David Biddulph's rowing pages
www.biddulph.org.uk

Previously updated : 1 - 31 May 09 : Updates to 2009 calendar, to list of club websites, to 2009 international calendar, to skiffing calendar, & to FISA links.

1 - 30 Apr 09 : Updates to 2009 calendar, to info re April 09 changes to ARA rules, & re 2009 changes to FISA rules.

See also earlier updates to these pages, listed separately.

STOP PRESS: In the event of my being unable to upload updates to the Compuserve site, updates will hopefully be available on these alternative pages on BTi, so please check there.

Garton calendar, for those trying to work out the British rowing calendar
Lists of venues for International Championships 1997-2013 []
Olympic links page

ARA Rules:

• Unofficial links re ARA rules now on a separate page.

Links to websites of:

• Rowing Clubs (UK & Ireland)
• University & College Boat Clubs (UK & Ireland)
• School Boat Clubs (UK & Ireland).
• Also lists of other links to SARA, WARA, regional councils, national rowing federations, and
  • to various lists of club websites abroad

Links to other Rowing sites :

• The Rowing Service
  • Rachel Quarrell's Rowing news page [The best source for rowing information]
    • News archive
  • ARA Water Safety Code [also link on ARA website]
  • Results from Regatta Online
• ARA website
  • Since the restructuring of the ARA website, a number of the links below may no longer be working
  • ARA national news [ link]
  • For ARA rules, see above
  • ARA Water Safety Code
  • Lightning advice
  • New draft code 2007
  • RoSPA review 2008
  • Row Safe guidance November 2008 [ link]
  • ARA Council reports & papers
  • From Div 5 div rep in the absence of publication on the ARA website
  • More recent minutes on the ARA website [ link]
  • Online ARA
    • OARA competition entries
  • ARA regatta calendar [ url] (if you can't find a link to an event, you might also try my calendar)
  • Competition Review:
    • information on the ARA Competition Review as of June 2008 for further consultation.
      • Changes agreed in principle at September 2008 ARA Council
  • Map of ARA divisions and regions
  • Guide to Tideway Navigation & Steering [now for PLA changes from 1.5.02]
  • GB Rowing (International Office)
    • BIRO news
    • Athlete biographies
  • ARA meetings calendar
• The Rowing Vortal - another source of rowing information, courtesy of The Rowing Service & Supersprint Rowing (may no longer be working)
• row2k.com
  • row2k links page
• rec.sport.rowing newsgroup
  • Rowing FAQ
  • Charter for RSR, also at this alternative url, and ftp archive of charter
  • Faces of RSR
  • RSR statistics
  • Web interfaces to RSR
    • Google (ex-Deja) archive of RSR
    • RSR on Mailgate.org [apparently no longer updated?]
    • RSR on news2web
    • RSR on Xasa
    • RSR on 1001annonces
    • RSR on coxie.com
    • RSR on OURCs
    • RSR on talkabout network
    • Rowing Forum
    • RSR on Gatago [ link]
• FISA links and related sites, including:
  • FISA official website
    • FISA news page
  • FISA rules links
• River & Rowing Museum [I can heartily recommend a visit]
  • Museum of the Year 1999
  • Architecture report from "The Times" at the time of the official opening
  • Programme of temporary exhibitions
  • River Thames distance calculator
• Henley Royal Regatta
  • HRR 2007
  • Constitution & Rules (Jan 2007 version) available for download
  • Results of finals 1839-1939
  • Results of finals 1946-2006 [ link]
• WWW Virtual Library: Rowing
  • Alternative address and previous address for WWW Virtual Library : Rowing
  • Virtual River Thames (mirror of Lisa Osta's site, but the latter is currently being updated and will hopefully reappear as a working link from the new server at OstaVizn.)
• Thames Strategy (Kew - Chelsea) [no longer available]
• Condition of River Thames [link on Thames regional unofficial pages]
• Rowing Safety links from Richard Packer [changed url]
• National Rowing League [operation suspended]
• FAQ: Physics of Rowing [changed url]
• 2004 rowing calendar, supporting The Rowing Foundation
• www.coxless4.com - link for GB 4-, also see links for members of the 4 :
  • Steve Redgrave [www.steveredgrave.com]
    • The Sir Steve Redgrave Charitable Trust
  • Matthew Pinsent [www.matthewpinsent.co.uk or www.matthewpinsent.com]
• OnStream [web facilities for rowing clubs]
  • UK address list
• Go Rowing [website for the rowing traveller]
• Blade colours:
  • Blade colours [link from Blades Galore]
    • also Cambridge, Oxford, & UL blade colours
  • Blade colours [RowingBLADES, hosted by St Stithians College]
  • Blades & links from Roosendaalse RV
  • Blade colours of the River Cam from Queens' [ link]
  • Clubs on the Cam from 1st&3rd [ link]
  • Blade colours (UK) from Bedford RC
