Hear The Boat Sing

This website covers all aspects of the rich history of rowing, as a sport, culture phenomena, a life style, and a necessary element to keep your wit and stay sane.

Menu Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Contributors
  • Rowing Books
  • Rowing Poetry
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Email

Tag: Mervyn Wood

Mar 10, 2022Mar 10, 2022HTBS

Memorial Service for Sam Mackenzie

Nov 9, 2020Nov 9, 2020HTBS

The Unquiet Australian

Nov 6, 2020Nov 7, 2020HTBS

Sam Mackenzie (1936 – 2020): Larrikin and Oarsman

Aug 19, 2020Aug 19, 2020HTBS

Sue Bushnell: Bert’s Blades

Sep 12, 2018Sep 12, 2018HTBS

1958: Australia Goes to Europe – Part 2

Sep 11, 2018Sep 12, 2018HTBS

1958: Australia Goes to Europe – Part 1

Sep 7, 2012Sep 7, 2012Ellen

View the 1950 Empire Games in New Zealand

Sep 6, 2012Aug 19, 2020Ellen

British Empire Games Rowing in 1950

Aug 9, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

9 August 1948: The Final Day At The Olympic Rowing Regatta In Henley

Coming in October!

Search HTBS

Most Popular Posts

  • Adrian M. – Hello!
    Adrian M. – Hello!
  • The Winner Takes It All
    The Winner Takes It All
  • Chaloke Komarakul-na-Nagara: First of the Few
    Chaloke Komarakul-na-Nagara: First of the Few
  • Felix Drinkall: The Boat Race Personified 
    Felix Drinkall: The Boat Race Personified 
  • New Rowing Movie: “Heart of Champions”
    New Rowing Movie: “Heart of Champions”
  • The Oarsmen of J.C. Leyendecker: Homeric or Homoerotic?
    The Oarsmen of J.C. Leyendecker: Homeric or Homoerotic?
  • The 2023 Oxbridge Vets’ Boat Races: Surviving “Masters’ Moments”
    The 2023 Oxbridge Vets’ Boat Races: Surviving “Masters’ Moments”
  • Geek Special: The Ups and Downs of the Sliding Rigger
    Geek Special: The Ups and Downs of the Sliding Rigger
  • Pocock RC: New Club for Adult Rowers
    Pocock RC: New Club for Adult Rowers
  • What Are The Odds? The 2023 Boat Races Form Guide
    What Are The Odds? The 2023 Boat Races Form Guide

Recent Comments

HTBS on 150 Years Since the Death of R…
Roger Lowry on 150 Years Since the Death of R…
Peter Edmonds on Pocock RC: New Club for Adult…
HTBS on The Rixons: Oars, Poles, Dogs…
Caroline White on The Rixons: Oars, Poles, Dogs…
Robert Edmondson on Geek Special: The Ups and Down…
Tim on What Are The Odds? The 2023 Bo…
mrmarriott1810 on What Are The Odds? The 2023 Bo…
Tim on Keeping Terms: PHT’s Cambridge…
Orlando on Keeping Terms: PHT’s Cambridge…

