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Sport - Rowing

Rowing

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Races - see Henley races and the main Boat Race (26-27 March 2005)

See UK Olympic Team Rowing Calendar

Here is a collection of World Wide Web (WWW) and other information connected with rowing:

Announcement
Recommended sites
General information
Newsgroups for discussion
Regatta results and information
Boat clubs, crews and centers
Organizations
Companies
Information from individuals
Related sports information

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Recommended sites

• The Rowing Service by Rachel Quarrell, Oxford, UK (non-commercial) - a very comprehensive and constantly updated resource. See new information and press cuttings about rowing.

• Row2K.com, USA (commercial).

• Rower's World, USA (commercial).

• The Independent Rowing News, USA.

• REGATTA On-line - the electronic version of Regatta, a leading specialist rowing magazine. See also an article on virtual rowing.

• Rowing About.com home page.

• WorldRowing.com, the official world rowing website.

• iROW.com

• RowingLinks.com

• Friends of Rowing History

General information

• Rowing information and links from the Sports Virtual Library.

• Rowing information from America's Sports Headquarters.

• Webster's definition of "row" - see also here. See also:
  • UK-US Rowing Glossary.
  • Various rowing terms at Oxford and elsewhere.

• An explanation of "bumps" and a photograph to show how it is done are available.

• River & Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames, UK. Rowing memorabilia, reminiscences, anecdotes, offers of help, etc., are welcome. Please contact the Curator, Jane Bowen, via museum@rrm.co.uk if you think you can help in any way. See a virtual tour of the museum.

• The Independent Rowing News, a US-based rowing newspaper established in October 1994.

• A Collection of Rowing Quotes from Dan Richman.

• Things Your Coxswain Should Never Say (anonymous!).

• Weight/Sex/Age Adjusted Ergo Ladder from Abingdon Rowing Club.

• The first generally available MPEG movie clips of rowers, warming up before the Head of the Charles. For UK and other European sites, one of the MPEG clips is here. Acknowledgement: Multimedia Communications Laboratory, Boston University, USA. (Beware: large files!)

• UK contacts (except Oxford) by Rachel Quarrell.

• Personality Traits in an Eight by Mike Sullivan.

• An online international rowing address book, including email addresses, is available.

• Blades of the World from Blades Galore.

• World Rowing Email Page - list of email contact addresses. See also UK and USA Rowing Contacts Email Lists.

• Physics of Rowing FAQ by Dr. A. Dudhia of Oxford.

• Rowing Geek Test (stolen from Stephen Timmons).

• John Biglin in a Single Scull (1874), a painting by Thomas Eakin in the Yale University Art Gallery.

• Rowing library - bibliography, terminology, articles, etc.

• Historic rowing boats from La Jolie Plaisance, non-profit organization based near Paris, France. (Also in French.)

• Rowing from an Oarsman's Perspective.

• Rowing benefits, gear, tips, etc.

• Historical Rowing, Boat Club, and Related Pictures, USA.

• Women in Rowing (WIRe) by Rachel Quarrell.

• Boating Song from Eton College - Real Audio.

• Gay & Lesbian Rowers Network.

• The Row Ring WebRing. See list of sites or a random site.

• coxless.com, Australia.

• Rowing items for sale from eBay.

• Rowing news from BBC News.

Olympic information

• Rowing information at Sydney, 2000. See results. Redgrave wins fifth rowing gold.
• 1996 Olympic Rowing Information from Rachel Quarrell.
• Steve Redgrave, winner of a fifth Olympic gold medal at Sydney!
• About rowing at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Newsgroups for discussion

• The rec.sport.rowing newsgroup, available online, is the main electronic forum for discussing rowing:
  • Original result and charter from Dan Richman, February 1993.
  • Rowing FAQ.
  • Rowing in Cyberspace by Edward Hewitt - an article on the rec.sport.rowing newsgroup.
  • You can read the newsgroup via the Web from Deja.com if you do not have direct newsgroup reading access.
  • Email rec.sport.rowing@pubnews.demon.co.uk to post to the newsgroup if you do not have direct newsgroup posting access.

