GB Rowing News : 2007

Grainger, Reed and Hodge take trials titles

static_news — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:00:18 +0000

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, Lincolnshire, today.

Purchase and Pauls take lightweight honours

static_news — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:57:41 +0000

Zac Purchase and Mathilde Pauls won the men's and women's lightweight single scull 5km GB Assessment trials in Boston, Lincs, yesterday.

Bronze and brace of top five finishes

static_news — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:03:22 +0100

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.

Two golds, three bronzes for Olympic boats

static_news — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:06:42 +0100

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 Siemens, and bronzes from the men's and women's eights and from the lightweight double of Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase.

Flagship thwarted, others win medals

static_news — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:08:47 +0100

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 lost their crowns.

19 Crews now through to finals

static_news — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:12:18 +0100

"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 British crews qualified for the weekend's finals to join the fourteen already through.

Close call and a sizzling sprint finish

static_news — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:17:18 +0100

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 semi-finals - five in Olympic, two in Paralympic and one in international classes.

Day of sharp contrasts

static_news — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:19:46 +0100

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 a brace of young development athletes, were narrowly edged into third place in their repechage and lost hope of a place in Beijing next year from this regatta - although there is a second chance to snatch a place at next year's World Cup Finals in Lucerne.

First Beijing slot booked

static_news — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:27:15 +0100

Britain booked its first Beijing Olympic Games slot today when the Camelot-backed women's quadruple scull held off a tough challenge from Germany to win their heat in Munich at the World Championships and qualify directly into Sunday's final thus securing one of the Games places reserved for top seven finishers here.

Five from six Olympic class boats win heats

static_news — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:30:13 +0100

British crews won five out of the six Olympic class heats in which they were involved this morning as the 2007 World Championships got underway in nigh perfect conditions in Munich.