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Instagram account for Hear The Boat Sing (HTBS), covering all aspects of the rich history of rowing, as a sport, culture phenomena, and life style. www.heartheboatsing.com
On HTBS: For those who rowed in West London 40 years ago, William John Colley (1937–2025) was “Young Bill”, a sobriquet to differentiate him from his father, William Charles Colley (1902–1986), “Old Bill”, a waterman and lighterman for 60 years, Tim Koch writes.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
On HTBS: For those who rowed in West London 40 years ago, William John Colley (1937–2025) was “Young Bill”, a sobriquet to differentiate him from his father, William Charles Colley (1902–1986), “Old Bill”, a waterman and lighterman for 60 years, Tim Koch writes.
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On HTBS (2 of 2): Edward H. Jones looks into the life of Jimmy Hamill after his rowing career was over. Hamill coached Yale freshman’s crew in 1873 and had an unusual fitness routine. Hamill had “running scrub races with every passing horse” – Horseplay!
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October 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
On HTBS (2 of 2): Edward H. Jones looks into the life of Jimmy Hamill after his rowing career was over. Hamill coached Yale freshman’s crew in 1873 and had an unusual fitness routine. Hamill had “running scrub races with every passing horse” – Horseplay!
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On HTBS (1 of 2): Edward H. Jones looks into the rowing career of James “Jimmy” Hamill (1838-1876). Edward writes:
"In an era when rowing was America’s most popular spectator sport, no one was a better oarsman than a short and stocky glassblower from Pittsburgh."
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"In an era when rowing was America’s most popular spectator sport, no one was a better oarsman than a short and stocky glassblower from Pittsburgh."
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October 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
On HTBS (1 of 2): Edward H. Jones looks into the rowing career of James “Jimmy” Hamill (1838-1876). Edward writes:
"In an era when rowing was America’s most popular spectator sport, no one was a better oarsman than a short and stocky glassblower from Pittsburgh."
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"In an era when rowing was America’s most popular spectator sport, no one was a better oarsman than a short and stocky glassblower from Pittsburgh."
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On HTBS: The Winklevoss Brothers Donate Record $6.5M to USRowing
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October 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
On HTBS: The Winklevoss Brothers Donate Record $6.5M to USRowing
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On HTBS: In a press release The National Rowing Foundation (NRF) announces the Class of 2025 National Rowing Hall of Fame® inductions. The ceremony will be at the NRF US Team Reunion Tent at the Head of the Charles Regatta on Saturday, October 18 at 4:00 PM.
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October 7, 2025 at 6:20 AM
On HTBS: In a press release The National Rowing Foundation (NRF) announces the Class of 2025 National Rowing Hall of Fame® inductions. The ceremony will be at the NRF US Team Reunion Tent at the Head of the Charles Regatta on Saturday, October 18 at 4:00 PM.
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On HTBS: Bill Miller writes about the Hillsdale RC Four, the Hillsdales, of Michigan, who out of nowhere became the 1879 National Amateur Champions. They continued their success the following years. However, they were ignored by the ARA when they went to England.
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September 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
On HTBS: Bill Miller writes about the Hillsdale RC Four, the Hillsdales, of Michigan, who out of nowhere became the 1879 National Amateur Champions. They continued their success the following years. However, they were ignored by the ARA when they went to England.
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On HTBS: Part I - Tim Koch follows his 15th Coat and Badge, which was won by Coran Cherry from Globe Rowing Club.
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September 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
On HTBS: Part I - Tim Koch follows his 15th Coat and Badge, which was won by Coran Cherry from Globe Rowing Club.
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On HTBS: Anyone associated with rowing or boating in West London and the wider watermen’s community will be saddened to hear of the death, aged 83, of Chas Newens, ‘Chas the boat’. For many years Newens drove the umpire launch at the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race.
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September 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
On HTBS: Anyone associated with rowing or boating in West London and the wider watermen’s community will be saddened to hear of the death, aged 83, of Chas Newens, ‘Chas the boat’. For many years Newens drove the umpire launch at the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race.
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On HTBS: A new rowing biography has seen the light of day: Edward J. Woodhouse’s 362-page "Joe Burk: An American Ideal". The book was supposed to come out in September, but the biography is already available on Amazon in the U.S. and the UK.
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August 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
On HTBS: A new rowing biography has seen the light of day: Edward J. Woodhouse’s 362-page "Joe Burk: An American Ideal". The book was supposed to come out in September, but the biography is already available on Amazon in the U.S. and the UK.
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On HTBS: "In the history of rowing, there can be no greater example of continuity than that provided by the Phelps family – particularly as regards their involvement in Doggett’s," Tim Koch writes. @richardphelps.bsky.social
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August 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
On HTBS: "In the history of rowing, there can be no greater example of continuity than that provided by the Phelps family – particularly as regards their involvement in Doggett’s," Tim Koch writes. @richardphelps.bsky.social
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On HTBS: In May, the OUBC Committee established an alumni-led independent review panel to take a look at the club's “underperformance” in recent Boat Races. The review panel has produce an abridged report that is now made public. Tim Koch has read the report.
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July 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
On HTBS: In May, the OUBC Committee established an alumni-led independent review panel to take a look at the club's “underperformance” in recent Boat Races. The review panel has produce an abridged report that is now made public. Tim Koch has read the report.
