Flood back in a GB Rowing Team boat for Lucerne World Cup

Twice Olympic silver medalist Debbie Flood is back in the Siemens-sponsored GB Rowing Team for the first time this year.

She will race in the women’s eight as a replacement for the injured Lindsey Maguire at the season’s second world cup in Lucerne, Switzerland from May 25-27.

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£8 million boost for Paralympic sports

Sport England today announced an £8 million fund to get more disabled people playing sport.

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson – one of Britain’s greatest Paralympians – was on hand to help Sport England launch the new Inclusive Sport fund, which will offer grants of over £10,000 to organisations ‘with the ideas and expertise to open up more sporting opportunities for disabled people’.

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Final Jubilee Pageant details revealed

Organisers have revealed the final details for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, which promises to be one of the most spectacular pageants in London’s illustrious history.

The unique 1,000-boat pageant will include 20,000 participants on the water, and up to a million spectators along the banks of the River Thames.

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Significant Returnees to GB Rowing Team for Lucerne

Four familiar names look set to return to the Siemens-sponsored GB Rowing Team for the season’s second world cup in Lucerne, Switzerland from May 25-27.

Three of the four will race in the women’s eight - Louisa Reeve, Annabel Vernon and Natasha Page.

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Promote your activities for free with BBC Sport

BBC Sport is encouraging sports clubs across the country to sign up to Things To Do – a free platform to advertise free or non-commercial activities.

From June 22nd, the Things To Do website will offer rowing clubs the opportunity to promote their activities aimed at engaging the public in sport.

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Record entry for Masters Champs

The Organising Committee of the British Rowing Masters Championships has announced a record entry for 2012, with over 650 crews taking part.

Entries to the Championships – which will be held on Sunday 20th May at the National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham – closed on Wednesday, and this year’s event will boast over 100 more crews than in 2011.

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Adaptive Rowing at Peterborough Regattas

The Peterborough May Regattas will offer Adaptive Rowing this year, with TA (trunks and arms) and AS (arms only) racing scheduled for Sunday May 27th.

The regattas – held over two days, starting May 26th – attract entries from across the UK to the purpose-built rowing lake at Thorpe Meadows, Peterborough.

As well as a full complement of able-bodied racing over 1000m, organisers will also consider entries from Adaptive doubles and coxed fours, in TA, AS, and LTA (legs, trunks, and arms) categories.

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12 GB Rowing Team medals from 12 starts

All 12 GB Rowing Team crews that started in today’s finals at the World Cup in Belgrade finished their journey on the podium as Britain won four golds, six silver and two bronze medals to add to their international-class gold and silver of last night.

Britain also took the overall world cup trophy by 79 points to Germany’s 47.

“It’s been a very good day”, said GB Rowing Team Performance Director David Tanner. “To win 12 medals from 12 starts is as good if not better than I would have hoped before coming here.

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The Stream is on its way!

The latest edition of The Stream is on its way – bringing all the latest news from British Rowing direct to your inbox!

The May Stream is packed with news and information as the long-awaited summer of 2012 finally swings into focus, including:

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British Rowing Championships - the Chairman's view

The 2012 British Rowing Championships (BRC) have been given a makeover this year - ahead of some major changes to the format of our national championships in 2013. In a special article for The Stream, BRC Chairman Jim Harlow explains some of the difficult decisions that have been made, and why they were vital to recapturing the magic of a British rowing institution.

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