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1981 British Rowing Championships
The 1981 National Rowing Championships was the tenth edition of the National Championships, held from 17–19 July 1981 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. Senior Medal summary Lightweight Medal summary Junior Medal summary Key References {{English and British National Champions British Rowing Championships British Rowing Championships The British Rowing Championships usually take place every year. The event is held at the National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepont (Nottingham) with occasional championships held at the Strathclyde Country Park. The championships originall ... British Rowing Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre
Holme Pierrepont Country Park, home of The National Water Sports Centre is located in the hamlet of Holme Pierrepont near Nottingham, England and on the River Trent. It is used for many different types of sports and has recently received significant investment which has enabled a major refurbishment of existing facilities as well as introduction of new facilities. Run by Serco on behalf of Nottinghamshire County Council, it was previously one of five National Sports Centres, and is a unique sporting venue set in the centre of the country. History The centre was constructed during 1970 and 1971 on a former gravel works and required the excavation of one and a half million Cubic yard, cubic yards of material. The centre opened in 1971 and won second prize in the 1972 Times/RICS Conservation Awards and was consequently chosen to host the first British Rowing Championships, National Rowing Championships in 1972. Until 2009 the centre was operated on behalf of Sport England howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrid Ayling
Astrid Ayling (née Hohl; born 9 December 1951) is a retired German and British rower. She competed for Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rowing career In 1975 she finished fourth in the double sculls for West Germany at the 1975 World Rowing Championships. After marrying fellow British national rowing champion Richard Ayling in 1976 she competed for Great Britain. In 1977 she was part of the double scull that reached the final and finished fifth at the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. This was the first time that a British women's crew had reached a world final. She later won the 1977 National Championships single and double sculls title (with Pauline Hart) rowing for Kingston. The pair repeated the double sculls success the following year in 1978. At the 1979 National Championships she was part of the composite crew that won the quadruple sculls. She was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1980 Olympic Games, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Wright
Pauline D Wright (born 2 December 1954) is a retired British rowing cox who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Wright participated in the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne which was the inaugural championships for women. Competing in the quadruple sculls event the crew were eliminated in the heats. She won a national title in the coxed four at the 1975 National Championships and she was part of the coxed four at the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, the crew finished 9th overall after a third-place finish in the B final. She was selected as cox for the Great Britain crew that competed in the women's coxed four at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. The crew which consisted of Pauline Bird-Hart, Diana Bishop, Clare Grove and Gillian Webb finished in eighth place. Wright was part of the coxed fours crew, with Yvonne Earl, Maggie Phillips Nicola Boyes and Chris Grimes, that won the national title rowing for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Toch
Joanna Patricia Toch ( ; born 13 October 1961) is a British Olympian and a practising barrister. Sporting career Toch rowed for Great Britain in the 1979 World Rowing Junior Championships, 1980 Moscow Olympic Games (she was the youngest member of the Great Britain team), the 1984 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles Olympic Games, the 1986 Commonwealth Games and six World Rowing Championships between 1981 and 1990.Sports Reference/Olympics She was part of the eight, that won the national title rowing for Great Britain senior squad boat, at the 1981 British Rowing Championships, 1981 National Championships and was part of the eight that won the national title, rowing for an A.R.A Composite, at the 1982 British Rowing Championships, 1982 National Rowing Championships. She won bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly Jones
Beverly Ann Jones (born 25 November 1956) is a retired British rower who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Jones won the quadruple sculls event, with Rosie Clugston, Jane Curry, Sue Handscomb and E Morris (cox), at the 1977 National Championships. Consequently she was selected in the quad boat for the 1977 World Rowing Championships for Great Britain. In 1978 she won quadruple sculls again at the 1978 National Championships before rowing in a second World Championships in 1979. She was selected to represent Great Britain in the women's eight event at the 1980 Olympic Games in Montreal. The crew which consisted of Gill Hodges, Joanna Toch, Penny Sweet, Lin Clark, Elizabeth Paton, Rosie Clugston, Nicola Boyes and Pauline Wright (cox) finished in fifth place. She was part of the eight, that won the national title rowing for Great Britain senior squad boat, at the 1981 National Championships and a third World Championship appearance ensued at the 1981 Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian Hodges
Gillian 'Gill' Hodges (born 13 August 1957) is a retired British rower who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Hodges was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1980 Olympic Games, where she was part of the women's eight. The team finished in fifth place She was part of the eight, that won the national title rowing for Great Britain senior squad boat, at the 1981 National Championships and the following year she won the coxless pairs title with Lin Clark, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships and the pair repeated the success the following year at the 1983 National Rowing Championships. A second Olympic Games appearance arrived in 1984 when she formed part of the women's eight that finished in fifth place. She was part of the quadruple sculls, that won the national title rowing for A.R.A squad, at the 1985 National Championships. One year later she represented England and won a gold medal in the lightweight coxless four, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Janson
