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Aggar wins Munich heat as Scowen and Beighton make double scull world cup debut
Sam Scowen and Nick Beighton made their world cup debut as a combination in Munich this evening when they raced to third place in the heats of the Paralympic-class mixed adaptive double scull. Scowen was a world championships finalist in […]
Read MoreCaution keeps Watkins away from Munich
World champion Anna Watkins will not join her title-winning partner Katherine Grainger at the season’s first world cup in Munich from May 27-29 as team officials play a cautionary game over her recent back injury. “We wanted to be sure […]
Read MoreGB Rowing Team’s Mark Hunter shines in testing to secure world cup place
Londoner Mark Hunter has negotiated some stiff post-Trials testing to keep his hopes of an Olympic title defence on home water in 2012 on track. The 32 year-old Thames Waterman from Forest Gate has been named alongside his Beijing gold […]
Read MoreGB junior men’s fours create a little history at Munich Junior Regatta
The GB Rowing Team’s trio of junior men’s fours created their own bit of history at the Munich Junior Regatta this weekend when they all reached the final during Saturday’s racing. This was a first for GB at this level. […]
Read MoreGB Rowing Team to field two adaptive fours for first time at world cup level
The GB Rowing Team will enter two mixed adaptive coxed four boats at a world cup for the first time after exhaustive trials at the National Training Centre concluded earlier this week. The Paralympic-class events at the Munich leg of […]
Read MoreWatkins breaks Grainger’s domestic run at GB Rowing Team Trials
Anna Watkins won the single scull at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials at the Olympic venue today to end Katherine Grainger’s winning streak of six previous titles. “Whilst it’s nice to win, I don’t really like to race against […]
Read MoreGB Rowing Team’s Tom James makes winning return
Olympic men’s four champion Tom James teamed up with Alex Gregory to win his semi-final of the men’s pair at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials on the Olympic course at Eton-Dorney as he returned after more than two years […]
Read MoreTop GB Rowing Team Paralympic contenders do battle for world cup places
Britain’s top Paralympic rowing contenders will try to put this Sunday’s 500 days to go to London 2012 milestone out of their heads as they battle over the weekend with each other for world cup places. Trials for the GB […]
Read MoreTop rowers get a taste of pressurised racing on Olympic course
Five Olympic champions will be amongst the top British rowers getting an early taste of pressurised racing on the Olympic course this weekend (16 and 17 April) at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials. Andrew Triggs Hodge and Pete Reed, […]
Read MoreWatkins in eye-catching win over Grainger at GB Rowing Team Assessment
Anna Watkins celebrated her 28th birthday in style today by taking an unexpected single scull victory over Katherine Grainger on the 2012 Olympic course in the GB Rowing Team Winter Assessment trials. Grainger, five times world champion, three times Olympic […]
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