Once upon a time God made a rugby pitch. He put it in a lush green valley among rolling hills and quaint stone houses along a winding road. There were green trees on each sideline and the practice pitch was made of the same soft ground and green grass as
Rowers Touring Side v. Battersea Ironsides RFC: The Tour to Remember Remains Undefeated
Rowers Pregame Huddle at Battersea It was a wet one Rain fell over London in a steady, cold, grey downpour as the Rowing Club Euro Touring Side bussed to the borough of Battersea to take on the Ironsides in the second match of the great 2015 Tour to Remember. I
Rowers Euro Tour Visits Grave Sites of Fallen Players
Rowing Club Wreath at the Vimy Ridge Monument The Great War, at least the physical part of it, was brutally simple. “Rolling Barrage” is an elegant way of saying “They blew everything up, sent men in to carve up anyone left over with bayonets, then set up and did it
Rowers Win First Tour Game at Ovale du Gy in the North of France
The bus to the game was noisy or, at least, everything felt amplified. There were bleary eyes and sunglasses and abuse of exit valves. Ovale du Gy is at the end of a cobbled road out in the French Countryside, among stone buildings and working farms. It’s the sort of
A Quarter Never Came Back: The Vancouver Province Talks with VRC's Cam Tompkins about the Tour To Remember
Photo: Kelly Egilsson As 42 Rowers pack their bags for a 10 day tour of France, Belgium, England and Wales, The Vancouver Province‘s Susan Lazaruk sat down with Cam Tompkins to talk about the Tour To Remember and what it means to him, and to the club. The long list