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25 GB Rowing Team rowers through to finals already at Munich world cup
Katherine Grainger, Anna Watkins, Beth Rodford and Annabel Vernon are among 25 British rowers who already know that they will feature in Sunday’s finals at the season’s second world cup in Munich after the GB Rowing Team this morning won […]
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GB Rowing Team’s Grainger and Watkins draw attention in Munich
Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins, a new combination this year for the GB Rowing Team in the women’s double scull, drew significant attention this morning when winning their world cup heat in Munich. The Scottish-Staffordshire duo flew off the start […]
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Hunter back in GB Rowing Team for first time since Beijing Olympic Games
Mark Hunter renews his Beijing 2008 Olympic gold partnership with Zac Purchase in the lightweight men’s double scull at the Munich world cup next weekend (18-20 June) after more than a year out of the sport. Hunter coached in California […]
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Nine golds for GB Rowing Team at opening world cup
The “Red Express” of Matt Wells and Marcus Bateman, charged down Lake Bled in Slovenia to win world cup men’s double scull gold ahead of their compatriots Sam Townsend and Bill Lucas in a first one-two for Britain in men’s […]
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Purchase wins and GB take three adaptive medals
Zac Purchase returned to competitive international racing for the first time since the Beijing Olympic Games and continued where he ended there by taking gold, this time in the lightweight single scull at the world cup in Bled. Purchase, from […]
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Good opening world cup weekend
Great Britain is enjoying a good opening world cup in Bled, Slovenia, this weekend, having qualified 19 boats into finals – 14 of which will race tomorrow and five later this evening in the non-Olympic and Paralympic boat classes. Cautious […]
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Aggar and Campbell win for GB Rowing Team in evening world cup session
Paralympic and world champion Tom Aggar (pictured in the left of the picture relaxing with Andy Houghton pre-race) remains unbeaten at senior international level after winning his opening single scull heat at the world cup in Bled, Slovenia, today. The […]
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Fairytale comeback to GB Rowing Team continues for Searle
38 year-old Greg Searle, from Marlow, opened his international account after a ten-year break in a GB Rowing Team men’s eight which won its heat today in Bled, Slovenia, to reach Sunday’s world cup final. The fairytale comeback continued for […]
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Men stick, women twist in the GB Rowing Team for world cup
Britain’s women have a changed line-up for the opening world cup of the 2010 season with Katherine Grainger teaming up to race a double scull in Bled, Slovenia, over the weekend of May 28-30 with Anna Watkins. It means another […]
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Aggar takes second gold of weekend
Paralympic and world champion Tom Aggar took his second gold of the the weekend in winning the men’s single scull at the Varese International Regatta in Italy today. In a repeat of yesterday’s field at the double-header regatta the Londoner […]
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