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Tuesday 19th August 2008

Results from City of Oxford Royal Regatta (UK) now online - links to several PDF files are on the events page.
Saturday and Sunday results from Stourport Regatta (PDF files, UK).
Results from Warwick Regatta (PDF, UK).
And results from Peterborough Regatta (UK) in their usual HTML format.
The Hawco Sprints results (Inverness, Scotland, UK) are on the news page of the club's site.
A website for Mic Mac Rowing Club on Lake Banook, Canada, which has for some reason been overlooked. A particularly nicely designed front page picture animation which gives a good flavour of what the club is all about. Mic Mac Amateur Aquatic Club (the overarching organisation) is celebrating its 85th birthday this year.
The final Olympic issue of the Rowing Voice is now out, with everything that happened at the weekend in rowing. That is our eighth Beijing update (issues a to h of edition 2-9), and we are taking a break now. People who subscribe to the Voice between now and the next issue (mid-September) will get all the Olympic updates as part of their year's subscription.
More updates tomorrow as well as a big round-up of all the newslinks of the last few days.
Monday 18th August 2008
Just getting back into gear after the rowing - as you can imagine, quite a hectic week. Trevor is off on holiday now (thanks very much TC!) so RQ is back doing updates but will probably still take a day or two to get into the zone again, particularly as still in Beijing. If I date something wrong, don't whinge too much.
Sunday 17th August 2008
Olympic press links - note - they are in chronological reverse order of posting, not necessarily in time-order of the event they cover...
Funding key to British gold rush (The Daily Telegraph, UK), Western alumni pick up Olympic bronze (Western News, Canada), Worth the wait (Toronto Sun, Canada), Cancer-stricken coach inspires lightweight four (GlobalTV, Canada), Canada adds four more medals, one rowing gold (CTV.ca, Canada), British rowers feel the pain of coming second (The Guardian, UK), Sickness hits Winckless' Beijing bid (Buckinhamshire Free Press, UK), Tomkins in tears as his career ends (The Australian), Awesome triumph over pain (The Australian), Men's eight has learned its lesson (St. Catharines Standard, Canada), China rising to challenge rowing powers (Xinhua, China), Women's double sculls win bronze in photo finish (Toronto Sun, Canada), Last-minute push produces bronze for Canadian rowers (Toronto Sun, Canada), Wetzel ends rowing career with golden moment (Vancouver Sun, Canada), US women's eight rowers win gold in honor of '84 crew (Belleville News Democrat, USA), Canadian eight meets lofty expectations (The Province, Canada), Double success for Welsh rowers (BBC News, UK), Silver medal, it's incredible, says James (Ballarat Courier, Australia), Gold for Aussie Rowers (SportsAustralia.com), Women's Eight Wins Gold, Men's Eight Bronze at 2008 Olympic Games (row2k.com, USA), Brits top rowing medals table (The Press Association), Golden weekend for Team GB (The Times, UK), Aussies disappointing in rowing finals (NEWS.com.au, Australia), Tomkins' Olympic career ends on a low (NEWS.com.au, Australia), It was one of those days for Australia's rowers (NEWS.com.au, Australia), James Tomkins ends his rowing career in tears (NEWS.com.au, Australia), Day 8 Review: Final Rowing medals won at Shunyi (Beijing 2008, China), Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter win rowing Olympic gold (The Daily Telegraph, UK).Men's eight trained through snow and sleet for gold (Reuters Canada), British Duo Take Gold in Double Sculls (Buzzle, USA), First Finals day at the 2008 Olympic Rowing Regatta (Deutscher Ruderverband, Germany), GB duo win first lightweight gold (BBC Berkshire, UK), Duo take sculls title (Eatsleepsport.com, UK), Wetzel Takes Gold with Canada Men's 8 in Olympic Final (CSTV.com, USA), The journey ends with gold (SooToday.com, Canada), US women's 8 strikes gold (Kansas City Star, USA), Chinese rowers stride to podium with smiles from heart (Xinhua, China), Canadian men redeemed after loss in Athens (Canoe.ca, Canada), Gold for Women's Eight (Washington Post, USA), Awesone Foursome (Sunday People, UK), China takes 1st ever gold medal in Olympic rowing (International Herald Tribune), It's oar inspiring - Coxless four's hat-trick sets seal on golden day (Mirror.co.uk, UK), Canada earns redemption, China their first gold (Reuters Canada), Tomkins bows out with a tear (The West Australian, Australia), China clinches gold in women's quadruple sculls (China Daily), Women's Double Sculls Silver for Finland (YLE News, Finland), COMMENT: Unbelievable Olympic feat (thisisgloucestershire.co.uk, UK), Golden Sunday for Poland in Olympics (Thenews.pl, Poland), Disappointed Tomkins bows out (ABC Online, Australia), 'Only' silver for women's quad (Sportinglife.com, UK), More gold for rowers (WalesOnline, UK), Tom gets Wales' third medal (WalesOnline, UK), Canada wins men's eight rowing gold at Beijing Olympics (People's Daily Online, China), YOUR VIEW: What makes Canada's rowing team so strong? (CBC.ca, Canada), Olympic gold for Reed (Gloucestershire Gazette, UK), US women win gold in eights (USA Today), Olympic rowing regatta closes last chapter with China snatching First Gold (Xinhua, China), Rowing wins for Britons (Channel 4 News, UK), Olympic rowers win more medals in Beijing (InTheNews.co.uk, UK), US is tops in Women's Eight (Beijing 2008, China), Silver rowing pair politely refuse to sing (Toronto Star, Canada), Andrunache bid for record gold haul thwarted (The Guardian, UK), Women's quad snare China's first rowing gold (The Guardain, UK), Silver medal for Northwich rower (Northwich Guardian, UK), China take told and Britain silver in rowing quad (Reuters UK), Silver medal for men's eight (Sportinglife.com, UK), World champion Canada now Olympic champion in Men's Eight (Beijing 2008, China), Hunter and Purchase buy into gold rush (Stornoway Gazette, UK), Egington silver impresses legend Redgrave (Warrington Guardian, UK), GB Olympians in second gold rush (BBC Berkshire, UK), Oarsome duo grab victory (The Sun, UK), James serves up Chinese cracker to take rowing gold (WalesOnline, UK), Britain wins Rowing Men's Four gold (Beijing 2008, China), Partridge claims silver in men's eight (Forester, UK), US women's 8 strikes gold (The Olympian, USA), Danes defend rowing title (Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan), Rowing wins for Britons (ITV.com, UK ), Poland 4 wins men's quadruple sculls rowing (The Associated Press), Gold for double sculls (TeleText, UK), Poland wins M4x at Olympics (Ludington Daily News, USA), US finally beat Romania for gold (The Guardian, UK), Lucy wins Olympic silver (BBC News, UK), Host gets gold in Women's Quadruple Sculls (Beijing 2008, China), Tomkins' dream of 4th gold dashed (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia), Denmark four win lightweight men's four rowing (ESPN), Britain wins lightweight men double sculls rowing (The Associated Press), Women's eight fail to fire in final (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia), Netherlands wins lightweight double sculls rowing (The Associated Press), Gutted Grainger takes Olympic silver for the third time (Bucks Free Press, UK), Gold medal joy for exhausted GB scullers (BBC Sport, UK), First China rowing win denies GB (BBC Sport, UK), Great Britain golden in Men's Lightweight Double Sculls (Beijing 2008, China), Who�s watching the rowing (Worldrowing.com), Twins use the finest of margins (TVNZ, NZ), Britain crowned in Olympic rowing event of men's four (China), Rowing Duo Settle for Sixth (Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija, Slovenia), Well-earned medal for Rumiana Neikova, which equals in three more at least (Focus News, Bulgaria), Team GB take gold from Australia in coxless four (InTheNews.co.uk, UK), B Finals warm up the crowd (Worldrowing.com), Late is Great for Campbell (Mirror.co.uk, UK).
