: 1 - 10 May
2008 : Updates to 2008 calendar (including
various regatta draws & results), & to 2008
international calendar (including World Cup info),
to FISA links, to Olympic
information, & to list of club websites.
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
: 1 - 10 May
2008 : Updates to 2008 calendar (including
various regatta draws & results), & to 2008
international calendar (including World Cup info),
to FISA links, to Olympic
information, & to list of club websites.
Previously updated : 1 - 30 Apr 2008 : Updates to
2008 calendar, to 2008
international calendar, to my page of Olympic
information, to maps of rowing locations, to list
of club websites, & to info re
ARA rules (including changes from 1 Apr 08).
Sorry to hear of the death of
George Marshall (Ibis &
Quintin).
On the TRRC website, a
report on
the Dove pier accident; very interesting reading. I would like
to emphasise the last sentence of the report: "The lessons from Dove
pier in October 2006 are relevant to every rower, club or Region within the
ambit of the ARA." Oarsmen from other countries will hopefully find
it equally interesting and relevant.
1 - 31 Mar 2008 : Updates to 2008 calendar (including results of W8H, Kingston Head, HoRR, & other heads, of GB trials, & of HBR, times from University Boat Race, & cancellation of Vets Head), to 2008 international calendar, to 2009 calendar, to FISA links, & to list of club websites. Sad news of the death of Tony Owen.
1 - 29 Feb 2008 : Updates to 2008 calendar
(including various head results, & start orders for
W8H, NJScHd,
Sch Hd, &
HoRR), to 2008
international calendar, to 2008 skiffing calendar
(& later years), to 2008 H&D calendar,
to list of club websites, & to
River Thames
information page.
list of clubs due
to be suspended on Fri 15th if they hadn't submitted their safefy audit
by then. Members of Molesey BC and other friends
will be sad to hear of the death of Bob Poulter,
and friends in the North-West and elsewhere will be sad to hear of the death
of Tim Hooper. Further sad news, of the
deaths of Peter Ament and
Peter Little.
1 - 31 Jan 2008 : Updates to 2008 calendar (with news of cancellations), to 2008 international calendar, to my page of Olympic information, to list of club websites, to maps of rowing locations, to River Thames information page, & to info re ARA rules (including changes from 1 Apr 08). Thames RC have announced the sad news of the death of Willie Ross, and now Twickenham have lost one of their stalwarts, George Plumtree. Members of the HRR commentary team will be sad to hear of the death (on Christmas Day) of Henry Probert.
1 - 31 Dec 07 : Updates to 2007 calendar (incl results of Scullers Head, Hampton SBH, & Walton SBH, & of GB trials, cancellation of various heads, postponement of Wallingford Head, & move of Walton SBH to Dorney), to 2008 calendar, to 2008 skiffing calendar, to 2008 international calendar, to list of championship venues, to my page of Olympic information, to list of club websites, to River Thames information page, & to unofficial summaries of Junior & Veteran age groups. Congratulations to Pauline Rayner, Chairman of Thames RC, on the award of an MBE in the New Year Honours List.
1 - 29 Nov 07 : Updates to 2007 calendar (including results of 4s Head and other heads, start order etc. for Scullers' Head & Hampton SBH, change of venue for Marlow 4s & 2s, and cancellation of Kingston SBH), to 2007 international calendar, to 2008 calendar, to 2008 international calendar, to list of crews qualified so far for 2008 Olympics, to list of club websites, & to River Thames information page. Reminder from Thames Regional Umpires Commission that this is the time of year that they are putting together the list of umpiring candidates for next year; other RUCs will doubtless also be keen to hear from candidates in their regions. TSS have announced the sad news of the death of Alec Hodges.
2 - 31 Oct 07 : Updates to 2007 calendar (including
4s Head start order), to 2007 international
calendar, to 2007 H&D calendar (with
more results), to 2008 calendar (with many further
updates, & inclusion of 2008 H&DARA
calendar), to 2008 international calendar,
to 2009 calendar,
to FISA links, to unofficial summaries of
Junior & Veteran age groups, to list of
club websites, & to
maps of rowing locations. Further
link re
ARA competition review; consultation responses
needed soon. Sad news has been received of the
death of Ted Bell, of Vesta RC, Molesey
BC, Staines BC, & Dittons S&PC. Also, members of Kingston RC
and Kingston GS will be sad to hear of the death of Ken
Cripps. Funeral details for both
are now available.
1 - 30 Sep 07 : Updates to 2007 calendar, to
2007 international calendar (with further
details of World Champs, & with performance
of GB crews, & revised list of
GB medals at World Championships, & now
with details of European Championships &
the GB team there, & updated list of
GB medals at European Championships), to list
of championship venues, to
2008 international calendar (with rearrangement
of World Cup rounds), to 2008 calendar, to
2007 skiffing calendar, to list of
club websites, & to
maps of rowing locations. Also
link re
ARA competition review.
2 - 31 Aug 07 : Updates to 2007 calendar (including
results from a number of regattas), to 2007
international calendar (including results from Coupe & from Junior
Worlds, & details of World Champs
[ with results
so far, & with performance of GB crews]),
to unofficial summary of number of entries in events
at World Champs, to list of crews qualified
so far for 2008 Olympics, to 2007 skiffing
calendar (including cancellation of Chertsey regatta), to
2007 H&D calendar (with more results), to
list of club websites, & to list of
championship venues.
1 - 31 Jul 07 : Updates to 2007 calendar (including Nat Champs & HRR results, & cancellations including Burton , Molesey, Staines, Burway, Bewdley, St Neots, & Henley T&V), to 2007 international calendar (including results from World Cup, U23, & Home International, & info for Coupe & EUSA), to World best times, to World Cup best times, to list of club websites, & to 2007 skiffing calendar (including cancellation of Hampton Court & Dittons and Wargrave & Shiplake regattas).
1 - 30 Jun 07 : Updates to 2007 calendar (including entry list & draw for HRR (& results of qualifying races), draw for HVR, cancellation of Stratford & Ironbridge, results from Met, Walton & Weybridge, Peterborough, Scottish Champs, Loughborough/ Nat Vets, HWR, & Marlow, & from the Cambridge Mays), to 2007 international calendar (including World Cup reports & previews), to list of championship venues, to 2008 calendar, & to list of club websites. Sad news has been received of the death of Bryan Jones of Kingston RC & the Skiff Club, & also of Ralph Scott of Kingston & Remenham.
1 - 31 May 07 : Updates to 2007 calendar (incl. Met draw, Nat Sch & earlier results, & news of Welsh Open & Castle Semple cancellations), to 2007 international calendar (including World Cup entries), to 2007 skiffing calendar, to 2008 calendar, to list of club websites, & to maps of rowing locations. Sad news has been received of the sudden death of Dick Garrett, former captain of Bedford RC and one of the country's best-known veteran competitors. Also earlier news of the death of Roy Davis of Dacre BC. A particularly bad week for such sad news continued with the deaths of John Smith (Bedford RC), and Harry Billyeald (Nottingham & Union).
1 - 30 Apr 07 : Updates to 2007 calendar (including HoRR abandonment, results for Vet Head & HBR, Boat Race times, changes of entry conditions for 4s Head, results of GB final trials, Junior Inter-Regional Regatta, & more regattas), to 2007 international calendar, to 2007 skiffing calendar, to 2008 calendar, & to maps of rowing locations.
1 - 31 Mar 07: Updates to 2007 calendar (including results for National Junior Sculling Head, Schools Head, Womens 8s Head, & Kingston Head, start order for HoRR & Vets' Head, and cancellations including Henley Junior Head), to 2007 international calendar, to 2007 H&D calendar, to 2008 calendar, to River Thames information page (incl latest Notices to Mariners), to list of championship venues, to FISA links, to info re ARA rules, & to list of club websites.
4 - 28 Feb 07 : Updates to 2007 calendar (including Hampton Head results, & cancellations including Burway Head), to 2007 international calendar, to 2008 calendar, to River Thames information page (including TRRC on-line incident reporting system, & Isis level page), to unofficial info re ARA rules, to FISA links, & to list of club websites. Addition of 2007 skiffing calendar. Notice from London 2012 of vacancies for competition managers for the various sports, including rowing. List of suspended clubs from the ARA. Sad news has been received of the death of Dick Offer, past president of Kingston Rowing Club, and also of Alan Watson of ULBC.
