EVESHAM ONLINE CHALLENGE on rowpro sat 08:00GMT

[ancho]

For all those who will not be able to attend to Evesham, I've just set up te EVESHAM ONLINE CHALLENGE in rowpro:
4*1,609k, starting saturday 08:00am GMT.

Race us if you dare!

[Bob S.]

For all those who will not be able to attend to Evesham, I've just set up te EVESHAM ONLINE CHALLENGE in rowpro:
4*1,609k, starting saturday 08:00am GMT.

Race us if you dare! :twisted:

I keep seeing this word Evesham a lot, especially on the U.K. forum. I gather that it is some sort of British thing, but I haven't the foggiest idea what. Is it an erg race? It seems a few months out of season for that.

Bob S.

[whp4]

For all those who will not be able to attend to Evesham, I've just set up te EVESHAM ONLINE CHALLENGE in rowpro:
4*1,609k, starting saturday 08:00am GMT.

Race us if you dare!

I keep seeing this word Evesham a lot, especially on the U.K. forum. I gather that it is some sort of British thing, but I haven't the foggiest idea what. Is it an erg race? It seems a few months out of season for that.

Bob S.

Read all about it here

Just be glad you're not rowing 64 thousand kilometers with ancho early Saturday morning (yeah, yeah, I know, other parts of the world use the comma as a decimal point)

Bill

[Bob S.]

Read all about it here

Just be glad you're not rowing 64 thousand kilometers with ancho early Saturday morning :) (yeah, yeah, I know, other parts of the world use the comma as a decimal point)

Bill

Thanks, Bill. It sounds like a great club. It still surprises me to read about summer erg competitions - especially at a club that has a big OTW program. As far as I know, there are only four erg competitions a year held in California and all of them (San Diego, Long Beach, San Francisco area, and Sacramento area) are CRASH-B satellite regattas that are held in January and early February. For the rest of the year, the competitions are all on the water. I could see why there would be a longer season, like November through March in those areas where the winter weather makes it difficult or impossible to go out on the water, but it seems strange to have erg competitions in July in the northern hemisphere.

Re Ancho: It may be early Saturday morning for him, but it would be around midnight here.

Bob S.

[mpukita]

You can just call it the "Sleepless Mile" or "Sleeping Mile" Bob.

[Eddie Fletcher]

Bob S

This is indeed an out of indoor rowing season event - competitors are mainly indoor rowers (see www.indoorrowing.org.uk for IRC afficliation) although good to see more water rowers competing this year.

Becoming one of the biggest regional races of the year - held in a festival atmosphere in an English summer - coincides with a local river festival which culminates in an illuminated (themed) boat parade (120 river cruisers etc) - literally thousands come down to watch the festivities.

More and more rowers camping over to enjoy the evening fun after a hard day racing.

From small beginnings 4 years ago (30 competitors) 220 this year every race fully stacked. Many of the Briitish mile records set at this event and this year we expect more. Racing starts at 9.20 and is continuous every 15 mins/20 mins until 5.00 pm

Large Junior section this year which is great to see 39 youungsters from one school who have benefited from a Sir Steve Redgrave rowing initative.

This year we have internatioal competitors in Mark Pukita form the USA and Hennie from the Netherlands!

The atmosphere is usually electric!

Eddie Fletcher - joint organiser

[Bob S.]

Bob S

This is indeed an out of indoor rowing season event - competitors are mainly indoor rowers (see www.indoorrowing.org.uk for IRC afficliation) although good to see more water rowers competing this year.

Eddie Fletcher - joint organiser

Eddie.

Thanks for the additional information. I am truly impressed by the growth of your event, especially as it seems to epitomize the new development of indoor rowing as a sport all its own. I don't see that happening yet in the U.S., at least not in the west, but I am continually amazed by the activity that seems to be going on in the U.K. as evidenced by the voluminous postings on the C2/U.K. Forum. Although I was privileged to play a small role in the last couple of seasons after a nine year layoff, I still feel like an outsider looking in – more of a spectator from a distance than a participant. I still remember seeing a CRASH-B rule that it was considered improper to train for it. Things have changed just a bit.

Bob S.