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Tag: Professional rowing

Mar 6, 2023Mar 6, 2023HTBS

B. H. Howell: The Diamonds Winner in 1898 and 1899

Jan 19, 2023Jan 19, 2023HTBS

Not Going Spare: Brothers Pulling Together

Nov 15, 2022Nov 14, 2022HTBS

Pocock 8: Searching for Your You of You’s…

Apr 25, 2022Apr 24, 2022HTBS

John Hawks Clasper, His Father’s Son. Part II: The Innovative Boat Builder

Apr 19, 2022Apr 24, 2022HTBS

John Hawks Clasper, His Father’s Son. Part I: The Professional Oarsman

Mar 29, 2022Mar 28, 2022HTBS

Rowing Boeing

Mar 15, 2022Mar 14, 2022HTBS

Hadaway Harry Will Return

Mar 7, 2022Mar 13, 2022HTBS

Gordon Bennett!*

Feb 6, 2022Feb 5, 2022HTBS

The Queen’s Head

Dec 16, 2021Dec 15, 2021HTBS

East is East – Or is He?

Nov 29, 2021Nov 28, 2021HTBS

LA2028: Some Modest Proposals

Nov 6, 2021Nov 23, 2021HTBS

Time to Grow a Mo!

Oct 30, 2021Oct 31, 2021HTBS

The Triumph of the Amateurs Book Talk in New Haven

Oct 21, 2021Oct 20, 2021HTBS

Fine Art & Foul Play

Sep 1, 2021Feb 16, 2022HTBS

Lord Desborough and the 1908 Olympics – Part III

Aug 21, 2021Mar 18, 2022HTBS

Three Great Geordie Heroes

Jul 29, 2021Oct 18, 2021HTBS

Art and the Pro-Am Divide

Apr 23, 2021Oct 18, 2021HTBS

The Demise of Professional Rowing

Apr 9, 2021Oct 18, 2021HTBS

Those Two Rascals, John and Ellis

Apr 1, 2021Oct 18, 2021HTBS

Q&A: Bill Lanouette on The Triumph of the Amateurs

Feb 26, 2021Feb 25, 2021HTBS

Stuck in the Toffs’ Pigeon Hole

Feb 15, 2021Feb 15, 2021HTBS

The Rixons: Oars, Poles, Dogs & Fists

Feb 8, 2021Feb 7, 2021HTBS

Donald Gollan: The Nearly Man

Dec 8, 2020Dec 8, 2020HTBS

Rowing Books for Christmas II

Sep 23, 2020Sep 22, 2020HTBS

Going to Town with Barry

Sep 18, 2020Sep 17, 2020HTBS

1920: Ernest Barry Wins the World Sculling Title

Jul 31, 2020Jul 31, 2020HTBS

Bill Miller: A Hanlan Letter

Jul 20, 2020Jul 19, 2020HTBS

Changing with the Times

Jul 15, 2020Jul 14, 2020HTBS

Putting Rowers on a Pedestal

Jul 12, 2020Jul 11, 2020HTBS

150 Years Since the Death of Rowing Legend Harry Clasper

Jun 27, 2020Jun 26, 2020HTBS

Richmond Regatta: A Duck Hunt and a Pig Hunt

Jun 13, 2020Jun 13, 2020HTBS

Rowing & People of Colour: A Few of the Few

May 25, 2020May 24, 2020HTBS

Fixed Seat Reading III: Thames and Tyne Tideways

Apr 25, 2020Apr 24, 2020HTBS

Sapper McDevitt – An ANZAC Rower

Mar 25, 2020Mar 24, 2020HTBS

A Sherbet for Quarantine

Feb 13, 2020Feb 12, 2020HTBS

The Political Courtney

May 3, 2019May 3, 2019HTBS

With Bert on the River

Apr 3, 2019Apr 2, 2019HTBS

Crewcial Collectables: A Nice Pair – Part I

Feb 4, 2019Feb 3, 2019HTBS

Liquid History On Tap

Jan 29, 2019Jan 31, 2019HTBS

Going To The Dogs

Nov 2, 2018Nov 1, 2018HTBS

John H. Clasper Patented Countervail

Oct 25, 2018Oct 29, 2018HTBS

Close to the Water

Aug 29, 2018Aug 29, 2018HTBS

A Hidden History of The Thames on Show

Jun 22, 2018Jun 21, 2018HTBS

Moving Pictures

Apr 7, 2018Apr 6, 2018HTBS

Ian Whitehead: The Tyne’s Role in the Development of the Racing Shell

Mar 30, 2018Mar 30, 2018HTBS