• See also the following newsgroups:
  • rec.boats
  • rec.boats.building (established in 1994; see result and charter)
  • Other rec.boats.* newsgroups

• Search for newsgroup articles on rowing in Deja.com.

Regatta results and information

• FISA International Regatta Calendar (1998). See also here.

• Regatta events (dates and locations, mainly in Germany).

• Regattas and results from TrueSport.

• Amsterdam Regatta, The Netherlands.

• Delft Regatta (formerly known as the International University Rowing Regatta).

• 24th FISA Masters Regatta, Adelade, Australia, 6-9 November 1997. See also 23rd FISA Masters Regatta, Hungary, 13-15 September 1996.

• International Rowing Regatta, Zagreb, Croatia, 14-15 June 1997. See results.

• Henley Royal Regatta, Henley-on-Thames, UK.

• Irish rowing events, 1999. See also 1997 and 1998 results.

• Lucerne International Regatta, Switzerland:
  • 1994 results
  • 1995 results
  • 1996 results: see information in Australia, Canada and the Netherlands)

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Races, UK.

• UK National Championships, National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham:
  • 1994 results
  • 1995 results (also in full)

• USRowing National Championships, 1997, USA.

• World Cup Regatta, 1 June 1997, Munich, Germany.
  World Cup Regatta, 20-22 June 1997, Paris, France.

• World Rowing Championships (FISA):
  • Eagle Creek Reservoir, Indianapolis, USA, 1994 results:
    • Monday, 12 September 1994
    • Tuesday, 13 September 1994
    • Wednesday a.m., 14 September 1994
    • Wednesday p.m., 14 September 1994
    • Saturday a.m., 17 September 1994
    • Sunday, 18 September 1994
    • A selection of results and information (large!)
  • Tampere, Finland, 20-27 August 1995.
  • Strathclyde, UK, August 1996.
  • Lac d'Aiguebelette, Savoie, France, 31 August - 7 September, 1997. (AVIRON 97).
  • Cologne, Germany, 7-13 September 1998.
  • St. Catherines, Canada, 22-29 August 1999.

• Head of the Charles Regatta, Boston, USA (October each year). See 30th annual regatta results, October 1994 (large!) and MPEG movie clips. 32th annual regatta cancelled for first time even due to storms, October 1996.

• USRA Test Results, USA (December 1994 / January 1995).

• CRASH-B Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championships results and information, USA.

• New England Rowing Championships, USA.

• USA Regatta Venue Directory from USRowing.

• FISA-authorized regattas organized in Belgium. (In English and Dutch.) Includes the Great International Regatta and the International Belgian Championships.

• UK University Rowing League (started 1997).

• Coupe du Canada / Canada Cup 1996. (In French and English.)

• Buffalo Regatta, South Africa. (Founded 1881.) 110th regatta, Buffalo River, East London, 13-15 February 1997.

• Sulkava Regatta ("the biggest rowing regatta of all!"), near Savonlinna, Finland.

• Olympia Regattaverein Munich, Germany.

• The Royal St. John's Regatta, Newfoundland, Canada. North America's oldest continuous sporting event.

• UK Rowing Calendar, 1998.

Boat Clubs, Crews and Centers

See also:

• Hot links to WWW rowing (in USA).
• Rowing by Countries (mirror in Europe).

Australia:

• Banks Rowing Club, Melbourne, Victoria.
• Mercantile Rowing Club, Melbourne, Victoria.
• Power House Rowing Club, Melbourne, Victoria.

• Rowing at the Australian Institute of Sport.
• Rowing Queensland Incorporated.
• Rowing W.A., rowing in Western Australia.

Austria:

• Ruderclub Mondsee, near Salzburg.
• Wiener Ruderclub 'Pirat', Vienna.

