by Richard Bailey | Jul 26, 2023 | All Articles, International Events
ARRIVAL REUNIONS We welcomed three rowers (who run the CIVV) from Frankfurt, one from Amsterdam, one from Berlin, one from Marburg, two from Baunschweig, two from Venice, four from Paris, four from Suce de L’Edre, six from Treviso, and seven from Padua! Most people...
by Richard Bailey | Dec 10, 2022 | All Articles, Announcements & News
This recent addition to our website is a dedicated page for Safety and Rowing Rules which you can always reference in the ? dropdown list from the main menu. This new page will serve as a convenient and open place to publish some of the recent deliberations of the... by Richard Bailey | Jan 14, 2022 | All Articles, Vignettes & Reminiscences
A FERRY FOR THE FINALS Robert was keen on providing a ferry during the finals day of Eights Week which took place each May on the Isis in Oxford. This was to convey people from the Christ Church meadows bank to the opposite bank, so they could walk up and down the...
by Richard Bailey | Jan 14, 2022 | All Articles, Announcements & News
The Woodbridge Boat Yard belonging to Maxine and Eric Reynolds is now producing the first “San Pierota” to be built in England. The Woodbridge Boat Yard specializes in rebuilds and unusual boats, such as the Deben Cherub. The san pierota—a...
by Richard Bailey | Jan 12, 2022 | All Articles, Vignettes & Reminiscences
RICHARD and HUGH Unfortunately, he was not selected, but teamed up with another rejected rower, Hugh Scurfield and as a pair they trained determinedly, to succeed in another way. They did indeed, and won the goblets prize at Henley Royal Regatta in 1959. At that time,...
