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	Rowing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Watercraft rowing, rowing as a form of propulsion.
		Rowing exercise, structured exercise similar to rowing boats.
		Ocean rowing, the sport of rowing across oceans
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rowing (101 words)

	Sport rowing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rowing is a speed and endurance sport in narrow boats (called shells or fine boats), where the athlete sits on a sliding seat above the water level and faces backwards (toward the stern), using oars to move the boat.
		The first modern rowing races, in the second half of the 18th century, were races between watermen (professional river taximen) on the River Thames in England.
		An oar is often referred to as a "blade" in the case of sweep oar rowing and as a "scull" in the case of sculling.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sport_rowing (4943 words)

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		Rowing is one of the few athletic activities that involves all of the body’s major muscle groups.
		Rowing looks graceful, elegant and sometimes effortless when it is done well.
		The sport demands endurance, strength, balance, mental discipline, and an ability to continue on when your body is demanding that you stop.
	www.usrowing.org /NewToRowing/ElevenInsightstotheSportofRowing/index.aspx (786 words)

	History of Rowing
		Rowing is one of the oldest and most physically challenging sports in existence today.
		Rowing originated not as a sport, but as a means of transportation and warfare.
		Although rowing was always popular with fishermen and sailors, it was not until the 1700's that the sport became popular with ordinary citizens when watermen would race in long barges on the Thames River in England.
	www.fairfaxcrew.com /HistoryRowing.htm (703 words)

	Rowing Frequently Asked Questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The subtypes of rowing shells are classified according to the number of rowers in the shell.
		This is accomplished during the recovery portion of the rowing cycle and is done in preparation for the catch.
		The point of the rowing cycle at which the blade enters the water at the end of the recovery and is accomplished by an upward motion of the arms and hands only.
	www.ruf.rice.edu /~crew/rowingfaq.html (4152 words)

	Tampa Water Sports Center & Stewards Foundation - About Rowing
		Rowing is the oldest of all intercollegiate sports
		Rowing teaches teamwork and communication – the sport has been described by a famous athletics coach to be as difficult as "getting eight guys to run a four minute mile in step."
		Gregory Peck rowed at the University of California in 1937.
	www.tamparowing.org /aboutrowing.htm (421 words)

	Victorian London - Entertainment and Recreation - Sport - Rowing, Sailing, Sculling and Yachting
		Rowing has for many years been most popular among London athletes, and, like every other kind of physical exercise, has greatly increased in public esteem during the last few years.
		At Chiswick is the Grove-park Rowing Club, a young and promising institution; and the head-quarters of the Kingston Rowing Club and the Twickenham Rowing Club are indicated by their respective names; the former being noteworthy as having won the Wyfold Cup for fours at Henley from 1863 to 1868 inclusive.
		Nevertheless a fair day's sport is generally provided, a variety of races having been added to the original programme, and plenty of interest is excited among tide-way rowing men, even if the attitude of the general public may be best described as one of listless indifference.
	www.victorianlondon.org /entertainment/rowing.htm (6546 words)

	Rowing: The other paddle sport - GreatOutdoors.com
		In America's love of sports, rowing is a quiet suitor, an infrequent star in the sports pages; it comes with an assumed Ivy League elitism that lends a sense of exclusivity - which is no longer valid.
		True, rowing was the first collegiate sport - Harvard still rows against Yale, but its origins are based in the rough and tumble races of the Thames River water taxis called "wherries" rowed by the very salty wherry-men of London.
		Today the sport has evolved well beyond Thames wherries and collegiate rivalries, From Portland, Maine to Mission Bay, California, high schools are fielding crews, new clubs are forming and building boathouses to rival the traditional clubs established the mid-1800's.
	www.greatoutdoors.com /published/paddle/healthfitness/rowingtheotherpaddlesport (1191 words)

	Virtual Library of Sport - rowinghome
		Rowing was used by all of the major ancient civilizations to advance their cultures, both in peace and war.
		Rowing soon appeared in the United States, highlighted by the first Harvard-Yale race in 1852 - the first organized collegiate sport in the US.
		Today, men's collegiate rowing in the U.S. remains independent of the NCAA, while women's rowing became a NCAA sport in 1997.
	www.sportsvl.com /water/rowinghome.htm (306 words)

