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Durham University Boat Club
Durham University Boat Club (DUBC) is the rowing club of Durham University. In recent years, DUBC has cemented itself as one of the strongest university boat clubs in Great Britain. Under the leadership of former British Olympian Wade Hall-Craggs, DUBC notably won the BUCS Victor Ludorum for ten consecutive years (2004-2013), and has produced a number of athletes that have competed internationally at European and World Championship level. Based at the Robert Gillespie Boat House on the River Wear, the club also operates facilities from the adjacent Graham Sports Centre at Maiden Castle, including a powered indoor rowing tank (one of only three in the country at the time it opened) and a gallery of 28 ergometers. It competes annually at all major British rowing events, including the Head of the River Race, Henley Royal Regatta and Henley Women's Regatta, and contests the Boat Race of the North with Newcastle University Boat Club. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Wear
The River Wear (, ) in North East England rises in the Pennines and flows eastwards, mostly through County Durham to the North Sea in the City of Sunderland. At long, it is one of the region's longest rivers, wends in a steep valley through the cathedral city of Durham and gives its name to Weardale in its upper reach and Wearside by its mouth. Etymology The origin behind the hydronym ''Wear'' is uncertain but is generally understood to be Celtic. The ''River Vedra'' on the Roman Map of Britain may very well be the River Wear. The name may be derived from Brittonic ''*wejr'' (<''*wẹ:drā''), which meant "a bend" (c.f ''-gwair-''). An alternative but very problematic etymology might involve ''*wẹ:d-r-'', from a lengthened form of the |
Lucinda Gooderham
Lucinda Elizabeth Gooderham (born 9 June 1984) is a former British rower. Rowing career Gooderham represented England at U23 level before teaching full-time. She made her senior British debut in 2013. After finishing in ninth place at both the 2013 and 2014 World Championships Gooderham was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where she won a silver medal as part of the coxless four with Rebecca Chin, Karen Bennett and Holly Norton Holly Norton (born 1 January 1993) is a South African– British rower. Biography Born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe, Holly's family moved to South Africa in 2003. It was at St Stithians Girl's College that she first took up rowing. She was .... References British female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Living people 1984 births Durham University Boat Club rowers Alumni of the College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Barr
Simon Barr (born 12 September 1985) is a German lightweight rower. Barr was educated at Eastbourne College, where he was introduced to rowing. He studied Chemistry at Durham University and competed in lightweight rowing with the Durham University Boat Club. He represented Great Britain at the 2006 World University Rowing Championships. Later switching nationality to Germany, he won the gold medal at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ... with the lightweight men's eight. References 1985 births Living people German male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham Durham University Boat Club rowers People educated at Eastbourne College {{Germany-rowing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hosking (rower)
David Hosking is a British lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1980 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel with the lightweight men's eight. Hosking studied at Durham University and joined the Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ... following graduation. He is the father of Sophie Hosking. References Year of birth missing (living people) British male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Alumni of Grey College, Durham Durham University Boat Club rowers Living people {{England-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Barratt
Colin Barratt (born 21 December 1948) is a British lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1979 World Rowing Championships in Bled with the lightweight men's four, and at the 1980 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel with the lightweight men's eight. Barratt rowed for Durham University Boat Club Durham University Boat Club (DUBC) is the rowing club of Durham University. In recent years, DUBC has cemented itself as one of the strongest university boat clubs in Great Britain. Under the leader .... References 1948 births Living people British male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Durham University Boat Club rowers {{England-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Butt
Andrew Butt is a British former rower. Career Butt competed for Durham University Boat Club as a student. He was part of the British crew that took the silver medal in the lightweight men's eight at the 1992 World Championships in Montreal. He replicated this achievement in the same event three years later, at the 1995 World Championships in Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o .... Butt works in the insurance industry. He became a Christian in 2003 and is now a church deacon. References Living people English male rowers Durham University Boat Club rowers Alumni of Durham University Year of birth missing (living people) World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain People educated at Tonbridge School {{UK-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzie Longstaff