Canada:

• Montreal rowing, Canada, including rowing pictures and:
  • McGill University Rowing Club.
  • Montreal Rowing Club.
  • St. Catharines Rowing Club, Ontario.
  • Saskatoon Rowing Club, Saskatchewan.
  • University of British Columbia Crew.
• University of New Brunswick Rowing Club, Fredericton, New Brunswick. This site includes a new Canadian Rowing Home Page.

Denmark:

• Dansk Forening for Rosport (Danish rowing association, in Danish)

France:

• ASEMP Aviron, Ecole des Mines - Aviron, Paris.

Germany:

• Bonner Ruder-Verein 1882 e.V., Bonn.
• Bremerhavener Ruderverein v. 1889 e.V., Bremen.
• Mainzer Ruderverein 1878 e.V., Mainz.
• Ruderklub am Wanssee e.V. Berlin (also in German).
• Rowing in Germany.
• Index of German Rowing Clubs (in German).

Hong Kong:

• Hong Kong Amateur Rowing Association.
• Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (unofficial).

Hungary:

• Kulker Rowing Club, Budapest.

Ireland:

• Rowing clubs affiliated to the IARU.
• Old Collegians Boat Club, University College Dublin.
• University College Dublin Boat Club.

Netherlands:

• AASR SKOLL, University of Amsterdam (also in Dutch).
• Amsterdam Student Boat Club "Nereus".
• De Delftsche Sport (DDS, in Dutch).
• DSR "Proteus-Eretes", Delft (in Dutch).
• DRV Euros, Drienerloo (in Dutch).
• Delft Student Rowing Club "Laga" (in Dutch).
• GYAS Boat Club, University of Groningen (also in Dutch).
• KGRV De Hunze, Groningen.
• KSRV Njord, Royal Students Rowing Club, Leiden.
• NLroei national rowing service including a list of links to Dutch rowing clubs, etc. (in Dutch).
• ORCA, Student Rowing Association of Utrecht (also in Dutch).
• Utrecht Student Rowing Club "Triton" (also in Dutch). Includes an excellent set of http://www.uu.nl/studenten/triton/gifs.html> Animated Rower Building Blocks GIF images.

New Zealand:

• Rowing in New Zealand

Sweden:

• Academic Rowing Club, Stockholm. Also in Swedish.
• Gothenburg Rowing Club.

• Swedish Rowing Federation, including a list of member rowing clubs and Swedish regattas.

Switzerland:

• Rowing-Club Bern.
• See-Club Zug.

Turkey:

• Galatasaray Kürek. (In Turkish, English soon.)
• METU Rowing Club, Middle East Technical University, Ankara.

UK:

• Abingdon Rowing Club, Oxon.
• Avon County Rowing Club (ACRC).
• Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs.
• Cambridge '99 Rowing Club. Founded in 1899.
• City of Cambridge Rowing Club.
• Durham Amateur Rowing Club.
• Eton College Rowing. See also sports information, including rowing courses and the rowing lake.
• Eton Excelsior Rowing Club.
• Glasgow University Boat Club.
• Henley Rowing Club, Henley-on-Thames.
• Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames.
• Leicester Rowing Club.
• Marlow Rowing Club.
• Maidenhead Rowing Club. See River Thames Web Cam.
• Newcastle University Rowing Club.
• North of England clubs.
• Nottingham Boat Club.
• Oxford rowing, including information on OURC, OUBC, college boat clubs and from individuals. See also the state of the Isis river, possibly the first such service in the world.
• Reading Rowing Club
• Reading University Boat Club.
• Royal Grammar School Rowing, Newcastle.
• Sudbury Rowing Club, Suffolk.
• Stirling University Rowing Club.
• Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club, Chiswick. Also here.
• University of Warwick Boat Club.
• University of Westminster Boat Club, London.
• Vesta Rowing Club, Putney Embankment, London.
• Walbrook Rowing Club.
• Wallingford Rowing Club.