Friday 15th August 2008
Olympic press links:- GB's rowing record-breakers (The Independent, UK), Strangers Drew Ginn and Duncan Free became the perfect rowing pair (NEWS.com.au, Australia), West Michigan Olympian to row for gold Sunday (MLive.com, USA), Coedpoeth rower aims for Olympic gold (Evening Leader, UK), No stern views as Free and Ginn warm up with a joke or three (The Canberra Times, Australia), British teams 'buzzing' after qualifying for 10 rowing finals (Daily Mail, UK), Medal day waits for Brennan (Examiner, Australia), Long time coming Quad crew qualifies for Olympic final (Examiner, Australia), Mark's Hunting Olympic gold! (Romford Recorder, UK), The joys and regrets of B Final racing (WorldRowing.com), Berkshire's Olympic rowing hopefuls (BBC Berkshire, UK), Canada's double sculls pair rows into finals (CBC.ca, Canada), Rowing doubles out, fours reach final (Western News, Canada), GB rowers set qualifying record (The Daily Telegraph, UK), China advances two more boats to rowing finals (International Herald Tribune), Happy Friday for British rowers (InTheNews.co.uk, UK), Algae truth weeded out as Swiss sculler fails to make showdown (Belfast Telegraph, UK), Rowing Day 6 Review: Medal contenders decided in Shunyi (Beijing 2008, China), Quad Sculls to Finals (Washington Post, USA), City Olympian qualifies for rowing final (Plymouth Evening Herald, UK), Whitlam and James target double gold for Team GB (ChesterChronicle.co.uk, UK), Five Tassie rowers into finals (The Mercury, Australia), Canadian rowers hope to deliver hardware (Canada.com), Americans advance to final in quadruple sculls (Canada.com), Rowing concludes day six with two Chinese boats qualifying for finals (Xinhua, China), Heavyweight rowers finish tenth overall (RTE.ie, Ireland), Last chance to get to the Olympic rowing finals (WorldRowing.com), Canada's women's double sculls crew in final (Toronto Star, Canada), Irish rowers miss out on place in Olympic final (Belfast Telegraph, UK), Andrew Triggs Hodge: "Until we win gold, we are nobody" (Times Online, UK), Lightweight scullers miss out (TVNZ, NZ), Lightweight four fail to make final (RTE.ie, Ireland), Rough day for rowers (sportal.com.au, Australia), Britain to contest a record 10 finals (The Guardian, UK), Pair become first Brits to reach double sculls Olympic final (The Observer Blog, UK), Ten Brit crews reach finals (The Press Association), Sir Matthew Pinsent wants GB coxless four to strike gold again (Mirror.co.uk, UK), Canadian men's pairs have good lane (Globe and Mail, Canada), GB men's lightweights into finals (BBC Berkshire, UK), History beckons on Beijing�s Super Saturday (Sports Journalists' Association, UK), Long road back leads Calder to men's pair (Toronto Star, Canada), Mixed fortunes for Coleraine men (BBC News, UK), Sinister edge to 'super Saturday' (Stuff.co.nz, NZ), Bajranglal finishes 21st in single sculls rowing (Press Trust of India), Australian scullers miss Olympic final (The West Australian), Saturday preview: Will it be "super"? (TVNZ, NZ), Williams vows to stay out predators reaches (WalesOnline, UK).
Thursday 14th August 2008
Olympic press links:- Jitters as our rowers stumble (Waikato Times, NZ), Weather extremes keep NZers idle (Stuff.co.nz, NZ), Double happy to go solo (Stuff.co.nz, NZ), Farewells for Waddell, Bridgewater? (Stuff.co.nz, NZ), Beijing has been a lot of fun so far (Modesto Bee,USA), Bad weather delays sailing and rowing (Newstalk ZB, NZ), Former Oregon State rower helps US Olympic team reach 8-man finals (EastOregonian.info, USA), Drysdale's tummy bug on the run (New Zealand Herald, NZ), Turning silver into gold (New Zealand Herald, NZ), Waddell confident of producing form (Stuff.co.nz, NZ), Drysdale recuperates at team village (Stuff.co.nz, NZ), Purchase is a heavyweight Lightweight (Bucks Free Press, UK), Two Internet Summit Speakers vie for Olympic Gold this weekend (TechJournal South, USA), What Olympians Really Eat to Compete (ABC News, USA), Rowers vow to boost medal count (The Australian), Serious games (The Guardain, UK), Men's eight has its own agenda (London Free Press, Canada), Crash witness salutes Olympic spirit (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia), Where the medals are coming this weekend (Times Online, UK), Thunder won't cloud rowers' belief (Independent, UK), Storm delay a bonus for sick oarsman (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia), Pictured: The moment Sir Steve Redgrave and John Inverdale.....saw the funny side of the weather (Mail on Sunday, UK), Olympic gold hopes ride high for Matt (Hexham Courant, UK), Chase for third gold not a distraction: Ginn (ABC Online, Australia), 2 people die from crash near Olympic rowing venue (The Associated Press), We haven't hit top form yet (Coventry Telegraph, UK), James ready to emulate Cooke with gold (WalesOnline, UK), Reed plotting golden course (thisisgloucestershire.co.uk, UK), Free of worries (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia), Thunder delays lightweight semis (BBC News, UK), Sore rower Drew Ginn moves out of Village, closer to course (NEWS.com.au, Australia), Rowing rained out (The National, UAE), Rain halts Zac's gold medal bid (Malvern Gazette, UK), Canadian eight seek to heal scars from Athens (Reuters Canada, Canada), Irish four 'devastated' as slow start proves costly (Irish Independent), Men's pairs crew book rowing finals berth at Shunyi (NEWS.com.au, Australia), Alan Campbell sets sights on Olympic gold medal (Belfast Telegraph, UK), Joy as Campbell rows through to Olympic final (Belfast Telegraph, UK), Rower going for gold (Richmond and Twickenham Times, UK), Full fours for finals (Mirror.co.uk, UK), Rowing taskmaster has men's eight in tinkering (Toronto Star, Canada), Final appearance means sacrifice was not in vain (Northern Echo, UK), Rowing events postponed to Friday due to heavy rain (Xinhua, China), Dad thinks Tom James will make Olympic podium (Daily Post, UK), Victoria rower takes care of some unfinished business (Vancouver Sun, Canada), Fours strive to uphold British tradition (Aberdeen Press and Journal, UK), Winklevoss brothers going for gold (Stamford Advocate, USA), Mahe Drysdale recovering from stomach bug (3 News NZ), Di Clemente and Keeling make final (Independent Online, SA), USA four just miss qualifying in rowing (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA), Steve Redgrave backs Tom James in Olympic bid (Daily Post, UK), Di Clemente, Keeling fight back for spot in pairs final (The Herald Eastern Cape, SA), What's going on with Team SA? (Independent Online, SA).
Not much away from Beijing...
