (esp. England & Wales) clubs, I suspect.

    October 8th 2002

  • Hamish Burrell's full resignation statement is also on the IARU webpage as an RTF file (downloadable, read with Word or similar wp packages).
  • The Swedish University Boat Race, inspired by the Oxford-Cambridge annual jaunt, was won by Uppsala University over Lund University. There is a report in Uppsala Nya Tidning.
  • The new film ALL FOR ONE: In the Spirit of the Race video (NTSC only) is available from the website.

    October 3rd 2002

  • And NLRoei has pictures from the Canal Cup in Rendsburg, Germany, last weekend (long-distance).
  • Results from the Australian Universities Rowing Championship are going online throughout racing.
  • The Faculty of Civil Engineering rowing website (Croatia) has moved to www.grad.hr/stzbor/veslanje/veslanje.htm.

    September 26th 2002

  • Thames Tradesmen have moved to www.ttrc.org.uk (UK) - change links now.
  • An article about the long-distance race in Schleswig-Holstein this weekend, which large chunks of the British squad are attending. You should have seen Pinsent & Cracknell's faces last weekend when they were reminded about it: "that makes 2km seem a doddle", they said, about half an hour after collecting their latest World gold medals...
  • The www.rowinghistory.net website focuses largely on North American history of the sport.
  • Oundle Rowing Club (UK) has a dedicated email-box, though no website yet.
  • There's a new beastie called RowYo, described as "rowing machine cadence training software". Demo and workout sessions available for download now (PC format).
  • St. George's Hospital Boat Club (UK), part of the UL stable, is now online.

    September 24th 2002

  • JAMCO has posted colour-coded results for the Olympic class A finals in Seville, with their FISA biographies.

    September 23rd 2002

  • Information about a Portuguese high-performance rowing project.

    September 22nd 2002

  • I've kept results brief summary and medals table updated today, and now racing has finished, with Germany top of the table on five golds.

    September 21st 2002

  • I've done a medals table and results summary (without times) for today's Worlds racing. Six new record times were set, including the top four crews in the M4- smashing both the Norwegian record and the Danish LM4- record which has been inside it for three years, plus Cracknell and Pinsent taking four seconds off the time set by Pinsent with Redgrave in 1994. Roumiana Neykova chopped a similar chunk off the women's singles, and both the women's double and pair times went too. Marcel Hacker toppled Rob Waddell's men's singles record by 0.35 seconds.

    September 19th 2002

  • Here's a weird link, though probably no more useful than many other bits of spam which circulate: The Sportsman Travel Net.
  • XEnergy in Australia run rowing camps.
  • The Melbourne University Boat Club website (Australia) is up and running again, including photos and their ergo competition: how many metres can you row in a year.

    September 16th 2002

  • Canadian Worlds news from Jackie Skender is being archived online, updates some time after racing each day.
  • There's a lovely website for the Dutch lightweight women, called Orange Butterflies after Kris Korzeniowski's nickname for the squad. Other NED crews with sites include the Dutch women's quad and Michiel Bartman (from the NED M4-).

    September 15th 2002

  • Photographs from Abingdon Regatta (UK) are online.
  • Other bits and pieces of press: Plymouth Team In A Steady Eddy Win (Plymouth Evening Herald, UK), Athens' history hurting Olympic construction (CNNSI), Pinsent, Cracknell face challenge at rowing worlds (CNNSI).

    September 11th 2002

  • Italian website Canottaggio Vero now carries 218 pictures from the World Masters Regatta in Racice.

    September 10th 2002

  • Also from FISA, "A new breed of rowers - Adaptive Rowing at Seville".
  • There are new, bug-fixed versions of the iCoach rowing software available for testing, including an OS X release for Mac users. Feedback appreciated to bugs@sweattechnologies.com.
  • A report from FISA on the World Masters Regatta last weekend, by Peter Morrison.