Suzanne Kathryn Longstaff (née Ellis, born 14 June 1969) is a British teacher and former rower. Biography Longstaff attended Abbots Bromley School and then Durham University, graduating in 1990 with a degree in Economics. She coxed for Durham University Women's Boat Club as a student. From 1991-1994 she was employed as an Advertising Manager at Haymarket Publishing. She competed in the women's eight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1996 she began teacher training at Homerton College, Cambridge, and was selected to cox the Cambridge University Boat Club's reserve crew ''Goldie'' at the 1997 Boat Race. The same year she was the cox for the British crew that won the bronze medal in the women's eight at the 1997 World Championships. She was selected to cox the university's reserve crew for a second time in 1998. Longstaff has been Headmistress of Putney High School Putney High School is an independent all-girls school in Putney, London. Often referred to as simpl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malindi Myers
Malindi Myers (born 3 October 1970) is a British civil servant and former international rower. Rowing career Myers rowed for Durham University Boat Club while studying economics. After winning two golds at the 1996 National Championships in the coxless four and eights she was part of the British crew that won silver in the Lightweight Women's Coxless Four at the 1996 World Rowing Championships. She won further medals at both the 1997 World Rowing Championships and the 1999 World Rowing Championships before becoming a World Champion at the 2000 World Rowing Championships, winning the Lightweight Women's Coxless Pair alongside Miriam Taylor. Economist Following a Masters in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics she joined HM Treasury as a junior economist after university, and later took time out to prepare for the 1996 World Rowing Championships. After the 1996 World Championships she returned to the Civil Service and then to the European Commission on a secondment sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Langlands
Tracy Langlands (born 26 April 1970 in Lincoln, England) is a British rower. Langlands won the bronze medal in the Lightweight Women's Double Sculls at the 2002 World Championships. She competed in the same event with Helen Casey at the 2004 Olympics. References External links * 1970 births Living people English female rowers British female rowers Sportspeople from Lincoln, England Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Great Britain Durham University Boat Club rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Alumni of St Mary's College, Durham {{UK-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Rudge
Peter Rudge (born 21 October 1981) is a British former rowing cox. Career Rudge began rowing in 1994 at The King's School, Chester. He read Theology at Durham University, where he competed for the university boat club, and graduated in 2003. Selected for the Great Britain senior squad as an undergraduate, Rudge won bronze as part of the British Coxed Four at the 2001 World Championships, and took silver at the 2003 World Championships in the same event. He continued his studies at Hughes Hall, Cambridge and represented Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ... at the 2005 Boat Race. He also took part in the 2006 race. References Living people 1981 births English male rowers Durham University Boat Club rowers Alumni of Hughes Hall, Cambridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Hoogesteger
Naomi May Jensen Hoogesteger is a former British rower. Education Hoogesteger studied Modern Languages at Durham University and completed an MA by Research in Spanish in 2006. While there she took up rowing at Durham University Boat Club. Career In rowing, Hoogesteger was a member of the crew that won the Bronze medal in the Lightweight Women's Four at the 2005 World Rowing Championships. In 2011 Hoogesteger, alongside David Hosking, formed part of a team that broke the world record for rowing across the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoogesteger, Naomi 1981 births Living people English female rowers Durham University Boat Club rowers Alumni of the College of St Hild and St Bede, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Freeman
Alice Freeman (born 6 September 1978 in Oxford) is a British rower. Freeman studied at Durham University and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. She finished 5th in the women's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics. References External links * Alice Freemanat British Rowing British Rowing, formerly the Amateur Rowing Association (ARA), is the national governing body for the sport of rowing (both indoor and on-water rowing). It is responsible for the training and selection of individual rowers and crews representi ... (archived) * * 1978 births Living people English female rowers British female rowers Sportspeople from Oxford Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Great Britain Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Durham University Boat Club rowers European Rowing Championships medalists {{UK-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
