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02 Aug 2026 10:00 PM Until 29 Aug 2026 10:00 PM
0Hi everyone,
This summer, Amsterdam belongs to two things close to the heart of everyone on this forum: Pride and rowing. From 25 July to 8 August the city hosts WorldPride Amsterdam, with the world-famous Canal Parade sailing through the canals on Saturday 1 August. And from 24 to 30 August, the World Rowing Championships come to the Bosbaan. If you're travelling here for either one — or both — we'd love to put you on the water yourself.
We're TopRow, a rowing centre right on the Amstel, about fifteen minutes from the centre of town. Inclusion isn't a slogan for us — it's part of the sport here. TopRow has sailed in the Canal Parade several times, and the Royal Dutch Rowing Federation was the first sports federation in the country to sail in Pride under its own flag — a public statement that rowing is a sport for everyone. This community is exactly who we had in mind when we built Experience Amsterdam.
Because it's such a special summer, we're offering Experience Amsterdam the whole month of August. You don't have to worry about a thing: your instructor steers the boat and tells you the story of the city while you row, and every trip finishes with a drink on our terrace on the Amstel.
Three ways to do it:
City Tour by Oar — for experienced rowers. A long, beautiful row through the canal ring, under the Magere Brug (the Skinny Bridge), past the Rijksmuseum, the Anne Frank House and more of the city's landmarks. Discover Amsterdam — for anyone who has never held an oar. Thirty minutes of instruction on shore, then a guided row on the Amstel past the Rijksmuseum and the Heineken building. No experience needed at all. A bit of both — travelling with a partner who doesn't row? We'll mix it, so the two of you get out on the water together and still see Amsterdam in a way a canal cruise can never match — because you're the one in the boat. Sessions run Monday to Friday at 13:00 and 15:00, in English, age 15 and up, from €62.25 per person.
There's no better way to remember a Pride or a World Championships than from the seat of a boat, on the same water the city grew up around.
All the details and booking are on our site: amsterdam.toprow.com. Come row with us — we'd love to see you out here.
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30 Jan 2010 06:00 AM
The Mendota Rowing Club will host the 27th Annual Midwinter Meltdown Indoor Rowing Competition on Saturday, January 30, 2010. Events include 1000m, 2000m, 6000m and relays. Up to four competitors who qualify will receive air transportation to Boston to compete in the 2010 World Indoor Rowing Championships (CRASH-B Sprints) in Boston. All events will be rowed on Concept2 Model D ergometers.
Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010
Start time: 8:00 a.m.
Location: Princeton Club–West 8080 Watts Road Madison, WI
The entry fee is $20.00 per competitor when received before January 25—fee for late registration is $25.
Registrations and further information:
Midwinter Meltdown
Contact: Mendota Rowing Club
midwintermeltdown@mendotarowingclub.com
608-257-CREW (257-2739)
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30 Jan 2010 12:30 PM
It's time for our third meeting!!! This time it's in The Duke of Wellington Pub in Soho, from 8.30pm, Saturday the 30th of January. We'll be at the back of the upstairs bar!
This will be our first social of 2010 and we are hoping to attract a big crowd. We are advertising the group and this event separately, in the press and online and you can now find our group, website, and email address listed on many sites like:
Outsports.com
Gaysport.info
Outforsport.org
Gmfa.org.uk
Blaggs.org
Outinireland.net
Londongayman.co.uk
Pinkclassifieds.co.uk
Gaydar.co.uk
Rainbownetwork.com
Of course you coming, and if possible, you bringing a friend who rows would be a great help too. For the moment we are going to focus on being a social network that brings together London's gay rowers at social events like this one. We have formally established ourselves as a Club whose Committee consists of, in true rowing club style:
The Captain: Dean
The Deputy Captain: Mark A
The Treasurer: Mark S
The Secretary: Luc
and we hope to attract as many new members as possible in the coming year. We will have membership forms, for those who wish to become members, to fill out on the 30th, which will be similar to those filled out at our first meeting.
We have also established a group of us who row together. We have rowed twice already and plan to row more and more often in the future. We also hope that, with the approval of those who are letting us use their equipment, we can include more people who want to row, however if this does happen, experience and commitment will be imperative.
Our ultimate aim will be to compete at gay sporting events like the OutGames, GayGames and EuroGames. Not to mention other rowing events in the UK.
We look forward to seeing you all there!
The Committee
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