Tags

Adolf Hitler Agecroft RC Alan Campbell Annamarie Phelps Anniversary ARA Auction Auriol Kensington RC Awards BBC Beer Bert Bushnell Bill Lanouette Bill Miller Blondie Boat Builders Boat building Boat Race 2017 boat Race 2021 Boat Race 2022 Bob Bourne Book Review Boris Rankov Brasenose College BC British Pathe British Rowing Bump races Bump racing Cambridge Cambridge University Women’s BC Chris Dodd Christ Church College Clive Radley Coaching Company of Watermen and Lightermen Cornell University Coronavirus Damir Martin Dan Boyne Daniel James Brown Daniel Spring Daniel Walker Dan Topolski Dickie Burnell Dogs Dorney Lake Dublin University BC Ed Waugh Eights Week Elizabeth II Emma Twigg Ergs Eric Murray Ernest Barry Eton European Championships European Rowing Championships F.S. Kelly FISA FISA World Cup Fishmongers' Company Fulham Reach BC Furnivall Sculling Club Gary O’Donovan Geoffrey Page George Pocock Gloriana Goldie Grace Prendergast Greg Denieffe Greg Searle Guest Writer Guin Batten Gully Nickalls Guy Nickalls Göran Buckhorn Hamish Bond Harcourt 'Tarka' Gold Harry Blackstaffe Harry Clasper Harry Parker Hart Perry Harvard Harvard-Yale Regatta Headington School Head of the Charles Regatta Head of the River Race Heather Stanning Helen Glover Henley Peace Regatta Henley RC Henley Royal Regatta Henley Women's Regatta HTBS HTBS show-and-tell Hugh Matheson Hylton Cleaver Hélène Rémond Imogen Grant Imperial College BC IOC Irish rowing Isis Jack Beresford Jack Kell Kelly Jack Kelly Jack Wilson James Cracknell Jean-Christophe Rolland Jeannine Gmelin Jesus College BC John Snagge Julius Beresford Jumbo Edwards Jürgen Gröbler Katherine Grainger King's Cup Kingston RC Kjetil Borch Lady Margaret BC Lawrence Fogelberg Leander Club Lea RC London RC Louis Petrin Magdalen College Mahe Drysdale Malmö RK Marlow RC Martin Cross Master Rowing Matthew Pinsent May Bumps Mike Sweeney Molesey BC Mystic River Mystic Seaport Museum Ned Hanlan New College BC Non-rowing related Nottingham RC NRF Obituaries Ocean Rowing Oliver Zeidler Olympic Rowing Ondřej Synek Osiris Oxford Oxford Brookes University Oxford University Women’s BC Para-rowing Paralympic Games Paul O’Donovan Pembroke College BC Peter Coni Pete Reed Peter Mallory Philip Kuepper Poetry Princeton University Professional rowing Punch Quintin BC R.C. Lehmann Rachel Quarrell Radley College Ran Laurie Richard Phelps Rio 2016 River and Rowing Museum River Cam River Thames Rob Baker Robert Treharne-Jones Rowing Art Rowing blog Rowing Books Rowing Documentary Rowing Event Rowing Films Rowing Hall of Fame Rowing History Forum Rowing in Australia Rowing in Germany Rowing in New Zealand Rowing in Plays Rowing Magazines Rowing nonsense Rowing oddities Rowing Paintings Rowing Poetry Rowing Trophy Sarah Winckless Sculling Sean Bowden Steve Fairbairn Steve Gladstone Steve Redgrave Steve Trapmore Story of a Picture St Paul's School Stuart MacKenzie Thames RC The Boat Race The Boys in the Boat The Dry Season Bottom-of-the-Barrel Series (DSBOTBS) The Huskies The Social Network Thomas Doggett Thomas Doggett Coat and Badge Race Thomas Keller Medal Thomi Keller Tideway Scullers Tim Foster Tim Koch Tokyo 2020 Tom Weil Trial Eights Trinity College Cambridge Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Hartford Trinity Hall Under-23 Championships University of London University of Washington USRowing Vesper BC Vesta RC W.B. Woodgate Wally Kinnear war War Memorials Watermen Well-Dressed Gents Westminster School William O’Chee Wingfield Sculls Winston Churchill Women's Boat Race Women Rowing wooden boats World Junior Championships World Rowing World Rowing Championships World Rowing Masters Regatta WWI WWII Yale Youth Rowing
Follow Hear The Boat Sing on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 487 other subscribers.

Good Rowing Links

  • Australian Rowing History
  • British Pathé
  • British Rowing
  • Evolution of the Rowing Stroke
  • Fatsculler's Rowing Blog
  • Friends of Rowing History
  • Girl on the River
  • Gloriana – the Queen's Rowbarge
  • Henley Rowing Association
  • Henley Royal Regatta
  • Irish Rowing Archive
  • National Rowing Foundation
  • OarSpotter
  • Openergo
  • Playing Pasts
  • Pocock Classic Cedar Singles
  • Rachel Quarrell's Tokyo Express
  • River & Rowing Museum
  • ROWHUB
  • Rowing Archives
  • Rowing in Minnesota
  • Rowing Memorabilia
  • Rowing the World
  • RowingAdverts
  • RowingRelated
  • RowingStory
  • Rowperfect
  • Sports Journal idrottsforum

Follow HTBS on Twitter

My Tweets

Awards




Site Meter

Archive

Apr 2023
M T W T F S S
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
« Mar    
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Hear The Boat Sing
      • Join 487 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Hear The Boat Sing
    • Customise
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar