When rowing fever was ignited by Harvard racing Oxford
With all eyes focused on the 2019 World Rowing Championships last month, you can be forgiven for forgetting to mark the anniversary of a coxed four race that took place 150 years ago.
With all eyes focused on the 2019 World Rowing Championships last month, you can be forgiven for forgetting to mark the anniversary of a coxed four race that took place 150 years ago.
In between racing at the European Rowing Championships, a Filippi eight was presented to 2018 Filippi Spirit Award winner Amidu Silva.
World Rowing is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the 2019 Filippi Spirit Award and Thomas Keller Medal.
The colourful flash of foreign uniforms and the clatter of coxswains’ calls in a half dozen different languages – the unmistakable sights and sounds of a race with global reach – were on full display at this year’s Zhengzhou Longzi Lake University Regatta in China.
This year marked the 88th version of the Waseda-Keio Regatta in Japan. Known as ‘The Regatta’ this is the rowing race between Waseda and Keio Universities.