    September 9th 2002

  • A link for Muenchener Ruderclub in Munich (Germany).
  • The RowCycling European Championships are being held this coming weekend. Link is to an English information page on the www.rowingbike.com site, and there's an article in Dutch on NLRoei together with pictures.
  • This year's Masters Games in Ballarat, Australia, includes rowing between OCtober 9th-13th on Lake Wendouree. Details on the official website.
  • Phil Rowley has become UK agent for Italian boat cover manufacturer Di-Bi, and will soon be selling their clothing range too. Phone is 07768 685 196 (UK).

    August 24th 2002

  • Beginning live online-commentary for the World University Rowing Championships A finals in Nottingham this afternoon.
  • University of Bradford Rowing Club email address is aa-rowing-club@bradford.ac.uk.

    August 22nd 2002

  • Pirnaer Ruderverein has pictures of the floods in Germany.

    August 21st 2002

  • Kungaelvs Roddklubb, Sweden (website mostly in Swedish but with an English summary for those of us who need help).
  • The website for the Deutsche Achter has a diary story on it about their training camp (German).

    August 18th 2002

  • Clube Nautico Francisco Martinelli can be found in Florianopolis, Santa Caterina, Brazil. And now online, of course.
  • As can Yare Boat Club (Norwich, UK).
  • Cascade Women are a competitive women's masters club based in Seattle, WA (USA).

    August 15th 2002

  • Draper's RC (UK), formed in late 2000, is a boatclub for the alumni of Queen Mary College, University of London.

    August 9th 2002

  • The World junior champs organisers have changed their system - I bet it couldn't cope with the hits during racing. Their results database is now only accessible from local systems, and they have an index page giving links to PDF files (approx. 53kB) for each individual race.

    August 8th 2002

  • More results coming through from the junior worlds in Trakai (LTU).
  • The Putney High School and Thames RC Juniors (UK) have started a websitelet, mostly at the moment consisting of pictures of themselves, but I'm sure it will grow.

    August 7th 2002

  • NLRoei have published the full Coupe de la Jeunesse results (PDF format, approx. 68kb).
  • Details from FISA's recent circulars of the Athens 2004 qualification regattas, the recent bye-law changes and resolutions about adaptive rowing (links now corrected)

    August 6th 2002

  • The website for the World Championships has changed address to www.sevilla-2002.com instead of .org - please note that this makes the old address obsolete so you must use the new one.
  • The website for the Junior World Championships, starting in Trakai, Lithuania, tomorrow, is http://junior.lif.lt/.

    August 4th 2002

  • There is an official site for the Racice Masters (Czech Republic).

    August 3rd 2002

  • Results from the Home Countries International (UK and Ireland) last week.
  • I've done a summary of results from each of Thursday, Friday and Saturday, plus commentary from World Cup A finals. There are also results on FISA and the official website.

    August 1st 2002

  • Munich results - from FISA, from the official site and a brief text-only summary from the Rowing Service, updating several times each day.

    July 29th 2002

  • An update on how Elder Rowing are doing with sink/swamp testing (NZ).
  • News on the money raised by the Harry Mahon Memorial Trust (UK).
  • Carolyn Jones Trust sponsored row, to raise money for her treatment and support following her coma (UK).

    July 28th 2002

  • Final results from the Nation's Cup on Canottaggio Vero and a brief summary on the Rowing Service.

    July 27th 2002

  • Nation's Cup information on the official site, on Canottaggio Vero and a brief summary of results here on the Rowing Service. Commentary and course viewing is not well enough set up for me to do any online direct coverage during the finals tomorrow.