1 - 31 Jan 07 : Updates to 2007 calendar, to 2007 international calendar, & to list of club websites. A few days after the change in the SARA buoyancy rules, news (from the BBC, from the Newcastle Journal, and from the NE Rowing mailing list) of a rescue on the Tyne. News from the RSR newsgroup, & from ARA division 5, of the ARA rule changes to take effect April 2007. Notice re ARA online entry system consulation. Notice of changes at Nat Champs (including J14/ J15 finals on Saturday, & time trials for large events). News that the GBR W4x from last year's World Championships have been promoted to gold after the RUS W4x were disqualified after a failed drug test. Sad news has been received of the death of Sid Clay, President of the Head of the River Fours, and of Albert Andrews, for many years boatman to OUBC.
1 - 31 Dec 06 : Updates to 2006 calendar (incl. results of Scullers' Head & GB trials, & news of more cancellations, including Hampton, Stirling, Wallingford, & Walton), to 2006 international calendar, to 2007 H&D calendar, to 2007 international calendar, to unofficial summaries of Junior & Veteran age groups, & to list of club websites. Further updates to 2007 calendar & to 2008 calendar. From SARA, result of their EGM confirming the new buoyancy rules from 1.1.07. Sad news has been received of the deaths of John Webb and of Fred Lambert.
1 - 30 Nov 06 : Updates to 2006 calendar (incl.Kingston SBH, Fours Head, & Vet 4s Head results), to 2006 H&D calendar; & inclusion of 2007 H&D calendar. Major updates to 2007 calendar & to 2008 calendar. Rowing search engine (Google custom search) added.
1 - 31 Oct 06 : Updates to 2006 calendar, to 2007 international calendar, to list of club websites, to maps of rowing locations, to River Thames information, to 2006 skiffing calendar, & to skiffing pages. Sad news from Holland of the death of their coxswain Chun Wei Cheung.
1 - 29 Sep 06 : Updates to 2006 calendar, to 2006 international calendar, to list of GB medals at World Championships, to list of championship venues, to 2007 calendar, to 2007 international calendar, to River Thames information, to FISA links, & to list of club websites. Notice from TSS of vacancies for Community Coaches, & from the ARA re vacancy for an Adaptive Coach. Sad news of the death of Cathy Cruickshank of Henley RC, also news from Kingston RC & Tiffin School of the death of Keith Southan, and from LMBC Cambridge of the death of John Gleave.
1 - 31 Aug 06 : Updates to 2006 calendar, to
2006 international calendar (including results
from World Juniors, from Commonwealths, & from FISU, draw for FISA Masters,
& start lists, entries, programme, & results for
WORLD CHAMPS [+ further updates to
GB team with their results]), to unofficial lists
of World Champs best times &
World best times, to list of
GB medals at World Championships, to list
of championship venues, to
2006 skiffing calendar, to
2006 H&D calendar (including results for
first 9 regattas), to unofficial summary of number of
entries in events at World Champs, & to list of
club websites.
And with another of my hats on, a notice from the ARA Multi-Lane Umpires
Commission of a
seminar
in November.
2 - 31 Jul 06 : Updates to 2006 calendar (including HRR , HVR & Nat Chs results), to 2006 international calendar (including results from Lucerne, Franco-British, Home International, U23 W Chs, & Coupe, entry lists for World Jun Chs, draw for Commonwealth Championships, & updates to GB team for World Champs), to list of championship venues, & to list of club websites. Announcement on behalf of my old college boat club (Lady Margaret Boat Club) that they are seeking a new Boathouse Manager. London Youth Rowing have 2 jobs available.
1 - 26 Jun 06 : Updates to 2006 calendar (including HWR & Marlow results, & HRR entries, qualifying results, draw, & timetable), to 2006 international calendar (results of World Cup Poznan), to unofficial lists of World Cup best times & World best times, to 2007 calendar, to list of championship venues, to maps of rowing locations, & to list of club websites.
1 - 30 May 06 : Updates to 2006 calendar (including
NSR results & Met draw), to 2006 international
calendar (including results from GB team at
World Cup Munich), to 2007 calendar, to
2007 international calendar, to list of
championship venues (including reintroduction
of European Championships), to FISA links,
to 2006 skiffing calendar, & to list of
club websites. Congratulations to
Jürgen
Grobler on the award of an Honorary OBE. Notice of a reunion at
HRR for Workers
of the World 1986; we will look forward to meeting many old friends.
A further reminder of the consultation from Nottinghamshire County
Council re future of NWSC Holme Pierrepont.
Important message for Thames Region clubs (+ schools, colleges, etc.)
from the Thames RWSA - Thames Regional Water Safety
Club
Audits. Also, notice from the
TRRC Chairman, about an EGM on
Wednesday May 31st at London Rowing Club at 7pm, when the
new
code of practice proposed by the Thames Regional Rowing Council and the
PLA will be explained.
1 - 28 Apr 06 : Updates to 2006 calendar (with draws & results for first regattas of the season, & results from GB trials), to 2006 international calendar, to Boat Race times, to ARA rules links, to FISA links, to list of championship venues, to 2007 international calendar, & to list of club websites. Link to consultation from Nottinghamshire County Council re future of NWSC Holme Pierrepont (& to BBC report on extension of consultation). Notice of FISA Adaptive Rowing Coaching & Classification Workshop at London Docklands in May.
2 - 31 Mar 06 : Updates to 2006 calendar (including W8H, KHORR, HoRR, & Vets' Head results), to 2006 international calendar, to list of championship venues, to list of club websites, & to FISA links. Final results from Atlantic Rowing Race. Sad news of the death of Pat Sherwin.
2 - 28 Feb 06 : Updates to 2006 calendar (including results for a number of heads & for GB trials, & poster for National Junior Sculling Head), to 2006 skiffing calendar, to 2006 international calendar, to 2007 calendar, to list of championship venues, & to list of club websites (including Northern Rowing Council safety information, which is well worth reading). I am very sorry to have to report the death of Simon Mepham, who collapsed soon after completing Molesey Veteran Head for Walton RC.
1 - 31 Jan 06 : Updates to 2006 calendar (including results of Remenham & Quintin Heads, JIRR details, & new details for North West events), to 2006 international calendar, to 2006 skiffing calendar (with most dates now changed), to Kingston events page, to 2007 calendar, to my page of Olympic information, to list of club websites, to maps of rowing locations, to Thames river conditions, & to unofficial summaries of Junior & Veteran age groups. Tickets are now available for the World Championships at Eton. ARA link to coroners' rule 43 letters and subsequent correspondence.
1 - 31 Dec 2005 : Updates to 2005 calendar, to 2006 calendar, to 2006 international calendar, to 2007 calendar, to 2007 international calendar, to maps of rowing locations, to list of club websites, & to FISA links. Sad news from Scotland of the death of Jim McGhie.
1 - 30 Nov 2005 : Updates to 2005 calendar (including Fours Head, Vet 4s, Kingston SBH , Scullers' Head, & Hampton SBH results), to 2006 calendar (including confirmation that Nat Champs will be at Strathclyde Park), to 2006 international calendar, to 2006 skiffing calendar, to 2007 calendar, to 2007 international calendar, to Kingston events page, & to list of club websites. This is the time of year that the Thames Regional Umpires Commission is looking for candidates for next year (and of course so are other regions). Sad news of the death of Jimmy Wallis, former boatman to ULBC & UCD, & news of the memorial service for Dr. Noel O'Brien.
1 - 31 Oct 2005 : Updates to 2005 international calendar, to 2005 calendar (including 4s Head draw), to 2005 H&D calendar, to 2005 skiffing calendar & to skiffing pages, to 2006 calendar, to 2007 calendar, to 2006 international calendar, to list of club websites, to Thames river conditions, & to FISA links. Addition of 2006 H&D calendar. ARA Junior Rowing Commission questionnaire re Schools Head and Nat Champs. Sad news of the death of Dr. Noel O'Brien of AKRC.
