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Bermuda Rowers Win Bronze Medal

Posted by · UK: Bermuda News · 24 Nov 2011 - 13h40 · 140 Views

Michael Swain and Ryan Worth competed in the biggest rowing event in North America the Head of the Hooch, where the pair picked up a Bronze medal.

Swain’s main event was in the Men’s Master 4x, Worth, Swain, Mike Schay and Anders Holmberg won the Bronze Medal with a time of 16:05.0.

“We were fastest down the course but we won the Bronze Medal due to age handicapping. I then entered the double (two men) and the single,” said Swain.

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Bermuda Rowers Compete In Tennessee

Posted by · UK: Bermuda News · 09 Nov 2011 - 11h10 · 114 Views

Bermuda was represented at the 2011 Head of the Hooch Rowing Championships in Tennessee this past weekend [Nov.5/6] by Ryan Worth and Michael Swain.

The Head of the Hooch Regatta is a 5,000 meter [3.1 mile] head race on the Tennessee River ending at Ross’s Landing Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The second largest regatta in the country, the event attracts approximately 10,000 rowers ranging in age from 12 to 80.

Representing the Bermuda Rowing Association, Worth and Swain competed in the Men’s [...]

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Michigan associate rowing coach Charley Sullivan: 'I’m here, I’m queer and I’m a hell of a good coach' Featured Article

Posted by · SB*NATION - OUTSPORTS · 05 Sep 2011 - 12h00 · 177 Views

Two decades of openly queer college coaching, or, how my both being out of the closet and unapologetically gay has helped make my teams winners.


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Schlenker named Director of Rowing at PLU

Posted by · US: Pacific Lutheran University Women's Rowing · 15 Aug 2011 - 04h00 · 225 Views

Thomas Schlenker, a former rower at the University of Washington from 2002-06, has been named the director of rowing and women's rowing head coach at Pacific Lutheran University.


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Photos/Results: Summer Rowing Regatta

Posted by · UK: Bermuda News · 25 Jul 2011 - 11h43 · 107 Views

Under the watchful eye of the Honorary Regatta Marshall Ryan Worth, the Bermuda Rowing Association held a Summer Rowing Regatta in Hamilton Harbour yesterday morning [July 24].

Gretchen Dill and Sammy Dill won the Novice Ladies Double Sculls race, while Jacinto Brown and 12-year-old AJ Whaley won the Novice Men’s Double Sculls race. Will Porteous and Alex Wilberz won the Mixed Double Sculls race, while Lulu Hedstrom and Ciara Svenson won the Ladies Double Sculls race.

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Videos: Rowing Regatta in Hamilton Harbour

Posted by · UK: Bermuda News · 24 Jul 2011 - 21h31 · 171 Views

The Bermuda Rowing Association hosted a Rowing Regatta in the Hamilton Harbour this morning [July 24]. Rowers raced to the eastern end of the Harbour from Whites Island, maneuvered around two buoys, and raced back to the finish line just off of White Island. The races included males, females and juniors in both two-person and four-person teams. We will update with full results as able.

Parts of both the men’s and women’s doubles race:

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Smith Named to Rowing All-America Second Team

Posted by · US: Pacific Lutheran University Women's Rowing · 24 May 2011 - 04h00 · 163 Views

Abby Smith, a key member of the women's varsity 4 boat that placed third at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships on May 1, has earned 2011 Pocock All-America Second Team honors.


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Infiltrating the macho, homophobic world of adolescent boys Featured Article

Posted by · US: University of California Berkeley Men's Rowing · 29 Aug 2007 - 12h00 · 118 Views

When Cheri Jo "C.J." Pascoe spent a year and a half hanging out in a high-school weight room, auto shop, and drama class, she learned what frightens adolescent males most. "Being called a fag is the specter that constantly lurks" in the minds of high-school boys, explains Pascoe, a postdoctoral scholar at the Institute for Social Change.


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book review: Hostile Environment by Patrick C. Cornwell

Posted by · 13 Mar 2007 - 12h00 · 165 Views

As a woman, a rower and an attorney, I began this book with great anticipation. Unfortunately, I ended the novel feeling greatly disappointed. This novel is not about rowing, it is not about gay and lesbian issues, and it is not worth the time it took to read it.


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The Stroke of Youth Featured Article

Posted by · The Washington Post · 05 Dec 2006 - 12h00 · 123 Views

"A youthful mind in a youthful body." It's a slight spin on an old saw -- and it's what keeps Alexandria dancer and choreographer Jayne Letsche on her toes at 85, just as it brings oarsman Bill Cox out onto the Potomac, skimming through the early-morning mist at age 63. They are living proof of what the research tells us: that no matter what your age is, physical activity fosters feelings of well-being. For active men and women like Cox and Letsche, being old is a state of mind -- and one they are not ready to adopt.


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What Makes You Gay? Featured Article

Posted by · CBS News - 60 Minutes · 09 Mar 2006 - 12h00 · 114 Views

There are few issues as hotly contested — and as poorly understood — as the question of what makes a person gay or straight. It's not only a political, social, and religious question but also a scientific question, one that might someday have an actual, provable answer.


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Rowing: The Best Body Featured Article

Posted by · The Taipai Times · 13 Aug 2004 - 12h00 · 182 Views

Genes edge out environmental factors when it comes to athletic performance. Having the perfect body for your chosen sport can be the difference between winning and losing.



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