USA:

• Bay Area Rowing Club of Houston.
• BB&N Men's Crew, Boston.
• Berkeley High Men's Crew, California.
• Boston University Crew.
• Brown University Women's Crew.
• Cambridge Boat Club.
• Case Western Reserve University Crew. See links to other rowing sites.
• College of William and Mary Rowing Club, Williamsburg, Virginia.
• Colorado Crew, including other teams.
• Columbia Crew, New York. See short (4 seconds, 41Kbytes) and long audio (880Kbytes) clips (in Sun audio format).
• Conibear Rowing Club, Seattle, Washington.
• Connecticut College women's rowing.
• Cornell Heavyweight Crew, Men's Lightweight Crew and Women's Crew, Ithaca, New York.
• Duke University Crew, Durham, North Carolina.
• Florida Crew.
• Furman University Crew, Greenville, South Carolina.
• Georgia Tech Crew, Atlanta.
• Green Lake Crew and Rowing Center, Seattle, Washington.
• Harvard/Radcliffe Crew, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• Houston Rowing Club, Texas.
• Lake Washington Rowing Club, Seattle, Washington.
• Los Angeles Rowing Club, Marina del Rey, California.
• Louisville Rowing Club.
• MIT Crew, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Includes large photos.)
• Montgomery Rowing Club, Alabama. Includes many blades of the world.
• Mount Holyoke College Crew, South Hadley, Massachusetts.
• National Rowing Foundation Cincinnati Junior Rowing Center, Ohio.
• New York Athletic Club.
• New York University Crew.
• Northwestern University Crew.
• Open Water Rowing Center, Sausalito, California.
• Pacific Lutheran University Crew.
• Pittsburgh Crew.
• Princeton Crew, New Jersey.
• Purdue Crew Club.
• Rensselaer Crew. Includes events, results, photos, cartoons and many other links - a good place for net surfing when you have exhausted this page!
• Rice Crew.
• River City Rowing Club, West Sacramento, California.
• Riverside Boat Club, Boston.
• Rochester Rowing Club, New York.
• Rochester Rowing Club, Minnesota.
• Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia. Ten clubs of Boathouse Row. See also other Philadephia area boat clubs.
• SO. California Boat Club.
• Stanford Crew, California.
• Stanford Rowing Club, Port of Redwood City, California.
• Texas Crew, Austin.
• Three Rivers Rowing Association, Pittsburgh.
• TUFTS University Crew.
• University of California at Davis Crew.
• University of California Santa Barbara Crew.
• University of Cincinatti Rowing Club.
• University of Iowa Rowing Club, Iowa City.
• University of Pennsylvania rowing.
• Vanderbilt University crew, Nashville, Tennesse.
• Washington College rowing.
• Washington University Crew.
• Washington State University Women's Crew including links.
• Yale Crew, New Haven, Connecticut.

See also:

• WWWorld Rowing Links by country.
• Collegiate Crew Page.
• Clubs and Colleges / Universities (by country) and US High School Crews from Row2K.com.
• Resource Locator.
• Crews and Rowing Clubs from rower.com (mainly US-based).
• USA collegiate rowing WWW links.
• List of crew clubs in the US (names and locations only).
• US Rowing Clubs sorted by state (names and locations only).

Organizations

• Amateur Rowing Association (ARA), UK. Publishes Regatta magazine.

• Australian Capital Territory Rowing Association (ACTRA), Australia.

• OnStream, UK. See UK clubs and Top 100 Rowing Sites.

• Fédération Française des Sociétés d'Aviron, France. See site plan. (In French.)

• FISA (Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron), the International Rowing Federation. See also here.

• GLRF (Gay and Lesbian Rowing Federation).
• German Rowing Federation (Deutscher Ruderverland), Germany.

• Italian Rowing Federation (Federazione Italiana Canottaggio), Italy. (In Italian.)
• New Zealand Rowing Association.

• Quinsigamond Rowing Association, Massachusetts, USA.

• Row As One, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Rowing camp for masters women. See related sites links.

