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Dec 30, 2024Dec 31, 2024HTBS

Penny Chuter: A Champion Coach Who Poled Punts, Shoved Skiffs and Sculled Shells

Dec 13, 2024Dec 12, 2024HTBS

Books for 2024 Christmas II

Dec 28, 2023Dec 27, 2023HTBS

Notable Deaths of 2023

Dec 13, 2023Dec 12, 2023HTBS

And the Winners are…

Oct 23, 2023Oct 22, 2023HTBS

Rowing’s Maverick Global Coach

Sep 19, 2023Sep 18, 2023HTBS

The Shamrock and the Silver Fern

Nov 18, 2022Nov 21, 2022HTBS

Rowing in Verse and Worse 

Jan 5, 2022Jan 5, 2022HTBS

A Star in the East

Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2021HTBS

Exit the ‘Rowing Guy’

Mar 16, 2021Mar 15, 2021HTBS

Matt Smith is Leaving World Rowing at the End of 2021

Jan 26, 2021Jan 27, 2021HTBS

Jurgen Grobler on 50 Years in the Coaching Launch

Dec 23, 2020Dec 22, 2020HTBS

Winning Ways…

Dec 9, 2020Dec 9, 2020HTBS

Rowing Books for Christmas III

Nov 25, 2020Nov 24, 2020HTBS

Coasting into the Olympics as the Lights go out?

Jul 17, 2020Nov 23, 2020HTBS

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

Jul 16, 2020Nov 23, 2020HTBS

Thor Nilsen: Rowing’s Global Coach – Part I

May 6, 2020May 5, 2020HTBS

Fixed Seat Reading II

Jan 6, 2020Jan 5, 2020HTBS

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

Jun 30, 2019Jun 30, 2019HTBS

Nominations now open for Distinguished Service to International Rowing

Apr 30, 2018Dec 9, 2020HTBS

Thomi, Rowing’s Gnome of Zürich

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