Page, Geoffrey
Date Born/Est
07 Apr 1929
Date Died/Ceased
31 Mar 2002
Biographical Display
GEOFFREY PAGE, journalist, author, oarsman, coach, teacher, artist
Geoffrey Page (1929-2002) was the long-serving rowing correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph and the daily Telegraph. An art and porttery teacher at University College School, he was involved in rowing as an oarsman for St Paul's, the University of London, Thames Rowing Club and the England team in the Commonwealth Games of 1954.
He was an accomplished coach (he took University College Dublin all the way in the Ladies' Plate in 1974, the first Henley win by an Irish crew for 72 years) and chaired the Amateur Rowing Association's technical committee in the 1960s. He wrote a history of Thames RC and co-authored the history of Leander. He was an intrepid conversationalist, good if unpublished poet, a painter, potter and graphologist, and president of the British Association of Rowing Journalists.
Geoffrey Page (1929-2002) was the long-serving rowing correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph and the daily Telegraph. An art and porttery teacher at University College School, he was involved in rowing as an oarsman for St Paul's, the University of London, Thames Rowing Club and the England team in the Commonwealth Games of 1954.
He was an accomplished coach (he took University College Dublin all the way in the Ladies' Plate in 1974, the first Henley win by an Irish crew for 72 years) and chaired the Amateur Rowing Association's technical committee in the 1960s. He wrote a history of Thames RC and co-authored the history of Leander. He was an intrepid conversationalist, good if unpublished poet, a painter, potter and graphologist, and president of the British Association of Rowing Journalists.
Place Of Death
London/England