Tag: rowing
A round rowing course in the Rijnenburg polder: ‘It is necessary and it is possible’
Rowing and Utrecht go together like Vockingworst and mustard. To illustrate: Triton has been around since 1880 and the Varsity on the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal is a household name. Utrecht has…
Sports Short: silver Van de Kerkhof, stage victory Wiebes, Pieterse second
CYCLING Lorena Wiebes has won the final stage of the Simac Ladies Tour. The Mijdrecht woman, who was already beaten twice this week in the bunch sprint, this time kept…
Sports Short: Houten loses again, Dalto starts with victory
CYCLING Lorena Wiebes has once again failed to win a bunch sprint in the Simac Ladies Tour. In the third stage, over 149 kilometers from Emmeloord to Lelystad, the top…
Sports Short: De Groot reaches US Open final, Griffioen retires
CYCLING Lorena Wiebes has once again failed to win a bunch sprint in the Simac Ladies Tour. In the third stage, over 149 kilometers from Emmeloord to Lelystad, the top…
Sports Short: Wiebes misses out on stage victory again
CYCLING Lorena Wiebes has once again failed to win a bunch sprint in the Simac Ladies Tour. In the third stage, over 149 kilometers from Emmeloord to Lelystad, the top…
Sports Short: Wiebes misses out on stage victory again
CYCLING Lorena Wiebes has once again failed to win a bunch sprint in the Simac Ladies Tour. In the third stage, over 149 kilometers from Emmeloord to Lelystad, the top…
Sport Short: De Groot and Griffioen start US Open with victory
WHEELCHAIR TENNIS Diede de Groot and Jiske Griffioen have both advanced to the quarterfinals of the US Open. De Groot from Woerden won 2-0 against the French Pauline Déroulède. Griffioen,…
The historic double victory caused the coaches’ Whatsapp group to stir – these are the kind of athletes Finland’s young rowing heroes are
Petra Stenman, working to support the coaches of Jere Haapalainen and Antti Sainio, expected one medal and was confused about two. Roommates Jere Haapalainen and Antti Sainio spent the beginning…
Despite the crowds, there is still a rowing club in Utrecht: ‘On that beautiful river Vecht’
“Look, this is a canal and from there it is 20 meters to the Vecht,” says initiator and treasurer Cor Scheffers. “We are now going to remove the weeds and…
Despite the crowds, there is still a rowing club in Utrecht: ‘Finally on the Vecht’
Utrecht already has quite a few rowing clubs, but another one is being added: De Vechtse Roeivereniging Zuilen (VRV). It is the first club to sail on the Vecht. The…