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It seems that the weed was quite a big problem at the Holland Beker a week ago. Hope they get it sorted out for the Worlds. The furnace-like weather in Europe recently won't have helped. https://hollandbeker.nl/important-notice-weed-in-the-regatta-course/ It seems that they have dredged extensively...

This has to be the worst coverage of any FISA senior event I have seen... almost impossible to find footage of any race. ? https://worldrowing.com/event/2026-european-rowing-championships/?tab=race-video-on-demand Just a reminder that despite being hosted on the WR page it was not a FISA event.

socalstroke wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2026 10:10 am Are YOY A/B final results aggregated anywhere?

I'm sure Fats has done this already but you can look up individual events on the World Rowing website, e.g. https://worldrowing.com/event/2010-unde ... nd-results

I can live with mixed rowing. But rejigging the program to make them the last events does not sit well with coaches or athletes. The last day of the regatta used to be finals day, the peak of the event. Almost all the B and A finals were rowed that day. Now the last day is for social rowing. Some a...

Looks to have been a good championship in Duisburg. GB won their 7th consecutive BM8 title, the USA had their best result since 2018 (4 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze). John West working wonders with the Portuguese team returning 3 golds (BM1X, BM2X & BLM1X) and Greece toping the medal table with 4 ...

Have the regatta boatyard requirements expanded significantly since the last time Lucerne hosted a WRCH? (I guess that was in 2001...) Yes para events and about 50 more members of FISA. In 2001 there were no QFs for M1x. This weekend no event had more than 13 entries and space was quite limited. Ma...

Slightly tangential post but having just come back from the Coupe de la Jeunesse in Lucerne. I have no idea where they're going to put all the boats for next year's World Champs.

Rowcoach wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2026 12:09 am

fullmetal wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2026 7:40 pm

crewu wrote: ↑Fri Jul 17, 2026 5:53 amRemarkable when you think that the head of FISA/World Rowing for much of this time was an American.

Who are you referring to?

Mike Smith - former Executive Director of World Rowing

He always appeared as (HKG) in FISA literature.

"Initial lanes will be assigned via a computer generated random draw." Who runs the computer? Because you can keep generating random draws until you get the draw you want. They should make it public like the Town Hall drawing at Henley. Make for a good watch party. It is public, all champ...

The first day won't be slack water. It will be a ebb tide all afternoon

good news ! Why stop at the single ? Small steps... But why indeed. What logic could there be for allowing a light 1x but not the light 2x? I still think your country's governing body should not be able to stop an entry if they aren't going to enter a boat themselves. Because only an entry from a n...

good news ! Why stop at the single ? Small steps... But why indeed. What logic could there be for allowing a light 1x but not the light 2x? I still think your country's governing body should not be able to stop an entry if they aren't going to enter a boat themselves. Because only an entry from a n...

lt.wolf wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2026 12:59 pm good news !

Why stop at the single ?

Small steps...
But why indeed.

This is something I had raised with Tom Solesbury, and I imagine I wasn't the only one, and is absolutely great news

https://www.britishrowing.org/2026/07/a ... ing-board/

fullmetal wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2026 2:23 pm

sandor wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2026 5:19 am

fullmetal wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2026 5:00 pm Does a World Cup need to be hosted on a Class A course?

https://worldrowing.com/wp-content/uplo ... x-2025.pdf

Well, that excludes Lake Natoma...!

Which requirements does Lake Natoma fail?