Severn heaven for Trent rowers (Burton Mail, UK), on Bewdley regatta.
Tuesday 12th August 2008
Olympic press links:- Lightweight four can get it right second time (The Independent, Ireland), Women's pair become Britain's fourth rowing finalists (InTheNews.co.uk, UK), A good, blue sky day (Central Maine Morning Sentinel, USA), Indian pugilists advance (Hindu, India), Haigh and Coles hot rowers (Newstalk ZB, NZ), Newlin, team move on to semifinals (Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, USA), Stanford athletes have a chance to add to medal count (Palo Alto Online, USA), ConnectU-Facebook fight one stroke closer to finish line (CNET News, USA), Success breeds confidence for women's pair (Stuff.co.nz, NZ), Womens pair into rowing final (Radio New Zealand, NZ), Kalmoe blogs on rowing adventure (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA), US men's crew team hopes to surprise Canada (Pioneer Press, USA), Five athletes with UVA connections still competing (C-Ville Weekly, USA), Four draws inspiration from coach (Canada.com), Brennan's fate with his 'brother' (Examiner, Australia), Odd couple count on power in their finish (New Zealand Herald, NZ), Hoopman, men's eight advance to final (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA), Taking on the world's not easy, but it's fun (Southland Times, NZ), Semi-final draw favours Purchase (Worcester News, UK), British prospects on the water are riding high (The Independent, UK), Rowing Day 5 Preview: Semifinals on deck for Wednesday (Beijing 2008, China), Olympics day five preview (BBC Sport, UK), US men will defend Olympic rowing title (Pioneer Press, USA), Coppola, US eight find rhythm to make final (Buffalo News, USA), Chicago Olympians: Day 4 (Chicagoist, USA), Portland rower Allen in Olympic finals (MaineToday.com, USA), Will Daly, finishes third (Repechage) Double Sculls (Vail Daily News, USA), Team GB: Olympics Day Five Preview (Mirror.co.uk, UK), Chinese rowers buck the system in medal hunt (Times Online, UK), Rowing success continues for Brits (Virgin Media Sport, UK), Local rowers rally (Cincinnati.com, USA), Tuesday Review (Northern Echo, UK), Women add to British rowing success (Times Online, UK), Repechage crews boost Britain's performance (The Daily Telegraph, UK), Wisconsin Olympians have busy day ahead (Pierce County Herald, USA), Tomkins in line for four from eight (The Age, Australia), Women's pair reach second Olympic final (Stuff.co.nz, NZ), Tomkins' eight make final despite hiccup (Ninemsn, Australia), Four Crews to Race Semifinals on Wednesday at 2008 Olympic Games (row2k.com, USA), More medal shots disappear as rowing crews eliminated (National Post, Canada), Folan On Course for Olympic Final (Galway Bay FM, Ireland), Some Olympic hopefuls (Georgian, Canada), GB women's pair into rowing final (BBC Sport, UK), Women rowers advance (BBC Sport, UK), Goodsell, Casey take a cruise along Shunyi (MK News, UK), Day 4 Review: Repechages determine finalists for 3 events (Beijing 2008, China), Womens eight off to fast start in China (knox.VillageSoup.com, USA), US eight reaches final but needs an extra race (Buffalo News, USA), British men's four hope history will point the way (The Guardian, UK), National Post, Canada (Rowers outpace past failure), South's Olympians star on water (The Southland Times, NZ), US men's eights makes most of second chance, gains final (ESPN, USA), US reaches finals in men's rowing eights (United Press International), Coppola and US Qualify for Gold Medal Final (WGRZ-TV, USA), US men will defend Olympic rowing title (Pioneer Press, USA), Indian rowers disappoint in double sculls (Expressindia.com, India), Tough draw for Oarsome Foursome (Forester, UK), USA advances to final in men's eights (Sports Network), We Can't Rest (Canada.com) Elk Lake-based rowing team says, Women's pair win rowing repechage (Newstalk ZB, NZ), Rowing concludes day of repechages, leaving cheers and tears for China (Xinhua, China), Olympic dream begins for Winscombe rower (Weston & Somerset Mercury, UK), Pair battle into second Olympic final (New Zealand Herald, NZ), Alan Campbell relishes battle in the semis (Belfast Telegraph, UK), Men's eight rowing crew survives scare to reach final (Owen Sound Sun Times, Canada), Men's eight overcomes jitters to reach final (ABC Online, Australia), Coles and Haigh storm into final (TVNZ, NZ), Canadian sculls quad knocked out of semis (CBC.ca, Canada), Tomkins' dream still alive (sportal.com.au, Australia), Berkshire athletes in action in Beijing (Newbury Weekly News Group, UK), Olympic dreams continue for some (WorldRowing.com), Women's eight conserve energy (Winnipeg Sun, Canada), Mens 8 rowers back in medal contention (The Australian).
Away from Beijing...
Tragic groom is laid to rest (Oxford Mail, UK), on Matt Carver's funeral.
Ollie bows out on a high for City (Peterborough Today, UK), about last weekend's Peterborough Summer Regatta, UK.
Prison officers rescued in English Channel (BirminghamMail.net, UK) - maybe they need Debbie Flood!!
Monday 11th August 2008
The Rowing Voice now has issues 2:8 (Olympic preview and full issue) and 2:9a (first Olympic update) online. 2:9a has race reports, the inside scoop on the weed situation at Shunyi, and stunning opening ceremony photographs. Issue 2:9b going up later today, and the remaining updates will be published on 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th and 18th August. In 2:8, the Olympics, blisters, All-Blacks and the Cambridge Town Bumps to name but a few, plus a rant on saving Holme Pierrepont.
Have a look at the various Olypmic rowers blogs collated on the Rowperfect site, which includes Frances Houghton, Tom James, Drew Ginn, Duncan Free, Jochen Kuehner, Richard Chambers, Adam Kreek, JAson Read, NAthan Twaddle, Heather Mandoli. Thanks Rebecca!
If your Dutch (or tranlsation-engine) skills are up to it, have a look at Holland vier in Beijing blog.
Olympic press links: Iraq reaches agreement with IOC (Los Angeles Times) about future Games participation, Twigg and Drysdale into semis (Radio Sport, NZ), Canada Looking For At Least One Medal in Beijing (Bleacher Report, Canada), US men's eight in repechage tonight (Buffalo News, USA), Winklevoss twins get another shot in Olympic rowing (CNET News, USA), Day 4 Preview: Finals berths up for grabs at Shunyi (Beijing 2008, China), Tassie rowers Coach says our Olympic crews can only get better primed (Examiner, Australia), Redgrave in awe as Stallard's GB boat books final berth (Times 24, UK), Hykel Finishes Third in Rowing Heat, Competes on Tuesday (CSTV.com, IDS), Night-owls rule as Kiwis stay up for Olympics (New Zealand Herald, NZ), Brentford rower in women's quadruple sculls final (Hounslow Chronicle, UK), Drysdale in cruise mode for semifinals (New Zealand Herald, NZ), South's Olympians star on water (Southland Times, NZ), Rowers downplay 'redemption' talk (National Post, Canada), Disaster hits Aussie rowing team (The Australian), The six secrets that executive coaching can learn from the world of Olypmic Sports Coaching (Response Source press release, UK) though Alan Campbell can't have been there, Five US Crews to Race in Repechages on Tuesday at 2008 Olympic Games (row2k.com, USA), Men's eight off to final (The Canadian Press, BEIJING), Around the games (San Jose Mercury News, USA), Rowing teams advance to semifinals (Northumberland Today, Canada), Australia's eight hit by new curse (Reuters India), Matt Hughes, crewmates, advance (Ludington Daily News, USA), Guerette Wins Quarterfinal, Women's Eight Wins Heat on Monday (row2k.com, USA), Kalmoe, Tomek win double sculls race (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA), Tomkins skirts rudder disaster (The Australian), Close call for eight (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia), Many happy returns for Canadian eight (Canada.com), Big boat is back (Canoe.ca, Canada), She's rowing on Cloud 9 now (Winnipeg Free Press, Canada), Alex Partridge rewarded with eights final (Times Online, UK), GB rowers stay the course for medal haul (The Daily Telegraph, UK), Stallard's crew cruise into Olympic eight final (Times 24, UK), Bulgarian rowers advance at Olympics (Sofia Echo, Bulgaria), Laverick reaches rowing final (Littlehampton Gazette, UK), Our man in Britain's lightweight four boat says he won't settle ... (The Guardian, UK), Egington in relaxed mood (Warrington Guardian, UK), NZ well in contention for rowing medals (3 News NZ), Laverick reaches final (The Argus.co.uk, UK), Rowing's 3rd day features normality except for Australia (Xinhua, China), Towey backs Irish to bounce back in repechage (Belfast Telegraph, UK), West's crew turn up the power to seal final spot (Cambridge Evening News, UK), Olympics: Partridge makes up for lost time as eight cruise (The Observer Blog, UK), Aussie eight's rudder malfunctions (Ninemsn, Australia), Rowers' belief has not been battered (Herald.ie, Ireland), Volpenhein, US rowers need a second chance to reach final (USA Today), We're more to do: Williams (MK News, UK), Gear failure forces eight to abadon rowing heat (Radio Australia, Australia), Men's Pair Heats Results Rowing men's pair heats results (Javno.hr, Croatia), Doing his bit for the GB medal table James Cracknell: Olympic rowing - the senior tour in Beijing (The Daily Telegraph, UK), Stallard set to quit rowing (Hertfordshire Mercury, UK), Kingston native rigging shells at the Summer Games in Beijing (The Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada), Dutch Olympic round up (Radio Netherlands), Tomkins' eight won't go straight (sportal.com.au, Australia), Visibility, showers and high spirits (WorldRowing.com), Langridge reaches Olympic final (Northwich Guardian, UK), Chinese LM4- crew perform well in heat race (Mathaba.Net, UK), Acer high as eights reach final (Independent, UK), Katherine Grainger's Great Britain crew create history (The Daily Telegaph, UK), Quad sculls Aussies set world best time (The West Australian, Australia), Skolling Morgan sets up sculling success (The West Australian), Men's quad scull set world best time (Ninemsn, Australia).
Slightly off-topic Robbins competes in adventure race (Sunshine Coast Daily, Australia).
Rowers shine at Canadian Henley (CSTV.com, USA), Rowers capture gold at Henley regatta (Peterborough Examiner, Canada), SOUTH NIAGARA ROWING CLUB LIMITED TO ONE GOLD AT CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP (Welland Tribune, Canada), Rower strikes gold (The Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada).
2000m not enough? Try Rowing Around the World (KUOW NPR, USA).
Stourport Regatta hailed a success (Worcester News, UK).
Happy Days At The Henley (Niagara Falls Review, Canada) about the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta,
More on the logistics of Roz Savage's Pacific row: JUNK still making way to rendezvous with Roz Savage (BYM News).
Sunday 10th August 2008
Olympic press links: Kiwis show strength in early heats (New Zealand Herald, NZ), Sisters recapture old magic (Otago Daily Times, NZ), Eight will have to wait (Canoe.ca, Canada), The toughest guy on the team (also Canoe.ca), South's Olympians star on water (Southland Times, NZ), Lightweights flex their muscles (Globe and Mail, Canada), Purchase and Hunter set up Amazonian semi-final (Independent, UK), Rain disrupts Olympic rowing (United Press International), Former Evesham rower off to a flyer at Olympics (Evesham Journal, UK), Canadian lightweight four rowing crew inspired (The Canadian Press), Todd, rowers struggle (Cincinnati.com, USA), Saina, Sridhar move up on a dismal day (Sify, India), Easy win for rowers (Examiner, Australia), Britain's rowers provide light amid the gloom (The Times, UK), Olympic rowing regatta rescheduled (Xinhua, China), Australia set world best (Reuters), US men's quadruple sculls advance to semis (Canada.com), Hear the roar of the crowd and watch a new World Best Time (WorldRowing.com), Blood no barrier to Flood as women's four storm into final (The Guardian, UK), Aussie rowers break record (sportal.com.au, Australia), Shunyi waters welcome Women's Single Sculls (BYM News), 'Oopsie' moment for rowing pair (Edmonton Sun, Canada), Rowers get jitters (Edmonton Sun, Canada), Stallard's Olympic heat postponed in choppy Chinese waters (Times 24, UK), Lightning delays men's, women's eights at rowing regatta (CBC.ca, Canada), Team GB rowers on course for Olympic medals (The Daily Telegraph, UK), Wales' Tom Edwards and team win opening heat (WalesOnline, UK), Quad sculls Aussies set world best time (The West Australian, Australia), SA rowing pair secure spot in semifinals (SABC News, SA), China wins 3 more heat races (CNN), Rowers again provide the highlight for NZ (Otago Daily Times, NZ), Men's quad scull set world best time (Ninemsn, Australia), Halliday�s sledge on the money (The West Australian), Aussie scullers break world record (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia), Indians rowers finish fifth and last in heats (Thaindian.com, Thailand), Chinese LM4- crew perform well in heat race (Xinhua, China), GB women qualify for quad final (BBC Sport, UK), Olympian Blogger: Chris Liwski (Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY), Kaido, teammates third in Olympic heat race (Utica Observer Dispatch, NY), Debbie Flood and quad sculls into final (Yorkshire Post, UK), Lightweight duo make light work of heat (Stuff.co.nz, NZ), James Cracknell: Britons ready to stand and deliver (Daily Telegraph, UK), Men's, women's eight both have podium ambitions (Times Colonist, Canada), No pain, no gain in this lonely pursuit of immortality (Irish Independent), British scullers keep heads to earn victories (Independent, UK).
Meanwhile not much at all away from Beijing...
St. Catharines junior men's quad Henley champions (St. Catharines Standard, Canada), on the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta.
Saturday 9th August 2008
Olympics Links first, others follow if you scroll far enough!
