From jumble sales to selling books of matches, British women rowers found some creative ways to fund their rowing expenses.
Why did YOU take up rowing?
Some unexpected reasons why GB international women took up rowing - drawn from a totally un-representative sample!
The men behind two of the HWR trophies
Bill Peer and Frank Harry both have Henley Women's Regatta trophies named after them because of their contributions to women's rowing as coaches.
Where do women row?
All about the women-only clubs which dominated the London rowing scene until the late 1970s from Alpha Women's ARC to United Universities' Women's BC.
Why the East Germans were so good at rowing
In many cases, drug-taking by Eastern bloc athletes may not have affected race outcomes because of the OTHER reasons why they were so good at sport.
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