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Tag: Chris Dodd

May 14, 2019May 13, 2019HTBS

From the World War I Trenches to the King’s Cup

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019HTBS

Two Rowing Books on the 2019 Telegraph Sports Book Awards Shortlists

Apr 15, 2019Apr 14, 2019HTBS

Reflections on Boat Race Day

Apr 12, 2019Apr 12, 2019HTBS

More on More Power

Apr 3, 2019Apr 2, 2019HTBS

Crewcial Collectables: A Nice Pair – Part I

Apr 1, 2019Mar 30, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – Revisited

Mar 29, 2019Mar 29, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 14: Happy Birthday and Many Happy Returns

Mar 26, 2019Mar 26, 2019HTBS

HTBS@10: Not Wimping Out – The HTBS 10th Anniversary Lunch

Mar 25, 2019Mar 23, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 13: When Rodney met Elizabeth…

Mar 22, 2019Mar 18, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 12: It’s all about Steve

Mar 15, 2019Mar 15, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 10: Singular Boats

Mar 12, 2019Mar 11, 2019HTBS

HTBS@10: For HTBS Types… and Maybe Some Others

Mar 11, 2019Mar 9, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 9: Sugar and Spice

Mar 7, 2019Mar 7, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 8: Five Fours to Fathom

Mar 4, 2019Mar 4, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 7: Up Soochow Creek

Mar 1, 2019Feb 27, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 6: Ocean Gig to Carbon Tiger

Feb 26, 2019Feb 24, 2019HTBS

Learn How to Coach Your Crews to Olympic Success (Possibly) 

Feb 25, 2019Feb 25, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 5: Chancing upon the Glass Casket

Feb 22, 2019Feb 21, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 4: Modeling the Museum

Feb 18, 2019Mar 23, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 3: A Sketch in Time

Feb 15, 2019Sep 4, 2024HTBS

RRM@21 – 2: Friends of Rowing History

Feb 11, 2019Feb 14, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 1: Inspired in the USA

Feb 5, 2019Feb 4, 2019HTBS

John Shore, a Good Bloke (and an exceptional photographer)

Jan 28, 2019Jan 30, 2019HTBS

The Dinkum Aussie Flag

Jan 2, 2019Jan 2, 2019HTBS

Blackadder Goes Forth

Dec 19, 2018Dec 18, 2018HTBS

The ‘Town’ I Loved So Well

Dec 6, 2018Dec 19, 2018HTBS

Henley Rules, OK?*

Nov 11, 2018Nov 11, 2018HTBS

London’s Tablet of Memories 

Oct 18, 2018Oct 18, 2018HTBS

The Leander in the Pink

Oct 13, 2018Oct 12, 2018HTBS

More on Thomi

Oct 5, 2018Oct 4, 2018HTBS

Barry, Beeb, Blues and the BR on the Box

Oct 4, 2018Oct 4, 2018HTBS

Rob van Mesdag: The Final Farewells

Sep 14, 2018Sep 13, 2018HTBS

Idle Thoughts of a Very Idle Fellow

Sep 8, 2018Sep 8, 2018HTBS

Doggett’s 2018: Alfie Fulfils His Promise

Sep 6, 2018Sep 6, 2018HTBS

Something for BR’s Chairman Mark Davies to Investigate?

Sep 5, 2018Sep 21, 2018HTBS

Gliding Down the Thames in “Clemmie”