1 - 29 Sep 2005 : Updates to 2005 international calendar (with World Champs results, including GB results, & with World Masters results), to list of GB medals, to unofficial lists of World Championship best times & World best times (to remove the Gifu times because of the stream), to 2005 calendar, to 2005 skiffing calendar, to 2006 calendar, to 2007 calendar, to 2006 international calendar, to list of championship venues (following Gifu congress), to list of club websites, to Kingston events page, to maps of rowing locations. Sad news of the death last month of Nick Smith (Goldie), also of Mike Seares (Wallingford Schools and GB Juniors).
1 - 31 Aug 2005 : Updates to 2005 calendar, to 2005 international calendar (including World Masters draw; World Champs results so far); and results from Coupe & from World Junior Champs), to details for GB team at World Championships, to list of GB medals at championship regattas, to unofficial summary of number of entries in events at World Champs, to unofficial lists of World Championship best times & World best times (though obviously the Gifu times are questionable given the stream), to 2006 calendar, to 2005 skiffing calendar (including Wargrave & Shiplake link), to 2005 H&D calendar, to list of club websites, to list of links to rowing terms in different languages, & to maps of rowing locations. Notice of a 50th anniversary dinner for George Watson's College. Sad news of the death of John Levy, Thames RC & Imperial College.
4 - 31 Jul 2005 : Inclusion of 2012 international calendar (for obvious reasons!), inclusion of HRR results & Nat Champs results in 2005 calendar, Lucerne & U23 results & Coupe details in 2005 international calendar, inclusion of GB squads for U23 & Senior World Champs, & updates to GB World Cup squad, to my page of Olympic information, to list of championship venues, to 2005 H&D calendar, & to list of club websites.
1 - 27 Jun 2005 : Updates to 2005 calendar (including regatta draws & results, & HRR entries, qualifying results, & draw), to 2005 international calendar, to 2005 H&D calendar, to 2005 skiffing calendar & to skiffing pages, to 2006 calendar, to list of championship venues, to unofficial summaries of Junior & Veteran age groups, to list of club websites, & to maps of rowing locations. Sad news of the death of Andrew Justice, Marlow RC & GB.
2 - 31 May 2005 : Updates to 2005 calendar (including NSR results), to 2005 international calendar (including Dorney RWC results), to GB World Cup squad & their results, to list of championship venues, to unofficial summaries of Junior & Veteran age groups, to unofficial notes re 2005 changes to ARA rules, to maps of rowing locations, to list of club websites, to skiffing pages, also links to Atlantic Rowing Race 2005 (in which a number of well-known rowers are taking part). Congratulations to George Parsonage on the award of the Royal Humane Society silver medal.
1 - 28 Apr 2005 : Updates to 2005 calendar, to 2005 international calendar, to 2007 international calendar, to 2008 international calendar, to NWSC links, to maps of rowing locations, to list of championship venues, to FISA links, to Garton calendar page, & to list of club websites. Urgent response needed to TRRC re the Salvage Association's report on the Risk Assessment for Tideway navigation. News of the death of Joe Savill (CUBC 1938-39).
1 - 31 Mar 2005 : Updates to 2005 calendar (incl W8H, Sch Hd , Kingston Head, HoRR, Vets Head, & Henley Boat Races results, & head safety advice from TRRC), to 2005 international calendar (including World Cup & Masters bulletins), to 2006 international calendar, to 2007 international calendar, to Nat Champs links, to record times, to maps of rowing locations, to list of club websites, to TRUC page, & to River Thames conditions page. News of the deaths of Andrew Silk and Robin Haslam, who will be sadly missed by all in the rowing communities in Cambridge and Nottingham respectively; details for Robin's funeral now available.
1 - 28 Feb 2005 : Updates to 2005 calendar (including HoRR start order & UBR crew announcements), to 2005 international calendar (including ticket details for World Cup at Dorney; bookings now open), to 2005 H&D calendar, to 2006 international calendar, to 2007 international calendar, to list of championship venues, to FISA links (including Congress voting results), to maps of rowing locations, & to list of club websites. ARA Council: papers on Div 5 site, & result of the debate on J14s at Nat Champs.
1 - 31 Jan 2005 : Updates to 2005 calendar (including results of Remenham Challenge & of Hampton Head), to 2005 international calendar (including links for World Cup at Dorney, & change of date for Franco-British J16 match), to 2006 calendar, to 2005 H&D calendar, to 2004 H&DARA calendar and 2004 calendar, to FISA links, to list of club websites (including news of Knight Frank rowing scholarship for under 14 boys [and now for girls too] at Kingston RC), to list of championship venues, & to unofficial summaries of Junior & Veteran age groups. Sad news of the death of Sikander Farooq from Reading RC.
1 - 31 Dec 2004 : Updates to 2004 calendar, to 2005 calendar, to 2005 international calendar, to list of club websites, & to list of championship venues, also inclusion of unofficial notes re 2005 changes to ARA rules. New url for Thames Regional Rowing Council; news of OARA demos. Revision of FISA links, including details of rule change proposals & other business for the Extraordinary Congress in Dubrovnik in February. Updates to HRR info, including rule changes announced at December Stewards meeting. Congratulations to Sir Matthew Pinsent, knighted in the New Year Honours List, to James Cracknell OBE, and to Ed Coode & Steve Williams MBEs. Sad news of the death last month of Harry Almond, of LMBC, CUBC, & GB.
1 - 30 Nov 2004 : Updates to 2004 calendar (including 4s Head, Kingston SBH, Scullers Head, & Hampton SBH results), to 2005 calendar, to 2005 skiffing calendar, to 2005 international calendar, to 2006 calendar, to 2006 international calendar, to 2007 international calendar, to unofficial summaries of Junior & Veteran age groups, to maps of rowing locations, & to list of club websites. News of TRRC AGM, and of changes in bar licence fees which might affect clubs.
3 - 31 Oct 2004 : Updates to 2004 calendar, to 2004 International calendar, to 2004 skiffing calendar & skiffing pages, to 2005 calendar, to 2005 skiffing calendar, to 2005 international calendar, to 2006 international calendar, to 2007 calendar, to 2007 international calendar, to list of championship venues, to maps of rowing locations, & to list of club websites, + inclusion of 2005 H&D calendar. Results are now available from the FISA masters survey. Look out for Isis flag state (& news from the EA) at River Thames conditions page. IMPORTANT NOTICE from TRRC regarding the consultation and risk assessment being conducted by the Salvage Association on behalf of the PLA regarding Tideway navigation; remember the TRRC seminar on Wed Nov 3rd.
6 - 30 Sep 2004 : Updates to 2004 calendar, to 2004 International calendar (including results of FISA Masters), to Kingston events page, to 2005 calendar, to 2005 International calendar (including further information on next year's FISA Masters, at Strathclyde), to 2006 calendar, to 2006 International calendar (with details of World Champs at Dorney), & to list of championship venues. News of seminars from Thames Regional Rowing Council.
1 - 31 Aug 2004 : Updates to my page of Olympic information (including start lists & results), to GB Olympic team list (including their results), to unofficial lists of Olympic record times & of World Best times, to 2004 calendar, to 2004 International calendar (including World Champs info including GB team list & their results, U23 info including GB team list & their results, & FISA Masters entry lists), to list of GB medals at championship regattas, to 2004 H&DARA calendar, to 2004 skiffing calendar & skiffing pages, to unofficial summary of number of entries in events at World Champs, to 2005 calendar, to list of links to rowing terms in different languages, & to list of club websites. Important notice for users of the Thames below Teddington, on River Thames conditions page.
4 - 31 Jul 2004 : Updates to 2004 calendar (including HRR, HVR, & Nat Champs results), to 2004 International calendar (including results of Franco-British J16 match, + World Champs info including GB team list & their results so far), to 2004 H&DARA calendar, to list of championship venues, to GB Olympic team list, & to River Thames page. Notice of riggers lost at TTRC in March. Sad news of the death of Lesley Stewart, Scottish FISA umpire.
1 - 27 Jun 2004 : Updates to 2004 calendar
(including HWR & Marlow results, & HRR entries, qualifying race results,
draw, &
timetable), to 2004 International calendar (including
Lucerne updates & GB crew list), to
2004 H&DARA calendar, to
2005 calendar, to my
Olympic
pages (with Lucerne qualifying updates &
GB team
list), to 2004 skiffing calendar, & to
list of club websites.
