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Golden Grainger – she’s done it!
Friday 3rd August – for British rowers and rowing supporters a place at Eton Dorney for today’s programme was without a doubt the sport’s ‘hot ticket’. Katherine Grainger’s fifteen year quest for a Gold medal finally ended this morning on home territory, amidst […]
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London 2012 Day 7: GB has 47 rowers in the top six in the world
As the final two days of rowing begin at Eton-Dorney David Tanner, GB Rowing Team Performance Director, has expressed his pride in a squad where every single rower has qualified for the Olympic finals.
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Dorney’s multi-coloured ‘Wall of Sound’
With 58 nations represented at Eton Dorney, it’s not surprising that there are so many different flags on display as supporters wear their own with pride around the venue. Peter Cookson, High Performance Director of Rowing Canada, is here with […]
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Three in a pair – the coach behind Team GB’s first gold medal
Eton Dorney was the scene of emotional celebrations on Wednesday as Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won a historic first women’s Olympic rowing gold for GB – also the first gold on the board for Team GB at London 2012. […]
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Size isn’t everything for lightweight rowers
Team GB’s lightweight men’s four claimed silver in one of the tightest races of the Olympic Regatta to date, as people of all sizes continued to flock to try rowing for themselves at the Get Involved tent. The lightweight four […]
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London 2012 Day 6: Scintillating race gives lightweight four rowing silver
Brothers Richard and Peter Chambers with Rob Williams and Chris Bartley took silver today in the lightweight men’s four in one of the Games’ most exciting rowing races to date.
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Lightweights deliver Silver for Rowing
Three virtuoso performances from Team GB’s lightweight crews had the brilliant supporters at Eton Dorney back on their feet today. The support of the crowd has been amazing and the GB rowers are really responding to the wall of cheering […]
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Rowing Magic – and it’s ladies first at Eton Dorney
The whole country’s dream of Gold came true this morning at Eton Dorney when Rowng’s Helen Glover and Heather Stanning powered their way to a stunning victory. This wasn’t just a magical win, this was a win that has made […]
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London 2012 Day 5: Historic first gold for Glover and Stanning
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning opened Team GB’s gold medal count in the women’s pair at Eton Dorney today and with that victory wrote themselves into the history books as Britain’s first female Olympic gold medallists in the sport.
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London 2012 Day 4: Sam and Tash will race finals on same day
The Team GB men’s double scull and women’s eight both progressed to Thursday’s finals by finishing third and fourth today in their respective semi-final and repechage.
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