GB Rowing Team
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Rowers target Paralympic Success
From BBC Online, a piece about GB rowing’s debut at the Paralympics, 9 -11 September at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing Park in Beijing. Includes an interview with Helene Raynsford, GB’s Paralympic sculler. Read the article here
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Biggest GB rowing Olympic contingent since 1992
[img_assist|nid=1936|title=Olympic team announced|desc=Biggest Olympic contingent since 1992|link=none|align=right|width=448|height=221]Britain today named 41 rowers in 11 boats to contest the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing – the largest TeamGB contingent since 1992 and reflective of the nation’s recent increased strength in depth in […]
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Great Britain retains Rowing World Cup title
From FISA: [img_assist|nid=1798|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=301]As the third and final stage of the 2008 Rowing World Cup series concluded under clear blue skies and near-perfect rowing conditions in Poznan, Poland, it was Great Britain that took home the overall Rowing World Cup, retaining its […]
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Three golds amongst the World Cup headlines
Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter’s third win from three world cups in the lightweight men’s double scull, Elise Laverick’s first world cup gold of all time – with Anna Bebington in the women’s double scull – the medal-winning return to […]
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Gold for GB lightweight women’s quadruple scull
Sophie Hosking, Andrea Dennis, Laura Greenhalgh and Jane Hall are world cup champions after taking gold this evening in the lightweight women’s quadruple scull event, holding off hosts Poland in a fine race, at the season’s final world cup in […]
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Purchase and Hunter win semi-final
Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase came through a tough challenge to win their semi-final of the lightweight men’s double scull today at the season’s final world cup in Poland, underlining their continuing potential to be Olympic medallists in August. The […]
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Four heat wins in Poznan
Four GB Rowing crews won their heats today at the season’s final world cup in Poznan, Poland, booking three berths in Sunday’s final and one semi-final place tomorrow. The GB men’s four, racing for the first time here in the […]
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Whitlam and Reeve secure Beijing place for women’s pair
GB Rowing’s women’s pair of Olivia Whitlam and Louisa Reeve, today qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing with a storming second place in the final of the Olympic Qualifying Regatta in Poznan, Poland. "They rowed out of their […]
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Two golds and a silver for adaptive rowers
GB Rowing’s adaptive crews, racing at the Pre-Paralympic Regatta in Poznan, Poland, produced some solid ground-work for the Beijing Paralympic Games when they took two golds and a silver from today’s finals. Golds came from reigning world champion Tom Aggar in the single […]
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GB Men’s Quad progresses to Final
GB Rowing’s men’s quadruple scull today qualified for the final at the Olympic Qualification Regatta in Poznan, Poland, to keep their chance of racing in Beijing alive. The quartet of Charles Cousins, Bill Lucas, Sam Townsend and Simon Fieldhouse finished […]
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