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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 […]
Read MoreGrainger, 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, […]
Read MorePurchase 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, […]
Read MoreBronze 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 […]
Read MoreIs Competition Good or Bad for Young People?
Matt Rostron, Programme Director of London Youth Rowing, confronts the elephant in the room at the inaugural National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships.
Read MoreTwo 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 […]
Read MoreFlagship 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 […]
Read More19 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 […]
Read MoreClose call and a sizzling sprint finish
A close call for the GB men’s four and a sizzling sprint from the men’s pair caused a stir with British spectators today at the World Championships in Munich on a day when eight British boats qualified for Saturday’s finals from […]
Read MoreDay of sharp contrasts
On a day at the World Championships in Munich when the British women’s eight, backed by Siemens, celebrated reaching the final and when the men’s eight won their repechage to move into the semi-finals, the British men’s quadruple scull, featuring […]
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