GB Rowing Team men’s four and quad keep Rio hopes alive
British hearts were tested this morning as the open men’s quadruple scull and men’s four faced a last-chance repechage to progress at the World Championships and keep their World and Rio Games’ hopes alive.
Perhaps the supporters should not have worried unduly as both boats won their repechages and now go through to the semi-finals on Thursday.
The men’s four of Scott Durant, Alan Sinclair, Tom Ransley and Stewart Innes trailed Argentina in the first part of the race but came through to take the lead just before halfway, building a length over the field by 1500m. Behind them, the Spanish surged past Argentina.
The British quartet stayed firmly in the driving seat to win in 5:54.95 with France, to the chagrin of the home crowd, missing out to Spain at the line.
Sinclair said: “We set out to win the repechage and a new focus was to develop the rhythm that we had at training camps but which was lacking in the heat. We felt we did that today and could enjoy the boat speed”.
Sir David Tanner, GB Rowing Team Performance Director said: “That was a good performance today and what we would expect of them”.
Next up the men’s quadruple scull of GraemeThomas, Sam Townsend, Charles Cousins and Peter Lambert kept pulses racing as they were fourth for much of their race before pacing a fabulous final 500m to take the verdict on the line by just under a second over Ukraine, the European silver medallists and defending World Champions, and Canada in third.
The GB crew are the reigning World silver medallists but have been prevented from racing together this season until this week though illness and injury.
“We are not the finished article yet at this regatta”, said Thomas. “We have another training day tomorrow and there is more to come but that was a big step. That was huge.
“We had big respect for the other three crews who qualified, we knew that they would go out hard and we just kept our heads and kept our focus in the early part of the race and came through in the final 500m”.
Sir David Tanner, GB Rowing Team Performance Director said of the men’s quad: “Their second half showed the grit and determination and speed which they are capable of. That will give them confidence to go into the next race and show more of the form that we know they can produce.
Both these races show just how tough the racing is here in the Olympic and Paralympic classes”.
Both GB Rowing Team crews have more work to do here. The top eight boats only qualify for Rio from the men’s quad and the top 11 from the men’s four. Semi-finals for both boat categories are on Thursday.
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RESULTS
(Events featuring GB Rowing Team crews only. Full results: www.worldrowing.com)
OPEN
MEN
Four – Repechage 4
1. Scott Durant/Alan Sinclair/Tom Ransley/Stewart Innes (GREAT BRITAIN) 5:54.95
2. Spain 5:56.27
3. France 5:56.95
4. Argentina 6:08.30
5. Austria 6:11.94
Quadruple scull – Repechage 1
1. Graeme Thomas/Sam Townsend/Charles Cousins/Peter Lambert (GREAT BRITAIN) 5:45.91
2. Ukraine 5:46.03
3. Canada 5:46.25
4. Russia 5:49.11
5. Norway 5:58.76
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CREW LISTS
(bow to stroke plus cox, name, club, hometown)
OPEN
WOMEN
Pair
Helen Glover (Minerva Bath RC/Penzance/17.06.86)
Heather Stanning (Army RC/Lossiemouth/26.01.85)
Coach: Robin Williams
Four
Rebecca Chin (Agecroft RC/Deganwy/11.12.91)/
Karen Bennett (Leander Club/Edinburgh/05.02.89)
