Ten GB Rowing crews are through to tomorrow's finals of the World U23
Championships in Brandeburg, Germany. Nine qualified through the
standard racing session and a tenth, the men's four, joined later by
finishing third in their semi-final which was postponed after the GB
boat crashed and broke a rigger during the race warm-up earlier today.
Four British crews won their semi-finals today despite strong and
gusting headwind conditions and a further six are through to finals by
either finishing in the top three today or by winning repechages
yesterday.
"It's been a fantastic day", said team manager Steve Gunn. "The team has been on fire".
A win for the women's double scull and the qualification of the
lightweight women's double scull, in third place, were particularly
pleasing for Gunn on a day when his charges all performed well.
The semi-final winners were the women's single and double sculls as
well as the men's pair and double scull. GB Rowing's men's eight were
involved in a great race with Canada, Germany and the Netherlands at
the end of the day and booked their final place by taking second behind
Canada.
Earlier Tina Stiller recorded a strong win, by over seven seconds, in the women's single scull.
Finally, the GB lightweight men's pair of Carl Delaney and John Preston
won today's B final. All other finals are tomorrow with racing starting
at 09.50 (UK time) and finishing at 15.10.
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RESULTS
World U23 Championships, Brandenburg
(races featuring GB crews only. Full results at:
www.worldrowing.com)
SEMI-FINALS
OPEN
WOMEN
Single scull
1. Tina Stiller (GREAT BRITAIN) 8:49.23
2. Hungary 8:57.95
3. USA 9:00.25
4. Finland 9:03.85
5. Latvia 9:03.85
6. El Salvador 9:36.10
Double scull
1. Ruth Walczak/Rosamund Bradbury (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:57.75
2. Ukraine 7:59.07
3. Netherlands 8:02.60
4. Lithuania 8:02.99
5. Romania 8:11.74
6. France 8:17.07
MEN
Pair
1. Ben Smith/Charles Burkitt (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:17.12
2. Germany 7:20.15
3. Serbia 7:23.07
4. Hungary 7:24.97
5. Croatia 7:31.79
6. Turkey 7:51.57
Four
1. Italy 7:05.58
2. Croatia 7:08.19
3. Dan Ritchie/Mohamed Sbihi/Cameron Nichol/Will Laughton
(GREAT BRITAIN) 7:0916
4. Romania 7:11.92
5. Bulgaria 7:23.59
6. France 7:29.90
Eight
1. Canada 6:20.88
2. Joshua Davidson/Chris Abraham/Mason Durant/Fred Gill/
Karl Hudspith/Matthew Rossiter/Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell/
Scott Durant/Henry Fieldman(GREAT BRITAIN) 6:21.98
3. Germany 6:24.12
4. Netherlands 6:26.05
5. Russia 6:30.32
6. New Zealand 6:35.65
Double scull
1. Charles Cousins/Bill Lucas (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:15.28
2. Germany 7:16.30
3. Lithuania 7:24.31
4. Ukraine 7:24.69
5. Latvia 7:34.28
6. Estonia 7:44.34
LIGHTWEIGHT
WOMEN
Double scull
1. Switzerland 8:02.53
2. France 8:05.48
3. Emma Steel/Frances Fletcher (GREAT BRITAIN) 8:07.39
4. Australia 8:08.46
5. Poland 8:13.09
6. USA 8:16.75
B FINALS
MEN
LIGHTWEIGHT
Pair
1. John Preston/Carl Delaney (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:58.74
2. Turkey 8:02.38
3. Hungary 8:06.47
4. USA 8:08.87
5. Serbia 8:17.94
REPECHAGES
(which took place on Friday 18 July)
OPEN
WOMEN
Pair
1. Emily Taylor/Hannah Elsy (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:42.36
2. Belarus 7:43.87
3. Germany 7:47.09
4. Russia 7:48.14
5. Ukraine 7:49.18
6. Canada 7:53.68
Four
1. Vicky Bryant/Jacqui Round/Kirsty Myles/Rachael Jefferies(GREAT
BRITAIN) 7:00.01
2. Belarus 7:04.09
3. Germany 7:09.26
4. New Zealand 7:11.67
LIGHTWEIGHT
WOMEN
Single scull
1. Greece 8:15.32
2. Slovenia 8:20.51
3. Nicola Spencer (GREAT BRITAIN) 8:28.83
4. Argentina 8:30.70
MEN
Pair
1. France 7:08.10
2. Germany 7:08.41
3. John Preston/Carl Delaney (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:11.11
4. Turkey 7:16.27
Quadruple scull
1. Henry Chin/Bob Hewitt/Nick Fearnhead/Chris Boddy (GREAT
BRITAIN) 6:16.25
2. Switzerland 6:17.33
3. France 6:19.49
4. Azerbaijan 6:49.86
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CREW LISTS
(From bow to stroke with cox. Includes club or school/home town/d.o.b).