    July 21st 2002

  • Live online commentary from the UK Nationals of all senior and J18 finals.
  • Message from Lake Victoria RC (Africa) who are trying to start up their new club: "We are in a very remote part of East Africa; the southernmost shore of Lake Victoria. We're looking for a four, stern coxed or coxless (preferably coxed I think, since we need a lookout for moving logs!) that could also be rigged as a quad. It needs to be pretty rugged (obviously) and able to be transported to Geita, near Lake Victoria, in Tanzania, probably by sea container on a truck. We may be able to organise transport from our end from Dar es Salaam or South Africa, or perhaps Perth in Australia. We also need both sets of oars and perhaps some spare gear. Maintenance will be a problem, but we are determined to boat up, push off, and take that awesome first stroke. Cost will be an issue, so nothing too fancy would be preferred. Anyone able to help us out in some way will be entitled to a row and a t-shirt. We will row at Nungwe Bay for those who are geographically inclined. Contact Graeme McIlveen (also of University of Queensland Boat Club), at the Geita Gold Mine, P.O. Box 532, Geita, Tanzania, tel +255 282 520 500, fax +255 282 520 502.

    July 19th 2002

  • Gearing up for the Under-23's next weekend (Nation's Cup) in Genoa, Canottaggio Vero's website has a special section and there is also an official site in both Italian and English.

    July 2nd 2002

  • A new portal for European rowing data has been created - visit www.werow.com (largely in German, searchable).

    July 1st 2002

  • Lea RC (UK) have moved online to www.learc.co.uk.
  • Regular Rowing Service readers may remember an enthusiastic young fan who created a website for James Cracknell some years ago. She has now moved it to www.coxlesspair.20m.com, letting Matthew in on the act too.

    June 26th 2002

  • The Australian lightweight women's team has a website, www.auslightychicks.org, including athlete profiles and news.

    June 25th 2002

  • More details of the ARA competition review (UK).

    June 17th 2002

  • Michiel Bartman, Dutch Olympic gold and silver medallist, has created his own business and website at www.bartmanbusiness.nl.
  • Nielsen Kellerman Australia Pty Ltd are the Aus agent for NK, and C2/Polar resellers. The link is to their new website which includes downloadable manuals for all the NK products.

    June 16th 2002

  • Results from Hazewinkel - summaries of Saturday's and now Sunday's racing. Full details on the FISA website .

    June 14th 2002

  • I've summarised the morning's results from Hazewinkel, with repechage progressions, on the Rowing Service.
  • UK press: Britain's finest backed to stay the course (Mike Rosewell, The Times) and a piece in the Telegraph round-up.

    June 13th 2002LI>With the first World Cup regatta of 2002 this weekend, there is Hazewinkel entry information on the regatta's website (English, also in Belgian) and plenty of detail on the FISA official website.

  • The website for Adelaide University BC (Australia) can be found at www.aubc.asn.au.

    June 6th 2002

  • Melbourne Argonauts are the Queer Rowing Association of Victoria, Australia, affiliated to Rowing Victoria and able to compete at regattas.

    June 3rd 2002

  • Despite problems with rampant culpera weed (which spreads quickly unless boats are kept scrupulously clean), the Australian Masters Regatta went ahead last weekend as planned. Results are on the official site, in Excel format (170Kb file).

    May 24th 2002May 23rd 2002

  • Wraysbury Skiff and Punting Club (UK).

    May 18th 2002

  • Results from Duisburg coming up steadily through the afternoon (Germany).

    May 17th 2002

  • This weekend JAMCO will be posting live 500m split results from the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships and Pac-10 Conference Championships (USA).

    May 13th 2002

  • Registration now available for the Concept 2 Winter League in Australia.
  • A link for Fenerbahce Rowing Club in Turkey.
  • Gent results - Saturday heats, semi's and finals, and Sunday heats and finals, all PDF format (Belgium).

    May 10th 2002

  • RSNB rowing club in Brussels (Belgium) have now moved their website to www.royal1865.be.

    May 7th 2002

  • Details of No Frontiers, the video story of the Fermoy rowers who went to the Atlanta Olympics (Ireland).

