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Daniel Spring

@fatsculler.bsky.social
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I talk about rowing far too much. I also love motorbikes.

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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Maybe we’ll see highlights show on the Beeb under his tenure?
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The 1st Rowing World Cup normally has a limited entry, but this year in Seville it’s going to be incredibly competitive. The field for the W1X is especially strong with Olympic champion Florijn of NED returning to take on Murtagh, Henry, Rigney, De Jong, Boonstra, Forster
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Interesting #rowing fact that I found out today, the boatbuilder Carbocraft (founded by the legendary Bob Janousek) used to be owned/financed by Pink Floyd
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
An open letter from former Olympian Robert Lücken raising significant concerns about the departure of a number of highly experienced coaches from the Dutch Rowing team and the appointment of inexperienced or unsuitable replacements nlroei.nl/open-brief-v...
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Open brief van Robert Lücken aan André Cats (NOCNSF) over roei-teamNL: 'We kijken naar een treinongeluk in slow motion' - NLroei
Devaluatie van het bondscoachteam, leken aan de leiding, signalen van grensoverschrijdend gedrag en vriendjespolitiek. Olympiër Robert Lücken heeft ernstige zorgen omtrent de belangen van de roeiers e...
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Henley Royal Regatta have just announced that the ScottishRowing championships will be used in assessing entries for pre-qualification for the 2026 Royal regatta. Great news for clubs, schools and Unis in Scotland and Northern England
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Just spotted in Waze that @mattpinsent.bsky.social is Pincent!
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
First time since 2015 they leave empty handed
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Congratulations to @mattpinsent.bsky.social jnr on his win at the Eastern Sprints for the Harvard Lightweight 3V
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The Martin
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
A culture of fear at Rowing Australia www.news.com.au/sport/olympi...
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Don’t tell me they age-checked you 😜 “Visibly over 18”
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Last minute change to the CUBC men’s Blue Boat with Tom Macky being dropped to Goldie and Luke Beever stepping up. Also Simon Hatcher and Luca Ferraro swap seats (bow and 7). #TheBoatRace
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
So, with Juniors on Friday, seniors on Saturday and Masters on Sunday this has the makings of the biggest 3-day #rowing festival in Britain (& maybe Europe). Potentially over 1000 crews could race during the 3 days
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Big changes for the Fours ahead 2025 with the split between senior and junior events. Should hopefully free up space for all senior crews to race that want to, and also that the junior event quickly establishes itself as a major event in the junior calendar fourshead.org/2025/04/08/c...
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Changes to Fours Head Events following the launch of the Junior Fours Head
The Committee of the Fours Head warmly welcomes the addition of the Junior Fours Head to the racing calendar. As our race has been over-subscribed for many years, it is clear that more racing capac…
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
jrn.news/the-boat-rac... My annual seat-by-seat preview of the men’s Boat Race crews
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The Boat Race 2025 - Men’s Race Preview
The Boat Race, by far the most famous rowing event in the world, consistently delivers breathtaking racing across the 6.8 km Championship Course. Now in its 170th iteration, the men’s race has…
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
jrn.news/the-boat-rac... my annual seat-by-seat preview of the women’s Boat Race crews
jrn.news
The Boat Race 2025 – Women’s Race Preview
The Boat Races, by far the most famous rowing event in the world, consistently delivers breathtaking racing across the 6.8 km Championship Course. Since moving to the Tideway a decade ago…
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
A friend of the family used to be the Landlord there in the late 70’s. I remember there used to be a tug of war v The Maybush across the river, the winners were the first to pull their opponents into the water!
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Just wondering if, with everything going on in the USA at the moment, the prospect of studying and #rowing at an American University will become less and less attractive to non-Americans.
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Not to be pedantic but it was 20 men and 16 women….all 4 coxes are men 😜
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
CUBC have named their reserve crews for #TheBoatRace the women’s reserve crew (Blondie) are coxed by Louis De Neve who, at 193cm, is the tallest in the crew and possibly the tallest cox to ever race in either reserves or Blue Boat
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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
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‘Lovely gentle dinosaurs’: Brisbane 2032 Olympic rowing may be held in saltwater crocodile habitat
The Brisbane 2032 Olympic rowing may be held on river inhabited by ‘lovely, gentle dinosaurs’
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
My next year was 1989 with UL…started 415th finished 14th! I reckon that’s got to be close to the most places gained ever 😂
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I raced in ‘86 but moved school for ‘87 to a school that focused on 4’s so didn’t get to race that year
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
1987….BBC televised the HoRR on Grandstand youtu.be/09CSghJplhk?...