  • Blade colours from OarSpotter.com [replacing rathburn.net]
• Eton College's Dorney Lake course [ links]
  • Location map
  • Alternative map courtesy of Met regatta
  • Plans for new bridge
• National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham
  • Nottinghamshire County Council survey on future of NWSC
  • BBC Report - April 2006
  • Report from ThisisNottingham (Jun 07) on future plans for NWSC [ link]
  • NWSC regatta calendar
  • Lesiure Connection
  • Location map [see also this from streetmap.co.uk]
  • Old url
  • Link from National Sports Centres (but info may be outdated)
  • Results service for NWSC events [new url]
• Strathclyde Country Park
  • Watersports Centre
  • Maps:
    • Streetmap
    • Mapquest
• Potential future rowing courses:
  • Bedford Rowing Lake
  • Cambridge Rowing Lake [replacing old url]
  • CamToo project
• Google (web search) rowing directory, including the related:
  • Open Directory: Rowing :
    • ... which in turn includes: Rowing Info & eMagazines
• GoTo.com rowing search
• Keith Ticehurst cartoons ( website)
• Languages: links to rowing terms in different languages
• Michael Jones Books
• Mikrotime event timing [+ alternative url]
• Netlinks for rowing, from about.com
• Netscape search index for rowing
• onlinerowing - on-line magazine (but may not work with Netscape)
• Open-Water Rowing - Forum
• A Pathfinder of rowing reference sources [ link]
• Phone-Soft Internet directory - Rowing
• Rowing Photos: [ links]
  • BigBlade
  • JET Photographic
  • Nature's Images
  • RowPhoto
  • PhotoRow
• Rock The Boat
• Rowers Reunited putting you in touch with your old clubmates
• Rower's World
• Friends of Rowing History
• RowingLinks.com
• Rowing links from British Sports Museums
• More rowing links from The Mother of All Maritime Links [ link]
• Rowing.net [database of Championship results 1948 - 1985, + more to be added]
• Rowing search results from www.geometry.net
• Rowing Source
• Rowing pages from The Mining Co.
• RowingTalk.com
• Lists of rowing terms in different languages
• Rowing Wiki (based in Cambridge) [ link]
• rowing-x.pert (bibliography) [replacing previous url]
• RowTV streaming video
• Sportquest, including rowing links
• Sport Info Central - Rowing
• Sports123 - archive of medallists from Olympics & World Championships
• World & Olympic medallists
• The Coxswain Café [replacing old url]
• theMassive.com [site closed, for now at least]
  • theMassive's news page
  • ... but there is now a new message board at http://www.talkrowing.cjb.net/
  • ... and another new one at http://www.easyforums.co.uk/rowtalk/
• The Trireme Trust (previously on the website of The Kit Stop, holder of the kit franchise for the Nat Champs)
• Tidal predictions
  • Tidal predictions from the UK Hydrographic Office
  • Tide & Current Predictor
    • UK data not currently available because of copyright problems
• Tom Aston's coxing guide
• TrueSport Rowing
• UK Rowing address book (equipment suppliers, etc.)
• Veteran Rowing - Handicap system (courtesy of Staines BC) [ link]
• Worldrowers.com [database on previous performances of competitors in Olympic crews, & predictions for the races, also at www.WorldRowers.com]
• Ocean Rowing Society - for statistics of ocean rowing and news of recent and upcoming ocean rows, including Atlantic Rowing Race 2005.
  • Among the crews were:
    • Becky Thorpe and Steph Temperton
    • Chris Andrews and Clint Evans
    • Chris Martin
    • James Cracknell and Ben Fogle
    • Colin Briggs and Bobby Prentice
  • News from the race
  • Final results
• Henk Schrik's international reports [unfortunately no longer available, nor is Henk's farewell notice, but see also his new site and this alternative url.]
  Sadly news has been received of Henk's death.
• University Rowing League [replacing old url & older url]
• Wikipedia article on rowing
• WIRe (Women In Rowing)
  • Olympic WIRe
• Women's Sports Federation
• Women's Eights Head :
  • Further details (1996 onwards)
• The Head of The River Race
  • Official website
  • Previous results which may no longer be available on the HoRR official website:
    • 2003: finish order, in start order, alphabetic, status, + trophies
    • 2002: finish order, in start order, alphabetic, status, + trophies
    • 2001: finish order, in start order, alphabetic, status, + trophies
    • 2000, & in alphabetic order
    • 1999, & in alphabetic order, + split times
    • 1998, & in alphabetic order, in start order, + splits
    • 1997, & in alphabetic order
• National Championships [official pages, replacing old url]
  • Further details, some unofficial (1997 - 2007)
• Other events in previous years, including:
  • World Championships 1997
• The Row Ring:

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