Archive News from July 2004

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.

Saturday 31st July 2004

I am doing live-online real-time commentary on all A-finals at the Worlds in Banyoles this weekend - there are separate pages for Saturday and Sunday.
And there is British-interest commentary on RowTalk throughout the weekend's racing.
Results on the FISA racetracker as usual.
Friday 30th July 2004
The Gay & Lesbian Rowing Federation has moved its "Ready All Boats" campaign to Munich, where they are racing in the EuroGames 2004 regatta tomorrow and holding a social in the evening at the Seitensprung Bistro. For details see the website or contact Brian Todd through the EuroGames press office.
Rudern.de also has biographies of the German Olympic team in English (PDF file) - they and the rest of the site are available in German.
Marlow RC juniors (UK) Ed Griffiths (17) and Crispin Knill (16) are cycling from Lands End to John O'Groats from 8th August, to raise money for charities REACH and the Buckinghamshire Scannappeal. Details on the Marlow website of how you can sponsor, or email crispin at knillonehundred dot freeserve dot co uk.
The CamToo project (UK) is looking for an expert in transport to help them with their presentation to a public enquiry into the Cambridge Guided Bus at the end of September. See the project website for more.
Thursday 29th July 2004
A collection of pictures of the Swiss Olympic men's quad and their spares.
A link for Holte Roklub in Denmark.
Wednesday 28th July 2004
Some riggers lost ages ago at Thames Tradesmen RC the weekend before the Schools Head and Head (UK). Details here.
Bristol are hosting this year's Bristol Avon Regatta, and the West of England Challenge Vase is on offer for elite coxed fours - winners receive a special pot with silver stampings.
I'm told I misunderstood the Coupe results last weekend - apparently two finishing orders need revision in Sunday's results. JM 2- ITA FRA HUN SUI ESP POR NED GBR SLO, JM 4x POR ITA ESP SUI HUN AUT FRA GBR IRL SLO NED. Thanks E.
Tuesday 27th July 2004
Peppermint Events, who ran the Henley Halfway tent at the Royal Regatta (UK), have slung a large bunch of photos up on their site, including pictures of Ed Coode drawing the winner of the Lola XST scull competition.
Monday 26th July 2004
(UK): It appears that Belsize Architects have won the competition to design the new University College Oxford boathouse (the old one, known erroneously as the "OUBC Boathouse", burned down in September 1999). There are details and three pictures on the Belsize website - if you can't scroll down, go to the website's home page and select Projects/Leisure/Boathouse in order to get the frames version which works better. Apparently the new boathouse will be slightly further east (downstream) than the old, to avoid disturbing the protected Eastwyke Ditch which has some voles living in it.
I'm told that an expensive rate monitor was found at the Nat Champs eight days ago (UK). Anyone who has lost one can email Rachel Hooper.
Results of the J16 Anglo-French match which was held in Vitré this weekend, thanks to David Biddulph.
A report on the final day of the Cambridge Town Bumps from the Cambridge Evening News (UK), and in the same paper, Houseboat owners stick an oar in over mooring ban.
A press release from the CamToo project (UK).
Sunday 25th July 2004
Coupe de la Jeunesse - results via CanottaggioService on the official Ravenna website (ITA), although these disagree a little with some of the reportage on Canottaggio Vero. For background about the Coupe see its official website, and I've put up plain quick-load files of the results and medal tables too, as the Italian files have been moving about a bit. I don't know the precise scoring system but it would be a surprise if Italy hadn't won the men's and overall events.
Results of the Home International Regatta (ENG/IRL/SCO/WAL) are on the NWSC website. Overall result: 1st ENG 99 pts, 2nd IRL 93 pts, 3rd WAL 67 pts, 4th SCO 49 pts.
Friday 23rd July 2004
A full Doggett's report (UK) from John Allen.
A press release (Word doc, 71kb) about 17-year-old Windsor Boys Laurence Birdsey and Robert Jeffrey, who are going to row the Thames from Cricklade to Teddington to raise money for a memorial for Hugh Wigley, their school friend who died at the age of 17 in February. They would love sponsors for their August 9th effort - details in the linked file (UK).
Thursday 22nd July 2004
Cambridge Town Bumps reports (UK) from the Cambridge Evening News, and local BBC radio in the region is carrying a short report every morning at 07:50.
For those who were involved with the epic Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 175th Anniversary Dinner last month, Patrick Moore's site has details, a very funny "lost and found" page, a 9.5 Mb slideshow of events on the 'Silver Sturgeon' and PDFs of the illustrated seating plan and menu.
