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Matt Bowe
Matthew Bowe (born 13 June 1983) is a British swimming coach and former butterfly swimmer. Bowe, raised in the Cumbrian village of Silecroft, was British national champion in the 100 metre butterfly. He swam the butterfly leg in England's silver medal-winning medley relay performance at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. In 2007 he represented Great Britain at the World Championships, placing fifth with the medley relay team. He attended Loughborough University and participated in two editions of the World University Games The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred t .... Since 2013, Bowe has coached swimming at collegiate level in the United States, most recently with UC Berkeley, where he is the men's associate head coach. Previously he was a senior associate head coach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrow, Cumbria
Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 2023 the borough will merge with Eden and South Lakeland districts to form a new unitary authority; Westmorland and Furness. At the tip of the Furness peninsula, close to the Lake District, it is bordered by Morecambe Bay, the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. In 2011, Barrow's population was 56,745, making it the second largest urban area in Cumbria after Carlisle. Natives of Barrow, as well as the local dialect, are known as Barrovian. In the Middle Ages, Barrow was a small hamlet within the parish of Dalton-in-Furness with Furness Abbey, now on the outskirts of the town, controlling the local economy before its dissolution in 1537. The iron prospector Henry Schneider arrived in Furness in 1839 and, with other investors, opened the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
