Olympic Regattas - 1908 London

CC GBR FIGOPUZZLE Sudocard °Rowing° No. 02 - Guy Nickalls (GBR 1866 - 1935), M8+ gold medal winner OG London 1908

GBR magazine "Vanity Fair"

          1889 July 20th

               G. Nickalls also achieved 23 victories at Henley Royal Regatta 1885-1907.

                He won the Wingfield Sculls three times in a row in 1887, 1888 and 1889.
CC GBR FIGOPUZZLE Sudocard °Rowing° No. 17 Douglas C.R. Stuart (Cambridge University BC), M8+ bronze medal winner OG London 1908

Douglas C.R. Stuart was the stroke of the victorious Cambridge Boat Race crews 1906-1908 and president of C.U.B.C. 1909

GBR magazine "Vanity Fair"

1907 March 13th

CC GBR FIGOPUZZLE Sudocard °Rowing° No. 18 - Banner Carruthers Johnstone (GBR 1882-1964), M8+ gold medal winner OG London (Henley) 1908

B. C. Johnstone also was a member of the winning Cambridge crews in 1904, 1906

& 1907 and president of Cambridge University Boat Club in 1907
		GBR magazine °Vanity Fair° 1907 July 3rd

CC GBR FIGOPUZZLE Sudocard °Rowing° No. 19 - Raymond Broadley Etherington-Smith (GBR 1877-1913), M8+ gold medal winner at OG London (Henley) 1908

R.B. Etherington-Smith was a member of the victorious Cambridge Boat Race crews in 1899 & 1900; president of C.U.B.C. in 1899 and captain of Leander Club in 1903, 1905, 1906 & 1908.
		GBR magazine "Vanity Fair" 1908 Aug. 5th

CC ITA 1976 PANINI °Montreal 76° No. 30 - Harry Blackstaffe (GBR), M1X gold medal winner OG London 1908
CC ITA PANINI °Olympia° No. 046 OG London 1908 - Harry Blackstaffe (GBR), M1X Olympic champion
Coin GBR-GIBRALTAR 2004 °Return to Athens° Five Pounds (silver PP)
Crew card GBR OG London (Henley) 1908 - M8+ crew GBR, gold medal winner

Henry Bucknall, Charles Burnell, Raymond Etherington-Smith,

Albert Gladstone, Frederick Kelly, Banner Johnstone, Guy Nickalls,

Ronald Sanderson, cox Gilchrist MacLagan
Medal OG London 1908 - Coxless pairs new Olympic discipline (one ounce pure silver 999)
PC GBR 1908 OG London - Duke Street at Henley decorated with flags (reproduction with PM GBR 2001 on back)
PC GBR 1908 OG London - M1X gold medal winner Harry Blackstaffe (GBR) #Coll. JE#

The 40-year-old Blackstaffe was twice the age

of McCulloch (GBR), his opponent in the final.
PC GBR 1908 OG London - The Norwegian M8+ posing at Henley Regatta course

PM Henley July 31st = day of finals

The Olympic Regatta had four events: M1X, M2-, M4- and M8+. Including the United Kingdom, seven

countries were represented, the others being Canada, Germany, Belgium, Norway, Holland and Hungary.

Only one foreign crew reached a final: The M8+ from Belgium. All four events were won by Great Britain.

PC GBR 1908 OG London (at Henley) - Harry Blackstaffe GBR), M1X Olympic champion #Coll. JE#

PC GBR 1908 OG London at Henley Blackstaffe Olympic Sculling Amateur Champion

The 40-year-old Blackstaffe was twice

the age of his opponent in the final

Alexander McCulloch (GBR) who had

won the Diamond Sculls at Henley Royal

Regatta several weeks before the Olympic

regatta.

PC GBR 1908 OG London (at Henley) - The GBR crew (Leander) two lengths ahead of the Belgian crew (RCN de Gand) in the M8+ final

PC GBR 1908 OG london at Henley Leander beat Belgium in M8 final

Gold medal: GBR (Leander Club)

A. Gladstone, F. Kelly, B. Johnstone, G. Nickalls,

C. Burnell, R. Sanderson, R. Etherington-Smith,

H. Bucknall, cox G. Maclagan 7:52,0

Silver medal: BEL (Royal Club Nautique de Gand)

O. Taelman, M. Morimont, R. Orban,

G. M. F. Vergucht, P. Veirman, O. de Somville,

R. Poma, cox A. Vanlandeghem

Only the times of winning crews were recorded.

PC GBR Henley Olympic Regatta 1908 (PU July 30th = the day before the rowing finals)
PC GBR SUDOCARD Sport No. 008 - Guy Nickalls (GBR, 1866-1935)

Guy Nickalls won Olympic Gold as a 41 years old member of the British M8+ at OG London 1908. He won 22 events at Henley Regatta.
PM GBR 1908 Henley July 31st (day of finals OG London 1908 at Henley)
PM GBR 1908 OG London (at Henley) July 30th - the day before the Olympic rowing finals
PM GBR 2001 Sept. 29th Henley - Home of Rowing - Olympic Games 1908 - 1948 - River & Rowing Museum
Print GBR 1908 °Vanity Fair° magazine - Raymond B. Etherington-Smith (GBR), M8+ gold medal winner OG London 1908, president of Cambridge University BC 1899, winner of the Boat Race 1899 + 1900 (reprint)

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