Aug 31, 2018Aug 28, 2018HTBS

Ein Mann in einem Boot

Aug 30, 2018Aug 28, 2018HTBS

Martin Brandon-Bravo: The Counsel of Trent

Aug 26, 2018Aug 26, 2018HTBS

3 Men/Mann/Hommes in a Boat/Boot/Bateau – Part 5

Aug 25, 2018Aug 26, 2018HTBS

3 Men/Mann/Hommes in a Boat/Boot/Bateau – Part 4

Aug 24, 2018Aug 26, 2018HTBS

3 Men/Mann/Hommes in a Boat/Boot/Bateau – Part 3

Aug 23, 2018Aug 26, 2018HTBS

3 Men/Mann/Hommes in a Boat/Boot/Bateau – Part 2

Aug 22, 2018Aug 26, 2018HTBS

3 Men/Mann/Hommes in a Boat/Boot/Bateau – Part 1

Jul 31, 2018Mar 10, 2019HTBS

Schweinsdick Grobler

Jul 27, 2018Jul 26, 2018HTBS

Rob van Mesdag, Scribe and Sculler

Jul 3, 2018Jul 3, 2018HTBS

Chinese Whispers

May 28, 2018May 26, 2018HTBS

The Quiz – The Answers

May 23, 2018May 22, 2018HTBS

Reminder: Rowing Quiz

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018HTBS

Rowing Quiz

May 4, 2018May 4, 2018HTBS

Leander Genuflects for 200 Years and Counting

Apr 30, 2018Dec 9, 2020HTBS

Thomi, Rowing’s Gnome of Zürich

Apr 11, 2018Apr 12, 2018HTBS

Rebels on the River – Part II

Apr 10, 2018Apr 14, 2018HTBS

Rebels on the River – Part I

Mar 26, 2018Apr 8, 2018HTBS

The 2018 Boat Races: Cambridge is the Big Dog in the Fight

Mar 23, 2018Mar 22, 2018HTBS

Boat Race Quiz – The Answers

Mar 22, 2018Mar 22, 2018HTBS

Facing the Dark Blue Music

Mar 21, 2018Mar 22, 2018HTBS

Can Bowden Do A Topolski?

Mar 20, 2018Mar 20, 2018HTBS

Not to Paddle, but to Dine

Mar 19, 2018Mar 18, 2018HTBS

Dinner Date for Two

Mar 19, 2018Mar 18, 2018HTBS

The Boat Race and Tideway Week: Eat, Sleep, Row

Mar 5, 2018Mar 22, 2018HTBS

Boat Race Quiz: Blue Teasers

Feb 19, 2018Feb 18, 2018HTBS

The Nile Boat Races: ‘A Confusion of Fun’ or ‘Beaten by a Dead Donkey’

Jan 29, 2018Aug 10, 2020HTBS

BARJ Docks at the RRM

Jan 2, 2018Jan 2, 2018HTBS

Sir David Hangs up his Oar

Dec 21, 2017Dec 20, 2017HTBS

BARJ Lives!

Dec 20, 2017Dec 20, 2017HTBS

The Rule of a ‘Click’: The End of Writing on Rowing? – Part III

Dec 18, 2017Dec 21, 2017HTBS

The Rule of a ‘Click’: The End of Writing on Rowing? – Part I

Nov 24, 2017Nov 24, 2017HTBS

…To say nothing of the dog…

Nov 13, 2017Jan 22, 2018HTBS

Backsplash: Well Rowed

Oct 30, 2017Oct 29, 2017HTBS

 Tales of Row

Sep 20, 2017Sep 19, 2017HTBS

Up Suzhou Creek – A Brief History of The Shanghai Rowing Club – III

Sep 19, 2017Sep 18, 2017HTBS

Up Suzhou Creek – A Brief History of The Shanghai Rowing Club – II

Sep 18, 2017Sep 19, 2017HTBS

Up Suzhou Creek – A Brief History of The Shanghai Rowing Club – I

Sep 6, 2017Sep 11, 2017HTBS

‘Mixing up the Medicine’ – 1909 to 1911

Aug 23, 2017Aug 25, 2019HTBS

Jim Railton: Insight, Constructive Criticism and Coruscating Prose

Aug 4, 2017Aug 4, 2017HTBS

Mixing up the Genders

Jul 18, 2017Aug 25, 2019HTBS

Beryl Cast in Coin

Jun 27, 2017Jun 26, 2017HTBS

The Sixties Swinger

Jun 5, 2017Jun 4, 2017HTBS

The Met: Open To The World Since 1866

May 30, 2017May 30, 2017HTBS

Nothin’ like a Dame

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