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Chris Bartley (rower)
Christopher Roger Bartley (born 2 February 1984) is a British rower who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. Personal life Bartley was educated at The King's School, Chester, where he was schoolmates with fellow Olympian Tom James, and studied biology at the University of Nottingham. Rowing career Bartley was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Richard Chambers, Paul Mattick and Rob Williams. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games as part of the men's lightweight four, with Peter Chambers, Rob Williams and Richard Chambers. He competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Adam Freeman-Pask, Will Fletcher and Jono Clegg. The following year he competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Lightweight Coxless Four
The men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney. Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1 UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. This time is used in: *Central European Time *West Africa Time *Western European Summer Time **B ...) Results Heats First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Repechage First three qualify to the semifinals. Semifinals First three qualify to the final. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Finals Final B Final A References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's lightweight coxless four Men's lightweight coxless four Men's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Rowing Championships
The European Rowing Championships is an international Rowing regatta organised by FISA (the International Rowing Federation) for European rowing nations, plus Israel which, though not a member of the European federation is treated as a European nation for competition purposes. The championships date back to 1893, the year after FISA was founded. Over time, the competition grew in status and as it was not restricted to European countries, became regarded as the quasi-world championships. The World Rowing Championships were commenced in 1962 and the last European Championships were held in 1973 as from 1974, the World Championships became an annual event. The European Championships were re-introduced in 2007 but with a narrower focus on Europe. History The first regatta held as a European Rowing Championships was held in 1893 and these continued annually until 1913; the 1914 to 1919 events did not occur due to World War I. The annual schedule was next interrupted in 1928 when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Chambers
Peter Chambers (born 14 March 1990) is a British rower, and is the brother of fellow rower Richard Chambers. He is a World Champion in the men's lightweight double sculls and an Olympic silver medalist in the men's lightweight coxless four. He is also a decent coach at Marlow rowing club and is leading them to victory. Career Peter began rowing in Coleraine, Northern Ireland for Bann Rowing Club. His first international medal came in 2009, when he and won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight quadruple sculls at the Under-23 World Championships. In 2010, he won the silver medal in the men's lightweight single sculls at the Under-23 World Championship. in 2011, he finally stood on the top step of an Under-23 World Championship podium, winning the men's lightweight double sculls with Kieren Emery. That year, Chambers and Emery also won the senior men's lightweight double sculls World Championship. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he was part of the British crew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Rowing Federation
World Rowing, also known as the World Rowing Federation (former abbreviation FISA; french: Fédération internationale des sociétés d'aviron), is the international governing body for rowing. Its current president is Jean-Christophe Rolland who succeeded Denis Oswald at a ceremony held in Lucerne in July 2014. The World Rowing Cup, World Rowing Championships, and other such competitions are overseen by this organization. History General It was founded by rowing representatives from France, Switzerland, Belgium, Adriatica, and Italy on 25 June 1892 in Turin in response to the growing popularity of the sport of rowing, and the consequent need for uniformity of regulations over such matters as race lengths, boat composition, and weight classes. Also, at the time, betting on rowing was very popular, and the rowers or coaches were themselves often taking bets. Amateur status, whilst widespread in England and elsewhere, was unknown in the sport in many nations, a state of affairs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Williams (rower, Born 1985)
Rob Williams (born 21 January 1985, in Taplow) is a British rower who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Williams was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Richard Chambers, Chris Bartley and Paul Mattick Paul Mattick Sr. (March 13, 1904 – February 7, 1981) was a German-American Marxist political writer and social revolutionary, whose thought can be placed within the council communist and left communist traditions. Throughout his life, Mattic .... He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games as part of the men's lightweight four. References * 1985 births Living people English male rowers British male rowers People from Taplow Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Mattick (rower)
Paul Mattick (born 25 April 1978, in Bath) is a British rower who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Mattick competed in the men's lightweight coxless four at the 2008 Olympic Games and studied at Hertford College, Oxford. He was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled Bled (; german: Veldes,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper C ..., where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Richard Chambers, Chris Bartley and Rob Williams. References 1978 births Living people English male rowers British male rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bath, Somerset Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford World Rowing Championships me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Chambers (rower)
