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: 1 - 5 Nov
09 : Updates to 2009 calendar, to
2010 calendar, & to 2010
international calendar.
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Previously updated : 2 - 31 Oct 09 : Updates to 2009
calendar, to 2009 international
calendar, to skiffing calendar, to
2010 calendar, to 2010
international calendar, to 2011 calendar, to
2011 international calendar, & to list of
club websites. Sad
news of the death of Norman Howitt of Cambois
RC.
1 - 30 Sep 09 : Updates to 2009 calendar, to
2010 calendar, to 2009
international calendar, to 2010 international
calendar, to list of championship venues,
to list of GB medals at World Championships,
to unofficial lists of World Best Times &
of World Championship Best Times,
to FISA links, to unofficial summaries of
Junior & Veteran age groups, to
ARA (now British
Rowing) links, & to list of club websites.
Sad news of the deaths of
Paul Langguth and of Ian
Thompson.
2 - 19 Aug 09 : Updates to 2009 calendar, to
2009 international calendar, to
2010 international calendar, to unofficial list
of U23 World Best Times, to lists of GB medals
at World U23 &
World Junior Championships, to unofficial
summary of number of entries in events at World
Champs, to FISA links, to River
Thames information page, to Garton calendar
page, & to list of club websites.
6 - 31 Jul 09 : Updates to 2009 calendar,
to 2009 international calendar, to list of GB
medals at World U23 Championships, to list
of championship venues, & to list of
club
websites. Sad news of the death of
Harry Harvey, and then of Ted
Dyos.
1 - 29 Jun 09 : Updates to 2009 calendar, to
skiffing calendar, to 2009
international calendar, & to maps of rowing
locations.
1 - 31 May 09 : Updates to 2009 calendar, to
list of club websites, to
2009 international calendar, to
skiffing calendar, &
to FISA links.
1 - 30 Apr 09 : Updates to 2009 calendar, to
info re April 09 changes to ARA rules, & re
2009 changes to FISA rules.
1 - 31 Mar 09 : Updates to 2009 calendar (including
various head results), to 2009 international
calendar, to 2010 international calendar,
to list of championship venues, to list of
club websites, &
to FISA links. Good news: appointment of
Ann-Louise
Morgan as
London
2012 Organising Committee's Rowing Manager.
info re
April 09 changes to ARA rules.
Sad news of the deaths of
Scott Rennie and Laurie
Halifax.
1 - 28 Feb 09 : Updates to 2009 calendar, to
2009 international calendar, to
2010 calendar, to
skiffing calendars, & to list of
club websites. Sad
news of the death of Richard Burnett.
1 - 31 Jan 09 : Updates to 2009 calendar, to
2009 international calendar, to
2010 international calendar, to list of
club websites, to unofficial summaries of
Junior & Veteran age groups, to info re
April 09 changes to ARA rules, to
River Thames
information page, & to FISA links.
List of ARA clubs risking suspension because of
outstanding
water safety audits. Sad news of the
death of Bryan Griffin.
1 - 31 Dec 08 : Updates to 2008 calendar (including
Scullers Head, Hampton SBH, Walton SBH, & GB trials results), to
2009 calendar, to 2009
international calendar, to 2010 calendar, to
list of club websites, &
to FISA links. Sad
news of the death of Jim Rutland, & of
Sid Rand. Congratulations to David
Tanner on the award of a CBE in the New Year Honours list, to Steve Williams
who gets an OBE, and to Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter, Andy Triggs-Hodge, Tom
James, Peter Reed, Owen McGhee, & Rebecca Romero who all get MBEs.
(Also to James Hervey-Bathurst, CUBC 1970 & 71, who receives a
CBE for services to heritage.)
2 - 30 Nov 08 : Updates to 2008 calendar (including
results of 4s Head & of Kingston SBH
[]), to
2009 calendar (major update), to
2009 international calendar, to list of
club websites, & to unofficial summaries of
Junior & Veteran age groups. Inclusion
of 2009 H&DARA calendar. Link to
ARA's new Row Safe guidance.
2 - 31 Oct 08 : Updates to 2008 calendar (including
more cancellations), to 2008 international
calendar, to 2009 calendar, to
2009 international calendar, to
2010 international calendar, &
to FISA links. Congratulations to Ian Fisher
and to Ann Southey on the award of the
ARA Medal
of Honour. Sad news of the death of
Shauna McGibbon, formerly GB team doctor, &
now more details available. News also of memorial services for
David Parry and for
David Chipp. More sad news, of the
death of Sally Ann Panton, GB
international.
1 - 30 Sep 2008 : Updates to 2008 calendar,
to 2008 international calendar (including
results from FISA Masters & from Paralympics, & updated timetable
for European Championships & GB team
results), to GB medals at European
Championships, to list of championship venues,
to World Best times, to 2009
calendar, to 2010 calendar, to
2011 calendar, to list of club
websites, & to skiffing information.
Inclusion of GB 2008 paralympic page, with
their results. Sad news of the deaths of
David Chipp and David
Parry, both Stewards of HRR.
3 - 31 Aug 2008 : Updates to 2008 calendar
(including Henley T&V results), to 2008
international calendar, to Olympic links, to
list of GB medals at Olympic regattas, &
to unofficial lists of Olympic best times &
World best times. Sad
news from Nottingham of the death of Freddie
Brookes.
