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World Rowing Junior Championships 2011
British Rowing are pleased to announce the launch of the new website for the World Rowing Junior Championships 2011. The World Rowing Junior Championships is an annual international rowing regatta organised by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). The GBR Organising […]
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BBC Olympic Dreams to follow Triggs Hodge and Reed
The BBC series, Olympic Dreams, returns tomorrow to follow more British athletes in their bid to reach the London 2012 Olympic Games as a new series reaches BBC One. The third series of programme focuses on a mixture of British […]
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Totally Outdoors
Lead Coach for the GB Lightweights from 2005 to 2009, Robin Williams, has turned in his stopwatch for a cash register and has opened a new shop for rowers in Henley. Called ‘Totally Outdoors’ the business is located just out […]
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Six titles for Campbell, Reed and Hodge whilst Grainger takes ninth career GB Rowing Team Senior Trials win
Alan Campbell, Andrew Triggs Hodge and Pete Reed all took sixth titles at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials in Hazewinkel, Belgium, today whilst Katherine Grainger won the women’s single to take her career Trials tally to nine. Zac Purchase, […]
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Three tight tussles at GB Rowing Team Senior Trials
Richard Egington and Matthew Langridge took line honours from their world champion men’s four crew-mates Alex Partridge and Alex Gregory in the semi-finals of the men’s pair at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials in one of three notably-contested races […]
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Paralympic event trials take place this weekend
GB Rowing Team Trials are taking place this weekend for members of the adaptive rowing squad, aiming to compete in Paralympic events this season at the world cup in Bled in May and the World Championships in New Zealand in […]
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Raynsford forced to retire
Helene Raynsford, the reigning Paralympic Champion, has been forced to retire from the sport because of health issues. Raynsford, who was world champion in 2006 said: “Post-Beijing I became increasingly unwell and, therefore, unable to train fully and I was […]
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Comebacks and openings in store at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials
Katherine Grainger, racing in a single scull and seeking a ninth career title, is amongst over 140 rowers who go to the start line this weekend at The GB Rowing Team Senior Trials in Belgium. The event helps determine world […]
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Olympic Rower Annie Vernon Becomes ShelterBox Patron
ShelterBox is pleased to announce that Olympic rower Annie Vernon has become one of the charity’s patrons. Annie, who won silver in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was approached by the Founder and CEO of ShelterBox Tom Henderson to support the […]
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Campbell shrugs off accident to win GB Rowing Team Winter Assessment
Alan Campbell shrugged off a recent cycling accident in training to win the GB Rowing Team Winter Assessment single scull final at Eton-Dorney today. The accident was severe enough to put the Coleraine man in hospital for a few days […]
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