Sad news of the death of
Neil Thomas, ... but also happier
news, of the award of the CBE to Di Ellis in the Queen's Birthday Honours
List; many congratulations to her. Notice of a new webpage for the
Harry Mahon Cancer Research Trust.
3 - 31 May 2004 : Updates to 2004 calendar (including Docklands cancellation), to 2004 International calendar (incl. Poznan & Munich updates), to my Olympic pages (including Latin American qualifiers), to 2004 H&DARA calendar, to 2004 skiffing calendar & skiffing pages, to list of championship venues, to 2005 calendar, to list of club websites, to maps of rowing locations, & to River Thames conditions page.
1 - 29 Apr 2004 : Updates to 2004 calendar (including Hazewinkel trials results), to 2004 International calendar (including results from Ghent Spring, + GB crew list for Poznan), to 2004 H&DARA calendar, to 2005 calendar, to 2007 calendar & 2007 international calendar, to list of club websites, and to list of championship venues. Also news of another record-breaking row for Dittons Skiff & Punting Club, and updates to my Olympic pages (including Asian & African qualifiers). Sad news of the death of Bob Michaels.
1 - 31 Mar 2004 : Updates to 2004 calendar (including Boat Race times, results of Teddington Sculls, Henley Boat Races, Schools Head, Kingston Head, and W8H, and also for those crews which completed the Vets' Head, + cancellation of HoRR), to 2004 H&DARA calendar, to 2004 International calendar, to unofficial notes re 2004 changes to ARA rules, & to list of club websites. News from Thames RC of a sports memorabilia auction on April 3rd. Notice from BIRSC about a package to Banyoles for this year's World Championships. Links to latest from ARA competition review (courtesy of TRRC and now the official version on the ARA website); get involved in discussions in your region, & let your Div Rep know what you think. Notice of a job at London Regatta Centre.
1 - 29 Feb 2004 : Updates to 2004 calendar (including various results, W8H & HoRR start orders, Teddington Sculls poster, + inclusion of further events), to 2004 International calendar (including FISA Team Cup, & news of P&C), to 2005 calendar, to 2005 International calendar, to list of club websites, to skiffing page, to unofficial notes re 2004 changes to ARA rules, to Thames Regional Umpires' Commission pages, & to River Thames conditions page. Sad news of the death, after a cycling accident, of Tristan Hewins, Hampton School and GB ex-junior who moved on to Durham University and coaching Edinburgh University BC.
1 - 31 Jan 2004 : Updates to River Thames conditions page, to 2004 calendar (including cancellation of Hampton Head), to 2004 skiffing calendar, to 2004 H&DARA calendar, to maps of rowing locations, to list of club websites, to list of championship venues, to unofficial summaries of Junior & Veteran age groups, & to Thames Regional Umpires' Commission pages, also inclusion of unofficial notes re 2004 changes to ARA rules. Sad news from Cambridge, of the death of George Chapman, former boatman of Fitzwilliam; and from Scotland, of the death of Andy Dunn.
1 - 31 Dec 2003 : Updates to 2003 calendar (including results of Hampton SBH, Walton SBH, Burway SBH, & GB trials), to 2004 calendar (with further provisional dates), to 2004 International calendar, to 2005 calendar, to 2005 International calendar, to 2006 International calendar, to unofficial summary of number of entries in events at World Champs, & to list of club websites. Inclusion of provisional 2007 calendar & 2007 International calendar. News from HRR Stewards December meeting. Sad news from Scotland, of the death of Ian Stanners.
1 - 30 Nov 2003 : Updates to 2003 calendar (including results of 4s Head, Vet 4s, Kingston SBH, & results for Hampton SBH), to 2003 skiffing calendar, to 2004 calendar, to 2004 International calendar, to unofficial summaries of Junior & Veteran age groups, to Thames river conditions page, to maps of rowing locations, & to list of club websites. Notice of ARA EGM. Results so far from the Tideway Slug's poll on the Fours Head.
1 - 31 Oct 2003 : Updates to 2003 calendar, to 2003 international calendar, to 2003 H&DARA calendar, to 2004 calendar, to 2004 International calendar, to skiffing page, to list of club websites, to River Thames conditions page, to maps of rowing locations, & to my unofficial list of World Cup best times. Addition of 2004 H&DARA calendar. Notice from the ARA re arrangements during the postal strike.
1 - 30 Sep 2003 : Updates to 2003 calendar, to 2003 international calendar, to 2003 skiffing calendar, to 2003 H&DARA calendar, to 2004 calendar (including 3-day NSR), to 2004 International calendar, to 2005 International calendar, to list of club websites, to list of championship venues, & to maps of rowing locations. Members of Kingston RC, Kingston Amateur Regatta, & Remenham Club will have been sad to hear of the death of Tony Gibbs.
1 - 31 Aug 2003 : Updates to 2003 calendar, to 2003 international calendar (including World Champs entries, results, & reports, Junior World Champs reports & results from windy Athens, Coupe results, & GB Junior & Senior team lists updated with results), to list of GB medals at championship regattas, to 2004 Olympic qualifying system (including first crews qualified), to 2003 H&DARA calendar, to calendars for 2004, 2005, & 2006, to list of championship venues, & to maps of rowing locations.
6 - 31 Jul 2003 : Updates to 2003 calendar (including HRR & Nat Champs results), to 2003 international calendar (including Lucerne reports & results, Home International results, GB senior & U23 team announcements, & U23 results), to 2003 skiffing calendar, to 2004 International calendar, to list of club websites, & to maps of rowing locations. Also news of NWSC funding cuts.
1 - 30 Jun 2003 : Updates to 2003 calendar (including Peterborough J14 cancellation, results from Docklands, Scottish Championships, Reading, Loughborough/NatVets, Marlow, & HWR, entry list, results of qualifying races, & draw & timetable for HRR, & Nat Champs on-line entry facility), to 2003 international calendar (including Munich results), to 2003 H&DARA calendar, to list of championship venues (including Strathclyde Masters 2005), & to list of club websites. Congratulations to David Tanner & to Richard Budgett, each awarded the OBE in the Birthday Honours list.
1 - 31 May 2003 : Updates to 2003 calendar,
to 2003 international calendar (including Ghent
& Munich results, & reports from Milan World Cup), to
2003 H&DARA calendar, to
2004 International calendar (with World Cup dates
& venues), to list of club websites, &
to maps of rowing locations.
In memoriam: Sad news
of the death of Grace Wilkinson, of Henk Schrik, & now also of Mike
Jearum.
1 - 30 April 2003 : Updates to 2003 calendar
(including info re Notts City, draw for BUSA, Chiswick, & for Strathclyde
Park Regatta, results for Oxford City Bumps, GB trials, & for Teddington
Sculls, report of Cambridge's pre-race crash, & unofficial times for
an amazing University Boat Race), to 2003 international
calendar (including Ghent draw), to 2003 skiffing
calendar, & to list of club websites.
Notice regarding a new BBC1 game show
which may be of interest to members of rowing clubs. Further changes
to unofficial notes re changes to ARA rules.
In memoriam: Sad news
of the death of Gregor Hoerner of RG Benrath while training for the Veterans'
Head.
1 - 31 Mar 2003 : Updates to 2003 calendar
(including results & photos from Vet Head, HoRR, Kingston Head, W8H,
& Schools Head, & cancellation of postponed Reading Head), to
2003 international calendar, & to list of
club websites. Further changes to unofficial
notes re changes to ARA rules, after change of
mind by ARA Council. Changed flag states at Oxford & Maidenhead
on Thames
river
conditions page. News of a page for the new ARA
div rep for
the West Midlands. NEW ISSUE of ARA Water Safety
Code.
In memoriam: Matthew
Allwork - St Georges & Walton.
1 - 28 Feb 2003 : Updates to 2003 calendar
(including draw &/or results of various events including Hampton Head
& squad trials), to list of championship venues,
& to list of club websites. Links to
ARA rules update, and to RQ's summary from
buoyancy seminar.
In memoriam: A moving tribute from Ken Hastie
to the Pearson
Brothers of Blyth, & also a tribute from Alan Granlund to
Chaura
Pratchek of Durham ARC.