    May 6th 2002

  • Row2k's unparalleled North American results service is fully updated with all the latest US news and press links.
  • Saturday and Sunday results from Notts City (UK) are up on Martin Saxon's NWSC website.

    May 4th 2002

  • Not to be outdone, the Northern Universities Boat Race (Manchester v. Salford, UK) has its own website.

    April 29th 2002

  • Mortlake Anglian & Alpha's website.
  • The Australian Concept 2 Winter Indoor Rowing League starts in May.
  • Results from last week's senior and junior Inter-Regional Championships (UK) on the ARA website.

    April 26th 2002

  • A new Brazilian venture called the Online Rowing Magazine starts off with a interview with GB coxswain Rowley Douglas, amongst others. Also available in Portugese.

    April 23rd 2002

  • Ginn and Tomkins have sorted out their selection: see All problems weeded out as Oarsome Twosome qualify (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia). Nothing in the Age, which surprises me, and I'm still looking for the actual results of the re-race following G&T's successful appeal against their weed-impeded defeat.

    April 22nd 2002

  • Brasenose College BC (Oxford, UK) have put up a PDF copy of the article I featured on April 15th, with a photo of the Childe memorial, on their website.

  • JAMCO (USA) is covering the Stanford Invitational live this weekend - schedule and links now online.
  • The CamToo website has now gone live (UK).
  • The Worcester College Coxing site now has a new URL - www.intouchuk.co.uk/coxing/.

    April 14th 2002

  • University of Bradford has a dedicated email address (UK).

    April 10th 2002

  • For those wondering where the Madras Boat Club page has gone (India), there is an unofficial website held by one of its members, which is still active. Email address is mbc@madrasboatclub.com.

    April 9th 2002

  • Details now up for the 2002 Australian University Games, the rowing for which will be held at the West Lakes course in Adelaide from 29th September to 4th October.

    April 8th 2002

  • Results from the San Diego Crew Classic, via JAMCO (USA) are all online. In the major varsity events, Cal took the Copley Cup from Washington by nearly five seconds, while Washington women regained their Jessop-Whittier Cup trophy by a length from Ohio State University.

    April 7th 2002

  • An English translation of the Dutch details of the Varsity Regatta (see below) is now available.
  • Results for Teddington Sculls (UK) now online.

    April 3rd 2002

  • Leeds University BC (UK) are now at http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~scs0so.

    April 2nd 2002

  • A new US website called coxie.com, taking contributions on coxing subjects in the form of postings. Note that the technical material is American-based, so measurements, tools and phrases may not work for other countries.

    March 30th 2002

  • Full Boat Race live online commentary was provided by Anu Dudhia, with additional comments from me (RQ) after the race, including race markers and Isis-Goldie result. Thanks very much Anu!

    March 27th 2002

  • The story of UCal's rowing regeneration under Steve Gladstone is documented in the film All For One: In the Spirit of the Race.

    March 26th 2002

  • The email address for Falcon Rowing and Canoe Club (Oxford, UK) has moved to rowing@falconrcc.co.uk.

    March 13th 2002

  • Would anyone who rows/rowed, and went to Pangbourne College (UK), and is interested in reviving the Nautics Club for old boys, please contact Kyle Bateman with their school/rowing details.

    March 5th 2002

  • The Australian National Championships are under way, with James Tomkins (after a year off, and newly a dad), winning his heat.

    February 25th 2002

  • And Rowing New South Wales (Australia) have details of racing Down Under this weekend.

    February 12th 2002

  • A new rowing site in Germany: www.row4fun.de.

    February 11th 2002

  • The Aussie rowing world is gearing up for its annual season peak. The good and the great will first be in action (some of them, anyway), at the NSW State Championships this weekend at Sydney International Regatta Centre, and then in force at the Australian National Championships from March 5th.

    February 1st 2002

  • Poster for next month's Teddington Sculls (UK) now up. Includes sculling and skiffing events.
  • The OUBC website (UK) is now fully updated - link is to the formal address, though www.oubc.rowing.org.uk still goes to the same place.