Lucinda Gooderham (Leander Club/Garboldisham/09.06.84)
Holly Norton (Leander Club/Johannesburg, SA/01.01.93)
Coach: Jane Hall
Eight
Katie Greves (Leander Club/Oxford/02.09.82)
Louise Reeve (Leander Club/London/16.05.84)
Jessica Eddie (London RC/Durham/07.10.84)
Donna Etiebet (Sport Imperial/London/29.04.86)
Victoria Meyer-Laker (Leander Club/Premnay/18.03.88)
Olivia Carnegie-Brown (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Oxford/28.03.91)
Rosamund Bradbury (Leander Club/Banstead/17.12.88)
Zoe Lee (Imperial College BC/Richmond/15.12.85)
Zoe de Toledo (Cox) (Leander Club/London/17.07.87)
Coach: James Harris
Double scull
Katherine Grainger (St Andrew BC/Glasgow/12.11.75)
Victoria Thornley (Leander Club/Wrexham/30.11.87)
Coach: Paul Thompson
Quadruple Scull
Frances Houghton (Univ of London Tyrian Club/Oxford/19.9.80)
Jessica Leyden (Leander Club/Todmorden/22.02.95)
KrisTina Stiller (Tees RC/Yarm/23.06.87)
Melanie Wilson (Imperial College BC/London/25.06.84)
Coach: Nick Strange
Sculling Spare
Beth Rodford (Gloucester RC/Gloucester/28.12.82)
OPEN
MEN
Pair
James Foad (Molesey BC/Southampton/20.03.87)
Matt Langridge (Leander Club/Northwich/20.05.83)
Coach: Rob Dauncey
Coxed Pair
Nathaniel Reilly O’Donnell (Univ of London BC/Durham/13.04.88)
Matthew Tarrant (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Shepperton/11.07.90)
Henry Fieldman (cox) (Molesey BC/Barnes/25.11.88)
Coach: John West
Four
Scott Durant (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Lancaster/12.02.88)
Alan Sinclair (Leander Club/Munlochy/16.10.85)
Tom Ransley (Leander Club/Ashford/06.09.85)
Stewart Innes (Leander Club/Henley-on-Thames/25.05.91)
Coach: Christian Felkel
Eight
Matt Gotrel (Leander Club/Chipping Campden/01.03.89)
Constantine Louloudis (OUBC/London/15.09.91)
Pete Reed (Leander Club/Nailsworth/27.07.81)
Paul Bennett (Univ of London BC/Leeds/16.12.88)
Mohamed Sbihi (Molesey BC/Surbiton/27.03.88)
Alex Gregory (Leander Club/Wormington/11.03.84)
George Nash (Molesey BC/Guildford/02.10.89)
Will Satch (Leander Club/Henley-on-Thames/09.06.89)
Phelan Hill (cox) (Leander Club/Bedford/21.07.79)
Coach: Jurgen Grobler
Sweep Spares:
Oliver Cook (Univ of London BC/Windsor/05.06.90)
Callum McBrierty (Leander Club/Edinburgh/13.08.92)
Single Scull
Alan Campbell (Tideway Scullers School/Coleraine/09.05.83)
Coach: John West
Double Scull
John Collins (Leander Club/Twickenham/24.01.89)
Jonny Walton (Leander Club/Leicester/06.10.90)
Coach: Mark Banks
Quadruple Scull
Graeme Thomas (Agecroft RC/Preston/08.11.88)
Sam Townsend (Reading Univ BC/Reading/26.11.85)
Charles Cousins (Leander Club/Willingham, Cambs, 13.12.88)
Peter Lambert (Leander Club/Maidenhead/03.12.86)
Coach: Paul Stannard
Sculling Spare:
Angus Groom (Leander Club/Glasgow/16.06.92)
LIGHTWEIGHT
WOMEN
Single scull
Imogen Walsh (London RC/Inverness/17.01.84)
Coach: Paul Reedy
Double Scull
Charlotte Taylor (Putney Town RC/Bedford/14.08.85)
Kat Copeland (Tees RC/Ingleby Barwick/01.12.90)
Coach: Paul Reedy
Quadruple Scull
Brianna Stubbs (Wallingford RC/Poole/13.07.91)
Ruth Walzcak (Molesey BC/Rochdale/15.09.88)
Emily Craig (Univ of London BC/Mark Cross/30.11.92)
Eleanor Piggott (Wallingford RC/Bedford/16.05.91)
Coach: Ben Reed
LIGHTWEIGHT
MEN
Pair
Joel Cassells (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Coleraine/15.06.94)
Sam Scrimgeour (Imperial College BC/Kirriemuir/28.01.88)
Coach: Rob Morgan
Four
Jono Clegg (Leander Club/Maidenhead/14.07.89)
