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Tag: Obituaries

Mar 14, 2018Mar 17, 2018HTBS

Stephen Hawking: Remembering the cox ‘with his head in the stars’

Mar 14, 2018Mar 14, 2018HTBS

Stephen Hawking Dies

Feb 20, 2018Feb 21, 2018HTBS

Soviet Two-Time Olympic Champion Yury Tyukalov Dies

Jan 20, 2018Nov 14, 2021HTBS

David Goodes – A Coach who made Boats go Fast

Dec 15, 2017Dec 15, 2017HTBS

NZ Olympic Legend Simon Dickie Dies

Nov 24, 2017Nov 24, 2017HTBS

…To say nothing of the dog…

Nov 8, 2017Nov 8, 2017HTBS

Lew Cuyler (1933-2017): Newspaper Man, Rower, Author

Aug 23, 2017Aug 25, 2019HTBS

Jim Railton: Insight, Constructive Criticism and Coruscating Prose

Aug 8, 2017Aug 8, 2017HTBS

Robert ‘Bob’ Day R.I.P.

Jul 18, 2017Aug 25, 2019HTBS

Beryl Cast in Coin

May 30, 2017May 30, 2017HTBS

Nothin’ like a Dame

May 10, 2017May 9, 2017HTBS

Charles Eugster, the World’s Oldest Oarsman, Dies

Mar 4, 2016Mar 3, 2016HTBS

RIP Sarah Tait

Feb 28, 2016Feb 29, 2016HTBS

RIP Jim Pocock

Feb 11, 2016Feb 11, 2016HTBS

Bill Stowe – American Olympic Rowing Champion Dies

Jan 31, 2016Jan 31, 2016HTBS

The Swell of the Oceans

Jan 1, 2016Dec 31, 2015HTBS

Richard Hylton-Smith, 1912-2015

Sep 2, 2015Sep 1, 2015HTBS

Memories of Fifteen Magic Months

Jul 1, 2015Jul 1, 2015HTBS

Dan the Man

Mar 21, 2015Mar 20, 2015HTBS

Down Memorial Lanes – Davidge’s Row Through Life

Mar 19, 2015Mar 19, 2015HTBS

New Zealand Rowing Legend Don Rowlands Dies

Dec 27, 2014Dec 27, 2014HTBS

Christopher Guy Vere Davidge Dies

Dec 22, 2014Mar 23, 2019HTBS

2014 – Not a Good Rowing Year!

Dec 17, 2014Dec 17, 2014HTBS

Vale Stanley Richard Pocock

Dec 14, 2013Dec 14, 2013Ellen

Allen Rosenberg Dies

Mar 6, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Frank Cunningham Dies

Jan 29, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Cross Pays Tribute to Nethercott

Jan 27, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Acer Nethercott – GB Olympic Cox Dies Age 35

Jan 4, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Passing of a Gentleman

Dec 6, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Bob Negaard: Inventor of the Wing-rigger Dies

Feb 22, 2012Aug 25, 2019Ellen

John Fairfax Never Dies…

Feb 18, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

John Fairfax Dies

Oct 4, 2011Oct 4, 2011Ellen

David Lunn-Rockliffe Dies At 86

Feb 6, 2011Apr 25, 2014Ellen

In Memoriam: Hart Perry 1933-2011

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