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Twelve crews in finals
Britain had another successful day at the world cup in Linz with twelve crews – ten from the Olympic classes – reaching finals. Britain’s men’s four, sponsored by Camelot, and the lead women’s boat, the quadruple scull, also sponsored by […]
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Six more semi-finalists
Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter led a list of six British crews who moved through to tomorrow’s semi-finals of the rowing world cup in Linz, Austria, via repechages and quarter-finals to join the nine British crews already through by dint […]
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Stong World Cup Opener for Great Britain
Great Britain’s rowers were quick out of the blocks in the opening heats of the first world cup of the season today in Linz, Austria, recording seven heat wins and qualifying for seven semi-finals and four quarter-finals – all bar […]
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GB faces tough test in Linz
Great Britain’s 57 rowers, competing in 20 boat classes, will face some of the toughest opposition in the world at this weekend’s season-opening World Cup in Linz, Austria, starting on Friday with finals on Sunday (1-3 June). More than 880 […]
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Lucy takes step up into seniors
Tom Lucy, who turned 19 at the start of May, has become one of the youngest rowers to be named as part of a GB Rowing squad for a senior world cup in an Olympic boat class after his announcement […]
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GB U23s show strongly at Essen International Regatta
Great Britain’s U23 squad competed recently in this year’s Essen International Regatta and returned with eight wins from a very competitive international field. The Essen event offers two separate regattas over three days of racing. GB’s women, in particular, were […]
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Campbell through semi-finals
Alan Campbell, in the Siemens-backed single scull, became the seventh British qualifier for tomorrow’s semi-finals at the second world cup of the season on Amsterdam’s Bosbaan lake this afternoon by winning his quarter-final. The Coleraine man was two seconds ahead […]
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Strong showing by GB in Poplar Regatta
Overcome by an asthma attack, Helene Raynsford, Britain’s Siemens-sponsored adaptive single scull world champion was unable to finish her race at the recent poplar international regatta but otherwise the GB squad athletes had a good event. Rowers from Great Britain, […]
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GB Announces Crews for First World Cup of the Season
Zac Purchase, a 20 year-old from Tewkesbury who is already a world champion in the lightweight single scull, and Annie Vernon, a 24 year-old from Wadebridge in Cornwall, are two names to watch in the GB line-up for the first […]
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Hodge and Grainger take fourth titles
Andy Hodge and Katherine Grainger took their fourth career titles at The GB Senior Rowing Trials in Hazewinkel, Belgium, today in the men’s pair and women’s single scull respectively. World men’s four champions Hodge and Peter Reed were imperious in […]
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