OPEN
WOMEN
Pair
Emily Taylor (Durham Uni/Lincoln/28.06.87)/Hannah Elsy (Durham
Uni/Twickenham/28.12.86)
Four
Vicky Bryant (Oxford Brookes/Chester-le-Street /23.07.87)/Jacqui Round
(Nottingham RC/St Neots/01.07.87)/Kirsty Myles (Oxford
Brookes/Edinburgh/24.02.86)/Rachael Jefferies (Oxford
Brookes/Abingdon/02.09.87)
Single scull
Tina Stiller (Nottingham RC/Yarm/23.06.87)
Double scull
Ruth Walczak (Uni of London/Rochdale/15.09.88)/Rosamund Bradbury
(Westminster School/Banstead/17.12.88)
MEN
Pair
Ben Smith (OUBC/Oxford/07.08.86)/Charles Burkitt (Leander/Newark/28.04.86)
Four
Dan Ritchie (Reading Univ/Herne Bay/06.01.87)/Mohamed Sbihi
(Molesey BC/Surbiton/27.03.88)/Cameron Nichol (University of
London/Glastonbury/26.06.87)/Will Laughton (University of
London/Isle of Man/17.06.87)
Eight
Joshua Davidson (Leander/Twickenham/19.09.86)/Chris
Abraham (Oxford Brookes/Lisbellaw, N. Ireland/05.12.87)/
Mason Durant (Newcastle Uni/Halton, Lancs/12.02.88)/Fred
Gill (Newcastle Uni/Shrewsbury/09.01.86)/Karl Hudspith
(Oxford Brookes/Twickenham/31.03.88)/Matthew Rossiter
(Abingdon School/Newbury/25.09.89)/Nathaniel
Reilly-O'Donnell (University of London/Durham/13.04.88)/Scott
Durant (Oxford Brookes/Halton, Lancs/12.02.88)/
Henry Fieldman (University of London/London/25.11.88) (cox)
Double scull
Charles Cousins (Reading Univ/Cambridge/13.12/88)/Bill
Lucas (Reading Univ/Kingswear, Devon/13.09.87)
LIGHTWEIGHTS
WOMEN
Single scull
Nicola Spencer (Exeter Uni/Chipping Norton/04.12.86)
Double scull
Emma Steel (Durham Uni/Chester-le-Street/08.02.87)/
Frances Fletcher (Durham Uni/Chester-le-Street/02.08/87)
MEN
Pair
John Preston (Reading Uni/Durham/16.04.89)/Carl Delaney
(Nottingham Uni/Wallingford/07.03.88)
Quadruple scull
Henry Chin (Durham Uni/London/27.03.86)/Bob Hewitt
(Tees RC/Scarborough/27.04/87)/Nick Fearnhead (Durham
Uni/Mold/08.02.88)/Chris Boddy (Tees RC/Stockton-on-Tees/16.11.87)
Team Management
David Tanner & Steve Gunn
Coaches
Peter Sheppard
Stuart Whitelaw
Chris Collerton
Henry Bailhache-Webb
Adrian Cassidy
Nick Strange
Edouard Blanc
Ade Roberts
Carl Smith
Nathan Adams
Peter Lee
Ten crews through to World U23 finals
19th July