The date of the 2005 Boat Race has been announced as Sunday 27th March, probably around 3pm. Terms finish at Oxford and Cambridge on 12th March and 18th March respectively next year, and cunningly, the 27th is Easter Day.
Last week saw the Atlantic Challenge in Fishguard, where Bantry Bay gigs are half-rowed, half-sailed, in a week-long International Seamanship contest also involving ropework and man-overboard tests. No sign of who won yet on the official website, but the Fishguard website has pictures and movie clips from this year's competition.
Wednesday 21st July 2004
Tonight on Radio 5 (UK) - Tim Foster will apparently be on tonight's Sport show at about 9-9:30pm local time (GMT+1), discussing Four Men in a Boat, the book he's written with Rory Ross about the 'Redgrave Four' and its route to Sydney.
City of Cambridge women have shoved Rob Roy off the top of the Cambridge Town Bumps (on Tuesday), while Rob Roy men have so far held onto their headship. Full results and information can be found on the RR dedicated webpages (UK).
Year 2 of a new German format - the 400-metre Hamburg Speed Rows, on September 25th. The plan is fcontinuation of a or M8+, W8+, M1x, W1x, J8+ and J1x to compete against international crews (they say they have CAN, NED, GER, USA and perhaps GBR already signed up) and any European club crew which wishes to enter can do so without paying a fee, but must give 10 reasons why they should be chosen to race the internationals. There are 12 places in each event, and application forms in German on the website, along with information about last year's SpeedRow. English versions of the information and application form can be downloaded from here (78kb PDF files).
There is a reenactment of the Lewis and Clark rowing expedition across the American north-west going on at the moment - National Geographic is running regular updates and commentaries on the project, as well as links to information about the pioneering trip.
Tuesday 20th July 2004
A bit on the Doggett's (UK), won by Robert Dwan, in the Times Sport in Brief and a similar bit in the Telegraph. Results: 1st Robert Dwan (Swanley) 23:44 (11 seconds outside the record), 2nd Mark Towens (Gravesend) +25 lengths, 3rd Christopher Manktelow (Greenhithe) +20 lengths, 4th Jack Dean (Gravesend) +7 lengths.
Monday 19th July 2004
Here's a rather unusual opportunity - Xeno Muller, Marnie McBean, Thomas Lange and Rob Waddell are holding a 2.5-day exclusive rowing camp on November 12th-14th in Newport Beach, California, USA, later this year. Xeno's looking to sign up other Olympic champions to join them, and the gold medallists will give lectures, coach on water and land, do video analysis of rowing technique, and organise lactate testing if required. More details on Xeno's site or ring +1-949-650-5021. [Hint to clubs - quick, ring Xeno and book a place, then offer it as a prize for a fund-raising event....]
Results from yesterday's UK Nat Champs on the event website or the NWSC page.
Sunday 18th July 2004
The Rowing Service is providing live online commentary for all the senior and open junior finals at this weekend's UK National Championships.
Saturday 17th July 2004
UK Nat Champs results for Friday on the regatta site or NWSC results page.
Friday 16th July 2004
"Rowing News" (US, Canada) is running a 2-for-1 gift subscription offer at the moment - website includes secure online ordering.
From the Ocean Rowing Society, Jean Lukes was picked up by the Canadian Coast Guard on July 11th suffering from 'extreme exhaustion', the Pink Lady crew are reasonably on target having done about a third of their distance in 15 days (Atlantic team record attempt), Anne Quéméré has now been on the Atlantic for 42 days, and Mick Dawson is now 72 days into his second attempt to cross from Tokyo to San Francisco. The real madman on the sea at the moment is Emmanuel Coindre, who is on his fourth Atlantic row, which would make him the first to cross an ocean twice in both directions - he is six days in. The ORS has issued a safety statement about ocean rowing. The next ORSARR race starts on 20th January 2006 and Woodvale Events are running a Doubles race in October 2005 and a Fours race in 2006, with an Indian Ocean race mentioned but no date given.
Thursday 15th July 2004
Unless some kind of miracle occurs, it is obvious that the Beijing Paralympics will not include adaptive rowing, following the entry of just 14 nations for this year's Worlds. The deadline was 1st July for no fewer than 24 countries to enter adaptive crews at the 2004 Championships, and the shortfall means that the 2008 Paralympics will now not automatically include rowing. The federations entered for Banyoles are: AUS, BRA, CAN, CHN, DEN, FRA, GBR, GER, HKG, ITA, MAR (possibly), NED, POR and USA. What a shame.
