Harvard Crew at Hamilton Boys' School Reception (Photo courtesy of Mike DiSanto) As we noted yesterday, Harvard Crew will be represented at the 2014 running of the Gallagher Great Race on the Waikato River, New Zealand. Among the Crimson athletes competing is U.S. national teamer and Oxford Blue Mike DiSanto, who is teaming up with a few current students and fellow graduates to take on Waikato...
This week's video is a throwback to winter 2013, when the Washington Huskies headed over to London to face Cambridge in a Tideway fixture. The Huskies, then coming out of winter training and building toward spring, were in great form and featured a historically good lineup, including Canadian Olympic medalist Conlin McCabe. But why are we sharing this video today, you ask? The Huskies and the ...
This week's video comes to us from the Montlake Cut, where the Washington Huskies have been putting the final touches on their preparation for the 2014 IRA National Championship Regatta, set for this weekend in Princeton. The Huskies, who (inexplicably) started the season as the No. 6-ranked men's varsity eight, are looking to cap off another Pac-12 win with a fourth-straight IRA title (and ...
This week's video comes to us from the Boston College men's rowing team, and features a look back at the 2014 campaign for the Eagles, which included a trip out west to San Diego for Crew Classic (where they finished seventh overall, winning the Petite Final), and most recently a seventh place finish at ECACs. In addition to some nice on-the-water shots, there's a healthy bit of boathouse ...
This is an article that sounds weird on the surface but makes sense at a personal level (although I am not an Olympic-level rower). It uses Olympic rower Alan Campbell (huge fan – bronze in the single in front of his home crowd – showed tremendous heart) to demonstrate a point about elite athletes ignoring […] ...
This week's first video comes to us from Big Red, who are prepping for this weekend's showdown in Worcester to determine the fastest crews in the East. Cornell enters the racing as the fifth-ranked varsity eight in a field that has seen some changes over the last 12 months, with Charley Butt taking the helm at Harvard (No. 2) following the loss of Harry Parker, and Yale making good on ...
This week's video comes from spring break training camp with our frontrunners for the 2014 ACRA national title, the University of Michigan Wolverines. From the above, it looks as though the Michigan men's squad enjoyed some unfamiliar conditions (sun, warmth), and took full advantage of their camp, on and off the water. The Wolverines are in action this weekend in Philadelphia at the 76th ...
Cal coxswain Zach Vlahos (third from right) throws out the first pitch at a San Francisco Giants game in 2011, after being honored for Cal's 2010 national title (Photo: B.Kitch) Last week, USRowing celebrated the role of the coxswain in our sport, with the support of two home-grown Olympic champions in the form of Mary Whipple and Pete Cipollone. In the audio interview below, the dynamic duo ...
This week's video anticipates tomorrow's 2014 Opening Day Regatta with a look back at the Windermere Cup from four years ago, when Oxford came across to take on the Huskies and the Syracuse Orange on the Montlake Cut. The Oxford crew included a number of standout Blues, among them Ante Kusurin and Sjeord Hamburger, while the Husky lineup counted Conlin McCabe, Ty Otto, Mathis Jessen, and Tom ...
I asked a number of our rowers to write me a short piece about their time in Ghent in Belgium earlier this month. Below are a selection of writings by some of our rowers from Thames Rowing club. Thank you girls for spending the time to write about your experiences. This years LYR [...]...
The men's second varsity eights coming through the bridge (Photo: B. Kitch) The 103rd Cal-Washington Dual (or, depending on whom you ask, 'Duel') took place on Saturday, and the results were both surprising and impressive. It was a much closer affair (in most cases) than in recent years, and the two varsity eights races were absolutely befitting of one of America's oldest rivalries. Standing ...
London Youth Rowing are hosting a UKCC level 2 course in the coming months . There are still a number of places available if anyone is interested in going on the course please email Penny for more information. The course is being held at the London Regatta Centre for the Face 2 Face work [...]...
We will be running a first Aid 2hr CPR HeartStart Workshop on May 6th at Knowledge Dock Business Centre, University of East London Docklands Campus form 11.30 -1.30pm. There are still places available. If you are interested in booking one of the places please email Penny...
This week's videos come to us from Carnegie Lake, where the Princeton open women took on Yale last weekend, while the lightweight men battled Penn and Georgetown. The women's varsity eights race saw the Tigers take an early lead, and endure several strong moves by a very talented Yale crew to record a wire-to-wire victory—dealing the Bulldogs their first loss of this young season, and keeping ...
Get a Head Start on your mates and join us for a week of rowing and so much more at UL boathouse from July 21st -25th. To book a place on this rowing course with a difference call our office and speak to Penny 0208 223 7977. As well as rowing you will be [...]...
This week's double-feature comes to us from the Charles River in Boston, where the Harvard men's varsity eight held off Princeton in new head coach Charley Butt's first home race to win the Compton Cup by roughly half a length. Harvard took the look early, but Princeton held on very well, and going into the final 500 meters, the Tigers made a great charge for the line and closed the gap on the ...
On Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th April, 100 young people came together for the ‘Time to Shine’ event at Stoke Mandeville stadium, the home of the Paralympic games. Athletes with disabilities from the London Boroughs of Hackney, Greenwich, Barking & Dagenham, Newham, Waltham Forest and Tower Hamlets stayed on a residential trip, a great way [...]...
The redevelopment continues on track for completion in September. The next fortnight will be fairly quiet after the first floor slab is poured. Description of proposed works in the next two weeks Week 1 commencing 14th April Installation of reinforcement for first floor slab will continue. First floor slab will be poured mid-week. […] ...
This week's video comes to us from the Tideway, where yet another Boat Race was marked by a singular incident that proved to be, as Henri Cartier-Bresson might have described it, "the decisive moment." Once again, the race was more closely contested than most thought it would be through the early stages—much like the first half of the now infamous 2012 Boat Race, which was later marred by ...
The 160th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race is upon us, and it wouldn't be right if we didn't throw our hat into the ring and offer a prediction for today's outcome. Given the experience, horsepower, and recent history for Oxford, we're backing the Dark Blue to repeat as champions in 2014, this time by a margin of five lengths. From top to bottom, the Oxford lineup is fantastic on paper, and looks...