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GB rowers racing in the Pairs Head of the River
World medallists from the GB Rowing Team are teaming up with their siblings for the Pairs Head of the River race on the River Thames on Saturday. Katie Greves who won bronze in the women’s eight at the […]
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Soaring temperatures greet return to “Winter Training”
It felt like the South of France at Caversham today when the rowers returned to “Winter Training”. The thermometer probably soared over the 30 degree mark in the sunshine on the water as the rowers shook off the dust of […]
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Silver for GB Rowing Team at European Championships
The lightweight women’s double of Kathryn Twyman and Andrea Dennis won an impressive silver medal for the GB Rowing Team at the European Championships today behind the Greek World Champions. It was the second time in a fortnight […]
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GB Rowing Team crews reach finals of European Championships
The GB Rowing Team saw three out of four boats reach the finals of the European Championships in Bulgaria with first and second places in the repechages today. The lightweight women’s double won their race in emphatic fashion […]
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GB crews race World medallists at European Champs
The GB Rowing Team had a testing but “pleasing start” to the European Rowing Championships in Bulgaria today with all five crews putting in promising performances against stiff opposition according to their team manager. Pete Sheppard, was impressed […]
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GB Rowing Team squad for European Championships
Rowers from the GB Rowing Team with their eye on the 2016 Olympics or a late challenge for the 2012 team head to Plovdiv in Bulgaria this weekend to contest the European Rowing Championships. A large number of nations send […]
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Adaptive rowers part of year-to-go Super Saturday show
Paralympic 2012 hopefuls from the GB Rowing Team joined a host of other GB athletes and celebrities at Sainsbury’s Super Saturday in London today to mark a year to go to the Games. The mass event on Clapham Common saw […]
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European Rowing Championships one week away
Coming hot on the heels of the World Rowing Championships, the 2011 European Rowing Championships get underway from 16-18 September in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Over 400 competitors are due to take part in this year’s championships, representing 29 different nations. A […]
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World champion four at Trafalgar Square to promote International Paralympic Day
The GB Rowing Team’s World Champion mixed adaptive coxed four were on hand to help celebrate International Paralympic Day in Trafalgar Square today. Pam Relph, Naomi Riches, Dave Smith, James Roe and Lily van den Broecke joined the crowds and […]
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Stars set to gather for 2011 International Paralympics Day
Oscar Pistorius and the GB Rowing Team’s adaptive rowers will be among the star names celebrating International Paralympic Day in Trafalgar Square, London, tomorrow. Twenty four-year-old Pistorius – known as ‘Blade Runner’ because of his specially-designed prosthetic limbs – is […]
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