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 11 June 2007 CONTENTS PJDF 3Three tears for regattas 1-4 7 Hammer Smith 2 Readers’ Voice Letters 5 Anniversaries 5 Boat Race on the box 6-7 HMS Cornwall in Croatia 6 HORR confusion 8-10 News 8-10 Wing riggers reviewed 10 Enclosure in the Sky 11-13 Overseas News 12 Dead heats explained 13 Classified adverts 13 In the heat of Beijing 14 CoxVox 14 Book reviews 15 Results Service 16-22 Rant 23 Holiday Planner 23

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All rights reserved. Photograph: Jaap Oepkes Material may not be reproduced in any media without written permis- sion of RowingVoice Three tears for regattas? Contact: voice@ Competition review, what identified for improvement: rowingservice.com competition review? UK rowers o the need for recreational rowing; tel 07710-538114 of less than three years’ vintage, o an “appropriate and easily understood points fax 0870-164-1650 or who have never been involved system”; in club administration, might be o a “progressive pathway to higher levels of Published irregularly. performance”; forgiven for having less than a clue o the need for a competition programme which what the phrase means. And yet it RowingVoice will be would (ambitiously) satisfy the needs of all could have had the biggest impact ages and ability levels. publishing a special on club rowing since the formation In plain English, the point was to eradicate some compact HRR issue of the Amateur Rowing Association, for the Royal Regatta. of the perceived bottlenecks, and cater better and might yet. for those who were not likely to become elite Send in your news, let- athletes. ters, classified adverts Analysis and interviews Rachel and other offerings. One such bottleneck was at senior 3 and senior Quarrell and Christopher Dodd 2 level. As most club secretaries know, there are hundreds of S3/S2 crews, but only handfuls of S1 Our grateful thanks to he competition review arose out of the and elite crews racing at most events. This tends BigBlade, Jaap Oepkes, ARA’s Forward Plan for 2001-2005. One to leave most S2/S3 athletes with a simple choice: Niall Darroch and Peter Tconclusion of that survey of the state and either race without winning for months on end, Spurrier for photographic future of various sections of GB rowing was that or earn points for winning and progress quickly competitive club rowing needed to change in contributions in this issue. to what has become a much higher competition order to serve club athletes better. Four areas were level, at which they will then find it hard to »

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ith’s « succeed. So, what to do about it? The original and junior). Intermediate regattas could be any idea was to create three tiers of regatta: national, distance and have any number of lanes, but Voices Off should provide at least two races per crew for regional and local. Three working parties Random reshuffles? were set up in 2003 to examine these options, qualifying events, with events in all boat types including a large number of regatta organisers, for J14-J18, senior and veteran. Both these Presumably the changes made secretaries and chairmen/women. types of regatta were planned to have their in the crews to tackle the second main results entered into a league of some sort round of the world cup in Some of their regattas would be able to fit (perhaps like the National Rowing League, Amsterdam — two eights and straight into the new format, while others which was about to be formed), which would two pairs — are Jurgen Grobler’s would have to be adapted. The working allow comparison of club against club. way of offering fresh challenges parties reported back in late 2003, the national to proven units as well as newer competition committee reviewed the proposals Primary regattas were in some ways the most ones which need to heighten and Ann Colborne was appointed as a specialist radical format. They had to be less than 800m, their performance. I suspect, consultant on the matter. with any number of lanes, but were restricted to novices and C status events - the modern however, that this is not the only In March 2004 a formal ARA competition senior 4, plus juniors. The emphasis was on reason for a shake up. review document was produced. It included a participation, and each entered crew had to be I spotted Ian Lawson walking number of radical proposals, expanding on the guaranteed at least two races. How the primary home in Henley on returning three-tier regatta classification system. This was regattas achieved this was up to them. from the Linz world cup, and largely to be based on the type of course (length his face seems to have changed. and number of lanes). With this went a proposal I speculate that the cause was that each competitor would have a status WHAT HAPPENED NEXT not a chance encounter with a determined by a combination of the previous he next stage was to consult the English lamppost or an oar handle, but season’s status plus the number of wins in the and Welsh clubs directly. A regional with a forceful fist. Methinks current season: related to points, but slightly Tconsultation process began in the spring there have been harsh words in different. of 2004, with feedback going to the ARA via the headmaster’s study, and the The three regatta types were to be primary, Ann Colborne, divisional representatives, and culprit is probably lucky to have intermediate and national. National regattas the national competition committee. The first a seat in any boat at all. There were to be multi-lane (a minimum of 4 lanes), problem was the intermediate level. Designed are, by the way, no changes to at least 1500m, and must include elite events as a catch-all for regattas neither big enough the men’s sculling crews. nor small enough to fit into the other » THE CASE STUDY: off in a dividional final, with Hampton C and Royal Shrewsbury School C both crowned Holme Pierrepont BIRMINGHAM REGATTA divisional champions after winning a total of to be national base four races each. irmingham Regatta, on the Edgbaston Idly thumbing through the ARA reservoir, has run as a primary event “The primary status works because historically Whole Sport Plan for 2005-2009 Bsince 2005. Regatta secretary Chris Birmingham Regatta isn’t very big”, explains - sad, I know - at half-term, a Anton, explains. “We didn’t quite get the Anton. “We never expect to make money, have few gems shone out from the 44 concept right in 2005”, he says. “We tried to hardly any competitors over the age of 16, pages of silken politically-correct do three-lane repechages, but that didn’t work. and usually just do better than break even. We equalitarian health-and-safety- Now we do round-robins. help ourselves by putting events - for instance laden toadying to quangos, novice fours and eights - in different divisions, official bodies, and all and We divide events into groups. For three or four so people can double up. Senior 4 eights are in sundry. entries, the crews all race each other in pairs, the morning and novice eights in the evening, and the top crew of the round-robin is the so many junior crews compete in both. This o Such as ‘building capacity’ winner. For five or more entries we divide them year we set a limit of 125 crews and reached under ‘Our priorities’: into leagues of three or four, which race round- it before the closing date. Some schools are ‘Holme Pierrepont is a robin. The winners of these leagues race off in very complimentary about the system: this year national training base for the final. We keep the crews on the water until Hampton [School] said some of their boys had national squad athletes in the they’ve finished racing”. never got out of the boats all day. We find it’s a Midlands and North.’ confidence booster for the youngsters.” This last is a crucial point: it saves time which o Such as the aim of providing would otherwise be spent docking and boating Birmingham Regatta has had primary ‘rowing for life through for the extra races. “It’s OK if the weather isn’t status since 2005. The regatta also makes well-resourced clubs’. cold”, adds Anton - fortunately so far this hasn’t approximately half its income from local o Such as the campaign to been a problem in balmy April weather. sponsors. All the events are non-qualifying, so ‘represent British interests earn no ARA status points. In 2007 the regatta The biggest entry at Birmingham this year was through FISA commissions’ offered 30 events, of which 8 were senior 12 crews into the boys J14 quads. Six crews by encouraging Brits to try novice and the rest junior (J10 to J18, both raced in Division A (two leagues of three), and and get on the Fisa council sculling and sweep). No invitational races in six in Division B (again two leagues of three). (Fisa commissioners are higher categories were held this year. The winners of each round-robin league raced appointed by Fisa to look »

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« after Fisa’s interests, not their « categories, intermediate status didn’t off the agenda, pending further consultation national interests, although survive the feedback from the regions. It was and a decision from the Nat Champs further questions could be uneconomic to guarantee two races per crew committee, about J14/J15 events. In 2007, the addressed to Lausanne about with a reduced variety of events and without Nat Champs juniors argument rumbles on. that). massively increasing the entry fee per seat. In However, at the September 2004 council it the words of one regatta organiser, “they saw o Such as the review strategy was agreed that regatta organisers would be pound signs in their eyes, and kaiboshed it.” to ensure ‘effective “offered the option to run their event to a consistent communications’, By the time the June 2004 ARA council meeting specification for a primary regatta”, under the listing among others Regatta came around, talk of intermediate regatta status revised format. Without much of a bang, the magazine (RIP) and the seems to have been quietly put on the shelf. It new primary format was born, and is becoming ever-growing and wonderful was proposed that the rule changes to create a popular option for regatta organisers. A few Rowing Action (prop. The national-status regattas would be voted on at months later in 2005, both Birmingham and Scottish ARA, no relation). the September 2004 meeting. However, by Warwick Regattas had become primary, and September, the plans had hit another roadblock. by 2007 Durham and Bradford were added to Little Brother, Little Sister… The idea had been for multilane medallists to the list. The label ‘primary’ guarantees a short receive three points per win, two points for course; more than one race per entry fee for the China’s reality tv search for second and one point for third. This didn’t primary events; and a focus on junior and near- Olympic coxswains reduced appeal, and it wasn’t the only problem. novice rowing. Higher-status knock-out events from 20,000 contestants to may be added, but are restricted to entries from a shortlist of 20 in May. The uring 2004 the withdrawal of J14 and the home and adjoining regions. 12 men and eight women — eventually J15 events from the UK including Na Zheng, cox of the DNational Championships was mooted. In May 2007 Chris Llewellyn, ARA women’s eight in Athens 2004 This would help the Nat Champs fit the profile Competition Committee Chairman, preferred — will live and train with the of a national regatta under the new proposals. not to comment on the competition review. national team to determine which It would always be possible to run a separate four remain by August. Rumours national junior championships at around the UPDATE that Al Anh Sug Har is one of the same time (in addition to the existing National Mention has been made of the competition judges are unconfirmed. Schools regatta in May). But these ideas create review, in council minutes since 2005, and in as many problems as they solve, and in the end the ARA’s 2005-2009 Whole Sport Plan. The the whole knot was left entangled. Before the latter still includes the development of a three- Robbins’s collapse goes to tier regatta system, and the concept has been court September 2004 council meeting took place the proposals for national regattas had been taken taken up and mentioned in their own planning » Kyeema Doyle and Katie Foulkes of the famous Australian D’you know what? women’s 2004 Olympic eight Water Boiling Aft The stages of the competition review told the New South Wales London Rowing Club’s first 150 years. 2001 ARA’s Forward Plan looks towards 2005 supreme court that they were Christopher Dodd’s sumptuous account gagged against speaking out 2003 Three working parties set up to examine of the club which rescued amateur over the Sally Robbins affair in three-tier primary, intermediate and national rowing from decline and decay and Athens. Doyle and Foulkes told regatta system took Henley and the world by storm. the court they were placed under ‘house arrest’ and threatened 2003 Specialist consultant appointed ‘An eminently readable publication with being sent home from the for all who are interested in the past, Athens Games after Robbins 2004 ARA competition review in March even if they do not have a knowledge stopped rowing before the line proposes three tier regatta system of competitive rowing. It is a most in the Olympic final. Doyle said 2004 Regional consultation process begins in enjoyable read for anyone, anytime Robbins had collapsed at the oars spring , with feedback to ARA via consultant and anywhere.’ — Wandsworth on seven prior occasions and Ann Colborne, div reps, and the national Historian ‘we went into that race knowing competition committee ‘A captivating, beautifully produced there was a great deal of chance story of energetic beginnings and that that could happen’. 2004 summer — intermediate and national regatta proposals run into muddy waters; Olympic success, peppered with They were called to give discussion continues anecdotes of redoubtable sportsmen evidence in a case in which and enriched by atmospheric the broadcaster Alan Jones 2004 September ARA council — primary illustrations’ — Country Life is defending claims that he regatta format born ISBN: 0-9552938-0-4. Available from defamed Australian Olympic 2005 Birmingham and Warwick regattas go the River & Rowing Museum, Richard Committee president John primary Way Bookshop, or from London RC, Coates after accusing him of a Embankment, Putney, London SW15 1LB, cover-up and incompetence over 2007 More primary regattas, but little price £35 +p&p UK £5.50; Europe £6.50; the Robbins collapse on his high- movement elsewhere Rest of the World £10.50. Visa/Master/ rating breakfast program four Delta/Switch, cheques payable to London months after the Games. » 2007 Day ticket scheme withdrawn. Boat House Co. Ltd.

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« by several regional councils. - including Thames Valley Park, Kingston, « Doyle told the courts that Bedford and Lancaster - run plate events in she had been threatened with WHERE NOW? some categories, and some had done so for being sent home by team he upshot of the introduction of primary years before the competition review came out. manager Peter Huggett if she status regattas was that, slowly, they have did not apologise to Coates after Tbeen adopted by several clubs. The key Finally, round robins are likely to create the giving an interview to the ABC. was that they were given permission to include largest number of extra races in the programme, Officials placed the women’s “non-status” (ie non-primary) events, as long as but have the most satisfying outcome, eight under house arrest in the those were closed to all but competitors from especially for novices and juniors, because all Olympic village to prevent them their own and adjacent regions. Unsurprisingly, but the lowest crew in each round-robin group giving further interviews. But sheer geography has contributed to the West will win at least once. many were privately annoyed Midlands region being the most enthusiastic hris Anton, West Midlands div rep they were being portrayed as adopter of primary status, with Birmingham and of the ARA, an umpire and regatta ‘the villains’ because they were Warwick running their events in this format. Corganiser, is perfectly placed to see how unable to address claims they Bradford’s regatta in Yorkshire joins the list, the competition review has developed. “It’s not had turned on Robbins after the while Durham has also become a primary dead in the water”, he says firmly. “But I’m race. That was impossible, Doyle regatta, fulfilling the north-east region’s forward not sure if the anxiousness about the middle said, because Robbins had been plan to have at least one event at the primary level (intermediate status) is from those at the whisked away by team officials level. Cornwall might be less keen with only high end, who see the big multilane regattas after the race. WAGS competitors to invite, and Thames region running exactly the same way they always clubs tend to have a relatively high number ‘There was nothing wrong with have. Or from those at club level, seeing the her physically,’ Doyle said. of elite and senior 1 crews who want to race senior 2/senior 3 log-jam still there. It’s all very seriously. ‘As soon as we crossed the well people saying they won’t touch it with finish line, Sally sat back up a bargepole, but they need to come up with and proceeded to row the boat MULTIPLE RACES something better.” o how do regattas manage to give each back to the pontoon.’ She said crew more than one race? This, the main He also has a perspective on the dilemma the she would have given a ‘factual Splank of the review, is what did for the review faces. “In this region (West Midlands) account’ at a press conference intermediate status, because something has to practically every club runs a regatta, and most called to present a united front » be sacrificed to make space in the programme. are dependent on it to keep their funds buoyant. « in the aftermath of the race had Fortunately for primary regattas it can work They need it to make lots of money. But rowers the team not been gagged. ‘I just because the races are short. Uncrowded stretches don’t want to pay extra entry fees.” didn’t want (Robbins) to have of water help (lakes or low-use rivers) because any opportunity to cover it up or Birmingham only makes around half its £6000 very little other traffic need be catered for. let it slide,’ she said about why turnover from entries: the rest is sponsorship she broke the ban. The three most obvious ways seem to be running and food/drink on the day. Sometimes the round-robins, plate events, or repêchages. equation relating entry fees to number of races A borderline case in Repechages are the same as the international and available time just doesn’t balance out well Pridnestrovie format: first-round losers get a second chance enough. No wonder the intermediate regatta to qualify for the final via a repêchage. This idea, with longer courses, a larger number of It isn’t just the British and guarantees two tries, but can be demoralising for events and possibly on sites which are more Iranian navies which get those who don’t get through. expensive to run, faltered. And finally at the top their knickers in a twist about end, regattas which could get national status territorial waters. In March Plate events start off the same way: first-round such as Wallingford, the Metropolitan and Ukrainian border guards arrested losers go into a second draw - but after that Notts City don’t want to cut out the lucrative 10 members of Belarus’s there is a straight knockout for the Plate winner low-status events which help underwrite their ‘national rowing team’ for - best of the rest, if you like. Several regattas costly multi-lane race days. illegally entering the country in the salt waters of Kuchurgan Liman. They allegedly crossed into Ukrainian waters on the border with Pridnestrovie, and a coast guard vessel was dispatched to intercept and detain them and their boats. The Belarussians said they were unaware they had crossed the border in the southern Ukrainian region while training for the world championships in the de-facto independent region of Pridnestrovie, which is also known as Transdniestria, a Russian-speaking region » Double world champion Andy Triggs Hodge on wing riggers p 10 » 11 June 2007 page 5