1 - 31 Jan 2003 : Update to 2003 calendar (including
provisional dates for events later in the year, + results for Remenham
Challenge, & cancellation of numerous events), to
2003 international calendar, to
2004 calendar, to 2002 skiffing
calendar (including photos), to list of club
websites, to maps of rowing locations, to unofficial
summaries of Junior & Veteran age groups,
& from the
Thames regional
rowing councils pages: more flood photos & EA update (20.1.03)
on the river
conditions page. A notice from
Thames Regional
Umpires' Commission that it is still not too late for prospective candidates
to sign up for this year's umpiring training; the start of training
meeting will be on Tue 4 Feb at London RC. News from the
Leo Blockley Memorial Campaign
of a seminar on shell
buoyancy at MAABC on 1st Feb.
Sad news of the death, suddenly, in his sleep, of Cliff
Barwick, on January 2nd at the age of 70. The Putney Town
4 got to the final of the Wyfolds in 1957 & 1958, and was the first crew
from a 'working mens' club from the old NARA to make a mark at HRR.
Subsequently Cliff was a member of TTRC, and an umpire until reaching
the age of 65. His funeral was at 2.00 pm on Thursday 16th January
at Mortlake Crematorium, & afterwards at Putney Town RC. He will
be sadly missed.
1 - 31 Dec 2002 : Updates to 2002 calendar
(including results of recent events), to 2003
calendar (including details for Remenham Challenge & for events postponed
from 2002), to 2003 international calendar, to
maps of rowing locations, to
planned 2003 rule changes, & to list of
club websites, also news of
HRR December meeting. Update to my
Olympic
page, including latest news re lightweight events. A further reminder
from
Thames Regional
Umpires' Commission that now is the time for prospective candidates to
sign up for next year's umpiring training, & from the
Thames regional
rowing councils pages: news from the EA on
river
conditions, news of an
'Equity
in your Coaching' workshop & of
Club
Welfare Conferences in February & March. The
ARA are seeking applications for the post of
Events
Manager for the 2006 World Championships.
Sad news from
Thames RC of the
death of Gerry Blanchard (whose funeral was on 5th Dec), &
from Auriol Kensington RC of the death of
Tony Levis (whose
funeral was on 9th Dec). Now also the sad news of the death
on December 12th of Pam Rickett, widow of the late Graham
Rickett.
3 - 30 Nov 2002 : Updates to 2002 calendar (including reports from BIRC, cancellation/postponement of Pangbourne Jun Sc, Stourport SBH, Tiffin SBH, Marlow Fours & Pairs, Aberdeen 4s & SBH, York SBH, Hampton SBH, & Walton SBH, results for Kingston SBH, for Fours Head, & for Scullers Head), to list of club websites, to maps of rowing locations, to list of World best times, to list of links to rowing terms in different languages, & to 2003 calendar (including 2003 H&DARA calendar & SARA calendar). On the Thames regional rowing councils pages: news from the EA on river conditions, & news of cancellation of General Training Day at Dorney, but request for help getting a boat back to London.
1 - 31 Oct 2002 : Updates to 2002 calendar (including start order for Kingston SBH, results of KJ4s & other heads, + cancellation of some others), to 2002 international calendar (including Mercedes Sprint & World Masters Games), to skiffing pages (including 2002 skiffing calendar), to 2003 calendar, to list of championship venues, to list of club websites, to maps of rowing locations, & to Nat Champs links (record times & results). News from ARA re Medal of Honour, + news of a job vacancy at London Regatta Centre. On the Thames regional rowing councils pages: news from the EA on river conditions. From Thames Regional Umpires' Commission, details of opportunities for umpiring training.
1 - 30 Sep 2002 : Updates to 2002 calendar
(including KSBH notice), to
2002 international calendar (including
GB team listing with results, results from
Seville &
Racice, & reminder of
FISA
Masters
Survey),
to lists of
record
times (including new World Championship best
times & World best times), to list of
GB medals at championship regattas, to
2002 H&D calendar (incl final
Championship tables), to list of
championship venues (with 2006 Championship decisions,
including World Champs at Eton), to 2003
calendar, to 2003 international
calendar, to
Olympic
data (including proposals to remove lightweight rowing), to
2002 skiffing calendar, to
maps of rowing locations, to list of
club websites, & to unofficial summaries of
Junior & Veteran age groups, & of number
of entries
at World Championships.
Rowing friends, particularly in the Hammersmith area, will be sad to hear
of the death of Peter
Fielder, boatman of St Paul's School. His funeral was scheduled
to be at Mortlake on Tuesday 24 Sept at 3.30 pm.
2 - 29 Aug 2002 : Updates to 2002 calendar, to 2002 international calendar [with results from Festival of Rowing, from Munich (including GB squad) ,& from Trakai (including GB squad), & flood situation report from Racice], to list of championship venues, to Olympic data including 2004 qualifying system, to 2002 skiffing calendar, to 2002 H&D calendar, to maps of rowing locations, & to list of club websites. From the Thames regional rowing councils: news from the EA on river conditions page. From Wallingford RC, news of a sponsored row for the Carolyn Jones Trust.
7 - 31 Jul 2002 : Updates to 2002 calendar
(including results, timetables, & draws, for various events including
HRR, KAR, & Nat
Champs, + notice of Club Sprint Regatta during
Festival of Rowing), to
2002 international calendar (including
GB squad, & all their results from Lucerne,
entries for Munich (including withdrawal of GB M2-), news from World U23
Regatta, provisional entries for Festival
of Rowing, + announcement of Mercedes Sprint), to list of
championship venues (including 2006 Worlds
recommendation from FISA Council), to 2002 H&D
calendar, to 2002 skiffing calendar, &
to list of club
websites.
The sad news has been received of the death of Alan Burrough CBE, Steward
of HRR & past president of Thames RC [obituaries in the
Telegraph
&
The
Guardian]
2 - 30 Jun 2002 : Updates to 2002 calendar (including results, timetables, & draws, for various events including HWR, entries, draw, timetable, & qualifying race results for HRR, and on-line entry facility for Nat Champs), to 2002 international calendar (including GB squad, & their results, for World Cup, + new site for Nations Cup [U23]), to 2002 skiffing calendar, to 2002 H&D calendar (including link to new H&DARA site), to Olympic data including 2004 qualifying system, to maps of rowing locations, & to list of club websites. From the Thames regional rowing councils: news from the EA on river conditions page.
1 - 31 May 2002 : Updates to 2002 calendar
(including results & draws for various events, + corrected poster for
Loughborough/ Nat Vets), to 2002 H&D calendar,
to 2002 international calendar, to list of
championship venues, to
Olympic
data including 2004 qualifying system, to 2003
calendar, to maps of rowing locations, to
2002 rule changes, & to list of
club websites (including advert for new Boat Club
Manager for Lady Margaret BC, Cambridge).
Also update to ARA links, including Competition
Review. Remember that entries for Henley
Women's Regatta close on 2nd June; an on-line entry facility
is now available.
Sadly we have heard the news of the death of
John L Garton CBE, former Chairman of HRR and former
president of the ARA.
1 - 30 Apr 2002 : Updates to 2002 calendar
(including results for GB trials, for Oxford City Bumping Races, for
Inter-Regional Championships, for Birmingham, & for BUSA, corrected results
for Teddington Sculls, & inclusion of Isis-Goldie times in
UBR unofficial times), to 2002
international calendar, to 2002 H&D
calendar, to list of championship venues,
& to list of club websites. On the
Thames regional rowing
councils pages, link to new Tideway navigation rules.
Link to
Daily
Telegraph article regarding the Leo
Blockley Memorial campaign, aiming to improve buoyancy in racing boats.
I'm delighted to say that the
ARA's
agreement with the campaign has now been reported on rsr. SARA's
action is reported on the
SARA website,
and a number of boat manufacturers abroad have also said they will comply.
The rowing world was very sad to hear of the death
of Geoffrey Page,
president of Thames Rowing Club, and for many years the rowing correspondent
for the Telegraph. He had been in hospital for some time, but had appeared
to be making a recovery, and had been talking on the phone to one of his
press colleagues about the previous day's Boat Race, but he passed away
peacefully in his sleep during the night. He will be sadly missed by his
many friends, both in Britain and abroad. His
memorial service is
expected to be held on 20th May.
From SARA,
sad news of the death of "Doc George" Johnston.