Rowing Day 2 Preview: Seven countries bring high hopes to ... (Beijing 2008), Flag bearer confusion (New Zealand Herald), Scullers sound final warning (New Zealand Herald), Kiwi scullers cruise into quarterfinals (SundayNews.co.nz, NZ), Twins do their talking out on the water (SundayNews.co.nz, NZ), Despite huge obstacles, Iraqi rowers race in Beijing Olympics (Bugle-Observer, Canada), Karsten wins heat in first day of Olympic rowing (Canada.com), Good day for Irish in Beijing (Drogheda Independent, Ireland), Tales to cherish from Sydney, 2000 (Newindpress on Sunday, India), Bree misses out despite personal best (The Press Association), Confident foursome advance to semi-finals (Independent, UK), Ginn shaken ... and stirred (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia), Chinese rower blames poor memory after missing heat (Monsters and Critics.com), Calder and Frandsen advance to semifinals in men's rowing pair (The Canadian Press), Kenyan rower qualifies for 2nd round (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation), Ginn, Free revel as going gets hot (The West Australian), What if Brisbane got The Games? (Sunshine Coast Daily, Australia), Men's Four Advances to Semifinals, Single Scullers Move on (row2k.com), Chinese rowers' performance under par at Beijing Olympics (Xinhua, China), Kalmoe third in double sculls heat (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel), Saber women give US most medals (Associated Press), Top Aussie crews in cruise control (sportal.com.au, Australia), Guerette energized by rowing competition (USA Today), A dynamo on fire in Rowing-Canoeing Park (Xinhua, China), ConnectU founders falter in Olympic rowing heat (CNET News, USA), Iraqi rowers train in rough waters back home (Canada.com), Chinese rower disqualified for missing previous event (Xinhua, China), Successful start to NZ rowing campaign (Stuff.co.nz, NZ), Flushing's Tomek third in qualifying heat at Olympic Games (The Flint Journal - MLive.com, USA), Iraqi rowers talk of pride after tough years (Reuters), Olympics: India get success from unexpected quarters (India Express), Olympic rowing regatta kicks off on August 9 (Beijing 2008, China), China's gold hope women's double make good start (Xinhua, China), Men's pair advance to rowing semifinals (Canada.com), Top rowers advance in first rowing heats (CNN), Fire puts Games showpiece out of action (The Guardian, UK), Drysdale dominates in first hitout (Stuff.co.nz, NZ), Men's four off to a flyer (The Press Association), Beijing Brief: Indian Rower Bajranglal Takhar in quarter-finals (MyNews.in), Irish men's rowing team through to the Olympics semi-final (Belfast Telegraph, UK), Olympics: Four calm British nerves to the approval of Sir Steve (The Guardian, UK), Iraqi rowers thankful for Olympic chance (NBC13.com, AL), Australia off to worst Olympic start since Atlanta (LIVENEWS.com.au, Australia), Flood preparing for one final hurrah before quitting (Yorkshire Post, UK), Upton backs Zac in Olympic quest (Ledbury Reporter, UK), Bajranglal qualifies for rowing Quarterfinals (Expressindia.com, India), Britain's rowers keep medal hopes on course at Beijing Olympics (Daily Telegraph, UK), Favorites through in first round (Reuters), Canadian duo advances to rowing semis (Toronto Star, Canada), Strong showing from NZ rowers (sportal.co.nz, NZ), Sculler Campbell secures quarter-final spot (The Times, UK), Iraqi rower Nozad happy at Olympics (Xinhua, China), Chinese rowers not eligible for M2x race (Xinhua, China), Rowing crews win heats (Radio Sport, NZ), Cox one of the big buoys of rowing (Faceoff.com, Canada), Canadian rowers mean business (Canada.com), Rowers contend with thick smoke (Brisbane Times, Australia), Olympics: Oarsome foursome pass first test (Gloucestershire Echo, UK), Rowers seek to redeem Athens disappointment (London Free Press, Canada), Perfect start for Kiwi rowers (TVNZ, NZ), Canadian rowers a heavy favourite (Toronto Star, Canada), New Brunswick well represented at 2008 Olympics (Telegraph-Journal, Canada), Olympic dream lures Calder back (Globe and Mail, Canada), Campbell through to quarter-final (BBC News, UK), Rowing pair Free, Ginn cruise to victory in Olympic heat (NEWS.com.au, Australia), Redemption pulls rower to China (Ottawa Citizen, Canada), HK rower hopes to reach top 18 in men's single sculls (Xinhua, China), Whitlam and Reeve finish third in women's pairs (Warrington Guardian, UK), Parsons and Co. avoid the hype (The Chronicle Journal, Canada), Olympics: Drysdale wins comfortably (Otago Daily Times, NZ), Pippa Savage striving to make final in debut (LIVENEWS.com.au, Australia), Olympic athletes look for strategies to fight smog and heat (Hamilton Spectator, Canada), University Students Going For Gold (This is Nottingham, UK), Belarus' Karsten eyes third Olympic gold (Xinhua, China), Australian rower Amber Halliday sledges 'fat Finns' (The Australian), Savage opens rowing campaign (Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia), Savage qualifies for sculls quarters (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia), Aussie world champ calls Finnish rivals fat (ABC Online, Australia), Champions clash first up for Grainger crew (Aberdeen Press and Journal, UK), Meet Team GB's rowers (BBC Sport, UK), Region�s finest ready to take on world (Liverpool Daily Post, UK), Australia's six-time Olympian James Tomkins stretches in the very hot conditions (The Australian), A gutsy girl may lend a winning edge (Tamworth Northern Daily Leader, Australia), Olympics: Rowers lead the way for NZ on day one (Otago Daily Times, NZ), Rowing: Scullers sound final warning (New Zealand Herald, NZ), Successful start to NZ rowing campaign (Stuff.co.nz, NZ).
Relatively little non-Olympic news:-
Pacific Row: Roz Savage makes contact with the good ship JUNK (BYM News).
Warrington Rowing club's oar-some news (Warrington Guardian, UK).
South Niagara Crews Oh So Close To Winning Two More Henley Medals (Welland Tribune, Canada), Following are Friday's final results from the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta (St. Catharines Standard, Canada), 126th Henley regatta wraps up Sunday (Niagara Falls Review, Canada).
Welsh student weds two days before death (WalesOnline, UK), on the tragic death of Brasenose College Oxford rower Matt Carver 2 days after his wedding.
