Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 8:59pm

Push for club crew makes waves in rowing ranks

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Published Thursday, March 6, 2008
Riley Ford ’11 rowed with the Yale lightweight crew team last fall, but he was not with the team Monday when Yale’s crews practiced for the first time this spring at the Gilder Boathouse in Derby, Conn. “I finished out the fall season and loved it, but there were a lot of other things that I wanted to try out while I was here,” Ford said.
#1 By Harry P (Unregistered User) 10:58am on March 6, 2008

Hey if the kids want to row as a recreational club then I say let 'em row. What's the problem here? Have we forgotten that rowing at Yale was started by students? Club rowing has a lot of history here. Let it continue.

#2 By John F (Unregistered User) 12:15pm on March 6, 2008

Harvard has had a club program for many years, operating out of Weld Boathouse.

#3 By Thoughts (Unregistered User) 1:44pm on March 6, 2008

As long as they stay away from the varsity equipment...

#4 By Alum (Unregistered User) 10:43pm on March 6, 2008

Hello Yale Daily News reporters. Please note that it is incorrect to use the term 'crew team,' notwithstanding the fact that many rowers do so. The crew is the rowing team, so to say 'crew team' is the equivalent of saying the 'rowing team team.'

#5 By (Anonymous) 11:04am on March 7, 2008

this is an article about nothing...

#6 By ugh (Unregistered User) 12:38am on March 9, 2008

crew is one of the worst sports every created

#7 By barry vasios (Unregistered User) 1:48pm on March 20, 2008

When I was an undergraduate back in the 60's, each college had its own rowing team and it was part of the Tyng Cup competition. The inlet in West Haven on the way to the Bowl was the venue.

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