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Tape140 1987 Head of the River Race Full Coverage
YouTube video by MostynARC
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Very sad news
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Not a particularly helpful comment from a member of the OUBC exec
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Goodbye repechages and hello Mixed 8’s. World #Rowing make major changes ahead of the 2025 season worldrowing.com/2025/03/17/r...
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World Rowing - Rowing Enters a new era with Key Innovations for the Classic Rowing discipline
World Rowing is taking a major step forward in the evolution of the sport, with three decisions confirmed at the recent Quadrennial Congress.
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
And now a comment from Matt Heywood, must be said, OUBC aren’t emerging out of this smelling very good
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Imogen Grant calls it “slimy” by Oxford
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
No more information than what’s in the statement, for some reason the PGCE has been deemed an ineligible course for the purposes of the Boat Race. It also impacts Kate Crowley (cox of the LW8 crew in 24) and Molly Foxell (Blondie 24). Maybe CUBC will issue a clarification statement?
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
CUBC athletes studying for a PGCE have been ruled as ineligible to compete in this year’s Boat Race. This rules out U23 World Champion Matt Heywood and 2024 lightweight cox Kate Crowley cubc.org.uk/2025/03/17/s...
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Statement on the eligibility of PGCE students for The Boat Race 2025
Cambridge University Boat Club is deeply disappointed by the news that our PGCE students have been classified as ineligible to race in The Boat Race. There is no question academically about the sta…
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Strong result for both Thames Rowing Club and Molesey Boat Club, 2nd and 3rd behind a star-studded NED W8 at the Heineken in Amsterdam #rowing
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Could we see mixed 2X and 8+ (with mandatory doubling-up) at the #LA2028 #Olympics ? The proposal is being discussed at the World Rowing Congress
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
So a pet hate of mine (one of many as I get older and grumpier) why do clubs refer to their crews as 1V and 2V this makes me think they’re rowing a 5. It usually means “Varsity” which is a University team not a club….how hard is it to write 1st VIII instead??
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Candidate for the most picturesque racing venue on the British Rowing calendar?
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Watching #DriveToSurvive storylines feel a little clunky….”Sainz has to perform”…he wins “Lando no wins”….he wins….”Leclerc Monaco curse”….Leclerc wins Monaco….all feels a bit contrived
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Blimey! www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
thepress.co.nz
‘Out of control’: Mass disorder after national rowing champs in Twizel
Police had to call for back-up from neighbouring towns after post-rowing regatta celebrations became “effectively a riot”.
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Before #GoldFever there was “Olympic Diaries” featuring Pinsent & Redgrave, a fascinating insight into the dynamics of their pair #rowing youtu.be/C9GcMRsyqfk?...
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1996 BBC Olympic diaries
YouTube video by MostynARC
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Interesting to read that #Paris2024 M8 champion, Tom Digby, is planning on returning to the sport after a bit of a break and is targeting racing in the M4- at #LA2028 #Rowing
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Only just realised that there are only 2 World Rowing Cup Regattas this season rather than the usual 3 (Varese and Lucerne)
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Sadly the actual answer is a bit underwhelming “the boy would be a great statesman of some sort”
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Answers on a postcard to…..
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Obviously those 19th Century Eton #rowing types were a bit dodgy 🤣 (taken from Viceroys: The Creation of the British” by Christopher Lee).
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Right, that’s my afternoon sorted 😃 #Lego
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Watching this great programme about the 1978 World Rowing Championships youtu.be/oKnZo6HWqoc?...
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Tape212 1978 World Championships
YouTube video by MostynARC
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Improve the rail network and make tickets affordable, then ban domestic flights of less than an hour.
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Very impressive results from St Paul’s School at Quintin ahead of the River, 2nd overall by just 1 second. Is there any other team sport where a junior team is so competitive against the seniors? #rowing #rudern #aviron www.quintinhead.org/wp-content/u...
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heartheboatsing.bsky.social @heartheboatsing.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
On HTBS: A brief notice from the Daily Mirror of London from July 1908. The unknown article writer called for women rowing at the Olympic Games! (Thank you, @evansthestats.bsky.social) heartheboatsing.com/2025/01/16/n...
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Daniel Spring @fatsculler.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Except for the PR3 Mix 4+
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