Pauline Janson (born 26 November 1957) is a former British rower who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Janson took up rowing while studying mathematics at St Hilda's College, Oxford and became Captain of Boats before rowing in the 1978 and 1979 women's boat race in 1978 and 1979. After joining the British training squad in 1980 she was selected to represent Great Britain women's coxed four event at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. The team which consisted of Janson, Bridget Buckley, Pauline Hart, Jane Cross and Sue Brown (cox) finished in sixth place. She was part of the eight, that won the national title rowing for Great Britain senior squad boat, at the 1981 National Championships and rowed in the eight at the 1981 World Rowing Championships The 1981 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August to 6 September 1981 at Oberschleißheim outside Munich, West Germany. Medal summary Men's events Women's eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Clark
Linda D Clark née Linda Lacey (born 1 November 1949) is a retired rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1976 Olympics and 1980 Olympics . Rowing career Clark took up rowing in 1972, the same year in which she married Olympic rower Jim Clark. She went on to represent Great Britain from 1974 to 1987. In 1974, while rowing for the Civil Service Ladies Rowing Club she won the coxless pairs with Liz Monti, at the 1974 National Rowing Championships and was consequently selected by Great Britain for the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne which was the inaugural championships for women. Competing in the coxless pairs event with Monti they finished 9th overall (3rd in the B final). The following year she won the coxless pair with Gill Webb and the coxed fours at the 1975 National Rowing Championships. A second appearance at the World Championships ensued in the coxed four at the 1975 World Rowing Championships. At the 1976 Summer Olympics she finished in tenth pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda Holmes
Belinda Holmes (born 8 February 1962) is a former British rower who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Holmes was part of the eight, that won the national title rowing for Great Britain senior squad boat, at the 1981 National Championships. and was part of the eight that won the national title, rowing for an A.R.A squad, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships. The following year she was part of the composite quadruple sculls crew with Bev Jones, Mary Wilson, Alexa Forbes and C Grant, that won the national title, at the 1983 National Rowing Championships. She was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1984 Olympic Games in the women's eight event. The crew of Ann Callaway, Alexa Forbes, Gill Hodges, Kate Holroyd, Kate McNicol Kate McNicol (born 19 July 1961) is a former British rower who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rowing career McNicol was part of the coxless fours crew, with Tessa Millar, Kareen Marwick, Katie Ball and Sue Baile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexa Forbes
Alexa Forbes (born 2 April 1961) is a retired British rower who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Forbes was part of the eight, that won the national title rowing for Great Britain senior squad boat, at the 1981 National Championships. This led to selection for the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich. The following year she was part of the eight that won the national title, rowing for an A.R.A squad, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships. Subsequently she went to her second World Championships, rowing at the 1982 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne. In 1984 she was selected to represent Great Britain in the women's eight event at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. The team which consisted of Astrid Ayling, Ann Callaway, Gillian Hodges, Kate Holroyd, Belinda Holmes, Sarah Hunter-Jones, Kate McNicol and Sue Bailey (cox) finished in fifth place. She represented England and won a gold medal in the lightweight coxless four, at the 1986 Commonwealth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Bloomfield
Sarah Sally Bloomfield (born 3 June 1956) is a former British rower who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Bloomfield was part of the eight, that won the national title rowing for Great Britain senior squad boat, at the 1981 National Championships. This led to selection for the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich. The following year she was part of the eight that won the national title, rowing for an A.R.A squad, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships. Subsequently she went to her second World Championships, rowing at the 1982 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne. In 1984 she was selected to represent Great Britain in the women's double sculls event at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. With her rowing partner Nonie Ray Nonie Ray (born 3 October 1958) is a British rower. She competed in the women's double sculls event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Cross
Jane Mary Cross (born 25 August 1961) is a former British rower who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Cross first became interested in rowing at a young age when she was part of the Wraysbury Skiff and Punting Club, which led to joining the Weybridge Ladies ARC in 1977. In 1979 she competed in the FISA Youth Championships before joining the British senior squad the same year. In 1980 she was selected to represent Great Britain in the women's coxed four event at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. The crew which consisted of Cross, Pauline Janson, Bridget Buckley, Pauline Hart and Sue Brown (cox) finished in sixth place. She was part of the quadruple sculls which won the national title, rowing for a Kingston and Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |