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Help defend your sport and recreational facilities
British Rowing - Tue, 27/09/2011 - 10:40
The Sports and Recreation Alliance is appealing to all fans and participants of community sports to help safeguard the country’s open spaces in the face of government changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
The draft NPPF, which is currently open to consultation, seeks to simplify existing guidance with the aim of stimulation economic growth, and applies to most planning decisions at local and neighbourhood level.
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Calling all new Students!
British Rowing - Fri, 16/09/2011 - 12:46
Freshers weeks across the country are under way, and there’s no better time to get started in the fun, sociable, and challenging world of university rowing!
Rowing is a fantastic way to meet new people and make new friends, with socials, training, and national competitions offering valuable opportunities to mix with students from right across your university.
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Explore Rowing opens door to fun, friendly rowing
British Rowing - Thu, 15/09/2011 - 14:57
Rowing is a sport for all, and the nation’s eyes are beginning to open up to the fun, friendly, and adventurous ways to stay in shape with Explore Rowing.
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Avoiding and managing seasonal illness
British Rowing - Tue, 13/09/2011 - 14:49
Written by Richard Budgett, Paul Davies and Rod Jaques
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Lapsed Gold Members seek more rowing options
British Rowing - Tue, 13/09/2011 - 14:49
A recent survey has revealed that the majority of British Rowing Gold Members who have dropped out of the sport did so because they no longer have enough time to row.
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Port out starboard home
British Rowing - Tue, 13/09/2011 - 14:49
Forget your lefts and rights, British Rowing can officially confirm that ‘port’ and ‘starboard’ are the terms to use when rowing!
The debate has raged long and hard as to whether port and starboard should be the accepted terminology across the sport of rowing, but we can finally confirm that British Rowing will be adopting the terms across our official publications.
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British Rowing to clarify lightweight rules
British Rowing - Tue, 13/09/2011 - 14:48
Junior rowers should not be permitted to compete in lightweight competitions, according to the British Rowing Medical Sub-Committee.
The Committee, chaired by Dr Richard Budgett – British Rowing’s Honorary Medical Advisor and Chief Medical Officer for the London 2012 Olympic Games – has agreed that ‘excessive weight loss, fasting, or calorie-controlled diets could have a serious affect on the growth and maturation of young people.’
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Coaching success across the country!
British Rowing - Tue, 13/09/2011 - 14:15
As part of your September Coaching Stream, we’re pleased to bring you the very first instalment of a new regular feature – celebrating the coaches around the country who have just passed their Level 2 and 3 certificates.
The following coaches have recently gained their certificates in Level 2 Fixed and Sliding Seat Coaching, as well as Level 3 Coaching, Strength and Conditioning, and the Introduction to Assessment Practice in Sport.
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Nominate your Sports Parliamentarian of the Year
British Rowing - Tue, 13/09/2011 - 07:29
The Sports and Recreation Alliance are looking for the MP or Member of the House of Lords that most deserves recognition ‘for their efforts to promote and protect the interests of sport and recreation in 2011.’
If you or your club has benefitted from a particularly passionate MP, or if you think that a member of either house deserves to be singled out for championing a particular sporting campaign, then the SRA wants to hear from you.
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Nominate an Olympic torch-bearer
British Rowing - Thu, 01/09/2011 - 13:40
Lloyds TSB is searching for people who have made a difference in the rowing community to help carry the Olympic Flame in the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.
The 2012 Torch Relay begins at Land’s End on 19 May 2012, before travelling thousands of miles across the UK to bring the spirit of sport and the Olympics to communities around the country.
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Final call for 2011 Volunteer Awards nominations
British Rowing - Wed, 31/08/2011 - 02:37
Time is running out to submit your nominations for British Rowing’s 2011 Volunteer Awards!
Nominations for the Club and Event Volunteer and 2011 Coach of the Year awards close today (August 31), so if you’ve yet to have your say and nominate the volunteers keeping your club afloat – now is the time.
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Sad news of the death of H Wilf Mellor
British Rowing - Tue, 05/07/2011 - 16:39
H Wilf Mellor
2July 1924 - 15 June 2011
It is with great sadness that York City Rowing Club has announced the death of their Past President, Wilf Mellor, aged 86 years. The club has asked British Rowing to publish the funeral details for his many friends in rowing -
The funeral will take place on Friday 8th July at Fulford Parish Chuch in York at 1.30 pm. The service will be followed by an interment in Fulford Cemetery after which there will be refreshments at the Pavilion Hotel, Fulford, York.
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