Posted on August 21, 2019
South Africa's rower's quest to compete at next year's Tokyo Olympic Games is starting in earnest from Sunday when they are competing at the World Championships in Linz Ottensheim, Austria.
Posted on August 20, 2019
As a moth can't resist the temptation to play around a burning candle so can Ursula Grobler not resist trying to see the Olympic flame burn one last time.
Posted on July 23, 2019
South Africa's rowers got a proud tradition when it comes to winning medals at World Championships.
Posted on April 16, 2019
South Africa’s rowers gave a good account of themselves over the past weekend during the Memorial Paulo D’Aloju in Piediluco, Italy winning two races as well as being second in four races and third in another.
Posted on April 09, 2019
South Africa’s top rowers will start their campaign trying to qualify for next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo over the weekend when they are competing at the Memorial Paulo D’Aloju in Piediluco, Italy.
Posted on October 15, 2018
The national rowing coach, Roger Barrow, aims to qualify two boats for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Posted on September 14, 2018
The UP-Tuks men’s eight men rowing crew might just make local rowing history tomorrow afternoon when competing in the A-final of the USSA Boat Race on the Kowie-River in Port Alfred.
Posted on September 05, 2018
Not many would have given Jake Green (Tuks) a real chance of representing South Africa from Sunday at the World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, but then again once he commits to a goal, there is no stopping him.
Posted on August 28, 2018
The gold medallist at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships, James Mitchell (TuksRowing), decided not to make himself available for selection for next month’s senior world championships in Bulgaria due to study commitments.
Posted on July 29, 2018
Charles Brittain and James Mitchell gave a masterclass display of what guts and determination should be about yesterday when they won the gold medal in the men’s pair race during the World Under-23 Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland.
Posted on July 23, 2018
Charles Brittain (Tuks) is set to continue the proudly South African rowing legacy established by his elder brothers from Wednesday when he competes in the World Under-23 Championships in Poznan, Poland.
Posted on July 16, 2018
The men's fours crew finished third in the A-final in 5:58.52 at the Lucerne World Cup, Switzerland.
Posted on July 11, 2018
The South African men’s fours rowing crew will have something to prove from Friday when they take to the water to compete in Lucerne, Switzerland in the third event of the World Cup-series.
Posted on June 04, 2018
It was predicted that Kirsten McCann and Nicole van Wyk can become a formidable rowing combination. Yesterday in Belgrade in their first World Cup outing as a lightweight double sculls crew they did not disappoint winning a silver medal.
Posted on May 31, 2018
SA’s foremost rowers will face their first real challenge when they compete in Belgrade World Cup.
Posted on May 10, 2018
The battle to be in the boats that will try and qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will start in earnest when South Africa’s top rowers get to compete at the Belgrade World Cup in three week’s time.
Posted on April 16, 2018
South Africa’s rowers proved they are again going to be a force in international rowing when they won four gold medals over the three days of the Regata Internazionale Memorial Paolo d'Aloja in Italy.
Posted on April 12, 2018
There will be a lot at stake from tomorrow when South Africa’s top rowers are competing at the Regata Internazionale Memorial Paolo d'Aloja in Italy.
Posted on March 06, 2018
South Africa is attempting to break the record for most people entered from one country as we were a close second last year.
Posted on February 07, 2018
“My goal is to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. 2019 is going to be important as it is the year in which we need to qualify for the Games. So not competing this year won’t be the end of the world. I need my body to be 100% from next in the build-up to the Olympic Games.”
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