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« controlled by separatists which Readers’ Voice historical rivalries. In the name of national suc- seceded from Moldova in 1990. cess, it seems that the spirit of British rowing is A hundred Belarussians were State of British rowing being snuffed out. training there at the invitation of the national team because their Finally there is a forum for the disgruntled mut- As the corporation moves to become the State own waterways were frozen. terings of the rowing enthusiast. As the sport of British Rowing, l fear that the idiosyncratic grows in apparent popularity and status it does rowing enthusiasts, volunteer coaches, and Unfortunately, it turns out seem strange that many well connected people life long participant are a dying breed. The that in the murky world of in the sport are worried about its health. As the state needs bland unquestioning followers not translation and sub-titles, the British rowing corporation ploughs ahead with awkward troublemakers. Yet when we look at blessed Belarussian rowers were all its schemes why are many clubs failing, if the crews who have given so much for their paddlers after all, so that’s all not in numbers but perhaps in quality. Is it that country they are often driven to that success right, then. You’d think that, the sport in the country has been about clubs by the exactly the sort of people who the state since they face the front, they’d providing a place for people to come to enjoy wants to eliminate. Let us hope that the future know where they were. all aspects of rowing, social and physical. medal victories are not pyrrhic ones. Success gained but with dead clubs and a lustreless lo- The Apprentice Now it appears that clubs are now encouraged cal regatta circuit left to struggle on as a sterile to be just a breeding ground for Olympians. breeding ground for the future. Kate Grenville’s The Secret They have to run homogenised programmes River, which nearly won the which are perhaps locally unsustainable. Uni- Thank you Voice for emerging at the eleventh Booker prize in 2005, is an versity programmes are financially coerced into hour to provide a place for those who really account of a London waterman “co-operating” with the corporation thereby care about their sport to speak out. who finishes up as a pioneer of losing their individual identities and rich Roger Meager the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, at the end of the RIP day tickets Change from propaganda eighteenth century, although not before a horrific tale of death It’s alarming to see the ARA has abolished day Thank you very much for providing another penalty, transportation, and tickets. I thought they wanted to increase the way to skive at my desk. It’s hard enough with conflict with Aboriginals. In » number of rowers, not infuriate those ones that talkrowing and the slug to get any work done. « an early scene where he is like to race a few times a year, say at the Vets but this is the end.. bound over at Watermen’s Hall Head, but don’t want the drivel that is their Seriously tho, good stuff. makes a change from for his apprenticeship, his future magazine dropping through their door every the proparaganda we get in rowing regatta and master is asked if he can handle month. rowing every month. Nice to read stuff that an oar. Middleton replies: ‘Yes, I We now have to pay full whack for the one has relevance to our sport and not just to the had him row from Hay’s Wharf race we like to do a year and have the added governing body. It’s good to read something to the Sufferance Dock and from annoyance of whatever they call that mag. that doesn’t seem like an advertorial or a space Wapping Old Stairs to Fresh filler. Thanks. Wharf for this past week gone.’ Bring back day tickets!!! Jamie Halliday. Then the future apprentice is Bill Barker. asked: ‘Blisters healed yet, PS: Shame the s-word didn’t make it into the sonny?’ He held his palms out Head report in Rowing & Regatta Magazine. I without speaking, and there was was in TSS 2, and we sank. a general laugh. A bald man said: ‘Good lad, they have the look of a waterman’s hands already, eh gentlemen? Licence granted, I Many happy returns would say,’ and it was done. Congratulations to the following bodies on Thursday 5th July, at 6:30pm. Happy 21st to Members of the company will celebrating anniversaries: Kingston Regatta’s the 1986 world champs medallists including recognise the scene to this day, 150th year; 10 years since the first Trans-At- one J. Tomkins Esq (AUS). though in the modern case lantic Rowing Race (Ocean Rowing Society); Belated felicitations also the Vesta Interna- freemen, without the blisters. Trafford Rowing Club’s 50th year since tional Veteran’s Eights Head (25 years and Grenville also brings to life founding (formerly Metrovics BC); Clydesdale still going strong); the Women’s Boat Race the harsh life of wherrying the Amateur Rowing Club’s 150th anniversary, (80th anniversary since the first race of style gentry and moving cargoes on along with that of their regatta); the 30th year rather than speed in 1927); Curlew Rowing the turn-of-the-century Thames. of the Thames Traditional Boat Rally (21-22 July, Henley); Wallingford Rowing Club has Club’s 140th birthday celebrations last De- its 60th birthday this year; Quintin Boat Club cember; the 175th anniversary of Clare Boat

ammer mith celebrates the centenary of its name this year, Club Cambridge in 2006; this March marked H S and Yarm School Boat Club is now 10 years 20 years since the Mutiny Boat Race; London Tittle and tattle to old. It is 40 years since the first FISA world Rowing Club was 150 in 2006; the 50th [email protected] junior championship regatta: an occasion be- Weybridge Silver Sculls were run last year; ing marked by a huge shindig at Leander Club and on 22nd April 2007 Leicester held their 125th anniversary regatta. Enclosure in the Sky obituaries: Alan Watson and Albert Andrews p 12 » 11 June 2007 page 6

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Boat Race on the box: 7 April 2007 HMS Cornwall in action ITV’s dream team Edward Cowan reports from Croatian waters. Phil Halliday reports on the 2007 try to kill the race. University Boat Race from his armchair. The island of Korcula off the It was 20 years since the Oxford mutiny of Dalmatian coast of Croatia eter Drury, ITV’s boat race commentator, 1987, and we were not going to get by without was treated to “a pulling race told us that ‘the first stroke is at least as some nostalgia. Although I was at Oxford between the Rowing Club Pimportant as the last’, and then missed during the said mutiny, we undergraduates of Vela Luka and a crew the first stroke as our screens were filled by a were as much in the dark as the journos who from HMS Cornwall” on random man talking in an armchair. stalked the bars and playing fields in search 9th February 2007, when the of some news. ITV interviewed some of the British ship was visiting the Apart from that, ITV handled the boat race protagonists, but Chris Dodd summed the area. The event was a great with aplomb, and with a pre-race schedule that whole thing up by saying True Blue, the book diplomatic success, the naval was at times very interesting even if a trifle that celebrated the events around the mutiny, crew showing no indignation repetitive. We are used to hearing Pete sing the was a work of fiction. when the host crew happened praises of the likes of Rooney, Terry and Kaka to cross the line first. and it did take some getting used to to hear him he gang of rowers that I was watching eulogise about the athletes contesting the 153rd with seemed entertained by all the build- The seeds of this epic race boat race. Tup coverage. Sean Bowden, the Oxford were sown in July 1933, when head coach, was described as the ‘oracle of the the fishermen of Vela Luka ITV kicked off with a winner by playing Al boat race’ and the Cambridge cox, Rebecca village challenged the HMS Pacino’s ‘inch by inch’ speech in Any Given Dowbiggin, was deemed ‘calm and collected’ Ceres, which was present to Sunday over the visuals of the toss. This was and the previous Cambridge cox who was a support the new kingdom of backed up by comment from a star line-up of late demotion was described as ‘too aggressive’ Yugoslavia, to “show the flag”. James Cracknell, Wayne Pommen, Tim Foster and someone who ‘did something bad’. Then Four-oared coxed boats raced and Barney Williams who called a buoy a we had an interview with the Cambridge cox’s over 2384m in the harbour, ‘booee’ when he talked about where Oxford will twin sister. OK, this was getting a bit too » with the fishermen winning. This signalled the start of rowing as an organised sport on the island, and the story has inspired generations of local rowers ever since. Early in 2006 it was suggested by Vela Luka’s mayor, keen oarsman Tonko Gugic, that the race be re-staged. A series of family and naval connections turned up Lieutenant Mark Wentworth, the British Defence Attache and current British Ambassador to Croatia, a former rower who agreed to encourage the project. Eventually Commander Jeremy Woods RN, Captain of HMS Cornwall, accepted Vela Luka RC’s formal challenge to a pulling race over the same 2384m course. In the intervening 74 years, the Royal Navy had begun to include lady crew members. Lieutenant Rebecca Martin was therefore appointed officer in charge of the rowing team, with five volunteers. After a day’s practice, the motley crew of Officer Cadet Henry Cambridge and Oxford approaching Hammersmith Bridge. Picture: BigBlade Martin, Petty Officer »

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« Elizabeth Carr, Able « much like Hello, but hey, it was fun. win, although Cracknell said: ‘Cambridge did Seaman Andrew Henderson, not row efficiently but were bigger and more Tension mounted and Barney Williams told and Officer Cadet Andrew » classy… Oxford produced a big race.’ He gave the viewers that Seam Bowden ‘has a chip Penfold, coxed by Leading Cambridge six out of 10 and said they won on his shoulder, he is a little guy’. The crews Seaman Stephanie Marshall, without being at their best. As the Oxford boys were interviewed with Johnny Cash music as declared themselves ready to collected their medals, Pete summed it all up: a background. Then all the experts left to join race. A ‘draw’ was held to ‘Sad faces, lonely thoughts, funeral, futile, trip.’ the race, and Pete was all on his own. Bring determine stations, the British Harsh. on soundbites: ‘Peaking for this, peaking for four borrowing a race boat now’, ‘The first stroke is at least as important as CREWS which had been used in an thelast’ as the umpire Pete Bridge tried to line Oxford: Bow - R Ejsmond-Frey (Oriel) A adventurous 2000 expedition the crews up. Kosmicki (Oriel), M Plotkowiak (Brazenose), to cross the Adriatic from M Fleming (Worcester), A Wright (St Edmund Croatia to Italy. Vela Luka’s When the race began, Pete Drury was in Hall), B Buckland (Jesus), T Kookyer (Keble), crew was led by the Mayor Champions League mode: at the milepost ‘not stroke – A Kusurin (St Catherine’s), cox – N himself. a record but quickish’, then ‘the umpire is Brodie (St Catherine’s). labouring to keep them apart’, ‘this is turning It is reported that “heroic out to be a good one’. Cambridge: Bow – K McDaniel (St renderings’ of ‘God Save Edmund’s), D O’Shaughnessy (Emmanuel), The Queen’ and ‘Ljepa Naca rucially, ITV missed the moment under P Champion (St Edmund’s), J Cornelius Domovina’ preceded the Hammersmith Bridge when both coxes (Emmanuel), T James (Trinity Hall), K West boat launch, and the race was Cpushed and overlapped blades, and (Pembroke), S Schulte (Caius), stroke - T umpired by former Henley then: ‘There have been some dark clouds for Engelmann (St Edmund’s), cox - R Dowbiggin Royal competitor Ricardo Cambridge but they seem to be clearing.’ And (Emmanuel). Grzunov, who started the race that was it, as Cambridge powered away to with a blunderbuss. With 300m to go Vela Luka eased What happened where jungle and bird paradise of Chiswick Eyot they ahead “to the cheers of the stepped on the gas and reached Chiswick Steps spectators and the raising of Putney Bridge in 10.55, half a second quicker than Oxford. their umbrellas”. An orange painted university stone on the embankment marks the start, just downstream Duke’s Meadows The celebrations which of Putney pier. Here nerves are sharpened A crucial spot is where Chiswick reach runs followed included the local for crews and umpire alike as everyone is on out into Corney reach. Here the tide is weaker Kumpanija dance troupe, tenterhooks for a clean start. It was a clean and shallows on the Middlesex side give way introduced by the sabre- start, with Oxford on Surrey fiendishly gaining to shallows on Surrey, so crews must switch. wielding Town Captain maybe a couple of seats along the reach to the Now Cambridge’s heads were up and shoulders dressed in a uniform loaded Black Buoy. down, enjoying a romp into the last great down with gold braid. A bend in their favour. Oxford’s bladework was ‘battle dance’ ensued, followed Mile Post showing the effects of their dominance of 3.46 for Oxford and by a plethora of speeches, The flag was lowered at the first half of the race. At the bandstand in 3.49 for Cambridge, not in the order that either much bowing, a fabulous Duke’s meadows the Light Blues were ahead expected to be in. banquet and the presentation by two-thirds of a length. of mementos from both sides. Hammersmith Bridge: 1 mile 1180 yards Barnes Bridge: 3.5 miles HMS Cornwall appeared Getting to Hammersmith Bridge first matters The crews took the bend tight on Middlesex, promptly at 12 noon to pick because the Thames curves sharply towards giving Dowbiggin pay-back time for the centre up the survivors of the party, Surrey after it, so the Middlesex crew must arch of Barnes Bridge, where Brodie was now and was escorted out of get far enough ahead to take Surrey’s water a in line astern. Times: Cambridge 14.46, Oxford the harbour by more than a third of the way into the race. Coxes aim for 14.50. hundred local boats who kept the bridge’s second lamppost from Surrey, her company for two miles. and Brodie of Oxford got there first. Oxford The Finish: 4 miles 374 yards The race ends between stone and post Postscript: Able Seaman clocked 6.57, Cambridge a second longer. In beside Tideway Scullers School boathouse Andrew Henderson was one of 1849, after Cambridge had moved into Oxford’s (Middlesex) with its bust of Lou Barry, the fifteen seamen and marines water at Craven Point, Oxford bumped them finishing coach for a run of six Cambridge captured by the Iranians in nearing the bridge and were awarded victory, victories from 1968 to 1973. Neither crew March 2007- a fate which the only time the race has been won on a foul. let off as the finish approached, Cambridge mirrored the experience of In 2007 disaster loomed with blades knitting. crossing in 17.49 and Oxford in 17.52, a the Mayor of Vela Luka , Umpire Pete Bridge aimed semaphore at both, verdict of a length and a quarter. Thus ended Mr Tonko Gugic, who was and Cambridge’s Rebecca Dowbiggin headed a wonderful hard-fought race by two steely captured during the 1990s Middlesex-wards, increasing Oxford’s lead to crews, the 153rd in the series, leaving a score of Balkan conflict. Andrew was two-thirds of a length as the bend curved. Cambridge 79, Oxford 73, 1 dead heat. released unharmed on 5th of Chiswick Steps: 2 miles 1020 yards April 2007 with the other Approaching halfway, Cambridge relaxed In the reserves race, Goldie beat Isis by 4 British hostages and returned and bode their time. As they passed the small lengths in 17.48. to the United Kingdom. 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Legal action in Washington A court settlement between US Rowing and the parents of a drowned coach is set to change the face of safety in the American rowing community. It was announced early in May that the parents of John Catilo, a medical student coaching at the Alexandria Crew Boosters club in Washington, have reached an out-of-court agreement with US Rowing after suing the rowing body over the death of their son in the Potomac three years ago. Catilo fell overboard from his coaching launch on June 25, 2004, while coaching a group of young teenage novices. He resurfaced twice, but drowned, Fiamme Gialle beside Chiswick Eyot Picture: Big Blade photographs while his launch sped away from him. “There was nothing we could humanly do for anyone to bring him back”, said his mother, That sinking feeling Maria Catilo. “I told [Alex- andria] that I want to institute Rachel Quarrell traces the course of events Umpire-designate, on the course in Chas Ne- changes in their procedures so wens’ launch Panache. When boating started at this year’s Head of the River Race on the that this tragedy doesn’t happen at 2:45pm, Panache drove up the entire course last day of March. to any family again. slowly, and the Chief Umpire and Safety Ad- The settlement the Catilos viser discussed matters with the PLA. It was n Saturday 31st March 2007, the Head have reached with US Rowing agreed that the wind was forecast to slacken, of the River race for men’s eights, one requires the organisation to pay and that conditions were already rough, but Oof the premier processional events an undisclosed sum in com- rowable. Panache stayed at Chiswick Steps, of the winter, descended into chaos as wind pensation. Together with the slowly circling to judge conditions and making against stream led to swamping conditions mid- Alexandria Crew Boosters club, downstream runs “to mimic the likely path of course. 3360 rowers, 420 coxes and several USRowing will also recommend racing crews”. dozen marshals know what happened to them the use of kill-cords and lifejack- - they were caught in the middle of it. But how t this point there was a radio report of a ets by coaches in launches. The did it get so bad? Acrew sinking in the Barnes area, but it club will name their next boat The official Head of the River Race report, appears to have been difficult to pinpoint the after Catilo, donate to a scholar- recently released, is based on many differ- reason (weather or accident), not helped by ship fund in his memory, rename ent contributions, from crews, marshals, race excessive radio alerts about spectators climbing their safety manual after him and officials and the Port of London Authority. It up the suspension rail of Hammersmith Bridge. put up a plaque in the clubhouse. starts with a comment which all race organisers It is noted in the official report that it was USRowing will post the should take heed of: “The problems experi- “practically impossible for the Chief Umpire story of his death in perpetuity enced this year illustrated areas of potential risk to use the Umpire/Safety [radio] net to gather on its website, and make new and indicators for controlling them, which had information about the course conditions, or to safety videos. Most importantly, not been apparent to us in theoretical exer- give instructions to the umpiring team.” following their new safety rec- cises.” The report also acknowledged that even ommendations will be obligatory Nearing the official start time of 3:45pm, the earlier in the week, it was seen as likely that for any club seeking insurance race was formally delayed by 15 minutes, to wind would cause difficulties around Barnes through the association. It is sort out the division marshalling near Chiswick Bridge and Chiswick Steps, but that it would be thought this includes most clubs Steps and allow the wind, which had percep- impossible to tell until the tide turned how bad in the USA. The FISA Mini- tibly dropped, to improve further. Panache’s it would get. “This was the main reason why mum Guidelines for the Safe occupants and the PLA again agreed that calling off the Race before the crews had boated Practice of Rowing recommend conditions “were difficult but not sufficiently was not contemplated.” the use of engine cut-outs and bad to prohibit racing.” There is no doubt that lifejackets, although it seems On the day, a crucial part of the safety process the feedback after the cancelled Head of 2004 the latter are recommended for was the presence of the race’s Chief Umpire had led organisers to believe that “competitors helping to rescue large numbers and Safety Advisor, together with the 2008 would rather race in difficult conditions than » of people in the water.