    January 21st 2002

  • A new website for the Thames Regional Umpires' Commission (UK) created by David Biddulph.

    January 15th 2002

  • A Trust Fund has been set up for Carolyn Jones.

    January 9th 2002

  • In the UK, Talkin Tarn's email address has changed to row@talkintarnarc.org.

    January 3rd 2002

  • A new Dutch website called Racerowing.NL including a fotoboek.

    December 31st 2001

  • UK: News that Martin Brandon-Bravo, President of the ARA, will be awarded an OBE in the British New Year's Honours List for his services to rowing.

    December 26th 2001

  • Best rowing club name of 2001 goes to the Titchfield League of Gentlemen ARC: the Gentlemen have gone digital and can now be found online.

    December 20th 2001

  • Today's UK press links - Robson guides underdogs to exciting victory (Mike Rosewell, The Times), Cambridge add colour (Geoffrey Page, Telegraph), Cox's coup helps Robson find winning rhythm (Rachel Quarrell, Independent), and A view from the launch (Rowing Service, Trevor Chambers).
  • Guildford Rowing Club (UK) have gone virtual, as have Southampton Coalporters (UK).

    December 18th 2001

  • Latest update for friends and crewmates on the progress being made by Carolyn Jones after her accident (UK).
  • A website for Aqueduct Rowing Club in the USA.
  • David Biddulph has a useful list of map links for clubs and events around the UK.

    December 17th 2001

  • Taylor tastes success in rowing trials (Australian AP).

    December 16th 2001

  • Sattin & Bradley continue Rowing Dominance (AUS).

    December 14th 2001

  • Rowers Compete for Aussie Team Placings (Australian AP).

    December 5th 2001

  • Tim Foster retires from international competition (UK).
  • Rowing Vortal goes live. Announcing the launch of a new rowing website, a collaboration between the Rowing Service and Supersprint Rowing. The Rowing Vortal gives us a new format for indexed information.

    November 30th 2001

  • The Nottingham Universities Boat Races online (UK).

    November 25th 2001

  • There's a new website for the rowing in Seville (Spain). Useful stuff, considering the popularity of the Guadalquivir stretch as a venue.

    November 20th 2001

  • California Rowing (US) are introducing a new regatta this December: the Great Bear Boat Race. It has two courses: Ursa Major around Bair Island and Ursa Minor cutting through the Island on the Corkscrew creek. Full information on the club's website.

    November 17th 2001

  • Results of the early ID GB junior trial are on the Boston Rowing Club website (UK).

    November 9th 2001

  • Results for the BluRed Indoor Rowing Championships (UK) on the Rowing Service.
  • RC Wasserfreunde Erkner (Germany) has shifted URL's to http://www.rv-wasserfreunde-erkner.de.
  • A site for the Balkan Rowing Association.

    October 26th 2001

  • Ruderclub Nuertingen (Germany), south of Stuttgart.

    October 6th 2001

  • There is an update of ARA Council news (UK) on the ARA website.

    September 28th 2001

  • The Munich Rowing Club in Bavaria (Germany) has gone online in German, regularly updated.

    September 18th 2001

  • A website for the boat club of the Middle Eastern Technical University (METU), Ankara (Turkey), which is nicely translated into both English and Turkish.
  • There is a decent History of the Sliding Seat via the River and Rowing Museum, Henley (UK).

    September 17th 2001

  • King's School Worcester BC email contact is Nick Maloney, master i/c rowing.

    September 15th 2001

  • Black Sheep RC (UK) have gone online.
  • Waterford Boat Club (Ireland) has a good website.

    September 12th 2001

  • Rower's World's new offerings include The Wolf by Sean Wolf of Riverside Boat Club (US). The site also now includes pages on the WaterRower (US).

