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Aquil Abdullah: A Return to Camden and the Cooper River

My hope for them was that they would know that they could also do hard things.  more

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ACRA Enters a New Era, Part 3: Advice for All College Rowing Coaches from an ACRA Vet

Advice for future coaches and athletes who find their varsity team moved to club status. This also may also be of use to current ACRA teams.  more

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ACRA Enters a New Era, Part 2: The Challenges and Rewards of Building a Club Rowing Program

Obviously, rowing isn't profitable for college athletic departments and that increases our challenges. Every year collegiate teams are removed and/or added to athletic departments throughout the country.  more

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ACRA Enters a New Era, Part 1: The Formation of ACRA

A story about the significance of Rutgers and George Washington University being at the 2022 National Championship as ACRA enters a new era after the Covid-19 pandemic  more

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On Building a Wooden Single

Having built a few wooden boats, Richard Van Voris shares what he's learned.  more

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Another 'Gator Bites Boat' Tale, circa 1992

Turns out gators have been biting boats for years -- Don Vickers tells his tale.  more

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Rowing Poem: Row at Sunrise

One by one, they come, stepping out into the cold pre-dawn hour  more

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A Visit to Libourne France, Site of 2022 World Rowing Masters

'It is a good place for a regatta'  more

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Head of the Ponds Regatta Report

Saturday, September 11th, saw the running of the second annual Head of the Ponds regatta on beautiful Mashpee-Wakeby Pond on Cape Cod. This year's record turnout included rowers from 16 rowing clubs ranging from the most prestigious (and waterlogged) clubs along the Schuylkill River, north to Boston and east to the outer banks of Cape Cod.  more

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Kansanshi Rowing Club in Solwezi, Zambia: Notes and Excitement from a Big Continent

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Broken Neck to Broken Records: Steven Dowd's Endurow Challenge

After a comeback from near-total paralysis, the nearly unstoppable Steven Dowd wants 10,000 people to row in the Endurow Challenge  more

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Michael D. Green: I Want Other Children to Learn the Lessons and Experience the Rush of Rowing

I want other children to be able to learn the lessons I have gained from rowing and feel that same rush that I feel is so difficult to match elsewhere  more

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Diversity in Rowing, or the Lack Thereof

Rowing is an incredible sport with a rich history across the globe, but it needs to be accessible across class, gender, and racial lines  more

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The Starting Bay

A poem by John Cumper, State national championship winner, 1975 to 1983; AUS National team coach 1991 to 2008; Currently technical adviser Ballarat Grammar School rowing program  more

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Head of the Ponds Regatta - A Commentary

In the face of nothing, it fell upon us, a small group of intrepid competitors, to do something.  more

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Team Resilience

Despite the challenges, we are getting stronger physically and mentally  more

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An American Para-Rower in Paris: Patrick Ward at the 2020 World Rowing Indoor Championships

Patrick Ward takes it all in and makes an impression of his own at the 2020 World Rowing Indoor Championships  more

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Return of the HOCR Stress Dream

It's July, and it's been nine months since I was last in a boat. It's been approximately 38 weeks since Head Of The Charles 2019, and there's 14 weeks until Head Of The Charles 2020 (supposedly, mind COVID-19). And yet, this morning, I woke up in a familiar sweat due to what I call the "Head Of The Charles stress dream."  more

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Lizzie Trull of UVA: Thoughts on a Rowing Season Cut Short

UVA senior Lizzie Trull describes her last days and row with her teammates, what is lost, and what she can keep  more