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Spurrier continues mastery of Kentucky's Wildcats
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The Great Debate: Cam Huffman's take on whether Will Korn or Stephen Garcia will be the better college QB
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Pony Express wins
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Palazzo's pupils shine
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Sunday's Sports on TV
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Williston-Elko 64, Ridge Spring-Monetta 6
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Predators win in 4 OTs
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Friday's scoreboard
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Friday's prep football scores
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Derry Heir defeats Buckleigh in overtime of wild polo game
10/10/2008 7:22 PM
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Aiken Fall Classic primed for weekend
10/10/2008 7:22 PM
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Derry Heir defeats Buckleigh
in overtime of wild polo game
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High school football previews
10/9/2008 7:18 PM
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Goose Creek rolls past Brigadoon in Silver Cup
10/9/2008 7:11 PM
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At the races
10/9/2008 9:02 PM
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North Augusta games to be carried on the web
10/9/2008 7:17 PM
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Local results
10/9/2008 9:02 PM
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Wagener native part of Vandy's success
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Sheriff's office investigating coach
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Rowers enjoy the Masters
5/3/2008 10:44 PM
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By MICHAEL PAUL
Staff writer
With temperaments as calm as the water lapping the docks at Langley Pond, rowers set off Saturday morning to compete in the Aiken-Augusta Masters Rowing Regatta. Unlike regattas in which high schools or colleges compete, the intensity is low. This regatta -- a 1,000-meter sprint with up to six shells in a race -- is for those who no longer compete in college.
For rowers like Augusta resident Tom Allison.
"It exercises all parts of your body, but it's low impact," he said. "It's not like running, where you have impact on your knees. I have bad knees. I can't run, but I can row."
Allison got involved in rowing when he was 48 and his son started rowing in high school.
"He loved rowing," Allison said. "He couldn't wait to go rowing. So I thought, 'Well, there's got to be something to it, if this kid likes it.'"
And Allison, a member of the Augusta Rowing Club, has been rowing for nearly eight years. He was a dock master for this regatta -- assisting rowers as they set off from the dock for the start of their races -- but he was hoping to pull together some rowers to compete in the eights.
"I love it," he said, "It's a wonderful sport."
That wasn't his thought after his first race in an eight-man boat.
"We were terrible," he recalled and then laughed. "There were seven other novices with me in that boat. Within 100 yards of the start we were already passed by two other eights."
And that was even after a staggered start for the 5-kilometer race, in which Allison's crew was the first to race.
"It took us forever," he said. "I think we were the last race of the day because we didn't see another boat for the rest of the way."
But Saturday, he was hoping he could be back on the water competing in a sport he enjoys.
5/3/2008 10:44 PM
0 comments on this story E-mail this story to a friendBy MICHAEL PAUL
Staff writer
With temperaments as calm as the water lapping the docks at Langley Pond, rowers set off Saturday morning to compete in the Aiken-Augusta Masters Rowing Regatta. Unlike regattas in which high schools or colleges compete, the intensity is low. This regatta -- a 1,000-meter sprint with up to six shells in a race -- is for those who no longer compete in college.
For rowers like Augusta resident Tom Allison.
"It exercises all parts of your body, but it's low impact," he said. "It's not like running, where you have impact on your knees. I have bad knees. I can't run, but I can row."
Allison got involved in rowing when he was 48 and his son started rowing in high school.
"He loved rowing," Allison said. "He couldn't wait to go rowing. So I thought, 'Well, there's got to be something to it, if this kid likes it.'"
And Allison, a member of the Augusta Rowing Club, has been rowing for nearly eight years. He was a dock master for this regatta -- assisting rowers as they set off from the dock for the start of their races -- but he was hoping to pull together some rowers to compete in the eights.
"I love it," he said, "It's a wonderful sport."
That wasn't his thought after his first race in an eight-man boat.
"We were terrible," he recalled and then laughed. "There were seven other novices with me in that boat. Within 100 yards of the start we were already passed by two other eights."
And that was even after a staggered start for the 5-kilometer race, in which Allison's crew was the first to race.
"It took us forever," he said. "I think we were the last race of the day because we didn't see another boat for the rest of the way."
But Saturday, he was hoping he could be back on the water competing in a sport he enjoys.
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