And from Northwich Rowing Club, news of a memorial
day on 5th May for Bill Shufflebottom.
2 - 30 Mar 2002 : Updates to 2002 calendar (including
UBR unofficial
times, posters
for Teddington Sculls & for
Veteran Scullers' Head, results for
HoRR & for
Kingston Head, Schools Head results, further
cancellations of heads [incl W8H], & links to SMS results services
for some of the remaining events), to 2002 H&D
calendar, to list of club websites, to
maps of rowing locations, to 2002
international calendar, to 2004 international
calendar, to list of championship venues,
including link to new website for TTBS,
+ inclusion of calendars for 2002 &
onwards), & link to FISA
Masters
Survey
(where the bugs have hopefully now been cured). From the
Thames regional
rowing councils: news from the EA
( to 22 Mar)
on river
conditions page, and news of launch-driving courses. Under the OULRC
links on the club websites page, I've added a
link to the Leo Blockley Memorial
campaign, aiming to improve buoyancy in racing boats.
1 - 28 Feb 2002 : Updates to 2002 calendar (including
poster for Kingston Head, record entry for
Women's Eights Head, start order for
HoRR, Senior & Junior squad trials results,
numerous cancellations and postponements of heads, Wednesday results for
Lents, cancellation of Torpids, revised results
for Remenham Challenge, and looking ahead to
the summer a new website for Nat Schools),
to 2002 international calendar (including GB team
list for FISA Team Cup), to 2003 calendar, to list
of club websites, & to
maps of rowing locations. From
Thames Regional
Umpires' Commission: news of this year's seminars, & of the new retiring
age. From the
Thames regional
rowing councils: news from the EA
( to 27 Feb)
on river
conditions page, updates to other regions' links, and the winter
regional
newsletter (RTF file). Also a request from the USA for help in identifying
a catamaran
sculling boat.
1 - 31 Jan 2002 : New links for Thames Rowing Council, for Thames Regional Umpires' Commission (who are looking for new umpiring candidates), & for the ARA's competition review. Updates to 2002 calendar (including poster for Teddington Sculls, results for Remenham Challenge, cancellation of Hampton Head, links for Reading Head & for North of England Head), to 2002 H&D calendar, to 2002 international calendar, to 2003 calendar, to maps of rowing locations, & to list of club websites. Sad news aplenty this month: from SARA of the death of Ralph Gillies, [on RQ's news page] of the death of Douglas Hutchins of Cygnet RC, & now also the sad news of the death (after a long illness) of Alan Sutton.
1 - 31 Dec 2001 : Updates to 2001 calendar (including trials results), to 2002 calendar, to international calendars for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, to list of club websites, to maps of rowing locations, to 2002 rule changes, & to unofficial summary of Junior & Veteran age groups. Also news from HRR Stewards meeting, + inclusion of safety and history links. Congratulations to Martin Brandon-Bravo on the award of an OBE in the New Year Honours List.
1 - 30 Nov 2001 : Updates to 2001 calendar (including start list for Hampton SBH, results for Tiffin SBH, & for 4s Head, corrected results for Vets' Head & for Kingston SBH, and start order for Northwich Autumn Head), to 2002 calendar (including addition of 2002 H&D calendar), to 2002 international calendar, to 2003 calendar, & to list of club websites. Advert on the SARA website for Scotland's first ever full time Rowing Development Officer.
1 - 31 Oct 2001 : Updates to 2001 calendar (incl KJ4 results & 4s Head start order), to 2001 international calendar, to skiffing pages (including 2001 skiffing calendar & final Ormiston scores), to 2002 international calendar, to list of championship venues, to maps of rowing locations, & to list of club websites.
1 - 30 Sep 2001 : Updates to 2001 calendar (including
note re sponsorship at BIRC for Harry's Fund;
please sponsor someone or send a donation), to
H&DARA calendar (including results &
final Championship tables), to
2001 international calendar (including results
for FISA Masters), to
2001 skiffing calendar, to 2002
calendar, to 2002 international calendar,
to maps of rowing locations, to links to
rowing terms in different languages, & to
list of club websites.
Sad news of the death of two stalwarts of Putney clubs, Derek Dunckley from
Vesta RC and Maurice Rayner
from London RC; they will both
be sadly missed.
1 - 29 Aug 2001 : Updates to 2001 calendar, (including
KSBH poster) to 2001
international calendar (incl. WJCh
links & GB Junior team,
World Champs links &
GB Senior team [with their results]), to lists
of record
times, to skiffing pages, to
2002 international calendar, to list of
championship venues, to list of
GB medals at championship regattas, to
Nat Champs links (including
records & winners),
& to list of club websites, plus inclusion
of a list of links to rowing terms in different
languages. Also, announcement of the
auction of an oar signed
by the GB Olympic 4-, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief.
Readers of the book "Punts and Punting" will be sad
to hear of the death of its author,
Robert
Rivington.
1 - 31 Jul 2001 : Updates to 2001 calendar (including HRR + KAR), to 2001 international calendar (including reports & results from Vienna & Munich, GB crew lists, & info on Nations Cup, Home International, Coupe de la Jeunessse, & on World Junior Championships), to Nat Champs links (draw, timetable, & results), to 2002 calendar, to list of championship venues, to maps of rowing locations, to H&DARA calendar (incl Woolston & Coalporters results), & to list of club websites.
2 - 30 Jun 2001 : Updates to 2001 calendar (including HRR [entries, qualifying lists, & draw], draw & results for Docklands, Walton, Reading, Marlow & HWR, + results for Cambridge Mays), to 2001 skiffing calendar, to 2001 international calendar (including Seville & Vienna reports & results, & GB crew lists), to Nat Champs links, to H&DARA calendar (incl Poole results), to maps of rowing locations, & to list of club websites. Also a notice regarding job opportunities at the London Regatta Centre.
1 - 28 May 2001 : Updates to 2001 calendar (including Docklands entry form & cancellation of Thames Ditton & Worcester), to 2001 skiffing calendar, to 2001 international calendar, to H&DARA calendar, to maps of rowing locations, & to list of club websites. Sad news of the death of Harry Mahon; see tributes on the Rowing Service.
1 - 30 Apr 2001 : Updates to 2001 calendar (including draw for Notts City, Chiswick, & Wallingford, results for BUSA & for Northwich Spring Head, GB squad trials report, & cancellation of Marlow Spring & Hereford), to 2001 international calendar (including World Cup info & GB crew lists), to list of club websites, to maps of rowing locations, & to ARA rules [including reversals agreed 21.4.01], & inclusion of Dorney links.
1 - 30 Mar 2001 : Updates to 2001 calendar [including change of venue & times for Women's & LtWts Boat Races, & results of W8H, HoRR, & Vets Head, & info on cancellation of Welsh Head, Head of the Cam, Gloucester Head, North of England Head, Kingston Head, Schools Head, & of the last 2 days of the Lent Bumps], to list of club websites, to list of championship venues, to maps of rowing locations, to International calendars for 2001, 2002, & 2005, to 2001 skiffing calendar, & to unofficial summary of Junior & Veteran age groups. News about NWSC repairs. Unofficial list of times for University Boat Race.
1 - 28 Feb 2001 : Important notice from the ARA in consultation with MAFF about travelling from, or rowing in, Foot & Mouth infected areas. Start order & details for W8H, & link to start order for HoRR. Updates to 2001 calendar (including poster for Kingston Head, trials results, + cancellation of heads: Henley Fours, Henley Schools, Avon County, Bedford, Burway, Norwich, Worcester, Wallingford, Teddington Sculls, & Weybridge, also cancellation of Reading Head [but see replacement event at London Docks, & its results], and cancellation of ARA General Training Weekend), to 2001 international calendar, to maps of rowing locations, & to list of club websites. News of FISA rule changes, & of ARA appointments (including CCJ). Confirmation from ARA, FISA, BBC, & ITN that Matthew Pinsent & Tim Foster will both be continuing to Athens. Links to Thames conditions at Oxford & Marlow. It is with great sadness that we heard the news of the death of Bernard Churcher.
