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"The Boat Race" 2007 Race Saturday April 7th at 4.30pm

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  The race is an annual event between the rowing clubs of Oxford and Cambridge held on the Thames between Putney and Mortlake, with 8 rowers and a cox,  per team. The race is timed to run with the tide, though against the natural flow of the river.
 		  
The Boat Race official site
Background and History from Wikipedia
Chiswick Pier Trust  and Thames Pilot cover the boat race with some history
Oxford University Rowing Club  for the latest news
Cambridge University Rowing Club
  The Boat Race Forum express your views and get the latest action
Current information from  BBC Sport,  World Rowing, Sport Telegraph
Previous years Races
The 2006 Race  from BBC Sports including explanations for those less familiar with the sport
 

Key Sites
WWW Rowing page.
The virtual library for rowing - a first stop for all links
Rec-Sport Rowing Faq - will provide answers to most of your questions about rowing, from history to technique, boats...

  The Rowing Service by Rachel Quarrell, Oxford, UK - a comprehensive and regularly updated resource.
 
The Sport of Rowing About ,  Rules,  History,  Improve your sport, Forums,  Equipment
 
    About know the sport
  

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  Rowing Glossaries from Rowing New South Wales, HickOkSports, Rowing Canada, Eton Rowing
About Rowing  a wide range of resources for the sport
Why do you Row  from Concept 2 Rowing; 43 rowers explain what attracts them to the sport.
Wikipedia defines Sport Rowing and includes a useful history section. A great place to start to get to know about the sport.
All about Rowing  from Rowers World has some informative articles about the sport, including on on the history of the sport
Getting Started a convert describes what is involved and what delights it can bring!
Getting Started in Rowing from the USA Olympic Site; identifies clubs and camps to get you going and introduces the National Team feeder system involving the nation-wide high school program
How to get into Rowing - BBC Sport takes up on Sir Steve Redgrave's incredible achievement of winning five gold medals to stimulate interest in the UK
     Try my sport covers rowing clubs to get started at
 
    Rules improve your depth of understanding of the game

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  Fisa official Rules for rowing - a detailed, downloadable pdf document
Marathon Rowing Rules and Regulations from Concept 2 Rowing
Rowing Rules compiled by HockOkSports from the top sources
 
   Improve your sport through online coaching advice, articles.  See also Coaching from SportsVL

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  Fisa information on Rowing Technique  - a down-loadable pdf file - a must for the beginner and expert alike
Rowing Technique from Fairfax High School Crew.
Faq - Physics of Rowing  contains a lot of useful background to the technique of Rowing
Rowing Technique the Mike Spracklen Method - painting a clear picture; useful presentation of power, stroke, rhythm ...
Catch, Drive and Recovery rowing technique;  some basic aims, some practical teaching points, common errors and fault correction exercises.
Rowing Training Physiology and Performance a series of very helpful articles
York University downloadable file on Rowing Technique - 12 pages of information
 
   History know the background

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History of Rowing from Rowers World from its origins as a means of warfare and transport
Sport Rowing History from Wikipedia; "The first modern rowing races, in the second half of the 18th century, were races between watermen on the River Thames in England.".....
Friends of Rowing History  with an emphasis on North American Rowing; an informal group working closely with the National Rowing Foundation and also with Mystic Seaport - the Museum of America and the Sea - to help establish a rowing history presence.
Rachel Quarrell covers the History of Rowing with reference to web-links and books.
 History of Rowing a time line from ARA, starting from the 1700's
 
   Equipment what you need, reviews

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  Digital Rowing what it is and how to do it.
 
   Forums get answers to questions or air your views...

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  Talk about Rowing strong on technique and current news
The Boat Race Forum express your views on the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race and get the latest action
 
General Information
  Front Rowing from Front Rower  - Forward facing rowing systems and boats for touring and exercise. Articles, reviews, video clips, links
Rowing Results
  Row 2k, Fisa, Rachel Quarrel, Jamco Collegiate, Virtual Library
RowNow news updates and results for rowing enthusiasts.  
Google  Rowing Directory
Rowers World  Offers a selection of a wide variety of items. Includes tips, results, and e-zine
Venetian rowing - the oarsman faces forward; the technique explained

 
International Rowing
  World Rowing  official site for FISA; rules, news, events (including Olympic Rowing and the Rowing World Cup), calendar, top rowers, training....
Rowing World Cup
 Background from Wikipedia covers the venues from 1997
Rowing Workd Championships  and the Rowing World Cup covering the BearingPoint  races at Eaton, UK 2005
 
National and Regional           Australia,  Canada, Holland,  Ireland, New Zealand, UK,  USA
                                                           Rowing Links  map-based, by region
      UK                                      Wales  Scotland
  The Amateur Rowing Association - ARA, national governing body for the sport of Rowing in England and responsible for the Great Britain Team. Getting Started,  traditional and extreme rowing, history
Coast Amateur Rowing Association CARA;the governing body for coastal rowing clubs wishing to promote or compete in the South East of England. Clubs, calendar, resultsm features
David Biddulph's Rowing pages seem to have links to anything connected with UK rowing from regattas to club websites and records....
New Rowing Information  from Rachel Quarrel keeps you update on the events, on a daily basis
Try my sport covers rowing clubs to get started at rowing
Leander - a rowing club that has produced some really great rowers
East Midlands Rowing 
 On Stream - UK's rowing web hosting service; with UK clubs, news, resources
Regatta Online magazine, with details of UK regattas
      Henley Royal Regatta  Henley Races 
Sculling UK 
  
 Wales
  RoWales  
 
 Scotland
  Scottish Amateur Rowing Association (SARA) promotes safe participation, by both men and women, in rowing and sculling in Scotland - at every level from novice to elite, from junior to veteran. Iinformation for Scottish rowers and for visitors/those interested in taking up the sport. News, events and results, club contacts, International Rowing
 
Australia
Queensland    New South Wales   Victoria  Tasmania
The King's Cup  Australia's premier rowing race  history

Canada
Ontario Rowing Association 
Montreal Aviron 2001 rowing masters regatta.
 
 Holland Roosendaalserv (in Dutch) Everything about rowing in Roosendaal, includes links to all Dutch rowing sites
Proteuszwaar  a site about heavyweight rowing at Proteus  - a student rowing club at the University of Delft. In Dutch and English

Irish Rowing Information  (unofficial site) with wide coverage of the local rowing scene
  New Zealand
  Although the mighty Waka, Tiwai, used traditional canoes for centuries back,  the precursor to modern racing was probably broad beam, clinker-built whale boats and the first Rowing club (Canterbury) was formed around 1861 .......... read on, from NZRA
    New Zealand Rowing Association official site
Rowing New Zealand "65 clubs, 135 schools, seven universities and thousands of volunteers and supporters"; news, events, clubs
University Rowing NZ news, events calendar, history, University rowing links
Auckland Rowing Association    basic information
New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing   news, regatta, membership
Westlake Boys High School Rowing  Rowing Faq with very helpful information about the sport
Rowing Clubs  Canterbury  Wellington  North End
North Shore Rowing Club  one of the oldest rowing clubs in NZ operating mainly from Lake Takapuna; events, regattas, coaching, crews, boats etc
 
  USA Rowing
    Masters Rowing (MRA) 
The Schuylkill Navy - the oldest amateur athletic governing body in the United States
 
Rowers
  Steve Redgrave  personal site with information about himself  and  the other coxless crews; links

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