Archive News from December 2002

Snippets of news and events from earlier months, as shown originally on the Rowing Service News Page.
Standard results/events/etc not shown.

There is a full Rowing Service archive index online.

December 18th 2002

French ocean rower Anne Quemere was forced to come back to shore recently when hit by severe storms, but aims to restart her trip this weekend. More on the Ocean Rowing Society website.
The ARA has put up a notice of the Coaches of the Year (UK).
December 12th 2002
A piece I wanted to link before, but there wasn't much online, reports the story of Dragon School Head of Rowing Michael Righton leaping to the rescue at Dorney Lake (UK). Thanks to my source...
December 5th 2002
The latest Naked Rowing Calendar comes from City of Oxford (UK) - there is a little taster online here.
December 4th 2002
Because the UK national newspapers collectively decided not to print the OUBC Trial Eight crew lists, here they are.
December 3rd 2002
Russian Fedor Konyukhov has set a new record for solo rowing East to West across the Atlantic, which he has just finished, in 46 days and 4 hours. There is a letter from him on the Ocean Rowing website, translated into English.