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Front Cover
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identify the school boat club blazer
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spot the boat club's oars
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find the boat code
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read about regattas around the world
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Oar Finder
Rowing Club Colours - The Guide to Blazers and Oars
Rowing Club Colours - The Guide to Rowing Blazers and Oars
This essential book helps spectators and rowers to identify rowing blazers, oars and boat codes. Discover how to decode the jargon and learn about boat categories. Featuring rowing blazers and oars from over 120 clubs, schools and universities (including USA Ivy League). Read about Henley Royal Regatta and regattas around the world. The clear and colourful graphics are arranged in rainbow colours as the perfect companion to the racing season.
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“The ideal guide to the question ‘which club is that blazer?’ Set out in palette order and with helpful descriptions of the clubs, and with other fun and informative facts, this is the perfect pocketbook for the enthusiast at Henley.”
Mark Blandford-Baker
British and World Rowing Umpire
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"At last, someone has taken on the monumental task of helping all rowers with a much-needed guide to rowing club colours. "
Richard Phelps
Chair of Henley Royal Regatta
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Read the full article here
"...cleverly designed for easy use by even the most enthusiastic Pimm’s drinker at the end of a long day in the Fawley Bar. "
Tim Koch, Hear The Boat Sing
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"The inexorable surge in popularity for striking and stripey blazers abounds –
This timely contribution providing guidance to "blazerati" will surely grow..."
CD Riches, Master In Charge of the Water, Westminster School
Rowing Club Colours helps to match rowing blazers with clubs and crew.
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How to use this Guide
Blazers
Imagine yourself at Henley Royal Regatta. A striking rowing blazer catches your eye as it blazes past, and you wonder which club the rowing blazer represents.
Ask yourself:
1 “What colour is the rowing blazer?”
2 “What colours are the stripes?”
Blazers are divided into two groups: solid colours and stripes
& patterns. They are sorted by their main colours:Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, White, Grey, Brown and Black
To find the blazer, look down the coloured tabs on the side
of each page. Go to the solid or striped section to locate the club and crew.Alternatively, go to the Blazer Finder at the back of the book to find the crew.
Oars
A fast boat speeds by and you spot its distinctive oars. Curious about the club, you take note of the oar design. Go to the Oar Finder to locate
the club.Boat Codes
While wandering past trailers you notice boats with 3-letter boat codes (e.g. OXB for Oxford Brookes University). “Who’s here?” you ask yourself.
Go to the Boat Code Finder.
Boat codes are listed alphabetically.Major Regattas
Learn about the major regattas around the world.
Jargon
New to club rowing? Decode the jargon you hear in the commentary. Use the visual guide to learn about boat categories.
Blazer Variations and Accessories
Many clubs have multiple versions of their club blazer. Club members, top crews, captains, committee members may have subtle variations in their designs (e.g. blazer buttons). This guide shows only one version of each club’s blazer.
Clubs may also have accessories such as boater hats, caps, cravats, scarves, ties, bow ties, waistcoats and socks. While not depicted in this guide, these accessories often follow the same colour schemes as their blazers.
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What is a Rowing Blazer?
The term "blazer" comes from the club jackets worn by Lady Magaret Boat Club, the rowing club of St John's College Cambridge. Their bright red jackets were made of blazing red cloth.
Since this university club first created a distinct rowing blazer, many other rowing clubs have followed. The use has spread to schools, rowing clubs and to other countries like the Netherlands and the USA.
This new style book, Rowing Club Colours - The Guide to Blazers and Oars, in its first edition is the perfect addition to your collection of rowing and sports books. It shows all the main club blazers you see at Henley Royal Regatta and helps to identify the club behind each rowing blazer, using illustrations rather than photographs to show each blazer clearly.