Friday 8th August 2008
Olympic links now that the Games of the 29th Olympiad have been opened: A dream come true for NZ's Emma Twigg, Three Bulgarian competitors tested for doping today (from yesterday), Sharing the Olympic spirit: Jaime Fernandez remembers� (about Sydney 2000), Medal favourites for the 14 events from Reuters, Olympian Blogger: Jason Read, the US spare, Mahe convinced he can do both jobs (carrying the flag and winning his heat), Flag bearer honour goes to Mahe Drysdale, Expect a Summer Games unlike any other says the LA Times, Aussie 'spare parts' team will impress says the West Australian, Lone rower Lidaywa hopes for good show from Kenya, Flagbearer Drysdale confident of Kiwi Olympic success, Aussies out of place entering stadium, Tomkins rapt to carry national flag, Oarsome! James Tomkins named Australia�s flag bearer, Pinsent's golden hope for rowers (BBC News), Katherine�s on the trail of gold medals and mass murderers (Daily Mail, UK), In medals race, more countries in running (Christina Science Monitor, USA), Master of food cheering for Mahe (Stuff.co.nz, NZ), Jacques Rogge warns athletes off Opening Ceremony protests, Mighty Mahe to carry the flag (the Press, NZ), We were there � Construction�s Olympians tell their stories (Building.co.uk, UK), Heathcote lays down gun to join marines (Independent, UK), Army Duo Ready To Do Their Duty (Express, UK), Grainger geared for golden finish (Scotsman, UK), Warning: this duo's coxless, not clueless (Southern Highland News, Australia, reporting on the AUS 2-), Grainger leads British crews' quadruple quest for gold (The Guardian, UK), GB's top 10 gold medal hopefuls (The Telegraph, UK), Have a row heroes (The Sun, UK), Oarsome success (Manning River Times, Australia), Drysdale maintains trial with Waddell was wrong (Radio NZ), Rowing coach disappointed to miss Games about John Robinson (Marlborough Expess, NZ), Clean water ensured in rowing-canoeing lake (China Internet Information Centre, China), Landsdowne Rowing Coxswain Steering For Olympic Gold (NBC, USA), Mahe shocked but honoured (TVNZ, NZ), Coxswain Whipple powers the oars with her voice (USA Today), Flushing rower fell in love with sport (Detnews.com, USA), Grandfather was youngest ever Olympian (Oxford Times, UK), Gillett honoured at boats' christening (Ninemsn, Australia), No Expense Spared in Beijing (Sportinglife, UK), Citius, Altius, Fortius (Khaleej Times, UAE), Rowers promised change of bus (The West Australian, Australia), Tom James rowing for gold at the Olympics, (Daily Post, UK), Heskin admits Irish teams face stern test, (Irish Independent), Bailing out stage right, (Irish Times), Rowing Day 1 Preview: Tight races expected in Shunyi, Beijing 2008, Beijing awaits North Yorks Olympic pair, Olympics: GB rower Robin Bourne-Taylor will return to Afghanistan (The Mirror, UK), Rowing team manager is confident of British success, (Aberdeen Press & Journal, UK), Zac making light of Olympic favouritism (Worcester News, UK), Australia complains about Olympic issues, (International Herald Tribune), Cox one of the big buoys of rowing, (The Province, Canada), BEIJING 2008: Pinsent�s advice to medal hope, (Warrington Guardian, UK), ,Going for Gold, (Henley Standard, UK), 'Aussie Armada' big guns ready to fire, (The West Australian), Link to Amy Gillett fires women's eight, (The West Australian), Rower Steve's experience can prove valuable, GB rowers backed to strike gold, The Daily Telegraph, UK, Frandsen takes second try at Olympic dream, London Free Press, Canada.
And now for something completely different WoodenBoat Magazine editor participates in Viking voyage.
A report on Whitby regatta, UK.
Other non-Olympic news Crew pulls off an upset (Hingham, USA).
6 Weeks To Sexy: Extreme Workout Gear Is My New, True Love - marry a rowing machine? I can think of much better things to do to it.
Regatta draws world paddlers to Henley about Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, Following are Thursday's final results from the 126th Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, (St. Catharines Standard, Canada).
Bid to row around Norfolk, EDP, UK.
Home International Regatta UK story Lucky 13 bring international honours to Strathclyde club from the Hamilton Advertiser.
Thursday 7th August 2008
Beijing flag news - while the GB rowers are all avoiding the opening ceremony, at least two rowers will be gracing the world's screens as flag-bearers. Legendary Olympian James Tomkins has been chosen over Grant Hackett as the Australian flag-bearer, and Mahe Drysdale will carry the New Zealand flag.
Spotted on the Telegraph's Olympic kitsch corner, the rowing entry for the guinea-pig Olympics (UK).
Wireless internet access has been terribly patchy today so I'll try and do a proper update tomorrow.
Wednesday 6th August 2008
Service announcement - once the rowing begins, most of the main RS news updates will be done by the fantastic Trevor Chambers, though both he and I will be picking up emails from the usual Rowing Service email address, so just send anything urgent in as usual. I will be busy because we are providing regular - probably every day bar Friday - Rowing Voice supplements.
Tuesday 5th August 2008
Star Club in Bedford (UK) have designed a new website, which they are hosting on a temporary address while they renew their usual URL. You can find the new design (rather natty) here until it goes back to the old space.
More from Telegraph TV from the GBR M4- (UK).
More on the Cambridge Town Bumps saga (Cambridge Evening News, UK).
A learn to row press release from Twickenham RC (UK). Probably rather wasted on most who read this site.
A selection of Olympic press links - Olympic rowing champion Tufte sees tough title defence in Beijing (Xinhua, China), 'Elite sport' popularizes and takes root in Africa (Xinhua, China), Kenya's sole rower eyes final A at Beijing Olympics (Xinhua, China, - um, probably not, I'm afraid to say), Aussie rowers target at 4-6 Olympic medal (Xinhua, China), Red star ascending (San Diego Union Tribune, USA), Ten to watch: Katherine Grainger (Martin Gough, BBC Sport, UK), Bring on the Olympics (Richard Chambers blogging for the Guardian, UK), Rye Sports Centre gets set for the Olympics (Rye and Battle Today, UK), It'd be great if these men win like Mary but there is a bigger prize (Belfast Telegraph, Northern Ireland), Shunyi course wins top marks from rowers (Reuters, global), Weed problem resurfaces (News.com, Australia), Pulling together for gold (Winnipeg Sun, Canada), The pressure of making weight (CBC, Canada), Romero poses nude for ad (Cycling Weekly, UK - not really rowing, but....), Alameda residents make a splash in rowing world (San Jose Mercury News, USA), Healthy exercise (Tasmania Examiner, Australia), German rower Schomann-Finck seeks medal and love in Beijing (Xinhua at it again, China), Athletes warned poison fog a killer (News.com, Australia), Going for the gold one more time (an excellent piece about Ted Nash, Philly Burbs, USA), Redgrave inspires a new Olympic generation (Daily Telegraph, UK), New Zealand's jack of all trades glad to be back (Reuters), A lot of oars in the water (Chicago Tribune, USA), Shh... don't mention the oar (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia), The river set this top trio on course (Parramatta Sun, Australia), Drysdale and Waddell talk up chances (Otago Daily Times, NZ), Mixed ambitions surround Olympic rowers (Stuff, NZ), Cameron had a late start (Chronicle Herald, Canada), Leander man becomes Olympic commentator (Henley Standard, UK), Another local coxswain will go for gold (Philadelphia Inquirer, USA), Studying really can be murder for Katherine (Aberdeen Press and Journal, UK), Grainger on the cusp of a golden first for Great Britain (Aberdeen Press & Journal, UK), Pollution fine, police too restrictive for Drysdale (Radio New Zealand, NZ), Who will carry the flag for Kiwis in Beijing (Stuff, NZ), Ludington 'natural' Hughes a rowing machine (Michigan Live, USA), Britain's rowers take leap in the dark to see gold (The Times, UK).
And other rowing news - South Side rowing club keeps its oars in the water, despite financial uncertainty (Chi Town Daily News, USA), Flintshire man wins gold at international regatta (Evening Leader, UK), Star Club's ladies put their names in the record books (Bedford Today, UK), Teti fills vacated role as men's crew head coach (for Cal Berkeley - Daily Californian, USA), Channel rowers towed home (Dorset Echo, UK), Regatta preparations (VOCM, Canada), John Howell visits Museum (Henley Standard, UK), Joy tinged with sadness (This is South Devon, UK), Golden future for coxless fours (Aberdeen Press & Journal, UK), , Veterans steer City to a terrific trophy haul (Peterborough Today, UK), Rower dies in boating tragedy (Plymouth Herald, UK), Top juniors claim national honours (Staines News, UK).
Monday 4th August 2008
Sad news (UK): - Tributes for 'wonderful man' who died in boating tragedy (This is Plymouth, about the sad death of Plymouth Amateur RC chairman and WEARA president Derek Rickard during a sculling outing at the weekend.