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« not race at all”. with promptly, with the exception of Read- News ing University II, who “seem to have been in After this, everything happened rather fast. Crime desk: trailers taken the water for an unacceptable period of time”, While the radios were still clogged with other because their area’s safety boat had already Someone has discovered a ill-disciplined communications and less urgent market for stolen rowing club gone to another crew’s assistance. Fortunately business, preventing feedback about conditions though cold they suffered no ill-effects. trailers, as evinced by the recent at Barnes from coming to the Chief Umpire, pair of thefts. Mersey RC had the race was started. It was clear that when the rest of the 376 crews theirs nicked during April-May were told the race had been abandoned, many from its storage outside Runcorn, eander I, the first to set off, stuck close thought this put them outside the control of and think it may have been taken to Surrey to avoid the worst of the water. the marshals, and went downriver as fast as for scrap. In March the Xpress LBut as second-starters Fiamme Gialle they could, causing great congestion. There Boat Club trailer was swiped, approached Panache at the Steps, heading for was also an unnerving near-miss beside Ham- along with two sculling boats the worst conditions, the Italians became wa- mersmith Bridge with racing crews closer to tied onto it, from outside Cam- terlogged and completely sank. Panache tried the bank than marshalling crews, because the bridge Racing Shells in Cam- to help, but was disabled by a piece of Italian former had earlier been avoiding the poor mid- bridgeshire. Two-day regattas clothing getting stuck in the propeller. As stream conditions (see picture, below). are increasingly offering secure other crews were already rowing into trouble, trailer parking overnight. the decision was taken to stop the race, while lthough the HORR has no specific Fiamme Gialle were eventually pulled onto a arrangements about abandoned races, Professor of the Oar houseboat at Chiswick Pier to dry off.By this Athe rules do include the requirement Imperial College have time 44 crews had attempted to start, of which to obey all umpire and marshal instructions named their club room after 29 rowed to the finish. Another handful also promptly. We might predict some rule changes Bill Mason, long-time coach finished the race by dint of stopping mid-way in this area for the future, and perhaps some to the club as well as a formi- down the course and emptying out their shells, consideration of the line racing crews may dable international oarsman in but they were not given a finish time. Several choose to take on the course. his own generation. “The past crews reported their shells, some with sealed The HORR committee has circulated its report 26 years have gone past very buoyancy chambers, sinking so far below the to the Thames Regional Rowing Council and quickly”, said Mason during surface that they were certainly more than various interested parties, to start a process of the opening ceremony presided merely ‘swamped’. over by Imperial’s Pro-Rector consultation with the other Tideway Heads. In Professor Paul Rawlings. “I was In all, 9 racing crews asked for assistance, as the mean time there will be no refunds, though lucky enough to coach both the did another 5 crews who didn’t start but got there is an amnesty over lost numbers due to Imperial and Great Britain teams into difficulty while returning. The official re- the exceptional circumstances. And all crews for two decades. Imperial has port says that “all the boats had sufficient posi- which were ready to race this year will have always come first however. I tive buoyancy to float, but some had very little a guaranteed place for the 2008 race (with a would like to thank the college reserve buoyancy to support their crews when starting order based on 2006) if they choose to for this honour.” swamped.” All the rescued crews were dealt take it up.

Photograph: BigBlade. Crews narrowly miss each other above Hammersmith Bridge in the 2007 HORR.

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Winging it with style News Repechages RIP Andrew Triggs Hodge, Requiem for the repêchage? The repêchage ‘second chance’ whose 6-year senior system, unique to rowing, is on international career its way out. has seen him trial FISA announced a new draw for Great Britain in system for events which have 25 to 36 entries using quarter-finals singles, pairs, fours instead of repêchages. The first and eights, checks out four from heats progress to four quarter-finals, with the rest mov- the new wing riggers ing directly to C/D finals. The for the Voice. Photo: first three crews in four quarter- Peter Spurrier. finals qualify for semi-finals, and three crews from each of he fundamentals of the two semi-finals qualify for the rigger are basic. It is there A final. Every finalist thus rows Tto provide a static point, four races. relative to the boat, for the pin to be levered against. It is an essential Where there are 37 or more component of the boat, which needs entries, the experimental system to be robust enough to withstand which uses repêchages and three us meat heads, but accurate enough semi-finals remains for the time to tune the pitch to within half of a being. degree. For 7 to 24 entries, FISA is seek- The wing rigger is the next step in ing suggestions to eliminate reps. the evolution of boat design. The ‘A’ frame has been the only option Universities get it on with the materials available for The last couple of months the last 100 or so years, but we have seen a busy season for the finally have an alternative. The university boat races. Start- big advantage of the wing rigger be counted, including the I hinted at earlier, is the flexibility of the pin on a increased possibility ing proceedings was of course is the lower surface area facing the the Oxford-Cambridge series direction of travel. Cutting this single arm, and the power that you may get your transfer into the boat. There belongings ‘stuck’ under in April, where Cambridge down has decreased resistance from won the blue riband men’s and wind but more importantly water. have been a few attempts to the rigger or smash your do this, but simple is always hands into the cross bar. women’s openweight events, but The wing is a major step forward Oxford led 4-3 overall, or drew for Tideway boats! best. Empacher have a Clearly for boat designers reliable method that I have it’s give with one hand, take 4-4 counting the veteran’s race. The wing rigger also gives you four used with wing riggers from back with the other! I have Bristol lorded it over the Lloyds extra inches of clearance above the 1x, 2-, 4- and 8+, and none ended up with several blood TSB varsity races, winning 3 out water. That make all the difference have let me down. blisters after using wing of 4 races with the University of between conditions that are rough riggers, and I have even nd because the wing West of England only able to but raceable, and FISA cancelling ripped off half my thumb on claim the women’s senior title. races. Now that everyone on the rigger effectively a Lola pair equipped with international scene races with Astraps down both them. At least it did get me Manchester beat Salford 4-3 in wing riggers they are essential, as sides of the boat, the hull is out of a pairs matrix! the Two Cities boat race. In the demonstrated at last year’s world under less stress. The forces Walter Scott university boat race championships on Dorney Lake. entering the boat from the I am sure that eventually Edinburgh beat Glasgow 3-1, The waves may have given our feet and the wing rigger the wing rigger will become but with Glasgow retaining the crew some trouble on the spoon bolts keep the symmetry the standard, but I think it men’s trophy. end, but the boat could cruise down the middle of the boat will also lead new thinking through without picking up buckets - better than the ‘A’ frame into actual boat design and The Northumbria Water Boat of water. which distributes energy manufacturing. Maybe one Race day was a 2-all tie, with through the hull. This lack day we will have lighter Durham’s women and Newcas- owever, nothing is ever that of stress also increases the boats, with better weight tle’s men winning. The first ever clear cut. When our sport boat’s life span. distribution, or new shapes Medway Boat Race was held is increasingly measured that have been restricted by between Kent, Greenwich and H One negative point, which in centimetres everything has to our ‘wider’ hips! Canterbury.

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Amateur The Enclosure in the Sky Authority Deep Purple David Halberstam, author of ew people could have done more to championships. The Amateurs, an account transform a rowing club than Alan of the struggle between four Watson, a distinguished oarsman, an During Watson’s time, UL notched up eight F Henley wins. Thirty of the students that he scullers to gain selection for outstanding coach and inspirational teacher the 1984 Olympics, died in a who became the architect of the University of coached went on to represent Britain in the car crash near San Francisco London’s rowing successes from the late 1950s Olympics, world, European or Commonwealth on April 23. Halberstam onwards, regattas. Since 1974 a further 70 UL oarsmen won a Pulitzer Prize for his have achieved international honours. Watson rowed with distinction for Thames reporting of the Vietnam A coach has to be judged not only by the war and the overthrow of the RC from the 1947 to 1957, including five appearances in the Grand at Henley. He success of the crews but also by what he or she Diem government for the achieves with the available material. Against New York Times in 1964. His represented England at the Commonwealth Games in 1954, winning a silver medal, Great this criterion, Watson stands supreme. One of paper resisted pressure from UL’s great strengths has always been in taking the White House to change Britain at the European Championships in 1955 and at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956. young oarsmen (and later oarswomen), with his assignment after stories little or no experience and developing their exposing the frustration However, it was as a coach that he made his real impact. potential. When Watson left he had bred a and failures of US military cadre of UL coaches who continued to guide operations. p until the late 1950s the University of the club to success, including Dermot Sweeney Jewish New Yorker London was seldom a contender for and Rusty Williams. Watson’s successors Halberstam edited Harvard’s Umajor honours. Then in 1958, Watson produced a further 26 Henley wins. university daily, the Crimson, took over as chief coach, a role to which he gave, unpaid, upwards of 20 hours a week, atson was born in Edmonton, north graduating in 1955 before London, and educated at Durstan beginning his career reporting eleven months a year for the next 16 years on top of his full-time teaching role at Latymer WHouse Prep, Latymer Upper civil rights in Mississippi and Upper School. At the same time he was elected School, and Westminster College, University Tennessee, He became one of London. Initially reading mathematics, he of the foremost writers of the president and re-elected annually for the next 45 years. switched to arts and crafts and, after National twentieth century, amassing a Service, taught at Latymer, becoming head of shelf-full of best sellers which Within a year, UL had reached the final of the the craft department and master in charge of switched between politics, Thames Cup at Henley, and won it within a rowing. In 1974 he moved to Haileybury — a biography, history, fiction and further two years. The following year, 1963, UL non-rowing school where he took charge of sport. entered the Grand, acquitting themselves well fencing with equal success. Throughout his 35 His book on the US scullers against the winning Russian Navy crew. Next years as a teacher he never had a failure in a of 1984 is a riveting account year they beat Cornell in the final and went public exam in craft. He retired in 1989 to live of rivalry between three ‘Ivy- on to represent Great Britain in the European initially in Leyburn, becoming a churchwarden leaguers’ and the blue-collar of St Matthews and singing in the choir before Californian, Brad Lewis. finally settling in Sheringham, Norfolk. While Tiff Wood eventually Watson served on the Amateur Rowing went to Lake Casitas as the US Association council from 1964 to 1979, on the single sculler and was eclipsed council for youth rowing from 1965 to 1973, from the Olympic medals, and was chairman of the junior selection board Lewis got a late seat in the in 1971. double scull and won gold. In 1985 he turned up at Henley all and square-shouldered, Watson was and, with his Olympic partner never an establishment figure, but few Springer and sculling under Tthings gave him greater satisfaction ‘Dirty Dozen’ colours, lost the than being elected a Steward in 1980. In the final of the Double Sculls to boat tent area he will be remembered as always the Danes Eltang and Kruse, approachable, always helpful, always firm; and the final of the Diamonds on the towpath he will be remembered for his to S Redgrave. booming, high-pitched voice; in the press area he will also be remembered for his eccentric — Christopher Dodd spelling as official race recorder. David Halberstam, born April 10 1934 in Bronx, NY, — David Latham died April 23 2007 in a car accident in Menlo Park, Alan Richard Watson, born 9 July 1929, died California Alan Richard Watson, 1929-2007. 15 February 2007

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Oxford’s loyal boatman Top teams on tour Team selection is approach- lbert Andrews, the Oxford University of its club rooms and a large collection of ing for many of the top rowing boatman from 1952 to 1987, died university and college boats, and where he nations, and with the first World Apeacefully in January at the age of 85, maintained and repaired the OUBC equipment. Cup regattas of 2007 in Linz, and his funeral was attended by river, Boat Race Throughout the training of university crews Austria (1-3 June) and Am- and Oxford personalities in some numbers. The each year he drove the coaching launch sterdam (22-24 June), eyes are service ended with the playing of ‘Messing Bosporos and he finally launched the Oxford on who will attend. Regulars about on the River’. crew each year at Putney in good shape for the Germany and Britain, hosts Aus- Boat Race. tria and Hollandno doubt, but Albert was born into an Oxford watermen’s this year Canada and Australia family. He left school at fourteen and began Also each year he gave the starting signals are also coming over. Canadian work on the river. Just before the second world for the college boats in Torpids and Eights former single sculler Derek ‘Sil- war he was boatman to St Edmund’s and St and drove Bosporos as an umpire’s launch ver Surfer’ Porter is back, dou- Peter’s Hall. In 1939, too young to join the at Henley and other regattas. He continued bling with Jake Wetzel. Buffy forces, he was in a reserved occupation as a at Henley until 1992 when both he, and the Williams, who stopped training boat builder, building boats for the Admiralty. original Bosporos, called it a day. last year to have her son Tavin while she and husband Barney In 1943, aged 21, Albert joined the Royal lbert served on the Oxford City were at Oxford University, is Navy, initially as a shipwright. In 1943 his ship Council for several years up to 1980, also back to full fitness, stroking was torpedoed on an Atlantic convoy and he and was made a freeman of the city. the Canadian women’s eight. A Barney forms a pair with regular was blasted through the stern. He remained He had a lifelong association with the South unconscious for several days with a badly Oxfordshire Conservative Club and held many crew-mate Scott Frandsen. broken arm, waking up having been rescued committee and officer’s positions. He was a In Australia, much-medalled and taken to the Azores. He later praised the strong family man. He and his wife Florence oarsman James Tomkins failed German doctors for saving his arm, and his had two children, Julie and Rodney: Rodney is to eject reigning world champion fears that his rowing days were over did not still heavily committed to coaching. Duncan Free from the pairing materialise after he switched from strokeside with Drew Ginn formed when to bowside. After the war he continued rowing — Mike Rosewell Tomkins took two years out for Sons of the Isis and was unbeaten in senior of rowing following Athens. eights for three years. Albert Andrews, born December 4 1921, died Tomkins rejoins the squad in this January 25 2007. year’s eight, and Australia are Albert lived with his family in the flat of the also sending a strong lightweight University boathouse, where he was in charge team to race in Europe. The Americans are not travelling Canada’s grand old man In Memoriam to Linz, with selection camps set to start just after it on June ‘Sandy’ Saunders was Canada’s oldest living David Halberstam, author of ‘The Amateurs’, 4. However, there are multiple Olympian when he died on April 30 2007 aged in a car crash on Monday 23 April in the USA. entries from Italy, Russia, China 96. He rowed in the Canadian eight at the 1936 Tsz Fok, cox and student boat club secretary Germany and Croatia, who look berlin Olympics and again in 1948 in London. at Worcester College Oxford, in a collision to be using the World Cups for a He continued his Olympic involvement as between his bicycle and a recycling lorry, on spot of seat-racing in their men’s manager of the rowing team in Rome in 1960 Wednesday 18 April in Oxford. and women’s squads. before officiating for FISA in 1964 in Tokyo and Blyth and Cambois former coxswain Milne 1968 in Mexico. Hunt on Tuesday 10 April after a long period Elsewhere, Ireland coach Harald of ill health. Jahrling created a stir when Saunders was chairman of Royal Canadian Charlie Allen, the 2004 cox and captain of Ra- he announced in May that he Henley regatta from 1958 until 1998. He was a dley College, peacefully at home on 27 March was not going to run a men’s founding member of the Canadian Secondary after battling cancer. lightweight double, one of only Schools Rowing Association and held numerous Swiss world champion Martin Studach of a two lightweight men’s Olympic positions with the Ontario Rowing Association, heart attack on 24 March while sculling a dou- classes, for the first part of this Rowing Canada and the Central Rowing ble on Zurich Lake in Switzerland. season. He decided that Liam Association. He was inducted into the Canadian Nigel Utley, 1965 Goldie oarsman, suddenly on Molloy and Diarmaid Mac Sports Hall of Fame in 1982, and Hamilton’s Sunday 18 March. Colgain, the two fastest scullers Gallery of Distinction in 1993. A lifelong David ‘DJ’ Jones in a car accident on Friday 2 at the Irish lightweight trials, member of Leander Boat Club, in 1992 he was March. were not quick enough to justify invested with the Order of Canada. Newcastle RGS and NUBC cox Nick Scott on creating a double for the world 23 January. cup regattas. There will be a — Christopher Dodd Dick Offer, former Kingston RC president, lightweight women’s double, earlier this year. formed from Sinead Jennings T V Claude ‘Sandy’ Saunders, CM, born Suddenly on 22nd May, Bedford Rowing and Niamh Ni Cheilleachair. January 25 1912, died April 30 2007. Club’s Dick Garrett, former club captain.

