Archive News from February 2004

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

Friday 27th February 2004
• The 1944 Anniversary Boat Race was run the next day in Ely (UK). Times link ITV doesn't have to sell Boat Race down river (Times, Feb 28th, Giles Smith).
• "Queensgate" four-man crew from Dartmouth was the first to finish the ORSARR Ocean Regatta, completing the trip just a day outside the existing (11-man) team record of 25 days. Photos here.

  Thursday 26th February 2004

• The Bedford River Valley Park Rowing Project website was updated following appeals for support (UK).

  Tuesday 24th February 2004

• Results of the Cambridge Lent Bumps this week will be live on WAP, with full web results here.

  Monday 16th February 2004

• We had news that Tristran Hewins, a Hampton School and GB ex-junior who moved on to Durham University and coaching Edinburgh University BC, died on February 14th following a cycling accident a week earlier (UK).

  Friday 13th February 2004

• A bunch called International Sports Exchange in Holland decided to host a visit by what they describe as "a female American rowing group" from May 11th to 23rd 2004. They were seeking clubs in Europe who are interested in having the group to stay and to compete with them. Enquiries to Tom Boerenbrink by email.

  Thursday 12th February 2004

• Rowing Queensland in Australia have Kleshnev's latest Biomechanics newsletter (PDF, 166 KB): index for the full set also on the website.

  Monday 9th February 2004

• Durham Head (UK) was first suspended, then cancelled during the pre-race marshalling of a later division, on safety grounds as a crew capsized, and one of the launches rescuing the rowers sank (see photo here sent to the RS. Nobody was hurt, but it left them with insufficient safety cover to race. Information-only times for Divs 1 and part of 2 are here on the NERN website, but there were timing difficulties so crews are advised not to rely on them and they are unofficial.

  Friday 6th February 2004

• The Argonaut Rowing Club in Toronto (Canada) are renovating their boathouse, and to relieve the tedium of having to land-train while it's too cold to go out rowing, have installed a webcam for people to see how it's going. And they'd like to remind any supporters of the club where their donations page is in case they can spare a few bucks to help.

  Monday 2nd February 2004

• Atlantic rowing pride that got away from the Ocean Rowing Society.