GB shapes final world champs line-ups
Great Britain today put the final shape to its line-up to compete at the 2007 World Championships in Munich from August 26-September 2. The event doubles this year as the Olympic qualifying regatta.
A men’s and women’s eight, men’s coxed four and women’s four have been established today after final testing during this month’s training camps to add to the previously-selected crews. The only remaining potential addition will be an adaptive double scull and a decision on this will come in the next few days.
The men’s eight will be stroked by Alastair Heathcote who, like his crew-mate Robin Bourne-Taylor, is "on loan" to GB from the British Army. This Siemens-backed combination is the line-up which won bronze at the Amsterdam world cup – minus Hugo Lee who is injured and has been replaced by Tom Solesbury.
It also features the hugely-experienced former world medallists Josh West and Tom Stallard. By contrast, the line-up includes 2006 world junior champion Tom Lucy, aged 19, who is in his first senior international season and one of the youngest rowers ever to be selected for a senior world championships squad in an Olympic class boat.
"Lucy has proved during the season that he is able to hold his own in this Olympic class boat", said GB Performance Director David Tanner today. "That’s quite exceptional for someone of his age in our sport".
Alice Freeman, meanwhile, has moved into the Siemens-sponsored women’s eight. During the past few weeks of training camps she has found favour above Georgina Menheneott who will now race in the women’s four with Vicky Myers, Rebecca Rowe and Vicki Etiebet.
The men’s coxed four line-up will include either Charles Burkitt or Oli Moore with a decision expected later this week. Both have already won bronze medals at the World U23 championships this season – Burkitt in the men’s pair and Moore in the men’s four. It will also feature Tom James – who subbed into the men’s four in Lucerne when Alex Partridge was injured – Marcus Bateman and James Orme. Phelan Hill will be the cox.
Racing in Munich takes place as follows:
Heats
26 and 27 August
Repechages
28 and 29 August
Semi-finals
30 August and 31 August
FINALS
1 and 2 September
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GB CREWS FOR THE 2007 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Munich, August 26 – September 2, 2007)
(NB – listed from bow to stroke with
athlete name followed by club, home town
and date of birth in brackets).
OPEN
WOMEN
Pair
Natasha Howard (Tideway Scullers/West Runton/3.9.80)/
Natasha Page (Reading Uni/Hartpury/30.4.85)
Coach: John Keogh
Four
Georgina Menheneott (Mortlake, Anglian & Alpha RC/North Bradley,
Wilts/18.12.79)/Rebecca Rowe (Rebecca/Bridgend/16.5.81)/
Vicki Etiebet (Auriol Kensington/Ottowa, Canada/12.2.79)/
Vicky Myers (Leander/Cheshire/31.3.81)
Coach: Nathan Williams
Eight
Carla Ashford (Thames RC/Northallerton/13.3.79)/Baz Moffat
(Thames RC/Bradford/8.4.78)/Alice Freeman (Wallingford RC/Oxford/
6.9.78)/Louisa Reeve (Leander/London/16.05.84)/Beth Rodford
(Thames RC/Burton-on-Trent/ 28.12.82)/Alison Knowles (Thames RC/
Bournemouth/27.3.82)/Katie Greves (Uni of London/Oxford/2.9.82)
Jess Eddie (Uni of London/Durham/7.10.84)/Caroline O’Connor
(Oxford Brookes/Ealing/25.4.83) (cox)
Coaches: John Keogh
Double scull
Elise Laverick (Thames RC/Poling, W.Sussex/27.7.75)/
Anna Bebington (Leander Club/Leek, Staffs/13.2.83)
Coach: Miles Forbes Thomas
Quadruple scull
Annie Vernon (Thames RC/Wadebridge/1.9.82)/Debbie Flood
(Leander Club/Leeds/27.2.80)/Fran Houghton
(Uni of London/Oxford/19.9.80)/Katherine Grainger
(St Andrews BC/Aberdeen/12.11.75)
Coach: Paul Thompson
MEN
Pair
Colin Smith (Leander/Henley on Thames/23.9.83)/
Matt Langridge(Leander Club/Northwich/20.5.83)/
Coach: Jurgen Grobler
Four
