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The Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (also known as the HOSR or the HOS) is a rowing race held annually during the last weekend in October on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [3] The HOSR is the final race in the Fall Fury series, which includes the Head of the Ohio and the Head of the Connecticut. [4]
The regatta was named after Harry Emerson "Dad" Vail, for his years of coaching at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.. The story of the Dad Vail Regatta, and of the Rowing Association, begins with two men, "Rusty" Callow, then coach at the University of Pennsylvania, who came up with the idea, and Lev Brett, who made the idea a reality.
The race forms a leg of the national kudos of winning a rowing 'triple' in which occasionally an undefeated Junior Eight (J18 8+ or WJ18 8+) wins this race, the National Schools Regatta, and either the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta or the Peabody Cup at Henley Women's Regatta.
The Women's Eights Head of the River Race (WEHoRR) is a processional rowing race held annually on the Tideway of the River Thames in London on the 4 + 1 ⁄ 4-mile (6.8 km) Championship Course from Mortlake to Putney. A mirror of the Eights Head of the River for male crews, it is held a fortnight earlier when the tides are similar. It is raced ...
Jun. 10—For The Ironton Tribune The 45th annual Kiwanis Run By The River is this Saturday. Sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of East Greenup County, the 5K and 10K road races will start at 8:30 a.m ...
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The Bandit Big Rig Series is a motorsport road racing series for semi-tractors which is held in the United States. [1] The competition has the peculiarity that it is run on oval circuits , all of them short-tracks (circuits of less than 1 mile in length).
The Mug Race is an annual sailing race held on St. Johns River in the US state of Florida. Billed as the "World's Longest River Race", the course starts in Palatka and ends in Jacksonville . To compete, masts must be under 44 feet in order to clear all bridges along the course.