A request for rowing tickets for 16th/17th August. Tori (the requester) says - "I have a colleague who is back in the UK now and could be sent tix cheaply and quickly who will leave the UK on 7th August. I have one but don't want to go on my own so need at least one other, preferably 2! if you have please let me know soon as so can arrange. MANY THANKS!" Email her at toriwid@mac.com - she currently lives in Shanghai.
Results from Henley Town & Visitors (PDF, UK).
And results from Sudbury Regatta (UK) too. If you want to see the full progression for each event try the regatta tree.
Results are also out for Warrington Regatta (UK).
An updated link for the University of Geneva's rowing club (Switzerland).
Photos of the Argos ancient rowing boat manoeuvring at Preveza port last week (western Greece).
Sunday 3rd August 2008
The two Iraqi rowers are going to compete in the Olympics - the ban has been lifted after FISA asked nicely. Apparently publicised on Wednesday but took a while to reach most ears. See FISA's press release for details. Very good news.
Wednesday 30th July 2008
Acer Nethercott (en route to Beijing in the GBR M8+) is doing a Lands End to John O'Groats cycle when he returns in September, with former OUWBC club-mates Alice Freeman (Olympic women's spare) and Hilary Powell. They're raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and Cardiac Risk in the Young, in honour of two friends, one ill with CF and another who died from a heart attack. The links are to their two joint JustGiving pages for the two charities, and they aim to raise equal amounts of money for both charities, so friends and acquaintances are begged to be generous. The schedule is 10th-26th September.
Scanned in by a thoughtful reader because it isn't online, a Q&A with Sir Matthew Pinsent from Good Housekeeping (UK, PDF format). Thanks PQ.
Sudbury Regatta's draw (UK) is up on the Sudbury RC website in time order and in full tree format. In the main time order page, clicking on an event link will also bring you the individual tree draw for that event, while clicking on a competitor name will bring you all the races for that person's/crew's club. Very natty, like the standard Bedford system a great improvement on oldfashioned scanned-in draws. For those who don't remember, last summer Sudbury Regatta also featured in the Rowing Voice issue volume 1 issue 4, in which three club-members gave us a disturbing insight into regatta organisation, 21st century style. Required reading for anyone who's said "I'll help" at their own regatta. Anyway I'm promised (by the same organisers) that this year's regatta (the 128th International S.R.) will feature a post-race party, barbecue, and that the weather forecast is good enough to require visitors to pack sun-block.
From a person who is no longer attending the Olympics - "I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in my accommodation. It's a simple bed in the Beijing Feiying International Youth Hostel. It's perfect for someone who can't afford a cushy hotel, and it is very close to the train which can take you to/from the rowing venue. I'm not interested in making a profit, just trying to reduce my losses! The cost for the 13 nights (arriving August 8 - departing August 21 - 13 nights) was ?190." (Editor's note - this is how the message arrived - may be pounds, given his location? Contact the seller to be sure.) From Matt Phillips (based in Oxford, UK). He can also be rung via 00-44-1844-278883.
A reminder that the Rowing Inkling Market is taking predictions for the Beijing Olympics. Click on 'markets' at the top to see the latest markets in each of the Olympic events. Though designed as a research project to see if readers' preferences (aka 'the wisdom of crowds') can successfully predict the outcome of racing, it can while away a few hours participating.
News that the Iraqi athletes are back in the Games though the rowers cannot be, because the deadline has passed. Gits, the entire organisational structure, from the IRQ government which mucked it up to the IOC for not making enough of a fuss earlier so that the rowers would also benefit from a change of heart. Grrr.
Not long left for the Voice free offer - The special offer for the Rowing Voice closes at midnight tomorrow. See website for details. Subscribing now will give you the whole of the next 12 months for �20 (or equivalent currency in other countries), including a minimum of 10 full issues plus Olympic update supplements every 1-2 days during the Beijing Games regatta.
Tuesday 29th July 2008
Two double rooms have become available in Beijing during the rowing, because a GB supporter's plans have changed. Details - 2 double rooms for arrival on 8th August and leaving on 20th August, cost US$1968 per room, at the New Dragon Hostel in central Beijing. Anyone interested should email Jim Howard (UK).
More from the Cambridge Town Bumps (Richard Moseley, Cambridge Evening News, UK)>
And Media dunked at NZ rowing shoot (BBC News).
Monday 28th July 2008
(First posted on Sunday) Wanted for September 2008 start: new rowing coach at Canford School (UK). Wanted, a rowing coach to coach, oversee and supervise Canford girls rowing in 2008-9, to coach to GB junior trials level and to take a chaperone role on training camps and overnight trips. Would be preferable if also able to contribute in the classroom in either UK/US politics, or business/economics departments. Pay is approx �180 per week, accommodation may be available for the right candidate. If interested please contact Jayne Offer at Canford School on 01202-841254 before 8th August 2008.
The ITV link for the Redgrave's Raw Recruits programmes (UK). You've got just under a month to see them before they're taken offline.
Maidenhead Regatta (UK) is offering veteran categories in addition to those featured on the regatta poster. Please send your entries in the normal way if you wish to compete there in Men's Veteran Novice 4x+ or Women's Veteran 4x. Entries close at 12am on 2nd August. This year's regatta is a 500m course held on Dorney Lake.
From Rowing Wales, results of the Home International held in Cardiff last weekend (UK). Overall results: England 90pts, Scotland 77pts, Ireland 76pts, and Wales 73pts.
More rowing headlines - Jurgen Grobler grooms latest rowing generation (Brough Scott, Sunday Telegraph, UK), Crozier and Eriksson bag a treble (Worcester News, UK), Canadian pair wins world rowing gold (Ottawa Citizen, Canada), Ottawa club nets 11 medals at provincials (Ottawa Citizen, Canada), Jennings overcomes bad start to claim silver (Irish Times, Ireland), Wells wins 2 golds for ORC (Canoe, Canada), Grant claims back-to-back rowing titles (Marlborough Express, NZ), Rowers scoop medals (Waikato Times, NZ), Bronze medal win at worlds Taylor-made (Northwest Tasmania Advocate, Australia), Bond looking for improvements (Otago Daily Times, NZ), Silver lining for Britain's rowers as juniors shine in Austria (RQ, Daily Telegraph, UK), Living Paintings brings Olympics alive (Newbury Weekly News Group, UK), Gold for Grant in Austria (New Zealand Herald, NZ), Olympic rowers on slow boat to China (The Times, South Africa), Rowers ready to deliver (Dominion Post, NZ), New date for world championships (New Zealand Herald, NZ), Two golds for Kiwi rowers (Sportal, NZ), Canadian men's coxed pair take gold at world championship (Canadian Press, global), Kelly's crew take bronze (Timaru Herald, NZ), Double success for Jenny at Cork (Suffolk Free Press, UK), Rob Waddell: Crisis? What Crisis? (Stuff, NZ), Rowing machines (Boston Globe on the Winklevoss brothers, USA), Just what the doctor ordered - a silver medal (Times & Star, UK), Waddell to light up Beijing Games (RTE, Ireland), California Rowing Club athletes preparing for Beijing (Business Wire, USA), Norwich youngsters settle for silver (Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK), Campbell battles back for Beijing (BBC Sport, UK), Now Henley star strikes gold on his British debut (Leicester Mercury, UK), Campbell's Beijing quest (BBC Sport, UK), City rowing pair strike gold in the national finals (Peterborough Today, UK), China threaten Brit dominance (Eurosport/Yahoo, UK), Week of watery events (North Devon Gazette & Advertiser, UK), Local leads US team to Beijing (Carson Times, USA).
