May 18, 2012
- If you're looking for a medal winner you hadn't seen coming at the London Olympics, try Fiona Paterson and Anna Reymer.The women, who set off for Europe yesterday with the bulk of the powerful New Zealand rowing squad, have both...
- If you're looking for a medal winner you hadn't seen coming at the London Olympics, try Fiona Paterson and Anna Reymer.The women, who set off for Europe yesterday with the bulk of the powerful New Zealand rowing squad, have both...
May 17, 2012
- Single sculls rower Mahe Drysdale believes in some ways he's leaving for London worse off than his preparation for the last Olympics - and that's a good thing.The elite crews will leave today for Europe, headed for Lucerne where...
- Single sculls rower Mahe Drysdale believes in some ways he's leaving for London worse off than his preparation for the last Olympics - and that's a good thing.The elite crews will leave today for Europe, headed for Lucerne where...
Organisers have revealed the final details for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, which promises to be one of the most spectacular pageants in London’s illustrious history.
The unique 1,000-boat pageant will include 20,000 participants on the water, and up to a million spectators along the banks of the River Thames.
Pageant Master Adrian Evans today revealed that 50 giant screens will be erected along the Thames to give...
May 16, 2012
Four familiar names look set to return to the Siemens-sponsored GB Rowing Team for the season’s second world cup in Lucerne, Switzerland from May 25-27.
Three of the four will race in the women’s eight - Louisa Reeve, Annabel Vernon and ...
London Youth Rowing (LYR) has been shortlisted in the Observer Ethical Awards 2012, recognising the charity’s attempts to make ‘sustainable change a reality’.
LYR is one of the capital’s leading charities engaged in developing young people through rowing, and encouraging children from some of London’s most deprived areas to have a go at the sport.
With coaches...
May 15, 2012
Sarah Outen has set off on her latest record-breaking solo row – attempting to become the first woman to row across the North Pacific Ocean.
Setting off from Choshi, Japan, on Sunday (13th May), Sarah will row 4,500 nautical miles to Vancouver, Canada. The journey is expected to take between 150 and 200 days to complete, and has only been completed twice before by solo rowers.
Sarah’s epic row will form part of a...
May 11, 2012
A dozen school pupils from inner-city London have tried their hand at gig rowing, spending a week in Cornwall to have a go at one of the region’s historic sports.
Twelve students and two staff members from Phoenix High School, Shepherd’s Bush, travelled to Cotehele Quay for a week of gig rowing activities, designed to challenge the pupils and introduce them to the sport.
Duchy College worked closely with the London-based...