6 - 31 Jul 2008 : Updates to 2008 calendar
(including HRR results, & results for
Nat Champs), to
2008 international calendar (including World
Champs & U23: entries, timetable, & results), to unofficial summary
of number of entries in events at World Champs, to
list of GB medals at World U23 &
World Junior Championships, to
2010 international calendar (including World Champs
date change), to list of club websites,
& to Olympic information.
Inclusion of GB crews for World Champs (with
results).
1 - 30 Jun 2008 : Updates to 2008 calendar
(including HRR entries,
qualifying results,
draw, &
timetable, various regatta draws & results,
& cancellation of Weybridge Ladies and of Walton & Weybridge), to
2008 international calendar (including World Cup
& Olympic Qualifying Regatta info), to
Olympic information, to
ARA Competition Review info, to list of
club websites, & to
River Thames
information page. Congratulations to
Peter
Sutherland, founder and President of Upper Thames RC, on the award of
an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
1 - 30 May 2008 : Updates to 2008 calendar
(including various regatta draws & results, NSR abandonment, & Weybridge
Ladies postponement), to Kingston events page,
& to 2008 international calendar (including
World Cup info), to FISA links, to
Olympic information, & to list of
club websites. Sad
news of the death of Harold Blogg, and of
Steve Chasey.
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.
2005:
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
by events, and
alphabetical). Updates to 1998
regatta calendar (Results for
The Head,
Vets
Head,
Henley Boat
Races, starting
order &
results for
Kingston Head,
final confirmation of Molesey Head results,
Weybridge Veteran Head results,
Cambridge Lents final results in B&W from
Cambridge or in colour from St Annes, Oxford, & now also
Torpids final results). Also updates
to Nat Champs pages, to
club websites, to Gavin Dods' copy of the
ARA's
guidance notes to regattas about the points system, and to
the1998 international calendar &
1999 calendar.
Feb 98 : Women's Eights Head unofficial
start order (UPDATED 21.2.98) (also lists of entries
alphabetically & by
events), link to Nat Champs page added,
updates to club websites, to
1998 regatta calendar
(Cambridge Lents results in B&W from Cambridge
or in colour from St Annes, Oxford, Molesey results
added, but they are provisional at present), to the 1998
International calendar, to the list of Championship
venues, and to the early part of the 1999 calendar.
Jan 98 : updates to club websites (including new
page for
KRC), to
1998 regatta calendar (including
Women's Eights Head notice, new
HWR page, and new arrangements for
Cambridge Lents), and 1998
International calendar, plus note re new
FISA page, & link to Mildred Boon's
Aiguebelette photos.
Dec 97: Link here to the new FISA page,
the Triton animated GIFs, and updates to
1997 regatta/head links, also 1997
international, 1998 UK, 1998
International, and club websites.
Events in previous years moved to a separate
page.
Nov 97: 1997 regatta/head links (including [inter
alia] info from Fours Head ,
Kingston Small Boats Head, and
Tiffin Small Boats Head),
Championship venues and 1998
international links (including Worlds
98), club websites, and further reminders
re 1997 ARA Rule changes.
Oct 97: updates to 1997 regatta/head links (including
Kingston Junior Fours Head results, and very belatedly
Kingston Amateur Regatta results), updates to
international calendar links (with
St Catharines news
added to 1999), and to club
websites, and inclusion of new FISA
links. Also update of 1997 skiff racing
calendar & skiffing page to include
Doubles Marathon start order,
Doubles Marathon results,
Singles Marathon start order,
Singles Marathon results,
SC Regatta results, &
Ormiston update. Inclusion of links
to Atlantic Rowing Race.
Also updated, my reminder of ARA rule changes.
Sep 97: updates to GB crews for
World Championships, after their
record-breaking performances, also to 1997 regatta/head
links, to skiff racing calendar
(including postponement of Doubles Marathon & rescheduling of SC
Regatta), to club websites, to list of
International Championship venues, and to add
link to the splendid Rowers
Resource results database. There is updated info from Gavin Dods
on the
next
event at Bedford, and on the
Eastern
Rowing Council.
29 Aug 97: to include link to RQ's
Rowing Service Worlds
Index. See also other World Champs
links. Also updates to unofficial summary of ARA
rule changes .
11 - 26 Aug 97: updates to GB crews for World
Championships, and World Junior
Championships, to international calendar links
(including World Champs websites), &
also inclusion of missing JF2x FA result from
World Junior Champs.
3 - 6 Aug 97: links to
Saturday
& Sunday
race results & team results for the Coupe de
la Jeunesse, also late changes to GB Coupe team,
and updates to international calendar links (including
World Junior
Championships, Nations Cup, and
Home
Countries).
27 Jul - 1 Aug 97: inclusion of timetable for
Coupe de la Jeunesse, results of
Franco-British match, updates to
1998 UK regatta links.
Also previously in 1997: GB crews for Nations Cup
and Franco-British match, inclusion of
National Championships results, confirmation
of HWR finals results, and updates to
GB World Cup crews page (including Lucerne results).
A few extra links added to rowing page 8 Jun &
27 Jul 97.
Revised 12 Jan 97 to put
DJB's rowing
activities on a separate page out of the way!
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