GB Rowing Team’s men’s four and Jamie Kirkwood into semis
The GB Rowing Team men’s four bounced back from this morning’s disappointment to qualify for tomorrow’s semi-finals at the Samsung World Rowing Cup in Lucerne.
Strokeman Mat Tarrant took them to halfway in 3:04.29 in their repechage with a lead of two seconds over their nearest rivals, New Zealand.
Tarrant and Scott Durant have world age-group pedigree, Nathaniel Reilly O’Donnell was in the British senior eight that won World silver in 2011 and Alan Sinclair has come through into the squad from Inverness Boat Club via Aberdeen University and then Leander Club.
This afternoon the quartet, silver medal winners at Eton Dorney last month, looked comfortable in quaiifying in first place in 6:10.72 ahead of New Zealand and Norway.
Jamie Kirkwood is also through to tomorrow’s semi-finals of the lightweight men’s single scull. He is set to have a busy day if he qualifies further with the finals of this event, the lightweight women’s single and the lightweight men’s pair all taking place tomorrow evening rather than on Sunday.
This afternoon the former world U23 champion lightweight men’s four champion, from Northumberland, took his repechage by the scruff of the neck. He led by two lengths at 1500m having built a strong, early lead and went on to win in
Earlier int the day the women’s pair of Helen Glover and Polly Swann and the women’s double of Frances Houghton and Victoria Meyer-Laker qualified direct for Sunday’s final. They were the only GB boats to do so from the morning session such is the depth and strength of this regatta on the Rotsee.
The USA proved too strong for top-ranked GB men’s eight, pushing them back into second place and into tomorrow’s repechage.
There was a good performance from the men’s quad of Charles Cousins, Sam Townsend, Jonathan Walton and Peter Lambert as they qualified for the semis in second place.
Brothers Richard and Peter Chambers are safely through to the semis after winning their lightweight men’s double heat.
A total of eight British crews moved into Saturday’s semis, six into repackages of which four still have to race tomorrow.
The women’s eight is the lone GB crew yet to race. They have a straight final on Sunday for which they will race for lane order tomorrow.
The finals of this World Cup will be televised in the UK by BBC TV Sport – live on the website and then the Red Button on Sunday 12th and a highlights programme on Monday 13th on BBC 2 at 15.00.
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RESULTS
REPECHAGES
OPEN
MEN
Four (First 3 to final)
1. Alan Sinclair/Nathaniel Reilly-O’Donnell/Scott Durant/Matthew Tarrant
(GREAT BRITAIN) 6:10.72
2. New Zealand 6: 11.95
3. Norway 6:15.01
4. Brazil 6:18.87
LIGHTWEIGHT
MEN
Single scull (first 2 to semi-final, rest to rep)
1. Jamie Kirkwood (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:06.37
2. Nadelcho Vasilev (Bulgaria) 7:13.34
3. Oscar Russberg (Sweden) 7:17.97
4. Wong Wai Kin (Hong Kong 1) 7:21.43
5. Leung Shek Chun (Hong Kong 2) 7:35.78
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GB ROWING TEAM
CREW LISTS
World Rowing Cup III, Lucerne, 12-14 July, 2013
OPEN
WOMEN
Pair
Helen Glover (Minerva Bath/Penzance/17.06.86)/
Polly Swann (Leander Club/Edinburgh/05.06.88)
Coach: Robin Williams
Eight
Beth Rodford (Gloucester RC/Gloucester/28.12.82)/
Zoe Lee (Sport Imperial BC/Richmond, N. Yorks/15.12.85)/
Sarah Cowburn (Leander Club/Redditch/01.02.89)/
Melanie Wilson (Imperial College BC/London/25.06.84)/
Katie Greves (Leander Club/Oxford/02.09.82)/