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In the heat of the Beijing Marlow Regatta Moves to CoxVox afternoon Two Days in 2007 Getting onto stake-boats. The rumour that television contractors caused Since moving to Dorney Lake in 2001, Marlow The most challenging cox- rowing at the Beijing Olympics to be scheduled Regatta has grown rapidly and has had a full ing manoeuvre of the summer for afternoons were denied at the FISA coaches’ one-day programme for the last 3 years. The season is attaching to stakeboats. conference in Cyprus recently. FISA announced move to two days has been approved by the Coxes are reliant on their rowers, that constant rather than variable wind is the Thames Regional Rowing Council in close and their own watermanship. cause. consultation with the other regattas on that Here are a few hints to get you weekend, Women’s Henley and Thames Valley started, based on a normal-rig The new course lies north (start) to south Park. As a result, no new events will be offered boat, approaching a stakeboat (finish). There is tail wind in the morning and for women and no junior events will be offered from behind and from its bow head in the afternoon, and the best bet for on Sunday. side. Reverse the instructions for fair conditions is from 3 o’clock to 6 in the a stroke-side approach. afternoon when the wind is usually constant. The Saturday programme will lose senior The temperature is forecast at 27-32C, with high 2 single sculls and senior 3 coxed fours to Marshal in the warm-up area all-day humidity. The Olympic regatta starts on Sunday, but adds J16 doubles. All events with behind the stakeboat, and ap- Saturday August 9 and ends on Sunday August over 7 entries will offer the opportunity to race proach it with half the crew 17 2008, with Friday 15th as a spare day. 2,000m three times, with heats, semis or reps rowing, keeping the stakeboat and finals. on your stroke side, pointing the Meanwhile, FISA’s events director Svetla bow of the boat to your (cox’s) Otzetova declared that a regatta could be held on The new Sunday programme will be split left so that it narrowly misses the Beijing Shunyi course ‘tomorrow’ on May 1. in two. Racing on Sunday morning will be the stakeboat and is aiming for Otzetova accompanied FISA events commission over 2,000m and will offer open, lightweight, the patch of water just beyond. chairman Mike Tanner and executive director and for the first time, U23 events. Racing on Warn stroke side to pull in their Matt Smith to check out construction progress. Sunday afternoon will be over 1,000m and will oars as you approach, one by one offer a full range of events at S1 and below. For The course is full of water and all of the starting from number 2, but still the first time adaptive events will be offered: keeping the spoons on the water buildings are complete. More than 5,000 MixedLTA4+, MixedTA2x, WA1x & MA1x. trees are being replanted in the park as well for stability. You should be go- All events on Sunday will race only heats and ing slowly enough so that only as 400,000 square metres of lawn. The first finals. real event will be this year’s world junior some rowers have their blades championships from August 8 – 11. For details see www.themarlowregatta.com pulled in at any one time. Call ‘easy’ before you get to the stake, and glide the rest of the way. Don’t do anything fast. If you ‘easy’ too early, row on gently with whoever has blades free (of- ten stern pair). Aiming towards the patch of water just ahead of the stakeboat allows you to move the boat’s bows into your lane. As the stern finally glides fully past the stakeboat, get whoever is at 7 (in an eight) or 3 (in a four) to hold it up gently, so that the boat straightens up. With luck, your stern will now be near the stakeboat, so that you have hardly any distance to move back. Back down gently with stern pair until the stakeboat per- son catches the stern of the boat. Have bow pair ready to hold it up so that you don’t bang into the stakeboat. When backing down, harder on one side moves it away from that side. Be aware Picture of the month: Edinburgh University’s stroke-man is ejected after severe blade clashing that rudder steering works in during the Walter Scott Edinburgh-Glasgow University Boat Race in early May. reverse when backing. Beware The sodden oarsman was pulled on board Glasgow’s boat for safety, but dived back in and re- of wind and stream pushing you. turned to his own boat and seat. The race was re-started, and Glasgow crossed the finish line first. Good luck and good coxing. CV Edinburgh were then disqualified for their earlier interference. Photograph: Niall Darroch.

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Writing it down Recent memoirs, history and punditry reviewed by Christopher Dodd Hot off the press is former Queen’s bargemaster Bob Crouch’s The Coat, a historical novel on the origins of Doggett’s Coat and Badge, which Diana Cook of the Richard Way Bookshop says is pulling her along pleasantly. If you are feeling down, you could reach for You Can Win at Life by Steve Redgrave (with Nick Townsend), or Making It Happen, an inspiring book on dealing with Working (a tribute to Brown going blind by the Irish oarsman Mark Pollock & Root) (with Ross Whitaker). If it’s the sharp end of competition that interests you, then try Bill Stress Management Stowe’s All Together, the story of how the From time to time Americans won the eight-oared gold at the At work 1964 Tokyo Olympics. ‘In this book Stowe I find it helps writes with the same deadly accuracy and drive To stress management. that he showed as the stroke of that crew,’ says his coach Al Rosenberg, who should know. Until I’m going to write this poem In the club history department, Elizabeth Until 2 words rhyme Carter’s Furnivall Sculling Club has Then it will be finished entertaining insights into the rocky history of her silent passions and dormant physicality… Then it will be time the club started by Dr Furnivall for girls at getting out of her head into her body’, says one Hammersmith, besides a portrait of the good reviewer. doctor himself. This author’s Water Boiling Aft, the first 150 years of the ground-breaking You want more? Then there is Peter Mallory’s London Rowing Club, ‘sets a new record in An Out-of-Boat Experience, subtitled ‘…or boat club histories,’ says Diana Cook. God is a Rower, and he Rows Like Me!’ Mallory is currently at work on an absolutely Selling steadily — and unsurprisingly sane work to compare and contrast infuential — is Sculling, Training, Technique and coaches in the English speaking world. His out- Performance by Paul Thompson, the coach of-boat experience book, however, has been at the head of the GB women’s programme. described as the rowing version of Ulysses. Tom Cooper’s seminal book Coxing is in print ‘I would take no responsibility for anyone’s again, although for the last time, he says. At sanity after reading this book,’ says a critic who the Richard Way Bookshop much interest is wishes to remain anonymous. currently being shown in Colin Porter’s 1959 book Rowing to Win, possibly inspired by his Still popular are Matthew Pinsent’s marvellous recent autobiography A Very Public Servant. autobiography A Lifetime in a Race and Tim Porter was the man who came through the Foster and Rory Ross’s riveting account of RAF, Thames and Molesey to form Barn the Sydney 2000 coxless four, Four Men in a Richard Lawrence, a Molesey Cottage and shake British rowing and the ARA Boat. And for something completely different, oarsman who was 31 when he to its ankles before emigrating to Australia. there’s Keith Osborne’s Berlin or Bust, the died of cancer in 2001, spent And for rowing without bothering about British Rowing Almanack editor’s account of his life working just enough winning, try Edward C Monahan’s Rowing liberating Berlin with the 11th Hussars during to be able to do important Reflections, a personal view of New England the Second World War. things such as rowing, running masters sculling. marathons, writing and All titles and many more are available from drawing cartoons. The poems Soul searchers need look no further than Richard Way Bookshop in Friday Street, and cartoons here are from My Martin Cross’s Olympic Obsession (cover Henley-on-Thames (T 01491 576663 E Life on the Edge, a collection picture, above) which, although around for [email protected]). The River & of his works published in several years, is in demand at the moment. Rowing Museum also stocks recent rowing 2006, £7.99 from edgini Cross bears his own and those of people he histories and biography. Olympic Obsession publications, 60 Sefton Street, competed against. Or there is Drawn to the is also sold by the Kingston-upon-Thames Putney, London SW15 1LZ. Rhythm by the American Sara Hall who Borders Bookshop. Copies signed by the www.mylifeasanedge.com ‘turned tragedy into triumph by discovering author are sometimes available.