    August 28th 2001

  • Sergio Morana of the excellent Canottaggio Vero website tells me there are websites for five top Italian rowers: Leonardo Pettinari, Pasquale Panzarino, Giovanni Calabrese, Elia Luini and Carlo Mornati. They vary in content/depth, but do give contact emails, which is helpful.

    August 26th 2001

  • LIVE A-FINAL COMMENTARY.

    August 25th 2001

  • Live online commentary. www.rowingservice.com/worlds01-livesat.html.
  • Worlds Wibble.

    August 24th 2001

  • Today's Wibble from the Worlds Day Six updated regularly during racing.

    August 23rd 2001

  • Worlds updates: Wibble from the Worlds Day Five.
  • Wibble from the Worlds Day Four on the Rowing Service.

    August 22nd 2001

  • Wibble at the Worlds Day Three from the Rowing Service.

    August 21st 2001

  • Rowing Service latest coverage - a list of numbers of crews qualified so far and Wibble at the Worlds Day Two, a round-up of yesterday's action.
  • The Tideway Slug (UK) is a bad nematode - it has been having dirty thoughts about certain British heroes in its latest dose of slime. Gutterslug.

    August 20th 2001

  • Wibble From The Worlds Day One is now online. For paper press links, see the press cuttings page.

    August 10th 2001

  • With the Duisburg Junior Worlds website still going strong in German, English and now Spanish*, pretty well any information you need can be found (much of it in PDF format so get the Acrobat Reader upgraded before logging on). *Those guys at Rudern1, they are such terrible show-offs, aren't they?!

    August 7th 2001

  • The Woodlands Rowing Club, outside Houston, Texas (US) has a new website at www.main.com/~jayhawk/rctw/rctw_home.html.

    July 30th 2001

  • Invercargill Rowing Club, New Zealand is now online, claiming to be the second most southern rowing club in the world.

    July 26th 2001

  • Michael 'Chook' Wilson tells me he is still doing his rowing radio round-up (Australia) on www.2ky.com.au which is also net-broadcast. The weekly cast goes out at 6:20 am Sydney time each Saturday and Sunday, and those with suggestions for input should email him.

    July 15th 2001

  • Chris Dodd for the Rowing Service in Munich: Four on top of the world.

    July 13th 2001

  • Andrew Butler of the Aussie LM4- will be filing a regular diary on the Rowing Australia website.
  • A website for North Star Rowing Club, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    July 5th 2001

  • A leak in the stern of his boat has led to transatlantic rower Jean Lukes having to be rescued less than a fortnight after leaving the east coast of Canada. More information in the Cape Cod Chronicle.
  • There is a new website for Antwerpse Roeivereniging at Hazewinkel.

    June 29th 2001

  • The South African Rowing Union has changed its name to RowSA and its website address to www.rowsa.co.za.

    June 20th 2001

  • A site for the Emory University Crew (Atlanta, GA, USA).
  • And one for Toowong Rowing Club, Australia.

    June 16th 2001

  • A new film called "Nine" is out in the USA, documenting the stories of nine breast cancer survivors who raced at the 2000 Head of the Charles.

  • Maidenhead men's squad (UK) have the story of their Spanish training camp online with photos for anyone interested.

    May 27th 2001

  • The Rocket City Rowing Club (Huntsville, PL, USA) has a website.

    May 19th 2001

  • ROWING WORLD IN MOURNING. At 1 pm today, Saturday 19th May, internationally renowned coach Harry Mahon lost his four-year battle with liver cancer. More on the obituaries page.
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    May 4th 2001

  • Results from the Junior InterRegional Championships (UK) on the ARA website.

    April 28th 2001

  • A fine pair start a cup run: Chris Dodd for the Rowing Service, in Princeton.
  • Royal Chester RC Juniors (UK) have a site of their own, which includes the stunning "tribute to Rowley [Douglas]" page...

