I did mention that there was likely to be a few blogs on sporting memorials – even since then, I have noted some more. Last week, I was introduced to Steve ‘Crusher’ Casey in Sneem – one of the Strongest Family on Earth. I have added ‘The Legendary Casey Brothers’ to my list of books to look for. Other than the titles and victories, it is not a bad epitaph that Joe Louis declined a fight. Maybe it is the mental image of early morning rowers emerging from the haze on a lake but there is something magnetic in the grace of rowing – so much opposite what one imagines of wrestling. So it is a bit surprising that a World Champion Wrestler has me thinking of early morning rowing. I can almost see in a film the rowing competitions in Newport with the many spectators. I remember twenty or more years ago watching Cork Regatta down the Marina and being told of the huge crowds that would have attended many years previously. I have a vague recollection that the main prize is the Leander Trophy and if there is any risk of any club winning the cup three times in a row, that the Leander Club in London will send over a squad to try to prevent such a happening. A while back, reading Andy Ripley’s biography, Ripley’s World, I was almost tempted to try rowing for the freedom of gliding over water – an attraction that wrestling never posed. Neither have been tried - to date. | “In 1983, the Casey family organised a family reunion in Sneem. While all seven brothers were alive at the time, only five were able to make the trip. Then in their 70s, the brothers climbed once again into the same four-oar boat they used to win the championships in 1930, '31 and '32. Although they had not rowed together in 50 years, the same unity and natural grace remained undimmed with the passing of time. “ “Both parents worked for the Vanderbilt family at their summer estate in Newport, Rhode Island, during their younger days. Mike Casey oversaw the employment and operation of the extensive fleet of racing sculls maintained by the millionaire family, particularly during the Newport Regatta each summer. |
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