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(Clyde) 7-54.54 Nov W4+A St Andrew 4-32.33 Elite W1x F Jacob (Clydesdale) 8-52.31 Results from late April and May. A further Nov M4+ Aberdeen Univ 3-34.65 Elite LM1x J Logan (Clyde) 8-14.03 supplement will be published soon with the Nov W4+B Edinburgh Univ 4-10.05 Elite LW1x G Toal (Aberdeen Univ) 9-03.62 remaining March and April results. Vet W4+ Inverness 4-23.60 UniCh M1x1st A Sinclair (Aberdeen U) 7-57.70 J16 JW4+ Aberdeen Schs RA 8-37.47 UniCh M1x2nd S Scrimgeour (Str Univ) 8-09.22 CANCELLATIONS J15 JW4+ Aberdeen Schs RA 4-19.34 UniCh W1x2nd Aberdeen Univ 9-03.57 Henley Junior Head - rescheduled due to admin J14 JM4+ Aberdeen Schs RA 4-10.04 R1 M1x R Collings (St Andrew) 8-02.57 then cancelled for high river R2 M1x J Murphy (Clyde) 7-49.28 Avon County Head Nov M2x Clyde 3-49.04 R1 W1x E Crighton (Ab’deen U) 9-15.79 Oxford University Torpids (bumps) - high stream Nov W2x Clyde 4-08.37 R2 W1x N Santoni (Dundee U) 9-09.29 Burway Head - high stream Vet M2- Glasgow 4-10.43 J18 JM1x M Walker (G Watson’s) 8-20.95 Reading University Head - unsafe river conditions J15 JM2x George Watson’s C 3-43.93 J18 JW1x E McCahill (Clydesdale) 9-38.72 Hammersmith Head - high winds J15 JW2x Aberdeen Schs RA 4-23.67 J16 JM1x M Nish (Nithsdale) 8-40.70 Newark Junior Head - high winds J14 JM2x Talkin Tarn 3-55.16 J14 JW1x J Campbell (Strath Pk) 9-19.07 Weybridge Head - high winds J14 JW2x C Semple/Nithsdale 4-53.01 ______Teddington Sculls - postponed until November J12 JM2x Strathclyde Park 4-37.03 Glasgow Small Heads J12 JW2x Castle Semple NTT Abingdon Head Welsh Open Regatta - strong winds Sun 22 April 2007, 2000m upstream Southampton Town Regatta Nov M1x J Murphy (Clyde) 4-12.39 Castle Semple Regatta - strong winds Nov W1x A Larcombe (B’ham U) 4-15.48 Sen2 M8+ Broxbourne 6-30 Vet M1x G Kerr (Nithsdale) 4-35.60 Sen3 M8+ Pembroke Coll Oxford 6-44 ______J15 JM1xA George Watson’s Coll 4-37.25 J18 JM4x Wallingford 6-55 J15 JW1x I Riley (Aberdeen SRA) 4-46.82 VetC/D/E M8+ Abingdon 6-58 Junior Inter-Regional Regatta J15 JM1xB M Walker (G Watson’s) 4-05.98 Sen1 M4+ Broxbourne 7-17 Sat 21 April 2007, 1500m multilane lake J14 JM1x P Murray (G Watson’s) 4-31.22 Sen1 M8+ Queen’s Coll Oxford 7-18 J14 JW1x R Findlay (Nithsdale) 4-55.21 Nov M8+ Abingdon 7-43 J16 JW8+ West Midlands 6-05.2 J12 JM1x G Ord (Strathclyde Pk) 4-54.79 Sen3 W8+ Wlalingford 7-49 J16 JM8+ Thames Upriver 5-05.9 J12 JW1x E McDonald (Castle S) 5-06.8 VetF M8+ Wallingford 8-11 J16 JW4x Thames Downriver 6-20.8 J16 JM4x West Midlands 5-22.9 2000m races VetC/D M4x Maidenhead 8-14 J16 JW4- Thames Downriver 6-26.4 Elite M8+ Edinburgh Univ 6-32.36 J15 JW4x+ City of Oxford 8-19 J16 JM4- North West 5-53.5 UniCh M8+ Edinburgh Univ 6-36.60 J14 JM4x+ Wallingford 8-26 J16 JM4+ North West 5-43.9 UniCh M8+2nd Edinburgh Univ 6-54.34 Nov W4x Wallingford 8-37 J16 JW2x Northern 6-35.5 UniCh W8+2nd Aberdeen Univ 7-50.19 J18 JW4x Wallingford 8-37 J16 JM2x West Midlands 5-52.1 R2 M8+ St Andrew’s Univ 6-51.48 VetC W4x Maidenhead 9-07 J16 JW2- Wessex 7-06.7 R2 W8+ Edinburgh Univ 7-38.68 J15 JW4x+ Maidenhead 9-13 J16 JM2- West Midlands 6-22.2 J14 JW4x+ Hinksey Sculling Sch 9-49 J16 JW1x Thames Upriver 7-34.1 Elite M4x Clyde 6-52.84 J13 JW4x+ Maidenhead 10-08 J16 JM1x West Midlands 6-22.2 Elite W4x Clyde/Clydesdale 7-27.74 UniCh W1x E Crighton (Aberdeen U)8-51.91 Sen2 M4- Broxbourne 7-29 J15 JW4x+ Thames Upriver 6-26.1 J18 JW4x Strathclyde Park 8-02.28 Sen3 M4+ Broxbourne 7-32 J15 JM4x+ North West 5-52.5 J14 JW4x Loch Lomond 7-43.15 Nov M4+ Reading Univ 7-34 J15 JW2x East 6-41.9 VetD M4- Abingdon 7-48 J15 JM2x East 5-45.6 Elite M4- Castle Semple/Strath Pk7-01.95 VetD/E/F M4+ BTC Southampton 7-57 J15 JW1x Thames Upriver 7-04.1 Elite W4+ Edinburgh Univ 8-09.61 Nov W4+ Pembroke Coll Oxford 8-39 J15 JM1x East 6-11.4 Elite M4+ Glasgow Univ 7-03.15 Sen3 W4+ Wallingford 8-49 UniCh M4+1st Glasgow Univ 7-02.88 Sen4 W4+ Abingdon 8-59 J14 JW4x+ East Midlands 6-41.6 UniCh M4+2nd Edinburgh Univ 7-08.88 Sen2 W4+ Wallingford 9-06 J14 JM4x+ Thames Upriver 6-07.2 UniCh M4+3rd Edinburgh Univ 7-20.62 J14 JW2x Thames Upriver 6-50.7 UniCh W4+1st Edinburgh Univ 8-18.97 J18 JM2x Wallingford 7-41 J14 JM2x WAGS 6-24.7 UniCh W4+2nd Edinburgh Univ 8-12.34 J16 JM2x City of Oxford 8-13 J14 JW1x West Midlands 7-15.9 UniCh W4+3rd Heriott Watt Univ 8-40.35 Sen2 M2x Wallingford 8-13 J14 JM1x East 6-28.1 R1 W4+ Edinburgh Univ 8-23.69 Sen4 M2- Wallingford 8-33 R2 M4+ Edinburgh Univ 7-32.12 Sen3 W2x Eton Excelsior 8-36 Victor Ludorum Thames Upriver 307 pts R2 W4+ Dundee Univ 8-25.77 J18 JW2x Abingdon 8-37 ______J16 JM4+ George Watson’s Coll 7-39.99 J14 JM2x Staines 8-39 J18 JW4+ George Heriots Sch 8-16.94 Nov W2x City of Oxford 8-47 Strathclyde Park Regatta J15 JW2x City of Oxford 8-58 Sat 21 - Sun 22 April 2007 multilane lake VetC W2x Eton Excelsior 9-03 A = Saturday, B = Sunday for dual events Elite M2x George Watson’s Coll NTT R1 W2x Clyde 8-14.36 Sen3 W2- Maidstone Invicta 9-03 R2 M2x Strathclyde Park 7-40.51 J16 JW2x City of Oxford 9-09 1000m races J14 JW2x City of Oxford 9-10 Nov M8+A Aberdeen 3-30.08 R2 W2x Clyde 8-14.12 UniCh M2x Aberdeen Univ 7-36.53 VetC W2- Eton Excelsior 9-29 UniCh M8+3rd Glasgow Univ 2-52.07 J11 JW2x Hinksey Sculling Sch 15-02 UniCh W8+3rd Aberdeen Univ 4-05.91 UniCh W2x Dundee Univ 8-25.90 Nov W8+A Glasgow Univ 2-12.00 J18 JM2x Strathclyde Park 8-16.73 J18 JW2x Strathclyde Park 8-58.19 VetB/C M1x Hope (Bradford-u-Avon) 8-24 Nov M8+B Heriott Watt Univ 3-24.35 Nov W1x Pryor (Wallingford) 8-37 Nov W8+B St Andrew 4-05.13 J16 JW2x Strathclyde Park 8-37.21 Elite M2- Clyde 7-34.72 Sen3 M1x Hares (Wallingford) 8-41 J18 JM1x Ellam (Wlalingford) 8-44 Nov M4x+ George Watson’s C 3-44.22 Elite W2- Clyde 6-52.84 Elite LM2- Clydesdale 7-35.15 J14 JM1x Steele (City of Oxford) 8-53 Nov W4x+ Heriott Watt Univ 4-17.25 J15 JM1x Seers (City of OXford) 8-59 Nov M4+ Dundee Univ 3-46.89 R1 M2- C Semple/Strath Pk 7-38.41 R1 W2- Edinburgh Univ 8-48.74 J15 JW1x Van Campen (Ab’don) 9-13 Vet W4x Durham Amateur 3-53.64 Sen4 W1x Hinksey Sculling Sch 9-14 J15 JM4x+A George Watson’s C 3-46.11 R2 M2- Strathclyde Park 8-22.49 UniCh W2- Edinburgh Univ 8-48.98 J13 JW1x Van Campen (Ab’don) 9-17 J14 JW4x+ C Semple/Nithsdale 4-23.98 Sen2 W1x Harris (Eton Excelsior) 9-24 J14 JM4x+B Aberdeen Schs RA 4-01.82 J18 JM2- Strathclyde Park 8-08.14 J18 JW2- George Heriots Sch 9-06.71 J18 JW1x Hinksey Sculling Sch 9-29 J12 JW4x+ Inverness 4-26.09 Sen3 W1x Hewitt (Eton Exc) 9-40 UniCh M4+4th Aberdeen Univ 3-50.41 J16 JW1x Taylor (City of Oxford) 9-52 RowingVoice - 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VetD W1x Arion (Eton Exc) 10-15 J18 JW1x Knaster (Amer Sch Lon) Easily Sat 28 - Sun 29 April 2007, multilane lake Nov W1x Cook (Eton Exc) 10-28 ______Saturday results (2000m) Oxford City Bumping Races Sen1 M8+ York City 6-01.07 Leicester Regatta Sat 28 April 2007, upstream in 4+ Sen2 M8+ York City 6-03.49 Sun 22 April 2007, 700m canal Sen2 W8+ Grosvenor 6-58.25 Men Sen3 M8+ Tyne 6-07.20 Sen4 M8+ Burton Leander Dsqn Headship City of Oxford M1 Sen3 W8+ Durham Univ 7-09.08 Nov W8+ Leicester 2.5L Blades University Coll M1 Sen4 M8+ Warwick Univ 6-18.24 St Catherine’s Coll M1 Sen4 W8+ Kingston Grammar Sch 7-11.63 Sen3 M4+ Burton Leander 3ft Magdalen Coll Sch M1 Nov M8+ Cardiff Univ 6-17.17 Sen4 M4+ Merchant Taylor’s Sch 1.5L Pembroke Coll M1 Nov W8+ Newcastle Univ 7-13.59 Nov M4+ Merchant Taylor’s Sch 2L New Coll M1 J18 JM8+ Abingdon Sch 6-09.45 VetD/E M4+ Nottingham 2.5L Somerville Coll M1 Nov W4+ Merchant Taylor’s Sch 0.5L Univ Coll M2 Sen2 M4x Star 6-30.18 Sen2 M4x Merchant Taylor’s Sch 3L Wadham Coll M2 Sen2 W4x Jesus Coll Camb 7-24.97 J18 JM4x Merchant Taylor’s Sch 2L Women Sen2 W4x+ Grosvenor 7-33.50 J14 JW4x+ Burton Leander Easily Headship City of Oxford W1 Nov W4x+ Cardiff Univ 7-56.30 Blades Trinity Coll W1 Sen2 M2x Burton Leander 3L City of Oxford W7 Elite M4+ Worcester 6-25.00 Sen3 M2x Lowestoft 3L City of Oxford W8 Sen3 M4+ Oratory Sch 6-51.09 Sen4 M2x Merchant Taylor’s Sch Easily ______Sen3 W4+ Grosvenor 7-49.77 Nov M2x Warwick 3L Nov M4+ Bedford Sch 7-06.18 J18 JM2x Ch’pion of the Thames 4L Birmingham Regatta J18 JM4+ Tyne 6-53.10 J15 JM2x Burton Leander Easily Sat 28 April 2007, 725m multilane reservoir J14 JM2x Merchant Taylor’s Sch 3L Elite M2x Tees 6-57.64 J13 JM2x Peterborough City 4L Nov M8+ Cheltenham Coll Elite LW2x Loughborough Students 8-06.80 Sen4 W2x Burton Leander 0.6L J16 JM8+ Pangbourne Coll Sen2 M2x Rebecca 7-02.70 Nov W2x Leicester 1L J15 M8+ Shrewsbury Sch Sen2 W2x Nottingham Univ 7-49.64 J16 JW2x Burton Leander 4L J14 JM8x+ Hampton Sch A Sen2 M2- Rob Roy 7-28.03 J13 JW2x Peterborough City Easily Sen2 W2- Newcastle Univ 8-11.90 Sen2 Mxd2x Peterborough City Easily Sch/J JM4x Monkton Combe Sch J15 JM4x Monmouth Co Sch Elite M1x Prestidge (Burton Ldr) 7-34.10 Sen3 M1x Walton (Leicester) 4L J15 JW4x Ross B Sen1 M1x Suthers (Bedford Sch) 7-31.60 Nov M1x Lister (Leicester) Easily J14 JM4x Bedford Modern Sch Sen1 W1x Newcastle Univ 8-52.60 J18 JM1x Rose (Burton Leander) cvs J14 JW4x+ Ross Sen3 M1x Davies (Rob Roy) 7-44.21 J15 JM1x Padbury (Leicester) 3L J14 JM4x+A Hampton Sch C Nov M1x Pownall (Warrington) 8-03.23 J14 JM1x Matt (Trent) Easily J14 JM4x+B Shrewsbury Sch Nov W1x Langslow (Camb ‘99) 8-38.52 J13 JM1x Rouncefield (P’boro C) 2.5L J18 JM1x Walton (Leicester) 8-13.77 VetB M1x Palmer (P’boro City) 1L Nov M4+ Cheltenham Coll A Nov W1x Merchant Taylor’s Sch 2.5L Nov W4+ King’s Sch Worcester B Sunday results (1000m) J15 JW1x Merchant Taylor’s Sch 2L J16 JM4+ King’s Sch Worcester Sen1 M8+ Nottingham 2-54.90 J14 JW1x Brunton (Leicester) Easily J15 JM4+ Shrewsbury Sch Sen3 M8+ Canford Sch 2-56.80 J13 JW1x Evans (P’boro City) RO Sen3 W8+ Nottingham 3-33.40 J12 JO1x Swanson (City of Camb) 1L Nov M2- Pangbourne Coll A Nov M8+ Loughborough Students 4-04.23 ______Nov M2x King’s Sch Worcester Nov W8+ Nottingham Univ 3-36.50 Nov W2x Monkton Combe Sch J18 JM8+ Westminster Sch NTT Hammersmith Amateur Regatta Sch/J JM2x Stowe Sch A Sat 28 April 2007, tidal river J15 JM2x Hereford Cathedral Sch Elite W4x Nottingham 3-22.80 J15 JW2x King’s Sch Worcester Sen2 M4x Star 3-10.80 Sen3 M8+ Canford Sch 0.75L J14 JM2x Monmouth Co Sch J18 JM4x Runcorn 3-10.80 Sen3 W8+ Auriol Kensington 0.75L J14 JW2x Ross B J16 JM4x York City 5-06.44 Nov M8+ Harrow Sch Easily J13 JW2x Ross A J16 JW4x Nottingham 4-19.89 Nov W8+ Thames Easily J10 JW2x Ross B J15 JW4x Warrington 6-21.95 J18 JM8+ Dulwich Coll 3.5L J15 JM4x+ Yarm Sch 4-37.00 J16 JM8+ Canford Sch A Easily Nov M1x Pangbourne Coll J14 JM4x+ King’s Sch Chester 4-33.75 J15 M8+ King’s Coll Wimbledon 3.5L Nov W1x King’s Sch Worcester J14 JW4x+ Newark 3-56.00 J14 JM1xA Shrewsbury Sch Sen2 M4- Auriol Kensington 2.5L J14 JM1xB Hampton Sch Elite M4- Nottingham 3-09.60 Sen2 W4- Barnes Bridge Ladies 5L J14 JM1xC Hampton Sch Elite LM4- Nottingham 3-58.55 Sen3 M4+ Imperial Coll Med Sch 2L J13 JW1x Ross A Sen2 M4+ Nottingham 4-18.64 Sen3 W4+ Auriol Kensington Easily ______Sen2 W4+ Nottingham 3-54.3 Sen4 W4+ Emanuel Sch Easily Sen3 M4+ Star 3-16.30 Nov M4+ Harrow Sch Easily Lloyds TSB Bristol Varsity Boat Race Sat 28 April 2007 Sen3 W4+ Belfast 3-52.30 J15 JM4+ King’s Coll Wimbledon 5L Sen4 M4+ Norwich 3-23.30 J18 JM4x Shiplake Coll 1.5L M senior Bristol U bt U of West of England Nov M4+ Birmingham 3-31.90 J18 JW4x American Sch in Lond Easily Nov W4+ Nottingham 3-53.00 J15 JW4x+ Emanuel Sch 1L W senior U of West of England bt Bristol U M novice Bristol U bt U of West of England W novice Bristol U bt U of West of England Sen2 M2- Rob Roy 3-30.30 Sen1 W2- Thames Easily Sen1 M2x Warwick 3-23.30 Nov M2x Globe Easily M alumni Bristol U bt U of West of England ______Sen2 M2x Canford Sch 3-25.80 Nov W2x American Sch in Lond 3.5L Sen2 W2x Newark 3-51.80 Chester-le-Street Regatta J18 JW2x Bradford Amateur 4-01.50 Sen3 M1x Jacques (Globe) Easily Sat 28 April 2007, 1000m/500m downstream J16 JM2x Norwich 3-23.50 Sen3 W1x Mallinson (Mortlake AA) 1.5L No results available yet J16 JW2x Norwich 3-55.10 Sen4 M1x Evens (Sons of Th) NRO ______J15 JM2x York City 3-28.90 Nov W1x Mallinson (Mortlake AA) Easily J14 JM2x Nottingham 3-58.21 VetB M1x Bever (London) 0.5L Results not yet online? 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Sat 5 May 2007, 1000m upstream Elite M1x Coleman (N & Union) 3-37.60 J18 JM2x Tideway Scullers 2L Sen1 M1x Janes (Nott’ham Univ) NTT Sen M8+ RGS Worcester 0.25L Sen2 M1x Delaney (Nottm Univ) 3-34.30 Sen4 M1x N von Kaltenboom (F’vl) 3L Sen2 W8+ Staines 1.3L Sen3 M1x Star 4-35.48 Nov M1x H Bradbury (Thames) 1L Nov M8+ Cheltenham Coll 1.25L Sen3 W1x Lineker (Nottingham) 4-59.11 Nov W1x C Beeckmans (T’way S) 2L Nov M1x Scorah (Broxbourne) 4-54.46 J16 JM1x D Ashworth (T’way S) 4.5L Sen2 M4+ Hereford 1.25L VetB/C M1x Broxbourne 3-50.00 ______Sen3 M4+ Staines 1.5L J16 JM1x Walmsley (Norwich) 3-45.40 Sen3 W4+ Warwick 0.6L J15 JM1x Yarm Sch 3-50;50 Head of the Cam Sen4 M4+ Evesham 3L J15 JW1x Grieve (Runcorn) 4-28.60 Sat 5 May 2007, river Nov M4+ Staines 1.25L J14 JM1x Neale (Norwich) 3-57.30 Nov W4+ Staines 0.75L J14 JW1x Newark 4-43.81 Men 1st Mays Downing Coll 8-48 J15 JM4x+ Windsor Boys Sch 1L ______Sen3 M8+ Cambridge ‘99 8-52 J14 JM4x+ Windsor Boys Sch 2L Men 2nd Mays Emmanuel Coll 9-03 J14 JW4x+ Bideford Amateur Easily Lea Spring Regatta Men Other MaysFitzwilliam Coll 9-19 J13 JM4x+ Evesham 3L Sun 29 April 2007, 600m downstream Sen3 W8+ Rob Roy 9-47 J16 JM4+ Reading Blue Coat Sch Easily Sen2 M4+ City of Cambridge 10-05 J15 JM4+ Oundle Sch 0.75L Sen3 M4+ Lea 3L Vet M4+ Hornets/Rob Roy 10-06 Sen3 W4+ Shoreham 1.5L Nov M8+ Ch’pion of the Thames 10-12 Sen4 M2- RGS Worcester 1L Nov M4+ Univ of Kent cvs Sen4 M4+ Cambridge ‘99 10-19 Sen2 W2x Staines 1.75L Nov W4+ Univ of Kent 3ft Women 1st MaysClare Coll 10-28 Sen3 W2x Hereford 4ft Nov W4x+ Lea Easily Women O MaysJesus Coll 10-49 Sen4 M2x Bristol Ariel 2.5L VetB W4+ Shoreham 0.75L Nov M1x P Horler (Trinity 1&3) 10-55 Nov M2x Warwick 0.75L VetD W4x+ Lea 2L Sen3 W4+ Cambridge ‘99 11-25 Nov W2x Dart-Totnes Easily VetNov W4x+ Lea 3L Nov W8+ Ch’pion of the Thames 11-35 J18 JM2x Hereford 1L J18 JM4x Royal Docks 1ft J18 JM1x W Wagner (Leys Sch) 11-55 J16 JM2x Claire’s Court Sch Easily J15 JM1x H Millar (Rob Roy) 12-13 J16 JW2x Evesham 1.5L Sen3 M2x Lea 0.75L Nov W1x S Thompson (Ch of Th) 12-46 J15 JM2x Hereford Cathedral Sch Easily VetB Mxd2x Lea 2L J14 JM1x E Parkhouse (Rob Roy) 13-16 J15 JW2x Evesham 1.5L Nov W2x Ardingly 1.5L ______J14 JM2x Staines 3L VetC W2x Shoreham 2L J14 JW2x Evesham Easily VetD M2x Poplar Blackwall & D 1L Merseyside Regatta J13 JM2x Stratford-upon-Avon Easily J18 JM2x Lea 2L Sat 5 May 2007, 500m river J18 JW2x Royal Docks A 0.75L Sen2 M1x T Robb (Bedford) 2L J16 JM2x Royal Docks A 0.5L Sen4 M4+ Bradford Grammar Sch Easily Sen2 W1x J Harris (Eton Exc) 0.5L J16 JW2x Lea 1.5L Sen4 S4+ Trafford 2.5L Sen3 W1x A Hewitt (Eton Exc) 4ft