• Rowing Canada Aviron, including regatta schedules and results.

• Scholastic Rowing Association of America, USA.

• Scottish Amateur Rowing Association (SARA), Scotland.

• Slovak Rowing Feberation, Slovakia.

• South African Rowing Union. See also RowSA - Rowing South Africa.

• Swedish Rowing Federation, Sweden. (In Swedish.)
• Swiss Rowing Association. (In French, English and Italian.)

• USRowing Association, USA. National governing body of rowing within the United States. See also USRowing Judge-Referee Committee information including rules of rowing.

• George Pocock Rowing Foundation and Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Companies

• Adirondack Rowing, Ticonderoga, New York, USA. Shells and sculls.
• BBG Boatbuilders Berlin Ltd., Germany. Official supplier of the German national squad.
• Blades Galore, Cambridge, UK. Oars for decorative trophies.
• Boathouse, Philadelphia, USA.
• Carl Douglas, UK. Racing shells.
• Chesapeake Rowing, USA. Alden ocean shells.
• Concept II, Inc., Morrisville, Vermont, USA. Indoor rowers. Also in the UK.
• The Coxswain's Locker, Inc., Arlington, Virginia, USA.
• Eton Racing Boats, UK.
• Harris Racing Boats, UK.
• Neczypor Racing, Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, USA. Custom racing shells.
• Northeast Sculling and Rowing Center, Duxbury, MA, USA. Professional personal instruction.
• Ocean Racing Ltd. Organizers of a rowing race across the Atlantic Ocean, starting 1 January 2000.
• Raymond Sims Ltd, Nottingham, UK. Racing shells.
• Regatta Sport, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Primary manufacturer for the Canadian National Rowing Team.
• Rock the Boat, Abingdon, UK. Rowing T-shirts and other clothing.
• Round Rowing Tank, Don Mangine, New York, USA.
• Simply Oarsome, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Supplier to the Australian Rowing Team.
• Val's Customized Action Wear, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Includes rowing.
• Vespoli, USA. Racing shells.
• WaterRower (UK) Ltd., London, UK. See moving image rower and water flywheel (needs a good network connection).
• Wayland Marine, Bellingham, Washington, USA. Shell kits.

• Rowing Companies listed by The Rowing Service.
• Rowing Companies listed by Row2K.com.
• Rowing Vendors.

Information from individuals

• Rachel Quarrell's Rowing Page including a list of rowing URL's and Surfing the Rowing Net for rowing images.

• Rowing in the North of England. Includes Colours of the Clubs (especially Durham) and UK racing results.

• Rowing at Nottingham, UK by David Evans.

• Traverse de Paris (October 1994 and 1995) including many rowing photographs by Arnd Gehrmann (in German). The first good collection of rowing photos on the Web.

• Montreal rowing, Canada, by David Kabal.

• A section on rowing by Geoffrey Stanton Knauth, Massachusetts, USA.

• Rowing Information summary from Henk Schrik, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Includes event information, especially in continental Europe, biographies with photographs, etc. (More in Dutch.)

• San Francisco Bay Area Rowing by Phil Akers, California, USA.

• Build your own Coxing Amplifier by Ben Formesyn.
• David Biddulph's Rowing pages.

Related sports information

• Rowing links from Google.
• Rowing, including colleges, competitions, clubs and teams, and companies from the sports section of Yahoo. See also ".

• Search for rowing pages from AltaVista. Thousands more rowing entries!

• Search for rowing pages from Lycos. Thousands of entries for true net surfers!

• search from the World Wide Web of Sports.

• Other water sports in the WWW Virtual Library Sport page.

• Water sports under Sports & Outdoor Web Connection.

This page is mentioned in:

Bill Eager, Using the World Wide Web, QUE, 1994. Chapter 18, Sports, Games, Hobbies, Travel Cooking and Recreation, pp 534-5.

Point Communications, Sports and Fitness section, Survey Review, 1995.

Recommended by the Google search engine.

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