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Al Borghard, considered by many to be the Father of Rowing on Long Island, passed away on November 16, 2011. Al was a founding member of the Sagamore Rowing Association, he started many of the high school rowing programs on Long Island and has touched the lives of thousands of rowers over the years. We will miss…

Al Borghard, considered by many to be the Father of Rowing on Long Island, passed away on November 16, 2011. Al was a founding member of the Sagamore Rowing Association, he started many of the high school rowing programs on Long Island and has touched the lives of thousands of rowers over the years. We will miss…

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Sagamore Rowing Club Hosts Frostbite Regatta, November 5

Written by James Werner Friday, 28 October 2011 00:00

The Sagamore Rowing Club will be hosting the Long Island Frostbite Regatta on Saturday, Nov. 5, at…

If you are an active rower on a short-term visit to Israel/Tel Aviv you are invited to come rowing at our club. 'Heavy' users or long-term visitors are encouraged to make some contribution towards the maintenance of the boats.

The Tel Aviv Rowing Club is situated on the south bank of the Yarkon "river" in Tel Aviv.

On Saturday, June 4th, 24 cyclists from New York Cycle Club will ride out to Oyster Bay from Queens, and participate in an introduction to rowing. Troy Smith will be organizing the coaching, and we'll have some experienced coxswains assisting us this year.

This will be the third year for this event, and it has been really popular in the New York Cycle Club.  It's a great opportunity to give new people an exposure to rowing and to Sagamore Rowing Association.  The first ride…

"The Crew Club of Oyster Bay recently returned from the NY State Rowing Championships in Saratoga Springs victorious with five boats qualifying for the U.S. Rowing Jr. National regatta in Oak Ridge, Tenn. next month.



Overall, seven boats placed in the top three with medals, and five of those medaling gold or silver.…

While spring is starting to shows signs of it’s imminent arrival, most of us are still looking at a few more weeks on the erg. Instead of just gutting through, let’s use the erg to make us better technical rowers on the water.

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To learn more about the adventure, you can visit the expedition Web site http://www.bigbluerow.com/ or read Liz's blog at…

From the USRowing Web site:

We just returned from a fabulous trip to Brazil – six days coaching in Porto Alegre and three days playing in Rio de Janeiro. Unfortunately, we’re back in the cold U.S. winter, where most of us will be rowing inside. So how to make the most of our time on the erg?



From my…

The 2011 USRowing Annual Convention date and location has been set for December 1-3 in Hartford, Conn. The event is hosted by Riverfront Recapture.

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USRowing and Concept2 are proud to announce that the tenth annual National Learn to Row Day will take place on Saturday, June 4, 2011, in rowing clubs and health clubs throughout the United States.

USRowing, the non-profit membership organization recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the national governing body for the sport of rowing in the U.S., and Concept2, the oar and ergometer manufacturer based in Morrisville, Vt., have asked rowing clubs and…

Time to start using dynamic rowing machines if you row a lot.  It is with great excitement that I write this article.  As an athlete and coach, I always enjoy cross training on rowing machines.  They are great to teach rowers how to properly apply their bodies to complete an effective stroke.  A…

The latest electric car promises not only to cut emissions and reduce fuel costs, but save on the cost of gym membership; the HumanCar Imagine converts the rowing motion of the driver and up to three passengers into speeds of up to 25mph.

The rowing…

The art of sculling is like any other art. It is perfected only with constant practice so that each movement is graceful and is done correctly without thinking about it. It takes a lot of thinking about before this can be…

A man spent more than two years rowing "around the world" on a rowing machine at a Hampshire shopping centre.

Dave Holby, 29, rowed for an average of 37 miles (60km) every day, five days a week, for the past two years and seven months in Basingstoke.

He clocked up 24,900 miles…

When Washington College rowing coach Mike Davenport and the United States Naval Academy’s Mike Hughes were running a coaching education program and charging for it, the interest level fell year after year.



So they decided to end the program and took a year off.



But then…