J15 JM2x Royal Docks Easily Nov M4x Liverpool Victoria Easily Sen4 M1x T Ryan (Staines) Easily J15 JW2x Lea 3L Nov M4+ Northwich 2.5L Sen4 W1x J Green (City of Bristol) 3L J14 JW2x Lea 4L Nov W4+ Trafford 2L Nov M1x A Roberson (Staines) 1.5L J13 JM2x Broxbourne Easily VetD M4x Hollingworth Lake 3ft Nov W1x A Stevens (Staines) 2.5L Sen3 M2- Lea 1.5L Sen4 W4x Liverpool Victoria 1.25L VetC W1x F Brewer (Eton Exc) Easily J16 JM4x Liverpool Viic/H’worth L 3L J18 JM1x O Staite (Evesham) 2L Nov M1x Ferrara (Lea) 1.5L J15 JM4x+ Royal Chester 0.5L J16 JM1x R Sullivan (Evesham) 4L Nov W1x Hills (Univ of Kent) 2L J14 JM4x+ Bradford Grammar Sch 3.5L J16 JW1x E Corless (Staines) Easily VetG M1x Clark (Ardingly) 1L J13 JM4x+ Queen’s Park High Sch 2L J15 JM1xA V Kleshnev (W’sor B) 2.5L J18 JM1x Anness (Royal Docks) 1.5L J16 JW4+ Grange Sch 1L J15 JM1xB E Deutsch 4L J18 JW1x Chew (Lea) RO J15 JW4x+ Grange Sch 2L J15 JW1x C Penrose (Evesham) 2.5L J16 JW1x Gyory (Broxbourne) 2L J14 JW4x+ Queen’s Park High Sch 3ft J14 JM1x J Van der Valk (C’s Ct) Easily J15 JM1x Goldsworthy (Bewl Br) Easily J13 JW4x+ Northwich 3L J14 JW1x C Hadland (Stratford-) Easily J15 JW1x Linden (Lea) 0.5L J13 JM1x E Surman (Evesham) 4L J14 JW1x Courtney (Lea) 4L VetD/E M2x Runcorn 1.5L ______J13 JM1x Goldsworthy (Bewl Br) Easily Nov W2x Liverpool Victoria 2L J13 JW1x Courtney (Lea) RO J18 JM2x King’s Sch Chester 1L York Spring Regatta J12 JM1x Taylor (Royal Docks) Easily J16 JM2x Hollingworth Lake 2L Sat 5 May 2007, 1000m downstream ______J15 JM2x Queen’s Park High Sch 0.5L no results available yet J14 JM2x Royal Chester 1L ______Chiswick Amateur Regatta J13 JM2x Queen’s Park High Sch Easily Sat 5 May 2007, 1000m tidal river J15 JW2x Northwich 0.5L North-East Regatta J14 JW2x Runcorn 2L Sat 5 - Sun 6 May 2007 Sen2 M8+ Mortlake Anglian & A 2.5L J13 JW2x Royal Chester 4L Sen3 M8+ King’s Sch Canterbury 1.5L Saturday results Sen4 M8+ St George’s Coll 1.25L Sen4 M1x Sykes (H’worth Lake) 2L R2 M8+ Aberdeen Univ Nov M8+ Thames 3L Nov M1x Potter (L’pool Victoria) 4L R2 W8+ Aberdeen Univ Nov W8+ Barnes Bridge Ladies 0.5L VetD M1x Lewis (L’pool Victoria) 0.5L R1 M4+ Aberdeen Univ Nov W1x O’Neill (L’pool Victoria) Easily R2 M4+ Aberdeen Univ Sen2 M4- Mortlake Anglian & A 1L J18 JM1x Bullock (Bradford GS) Easily Nov M4+ George Heriot Sch Sen3 M4+ Putney Town B 3L J16 JM1x Whitehead (L’pool Vic) cvs R2 W4+ Aberdeen Univ Sen4 M4+ King’s Sch Canterbury 2.5L J15 JM1x Thomas (Qns Pk HS) cvs Nov W4+ Aberdeen Nov M4+ St George’s Coll 2.25L J14 JM1x Leather (Warrington) 0.75L J18 JM4+ George Watson’s Coll Nov W4+ Thames 1.5L J15 JW1x Hunt (Northwich) 3.5L J15 JM4+ George Watsons’s Coll J15 M4+ King’s Coll Sch 1L J14 JW1x Atkinson (Runcorn) 4L J16 JW4+ Aberdeen Schs RA VetC M4+ Thames 2.5L J13 JW1x Thornton (H’worth Lake) 0.76L J15 JW4+ Aberdeen Schs RA Chall J14 1x Baker (L’pool Vic) 1.5L J14 JM4+ George Watson’s Coll J16 JM4x St George’s Coll 3L Chall J13 1x Young (Qns Pk HS) 1.5L Vet W2- Aberdeen J15 JM4x+ Tiffin Sch A Easily R2 M2x Robert Gordon Univ J14 JM4x St George’s Coll A 2ft J15 JM2x George Watson’s Coll J15 JW4x+ American Sch in Lond 1.5L J14 JM2x George Watson’s Coll RowingVoice - 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1L J15 JW2x Aberdeen Schs RA Sen4 M8+ Eton Coll 4-40.84 Sen3 W4+ Hereford 1L Vet W2x Inverness Sen4 M4+ Stourport 2L Elite M1x A Crosland (Aberdeen) Nov M8+ St Paul’s Sch 4-38.33 Sen4 W4+ Peterborough City 1L Nov M1x C Inglis (Aberdeen Univ) J18 JM8+A Shrewsbury Sch 4-25.95 Nov M4+ RGS Worcester 0.5L J16 JM1x M Walker (G Watson’s) J18 JM8+B Eton Coll 4-30.56 Nov W4+ Gloucester Easily J14 JM1x A Wallace (Aberdeen SRA) J16 JM8+ St Paul’s Sch 4-40.94 VetC M4+ Hereford 2.25L Vet M1x R Mathieson (Aberdeen) J15 JM8+A Hampton Sch 4-43.55 J18 JM4x+ Staines Easily J15 JM8+B Kingston Grammar Sch 4-56.30 J15 JM4x+ Bideford Amateur 2L Sunday results Sen2 W8+ Reading 5-10.35 J15 JW4x+ Evesham cvs Nov Mxd8+ Aberdeen Univ Sen3 W8+ Wallingford 5-08.15 J14 JM4x+ Stourport 0.75L R2 M4+ Aberdeen Univ Sen4 W8+ Mortlake Anglian & A 5-27.15 J14 JW4x+ Ross 1.25L Nov M4+ Aberdeen Univ Nov W8+ Bedford High Sch 5-24.51 J13 JW4x+ Ross Easily R2 W4+ Aberdeen Univ J14 JM8x+ St Paul’s Sch 5-18.86 Nov W4+ Aberdeen Univ Sen2 M2x Northampton 1.25L Vet M4+ Aberdeen Elite M4- Leander B 4-33.28 Sen2 W2x Evesham Easily Vet W4+ Aberdeen Sen1 M4- London A 4-44.73 Sen3 M2x Bristol Ariel 2L R2 Mxd4+ Aberdeen Univ Sen2 M4- Marlow 4-47.81 Sen3 W2x Staines 0.75L Nov M2x Aberdeen Schs RA J18 JM4- Latymer Upper Sch 4-55.88 Sen4 M2x Ross 3L Vet M2x Aberdeen Nov W2x Gloucester 1.5L Generation 2x Aberdeen Elite M4+ Leander 4-47.44 Nov Mxd2x Weybridge Easily R2 M1x J Arthur (Aberdeen) Sen1 M4+ London A 4-55.87 VetB M2x Weybridge 2.25L Victor Ludorum Aberdeen 149pts Sen2 M4+ Abingdon Sch 4-48.96 VetE M2x Warwick 1.25L ______Sen3 M4+ Tideway Scullers Sch 5-03.12 Adapt O2x Oxford Adaptive Easily Sen4 M4+ Curlew 5-07.89 J18 JM2x Hereford 0.75L BUSA Championship Regatta, NWSC Nov M4+ Monmouth Sch A 5-19.62 J16 JM2x Bewdley 0.5L Sat 5 - Mon 7 May 2007, 2000m multi-lane lake J18 JM4+ Abingdon Sch 4-57.92 J16 JW2x Staines 0.5L J16 JM4+ Maidstone Inv/M’denhd 5-06.44 J15 JM2x Weybridge 0.5L Champ M8+ Oxford Brookes 6-34.52 J15 JM4+ Eton Coll B 5-22.11 J15 JW2x Worcester 2.5L Champ W8+ Cambridge Univ 7-34.16 Sen2 W4+ Molesey 5-25.78 J14 JM2x Staines 3L Nov W8+ Newcastle Univ 7-27.94. Sen3 W4+ Molesey Schs RA 5-42.30 J14 JW2x Bideford Amateur 0.75L Nov M8+ Oxford Brookes 6-29.33. Sen4 W4+ Univ of Kent 5-38.50 J13 JM2x Llandaff Easily Freshers M8+ Durham Univ 7-34.04. Nov W4+ Headington Sch 6-00.88 J13 JW2x Ross Easily Freshers W8+ Newcastle Univ 8-33.57. J18 JW4+ Headington Sch 5-56.37 J12 JW2x Avon County 4L J16 JW4+ Kingston Grammar Sch 5-47.59 J11 JW2x Ross 2L Champ M4x Reading Univ 7-13.77 Champ W4x Durham Univ 8-15.75 Sen2 W4x Mortlake Anglian & A 5-15.87 Sen3 M2- Avon County 0.75L Champ LM4x Loughborough 8-38.31 J18 JM4x Marlow 4-54.01 Sen4 M2- Llandaff 2.5L Champ LW4x Durham Univ 8-16.51 J18 JW4x Maidenhead 5-18.59 J16 JM2- RGS Worcester 2.5L Jun M4x Reading Univ 7-30.87 J15 JM4x+ Marlow 5-19.40 Jun W4x Durham Univ 9-32.24 J14 JM4x+A Dulwich Coll 5-23.08 Sen2 M1x B Adams (Stourport) RO J14 JM4x+B Wallingford 5-36.97 Sen2 W1x L Lake (Staines) 1L Champ M4- Bristol Univ 6-38.80 J15 JW4x+ Headington Sch B 6-02.45 Sen3 M1x A Mitchell (Wycliffe) cvs Champ W4- Oxford Brookes 7-23.70 J14 JW4x+ Maidenhead 5-59.81 Sen3 W1x C Morrison (Staines) 2L Champ LM4- Durham Univ 8-20.79 Sen4 M1x A Derbyshire (Avon Co) 1.5L Champ LW4- Cambridge Univ 10-01.09 Elite M2- Leander 5-16.54 Sen4 W1x E Parkes (Staines) 1L Champ M4+ Reading Univ 6-54.70 Sen1 M2- Henley 5-18.30 Nov M1x P Dean (Cardiff City) 0.75L Champ W4+ Oxford Univ 7-46.05 Sen2 M2- Rob Roy B 5-28.02 Nov W1x C Penrose (Evesham) 2.5L Jun M4+ Imperial Coll 7-09.45. Elite W2- Mortlake Anglian & A 5-46.36 VetC M1x Bradford-on-Avon Easily Jun W4+ Oxford Univ A 8-05.55. Sen2 W2- Molesey B 5-42.75 J18 JM1x M Haines (Cardiff City) 0.5L J16 JW1x E Corless (Staines) 4L Champ M2x Reading Univ 8-40.62 Sen1 M2x Henley 5-08.43 J16 JM1x E Williams (Llandaff) 3.5L Champ W2x Aberdeen Univ 9-04.94 Sen2 M2x Marlow 5-11.37 J15 JM1x E Deutsch (Hereford CS)NRO Champ LM2x Imperial Coll 7-10.19 Elite W2x Hollingworth L/M’denhd 5-28.34 J15 JW1x R Matthews (Avon Co) 2L Champ LW2x Durham Univ 8-04.24 Sen2 W2x Mortlake Anglian & A 5-45.55 J14 JM1x A Frost (Staines) 2L J16 JW2x Marlow 5-56.15 J14 JW1x A Rutherford (Evesham) 0.5L Champ M2- Univ of London 8-18.93 J13 JM1x L Giles (Evesham) Easily Champ M2- Durham Univ 9-26.42 Sen1 M1x D Pring (London) 5-34.32 J13 JW1x O Walklett (Evesham) 1.5L Champ LM2- Durham Univ 7-37.74 Sen2 M1x L/E (London) 5-26.29 J12 JM1x J Pettitt (Staines) 3ft Champ LW2- Univ of London 8-39.69 Sen3 M1x M Espin (Goldie) 5-36.12 J11 JM1x Bradford-on-Avon Easily Jun M2- Univ of London 8-40.62 Sen4 M1x M Espin (Goldie) 5-32.51 ______Jun W2- Cardiff Univ 10-36.42 Nov M1x S Lack (Kingston) 5-39.75 J18 JM1x T Aindow (Dart-Totnes) 5-36.13 Marlow Spring Regatta Champ M1x Reading Univ 7-27.37 Elite W1x R Bradbury (tW’minster) 6-03.33 Mon 7 May 2007, 900m downstream Champ W1x Loughborough 8-22.67 Sen2 W1x N Wase (Marlow) 6-04.67 Champ LM1x Imperial Coll 9-07.65 Sen3 W1x V Whitehead (Furnivall) 6-30.99 Sen3 M8+ Dulwich Coll Champ LW1x Imperial Coll 10-33.05 Sen4 W1x E Piggott (Bedford HS) 6-15.30 Vet M8+ Marlow Jun M1x Newcastle Univ 7-45.96 Nov W1x C Aitken (Furnivall) 6-31.65 Jun W1x Loughborough 8-32.36 J18 JW1x R Bradbury (W’minster) 5-57.42 Nov M4x Walton Nov M1x Imperial Coll 8-04.88 ______Vet M4x Ardingly Nov W1x Univ of London 9-02.07 J18 JM4x Walton ______Evesham Sprint Regatta J16 JM4x Maidenhead Sun 6 May, 500m downstream J16 JW4x Henley Wallingford Regatta J15 JM4x Maidenhead Sun 6 May, 1500m lake Sen4 M8+ Bristol Ariel cvs J15 JW4x Walton Sen3 W8+ Hereford 2ft J15 JM4x+ Dulwich Coll Elite M8+ Leander 4-20.43 J15 JW4x+ Henley Sen1 M8+ London 4-23.72 Sen2 M4+ Hereford 0.5L J14 JW4x Sir Wm Borlase Sch Sen2 M8+ Tideway Scullers 4-29.69 Sen2 W4+ Stourport 1.25L J14 JW4x+ Lady Eleanor Holles Sch Rant, letters, news - send your contributions to the RowingVoice now 11 June 2007 08*/( page 20 J14 JM4x+ Windsor
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Pk/Castle Semple J14 JM4x+B Henley Sat 12 May, river Nov M4+ Strathclyde Univ J13 JW4x+ Sir Wm Perkins’s Sch Nov W4+ Strathclyde Park Sen2 M8+ Broxbourne 0.75L VetB/C M4+ Glasgow Vet M4- Maidenhead Sen3 M8+ Winchester Coll 0.3L VetD-G M4+ Clydesdale Sen4 M4+ Harrow Sch Sen3 W8+ Star 0.5L Mxd O4+ Clydesdale/Clyde Nov M4+ Marlow Sen4 M8+ Bedford Sch 2L Nov W4+ Lady Eleanor Holles Sen4 W8+ Balliol Coll Oxford 2.75L Elite M2- Clydesdale J18 JM4+ Harrow Sch Nov M8+ St Edward’s Sch 1.5L Elite W2x Clydesdale/Clyde Nov W8+ Broxbourne 0.5L R2 M2x Strathclyde Pk/Castle Semple Sen3 M2x Ardingly J18 JM8+ Radley Coll 2L Nov M2x Heriott Watt Univ Nov M2x Reading J18 JM8+B Eton Coll NRO Nov W2x Clydesdale Nov W2x Sons of the Thames J16 JM8+ Radley Coll 2.5L J16 JW2x Loch Lomond Nov M2x Marlow J15 JM8+ Radley Coll 0.5L J13 JM2x Clydesdale Vet M2x Ardingly J15 JM8+B Abingdon Sch 0.3L VetA/B M2x St Andrew/Strathclyde Pk VetNov M2x Ardingly J14 JM8x+ St Paul’s Sch 1L Mxd O2x Strathclyde Park VetNov W2x Weybridge J14 JM8x+B Radley Coll 2.5L J18 JM2x Windsor Boys Sch Coll M8+ Winchester Coll 2L R2 M2- Heriott Watt Univ J16 JM2x Miaidenhead Coll W8+ Pembroke Coll Camb 4.5L J16 JW2x Eton Excelsior Coll JM8+ Eton Coll 1.75L Elite M1x A McConnell (Clydesdale) J15 JM2x Windsor Boys Sch Elite W1x L Logan (Clyde) J14 JM2x Walton Sen2 M4+ Broxbourne Easily R2 M1x J Murphy (Clyde) J14 JM2x Dulwich Coll Sen3 M4+ Radley Coll RO Nov M1x C McCann (Strathclyde Pk) J14 JW2x Henley Sen3 W4+ Marlow 1L Nov W1x H Gaddis (Strathclyde Pk) J13 JM2x Reading Sen4 M4+ Clare Coll Camb 2.5L J15 M1x A Holmes (Castle Semple) J13 JW2x Sir Wm Perkins’s Sch Sen4 W4+ Bedford High Sch 2L J14 M1x Z Scott (Nithsdale) Nov M4+ St Catherine’s Coll Ox 2L J14 JW1x E Anderson (Castle Semple) Sen3 M1x Hammond (Christchurch) Nov W4+ Dame Alice Harpur Sch Easily J13 JM1x P Byrne (Strathclyde Pk) Sen3 W1x Hawton (Rob Roy) Nov W4x+ Marlow Easily J12 JO1x K Hiddleston (Castle Semple) Sen4 W1x Cann (Eton Excelsior) J18 JM4x Star 2L VetA/B M1x A McGregor (Loch Lomond) Nov M1x Summers (Christchurch) J18 JM4+ Oratory Sch 3.5L VetC/D M1x R Wallace (Aberdeen) Nov W1x Smith (Christchurch) J16 JM4+ Oratory Sch 3.5L VetE/F M1x G Kerr (Nithsdale) J18 JM1x Wildbore (Maidenhead) J15 JM4+ Eton Coll 2.5L ______J18 JW1x Godbold (Reading) J15 JM4+B Eton Coll 3L J16 JW1x Colsell (Eton Excelsior) J15 JW4+ Pangbourne Coll 2.5L Durham City Regatta J15 JM1x Kleshnev (Windsor Boys) J15 JM4x+ Windsor Boys Sch 2L Sat 12 - Sun 13 May 2007 J15 JW1x Perkins (Lady E Holles Sch) J15 JW4x+ Star NRO No results available yet J14 JM4x+B Windsor Boys Sch Easily ______Late in wave 2 and for the whole of wave 3, 1x, J14 JW4x+ Bedford High Sch 2.5L Poplar Regatta,Royal Albert Dock J2x and all J13 events were cancelled due to the J14 JW4x+B Star Easily Sun 13 May 2007, 2000m multilane dock blustery conditions. ______Sen1 M8+ Eton Coll 5-54.66 Manchester/Salford University Boat Race J18 JM8+ Westminster Sch 6-05.32 Ball Cup North Sat 12 May 2007 Wed 9 May Sen3 M8+ Pangbourne Coll 6-07.32 J15 JM8+ Hampton Sch 6-14.36 no results available yet M senior Manchester Univ bt Salford Univ ______J16 JM8+ Hampton Sch 6-26.22 W senior Manchester Univ bt Salford Univ Nov M8+ Emmanuel Coll Cambs 6-27.82 M novice Mancester Univ bt Salford Univ Borne @ Chiswick Bridge Regatta Sen2 M8+ London 6-39.32 W novice Salford Univ bt Manchester Univ Sat 12 May 2007, 1000m, tidal river Sen4 M8+ 1st & 3rd Trinity Camb 6-53.69 M single Salford Univ bt Manchester Univ Sen2 W8+ Lady Eleanor Holles Sch6-56.22 W single Salford Univ bt Manchester Univ Nov M8+ King’s Coll Sch 0.3L Sen3 W8+ Thames 7-04.11 Mxd alumni Manchester Univ bt Salford Univ Vet M8+ Tideway Scullers 3.5L J15 JW8+ Kingston Grammar Sch 7-20.36 ______Sen4 W8+ Auriol Kensington 1L Nov W8+ Churchill Coll Cambs 7-43.98 Nov W8+ Thames 1.25L Bideford Head J14 JM8x+ Hampton Sch 7-53.07 J14 JW4x+ Latymer 1L Sat 12 May 2007 Sen4 W8+ Queen’s Coll Camb 7-58.45 Sen3 M4+ Cygnet 1.25L No results available yet Sen4 M4+ Auriol Kensington 2L ______J18 JM4x Star/St Neot’s/P’boro 6-32.88 Nov M4+ Mortlake Anglian & A 1L J18 JW4x St Neot’s 7-14.86 Sen3 W4+ Parrs Priory 2.5L J16 JW4x St Neot’s 7-43.45 Sen2 M4- Mortlake Anglian & A 2L Edinburgh-Glasgow University Boat Race Sen4 M2x Twickenham RO Sat 12 May 2007 Sen2 M4- Thames Tradesmen 6-26.83 VetC/D M2x Sons of the Thames 3L Sen1 M4- Eton Coll 6-27.11 Sen4 W2x Putney Town 1.5L M 1sts Glasgow Univ bt Edinburgh Univ J18 JM4- King’s Coll Sch 6-35.73 Sen3 W2- Tideway Scullers 2.5L W 1sts Edinburgh Univ bt Glasgow Univ J18 JW4- Lady Eleanor Holles Sch7-08.78 Sen3 M1x Jacques (Globe) Easily M 2nds Edinburgh Univ bt Glasgow Univ J18 JM4+ Eton Coll 6-52.01 Nov M1x Hampson (U Coll Lond) 2.5L W 2nds Edinburgh Univ bt Glasgow Univ Nov M4+ King’s College Sch 7-01.67 VetB/C M1x B Ratcliffe (Quintin) 1.5L M Grads Edinburgh Univ bt Glasgow Univ Sen3 W4+ Thames 7-39.19 VetD/F M1x D Lonergan (Sons o Th) 2.5L W Grads Glasgow Univ bt Edinburgh Univ Sen2 W4+ Maidenhead 7-40.51 J16 JM1x Alderton (Twickenham) Easily Novice Ergs Edinburgh Univ bt Glasgow Univ Nov W4+ Gravesend 8-32.15 J14 JM1x Shea (Tideway Sc) 3L ______Sen1 M2- Poplar Blackwall & D 7-15.66 Sen3 W1x West (Sons o Th) 2L Sen1 W2- Thames 7-47.05 Clydesdale Regatta Sen4 W1x Jamieson (Sons o Th) 2.5L Sen2 M2- Eton Coll 7-57.95 Sat 12 May 2007, river Nov W1x Horwarth (Putney Town) n/a Sen3 M2x Globe 7-39.72 J14 JW1x Connor (Tideway Sc) n/a Sen3 W2x Univ of London 7-52.09 Nov M8+ Strathclyde Univ Sen2 W2x Univ of London 7-53.97 Nov W8+ Strathclyde Pk/Loch Lomond J18 JM2x Sir Wm Borlase 7-54.53 Club O8+ Strathclyde Park J18 JW2x Sir Wm Borlase 8-34.48