	PA Rowing
		Rowing is a very expensive activity because of the cost of equipment and the scarcity of space at local boathouses.
		Unless you learned how to row in high school or college, or are a part of a family with rowers in it, you would have little opportunity to learn the sport.
		Most importantly, PA Rowing Camps hopes to increase minority participation in the sport of rowing in an effort to achieve diversity and equality in rowing programs nationwide.
	www.parowing.com /history.html (240 words)

	Austin Rowing Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Rowing is one of the few sports that can be many different things to different people.
		Classes introduce participants to the sport of rowing and develop basic skills to enjoy rowing as part of a crew or on one's own.
		Founded in 1981, the Austin Rowing Club's charter is to promote the sport of rowing, to provide members the opportunity to row, and to foster national and international competition.
	austinrowing.org /discount (881 words)

	Alden Rowing Shells
		Rowing Sport provides for all the needs of the rower.
		I was quickly hooked on rowing and became a believer in the future of this great sport.
		That was twenty years ago and a lot of rowing lessons and miles under the "skeg".
	www.rowingsport.com (356 words)

	Scotch College: Sport - Rowing
		Emphasis is placed on learning to row in a single scull, moving from a tub (beginner) to a training scull.
		The rowing tank is used for skill development and ergometers are used for teaching the rowing stroke, but not for strength.
		Rowing at Scotch is a team sport requiring training and development of rowing technique.
	www.scotch.vic.edu.au /Sport/Rowing/Rowing.htm (546 words)

	Grand Rapids Rowing Association
		The Grand Rapids Rowing Association (GRRA), previously named the Grand Rapids Rowing Club, was established in 1985 by a group of former collegiate and amateur oarsmen who sought to foster the benefits of amateur rowing for youth and adults.
		Rowing is practiced during spring, summer, and fall throughout Michigan.
		The goal of the Grand Rapids Rowing Association is to raise $800,000 to build a boathouse and establish a rowing center to facilitate competitive and recreational rowing in West Michigan.
	www.grrowing.org /boathouse.shtml (710 words)

	Rowing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Rowing and Sculling for Rowers and Scullers - row2k.com
		Rowing on row2k, one of the premier sources of rowing and sculling news, rowing results, rowing information, photos, interviews, and general information about the sport of rowing.
		Rowing was used by all of the major ancient civilizations to advance their...
	rowing.getrowing.info (1107 words)

	Articles - Sport rowing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Nowadays, rowing competitions are still called ´´regattas´´; (with a second ´t´ added).
		Rowing has also been conducted at the Olympic Games since 1900 (canceled at the first modern Games in 1896).
		An oar is referred to as a "blade" in the case sweep oar rowing and as a "scull" in the case of sculling.
	www.topron.com /articles/Sport_rowing (3865 words)

	Australian Institute of Sport - Rowing
		Rowing is a physically demanding endurance sport that requires excellent technique, physical fitness, focus, mental strength, dedication and self-discipline.
		The AIS Rowing program was established in Canberra in 1985.
		The program works in very close collaboration with both AIS sports science and sports medicine in designing and monitoring training methodology, and in undertaking research and technological development.
	www.ais.org.au /rowing/index.asp (226 words)

	UK Sport - NEWS: Rowing to Honour Pinsent Career (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sir Matthew Pinsent is to receive Rowing’s highest honour later this month, when the International Rowing Federation (FISA) awards him the 2005 Thomas Keller Medal in recognition of an "outstanding career in the sport".
		The first recipient of the honour- which has been established as the highest in the sport- was the Norwegian Alf Hansen in 1990, and other previous awardees include the Dutchman Nico Rienks, Marnie McBean of Canada and Britain’s greatest ever Olympian, Sir Steve Redgrave.
		In 2000, Pinsent became part of rowing legend when he partnered Redgrave to his fifth consecutive gold medal at the Sydney Olympics, along with James Cracknell and Tim Foster.
	www.uksport.gov.uk /template.asp?id=2074 (372 words)

	Sport Rowing Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.com (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sport Rowing Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.com (Launch Base)
		USC officials chose lacrosse over rowing because of the sports growing appeal in the Southeast and its relatively cheap start-up costs.
		Because of their speed and lack of maneuverability, eights always have a cox.
	www.launchbase.com /encyclopedia/Sport_rowing (4943 words)

	Australian Institute of Sport - Rowing
		The Australian Institute of Sport and Rowing Australia are now calling for applications for scholarships with the AIS Rowing Program.
		The AIS Rowing Program is centralised in Canberra with the full support of the AIS athlete and coach services, and the residential program.
		The squads will be coached by the National Head Coaches for the AIS and Rowing Australia, Brian Richardson in the Men, and Lyall McCarthy in the Women.
	www.ais.org.au /rowing/selection.asp (544 words)