Peter Chambers (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Coleraine/14.03.90)
Mark Aldred (London RC/Birmingham/18.04.87)
Chris Bartley (Leander Club/Chester/02.02.84)
Coach: Darren Whiter
Single Scull
Jamie Kirkwood (Leander Club/Cresswell/30.08.89)
Coach: Rob Morgan
Double Scull
Will Fletcher (Leander Club/Chester-le-Street/24.12.89)
Richard Chambers (Leander Club/Coleraine/10.06.85)
Coach: Darren Whiter
Quadruple scull
Jamie Copus (Oxford Brookes Univ/BC/Watlington/30.01.93)
Steve Parsonage (Norwich RC/Norwich/16.01.96)
Sam Mottram (Leander Club/Stoke Mandeville/14.11.94)
Zak Lee Green (Agecroft RC/Cardiff/05.02.91)
Coach: Hamish Burrell
PARA-ROWING
MIXED
Coxed four (LTA 4+)
Grace Clough (Nottingham RC/Sheffield/21.06.91)
Daniel Brown (Upper Thames BC/Reading/29.11.82)
Pamela Relph (Leander Club/Aylesbury/14.11.89)
James Fox (Univ of London/Peterborough/02.05.92)
Oliver James (cox) (Leander Club/Henley-on-Thames/05.01.90)
Coach: Tom Dyson
Trunk/-arms double scull (TA2x)
Laurence Whiteley (Tees RC/Northallerton/29.08.91)
Lauren Rowles (Marlow RC/Birmingham/ 24.04.98)
Coach: Nick Baker
MEN
Arms/-shoulders single scull (ASM 1x)
Tom Aggar (Marlow RC/Maidenhead/24.05.84)
Coach: Nick Baker
WOMEN
Arms/-shoulders single scull (ASW 1x)
Rachel Morris (Guildford RC/Farnham/25.04.79)
Coach: Tom Dyson
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OUTLINE TIMETABLE
(all times CET, the UK is one hour behind, key to boat classes is at foot of this section. NB – all times provisional, rowing is an outdoor sport. Please follow www.worldrowing.com for up-to-date schedules).
Saturday 29 August
DRAW
Sunday 30 August
10.00 – 14.10
Heats of the: LM1x, LW1x, W2-, M2-, LM2x, LW2x, M4-, M4x, M1x, W1x
Monday 31 August
10.00 – 14.10
Heats of the: W4-, m2+, LM2-, LM4x, LW4x, W4x, W2x, M2x, LM4-, W8+, M8+
Repechages of the: LM1x, M2-, LM2x, LW2x, M1x, W1x
15.40 – 17.16
Heats of the: ASW1x, ASM1x, TAMix2x, LTAMix4+
Wednesday 2 September
10.55 – 13.45
Repechages of the: M2+, LM4x, LW4x, W4x, LM4-, W8+, M8+
Quarter-finals of the: LM1x, M2-, LM2x, LW2x, M1x, W1x
15.55 – 16.51
Semi-finals of the: ASW1x, ASM1x, TAMix2x, LTAMix4+
Thursday 3 September
10.14 – 11.59
Semi-finals of the: LM2-, LM1x, LW1x, W2-, M2-, LM2x, LW2x, M4-, M4x
12.11 – 12.46
Quarter-finals of the: W2x, M2x
16.08 – 17.25
B and A FINALS of the: ASW1x, ASM1x, TAMix2x, LTAMix4+
Friday 4 September
09.41 – 10.16
B Finals of the: M2+, LM2-, LM1x, LW1x, LM4x, LW4x
10.23 – 11.40
Semi-finals of the: W2x, M2x, LM4-, M1x, W1x, M8+
11.50 – 13.36
A FINALS of the: W4-, M2+, LM2-, LM1x, LW1x, LM4x, LW4x
Saturday 5 September
12.00 – 13.00
B Finals of the: W2-, M2-, LM2x, LW2x, M4-, W4x, M4x
13.15 – 14.45
A FINALS of the: W2-, M2-, LM2x, LW2x, M4-, W4x, M4x
Sunday 6 September
12.00 – 13:00
B Finals of the: W2x, M2x, LM4-, W8+, M1x, W1x, M8+
13.15 – 14.45
A FINALS of the: W2x, M2x, LM4-, W8+, M1x, W1x, M8+
Key:
M1x, M2x, M4x – men’s single, double and quadruple sculls
M2-, M4-, M8+ – men’s pair, four and eight
W1x, W2x, W4x – women’s single, double and quadruple sculls
W2-, W4-, W8+ – women’s pair, four and eight
LM1x, LM2x, LM4x – lightweight men’s single, double and quadruple sculls
LM2-, LM4-, LM8+ – lightweight men’s pair, four and eight
LW1x, LW2x, LW4x – lightweight women’s single, double and quadruple sculls
ASW1x, ASM1x – arms-shoulders women’s and men’s single scull (para-rowing)
TAMix2x – Trunk-arms mixed double scull (para-rowing)
LTAMix4+ – Legs-trunks-arms mixed coxed four
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