Louisa Reeve (Leander Club/London/16.05.84)/
Jessica Eddie (London RC/Durham/07.10.84)/
Olivia Carnegie-Brown (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Oxford/28.13.91)/
Zoe de Toledo (cox) (Leander Club / London / 17/07/87)
Coach: Robin Williams / Paul Thompson
Single Scull
Victoria Thornley (Leander Club/Wrexham/30.11.87)
Coach: Jane Hall/Paul Reedy
Double scull
Frances Houghton (Leander Club/Oxford/19.09.80)/
Victoria Meyer-Laker (Leander Club/Premnay/18.03.88)
Coach: Paul Thompson
Quadruple Scull
Lucinda Gooderham (Sport Imperial BC/Bury St Edmunds/09.06.84)/
Monica Relph (Leander Club/Cambridge/15.01.88)/
Rosamund Bradbury (Leander Club/Banstead/17.12.88)/
Kristina Stiller (Tees RC/Yarm/23.06.87)
Coach: Nick Strange
MEN
Four
Alan Sinclair (Leander Club/Inverness/16.10.85)/
Nathaniel Reilly-O’Donnell (Univ of London BC/Durham/13.04.88)/
Scott Durant (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Lancaster/12.02.88)/
Matthew Tarrant (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Shepperton/11.07.90)
Coach: Christian Felkel
Eight (Boat 1)
Tom Ransley (Leander Club/Cambridge/16.09.85)/
Dan Ritchie (Leander Club/Herne Bay/16.01.87)/
Pete Reed (Leander Club/Nailsworth/27.07.81)/
Will Satch (Leander Club/Henley-on-Thames/09.06.89)/
Mohamed Sbihi (Molesey BC/Surbiton/27.03.88)/
Alex Gregory (Leander Club/Wormington/11.03.84)/
George Nash (Molesey BC/Guildford/02.10.89)/
Andrew Triggs Hodge (Molesey BC/Hebden/03.03.79)/
Phelan Hill (cox) (Leander Club/Bedford/21.07.79)
Coach: Jürgen Grobler
Eight (Boat 2)
Matt Gotrel (Leander Club/Chipping Campden/01.03.89)/
Colin Williamson (Molesey BC/Perth/03.04.83)/
Nick Middleton (Leander Club/Henley-on-Thames/12.08.88)/
Philip Congdon (Molesey BC/East Molesey/06.06.89)/
Oliver Cook (Univ of London BC/Windsor/05.06.90)/
John Collins (Leander Club/Twickenham/24.01.89)/
Mason Durant (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Lancaster/12.02.88)/
Lance Tredell (Leander Club/Hale/25.10.88)/
Henry Fieldman (cox) (Cambridge Univ BC/Barnes/25.11.88)
Coach: Rob Dauncey
Single Scull
Alan Campbell (Tideway Scullers School/Coleraine/09.05.83)
Coach: John West
Double Scull
Bill Lucas (London RC/Kingswear/13.09.87)/
Matt Langridge (Leander Club/Northwich/20.05.83)
Coach: Mark Banks
Quadruple scull
Jonathan Walton (Leander Club/Leicester/06.10.90)/
Sam Townsend (Reading Univ BC/Reading/26.11.85)/
Charles Cousins (Leander Club/Willingham/13.12.88)/
Peter Lambert (Leander Club/Henley-on-Thames/03.12.86)
Coach: Paul Stannard
Men’s Spares
James Foad (Molesey BC/Southampton/20.03.87)/
Tom Clark (Leander Club/Worcester/28.01.89)/
Graeme Thomas (Agecroft RC/Preston/08.11.88)/
LIGHTWEIGHT
WOMEN
Single Scull
Ruth Walczak (Molesey BC/Rochdale/15.09.88)
Coach: Paul Reedy
Double scull
Kathryn Twyman (Wallingford RC/Oxford/29.03.87)/
Imogen Walsh (London RC/Inverness/17.01.84)
Coach: Paul Reedy
MEN
Pair
Sam Scrimgeour (Imperial College BC/Fofar/28.01.88)/
Mark Aldred (London RC/London/18.04.87)
Coach: Rob Morgan
Four
Adam Freeman-Pask (Reading Univ BC/Windsor/19.06.85)/
William Fletcher (Leander Club/Chester-le-Street/24.12.89)/
Jonathan Clegg (Leander Club/Maidenhead/14.07.89)/
Chris Bartley (Leander Club/Chester/02.02.84)
Coach: Rob Morgan
Single Scull
Jamie Kirkwood (Leander Club/Cresswell/30.08.89)
Coach: Darren Whiter
Double Scull
Richard Chambers (Leander Club/Coleraine/10.06.85)/
Peter Chambers (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Coleraine/14.03.90)
Coach: Darren Whiter
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