WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS

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As the FISA flag passes from Gifu, Japan to Eton, the countdown to the first full World Rowing Championships to be held in the UK for 20 years begins.
Building on the experience of the widely-acclaimed Rowing World Cup regatta of May 2005, the Organising Committee is working hard to ensure these Championships are even better – a rewarding and thrilling experience for all – an occasion worthy of the description ‘The Athlete’s Championships’.
Now chosen as Rowing and Flat-water Canoeing venue for the London 2012 Olympic Paralympic Games, Dorney Lake is firmly in the spotlight.
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2006 World Rowing Championships - Welcome Page
Thanks to all competitors, officials, and volunteers, for making this such a successful Championships.

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, Guernsey world rowing coastal challenge
2006 will see Guernsey host both the inaugural British rowing championships and the FISA World coastal rowing championships, these events will take place on the 2nd and 3rd of September and will form the largest rowing event held in the area.
World Rowing coastal challenge 2006

and events Thursday 31st August 2006§      Rowers / supporters start to arrive in Guernsey§      Rowing village will be ready§      Competition boats will be available for orientation and training Friday 1st September 2006§      Rowers / supporters continue to arrive in Guernsey§      Competition boats will be available for orientation and training§      Guard boat cover will be provided §      15:00 to 18:00 - Race check-in for the British and World Championships §      19:00 Vin d’honneur and official opening of the regatta 2nd September 2006§      09:00 Race briefing for the British Championship§      10:30 / 11:00 Ladies race start§      13:30 / 14:00 Men’s race start§      19:00-21:00 Informal buffet in rowing village Sunday 3rd September 2006§     09:00 Race briefing for the World Championships§    10:30 / 11:00 Ladies race start§    13:30 / 14:00 Men’s race start§   18:00 Prize giving and closing ceremony followed by dinner / dance (we expect a representative from the ARA to present the trophies for the British Championships and a representative from FISA to present the trophies for the World Championships).

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The ideas and format for this history originated from the Olympic Rowing and World Senior Rowing Championship histories written by Andrew Guerin and Margot Foster in 1991, 1992 1993 for the Australian team handbooks.
At the 55th FISA Congress in 1959 held in Macon, France, it was decided that the first World Rowing Championships would be held in 1962.
At the 50th FISA Congress in Amsterdam in 1954, the President of the American federation expressed the hope that the World Championships would be instituted by 1958.
World Championships for lightweight men and women were first conducted in 1985 and have been held annually since then.
In 1961 the FISA Congress decided that the World Championships would be held every four years.
In his book, The Story of World Rowing, Christopher Dodd writes, put Keller into the chair at a time when survival, let alone expansion, of the sport and the future shape of competitive and amateur rowing required some hard decisions.
In 1955, at the FISA Congress, it was suggested that the championships be organised within the following four years, and the delegates unanimously instructed FISA to pursue the feasibility of this proposal.
Switzerland was the successful bidder for the inaugural World Championships, having the event awarded to it at the 56th FISA Congress in 1960.
The idea of a World Championship was conceived by a former President of FISA, Gaston Mullegg (SUI) during his presidency from 1949 until his untimely death in 1958.
The Romanian and Soviet federations, however, hoped that every nation would have the opportunity to enter, irrespective of its European championships performance.
The Championships for open men were conducted every four years from 1962 until 1974 when, thereafter, they were held annually, except for Olympic years.
More discussion was held in 1956 at the 52nd FISA Congress and the Americans proposed they hold the first world championship in Philadelphia in 1958, inviting the first two place getters in each event from the European championships.
The annual European Championships conducted since 1892, were regarded as the unofficial world championships until that date.

Eventually, at the FISA Congress on 23rd November 1958 in Vienna, it was agreed that World Championships would be conducted.
Final approval for the holding of such championships every four years was postponed until 1961 to give all federations the opportunity to make their views known.
The Americans withdrew from organising the 1958 World Championships at the 53rd FISA Congress in 1957.
World Championships for women commenced in 1974 and have likewise been conducted every year except in Olympic years.
He never lived to see the inauguration of the world championships which he had so strongly supported.
World Championships - Australian Rowing History
The Origins of the Championships The idea of holding a World Rowing Championship had been discussed at an international level for some time before the first such championship was held in 1962.