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New rowing biography! Trisha Corless

May 21, 2020May 5, 2020Leave a comment

Meet Trisha, who rowed for GB from 1992-1996, winning silver in the Lt4- in Strathclyde in 96. She then became a hugely successful GB dragon boater.

4 women wearing medals with coach

New rowing biography! Annamarie Phelps

May 14, 2020May 29, 2020Leave a comment

Meet Annamarie, 1993 World Champion, 1996 Olympian, former Chair of British Rowing, Steward, Chair-elect of CUBC and so much more.

4 women wearing medals with coach

New rowing biography! Alison ‘Wilma’ Brownless

May 7, 2020May 4, 2020Leave a comment

Meet Alison, who won a gold and five silver World Rowing Championships medals from 1991-1996 in the lightweight four and pair.

1954, 1962, 1981 and 1985 medals

GB women’s rowing ‘firsts’

May 1, 2020Leave a comment

Why it's important that we all know our rowing history, and how 'firsts' help to define this.

Women in white GB Olympic Team parade outfits with hats

New rowing biography! Ali Gill

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020Leave a comment

Meet Ali Gill, OUWBC President in 1987 & author of The Yanks at Oxford, who then rowed for GB at 3 Olympics from 1988-96, coming 5th in the 2x in 1992.

Four women in yellow boat

New rowing biography! Sue Hastings

April 17, 2020April 15, 2020Leave a comment

Read the rowing story of 2-times GBR Olympian Sue Clark, later Sue Smith, and now Sue Hastings.

GB women's 8 boating

In memoriam: Ann Sayer

April 16, 2020April 28, 2020Leave a comment

An obituary for Ann Sayer, GB rowing international 1960-1964 who died in 2020.

Woman sculling in wooden boat at low tide

New rowing biography! Sue Appelboom

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020Leave a comment

Meet Sue Appelboom, the GB lightweight single sculler who won the Lt1x at Henley Women's Regatta for 10 years and also held the event record for 25 years.

Eights racing at Atlanta 1996

New! Olympic highs and lows in 1996

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020Leave a comment

Accounts of Olympic years are always rather epic and this is no exception. Maybe make a cup of tea before you start reading this one - it's quite a tale!

Dark blue and light blue

Get your Boat Race fix here!

March 27, 2020March 26, 2020Leave a comment

Biographies of some of the Oxford and Cambridge women's rowing blues who went on to row for GB.

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