USRowing Announces Creation of Separate Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Junior District Championships for 2010
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USRowing is pleased to announce the creation of two new stand-alone qualification regattas for the 2010 USRowing Youth National Championships. The 2010 USRowing Mid-Atlantic Junior District Championships and the 2010 USRowing Northeast J...
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2010 Rowing Canada Aviron Coaches Conference
The annual Rowing Canada Aviron Coaches Conference wrapped up this weekend in London, Ontario.
"It was great to see coaches of all levels - fro...
Australian Rowing Signs US Coach
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
Former US Olympic rowing coach Curtis Jordan has come out of retirement to become head rowing coach at the NSW Institute of Sport.
The head coach at Princeton University...
British Rowers and Celebrities Row A Million Meters for Haiti
Source: BBC News
Keep fit fans have helped to raise thousands of pounds for Unicef's Haiti earthquake appeal after taking part in a three-day rowing event in Cardiff.
Olympic medallist Jamie Baulch and T...
Olympic Champion Steve Williams to Miss London Games
Source: Inside the Games
January 22 - Steve Williams (pictured), Britain’s double Olympic champion, has confirmed that he has retired from competitive international rowing.
The 33-year-old Leander Club m...
British Olympic Rowers Cast in History
Source: Epsom Guardian
The National Lottery has recognised the sporting achievements of Britain’s Olympic rowing gold medallists from Beijing by creating casts of their hand and foot prints as part of a...
Sydney Rowing Club President Wins Medal of Order
Source: Hill Shire Times
Castle Hill resident Keith Jameson was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his service to the sport of rowing in NSW.
Mr Jameson has been the president of Sydney Rowi...
Olympic Rowing Veteran Dies at 88
Source: Henley Standard
BERT BUSHNELL, the oldest surviving rowing gold medallist, has died, aged 88.
He won the double sculls with Dickie Burnell in the 1948 Olympics when Henley hosted the rowing even...
Congratulations to our NK Coxbox Winner!
‘Twas the night before Head season
And out on the docks,
Not a rower was stirring,
Just this pensive cox.
I was picking my brain
A...
San Diego Attracts Stellar Field for 2010 Crew Classic
The 2010 San Diego Crew Classic, also known as America’s Premier Spring Regatta, will ...
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Oakland Strokes Rower Breaks World Record
On December 20 th , Oakland Strokes Rower David Hosler, 15, shattered the 100,000 meter record for lightweight individual men ages 19 and under. Hosler complet...
The Incredible Shrinking IRA
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SportGraphics.com
As reported elsewhere in this issue, the IRA stewards voted to shrink the field of men’s varsity eights at the 2010 IRA championship to 18 crews, with 17 of those bids to be earned through an automatic qualification process and the remainin...
2009 Female Athlete of the Year: Erin Cafaro
Photo: Erin Cafaro, by Peter Spurrier
What cover curse? Earlier this summer, we (presciently) featured U.S. Olympic gold medalist Erin Cafaro on the cover of this magazine. It was an easy call: The 26-year-old Modesto, Calif. resident and rowing partner Susan Francia...
The Sedentary Athlete
Imagine this: a lean, fit athlete who trains hard, eats heartily, and does not fret about getting fat. While this image holds true for some athletes, it seems far from reality for others. The truth is that many athletes burn far fewer calories than they realize and...
Harvard Dedicates Resolute XT to Everett A. Abbott
Harvard Head Coach Harry Parker is a legend and rowing icon. In his 46+ year tenure at Harvard Mr. Parker’s crews have won 17 national championships. He knows how to win races and find the right equipment to make it happen.
It was a beautiful balmy day on November 20 t...
CRASH-Bs Set for Valentine's Day
Why spend your Valentines Day eating boxed chocolate when you could be erging? This February 14 th Boston University’s Agganis Arena opens to the rowing community for the 2010 C.R.A.S.H.-B Sprints. The event, which stands for Charles River All Sta...
Otterbox Laptop Case and Ezeefit Rowing Bootie Make Life Easier
By Topher Bordeau
Otterbox 7030 Laptop Case
Laptop computers naturally experience greater wear and tear than their desk-surfing brethren, but mixing notebooks and rowing poses its own unique set of challenges. There’s the decision about where to stash the computer du...
Year in Review: IRA Regatta
Photo: Cal and Washington Battle for the 2009 IRA Title, by SportGraphics.com
THE IRA IS STUCK IN NEUTRAL
When the IRA stewards restructured the event in the fall of 2008, they wanted to create a championship that felt more like a regatta for the nation’s elite crews ...
Masters Victors From the North
Photo: Sara and Red Sargent, 65 and 69 respectively, won the Mixed Masters 2x, the E-F Women's Master 1x and the G-J Men's Master 1x at the Head of the Hooch, by SportGraphics.com
The Head of the Hooch was chock-full of Southern crews who could scoot over to Chattano...
Missing a Rower at the Foot of Charles
Tough way to end a season: a University of New Hampshire Women's Eight, missing 3-seat early in the race from Riverfront BC to HOC finish line, at the Foot of the Charles by SportGraphics , see more race photos posted this week here.
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