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Tag: Olympic Rowing

Jan 26, 2021Jan 27, 2021HTBS

Jurgen Grobler on 50 Years in the Coaching Launch

Jan 25, 2021Jan 24, 2021HTBS

Paul Kölliker: The Two-Metre Swiss Scribe

Jan 18, 2021Jan 17, 2021HTBS

St George Ashe, Part I: A Dragon Slayer?

Jan 15, 2021Jan 14, 2021HTBS

Kathleen Heddle – Three-Time Olympic Champion Dies

Jan 14, 2021Jan 20, 2021HTBS

Bill Windham, RIP: A Great Oarsman

Jan 11, 2021Jan 10, 2021HTBS

Reverting To Type

Jan 7, 2021Jan 6, 2021HTBS

The Cerebral Giant

Jan 4, 2021Jan 3, 2021HTBS

The Burnell Albums

Dec 30, 2020Dec 29, 2020HTBS

Martin: A Cross that’s Good to Bear

Dec 29, 2020Dec 29, 2020HTBS

Ouse-ing with Talent: The 2021 Boat Race Trials

Dec 23, 2020Dec 22, 2020HTBS

Winning Ways…

Dec 14, 2020Dec 13, 2020HTBS

In Living Colour

Dec 11, 2020Dec 11, 2020HTBS

The Importance of Weil, Thomas E.

Dec 9, 2020Dec 9, 2020HTBS

Rowing Books for Christmas III

Dec 8, 2020Dec 8, 2020HTBS

Rowing Books for Christmas II

Dec 4, 2020Dec 3, 2020HTBS

Rowing Books for Christmas I

Nov 25, 2020Nov 24, 2020HTBS

Coasting into the Olympics as the Lights go out?

Nov 23, 2020Nov 24, 2020HTBS

The 1937 Oxford Crew at Ranelagh

Nov 10, 2020Nov 10, 2020HTBS

The 13-Year-Old Boy with an Olympic Coxless Pairs Medal

Nov 9, 2020Nov 9, 2020HTBS

The Unquiet Australian

Nov 6, 2020Nov 7, 2020HTBS

Sam Mackenzie (1936 – 2020): Larrikin and Oarsman

Oct 31, 2020Oct 31, 2020HTBS

The 2020 Wingfields: Six of the Best (Twice)

Sep 26, 2020Sep 25, 2020HTBS

Coastal Rowing: A Boxing Match on Water

Sep 21, 2020Sep 20, 2020HTBS

Stamp of Approval for the Rule of Six

Sep 19, 2020Sep 19, 2020HTBS

Roger Angell: This Old Man at 100

Sep 15, 2020Sep 15, 2020HTBS

Gavin Jamieson: Jumbo’s 1927 Metropolitan Medal

Sep 3, 2020Sep 3, 2020HTBS

Mannheim in Monochrome

Aug 28, 2020Aug 28, 2020HTBS

The Olympic Champion Steps Down

Aug 24, 2020Aug 24, 2020HTBS

Railroaded in Berlin

Aug 21, 2020Aug 20, 2020HTBS

Mark Blandford-Baker: A Letter of Recommendation

Aug 20, 2020Aug 19, 2020HTBS

Elizabeth Burnell: My Father’s “A Flying Visit”

Aug 19, 2020Aug 19, 2020HTBS

Sue Bushnell: Bert’s Blades

Aug 17, 2020Aug 16, 2020HTBS

John Schoonover: A Navy Medal

Aug 12, 2020Sep 13, 2020HTBS

Sportswriters and Rowing Correspondents

Aug 10, 2020Aug 10, 2020HTBS

John Beresford: My Dad’s Scull

Jul 22, 2020Jul 22, 2020HTBS

Chris Dodd: A Few of my Favourite Things

Jul 18, 2020Jul 18, 2020HTBS

Annie Vernon Wins Telegraph Sports Book Award

Jul 17, 2020Jan 4, 2026HTBS

Thor Nilsen: The Great God and the Big Teacher – Part II

Jul 16, 2020Nov 23, 2020HTBS

Thor Nilsen: Rowing’s Global Coach – Part I

Jul 15, 2020Jul 14, 2020HTBS

Putting Rowers on a Pedestal

Jul 14, 2020Jul 14, 2020HTBS

Living at a Noisy Hotel at the 1936 Olympic

Jul 6, 2020Jul 5, 2020HTBS

What will Compare to this? – Nothing!