Steve Williams (Leander Club/Cheltenham/15.4.76)/Peter
Reed (Leander Club/Nailsworth, Glos/27.7.81)/Alex Partridge
(Leander Club/Alton, Hants/25.1.81)/Andy Triggs Hodge
(Molesey BC/Hebden, N.Yorks/3.3.79)
Coach: Jurgen Grobler
Coxed four
James Orme (Leander Club/Colchester/1.4.84)/Marcus Bateman
(Leander Club/Torquay/16.9.82)/Tom James (CUBC/Wrexham/11.3.84)/
Charles Burkitt (Leander/Reading/28.4.86) or Oli Moore (Imperial/Burford)/
Phelan Hill (London RC/London/21.7.79) – cox
Coach: Richard Tinkler
Eight
Tom Parker (OUBC/Winchester/24.10.82)/Tom Stallard
(Leander/Welwyn, Herts/11.9.78)/Tom Lucy (Oxford Brookes/
Monmouth/1.5.88)/Tom Solesbury (Molesey BC/Petts Wood, Kent/23.9.80)/Josh West (Leander/Santa Fe/25.3.77)/Richard Egington (Leander/Knutsford/26.2.79)/Robin Bourne-Taylor (Army RC/Oxford/22.7.81)
/Alastair Heathcote (Army RC/London/18.8.77)/Acer Nethercott (OUBC/Harlow/28.11.77) (cox)
Coaches: Mark Banks, John West
Single Scull
Alan Campbell (Tideway Scullers/Coleraine/9.5.83)
Coach: Bill Barry
Double Scull
Matt Wells (Leander Club/Hexham, Northumberland/19.4.79)/
Stephen Rowbotham (Leander Club/Winscombe, Somerset/11.11.81)
Coach: Mark Earnshaw
Quadruple scull
Simon Fieldhouse (Molesey/Thames Ditton/4.9.76)/Sam Townsend
(Reading Uni/Reading/26.11.85)/Alex Gregory (Reading Uni/
Wormington/11.3.84)/Ian Lawson (Leander/Otley, W.Yorks/4.3.77)
Coach: Steve Gunn
LIGHTWEIGHT
WOMEN
Single scull
Andrea Dennis (Wallingford RC/Oxford/03.01.82)
Coach: Rob Dauncey
Double scull
Helen Casey (Wallingford RC/Oxford/6.2.74)/
Hester Goodsell (Rob Roy/Cambridge/27.6.84)
Coach: Robin Williams
Quadruple scull
Sophie Hosking (Durham Uni/Wimbledon/25.01.86)Laura Greenhalgh (Rob Roy/Oxford/2.9.85)/Mathilde Pauls (Imperial College BC/Berlin & Putney/26.09.83)/ Jane Hall (Leander/Caversham/20.10.73),
Coach: Rob Dauncey
MEN
Pair
Matt Beechey (Leander/Worcester/3.4.77)/Daniel
Harte (London/Edinburgh/12.12.75)
Coach: Paul Reedy
Four
Richard Chambers (Oxford Brookes/Coleraine/10.6.85)/
James Lindsay-Fynn (London/Trim/29.9.75)/Paul Mattick
(Wallingford/Oxford/25.4.78)/James Clarke (London RC/
London/13.12.84)
Coach: Robin Williams
Double scull
Zac Purchase (Marlow RC/Tewkesbury, Glos/2.5.86)/
Mark Hunter (Leander Club/Romford, Essex/1.7.78)
Coach: Darren Whiter
Quadruple scull
Rob Williams (London RC/Maidenhead/21.1.85)/Simon Jones (Leander/
Henley/8.6.78)/Chris Bartley (Wallingford/Chester/2.2.84)/Dave Currie
(Leander/Bridgend/10.1.82)
Coach: Rob Morgan
ADAPTIVE CREWS
WOMEN
Single scull
Helene Raynsford (Guildford RC/Frimley/29.12.79)
Coach: Chad King
MEN
Single scull
Coach: Chad King
MIXED
Mixed adaptive coxed four
Naomi Riches (Marlow RC/Harrow Weald/15.6.83)/
Alastair Mckean (Herne Bay ARC/Whitstable/14.4.79)/
Alan Crowther (Nottingham BC/Derby/29.7.65)/
Vicki Hansford (Guildford RC/Lewisham/31.10.79)/
Alan Sherman (cox)
Coach: Chad King
GB may also select an adaptive double – to be confirmed at
a later stage.
SPARES
Olivia Whitlam (Agecroft RC/Warrington/16.9.85)
Tom Wilkinson (Leander/Henley/4.7.85)
Oli Moore (Imperial/Burford/22.12.85)*
Charles Burkitt (Leander/Reading/28.4.86)*
Bill Lucas (Reading Uni/Dartmouth/13.9.87)
Atlanta St John* (Reading Uni/North Leigh, Oxon/13.1.87)
Alasdair Leighton-Crawford* (Tideway Scullers/Richmond-upon-Thames/
09.12.81)
* = Spares who may race subject to further testing.
TEAM MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT
Team Manager: David Tanner
Assistant Team Manager: Maggie Netto
Chief Coach Men: Jurgen Grobler
Chief Coach Women and Lightweights: Paul Thompson
Adaptive boats coordinator: Louise Kingsley
Team Doctor: Ali Sanders
Lead Physio: Mark Edgar
Physios: Pam Gardiner, Gill Edmondson, Mike Chisholm
Physiologist: Al Smith
Pyschologist: Chris Shambrook
Nutritionist: Wendy Martinson
Resources Manager: Maurice Hayes
Press Officer: Caroline Searle
