David Riches (rower): Difference between revisions

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==Rowing career==

Riches was part of the coxless pairs crew, with [[Ewan Pearson (rower)|Ewan Pearson]] that won the national title rowing for [[Molesey Boat Club]], at the [[1985 British Rowing Championships|1985 National Rowing Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS487952628/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=2f1bc2d0|title=Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1985, p. 29|website=Times Digital Archives}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS419926262/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=d35f6c00|title=Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 22 July 1985, p. 25|website=Times Digital Archives}}</ref> The following year the pair participated in the [[1986 Commonwealth Games]], where he won a bronze medal in the men's coxless pairs.<ref name=GH/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49777|title=Commonwealth Games results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref> He was a double winner of the [[Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup]] in 1984 and 1985.

 

==References==

[[Category:Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games]]

[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing]]

 

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