Richard Scott Chambers (born 10 June 1985) is a British rower, and is the brother of fellow rower Peter Chambers. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he was part of the British crew that won the silver medal in the lightweight men's four. Biography Richard began rowing at the age of 14, at Coleraine Academical Institution, under the coaching of Bobby Platt. He later left Coleraine Inst and joined Bann Rowing Club Coleraine at the age of 16, and went on to represent Ireland in the junior pair at the 2003 Home Internationals in Cork with Stephen Feeney, under the coaching of Simon Hamilton (Bann Rowing Club). He attended Oxford Brookes University reading Construction Management and rowed for the university boat club, coached by Peter Haining and Richard Spratley. It was there that he progressed into the Great Britain Rowing team. In 2005, Richard attended the World Under-23 Rowing Championships held in Amsterdam, where he took silver in the Lightweight Men's Quadruple Scul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bled
Bled (; german: Veldes,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia. It is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Bled. It is most notable as a popular tourist destination in the Upper Carniola region and in Slovenia as whole, attracting visitors from abroad too. Name The town was first attested in written sources as ''Ueldes'' in 1004 (and as ''Veldes'' in 1011). The etymology of the name is unknown and it is believed to be of pre-Slavic origin. The German name of the town, ''Veldes'', was either borrowed from Old Slovene ''*Beldъ'' before AD 800 or is derived from the same pre-Slavic source as the Slovene name. Geography Bled is located on the southern foot of the Karawanks mountain range near the border with Austria, about northwest of the national ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public university, public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. The University of Nottingham belongs to the research intensive Russell Group association. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingham, University Park) with Jubilee Campus and teaching hospital (Queen's Medical Centre) are located within the City of Nottingham, with a number of smaller campuses and sites elsewhere in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Outside the UK, the university has campuses in Semenyih, Malaysia, and Ningbo, China. Nottingham is organised into five constituent faculties, within which there are more than 50 schools, departments, institutes and research centres. Nottingham has about 45,500 students and 7,000 staff, and had an income of £694 million in 2020–21, of which £114.9 million was from research grants and contracts. The institution's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester Chronicle
''Chester Chronicle'' is a local weekly newspaper distributed in Chester, Cheshire and North Wales. The first edition was published by founder John Poole on 2 May 1775. Editions are published every Thursday. In 2018, it had a circulation of 7,023. In June 2019, its owners Reach plc closed the paper's Chester offices ending a 244-year association with the city, the decision was "to reduce costs and save jobs". The newspaper editorial is now produced remotely and from newsdesks in Liverpool and Manchester. Publications The ''Chester Chronicle'' editorial editions have included: *Chester City *Chester County *Frodsham & Helsby *Flintshire The newspaper, which was traditionally printed as a broadsheet, switched to a tabloid format in line with other Trinity Mirror newspapers in 2006. In June of the same year, a Wirral edition was discontinued. The following month, a Flintshire edition was created by merging the Deeside, Mold & Buckley and Flint & Holywell editions. While the ''Flints ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom James (rower)
Thomas James MBE (born 11 March 1984) is a British rower, twice Olympic champion and victorious Cambridge Blue. In a British coxless four in 2012 he set a world's best time which still stood as of 2021. Background and early life James was born in Cardiff and spent part of his childhood in Berlin, Germany as his father was an officer in the British Army, but considers his hometown to be the village of Coedpoeth, near Wrexham. James was educated at Packwood Haugh School near Ruyton-XI-Towns, and then at The King's School, Chester. He was a keen sportsman and played football and rugby before being diagnosed with Osgood–Schlatter disease, forcing him to switch to rowing instead. While at King's, he was schoolmates and shared a boat with fellow Olympian Chris Bartley. He went up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 2002, obtaining his undergraduate degree in engineering in 2007. Rowing career The Boat Race Whilst at Cambridge University, James was a member of Cambridge University Boa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King's School, Chester
The King's School, Chester, is a British co-educational independent day school for children aged 4 to 18. It is one of the seven 'King's Schools' established (or re-endowed and renamed) by King Henry VIII in 1541 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. It is situated outside the city of Chester, England. The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school comprises an Infant school (years 4–7), a Junior school (years 7–11), a Senior school (years 11–16) and a Sixth form (years 16–18) in which the students choose their A-level subjects. History An ancient foundation, attached to a monastery that King Henry VIII had dissolved, it still served a purpose teaching grammar to potential ordinands. It was reconstituted in 1541 as a joint church state enterprise and operated for 400 years in the former monks' refectory. It was one of seven schools in this category, the others being Canterbury, Rochester, Peterborough, Worcester, Glouce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
