Breaking Barriers on the Tideway
In the ebb and flow of history, there exists a momentous tide of change, a departure from the past that echoes through time. As we...
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Washout not a knockout
The cast produce a solid performance, most notably from Turner and Jack Mulhern the latter of whom plays strokeman Don Hume. Composer Alexandre Desplat scores...
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The Power of Purpose
Once you have your purpose, write it down and revisit it often. Put it in a place where you will see it every day like...
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Mixed Up
The ultimate objective of crew rowing is absolute unity of motion. This is hard enough when everyone in the boat is the same ability, age,...
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TOKYO 2020: GB Rowing – The monolith crumbles
You can take the Redgrave out of Britain, but you can’t take the Britain out of Redgrave. Being quizzed by the celebratory Chinese press after racing,...
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TOKYO 2020: GB Rowing, where have all the golds gone?
The British public tune into the rowing once every four years – although this time it’s five. Jumping from Rio 2016 to Tokyo 2020 will...
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TOKYO 2020: The report they should have written in the UK papers
On Wednesday 28th July it quickly became clear what the UK mainstream newspapers considered important in the 21st century, where disagreements, controversy and spite are...
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Who We Leave Behind
If you haven’t noticed an issue with inclusion and diversity in rowing in the US (and around the world), the chances are you’re (i) white...
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Goodbye to Britain’s Greatest Coach
As 24th March 2020 dawned and the Tokyo Olympics were put on hold for a year, the last casualty I expected of this global pandemic...
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Missed opportunity? Reflecting on New Zealand’s 2019 junior world championships
A proud New Zealand junior team returned home last week from the 2019 World Junior Rowing Championships with their best result in over a decade....
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US Based Rowers, New Zealand’s Lost Progeny?
Should the sport continue to exclude scores of talented rowers, while they make their tertiary studies in the United States of America?
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What Lies Ahead For The New Zealand Rowing Team?
It was a case of one step forward, two steps back in 2018 for the revered rowers in the all black singlets. It was the...
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