Rowers back training in rain after 100-day marker passes
At a press day to mark 100 days to the Games, yesterday, the GB Rowing Team said that Olympic champion Tom James will be the “fourth man” in the GB Rowing Team men’s four for the season’s opening World Cup in Belgrade (4-6 May) whilst Alex Partridge has the chance to pursue his passion for the eight instead.
The announcement means a reunion for James with Andrew Triggs Hodge and Peter Reed, with whom he won men’s four gold in Beijing, and with Alex Gregory with whom he won World gold in 2011.
For Partridge the opportunity now arises to rekindle the excitement of the eight in which he won silver in Beijing and World silver in 2010 and 2011.
“The objective has always been to have a strong strategy across the squad and to produce more than one top boat. There are no winners and losers today”, said Men’s Chief Coach, Jurgen Grobler, summing up the confident mood in a men’s squad that has strong medal aspirations for both Belgrade and the London Games, which begin 100 days from today.
“I love the eight, I love racing in it and I’m very excited to be with such a strong group of guys. At the end of the day I want to be in a place in the team where I know that I can do everything I can to be the best I can be when the Games come round”, said Partridge from the team’s training camp in Italy.
Tom James said: ”I’m looking forward to being in the four in Belgrade. After a long and sometimes difficult winter of training, it will be good to get racing”.
Great Britain won silver in the men’s eight in Beijing and silver at the 2010 and 2011 World Championships. The men’s four were champions in Beijing and World Champions in 2009 and 2011.
“These tight selection calls show the high quality of both of these boats with all our top guns vying for places through the long trials and testing process”, said GB Rowing Team Performance Director David Tanner.
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HILL CLIMBS INTO COXING SEAT AND QUAD LINE-UP FINALISED
Phelan Hill, on leave from his role as a special advisor at HM Treasury, can now count on steering the GB Rowing Team men’s eight in Belgrade. He retains his seat in the boat that won World Silver in 2010 and 2011.
Britain has also named its men’s quadruple scull for the first world cup. Matt Wells and Stephen Rowbotham – who were double scull bronze medalists in Beijing – will race in Belgrade with Charles Cousins and Tom Solesbury.
This means that 2010 World double scull silver winner, Marcus Bateman, will contest the single scull in Serbia
“It’s good to have the last bits of the jigsaw in place and we look forward to taking on the rest of the world in Belgrade. This is an important first step to test out our boats after an excellent winter’s preparation across the squads”, said Tanner.
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SAMSUNG WORLD ROWING CUP I
Belgrade, Serbia, 4-6 May, 2012
GB ROWING TEAM CREWS LIST
(See home-towns, clubs and dates of birth in list below. Named here in crews bow to stroke unless indicated. Coach in brackets).
OPEN
WOMEN
Pair
Helen Glover/Heather Stanning
(Robin Williams)
Eight
Jo Cook/Emily Taylor/Polly Swann/Olivia Whitlam/Louisa Reeve/Jess Eddie/Katie Greves/Lindsey Maguire/Caroline O’Connor (cox)
(Nick Strange)
Single scull – two boats
Annabel Vernon
(Paul Thompson)
Rachel Gamble Flint
(Jane Hall)
Double scull
Anna Watkins/Katherine Grainger
(Paul Thompson)
Quadruple scull
Beth Rodford/Melanie Wilson/Frances Houghton/Victoria Thornley
(Ade Roberts)
MEN
Pair – two boats
George Nash/Will Satch
(John West & Christian Felkel)
Dan Ritchie/Cameron Nichol
(John West & Christian Felkel)
Four
Alex Gregory/Peter Reed/Andrew Triggs Hodge/Tom James
(Jurgen Grobler)
Eight
Alex Partridge/James Foad/Tom Ransley/Ric Egington/Moe Sbihi/Greg Searle/Matt Langridge/Constantine Louloudis/Phelan Hill (cox)
(John West & Christian Felkel)
Single scull – two boats
Alan Campbell
(Bill Barry)
Marcus Bateman
(Mark Banks)
Double scull
Bill Lucas/Sam Townsend
(Mark Earnshaw)
Quadruple scull
Matt Wells/Tom Solesbury/Charles Cousins/Stephen Rowbotham
(Mark Banks)
LIGHTWEIGHTS
WOMEN
Single scull
Kathryn Twyman
(Paul Reedy)
Double scull – two boats
Sophie Hosking/Kat Copeland
(Paul Reedy)
Imogen Walsh/Andrea Dennis
(Paul Reedy)
MEN
Pair
Paul Mattick/Adam Freeman-Pask
(Rob Morgan/Darren Whiter)
Four
Peter Chambers/Richard Chambers/Rob Williams/Chris Bartley
(Rob Morgan)
Double scull
Zac Purchase/Mark Hunter
(Darren Whiter)
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HOME TOWN LISTS
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OPEN WOMEN |
CLUB |
HOME TOWN |
DATE OF BIRTH |
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Pair |
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Minerva Bath |
Penzance |
17/06/86 |
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Army RC |
Lossiemouth |
26/01/85 |
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Coach: Robin Williams |
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Eight |
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Jo Cook |
Leander Club |
Sunbury-on-Thames |
22/03/84 |
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Emily Taylor |
Leander Club |
Lincoln |
28/06/87 |
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Leander Club |
Edinburgh |
05/06/88 |
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Olivia Whitlam |
Agecroft RC |
Warrington |
16/09/85 |
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Leander Club |
London |
16/05/84 |
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Univ of London BC |
Durham |
07/10/84 |
|
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Leander Club |
Oxford |
02/09/82 |
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Lindsey Maguire |
Wallingford RC |
Edinburgh |
15/01/82 |
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Caroline O’Connor (cox) |
Oxford Brookes Univ BC |
Ealing, London |
25/04/83 |
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Coach: Nick Strange |
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Single Scull (Boat 1) |
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Annabel Vernon |
Leander Club |
Wadebridge |
01/09/82 |
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Coach: Paul Thompson |
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Single Scull (Boat 2) |
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Rachel Gamble-Flint |
Leander Club |
Darlington |
13/09/91 |
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Coach: Jane Hall |
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Double Scull |
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Leander Club |
Leek, Staffs. |
13/02/83 |
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St Andrew BC |
Aberdeen |
12/11/75 |
