From the Charles, rowing with Iraq

2 September 2010, 8:48 am

Community Rowing, Inc. , the ambitious rowing organization based in the gorgeous wood-sheathed Harry Parker Boathouse on the Charles River in Brighton, is reaching far beyond the Bay State's shores. Bruce Harold Smith, the executive director, just returned from a rowing trip in northern Iraq, where he helped train Olympic rowing coaches and rowers. Smith worked with young Iraqi rowers on Lake ...... Read More »

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