Out-Foxed in Red Wing

Mar 16, 2018Mar 15, 2018HTBS

Lisa Taylor: Lucy Pocock Stillwell – A Woman in a Waterman’s World?

Jan 16, 2018Jan 15, 2018HTBS

The Blackstaffe Trophy: A Case of Reverse Alchemy

Jul 6, 2017Jul 5, 2019HTBS

The 1960 Boat Race: Oxford’s Adrian Stokes’s Rare Footage

Jun 19, 2017Jun 20, 2017HTBS

Canadian R. Fulton v. American J. Biglin

Jan 16, 2017Jan 15, 2017HTBS

“Hadaway Harry” is Coming to Putney

Sep 29, 2016Sep 30, 2016HTBS

Guardsmen In A Row, Part II: The Brigade of Guards Boat Club

Sep 15, 2016Sep 15, 2016HTBS

Rescued from the Flames and Risen from the Ashes

Sep 14, 2016Sep 12, 2016HTBS

The Thames Finds a Champion

Aug 22, 2016Aug 22, 2016HTBS

The People’s Ned Hanlan

Jul 27, 2016Jul 26, 2016HTBS

What are the Origins of the Modern Sport of Rowing?

Apr 3, 2016Apr 3, 2016HTBS

New Website Celebrates the Great Harry Clasper

Mar 5, 2016Mar 5, 2016HTBS

A Reappraisal of the Importance of the River Lea

Mar 1, 2016Mar 1, 2016HTBS

No Swan Song For Cygnet: A review of “A History of Cygnet Rowing Club, 1890 – 2015”

Sep 16, 2015Sep 17, 2015HTBS

A Farce on his Face

Aug 18, 2015Aug 17, 2015HTBS

Laurie Radley’s Memories of River Lea and UK Rowing and Boatbuilding, in the early 1900s to World War II

Aug 14, 2015Aug 13, 2015HTBS

Rowing Our Way to a Separate (and Proud) Australian Identity

Mar 23, 2015Mar 22, 2015HTBS

Harry Clasper: Still a Hero on Tyneside

Jan 29, 2015Jan 28, 2015HTBS

Who Was The Man At The Bow?

Dec 12, 2014Dec 11, 2014HTBS

Celebrating Henry Searle

Sep 6, 2014Sep 5, 2014HTBS

New Rowing Book: The Brownsville Blacksmith

Mar 24, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Good Times in a Rat Infested Shack – Tom Green’s Boathouse

Feb 24, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

The Bonny* Boats of Newcastle

Sep 29, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Cricket Bats and Vampire Dolphins

Sep 26, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

A Rowing Coat of Arms

Sep 9, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Canadian Champion Sculler Ned Hanlan

May 30, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

From Oarsmen to Boxmen

May 6, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Oars Of The Roses: The Tudor Pull

Apr 29, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The 1897 Diamond Challenge Sculls

Jan 4, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Passing of a Gentleman

Dec 28, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Rowing History Footnote: Towns Followed by Mishaps in London

Dec 24, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Eric Lupton – The Last European Sculling Champion

Dec 7, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

A ‘Roadsculler’ Race in 1888

Feb 27, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Henry Searle: “How I Won The World Championship”, Part 3

Feb 26, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Henry Searle: “How I Won The World Championship”, Part 2

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