21st December 201128th September 2023athletics, boxing, football, golf, Olympics, rowing, rugby, summer Olympic sports, swimming Will London 2012 give Britain’s sporting heritage its Moment to Shine? The ‘towns on route’ have been announced and 6800 torch bearers have been unveiled. The complex planning process for the 2012 London […]
27th July 201028th September 2023rowing, water sports Portobello revives regatta days Always interested to read about efforts to re-establish long-lost sporting events – especially when the event in question is linked to the […]
27th March 201028th September 2023canoeing, rowing, sailing, water sports The Tideway: a Mecca for rowing Before the Redgrave era, the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race was virtually the only rowing ever seen on British television. First contested […]
1st November 200928th September 2023museums, rowing Chiswick: the first blue plaque for a British sportsman One of the speakers at the Rowing History Forum at the River & Rowing Museum in Henley on 31 October 2009 was […]
15th September 200928th September 2023football, rowing, summer Olympic sports Looking for Busby’s birthplace in Lanarkshire On 6 September 2009, Motherwell defeated Manchester United’s reserves to win the Sir Matt Busby Shield. The charity match was organised to […]
20th August 200928th September 2023rowing The Doggett’s Coat & Badge As an oarsman, for many years I’ve been aware of the claim that the Doggett’s Coat & Badge is the oldest, continuously-contested, […]
