Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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During this single glorious week, Henley becomes the center of the rowing world. Although few oars-men would like the simile, the Henley Royal Regatta can be compared to the World Series. Eights, doubles, and sculls from all over the globe--America, the British Isles, the Empire (or as the up-to-date British call it, the Commonwealth), and even from behind the Iron Curtain--head for the Thames to complete for the ten different cups. Admission to this unique event is by invitation only--and royal invitation since Her Majesty the Queen is the patron of the regatta...
...only previous time when Harvard was invited to compete, Kent School eliminated its entrant. This time, the results were reversed, and the lightweights defeated Kent in one of the most difficult races of the week. Even a London newspaper called the race "the best in the regatta so far," and the extra weight of the prep schoolers almost brought victory. Harvard, however, finished in front by two-thirds of a length in 6 minutes, 58 seconds, the first Thames Cup trial won in a time under seven minutes...
Coach Brown called the race against Benson "our toughest." The men from the RAF covered the course in 7 minutes, 4 seconds, their second fastest time during the entire regatta. Harvard triumphed, however, by over a length in 6 minutes, 58 seconds, their second fastest time of the regatta also...
...Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames, the University of Washington crew, whose trip to Britain was financed by voluntary subscription from loyal supporters, launched a gleaming cedar shell bought for them by U.S. admirers. But the long-legged Huskies, set to sail off with the Grand Challenge Cup, overlooked the heavily muscled Russians, who brought the same crew that narrowly lost to Cornell last year. Through a torrential thunderstorm Russia's Trud Club crew chopped off a snappy 37 strokes to the minute that gave them an immediate three-quarter-length lead. The Huskies started at 38, flagged...
Harvard earned the invitation to attend the Henley Regatta by climaxing an undefeated American season with a victory at the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges' Sprints...