The "What It Takes" coffee-table book on the Boat Race has launched its own website, including a few of the stunning photographs this photo-essay includes. Ordering online is secure via the Third Millennium website.
John Loghlen and Rosa Volz, who were running the Mongolian Sunrise To Sunset Marathon in aid of the Harry Mahon Cancer Research Trust (they are ex-CUBC/NZ rowers), did extremely well, finishing 3rd man (Loghlen) and 2nd woman (Volz), and the top non-Mongolians in their respective marathons. Pictures and comments on the Trust site and official results on the UltraMongolia site. If you can donate, your support is very welcome.
Wednesday 14th July 2004
University College Dublin Boat Club (Ireland) are currently accepting applications for the post of Director of Rowing. Follow the link for more info - closing date July 30th.
Photos from Holland Beker Regatta (NED) on NLRoei.
For those suffering withdrawal symptoms in the absence of forum TalkRowing (mostly UK, I expect), there is a new messageboard called RowTalk.
For those who have been hit by noticeboard-buying scams, a story which will cheer you up from the BBC (UK).
A poster for Sudbury Regatta (7th August, UK).
Tuesday 13th July 2004
Donations to the Harry Mahon Cancer Research Trust can be made tax-efficient even in the USA through CAFAmerica. The latest fund-raising drive achieved £1,000 in the first week, and the site has PDF files on giving information about the Trust as well as the Mongolia "Marathon Sunrise To Sunrise" attempt, which took place on 23rd June. Official results are not out yet but will be here when they are.
Monday 12th July 2004
Results for the Holland Beker Regatta (Netherlands) are under "Live" in the menu. In the singles, Tim Maeyens stunned crowds by beating world champion Olaf Tufte to take the men's trophy. In GB news there, the senior W4- beat the U23 W4- in both finals, ensuring that each four goes to one championship (the Banyoles Worlds and Poznan Nation's Cup respectively) rather than one crew doubling up.
Warwick Boat Club (UK) have results up from their "Do The Mile" in aid of Sport Relief on their website.
Results of Bedford Quarts Sprint Regatta (UK).
Friday 9th July 2004
There is a slight restructuring going on in Australia - see the Word document (672kb) advertising the new High Performance Director.
Vast numbers of Henley photographs on BigBlade, Jet Photographic, Nature's Images, Wokingham Photographic, Sport-E-Pix, Worrell's Rowing Photos and NLRoei.
Meanwhile the Rabbit has been up to its usual tricks in the latest dose of The Slug's "Hellooooo" magazine.
Thursday 8th July 2004
The US Gay & Lesbian Rowing Federation is to host a booth at the ARA RowShow during the upcoming Nat Champs, to increase the awareness of GLRF amongst gay and lesbian rowers, and to help organise boats for the 2006 Montreal World Outgames Regatta and the 2006 Chicago Gay Games Regatta. Social events are planned in London (July 15th) and Nottingham (July 17th) as part of the programme. For enquiries, contact Brian Todd.
The draw for Burton Regatta (UK) is up.
Quinte RC is based out of Belleville in Ontario (Canada).
Davies wins top BARJ award (UK).
Tuesday 6th July 2004
Thames RC (UK) says it is soon going to start a new novice squad. Five novices from the recent season rowed in the Thames eight at Henley. Anyone interested should contact Clive Whitford at novicemen@thamesrc.co.uk.
A website called www.majority-sport.co.uk has a ten-page PDF synopsis of the Latin Olympic Qualification Regatta, added because there seemed to be no ready source for the information.
Results from the Swiss Rowing Championships, and six hundred pix from various Rotsee championships including the World Cup.
Monday 5th July 2004
BigBlade have an excellent sequence of pictures showing Harvard bowman Mike Harrington jumping out of his boat during the Crimson freshmen's quarterfinal race against Nereus at Henley.
Goring Gap BC (UK) are running the Goring & Streatley Regatta on July 17th - 300m and 500m sprints in coxed fours for novice and non-ARA crews in a revival of a Victorian event.
Jess Upton is setting up a University of East Anglia alumni club. There is a website at http://groups.msn.com/UEABCalumni and she can be contacted via UEABCJess@hotmail.com. Anyone who rowed for the university is encouraged to get in touch.