1 - 31 Jan 2001 : Information re this year's ARA rule changes. Updates to 2001 calendar (including cancellation of Hampton Head & of Tiffin SBH, W8H link to new website, Remenham Challenge results, revised H&D dates, & Teddington Sculls poster), to 2001 international calendar, to 2002 calendar, to maps of rowing locations, & to list of club websites. Reports on the death of Marcello Minale, President of TSS, & at last news that Leo Blockley's body has been found.
1 - 31 Dec 2000 : Congratulations, Sir Steve, and our other honoured medallists. On a much sadder note, reports (from RQ & elsewhere) that Oxford University lightweight oarsman Leo Blockley is missing after his crew's boat capsized. Updates to 2000 regatta calendar (including senior trials results), to 2001 calendar, to International calendars for 2001, 2002, 2003, & 2004, to list of club websites, & to list of championship venues. FISA rule changes proposed for 2001 Extraordinary Congress, & more details in FISA circulars. HRR news from Stewards' December meeting. Photos of NWSC floods. Summary of unofficial lists of record times. Inclusion of Garton calendar, and of initial unofficial note re ARA rule changes for 2001. Some of the many obsolete links have been moved to old link archive list.
1 - 30 Nov 2000 :
GB coaching
team announcement. Updates to 2000 regatta
calendar including cancellation of Hampton SBH
& Walton SBH. Updates to 2001 calendar
(including new date of 1st
April for Henley Boat Races + addition of link to
H&DARA calendar), to
2001 International calendar, to
2002 International calendar, to
2003 International calendar, to
2004 International calendar, to list of
club websites, & to list of
championship venues. Inclusion of unofficial
summary of Junior & Veteran age groups.
Skiffing friends will have
been sad to hear the news of the death of Mike
Phillips (DSPC).
1 - 31 Oct 2000 : News of Steve Redgrave's retirement. Update to 2000 regatta calendar (including Supersprint reports, & start order for Kingston Small Boats Head), to 2000 International calendar (including Supersprint details for 14th Oct), to 2001 calendar, to skiffing pages, to skiffing calendar, to Olympic data including photofinish link, to list of club websites, & to maps of rowing locations.
4 - 30 Sep 2000 : Updates to 2000 regatta
calendar (including Great River Race info
+ results, updated Pairs Head poster, &
Boston Marathon cancellation), to
2000 International calendar (including results
from FISA Masters & updates [+
url] to
Olympic
data with results including GB H4- & H8
GOLDS & F4x SILVER), to
GB team
list for Olympics
[ url] (again
with results), to list of GB medals at championship
regattas, to unofficial lists of Olympic record
times (with Sydney updates), to unofficial list of
crews qualified for 2000 Olympics, to
2001 International calendar, to
H&DARA calendar, to list of
club websites, to maps
of rowing locations, to list of championship venues,
to skiffing calendar, & to
Skiff Club news. Also a
notice from the London Regatta
Centre about job opportunities, & for women in the UK a
questionnaire from the ARA Women's Rowing
Commission, & an update to list of World best
times (thanks to a member of the GER HPL8 from Montreal 1992). New
www.biddulph.org.uk address brought
into use, and improved
search
engine added to the site.
2 - 28 Aug 2000 : Updates to 2000 regatta calendar, to 2000 International calendar (including updates for FISA Masters [incl. entry list & timetable], also reports from World University Rowing Championships & Home International, and results & reports from Zagreb & inclusion of results in GB team list), to 2001 International calendar, to list of championship venues, to GB team list for Olympics, to skiffing pages, to skiffing calendar, to Skiff Club news, to Nat Champs page (incl. unofficial lists of this year's winning crews, & record times), & to list of club websites. Also updated list of GB medals at championship regattas, & unofficial lists of Olympic record times, + of World Championship best times.
Jul 2000 : Updates to 2000 International calendar (including new details for Zagreb [including GB team list], & for Franco-British match, updated details for Nations Cup (including results & GB team list), updated details [& GB team list & Saturday/Sunday results] for Coupe de la Jeunesse, updates for unofficial list of crews qualified for 2000 Olympics, & other info re Olympic qualifying regatta), inclusion of GB team list for Olympics, updates to GB team for World Cup (incl. Lucerne crews & their results), to 2000 GB regatta calendar (incl. HRR results, & Nat Champs details & results), to H&DARA calendar, to list of championship venues, to maps of rowing locations, to skiffing pages, to skiffing calendar, & to list of club websites (including new url for WARA).
Jun 2000 : Updates to list of club websites, to 2000 regatta calendar (incl. HWR results & HRR entries & draw), to 2000 International calendar, to GB team for World Cup (incl. Vienna results), to list of World best times, & inclusion of list of Rowing World Cup best times. Also updates to skiffing pages, to skiffing calendar, to maps of rowing locations, to list of championship venues, & to Women's Eights Head info (now including mirror of this year's results).
May 2000 : Updates to 2000 regatta calendar (including Saturday draw/ Sunday draw for London Docklands Regatta), to 2000 International calendar, to GB team for World Cup, to 2000 skiffing calendar, to 2000 H&DARA calendar, to maps of rowing locations, to my unofficial summary of the changes this year to the ARA's rules of racing, & to lists of club websites. Updates to Nat Champs info, including appeal for help (IT & medical). Site search added.
Apr 2000 : Updates to 2000 regatta calendar (now including Wallingford & Marlow Spring cancellations, notice regarding London Docklands Regatta, & results [& statistics] of Scullers' Head), to 2000 International calendar, to unofficial list of crews qualified for 2000 Olympics, to lists of club websites, to maps of rowing locations, + inclusion of link to championship results database at Rowing.net. Also inclusion of an unofficial summary of the changes this year to the ARA's rules of racing.
Mar 2000 : Updates to 2000 regatta calendar (now including results of University Boat Races, Thames World Sculling Challenge, Vets' Head, HoRR, Schools' Head, Kingston Head & Women's 8s Head, starting order for Scullers' Head, & link to new website for Thames Ditton Regatta), 2000 International calendar, 2000 skiffing calendar (including Teddington Sculls results), 2001 calendar, 1999 calendar, list of championship venues, to links to maps of rowing locations, & to lists of club websites .
Feb 2000 : Updates to 2000 regatta calendar (including HoRR start order, Boat Race crew news, Teddington Sculls start order [annotated with winning crews], & Women's 8s Head start order), to 2000 International calendar (including new dates for Rowing World Cup, Munich), to 2000 skiffing calendar, to lists of club websites and of championship venues, and to links to maps of rowing locations. News of a drowning at NWSC when a dragon boat capsized. Also more memories of Colin Ellis, whose memorial service was held on 4th Feb.
Jan 2000: Updates to 2000 regatta calendar (including
Hampton Head start list
& results, this year's
Scottish events, link to
Teddington Sculls poster, & results of
Remenham Challenge), to 2000
skiffing calendar, to 2001 calendar, to
1999 calendar, to 2001
International calendar (including change of date of
World Champs), to list of
championship venues, to
Kingston River Events page, to list of
club websites, and to links to
maps of rowing locations, together with inclusion
of link to National Rowing League. Also more
memories of Colin Ellis, & details of the
memorial service to be held on 4th
Feb.
More sad news:
Ian Rogers (Twickenham RC & Remenham Club) died on
New Years Eve; cremation was Fri
7th Jan.
Stanley West (Kingston RC & Kingston GS) died recently;
cremation was Thu 27th Jan.
Dec 99 : Updates to 1999 regatta calendar, 2000 regatta calendar, 2000 international calendar, 2001 international calendar, & 2002 international calendar, addition of 2003 international calendar, addition of 2000 H&DARA calendar, inclusion of HRR link (including election of new Stewards), inclusion of link re new scoreboard at NWSC, updates to list of club websites, and to links to maps of rowing locations. Inclusion of the sad news of the recent death of Colin Ellis, and provisional plans for a celebration of his life.
Nov 99 : Updates to list of club websites, to 1999 regatta calendar (including 4s Head entries & results, start list and now also results for Hampton Small Boats Head [& by events], & Kingston Small Boats Head results), 2000 regatta calendar, 1999 International calendar, 2000 international calendar, and to links to maps of rowing locations, also news of the Museum of the Year 1999 award to the R&RM (well-deserved!).