    April 26th 2001

  • First FISA World Cup 2001 news, with Chocolate box campus, a preview of the GB hopes in Princeton from Chris Dodd for the Rowing Service.

    April 10th 2001

  • CanottaggioVero.com has two large photo galleries from the weekend's 6th European Universities Regatta held on Lake Idroscalo in Milan (Italy). Results of the Pasqua del Canottaggio held on the same day are also on the official Italian Rowing Federation site, with more pictures.

    April 6th 2001

  • A bunch of Italian links: Societa' Canottieri Caprera, Societa' Canottieri Esperina-Torino, and Societa' Canottieri Pallanza.
  • RowUK.net has a new look.
  • The Swiss Rowing Federation's website has shifted: http://www.ruderverband.ch is the new link.

    March 15th 2001

  • Erwin Weyers has constructed a Belgian Rowing website with some of its information available in Dutch, French and English.

    March 5th 2001

  • There is a Thames-RC-centric piece about the Head on the TRC website (UK).

    February 22nd 2001

  • Rowing Canada Aviron have a new Masters Rowing section, including an online rower/crew search tool.

    February 17th 2001

  • The Gravesend RC website (UK) has articles written in the 1991 Rowing Almanac, and by one of the Gravesend rowers who still holds the record for rowing the length of the navigable Thames.

    February 12th 2001

  • The alumni of Salford University BC (Buffaloes, UK) have a website now which acts as an ex-rowers' club. As the organiser says, "join and catch up with everyone you hoped never to see or hear from again..."

    February 8th 2001

  • British rowing kids (of all ages) missing theMassive bulletin board will be delighted to know that Westminster School BC has its own, just as lively and on current showing, a smidge more mature. With regular updates of the e-script 'Tideway Soap' I predict great things for this site.

    February 1st 2001

  • A Greek ecological website has more details of the Schinias Olympic lake fiasco, including possible alternative locations suggested by NGO's who commissioned this report back in April 2000.
  • Twickenham Slug.

    January 24th 2001

  • A list of the Canadian regattas this season from Rowing Canada Aviron, the national federation.

    January 22nd 2001

  • For those of you unable to get the Lycos link from last week about environmental issues and the 2004 Athens Olympic course, the World Wildlife Fund website has more information (specific link).

    January 18th 2001

  • The Coxswain Cafe (US) has shifted to http://coxswaincafe.cjb.net and now includes a bulletin board.

    January 8th 2001

  • From our Aussie correspondent: the official Olympics site not only has all the information from Sydney but also carries the SOCOG participant profiles, and is a useful press resource.

    December 21st 2000

  • Article - Aussie Coach lands in London (UK).

    December 11th 2000

  • From the Tideway racing earlier today, Cambridge Trial Eights - a report by Bethia Woolf for the Rowing Service.
  • www.steveredgrave.com now launched online.

    December 4th 2000

  • From the Imperial College (UK) website, a press release: New research aims to help rowers take the strain off their backs.

    November 12th 2000

  • An article on the "Canadian Rowing 'Dream Team'".

    November 7th 2000

  • Weirder and weirder. Just when we were getting used to the idea of "celebrity" crews puffing their own trumpets, we have what I suspect is the first example of a rowing fan page. www.jamescracknell.20m.com. Ahhhh, sweeeeeeet.....

    November 3rd 2000

  • In the UK, old school boys club Oratory Cardinals RC is now online.

    September 29th 2000

  • On the silly2000.com 'alternative Olympics' website, a story involving Britain's most famous living oarsman.

    September 17th 2000

  • California Rowing Association, Greater San Francisco Bay Area (USA).

    September 11th 2000

  • Yet another crew website, this time for the Irish lightweight men's four in Sydney. (An interesting URL - could be the start of some quality jokes....)

    August 14th 2000

  • A link well worth watching is "An Athlete's Diary, written by Ed Winchester, half of the victorious Canadian men's lightweight pair at the Worlds last weekend. A fascinating glimpse into the nuts and bolts of life on the "rowing circuit".

