GLRF Masters Articles

A merchant vessel has rescued a solo rower who set off a mayday call after a near-miss with a tanker in the Indian Ocean.

Sir Steve Redgrave, a retired British rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000 and a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Games, paid members of the Bermuda Rowing Association a visit on Friday [Apr 12] at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club dock.

Minister of Public Works Trevor Moniz and Minister of Community & Cultural Development Wayne Scott joined President of the Bermuda Rowing Association Michael Swain, junior rowers, family members and supporters [...]

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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.

“Getting the [...]

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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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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.

The Men’s Double Sculls race was [...]

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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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