Monday 29th September 2003
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School Boat Club (UK) is compiling a web-based club history, and is seeking input from former members. Send photographs, anecdotes, biogs, anything from past and present members: use the "contact us" link on the website.
Sunday 28th September 2003
- Results of the Split Sprint were wins for Iztok Cop (1x) and Ramon Di Clemente/Donovan Cech (2-).
Saturday 27th September 2003
- Announcement that the Northumbrian Water Boat Race (UK) will be on 16th May 2004, raced with the tide.
Thursday 25th September 2003
- RC Gusar, home of the Croatian Skelin brothers (silver M2- this year), are holding a 222 metre sprint regatta on Friday 26th September at 8pm in Split's harbour, under spotlights. The event is in cooperation with the Cop Challenger, and features seven 1x entrants: Tufte (NOR), Chalupa (CZE), Cop (SLO), Lawson (GBR), Simon (NED), Lynch (IRL ltwt) and Niseteo (ex-junior Croatian world champ). Added to the singles are four pairs: Di Clemente/Cech (RSA), Lari/De Vita (ITA), Skelin/Skelin (CRO) and Boraska/Vucicic (from CRO M8+). Last week at the Cop Challenger Iztok Cop beat Olaf Tufte, with Ian Lawson holding off Vaclav Chalupa for third.
Wednesday 24th September 2003
- Stuck for a rowing present? Visit The Art of Rowing, a new US commercial site with a droolingly gorgeous collection of rowing art.
- News that the National Schools Regatta (UK) is moving to a three-day event from 2004 onwards.
Monday 22nd September 2003
- The website www.lola-aylings.com represents the partnership formed between Lola Cars and Aylings (UK).
- PS-Sport, founded by Paul Smith, inventor of the CBreeze, is selling the ErgMonitorTM, a real-time stroke force software package for the B and C C2 models.
Friday 19th September 2003
- A report of the NZ Great Race, which this year saw Waikato University scalp Oxford University to retain their Harry Mahon memorial trophy (NZ).
Thursday 18th September 2003
- UK outfit RowData has a few new tricks on its website, including the very nifty little MiniRate unit - stroke counting without wires.
- The sponsor of the next Atlantic Rowing Race has been announced as Woodvale Events, a business set up by successful ocean rower Simon Chalk. The race begins this year on 19th October from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, and goes to Port St. Charles in Barbados, for double-crew 24-foot boats.
Tuesday 16th September 2003
- A link on the Open Water Rowing Center (US) website to an unusual piece commemorating the recently deceased Carl White. A better tribute to a rower - and rowing - I have rarely seen. [Thanks SS for the heads-up.]
Monday 15th September
- Winners of the South African Universities Boat Race (held last weekend on Port Alfred's Kowie River) were Rand Afrikaans University over Rhodes (women) and Rhodes over Cape Town (men). Full details on the national website.
- The UK's Senior Service asks that all members of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines who wish to row contact the men's or women's captain by email to men@navy.rowing.org.uk or women@navy.rowing.org.uk respectively. Coxes/coaches would probably be very popular if they email both.
Monday 8th September
- Tom Aston has written an online coxing guide (UK orientated) for beginner coxes and rowers.
