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Miriam Batten
Miriam Batten (born 4 November 1964) is a former British rower who competed at three Olympic Games and winning a silver medal in 2000. Rowing career Miriam was a member of the Southampton University Boat Club whilst she studied at the University of Southampton. Batten was part of the coxless fours with Kate Grose, Kareen Marwick and Caroline Christie that won the national title rowing for the British squad at the 1990 National Championships. The first of three Olympic Games appearances came at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona when she was selected for the coxless pair with Joanne Turvey. The pair finished in fifth place. The second of three Olympic Games appearances came at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta when she was selected in the women's eight. The team which consisted of Batten, Annamarie Stapleton, Lisa Eyre, Dot Blackie, Kate Pollitt, Cath Bishop, Joanne Turvey, Alison Gill and Suzie Ellis finished in seventh place. In 1997 she represented Great Britain at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The 60% smaller island of Ireland is to the west—these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, form the British Isles archipelago. Connected to mainland Europe until 9,000 years ago by a landbridge now known as Doggerland, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, it had a population of about , making it the world's third-most-populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The term "Great Britain" is often used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales, including their component adjoining islands. Great Britain and Northern Ireland now constitute the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annamarie Stapleton
Annamarie Phelps CBE ( Stapleton, born 24 May 1966), is a British rower and sports administrator. She competed in the women's eight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She was Chairman of British Rowing from 2013 to 2018, and became Vice-Chairman of the British Olympic Association in 2017. She was chair of the British Horseracing Authority from June 2019 to June 2022. Phelps was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 2016 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrati ..., for services to rowing. References External links * 1966 births Living people British female rowers Olympic rowers of Great Britain Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bradford Stewards of Henley Royal Regatta Commanders of the Order o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henley Women's Regatta
Henley Women's Regatta, often abbreviated to "HWR" or "Women's Henley", is a rowing regatta held at Henley-on-Thames, England. Chris Aistrop and Rosemary Mayglothling were jointly responsible for setting up the Regatta in June 1988 and Aistrop was the first chairman. It was first held in 1988, as a response to the absence of women's events at Henley Royal Regatta at that time. While Henley Royal Regatta now offers eight women's events, Women's Henley has continued to build and expand. Henley Women's Regatta now lasts three full days, and includes time trials for over-subscribed events. Henley Women's Regatta is held on the Thames River at Henley, using the same, but shortened, boomed course as Henley Royal (the shorter course is due to Environment Agency safety restrictions and the short intervals between races at HWR). The Henley Women's Regatta course runs for 1,500m in comparison with Henley Royal's 2112m. The Henley Women's Regatta course begins at the top of Temple Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Thames Rowing Club
Upper Thames Rowing Club is an English rowing club. It has a large clubhouse at Remenham in Berkshire, on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames and is set back by its lawn frontage from the first half of the course of Henley Royal Regatta. The club was established in 1963. History In 1964 the club entered its first crew for Henley Royal Regatta in the Thames Cup. The crew was composed of: * Kevin O' Sullivan at bow (Eton Excelsior) * Alan Smiter (also Eton Excelsior and the Club's first captain) * Bill Rawson (Reading R.C.) * Charles Hawtrey (a First and Third man from Cambridge) * John Wingfield (Jesus College, Cambridge) * David Neal (Henley R.C.) * Hugh Cochrane (Reading R.C.) * David Mayers stroke (Shrewsbury and Clare College, Cambridge) * J Hooper (Marlow R.C.) as cox One of the earliest crews to enter for the World Veteran Rowing Championships (the World Masters Regatta) was a coxless four from Upper Thames comprising Peter S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Physical Education
Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys Ed. or P.E., is a subject taught in schools around the world. It is usually taught during primary and secondary education, and encourages psychomotor learning by using a play and movement exploration setting to promote health and physical fitness. Activities in P.E. include football, netball, hockey, rounders, cricket, four square, racing, and numerous other children's games. Physical education also teaches nutrition, healthy habits, and individuality of needs. Physical education programs vary all over the world. When taught correctly, P.E. class can produce positive effects on students' health, behavior, and academic performance. As part of this, health education is the teaching of information on the prevention, control, and treatment of diseases. It is taught with physical education, or P.H.E. for short. Pedagogy The main goals in teaching modern physical education are: * To expose children and teens to a wide variety of exerc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant was a parade on 3 June 2012 of 670 boats on the Tideway of the River Thames in London as part of the celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The Queen, Prince Philip and other members of the Royal Family were aboard vessels that took part in the parade. The parade was organised by the Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation, and funded by private donations and sponsorship. The pageant master was Adrian Evans. The vessels that took part included military, commercial, and pleasure craft. According to ''Guinness World Records'', this was the largest ever parade of boats, surpassing the previous record of 327 vessels set in Bremerhaven, Germany, in 2011. Sailing vessels and others too tall to pass under the bridges were moored as an "Avenue of Sail" downstream of London Bridge with smaller craft in St Katherine Docks. British media organisations estimated that one million spectators watched from the banks of the Thames The pageant wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloriana (barge)