Oct 99 : Inclusion of poster for Kingston Small Boats Head, updates to list of club websites, 1999 regatta calendar (including Kingston Junior 4s Head results), 2000 regatta calendar, 2000 international calendar, list of championship venues, skiffing pages, & 1999 skiffing calendar, also inclusion of link to IOC anti-doping code (following report from RQ of a positive test in China), and updates to list of club websites, to links to maps of rowing locations, & to list of crews qualified for 2000 Olympics (including Asian results).
Sep 99 : News on the newsgroup
that the OUBC boathouse has burnt down, also
report from RQ.
DJB's rowing pages updated 4 - 30 Sep 99 : Update to
1999 International calendar (including
results
of FISA Masters), also updates to list
of Championship
venues, skiffing pages &
1999 skiffing calendar, with inclusion of
SC regatta results & other regatta results, update
to 1999 regatta calendar (including details of Northern
Rowing Council's Autumn Sculling
Series, results of last regattas of H&D ARA season, &
H&DARA final championship tables
& South Coast Championships [now updated
to include report as well as results]),
to 2000 regatta calendar, to International
calendars for
2000, 2001, &
2002, and to list of club
websites.
Aug 99 : Updates to 1999 International calendar (including results, start lists, entries, & competitors' names for World Championships [also updated GB team list, now including their results INCLUDING H4- GOLD & 4 SILVERS, updated list of GB medals, & start of list of crews qualified for 2000 Olympics], draw for FISA Masters, entries & results for World Junior Championships, & results from Commonwealth Regatta), to 1999 regatta calendar, to 1999 skiffing calendar, to skiffing pages, to club websites, to links to maps of rowing locations, to 2000 international calendar, and to 2000 regatta calendar. Also inclusion of list of World best times, including new times set at Lucerne, Plovdiv, & St Catharines (updated again), & unofficial list of winning crews & times from 1999 UK Nat Champs.
Jul 99 : Updates to 1999 regatta calendar (including Kingston Amateur Regatta programme, draw, & corrected results, Nat Champs draw, timetable, & results, & HRR results), to 1999 International calendar (including Lucerne reports, Nations Cup results, & GB team news for World Champs & World Junior Champs), to championship venues, to 1999 skiffing calendar, to skiffing pages [including the sad news of the death of Robin Roberts (WSPC)], to 2000 regatta calendar (including dates for Evesham), to club websites, to links to maps of rowing locations, and inclusion of further Nat Champs links.
Jun 99 : Updates to 1999 regatta calendar (including HRR entry details, draw, & qualifying race results, HWR results, Docklands cancellation, & Cambridge Mays, also a number of updates from H&DARA), to 1999 International calendar (including Vienna results & link to Commonwealth Regatta), to club websites (including a link from LEH to the Anna Fangen Memorial Fund), to links to maps of rowing locations, and to the new ARA website, the ARA Rules, & to the Top 100 Rowing Web Sites.
May 99 : Updates to 1999 regatta calendar (including BUSA Regatta, Notts City, & NSR results from Martin Saxon), to club websites, to links to maps of rowing locations, to 1999 International calendar (including Hazewinkel World Cup results), to championship venues, to 1999 skiffing calendar, skiffing pages, and SC news (including reports on London to Paris record [arrived Paris early on Friday 28th, more than a day inside the old record], & changed dates for Great River Race & SC Regatta).
Apr 99 : Inclusion of summary of Olympic Qualifying system, Teddington Sculls results, GB trials results, summary of 1999 (& 1998) updates to ARA Rules of Racing, update to 1999 regatta calendar (including International Supersprint, Boat Race report & unofficial times), 1999 International calendar, 2000 regatta calendar, 2000 International calendar, 1999 skiffing calendar, skiffing pages, and SC news, to club websites, to links to maps of rowing locations, and to championship venues (including candidate venues for 2003 World Championships - Senior & Junior). Also updated opening hours for the River & Rowing Museum.
Mar 99 : Update to 1999 regatta calendar (including results for HORR, Veteran's Head, Henley Boat Races, Kingston Head, Women's 8s Head, and Schools Head, link to the Henley Boat Races, & results from Oxford Torpids) and 1999 International calendar, to 2000 International calendar, to club websites, to championship venues, to links to maps of rowing locations, to skiffing page (with inclusion of Richard Gooderick's skiffing page), updates to Skiff Club news, & 1999 skiffing calendar, and link to Rachel's Total Rowing Weekly, and to the ARA Water Safety Code.
Feb 99 : Update to 1999 regatta calendar (including corrected details for Kingston Head [and addition of S4 8o], results of Cambridge Lents, inclusion of 16th May (which I'd lost before), and new date for Thames World Sculling Challenge), to 2000 International calendar, to links to maps of rowing locations, to Kingston River Events, and to club websites.
Jan 99 : Update to 1999 regatta calendar (including results from Hampton Head on the Tideway, cancellation of Stourport Head, CANCELLATION of rearranged Kingston Small Boats Head, and inclusion of regatta dates later in the year), to 2000 regatta calendar, to 1999 International calendar, to Championship venue list, to links to maps of rowing locations, and to club websites.
Dec 98 : Updates to 1998 regatta calendar, to 1999 regatta calendar, to 1999, 2000, 2001, & 2002 International calendars, to Championship venue list, to W8H 99 page, to links to maps of rowing locations, and to club websites.
Nov 98 : Updates to 1998 regatta calendar (including results of Hampton Small Boats Head, and postponement of Kingston Small Boats Head) also updates to advance information in 1999 & 2000 calendars, to International calendars for 1999 & 2000, to links to maps of rowing locations, and to club websites.
Oct 98 : Updates to 1998 regatta calendar (including Kingston Junior 4s Head results & Kingston Small Boats Head event notice, plus cancellation of Henley Sculls), to 1999 regatta calendar, to International calendars for 1999 & 2000, to club websites, to skiffing pages (including start order & results for Doubles Marathon, & final totals for 1998 Ormiston trophy), and to links to maps of rowing locations. Invitation to comment on ARA rules. Also addition of The Row Ring, and of a new page for Kingston River Events.
Sep 98 : Updates to 1998 regatta calendar (including
belated inclusion of results from Kingston Amateur
Regatta, & inclusion of Cambridge Sm Bt Hd
& Autumn Head), to International calendars for
1998 (including details for
World Championships [congratulations to
GB team, with 3 golds & 1 silver]) and for
1999, to club websites,
to skiffing pages (including start order
& results for Singles Marathon, full results
of Inter-Club races, & update to
SC news), to Championship
venue list, and to links to maps of rowing locations.
Also addition of link for River &
Rowing Museum, which is now open, and for
Random Rowing Links
page, and time
for HORR in 1999 UK calendar, together with
updates on regatta info.
Aug 98 : Updates to 1998 regatta calendar, to International calendar for 1998 (including details for World Championships, World Junior Championships, & results of Coupe de la Jeunesse), to club websites, to Championship venue list, to skiffing pages, and to links to maps of rowing locations. Also addition of provisional lists of winning crews & record times from Nat Champs.
Jul 98 : Updates to 1998 regatta calendar (including Nat Champs draw & results, and results of HRR), to International calendars for 1998 (including addition of Franco-British Match results, & of details for World Junior Championships) and 1999, to club websites, to Championship venue list, to skiffing page (including link to WSPC pages), link to online FISA rulebook, and to links to maps of rowing locations.
Jun 98 : Updates to 1998 regatta calendar (including draw, timetable, & details of record entry for HRR [+ details for qualifying races], & HWR results), to International calendar for 1998 (including results from the World Cup in Munich & list of GB crews), to Championship venue list, skiffing calendar, and to club websites (where I am particularly pleased to have been able to include a link to the new website of LMBC). Addition of new page of links to maps of rowing locations.
May 98 : Updates to 1998 regatta calendar, International calendars for 1998 & 1999, skiffing calendar, Skiff Club news, and club websites.
Apr 98 : Updates to 1998 regatta calendar, (including postponement of Wallingford, and addition of Met Regatta link), international calendar, skiffing page (including inclusion of Skiff Club news), skiffing calendar, and club websites. University Boat race 1998 times and records added. Nat Champs official pages have been updated. Championship venue list now includes candidates for 2002 Senior & 2001/2 Junior World Championships.
Mar 98 : Teddington Sculls results included. Women's Eights Head : updated version of results now available (also