    August 7th 2000

  • WIRE has been resurrected and has the start of a series of articles tracking the GB women's Olympic squad by Ali Gill.

    August 6th 2000

  • Racing reports from the Worlds senior finals posted on the Rowing Service, and a senior medals table including some quotes from the British team.

    August 5th 2000

  • Report on today's junior finals at the Worlds today has been posted on the Rowing Service together with the junior medals table.

    August 4th 2000

  • Full reports on all today's semi-finals on the Rowing Service Worlds Coverage.

    August 3rd 2000

  • Notes from Zagreb number 3: what happened in today's junior repechages.
  • Canottagio Vero carries a long interview with the Dutch Olympic M4x training on Lake Varese before Sydney, and with the men's and women's 8+ coaches. Text in Italian and Dutch plus an online translation link.

    August 2nd 2000

  • Notes from Zagreb number 2 - today's junior heats, and now updated with the evening's senior repechages.

    July 29th 2000

  • The website for the Nation's Cup this weekend is here.
  • Those visiting the Senior & Junior World Championships next week might like to visit the site for Lake Jarun, which has pictures and maps of the venue itself in Zagreb.
  • The Finnish Rowing Federation's website is at http://www.ficc.fi/soutuliitto/ and their email address is sinisalo@finnrowing.inet.fi.

    July 25th 2000

  • Some Coupe de la Jeunesse details on the Sempach website (Switzerland), and GB details on David Biddulph's website.
  • Some of the information about the Senior & Junior World Championships 2000 in Zagreb have been been posted online, mirroring the FISA information and adding a little more.

    July 17th 2000

  • The new French rowing site Avirowing covered the World Cup results from that country.

    July 15th 2000

  • A new Francophone website for French-related rowing news and issues.

    July 12th 2000

  • John Cugley is doing a fund-raising solo row - more details on the row website.

    July 1st 2000

  • Review of the new Coxless4 website.

    June 28th 2000

  • World Champions online: - the GB H4- of Redgrave, Pinsent, Cracknell and Foster have now got their own website, www.coxless4.com. It's run by James Cracknell's agency, 'Nuff Respect, and includes biog details, and an online game.

    June 12th 2000

  • For those visiting Henley over the next two weeks, the Henley Rowing Club pages now include the annual Regatta Magazine "where to eat and drink in Henley", reproduced with editorial permission.
  • Cygnet RC (UK) have their latest newsletter up online, including the new but already notorious "Captain's Bits" (the racing news page).

    June 3rd 2000

  • The Cambridge Rowing Lake is over half way to its total required, even though its fund-raising Rowing Challenge has been postponed for now (UK).May 12th 2000
  • .NET Five Star Site - The Rowing Service has just been named the best watersport site in .Net Magazine for June - click on the award icon to see.

    April 21st 2000

  • Meanwhile on Row2k there are some excellent new articles, including Flipping Stories, 2000 C.R.A.S.H.-B. The Untold Story, and the new column Believer in the Stern by Rob Colburn, masters coxswain (USA).

    April 17th 2000

  • Those all-over-body-suit boys the Dutch HPL4- are keeping an Olympic journal on RowersWorld, as are a junior oarsman and a junior cox amongst other columnists (USA).

    April 1st 2000

  • Reading University BC (UK) has a Know Thine Enemy page up, picking out news and highlights from the British university results this racing season. Good for a few arguments at least.
  • The ARA (UK) has made a number of changes to its website content recently (no, it's not an April Fool...), including adding Coaching Award Scheme and Tideway Navigation and Steering details on its Coaching pages.

    March 17th 2000

  • We are now beta-testing the new website Go Rowing, a new venture supported by the Rowing Service. Have a look....

    March 10th 2000

  • The online newsletter for Kingston Rowing Club, UK - The Scarlet Blade - is now up and running.