''Gloriana'' is a British royal barge. She was privately commissioned as a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II for her 2012 Diamond Jubilee, and was the lead vessel in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. Commissioning The project to build ''Gloriana'' was initiated by Lord Sterling, who gained the idea for a waterborne tribute to the Queen for her Diamond Jubilee from her eldest son, Charles, Prince of Wales. Lord Sterling financed much of the estimated £1.5 million construction cost of the project, with additional financial donations from Eyal Ofer, the Gosling Foundation, The Weston Foundation, Lloyd's Register and the Stiftelsen Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Foundation. ''Gloriana'' was presented to the Queen, who asked that the barge be operated on her behalf by The Gloriana Trust assisted by Thames Alive. Design and construction ''Gloriana'' is a rowing barge. She is powered by 18 oarsmen and two electric inboard engines, and can carry an additional 34 passengers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guin Batten
Guin Batten (born 27 September 1967) is a British rower. She won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the quadruple scull with her elder sister Miriam Batten, Gillian Lindsay and Katherine Grainger. Guin was a member of the Southampton University Boat Club whilst she studied at the University of Southampton. In 2003, she set the record for the fastest solo crossing of the English Channel in a rowing shell (Olympic Class) and became the first solo female crossing, in a time of 3 hours and 14 minutes. This was eight minutes faster than the men's record set by her friend Bob Gullett on the same trip. On 3 June 2012, Guin was amongst the rowers (with her sister) on the Gloriana (barge) with the Olympic Torch at the start of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. She is a member of Thames Rowing Club, Upper Thames Rowing Club and Leander Club, a Steward of Henley Royal Regatta Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian Lindsay
Gillian Lindsay (born 24 September 1973, in Paisley) is a former Team GB Scottish rower. She won silver in the quadruple sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics silver medalist, and two-time medal winner in the World Championships, taking silver in the double sculls in 1997 and gold in 1998. Since her retirement in 2001, she has focused on coaching and commentating. Career Rowing Encouraged by her former PE teacher, Gillian began rowing at age 13 while a pupil at St Andrew's Academy, Paisley. She trained at Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club before being selected to join the senior GB international team at age 18 where she was coached by Mike Spracklen. She had her first taste of the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, as part of in the women's coxless fours, coming in eighth. In 1997, she and partner Miriam Batten took silver in the double sculls at the 1997 World Rowing Championships at Aiguebelette-le-Lac. The following year, they won gold at the 1998 World Rowing Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzie Ellis
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 simply ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Gill
Alison Jane Gill (born 23 August 1966 in Bristol) is a British rower. Along with Annabel Eyres she finished 5th in the women's double sculls at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Gill studied at St Hilda's College, Oxford St Hilda's College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college is named after the Anglo-Saxon Saint, Hilda of Whitby and was founded in 1893 as a hall for women; it .... References External links * * * * 1966 births Living people English female rowers British female rowers Sportspeople from Bristol Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Alumni of St Hilda's College, Oxford Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{UK-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cath Bishop
Catherine Bishop (born 22 November 1971) is a former British rower. In partnership with Katherine Grainger she was World Champion in the coxless pair in 2003, and in 2004 they won a silver medal at the Olympic Games. Following a career as a diplomat she is now a leadership speaker, writer and consultant. Early life and education Bishop was born in Leigh on Sea, England, and educated at Westcliff High School for Girls. She has a BA in modern languages from Pembroke College, Cambridge, a master's in international politics from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and a Ph.D. in contemporary German literature from the University of Reading. Career Rowing Bishop won medals at the World Championships twice, a silver in 1998 in the women's pair with Dot Blackie, and gold in 2003, again in the pair, with Katherine Grainger. In 1999 she was the World Indoor Rowing Champion. She competed in the Women’s Eight in the Olympic Games in Atlanta (1996), the Coxless Pair in Sydney (2000) b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
