I first met Penny just eight years ago, after she had invited me to her home in Cornwall to interview her as part of the research for this website. At the time, I was only aware of the barest outline of her achievements - she'd won a silver medal in the Single Scull at the … Continue reading In memoriam: Penny Chuter OBE (1942-2024)
In the run up to The Boat Race on 13 April, RowingStory.com looks at some of the reasons why it's taken till 2025 for a women to be umpiring the Men's Boat Race.
Catch up with the latest additions to RowingStory.com: the GB women's rowing team in 2001 & Guin Batten's biography
In 1982, 12 women's crews raced at Henley Royal Regatta in 3 events. 2 were won by GB boats, with an unexpected legacy for women's rowing.
A short eulogy for GB cox Margaret McKendrick, who died in 2022.
Summaries of the women's rowing programme at the Olympic Games 1976-2020 and the GBR women's rowing team
How the GB women's quad won the silver medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, and the lightweight pair won at the World Rowing Championships.
1999 was not a good year for the GB women's rowing team. Find out why.
Selected Rowing Story biographies are now available as podcasts, but do readers like this format?
Looking back at Henley Women's Regatta from 2020.
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