Jun 30, 2020Jun 29, 2020HTBS

Fair Games

Jun 15, 2020Jun 14, 2020HTBS

A Most Beautiful Thing

Jun 13, 2020Jun 13, 2020HTBS

Rowing & People of Colour: A Few of the Few

Jun 12, 2020Jun 13, 2020HTBS

Rowing: Time To Do The Right Thing

Jun 10, 2020Jun 10, 2020HTBS

Clubs and Boathouses of the Tideway: Part III

Jun 9, 2020Jun 8, 2020HTBS

Clubs and Boathouses of the Tideway: Part II

May 28, 2020Jul 26, 2020HTBS

The Literate and Rowing Lewises – II

May 26, 2020Jun 25, 2020HTBS

The Long and the Short Of It

May 21, 2020May 20, 2020HTBS

Don Spero: The 1966 World Sculling Champion

May 16, 2020Jun 1, 2020HTBS

The Red Rose Crew is Hitting the Big Screen

May 12, 2020May 11, 2020HTBS

The Other Parts of Rowing (TOPOR) V – Accidents and Agonies Across the Finish Line

May 11, 2020May 16, 2020HTBS

Regatta’s Presses Fall Silent

May 1, 2020Jul 5, 2020HTBS

An Exclusive Interview with Vicky Thornley

Apr 29, 2020Apr 28, 2020HTBS

The Unique Badge of Sir T. A. Cook

Apr 27, 2020Apr 27, 2020HTBS

The Other Parts of Rowing (TOPOR) III – Lying Down on the Job

Apr 24, 2020Apr 23, 2020HTBS

May Time II

Apr 21, 2020Apr 20, 2020HTBS

The Other Parts of Rowing (TOPOR) II – In the Tank

Apr 9, 2020Apr 9, 2020HTBS

John Hall-Craggs, 1931 – 2020: A quiet man who got things done

Apr 4, 2020Apr 3, 2020HTBS

RIP Eric Verdonk 1959 – 2020

Mar 24, 2020Mar 24, 2020HTBS

Henley and Tokyo

Feb 20, 2020Feb 20, 2020HTBS

Jumbo Edwards: Oarsman, Coach and RAF Pilot – Part IV

Feb 18, 2020Feb 17, 2020HTBS

Jumbo Edwards: Oarsman, Coach and RAF Pilot – Part II

Feb 17, 2020Feb 17, 2020HTBS

Jumbo Edwards: Oarsman, Coach and RAF Pilot – Part I

Feb 14, 2020Feb 12, 2020HTBS

Valentine’s Day: Hugs, Kisses and Rowmance

Feb 6, 2020Feb 5, 2020HTBS

What’s the Best Place for a Coxswain?

Jan 28, 2020Jan 27, 2020HTBS

The 2020 Power Ten Dinner: “Creatures Great and Small”

Jan 6, 2020Jan 5, 2020HTBS

Børge Kaas Andersen 1937-2019: World Rowing’s Umpire

Dec 9, 2019Dec 9, 2019HTBS

Part I – Peter Haig Thomas: The Unorthodox Orthodoxist

Nov 29, 2019Nov 29, 2019HTBS

The Elliptical Orbiter 

Nov 18, 2019Nov 18, 2019HTBS

Back To The Futures

Oct 24, 2019Oct 29, 2019HTBS

1948 Olympic Silver Medallist Paul Bircher Dies

Oct 22, 2019Oct 23, 2019HTBS

RRM Celebrates Women in Rowing with New Exhibit

Oct 8, 2019Oct 8, 2019HTBS

Kit Inspection

Aug 1, 2019Aug 1, 2019HTBS

Test for Tokyo

Jul 25, 2019Jul 25, 2019HTBS

31 July 2020: The End Of An Era

Jul 24, 2019Jul 24, 2019HTBS

Images of Henley 2019: Semi Saturday

Jun 28, 2019Jun 28, 2019HTBS

Jack Beresford: Schoolboy, Soldier and Sportsman

Jun 26, 2019Jun 25, 2019HTBS

Eliot House Boat Club at Henley

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