Comments on: At the Eton Mission Rowing Club

By: Robert Hall

Robert Hall — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 15:46:41 +0000

Revised contact details for rowing club :
Email:
etonmission@netscape.net
Webpages:
http://codeminkies2019.ddns.net/etonmissionrc/index.html

By: Andre John Adams

Andre John Adams — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 05:56:28 +0000

I used to cox a four at the club back in the late 70,s early 80s Tony Honey, Tim Hinchcliff, John Goggin and my Dad Mick Adams, What a great club great people and fond memories rowed the head of the river chatting with my father today about the club and the memories great place.

By: Rodney croome

Rodney croome — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 15:54:23 +0000

My brother rowed for your club and won many medals his name was terry croome sorry to say he passed away a couple of years ago , we used to live at 42 Berkshire road till it was all pulled down as a young lad my brother took me to the club and let me use the rowing machine. He used to work at broncos and I used to go to lee marsh school. Looking at your sight brought back many happy memories.

By: Rob Hall

Rob Hall — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:12:08 +0000

Anyone wanting to contact the club (as a few have indicated)

Website

http://www.etonmissionrc.org.uk

contact@etonmissionrc.org.uk

By: Barry Williams

Barry Williams — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:24:49 +0000

Tim , it must be 40 years since I rowed with you & Bob , what a delightful surprise to see your pictures on this website . If you get this message let me have your contact No. I would like to meet up again . Last year I meandered round to the boathouse for old times sake .
Hope you are well, best wishes , Barry

By: Terry Reed

Terry Reed — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:34:36 +0000

I’ve had my doubts about the Olympics for a while, and this sad story confirms them. The daughter of a member of the rowing club of which I am a member (North Staffordshire Rowing Club, near Leek) is in the GB rowing squad for 2012; but I have to say, these Olympians are very coy about the extent to which they are financed. From what I can see, UK athletes for 2012 are able to train full-time, as if it were a job. Presumably they get enough to pay mortgages and everything, but lack of transparency gets my goat. That makes them professional sportsmen and women in my book.

Stories about junk food pedlars like Macdonalds, Coca Cola and Kraft being linked to the Olympics are sick, if true. I remember Tony Blair, on a visit to a third world subsistence farmer was caught offguard on a live mic, commenting these small farmers should be put out of existence, for the big mechanised ones to take over their land. Sound familiar? Bet a similar conversation happened in some boardroom at Olympics Plc.

Wouldn’t a temporary bridge have been a solution, or am I missing something? Then again, if Olympics Plc want to stuff the little guy…

By: Gary Foster

Gary Foster — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:51:29 +0000

Eton Mission RC is a real gem in Hackney that should preserved at all costs! I write as someone who sculled there when a student at Queen Mary College (University of London) back in the late 1980s. I have so many happy memories of the place, and of Bob Hall (Sn), Rob Hall and Tim who coached me, trained with me and helped me win races at leading regattas on the Thames and Bedford. They were like family to me. Its good to see that they are still there and looking after new members, men and women, who have also found their way to Hackney Wick for some uplifting inspiration and healthy exercise in the heart of the East End.

I am also amazed that all this is being threated by another sporting organisation, and one with Olympic ideals! Surely a way round can be found to secure the continuity of a local club that has existed since 1885? I’m keen to lend what support I can to Eton Mission RC, even at this stage; hopefully others will be too.

By: Waterboatman

Waterboatman — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:39:26 +0000

It’s a sheer disgrace but totally unsurprising.

As with the the Marshgate Lane allotments here was a chance to incorporate real and vibrant East End life and tradition (and in this case a great sporting tradition) in Olympic planning.

For history read ‘thorn in the neck’ since the Olympics have signaled a clearout of any indigenous culture including local architecture.
See also the ill fated Angel Cottage on Angel Lane.
If it’s not official vandalism then it’s tacitly sanctioned wreckage.

And for what exactly? To line the already bulging pockets of a few cronies with great big fat smiles on their faces. Charming.

By: Peter Bayfield, Henley Rowing Club

Peter Bayfield, Henley Rowing Club — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:13:25 +0000

I saw your club house during a conducted walk around the periphery of the Olympic Site. Our guide gave us a brief history of the club but no mention was made of your shabby treatment by the Olympic Authority. I feel ashamed that such a bad decision is being imposed by one “sporting” group on another. Good luck with your attempt to sway their decision in a better direction.

By: Henry Law

Henry Law — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:25:52 +0000

I second the other comments, to the effect that this is shameful. But it's not just that, it's complete stupidity on the part of LOCOG. For the sake of an amount of money which is probably the cost of a single meeting within that august body they could amply support this tiny club, and show that they meant what they said about the legacy. And no, since this is a non-profit-making sports club there wouldn't be a precedent affecting litigation resulting from the equally shameful way that commercial companies are being treated, which is another story. And if it's not stupidity it's arrogance.