Barras stamps his authority

Tom Barras stamped his authority by five seconds on the open men’s single scull 5km time-trial at the GB Rowing Team assessment in Boston, Lincolnshire today.

Tom Barras stamped his authority by five seconds on the open men’s single scull 5km time-trial at the GB Rowing Team assessment in Boston, Lincolnshire today.

There was also a big win for Sam Tuck in the lightweight men’s single scull with the results tightly bunched in other events.

Barras, from Leander Club, who raced as a Cardiff University student in the GB Rowing Team quadruple scull at last year’s World U23 Championships, came home ahead of Harry Leask, also of Leander Club and who was part of the U23 men’s eight last season.

George Stewart of Molesey BC took third place, four seconds ahead of his club-mate Dave Bell.

It was cold and windy in Lincolnshire today.  “We had a strong headwind. These were tough conditions”, said Peter Sheppard, GB Rowing Team Chief Coach for U23s and Juniors.  “We saw today who has done the training over the winter”.

Oxford Brookes took first and third in the men’s pair event with Michael Glover and Morgan Bolding pipping the Leander duo of Phil Congdon and Timothy Clarke by just 0.6 seconds to take the title.  Rory Gibbs and Matthew Aldridge were third.

The top three open women single scullers Anastasia Chitty (Oxford University Women’s Boat Club), Emily Carmichael (Leander Club) and Beth Bryan (Tees RC) all completed the 5k course within 10 seconds of each other.

The afternoon’s session saw the lightweight single scullers in action into a big headwind but with more stream running.

Molesey BC”s Tuck took the honours in the lightweight men’s single scull against some more-tipped opposition.

He was more than seven seconds ahead of Leander’s Jonathan Jackson and nine up on his club-mate Alastair Douglass.  Jackson and Douglass were in the World U23 lightweight men’s four bronze medal winning boat.

Tuck was at Peterborough RC before going on to Durham University.  “That was a really good result for Sam. It was a pleasant surprise to see him coming through”, said Sheppard of a race in which Hugo Coussens, still an U20, took fourth.

Edinburgh University had a good afternoon on Boston’s River Witham.  Robyn Hart-Winks reinforced her good November trials showing when she won the lightweight women’s single scull in a time of 21:22.02 with Maddie Arlett, also from Edinburgh, taking fourth in the same event.

Ellie Lewis of Agecroft and Manchester University was second with Oxford Brookes’  Louise Hart in third

“It was very tight at the top of this group with only five seconds separating the top four.  That means we have an interesting group coming up through to challenge in the future”, said Sheppard.

This weekend’s event is the third assessment of the winter. Performances today could equate to an invitation to the Olympic trials next month and ultimately on to places to represent the nation at a variety of events this summer.

TOP TEN FINISHERS

OPEN WOMEN

Single scull

1.   Anastasia Chitty (Oxford Univ Women’s BC) 23:13.14

2.   Emily Carmichael (Leander Club) 23:19.85

3.    Bethany Bryan (Tees RC) 23:23.84

4.    Rebecca Girling (Molesey BC) 23:27.57

5.    Josephine Wratten (Tees RC) 23:27:57

6.    Emily Ford (Newcastle Univ) 23:43.26

7.    Fiona Gammond (Leander Club) 23:44.81

8.    Ruth Siddorn (Oxford Univ BC) 23:49.48

9.    Gabby Rodriguez (Molesey BC) 23:50.63

10.  Caitlin Boyland (Nottingham RC) 23:51.68

OPEN MEN

Pair

 

1.    Michael Glover/Moran Bolding (Oxford Brookes Univ) 19:28.15

2.    Timothy Clarke/Philip Congdon (Leander) 19:28.74

3.    Rory Gibbs/Matthew Aldridge (Oxford Brookes Univ) 19:32.06

4.    Chris Boddy/Adam Neill (Leander Club) 19:38.05

5.    Cameron Buchan/Thomas Ford (Leander Club) 19:40.70

6.    Luke Moon/Chris Heywood (Molesey BC) 19:43.27

7.    Lewis McCue/James Rudkin (Robert Gordon Univ /Newcastle Univ) 19:45.28

8.    Matthew Hnatiw/William Hall (Oxford Brookes Univ) 20:05.24

9.    Calum Irvine/Rufus Scholefield (Edinburgh Univ) 20:05.92

10.  David Ambler/Samuel Whittaker (St Pauls Sch/Molesey BC) 20:12.67

 

Single scull

1.   Tom Barras (Leander Club) 20:45.79

2.    Harry Leask (Leander Club) 20:50.42

3.    George Stewart (Molesey BC) 21:05.07

4.    Dave Bell (Molesey BC) 21:09.01

5.    Rowan Law (Leander Club) 21:10.68

6.    Sam Twine (Reading Univ) 21:16.97

7.    Harry Glenister (Leander) 21:17.66

8.    Joel Andrew (Leander) 21:20.16

9.    David Bewicke-Copley (Eton College) 21:20.45

10.  Nick Bell (University of Bath) 21:21.29

LIGHTWEIGHT

WOMEN

Single scull

1.    Roby Hart-Winks (Edinburgh Univ) 21:22.01

2.    Ellie Lewis (Agecroft/Manchester Univ) 21:24.35

3.    Louise Hart (Oxford Brookes Univ) 21:24.64

4.    Maddie Arlett (Edinburgh Univ) 21:27.05

5.    Imogen Mackie (Oxford Brookes Univ) 21:27.06

6.    Susannah Duncan (Exeter Uni) 21:58.35

7.    Camilla Plumb (Peterborough City) 22:05.73

8.    Katy Ratcliffe (Reading Univ BC) 22:11.37

9.    Mary Wilson (Wallingford RC) 22:25.84

10.  Lois Macgeachy (London RC) 22:51.15

MEN

Single scull

1.    Sam Tuck (Molesey BC) 19:30.02

2.    Jonathan Jackson (Leander Club) 19:37.27

3.    Alastair Douglass (Molesey BC) 19;39.23

4.    Hugo Coussens (Durham Univ) 19:46.16

5.    John Hale (Imperial College) 19:51.01

6.    Benjamin Reeves (Oxford Brookes Univ) 19:51.01

7.    Oliver Morgan (Oxford Brookes Univ) 19:54.35

8.    Gregor Maxwell (Edinburgh Univ BC) 19:57.69

9.    Barnaby Stroud-Turp (Newcastle Univ) 19:59.65

10.  James Temple (Edinburgh Univ) 20:01.20

For further information about this event report, please contact: The GB Rowing Team press office via [email protected] or 07831 755351