Sunday 27th July 2008
Some of the latest rowing headlines from the last few days (in reverse date order): Kelly's crew take bronze (Timaru Herald, NZ), US lightweight men's eight wins gold (Ros2k, USA), World silver for Sinead Jennings (RTE, Ireland), Preparing for a launch part (Inside Bay Area, USA - not particularly about rowing, but may have some spin-off benefits to open-water rowers locally), Fremont Olympian, 93, recalls HItler's Games (San Jose Mercury News, USA), Life-changing water torture (Buzzle, UK), Regatta to be held Aug. 17 (Danville News, USA, on the annual cardboard boat regatta), Ottawa crews qualify despite weather delay (Ottawa Citizen, Canada). More later.
And loads of stories on the FISA/WorldRowing website.
Saturday 26th July 2008
A note for BigBlade customers that the website is currently offline due to server problems at the ISP end. Apologies to users for the temporary disruption - it may not be possible to fix until after the first weekend in August.
At yesterday's FISA Congress New Zealand were successful in changing the date of the 2010 worlds to November - see for their official take on the result. This is also the official site for the event - web address www.wrch2010.com - which is already hugely updated with information about the the lake and NZ rowing history.
The GB Supporters Club is planning an athletes' and supporters' reception at the end of the Olympic regatta in Beijing, but is not yet sure how it's going to work. More details will be emailed out to those on the GBRSC mailing list as they are confirmed, and I'm likely to put them up here too. Those who are going to Beijing as GB team supporters and want to know what's going on, email e[dot]rowbotham[at]ukonline[dot]co[dot]uk to be added to the list.
The BOA (UK) has issued a press release giving details of a media opportunity for the British press, to interview the rowing team just before they fly to Beijing next Wednesday. They're apparently being the departure guinea pigs/examples, because the entire team is off at the same time, which may not be true of other sports. Hope someone's warned the athletes. Look out for BBC News 24 and similar broadcasts of them walking up the airplane steps, and choice phrases from the team quoted in that night's news.
Friday 25th July 2008
I've been crying with laughter over the GBR M8+/M2- 'do it my way' video on YouTube. Not certain it's going to stay up very long, but it's a work of genius from start to finish, and at least it's clean. The Oscar for costume design is a dead heat between Monsieurs Stallard and Lucy, comic deadpan timing goes to BT, and the scene where Josh and Acer skip off into the sunset is positively disturbing. Brilliant. Just warn us if you're going to release an X-rated version, won't you.
While we're on YouTube, Thames RC's how to erg guide (serious, UK).
Or you might prefer one of Xeno Mueller's many Iron Oarsman erg technique videos (see list lower right). The page includes several of him sculling too.
Rowing Voice vol 2 issue 7 now out - The latest Rowing Voice is online, containing a full report on Henley Royal 2008, together with Henley Women's, Good Read from Henley 1948, Hammer Smith and plenty of UK club news and results. Plus two special features: rowing in Iran - how the men and women of one of FISA's newest members are training for glory; and Igor Grinko, coach of the controversial Chinese team, speaks to Christopher Dodd about how the Olympic host nation plan to win as many medals as possible. Picture of the month this time is Jaap Oepkes' incredible shot of Henley Royal from the air, taken on the morning of Thursday 3rd July and downloadable on its own as a supplement.
The Rowing Voice is also looking for a news editor to join the team - see JPG link for details.
Iraq out of the Games. As many news sources have now reported, it was confirmed yesterday that the Iranian government had missed the deadline to restore the previous Iraqi Olympic Committee, fired under circumstances which the IOC felt were politically influenced. Since the IOC requires sports teams to be free of such influence, June's provisional ban on the athletes attending the Games was extended. Iraq had been given a men's doubles place in Beijing, under the tripartite commission rules which are designed to extend participation into countries otherwise not represented. They also had an archer and two sprinters, but the latter may still be able to go if the Iraqi government changes its mind and restores its national Olympic committee, which it had removed under allegations of corruption. [The athletics confirmation deadline is the last at the Games, much later than most sports.] See also the BBC report. I presume there is no hope for the Iraqi rowers, since the deadline is passed, and that FISA cannot reallocate the places either, for the same reason.
Duncan Holland is blogging on the Rowperfect website (UK), and this week is describing his experiences in the Cambridge Town Bumps. For a report on the racing itself see this Cambridge Evening News article.
Thursday 24th July 2008
Sorry for the gap everyone - been putting the Rowing Voice together.
Results and photos from the world championships on the FISA website.
Results from last weekend's Coupe de la Jeunesse in Cork (Ireland) on the regatta website. GB won, France second, and Italy third, with hosts Ireland tying for fourth with the Netherlands. France won the girls' match and GB the boys'.
Full results from the National Championships (UK) - in the final events Thames won the women's eights and Leander the men's.
The RowSAcademy (South Africa) has a website. It's going through tough times at present, with the national lottery in RSA not having paid them their funding for this year. All international RSA rowers rely on the academy.
Warwick Regatta (August 16th, UK) is now open for entries on OARA, with a primary format as before so focused on novices, senior 4 and juniors with at least 2 round-robin races for those categories. Also some racing for new rowers - for full information see the poster on the brand spanking new website.
Entries have also been open for a while for Warrington Regatta (2nd August, UK), and will close at 10pm on Friday 25th July. Yes, it is going ahead, in case you have heard anything different.
There is a website and ticket application page online now for the European Championships being held in Schinias (Greece, on the 2004 Olympic lake) in September.
A Town bumps preview (Cambridge Evening News, UK). This time the only students racing will be those who first rowed for a town club.
Friday 18th July 2008
Obviously see the usual FISA sources for coverage of the Under-23 world rowing championships, now well underway (Brandenburg, Germany).
Since it's a German U23s, Rudern.De are also running their own coverage, including full team details/biogs, pictures, and handy direct links to the various FISA sections (much quicker than wandering through the more complex structure of the FISA website). Rudern are meant to be showing a webcam, though it isn't loading very well, and they are doing a live video-stream of the camera footage shown at the course (which I believe the host nation is providing for spectators - it isn't for actual TV broadcast), during the racing hours.
The UK National Championships started this morning, with racing for the younger juniors. Remember the live draw/results page which is also accessible via mobile phones, using the same type of system demonstrated at Wallingford Regatta earlier this summer. I'm afraid for the first time in years there won't be a Rowing Service live-online commentary on Sunday, because I'm at the Under-23s in a different country.
Ryde RC (Isle of Wight, UK) are planning to row the Channel, and are trying to raise �3000 for charity, specifically for the Naomi House Children's Hospice. The link is to their JustGiving website.
Going to the Durham Folk Festival (UK)? Durham ARC provides camping facilities next weekend, and is apparently also one of the venues for the festival. Rock on?!
Newslinks - Ancient Greek boat sails again with 50-rower crew (Kopilasia blog, Greece), Good start for Britain on Brandenburg's Beetzee lake (Rachel Quarrell, Daily Telegraph, UK - it's unlikely to be in the main paper, but they're now putting more online from me if the printed version has to be cut. Thanks to all who wrote to them to support rowing coverage, it has made a difference), Evesham's eight win GB honours (Worcester News, UK), Gippsland sporting hopefuls will vie for top awards (Drew Ginn up for the cup, Latrobe Valley Express, Australia),