Greg Denieffe
@gregdenieffe.bsky.social
Greágóir Denieffe: a rebel without oars le cúpla focal Gaeilge.
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A lot of things fill a 50-year time span. If you can still do a wee bit of coxing after all that time, do it.
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Tales of the Unexpected IV – Old Dog, Old Tricks
Bedford Autumn Head of the River, October 2005. A win rowing in the men’s 4+ (beating 10 crews) was followed by a loss coxing the women’s 4+ [Excess baggage in the cox’s seat?]. Crew names (bow to …
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December 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A lot of things fill a 50-year time span. If you can still do a wee bit of coxing after all that time, do it.
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Cork International Regatta 1902 - The Cup, The Crews, and The Crowds.
On HTBS: At the Cork International Regatta in 1902, the Berliner Ruder-Club was the runners-up in the eights, losing to Leander Club. HTBS has published articles about the regatta and the German club. Now @gregdenieffe.bsky.social digs deeper into the story.
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June 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Cork International Regatta 1902 - The Cup, The Crews, and The Crowds.
It won't be long until Oxford start with the MOGA caps and begin calling the Tabs 'Woke'.
April 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Bob Janoušek: "The idea is to put blades in out together. Your strokes make noise like cows shitting on concrete floor."
Janoušek's command of the English language greatly improved during his time coaching the GBR heavies.
Janoušek's command of the English language greatly improved during his time coaching the GBR heavies.
On HTBS: In Chris Dodd's essay "Rhythm and Feuds", the question is: to bond or not to bond? He writes about crews that stayed together and those who didn’t - Cambridge, Nott County Rowing Association, Yale, Harvard, Oxford, Bob Janoušek's 1976 Olympic eight.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Bob Janoušek: "The idea is to put blades in out together. Your strokes make noise like cows shitting on concrete floor."
Janoušek's command of the English language greatly improved during his time coaching the GBR heavies.
Janoušek's command of the English language greatly improved during his time coaching the GBR heavies.
Some rare pieces in the Garland Collection, like the only known photo of a Belvedere College rowing crew and a National Yacht Club Regatta medal.
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On HTBS: In a Crewcial Collectables, @gregdenieffe.bsky.social reminds us of what rowing treasurers are out there in the world. Greg was contacted by Frank Garland about items he and his siblings had inherited from his father, Gerry Garland, a member of Dublin RC. heartheboatsing.com/2025/02/20/c...
Crewcial Collectables: Another Contribution to Dublin’s Urban Blues
Thomas Gerard ‘Gerry’ Garland photographed in 1941, the year before Dublin Rowing Club disbanded. Picture: Frank Garland. 20 February 2025By Greg DenieffeGreg Denieffe gives his annual reminder of …
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February 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Some rare pieces in the Garland Collection, like the only known photo of a Belvedere College rowing crew and a National Yacht Club Regatta medal.
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New event at HRR. Picture from 2025 HRR calendar. "Passing the hole in the wall..."
February 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
New event at HRR. Picture from 2025 HRR calendar. "Passing the hole in the wall..."
Looking back on Dillon's time in Ireland, it's remarkable how much he was accepted, considering that his past was well known to some people. Well played DUBC ⚫️⚪️ and Neptune 🟢⚫️.
On HTBS (2 of 2): February being the LGBTQ+ History Month in the UK and Ireland, we continue to dip into the HTBS Archive with the second part of a story by @gregdenieffe.bsky.social about Doctor Michael Dillon, born Laura Maude Dillon.
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February 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Looking back on Dillon's time in Ireland, it's remarkable how much he was accepted, considering that his past was well known to some people. Well played DUBC ⚫️⚪️ and Neptune 🟢⚫️.
An amazing story but an incredibly sad ending. #LGBTHistory
On HTBS (1 of 2): From the HTBS Archive. Feb in the UK and Ireland is LGBTQ+ History Month. We repost a two-part piece from 2021 by @gregdenieffe.bsky.social on Laurence Michael Dillon, born Laura Maude Dillon, who rowed and raced first as a woman then as a man. heartheboatsing.com/2025/02/12/d...
February 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
An amazing story but an incredibly sad ending. #LGBTHistory
Nice selection of rowing posters in this piece by Bill Miller.
On HTBS: International regatta posters are great pieces of graphic art. These posters were regularly printed to promote the events. From 1900 to about 1975, these posters mostly featured graphic designs, rowing historian Bill Miller writes and displays 32 poster. heartheboatsing.com/2025/01/29/p...
Photo Essay: International Regatta Posters
1900 Spa International RegattaThomas E Weil Collection 29 January 2025 By Bill Miller International regatta posters are great pieces of graphic art. National, International, FISA and Olympic poster…
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January 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Nice selection of rowing posters in this piece by Bill Miller.
Nice surprise this morning to see this follow-up to my 2014 post.
On HTBS: Matthias Zander, of Berliner Ruder-Club, writes about the club's trip to Ireland for the 1902 Cork Regatta - it's quite a story.
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January 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Nice surprise this morning to see this follow-up to my 2014 post.
Couldn't let the centenary of the 1924 Tailteann Games pass without a HTBS post.
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The 1924 Tailteann Games – A Centenary ‘Crewcial Collectables’ Special
On the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, Oliver Sheppard was commissioned by the government to design the prize medal for the Tailteann Games (or Aonach Tailteann, as it was officially…
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December 19, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Couldn't let the centenary of the 1924 Tailteann Games pass without a HTBS post.
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An rud is annamh is iontach.
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December 13, 2024 at 9:03 AM
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