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On HTBS: "When Love Happened", a poem by Philip Kuepper.
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July 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
On HTBS: "When Love Happened", a poem by Philip Kuepper.
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On HTBS: (2 of 2) - Edward H. Jones concludes his story about Joseph Trigg, who displayed his athletic prowess as a collegiate rower and football player and then went on to fight in WWI. He became a ringside boxing judge and a caring and compassionate doctor.
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July 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
On HTBS: (2 of 2) - Edward H. Jones concludes his story about Joseph Trigg, who displayed his athletic prowess as a collegiate rower and football player and then went on to fight in WWI. He became a ringside boxing judge and a caring and compassionate doctor.
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On HTBS: (1 of 2) - Edward H. Jones writes about Joseph Edward Trigg, the first African American to earn a position on a major American college crew, Syracuse. Trigg would later fight in WWI and then become a beloved physician in Washington, D.C.
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July 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
On HTBS: (1 of 2) - Edward H. Jones writes about Joseph Edward Trigg, the first African American to earn a position on a major American college crew, Syracuse. Trigg would later fight in WWI and then become a beloved physician in Washington, D.C.
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On HTBS: Tim Koch's pictures from Henley Royal Regatta, Saturday.
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July 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
On HTBS: Tim Koch's pictures from Henley Royal Regatta, Saturday.
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On HTBS: HTBS's Tim Koch has some wonderful pictures from Henley Royal Regatta, Thursday.
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On HTBS: HTBS's Tim Koch has some wonderful pictures from Henley Royal Regatta, Thursday.
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July 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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On HTBS: HTBS's Tim Koch has some wonderful pictures from Henley Royal Regatta, Thursday.
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On HTBS: HTBS's Tim Koch has some wonderful pictures from Henley Royal Regatta, Thursday.
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On HTBS: (2 of 2) - In Tim Koch's 2nd part of the 2025 @henleywomensreg.bsky.social, he writes and show photographs from the the Academic, Junior, Club, Aspirational and PR3 Single finals.
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June 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
On HTBS: (2 of 2) - In Tim Koch's 2nd part of the 2025 @henleywomensreg.bsky.social, he writes and show photographs from the the Academic, Junior, Club, Aspirational and PR3 Single finals.
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On HTBS: (1 of 2) - Tim Koch offers wonderful photographs from 2025 @henleywomensreg.bsky.social
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June 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
On HTBS: (1 of 2) - Tim Koch offers wonderful photographs from 2025 @henleywomensreg.bsky.social
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On HTBS: Tim Koch has been on Leander Club's new balcony.
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June 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
On HTBS: Tim Koch has been on Leander Club's new balcony.
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On HTBS: Tim Koch is getting ready for Henley Royal Regatta. Pictured is Emma Twigg, who is a Henley Steward and will be racing in the Stoner Challenge Trophy (Premier Women’s Double Sculls) with Grace Sypher.
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June 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
On HTBS: Tim Koch is getting ready for Henley Royal Regatta. Pictured is Emma Twigg, who is a Henley Steward and will be racing in the Stoner Challenge Trophy (Premier Women’s Double Sculls) with Grace Sypher.
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On HTBS: (3 of 3) - Tim Koch concludes his report on Eton’s 2025 Procession of Boats, with the so-called Lower Boats.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
On HTBS: (3 of 3) - Tim Koch concludes his report on Eton’s 2025 Procession of Boats, with the so-called Lower Boats.
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On HTBS: (2 of 3) - Tim Koch continues his report on this year’s Procession of Boats at Eton College by looking at the Upper Boats.
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June 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
On HTBS: (2 of 3) - Tim Koch continues his report on this year’s Procession of Boats at Eton College by looking at the Upper Boats.
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On HTBS: (1 of 3) - Eton College, the 585-year-old boarding school for boys age 13-18, is serious about rowing. One of the school’s important rowing events is “Procession of Boats”, this year held on 14 June. Tim Koch was there and took some wonderful photographs.
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June 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
On HTBS: (1 of 3) - Eton College, the 585-year-old boarding school for boys age 13-18, is serious about rowing. One of the school’s important rowing events is “Procession of Boats”, this year held on 14 June. Tim Koch was there and took some wonderful photographs.
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On HTBS: In Tim Koch's article "From CUWBC To C (Via Q)", he writes about Blaise Metreweli, the new head of MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). She rowed for Cambridge in the Women's Boat Race, and can still be seen in the Boat Race for Veterans.
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June 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
On HTBS: In Tim Koch's article "From CUWBC To C (Via Q)", he writes about Blaise Metreweli, the new head of MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). She rowed for Cambridge in the Women's Boat Race, and can still be seen in the Boat Race for Veterans.
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On HTBS: Mark Blandford-Baker writes about Ed Archibald, who was in the @wolfsonnoxford.bsky.social first VIII who took the 2025 Headship. Ed then repeated his first Headship win from 2005, then with Magdalen College - a unique feat. (Photo credit: a unique feat.)
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June 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
On HTBS: Mark Blandford-Baker writes about Ed Archibald, who was in the @wolfsonnoxford.bsky.social first VIII who took the 2025 Headship. Ed then repeated his first Headship win from 2005, then with Magdalen College - a unique feat. (Photo credit: a unique feat.)
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