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- Rowing should only be practiced if you are a confident swimmer
- Rowing involves sitting backwards in a long boat and using oars to steer and move the boat and propel it
- Each member of the rowing team - or crew - uses both hands to pull one oar through the water
- The most famous of all rowing races are the Thames River competitions between Oxford and Cambridge, first held at Henley in 1829
- Sculling is a version of rowing in which the rower controls two oars, one in each hand
- Sculling teams consist of one, two, or four members; rowing crews have two, four, or eight members, with or without a coxswain
- You can row alone or in a team with up to four others
- Races are held over distances of up to two kilometres and the first boat across the line is the winner
- Rowing clubs are a great way of getting involved in the sport and meeting new people