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Easily Elite W1x Bradbury (Westminster) RO Sen2 M2- RGS Worcester 4L VetB W1x Saunders (Stourport) 1.75L Nov M1x Leonard (Rob Roy) 7-54.20 Sen3 M2- RGS Worcester 2L VetD M1x Hopkins (Guildford) 4L Sen2 M1x Haeyberd (London) 7-59.48 Sen4 M2- Stourport Easily VetE M1x Woowat (Guildford) 1L Sen2 W1x Forrester (Imperial Coll) 8-23.29 J18 JM1x Deutsch (Hereford) 1.5L Sen3 W1x Fitzsimmons (St Neot’s) 8-24.18 Sen1 M1x Adams (Huntingdon) 1.5L J18 JW1x Baur (Pengwern) 0.66L Sen1 W1x Westminster Sch 8-28.51 Sen3 M1x Devaney (Pengwern) 2L J16 JM1x Peter (Stourport) 0.33L Nov W1x van Campen (Abingdon) 8-40.73 Sen4 M1x Lister (Leicester) Easily J16 JW1x Hunt (Pengwern) Easily Sen3 M1x Jacques (Globe) 8-41.26 Nov M1x Maynard (Abingdon) Easily J15 JM1x Jones (Burton Leander) 2L VetD M1x Hopkins (Guildford) Easily J15 JW1x Knott (Pengwern) 2L Adapt M1x Aggar (Royal Docks) NTT J18 JM1x Rose (Burton Leander) 1.25L J14 JM1xA Landells (Shrewsbury) Easily Adapt W1x Snopek (Poland) 6-21.00 J16 JM1x Sykes (Hollingworth Lk) 4L J14 JW1xA Jukes (Bridgnorth) 0.5L Adapt LTA4+ Hong Kong China 3-38.27 J15 JM1xA Padbury (Leicester) 1L J14 JM1xB George (Hereford) 0.5L Adapt SchM2x+ Charlton Royal 1-02.19 J15 JM1xB Hadley (St Ives) Easily J14 JW1xB Hall (Pengwern) 3L J14 JM1x Purdy (Trent) 2L J13 JM1x Harrison (Stoke RA) Easily Victor Ludorum Sen3 W1x Horton (Pengwern) 5L J13 JW1x Bray (Burton Leander) Easily M Hampton 90pts, W Thames 61pts Sen4 W1x Baur (Pengwern) 3L ______Nov W1x Bartlett (Guildford) Easily VetC W1x Edwards (Runcorn) n/a Cambridge Sprint Regatta Shrewsbury Regatta J18 JW1x Baur (Pengwern) 1.5L Sun 13 May 2007 Sat 12 May 2007, 1000m upstream J16 JW1x Hunt (Pengwern) Easily no results available J15 JW1x Grieve (Runcorn) 0.5L ______Sen2 M8+ Shrewsbury Sch 3.5L J14 JW1x Atkinson (Runcorn) 2.5L Ball Cup South, Dorney Lake Sen3 M8+ Shrewsbury Sch 1.75L ______Sen4 M8+ Royal Chester 4L Sun 13 May,2007 Nov M8+ King’s Sch Chester 1.6L Shrewsbury Sprint Regatta no results available VetC M8+ Abingdon 0.3L Sun 13 May 2007, 600m upstream ______Sen4 W8+ Runcorn/Grange Sch 1L Northumbrian Water University Boat Race Nov W8+ Queen’s Coll Oxford Easily Sen2 M8+ Shrewsbury Sch A 2.75L Sun 13 May 2007 Sen4 Mxd8+ Pengwern 0.5L Sen3 M8+ Shrewsbury Sch 1L J18 JM8+ Shrewsbury Sch 2.5L Nov M8+ Shrewsbury Sch 3.5L Senior Men’s Eights (Clasper Trophy) J15 JM8+A King’s Sch Chester 1.5L Nov W8+ De Montfort Univ Leics RO Newcastle Univ bt Durham Univ 2L J15 JM8+B King’s Sch Chester 1.75L VetC M8+ Abingdon 1L J14 JM8x+A King’s Sch Chester n/a Senior Women’s Eights (Chambers Trophy) J14 JM8x+B Royal Chester n/a Sen2 M4- Abingdon 0.5L Durham Univ bt Newcastle Univ 2L Sen2 M4+ Guildford 1L Sen4 M4x Royal Chester B 4L Sen2 Wr+ Warwick 3ft Freshmen’s Eights (Renforth Trophy) J18 JM4x Runcorn 3L Sen2 Mxd4+ Guildford 4L Durham Univ bt Newcastle Univ 3ft J15 JM4x+A King’s Sch Chester 2.5L Sen3 M4+ Abingdon cvs J15 JM4x+B Royal Chester Easily Sen3 W4+ Guildford B 1.25L Freshwomen’s Eights (Taylor Trophy) J14 JM4x+A King’s Sch Chester 4L Sen4 M4+ Warwick BC 0.5L Newcastle Univ bt Durham Univ est 8L J14 JM4x+B King’s Sch Chester 4L Sen4 W4+ Pengwern 0.5L J18 JW4x Runcorn/Grange Sch 1.25L Nov M4+ Warwick 1.75L Schools’ Eights: Newcastle won by 3L J16 JW4x+ King’s Sch Chester 2L Nov W4+ Burton Leander 2.5L ______J14 JW4x+A Royal Chester 4L VetB M4+ Stourport 2.5L J14 JW4x+B Runcorn/Hollingworth L n/a VetC M4+ Northwich cvs Thames Ditton Regatta J16 JW4+ Bewdley 1.5L Sat 18 May 2007, 1050m downstream Sen2 M4- Stourport B 0.75L J13 JW4x+ Stoke Rowing Assocn 2.5L Sen1 M4+ Royal Chester 2L Sen2 M8+ Kingston 0.5L Sen2 M4+ Shrewsbury Sch 4L Sen2 M2- Guildford Easily Sen3 M8+ Reading Blue Coat 3L Sen3 M4+ King’s Sch Chester 1.5L Sen3 M2- Stoke Rowing Assocn 1.75L VetD/E M8+ Tideway Scullers 0.75L Sen4 M4+ King’s Sch Chester 4L Sen4 M2- Shrewsbury Sch B 1.5L Sch/J M8+ King’s Canterbury 2.5L Nov M4+ Grosvenor 3.5L Sen2 M2x Burton Leander 0.5L J16 JM8+ Eton Coll 0.5L VetC M4+ Hereford 2.5L Sen2 Mxd2x Pengwern 2L J15 JM8+ 1st Hampton Sch 2L VetD M4+ Royal Chester NRO Sen3 M2x Northwich 6ft J15 JM8+ 2nd Hampton Sch A 2.25L J15 JM4+ Shrewsbury Sch B Easily Sen4 M2x Northwich 0.75L Nov W8+ Twickenham 1.25L Sen2 W4+ Trafford 4L Sen4 W2x Bridgnorth 0.5L J14 JM8x+ Reading Blue Coat 0.6L Sen3 Wr+ Hereford 3.5L Nov M2x Northampton A Easily J14 JW8x+ Molesey Schs RA 4L Sen4 W4+ Hereford 3.5l Nov W2x Pengwern B 0.75L Nov W4+ Pengwern 4L VetC M2x Northwich 1.75L J16 JM4x+ St George’s College 4L VetE M2x Warwick RO J15 JM4x+ Tiffin Sch 4.5L Sen1 M2x Huntingdon 3L J18 JM2x Hereford 1.25L J14 JM4x+A Molesey Schs RA 5L Sen2 M2x Burton Leander Easily J16 JM2x Shrewsbury Sch Easily J14 JM4x+B Kingston Gt Sch B 3L Sen3 M2x Shakespeare 0.75L J16 JW2x Pengwern A 2.5L J18 JW4x+ Weybridge 2ft Sen4 M2x King’s Sch Chester 0.25L J15 JM2x St Ives 2.5L J16 JW4x+ Tideway Scullers 2.25L Nov M2x Shrewsbury Sch 4L J15 JW2x Worcester Easily J15 JW4x+ City of Oxford 4.5L Sen2 W2x Runcorn 4L J14 JM2x Shrewsbury Sch 4L J14 JW4x+ Lady Eleanor H Sch 2.25L Sen4 W2x Leicester 3L J14 JW2x Burton Leander B 1.5L J13 JW4x+ Dragon Sch 4L Nov W2x Guildford A 2L J13 JM2x Burton Leander A n/a Sen1 M4- Kingston 1L Sen2 Mxd2x Pengwern 3L Sen3 M4+ St George’s College 2L J18 JM2x Grange School 5L Sen1 M1x Davies (Pendwern) 4L Nov M4+ St George’s College 1.3L J16 JM2x Grange School Easily Sen2 M1x Smith (Huntingdon) 2ft VetE/F M4+ Marlow 3ft J15 JM2xA Warrington 1.5L Sen2 W1x Horton (Pengwern) 1.25L Sch/J M4+ Kingston Grammar Sch 2L J15 JM2xB St Ives Easily Sen3 M1x Lister (Leicester) 1.25L J16 JM4+ Shiplake College Easily J14 JM2x Royal Chester 2.5L Sen3 W1x Hardman-Smith (L’ster) 2.5L J15 JM4+ Kingston Grammar Sch Easily J16 JW2x Burton Leander Easily Sen4 M1x Mattos (Guildford) 3L Sen3 W4+ Molesey Schs RA Easily J16 JW2x Runcorn 0.75L Sen4 W1x Baur (Pengwern) 3L Nov W4+ Molesey Schs RA 4L J15 JW2x King’s Sch Chester 2.5L Nov M1x Cameron (Pengwern) 2.5L J16 JW4+ Dame Alice Harpur Sch 0.5L J14 JW2x 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Coll M2 J15 JM2x Tideway Scullers 1.5L J14 JW2x Queen’s Pk High Sch 1.3L St Anne’s Coll M2 J15 JW2x LadyEleanor Holles Sch 0.5L J13 JW2x Queen’s Pk High Sch 1.5L Women Headship St Edmund Hall W1 Nov M1x Haslam (Hampton) 2L Sen1 M1x Pendlebury (Grosvenor) 2.5L Blades Balliol Coll W1 J18 JM1x Tatlock (Molesey) 2.5L Sen4 M1x Wilkinson (Liv’pool Vic) 1L Oriel Coll W1 J16 JM1x Tatlock (Molesey) 1.25L VetD M1x Perrin (Runcorn) 1.25L St John’s Coll W1 J15 JM1x Williams (Tiffin Sch) 3.5L J16 JM1x Whitehead (Liv’pool Vic) 2L St Anne’s Coll W1 J15 JM1x Moore (King’s C’bury) 1L J15 JM1x Thomas (Qns Pk HSch) 0.6L Mansfield Coll W1 Sen3 W1x Williamson (Wallingford) 5L J13 JM1x Harrison (Stoke RA) Easily Pembroke Coll W2 J18 JW1x Williamson (Wallingford) 5L J15 JW1x Norris (Liv’pool Vic) 1.5L Wolfson Coll W2 J16 JW1x Gare (Molesey) Easily J13 JW1x Mycock (Stoke RA) Easily Hertford Coll W2 J15 JW1x Lonergan (Tideway Sc) 3L ______St Hilda’s Coll W2 J14 JW1x Reay (Wallingford) Easily Regent’s Park W1 ______Doncaster Regatta University Coll W2 Sat 19 May 2007, 600m downstream St Hugh’s Coll W2 Putney Town Regatta no results available yet ______Sun 19 May 2007, 750m downstream ______Worcester Spring Regatta Sen3 M8+ Vesta 1.3L Tees Regatta Sun 20 May 2007, 750m upstream Sen4 M8+ King’s Coll Sch 1 ft Sat 19 May 2007, 850m upstream no results available yet Nov M8+ King’s Coll Sch 1.5L ______Nov W8+ Bryanston Sch (opp DQ) Sen2 M8+ Tees J14 M8x+ King’s Coll Sch 0.5L Sen3 M8+ Lancaster Univ National Schools Regatta Sen4 M8+ St Peter’s Sch Fri 25 - Sun 27 May 2007, 2000m multilane Sen2 M4- St Paul’s Sch 2L Nov M8+ Lancaster Univ Sen3 M4+ Auriol Kensington 2.5L Sen3 W8+ Lancaster Univ Ch JM8+ Eton Coll 6-04.24 Sen3 W4+ Barnes Bridge Ladies 2L Sen4 W8+ St Peter’s Sch J18 JM8+1st Eton Coll 6-17.41 Sen4 M4+ St Paul’s Sch 2L Nov W8+ St Peter’s Sch J18 JM8+2nd Shrewsbury Sch 6-19.29 Sen4 Wr+ Imperial Coll cvs J18 JM8+3rd Eton Coll 6-41.44 Nov M4+ Royal Holloway 3L J18 JW4- Yarm Sch J16 JM8+A St Paul’s Sch 6-22.08 Nov W4+ Am Sch in London 4L Sen2 M4+ St Peter’ Sch J16 JM8+B Shiplake Coll 6-32.20 J14B M4x+ Reading 3.75L Sen3 M4+ Yarm Sch J15 JM8+A Hampton Sch 6-28.26 Sen4 M4+ Yarm Sch J15 JM8+B Shiplake Coll 6-47.39 Nov M2x Am Sch in London 2.5L Nov M4+ St Peter’s Sch J15 JM8+2nd Radley Coll 6-58.87 Nov W2x Vesta 3.5L Sen3 W4+ Durham J14 JM8+ Shiplake Coll 3-18.00* VetE/F M2x Vesta (F) 0.5L Sen4 W4+ Yarm Sch Ch JW8+ Lady Eleanor H Sch 7-03.96 J16 M2x Magdalen Coll Sch 5L Nov W4+ Durham Sch J16 JW8+ St George’s College 7-25.12 VetC/D M4+ Durham J15 JW8+ Bedford High Sch 3-45.08* Sen4 M1x Dodd (Bryanston Sch) 2.5L VetE/G M4+ Durham Sen4 W1x Jamies (Sons of Th) Easily VetNov M4+ Tees Ch JM4x Yarm Sch 6-23.91 Nov M1x Pickford (Cygnet) RO VetB/C W4+ York City Ch JM4+ Abingdon Sch 6-42.70 Nov W1x Chung (Imperial Coll) Easily J18 JM4+ St Peter’s Sch Sch JM4+ Walton 6-57.45 J18 M1x Barnett (Bryanston Sch) 3L J18 Mxd4+ Queen Elizabeth HS Ch JM4- Tyne 6-30.18 J16 M1x Bradbury (Thames) 2.5L J16 JM4x Evesham 6-39.06 ______Elite M4x Yarm Sch J16 JM4- St Paul’s Sch 6-39.35 Sen2 M4x Tees J16 JM4+ Evesham 7-05.26 Chester Regatta Sen3 M4x St Peter’ Sch J15 JM4x+ King’s Sch Ely 7-03.42 Sunday 19 May 2007 Sen3 W4x Yarm Sch J15 JM4+ Westminster Sch 7-18.02 Nov W4x+ Berwick J14 JM4x+ Peterborough City 3-23.68* Sen2 M8+ Grosvenor 0.5L VetC/D M4x Hexham Ch JW4x Maidenhead 7-08.12 Sen3 M8+ Royal Chester 4L VetC W4x Durham Ch JW4+ Lady Eleanor H Sch 7-09.00; Nov M8+ Univ of Wales Bangor 1L VetB/C Mxd4x Lancaster John O’Gaunt Sch JW4+ Molesey 7-54.77 VetC M8+ Northwich 3L VetD/E Mxd4x Tees J16 JW4x Marlow 7-26.45 VetEG M8+ Royal Chester 3L J18 JM4x Angel/Durham Sch J16 JW4+ Lady Eleanor Holles 7-46.38 J18 Mxd4x Durham/Durham Sch J15 JW4x+ St Neot’s 7-44.33 Sen2 M4x Royal Chester 3L J15 JM4x+A Durham J15 JW4+ Molesey 3-49.42* J15 JM4x+ Royal Chester 2L J15 JM4x+B York City J14 JW4x+ Headington Sch 3-51.94* J14 JM4x+ King’s Sch Chester Easily J14 JM4x+A Bradford Grammar Sch J15 JW4x+ King’s Sch Chester 4L J14 JM4x+B Queen Elizabeth HS Ch JM2x Henley 6-58.72 J14 JW4x+ Queen’s Pk High Sch 0.75L J15 JW4x+ Yarm Sch Ch JM2- Shrewsbury Sch 7-04.09 J13 JW4x+ Stoke Rowing Assocn 3L J14 JW4x+ Queen Elizabeth HS J16 JM2x York City 7-06.46 Sen2 M4+ Grosvenor cvs J16 JM2- Dulwich Coll 7-31.67 Sen4 M4+ Royal Chester 4L Elite M2x Yarm Sch J15 JM2x Tideway Scullers 3-28.97* Nov M4+ Univ of Wales Bangor 1.75L Sen4 W2x Tees J14 JM2x Tideway Scullers 3-36.90* Sen4 W4+ Stoke Rowing Assocn 1L VetB/C W2x Star Ch JW2- Maidenhead 8-09.93 Nov W4+ Univ of Chester 1.75L Ch JW2x Maidenhead 7-49.55 VetC W4+ Liverpool Victoria Easily Sen4 M1x Andrews (Bradford GS) J16 JW2x Marlow 7-57.84 Sen3 Mxd4+ Grosvenor 3L VetB/C M1x Court (Durham) J15 JW2x St Neot’s 3-47.95* Nov Mxd4+ Stoke Rowing Assocn 1.5L ______J14 JW2x Lady Eleanor H Sch 3-56.36*

