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Rowers Honoured
[img_assist|nid=2569|title=Hunter (left) and Purchase were given MBEs|desc=Peter Spurrier|link=none|url=undefined|align=center|width=440|height=268] Great Britain’s six 2008 Olympic rowing gold medallists have been honoured in the New Year’s Honours List. Steve Williams, already a gold medallist in the men’s four in 2004 and made an […]
Read MoreFormer CEO and Chef de Mission Simon Clegg leaves the BOA
The British Olympic Association (BOA) today announced that its former Chief Executive and Chef de Mission Simon Clegg is leaving the organisation with immediate effect after 20 years service. During his career at the BOA Simon has managed British athletes at […]
Read MoreHodge wins winter assessment trials
Olympic men’s four gold medallist Andy Triggs Hodge won the GB winter assessment 5km trial at Boston, Lincolnshire, today in a time of 18:15.14. Triggs-Hodge was five hundredths of a second ahead of Devon’s Marcus Bateman who missed out on […]
Read MoreOlympians visit to Oxford’s Children’s Hospital
Olympians Acer Nethercott, Pete Reed and Andy Triggs Hodge visited a number of wards at the Oxford’s Children’s Hospital on Monday 15th December. They helped to put smiles on the faces of sick youngsters by showing them their medals for the Beijing […]
Read MoreSunday Times Sportswomen of the Year 2008
Now in their twenty-first year, the awards, which are the among the most prestigious and influential in the British sporting calendar, will be presented at Lord’s cricket ground on Thursday 12th February, 2009. The event is in association with David […]
Read MoreKatherine Grainger to Carry On Rowing
Katherine Grainger announces her intention to keep rowing. [swf file=”../upload/flash/player.swf” flashvars=”file=../upload/audio/grainger-1.mp3″ params=”height=20px&&width=485px”] Katherine explains the reasons behind her decision [swf file=”../upload/flash/player.swf” flashvars=”file=../upload/audio/grainger-2.mp3″ params=”height=20px&&width=485px”]
Read MoreKatherine Grainger to continue competing at the highest level from 2009 onwards
Three times Olympic rowing medallist and reigning world champion Katherine Grainger talked today of the passion and excitement she feels for her sport and which helped her reach a decision to continue competing at the highest level from 2009 onwards. […]
Read MoreParalympian Helene Raynsford driving change with Living for Sport
Helene Raynsford recently spent a morning in Putney with school children from a deprived part of Slough introducing them to rowing. The Living for Sport initiative is focused on getting children to engage with school and their communities through introducing them […]
Read MoreYouth Olympic names announced
The GB rowers who are set to take part in the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival from January 13 – 18 have been announced by the British Olympic Association. 1,600 athletes from 25 nations will take part in the festival, […]
Read MoreMen’s four receive Sports Journalists’ President’s Award from Sir Michael Parkinson
[img_assist|nid=1988|title=The men’s four celebrate Beijing gold|desc=Peter Spurrier|link=none|align=right|width=640|height=390] Andrew Triggs Hodge, Pete Reed, Steve Williams and Tom James, all members of the Great Britain gold medal-winning men’s four at the 2008 Olympic Games, were the recipients of the Sports Journalist Association’s […]
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