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High standard at GB Rowing Team U23 Trials
Twin brothers Scott and Mason Durant featured on opposite sides in the men’s pair final – one of the tightest races of the day at the GB Rowing Team U23 Trials at Caversham, Nr Reading, today. Honours went to Scott […]
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GB Rowing Team announces crews for first 2012 World Cup
The GB Rowing Team, which is sponsored by Siemens and supported by the National Lottery, has today announced the crews that will compete in the first world cup of the 2012 season in Belgrade, Serbia, from May 4-6th. “World Cups […]
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Grainger turns tables whilst Hodge and Reed prove dominance
GB Performance Director David Tanner predicted that today’s racing in the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials would be the most competitive ever seen at a Trials and that is how it turned out to be. The Olympic course showed itself off […]
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Grainger and Watkins set scene for finals showdown
Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins both won their women’s single scull semi-finals today at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials to set up an enticing final tomorrow between the world double scull champions. “I’m pleased with today. I’ve got two […]
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James and Egington impress in heats
Olympic men’s four champion Tom James and his men’s pair partner Ric Egington won the closest race of the morning in the heats of the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials at Eton Dorney this morning. The duo pipped their rivals […]
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Racing for places when it counts
93 of the nation’s top rowers will go head to head this weekend (10 and 11 March) at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials at Eton-Dorney. They will hope to make their mark in the on-going battle to win places […]
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GB rowers mark six months to Paralympic Games
The GB Rowing Team’s adaptive rowers celebrated six months to go to the Paralympic Games this week but with selection trials looming there was no let up in training. The squad’s focus is on the adaptive trials at their national […]
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Mark Hunter is Olympic Athlete of the Year
Mark Hunter has been named rowing’s Olympic Athlete of the Year for 2011 by the British Olympic Association. He received his award at Twickenham Stadium tonight during the GB Rowing Team’s annual team awards dinner. Hunter, whose Beijing gold with […]
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Sir Matthew Pinsent launches The Nation on Trial
Sir Matthew Pinsent, four-times Olympic rowing gold medallist, knows exactly how tough it is to win selection for big sporting teams and is now helping the public to get a first-hand taste of the action this February – and raise […]
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GB Rowing Team in shape to do the nation proud
GB Performance Director David Tanner has today spoken with confidence of the GB Rowing Team’s ability to “do the nation proud” on home waters in July and August this year. The man who has overseen the preparations for every squad […]
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