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Coach: Paul Thompson |
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Quadruple Scull |
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Gloucester RC |
Gloucester |
28/12/82 |
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Imperial College BC |
London |
25/06/84 |
|
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Leander Club |
Oxford |
19/09/80 |
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Leander Club |
Wrexham |
30/11/87 |
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Coach: Ade Roberts |
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OPEN MEN |
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Pair (Boat 1) |
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Molesey BC |
Guildford |
02/10/89 |
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Leander Club |
Henley-on-Thames |
09/06/89 |
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Pair (Boat 2) |
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Daniel Ritchie |
Leander Club |
Herne Bay |
06/01/87 |
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Cameron Nichol |
Molesey BC |
Glastonbury |
26/06/87 |
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Four |
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Tom James |
Molesey BC |
Wrexham |
11/03/84 |
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Leander Club |
Wormington |
11/03/84 |
|
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Leander Club |
Nailsworth, Glos |
27/07/81 |
|
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Andrew Triggs Hodge |
Molesey BC |
Hebden, N. Yorks |
03/03/79 |
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Coach: Jürgen Grobler |
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Eight |
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Alex Partridge |
Leander Club |
Alton, Hants |
25/01/81 |
|
Molesey BC |
Southampton |
20/03/87 |
|
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York City RC |
Cambridge |
06/09/85 |
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Richard Egington |
Leander Club |
Knutsford |
26/02/79 |
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Molesey BC |
Surbiton |
27/03/88 |
|
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Greg Searle |
Molesey BC |
Marlow |
20/03/72 |
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Leander Club |
Northwich |
20/05/83 |
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Leander Club |
London |
15/09/91 |
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Cox – Phelan Hill |
Leander |
Bedford |
21/07/79 |
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Single Scull (Boat 1) |
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Tideway Scullers School |
Coleraine |
09/05/83 |
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Single Scull (Boat 2) |
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Marcus Bateman |
Leander Club |
Torquay |
16/09/82 |
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Coach: Bill Barry |
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Double Scull |
|
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Bill Lucas |
London RC |
Kingswear |
13/09/87 |
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Reading Univ BC |
Reading |
26/11/85 |
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Coach: Mark Earnshaw |
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Quadruple Scull |
|
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Reading Univ BC |
Willingham, Cambs |
13/12/88 |
|
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Stephen Rowbotham |
Leander Club |
Winscombe, Somerset |
11/11/81 |
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Tom Solesbury |
Leander Club |
Petts Wood, Kent |
23/09/80 |
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Matthew Wells |
Leander Club |
Hexham, Northumberland |
19/04/79 |
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Coach: Mark Banks |
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LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN |
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Single Scull |
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Kathryn Twyman |
Wallingford RC |
Oxford |
29/03/87 |
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Coach: Paul Reedy |
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Double Scull (Boat 1) |
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Sophie Hosking |
London RC |
Wimbledon |
25/01/86 |
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Tees RC |
Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees |
01/12/90 |
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Coach: Paul Reedy |
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Double Scull (Boat 2) |
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London RC |
Inverness |
17/01/84 |
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Andrea Dennis |
Imperial College BC |
Oxford |
03/01/82 |
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Coach: Paul Reedy |
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LIGHTWEIGHT MEN |
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Pair |
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Paul Mattick |
Leander Club |
Frome, Somerset |
25/04/78 |
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Adam Freeman-Pask |
Imperial College BC |
Windsor |
19/06/85 |
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Coaches: Rob Morgan & Darren Whiter |
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Four |
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Leander Club |
Coleraine |
10/06/85 |
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Oxford Brookes Univ BC |
Coleraine |
14/03/90 |
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Rob Williams |
London RC |
Maidenhead |
21/01/85 |
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Leander Club |
Chester |
02/02/84 |
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Coach: Rob Morgan |
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Double Scull |
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Zac Purchase |
Marlow RC |
Tewkesbury |
02/05/86 |
|
Mark Hunter |
Leander Club |
Romford, Essex |
01/07/78 |
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Coach: Darren Whiter |
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TIMETABLE OF RACING
Friday 4 May
Heats and repechages 09.00 – 18.30
Saturday 5 May
Quarter-finals, semi-finals:
09.00 – 16.30
FINALS (International classes only)
17.00 – 18.00
Sunday 6 May
09.20 – 10.30
B Finals – (Olympic classes)
FINALS – (Olympic classes)
The dates and venues for the other two world cups are:
SAMSUNG ROWING WORLD CUP II
Lucerne, Switzerland, 24-26 May
SAMSUNG ROWING WORLD CUP III
Munich, Germany, 15-17, June