Sen1 M2- Northwich 3L Oxford Summer Eights Ch JM1x C Cousins (Rob Roy) 7-10.26 Sen2 M2x Grosvenor 3L Wed 23 - Sat 26 May 2007, bumps Ch JW1x R Walczak (H’worth L) 8-03.97 Sen4 M2x King’s Sch Chester 3L J16 JM1x S Kleshnev (Windsor B) 7-31.90 VetC M2x Royal Chester 2L Men J16 JW1x H Moon (King’s S C’by) 8-20.74 VetD/E M2x Merchants 98 0.75L Headship Magdalen Coll M1 J15 JM1x J Scott (King’s Sch Ely) 3-32.50* J16 JM2x Liverpool Victoria 1.5L Blades Keble Coll M1 J15 JW1x J Van Campen (Ab’don) 4-01.75* J15 JM2x Royal Chester 1L St Antony’s Coll M1 J13 JM2x Queen’s Pk High Sch 2.5L Hertford Coll M2 * = 1000m short course for junior events Planning your holidays? Check the Voice calendar first page 23 » 11 June 2007 page 23
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RANT HOLIDAY PLANNER June Wither club rowing 13-16 Cambridge University May Bumps ‘This has been the unstated policy of the ARA Competitions 16 Barnes & Mortlake Regatta Committee for over 20 years. Through a combination of inertia, 16 Marlow Town Regatta NIMBYism, promotion of detail and complexity and occasional 16 Stratford-upon-Avon Regatta egotism, they have successfully created and promoted a 16 Tyne At Home Regatta competition structure that thrives despite their efforts. 16-17 Reading Amateur Regatta The regatta calendar is still geared towards the academic 16-17 Star Club Regatta terms and centered on the God of the Royal, who has now 16-17 Scottish Championships added Veterans and Women to his adherents. In the absence 17 National Veteran Champions and Loughborough Regatta of a proper competition programme for the summer season, 19 Henley Royal Regatta entries close, 2pm club rowers’ focus remains on Henley rather than on several 22-24 World Cup, Amsterdam seasons of enjoyable competitive racing. Initiatives that have 22-24 Henley Women’s Regatta started have been allowed to flounder and die - for example; 23-24 Marlow Regatta inter-regional championships, sprint racing, league tables, Ann Colborne’s competition review. Where successful initiatives 23 Berwick Regatta like British Universities Rowing have sprung up they have been 23 Bradford Spring Regatta patronised and criticised, instead of being encouraged and 23 Totnes and Bridgetown Royal having their good ideas harvested for the benefit of all. 24 Thames Valley Park Regatta 27 Lords vs Commons race With coaches being training-obsessed and racing-averse, and 27 Regatta starts broadcasting (106.0 FM and online) the status rules providing a unique formula for most events to have only two entries, the joy of competition is mainly denied 29 Henley Royal Regatta qualifiers to most rowers. Adults face a stark choice between straight 30 Henley Royal Regatta draw, 3pm Town Hall Henley finals (if they are lucky) or providing cannon fodder for serious 30 Ironbridge Regatta crews who often race at major events below their true status 30 Richmond Regatta (to protect their coaches’ jobs?) 30 Reading Town Regatta 30 Peterborough J14 Regatta Serious racing is squeezed into three crowded months from April to July, followed by nine months of avoiding status wins 30 Nithsdale Regatta at ‘silly season’ regattas and ‘non status’ Head races. It is no 30 Wimbleball Regatta wonder that club rowing is in the doldrums! The crisis in men’s July big events and women’s racing is masked by the large number of junior and recreational members. 4-8 Henley Royal Regatta 13-15 World Cup, Lucerne Please introduce a simple status system - the coastal model 16 Junior GB v France, Nottingham (prov) might be a good place to start - that will allow competitors to 23 GB men + women camps (to August 10) remain in the sport competitively for a number of years, and 26-29 World U-23 Champs, Strathclyde allow events to accurately pitch their programme of events to attract an appropriate entry. August Come on Competitions Committee, either start making some 3-5 Coupe de la Jeunesse, Varese difficult decisions that will bring competition into the 21st 8-11 Junior World Champs, Beijing century, or hand over to those who will. 11-22 GB men+women camps (venue tba) 26-Sep 2 World Champs/Olympic qual, Munich Grumpy Old Man of the Thames.’ September Stan Collingwood contributed this issue’s RANT. To have a 6-9 World Masters, Zagreb go yourself, email [email protected]. Kindly keep it short. 6-9 European Sports Association Champs, Girona 21-23 European Champs, Poznan

Rowing History Forum Spracklen speaks The River & Rowing Museum is staging a Rowing History Mike Spracklen, coach to Canada’s Olympic Forum on Saturday 20 October 2007. Speakers, includ- team and sometime to Redgrave & Pinsent, ing the former GB coach Bob Janousek and the eminent collector Thomas E Weil, will cover a variety of topics Silken Laumann, Marlow, Leander, India, GB concerned with the history and culture of rowing, from and the US, lectures at the River & Rowing grand themes to small projects. A reception and dinner Museum, Henley-on-Thames, on Saturday 8 on the evening beforehand and dinner after the forum September 2007. are optional extras. Further info and suggestions of topics to be covered Book now! to Michael Rowe on +44 (0)1491 415643 or michael. Tickets and further info from www.rrm.co.uk [email protected]

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