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Bermuda Pilot Gig Club Racing On November 7th
The Bermuda Pilot Gig Club [BPGC] will be hosting a race/regatta at the East End Mini Yacht Club on Saturday, November 7th starting at 1.30pm. There will be a celebrity race with local dignitaries, a super vets race and a mixed racing team. The event will also include music, afternoon tea/refreshments, and the prize giving will be held at the Sea Cadets... Read more of this article
Photos & Video: Bermuda Pilot Gig Club Racing
The Bermuda Pilot Gig Club held racing today [Sept 20] in the St George’s Harbour with Deliverance winning, Resolution placing second, Rambler finishing third, Hispaniola placing fourth, Spirit ending the day in fifth, while Patience was sixth. Deliverance was coxed by Roger Gillet, while crew members were Cammie Simmons, Ronnie Chameau, Dennis... Read more of this article
Video: Pearson & Oxford Defeat Cambridge
At the recent Newton Women’s Boat Race, Bermudian rower Shelley Pearson and her Oxford University Women’s Rowing teammates worked their way to victory in the annual event, defeating rival Cambridge on the River Thames in London. The race report says, “For the first minute Cambridge stayed on terms with the lighter Oxford crew, but the... Read more of this article
Swain To Present Rowing Documentary
Michael Swain, the President of the Bermuda Rowing Association, is getting set to present and show a documentary of the history of the Head of the Charles regatta, called Head Of The Charles: The Story of the First 50 Years, at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club on Tuesday, November 18 at 6.00pm. The event notice said, “Michael Swain, founder... Read more of this article
Swain And Hedstrom Finish 29th In Boston
Michael Swain and Lulu Hedstrom represented Bermuda during the 50th Head Of The Charles Rowing Event on the Charles River in Boston. The pair competed in the Directors Challenge Mixed Doubles Division among 41 teams, Swain and Hedstrom finished 29th, after crossing the line in a time of 20:54.24. Carlo and Margarita Zezza won the race with a time of... Read more of this article
Bermuda Rowers Win Silver In U.S. Regatta
Michael Swain and Tom Riddle were among 4,500 rowers competing in a competition in Virginia, with the pair winning a silver medal in the Head of the Occoquan Regatta. Speaking after the race, Mr Swain said, “What was really gratifying was that most of the other crews had been training together all season to ensure that their technique was spot-on... Read more of this article
Photos/Results: End Of Summer Rowing Regatta
The Bermuda Rowing Association held their 2013 End of Summer Camp Regatta in the Hamilton Harbour this past weekend. Competing in the Ladies Double Sculls, Bethany Yates and Eleanor Gardner defeated Anita Yates and Jennifer Wingate by 5 lengths, while Jacinto Brown got the better of Tyriq Brown in the Junior Single sculls by 4 lengths. In the Men’s... Read more of this article
Photos: 5-Time Olympic Medalist Visits Rowers
Sir Steve Redgrave, a retired British rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000 and a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Games, paid members of the Bermuda Rowing Association a visit on Friday [Apr 12] at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club dock. Minister of Public Works Trevor Moniz and Minister of Community &... Read more of this article
Bermuda Rowers Win Bronze Medal
Michael Swain and Ryan Worth competed in the biggest rowing event in North America the Head of the Hooch, where the pair picked up a Bronze medal. Swain’s main event was in the Men’s Master 4x, Worth, Swain, Mike Schay and Anders Holmberg won the Bronze Medal with a time of 16:05.0. “We were fastest down the course but we won the Bronze Medal... Read more of this article
Bermuda Rowers Compete In Tennessee
Bermuda was represented at the 2011 Head of the Hooch Rowing Championships in Tennessee this past weekend [Nov.5/6] by Ryan Worth and Michael Swain. The Head of the Hooch Regatta is a 5,000 meter [3.1 mile] head race on the Tennessee River ending at Ross’s Landing Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The second largest regatta in the country, the event... Read more of this article
Photos/Results: Summer Rowing Regatta
Under the watchful eye of the Honorary Regatta Marshall Ryan Worth, the Bermuda Rowing Association held a Summer Rowing Regatta in Hamilton Harbour yesterday morning [July 24]. Gretchen Dill and Sammy Dill won the Novice Ladies Double Sculls race, while Jacinto Brown and 12-year-old AJ Whaley won the Novice Men’s Double Sculls race. Will Porteous... Read more of this article
Videos: Rowing Regatta in Hamilton Harbour
The Bermuda Rowing Association hosted a Rowing Regatta in the Hamilton Harbour this morning [July 24]. Rowers raced to the eastern end of the Harbour from Whites Island, maneuvered around two buoys, and raced back to the finish line just off of White Island. The races included males, females and juniors in both two-person and four-person teams. We will... Read more of this article
