Tag: Professional rowing
John Hawks Clasper, His Father’s Son. Part II: The Innovative Boat Builder
John Hawks Clasper, His Father’s Son. Part I: The Professional Oarsman
Rowing Boeing
Hadaway Harry Will Return
Gordon Bennett!*
The Queen’s Head
East is East – Or is He?
LA2028: Some Modest Proposals
Time to Grow a Mo!
The Triumph of the Amateurs Book Talk in New Haven
Fine Art & Foul Play
Lord Desborough and the 1908 Olympics – Part III
Three Great Geordie Heroes
Art and the Pro-Am Divide
The Demise of Professional Rowing
Those Two Rascals, John and Ellis
Q&A: Bill Lanouette on The Triumph of the Amateurs
Stuck in the Toffs’ Pigeon Hole
The Rixons: Oars, Poles, Dogs & Fists
Donald Gollan: The Nearly Man
Rowing Books for Christmas II
Going to Town with Barry
1920: Ernest Barry Wins the World Sculling Title
Bill Miller: A Hanlan Letter
Changing with the Times
Putting Rowers on a Pedestal
150 Years Since the Death of Rowing Legend Harry Clasper
Richmond Regatta: A Duck Hunt and a Pig Hunt
Rowing & People of Colour: A Few of the Few
Fixed Seat Reading III: Thames and Tyne Tideways
Sapper McDevitt – An ANZAC Rower
A Sherbet for Quarantine
The Political Courtney
With Bert on the River
Crewcial Collectables: A Nice Pair – Part I
Liquid History On Tap
Going To The Dogs
John H. Clasper Patented Countervail
Close to the Water
A Hidden History of The Thames on Show
Moving Pictures
Ian Whitehead: The Tyne’s Role in the Development of the Racing Shell
Out-Foxed in Red Wing
Lisa Taylor: Lucy Pocock Stillwell – A Woman in a Waterman’s World?
The Blackstaffe Trophy: A Case of Reverse Alchemy
The 1960 Boat Race: Oxford’s Adrian Stokes’s Rare Footage
Canadian R. Fulton v. American J. Biglin
“Hadaway Harry” is Coming to Putney
Guardsmen In A Row, Part II: The Brigade of Guards Boat Club
Rescued from the Flames and Risen from the Ashes
The Thames Finds a Champion
The People’s Ned Hanlan
What are the Origins of the Modern Sport of Rowing?
New Website Celebrates the Great Harry Clasper
A Reappraisal of the Importance of the River Lea
No Swan Song For Cygnet: A review of “A History of Cygnet Rowing Club, 1890 – 2015”
A Farce on his Face
Laurie Radley’s Memories of River Lea and UK Rowing and Boatbuilding, in the early 1900s to World War II
Rowing Our Way to a Separate (and Proud) Australian Identity
Harry Clasper: Still a Hero on Tyneside
Who Was The Man At The Bow?
Celebrating Henry Searle
New Rowing Book: The Brownsville Blacksmith
Good Times in a Rat Infested Shack – Tom Green’s Boathouse
The Bonny* Boats of Newcastle
Cricket Bats and Vampire Dolphins
A Rowing Coat of Arms
Canadian Champion Sculler Ned Hanlan
From Oarsmen to Boxmen
Oars Of The Roses: The Tudor Pull
The 1897 Diamond Challenge Sculls
The Passing of a Gentleman
Rowing History Footnote: Towns Followed by Mishaps in London
Eric Lupton – The Last European Sculling Champion
A ‘Roadsculler’ Race in 1888
Henry Searle: “How I Won The World Championship”, Part 3
Henry Searle: “How I Won The World Championship”, Part 2
Henry Searle: “How I Won The World Championship”, Part 1
Hear The Boat Sing 