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Category Archives: Rowing History
Quirky Rowing Websites: the Boat Race
TweetOnce a year the world becomes very keen on rowing when the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race dawns. In the weeks prior the UK press has a daily frenzy of speculation and watches each crew train daily. The event website … Continue reading
Going Home – moving back into our boathouse
TweetRowers Homecoming We moved back onto our river last week; we even moved back into our own rowing shed which is more than some could do. After weeks, no, months of towing boats out to someone else’s river we’re back … Continue reading
Posted in Club Management, News, Rowing History
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It’s has arrived, and it’s HUGE
TweetThe Sport of Rowing by Peter Mallory has arrived, in the flesh (or the bindings), and it is a force to be reckoned with. A product of 7 long years of hard work has resulted in this definitive history tome. It is … Continue reading
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Rowing History books update
TweetA message from Peter Mallory, author of The sport of rowing. Many thanks for your continued interest and patience in waiting for the publication of The Sport of Rowing, 200 years of rowing history in four volumes. The printing of … Continue reading
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Rowing E-Magazines – get more rowing news
TweetYou have your list of rowing websites to frequent, but what about rowing magazines? That’s right, online. If you have environmental concerns or simply like the accessibility and never-lose-ability of keeping your magazines safely on the web, you no longer … Continue reading
Rowing through the ages
Tweet Just found a great website called “As they saw it” which has collated a section on what the sport of rowing was like in years gone by. Not sure how they compiled this list – but it’s great rowing … Continue reading
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How to restore old trophy blades
TweetBeautiful old prize oars are often painted as mementoes of races past – these wooden oars were often created from elderly rowing and sculling oars – patched up and beautifully painted by sign writers in gold leaf to record the … Continue reading
Posted in Henley, Olympics, Racing, Rowing History
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The Sport of Rowing – Letter from the Author
TweetWe are breathlessly awaiting The Sport of Rowing by Peter Mallory. Rowperfect is one of only two websites in the world who will be selling his epic book. We are currently taking advance orders, and you may indeed need to … Continue reading
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It’s officially Pot Hunting season!
TweetIn the UK after the serious part of the rowing year ends, the fun regattas begin. And most clubs sanction the formation of “mates crews” where you put together your own selections from your friends and travel to regattas to … Continue reading
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Talking Coxswains Bo**ocks
Tweet “He was cowering away from the fierce dog”. This ranks right up there with “your donkey has eaten my passport” as a useful translation but I found it on a webpage [http://translate.definitions.net/Coxswain] that translated coxswain into 44 different languages. … Continue reading