	Oxford rowing
		Various rowing terms at Oxford (and elsewhere): boater, the Boat Race, bump, bump supper, eight, Eights Week, Head of the River, hearty, Isis, over-bump and Torpids.
		Sport including rowing in the OUSU Oxford Handbook.
		This information is brought to you by Jonathan Bowen as part of the Oxford information and WWW Virtual Library Rowing pages.
	www.comlab.ox.ac.uk /archive/other/rowing/oxford.html (236 words)

	Kenya Rowing Association Welcomes you (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		KRA is committed to the development and promotion of rowing in Kenya.
		KRA is at the present focusing on Youth rowing development at grassroot levels and at the same time promoting the sport to the women and the disabled.
		Please contact us for more information regarding Rowing in Kenya and we shall be glad to provide.
	mombasaonline.com /kenyarowing/main.htm (121 words)

	Capital Rowing Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Capital Rowing Club is committed to bringing opportunities and excellence in rowing to the community of the Anacostia River and the Washington DC area.
		Capital has been able to introduce the sport of rowing to more than a thousand community members of all ages and backgrounds through the contributions and support of our friends.
		The Anacostia Boathouse (home to Capital Rowing Club and many other High School, Collegiate, and Community Rowing Organizations) is facing the threat of demolition due to the expansion project for the 11th Street Bridges.
	www.capitalrowing.org (719 words)

	Women's Rowing - UCF Golden Knights :: The Official Athletic Site
		The UCF novice rowing team will hold tryouts during the month of September.
		The UCF Athletics Association, Inc. will sign women's rowing head coach Leeanne Crain to a new three-year contract that will keep her at the helm of the program through 2009, Director of Athletics Keith R. Tribble announced on Thursday.
		The UCF women's rowing team will hold an informational meeting on Aug. 29 for female students interested in joining the program.
	ucfathletics.cstv.com /sports/w-rowing/ucf-w-rowing-body.html (187 words)

	Virtual Library of Sport - rowing
		The race is an annual event between the rowing clubs of Oxford and Cambridge held on the Thames between Putney and Mortlake, with 8 rowers and a cox, per team.
		The Amateur Rowing Association - ARA, national governing body for the sport of Rowing in England and responsible for the Great Britain Team.
		David Biddulph's Rowing pages seem to have links to anything connected with UK rowing from regattas to club websites and records....
	www.sportsvl.com /water/rowing.htm (992 words)

	The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Rowing
		Surfers were invited to vote for Steve Redgrave as BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1996.
		The Independent Rowing News, a US-based rowing newspaper established in October 1994.
		Rowing in Cyberspace by Edward Hewitt - an article on the rec.sport.rowing newsgroup.
	www.comlab.ox.ac.uk /archive/other/rowing.html (1473 words)

	Ashland Rowing Club Sport Nutrition Primer
		Depending on the duration, intensity, and type of exercise you are performing, there are three stages where nutrition plays a role in performance—before, during, and after activity.
		One of the primary goals of sport nutrition is to optimize the availability of muscle glycogen, thereby insuring optimal performance.
		She chairs the Women’s Subcommittee of the Massachusetts’ Governor’s Committee on Physical Fitness and Sports and is the President of The Sensible Nutrition Connection, Inc. (
	www.ashlandrowingclub.org /Page.asp?ID=286 (880 words)

	MSNsportsNET.Com -- West Virginia University Mountaineers
		Valuable athlete that rowed with the varsity 8 as a junior (2005)...
		also rowed with the varsity 8 as a sophomore (2004)...
		rowed with the junior varsity 8+ after undergoing shoulder surgery as a freshman (2003)...
	www.msnsportsnet.com /profile.cfm?id=100353&sport=rowing (118 words)

	BBC - Devon - Sport - Rowing - Exeter Rowing Club's new website - Rowing takes off in Devon
		The sport of rowing is proving more popular than ever in Devon, boosted by the success of Britain's Olympic Golden Boy, Steve Redgrave.
		The sport has been around for a long, long time - some clubs date back 100 years and more.
		You don't need previous rowing experience to join the rowing club - but you MUST be able to swim.
	www.bbc.co.uk /devon/sport/012002/30/rowing.shtml (464 words)

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