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Houghton amongst late withdrawals
Triple world champion Frances Houghton is amongst a late flurry of rowers who have been forced by illness out of this weekend’s GB Rowing Senior Trials in Hazewinkel, Belgium, where racing has been advanced by a day because of predicted […]
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Sprint wins in Seville
British crews recorded four wins for the second successive day in Spain – this time at the Andalucian International Regatta – in wetter conditions and on a 500m "sprint" course in Seville. The men’s pair, four, eight and single scull […]
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Four wins for reshuffled squad
British crews recorded four wins in the FISA Team Cup today in Seville despite a reshuffle caused by illness. Racing took place over 1,000m and in a strong headwind. The men’s eight, four, pair and single scull all won. Alan […]
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February Trials results
Here are the results of the February 2008 Winter Assessment Trials, held in Boston, Lincolnshire, on Saturday 9 February. All members of the current senior GB squads were exempt from these trials. Men’s pair Burton/Tom/Broadway/Tom/LC/16:56.52 Lawson/Ian/Orme/James/LC/17:04.48 Rennie/Scott/Pelly/Henry/Molesey BC/CUBC/17:08.12 Laughton/George/Palmer/Henry/LC/17:15.64 Durrant/Scott/Hudspith/Karl/OBUBC/17:18.98 […]
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Grainger, Reed and Hodge take trials titles
Peter Reed and Andy Hodge won the first contest of the Olympic season between Britain’s top men, raced in pairs, whilst Katherine Grainger won the equivalent women’s battle, raced in single sculls, at the British Winter Assessment Trials in Boston, […]
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Purchase and Pauls take lightweight honours
Zac Purchase and Mathilde Pauls won the men’s and women’s lightweight single scull 5km GB Assessment trials in Boston, Lincs, yesterday. Purchase was quickest to all three timing points and won by just under seven seconds from James Lindsey-Fynn who, […]
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Bronze and brace of top five finishes
Alice Freeman followed up her world championships bronze from earlier this month with a second senior bronze today – this time at the European Championships on Lake Malta in Poznan, Poland, again in the women’s eight. Britain also collected a […]
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Two golds, three bronzes for Olympic boats
On a remarkable day for British rowing at the World Championships in Munich every crew competing in an Olympic class final won medals with two golds coming from the Camelot-backed women’s quadruple scull and the lightweight men’s four, sponsored by […]
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Flagship thwarted, others win medals
On a finals day packed with some superbly-close racing at the World Championships in Munich, Britain won two Olympic class bronze medals as well as a Paralympic class gold and silver but the double world champions and Camelot-backed men’s four […]
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19 Crews now through to finals
"We’ve had an excellent two days of semi-finals and it’s great to have nine Olympic and four Paralympic boats qualified for Beijing", said David Tanner today at the world championships in Munich today on a day when a further five […]
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