Other press links - Local rower has great showing in Crash-B's (Long Beach Post Sports, USA), 'Quality' win boosts under-18s (Marlborough Express, NZ), Olympic silver medallists back in business (AOC, Australia), Veterans test new waters (Tampa Bay Online, USA), My latest big idea starts to make waves (Rod Morgan's blog in Children & Young People Online, UK - look at the Wednesday item), State medal claim (Tasmania Mercury, Australia), Junior success (Kidderminster Shuttle, UK), Rowers impress at Maidstone (News Shopper, UK), University boat race proves to be biggest and best yet (Media Newswire press release, UK), Big guns continue to fire (Tasmania Examiner, Australia), Row to Land's End (North Devon Gazette & Advertiser, UK), New rowing oar shafts (JEC Composites, Australia), Efforts are oarsome! (Durham Chronicle, UK), Chiswick rowing coach and lifeboat crew save drowning woman (Hounslow Chronicle, UK), Rookie rowers shine (Welland Tribune, Canada), Oar together on the water (Dorset Echo, UK), Lindsay Meyer (Row2k interview, USA), Niccolo is dazzled by Tassie's beauty (Tasmania Examiner, Australia).
Wednesday 4th March 2009
>Active Tools (UK) are running a competition, which closes on 'Sunday 6th March 2009' (presumably either Friday 6th or Sunday 8th March). Anyway, the idea is to supply a name for the Active Tools marketing character designed by cartoonist Bill Ledger. The competition is being run in collaboration with TalkRowing - full details of how to enter and the prize, on the link.
Boat Race crews announced (UK).
Tuesday 3rd March 2009
Maidenhead Regatta (Sat 8th August, UK) has been moved back to the Thames after experimenting with racing at Dorney Lake. PDF press release at the link.
Maidenhead's webcam page now has a 360 degree panorama picture, zoomable. Can also be seen as a long sewn-together JPG if you don't have Java.
On the Rowing Australia homepage (AUS), links to the national championships, and also to the Victorian Bushfires Appeal, which the rowing community has a special account for.
Rowing in the headlines: Odds on for Drysdale for Poznan possie (Waikato TImes, NZ), Woman made many anonymous donations (Toledo Blade, USA, about Felia Ford LeBoutillier, widow of the founder of the Toledo Rowing Club), The cloud aids solo rowing bid (BBC News, UK, about Oliver Hicks in the Flying Carrot), Indian Ocean Rowers part 7 (a blog in the Maidenhead Advertiser, UK), Ryan punted after boat judged too light (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia), NRRA rowers shine at indoor competition (Stamford Advocate, USA), Strong start for Tas rowers at national titles (ABC Regional Online, Australia), Three charged with murdering philanthropist (London Free Press, Canada), Waddell won't row for NZ this season (Radio Sport, NZ), Rowers among prospects (Tasmania Mercury, Australia), NZ On Air to fund Rob Hamill's doco on his brother (3 News NZ, NZ), Dwain Chambers: My view on Lord Coe, Christine O and that missed test by Rio... (Chambers sounding off in the Daily Mail, including mention of Jurgen Grobler, UK), Rowing selectors decide one race enough (Stuff, NZ), Kendrapara constable bags two gold in rowing (Deepika, India), Victorian scores in showdown (Tasmania Examiner, Australia), Cameron wows audience with talk (Enfield Press, Canada), Harvard spurned in quest for Olympics (Tasmania Examiner, Australia), Oxford v Washington fixture (Row2k, USA), Champion John bags third gold medal (This is Somerset, UK), New Hopkins president enters in rough times (Baltimore Sun, USA), £25000 gig paraded through town (South Devon Herald Express, UK, with an interesting claim in the first sentence), Kehoe aims to pip Savage as top rower (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia), Brush with fame at field days (Northern Advocate, NZ), Guns found in Tweed river (Tweed Daily News, Australia), Rowing his father's footsteps: Aus-NZ solo (Scoop, NZ), Snow Row attracts 75 boats (Wicked Local Hull, USA), Townsville rowers go for gold (Townsville Bulletin, Australia), KU dedicates boathouse just in time to celebrate 40 year athletic legacy (Lawrence Journal World & News, USA), There'll be blood on the water (The Times, UK), Local boater preparing to navigate international boating challenge (Barrie Examiner, Australia), Rower Gordon meets Olympic great (Dumfries and Galloway Standard, UK), A marathon and Atlantic crossing - all in one year (Dunmow Broadcast & Recorder, UK), Community minded couples save club (Norwich Evening News, UK), Pretension sinks a nice little play (Philadelphia Inquirer, USA), Timaru toasts medal bonanza (Timaru Herald, NZ), Rowing body issued notice for misuse of special grant (The News International, Pakistan), Evesham rowing aces shine at latest event (Cotswold Journal, UK), Molesey's Triggs-Hodge eyes third world title (Staines Guardian, UK), Success for Shiplake College (Henley Standard, UK).
Monday 2nd March 2009
A link to the CRASH-B sprints (aka world indoor rowing championships, Boston, USA, 22nd February). Top winners were Cederic Berrest (M, France, 5-48.9); Kaisa Pajusalu (W, Estonia, 6-49.0); Marcello Miani (LM, Italy, 6-14.0) and Marie-Louise Drager (LW, Germany, 7-05.2). The official site now has photographs, results, and some replays of the action.
Results from Reading University Head (UK).
Results from the previous weekend's Hammersmith Women's & Juniors Head (UK).
Results from the City of Bristol Head (UK).
Results from the Medway Fours Head (UK).
Final bumps charts from the Lent Bumps in Cambridge (UK). First and Third men rowed over head every day, while their women were bumped by Emmanuel in their first race, and Emma stayed head of the women's divisions after that.
The Oxford Torpids page has links to photos, finish results, gallery etc (UK). There are also final bumps charts provided by Anu Dudhia. An eventful week in the men's divisions (Pembroke bumped Magdalen on the first day then held the headship while Christ Church rose up behind them) was offset by Catz rowing over without trouble head of the women's divisions. On the last day Christ Church men and women both lay second: the women didn't manage to bump Catz, but the men bagged Pembroke on boathouse island to go head.
An update from the ARA Council meeting of 31st January (UK). The changes in racing rules and other areas are also explained in detail from links at the foot of the page.
One important issue at that Council meeting was that the world coasting rowing championships will definitely be going ahead in Plymouth this year (UK). They will be hosted by Mayflower Offshore Rowing Club, and there is more information on this official site.
FISA's World Rowing Magazine is in an e-magazine online format now. The link is to a feature on Michelle Guerette - if you continue past the page then non-subscribers will reach a page allowing them to sign up. It's free to subscribe, as is the World Rowing e-newsletter.
FISA's latest athlete in focus, Niccolo Mornati, has an updated entry.
FISA have announced their photo of the month winner, Ricardo Cardoso (Portugal).
