July 28, 2007 News British Rowing NewsBritish Rowing EventsRowing CommunityGB Rowing TeamCompetitions and ClubsIndoor RowingPartners#YourStoriesArchive Composed scullers through to semis GB Rowing Team Racing "well within" themselves, according to Matt Wells, the British men’s double scull, sponsored by Siemens, of Wells and Stephen Rowbotham won their World Championship quarter-final here in Munich today and will now race in Thursday’s semi-finals. Alan Campbell, the accomplished single sculler from Coleraine, also in a Siemens-backed boat, joined them by taking second place in his quarter-final behind only world champion Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand. Gloucestershire duo Beth Rodford and Natasha Page took full advantage of rowing’s "second chance" system by winning their women’s pair repechage today to move into the semi-finals as did Alasdair Leighton-Crawford and Andrea Dennis in the lightweight single scull events alongside Siemens-backed James Roberts and Karen Cromie in the Paralympic double scull boat.ADVERT Meanwhile, Helene Raynsford’s repechage win in the Siemens-sponsored women’s Paralympic single scull boat class puts her into Saturday’s final. "I’m very pleased today that all of our boats have progressed to the top 12, giving the Olympic boats the chance of a Beijing place through their semi-finals", said GB Performance Director David Tanner. "Well done today, too, to Helene Raynsford for booking our first Paralympic quota place". Tomorrow’s action includes quarter-finals for the Siemens-backed lightweight men’s double scull and four – the two Olympic lightweight classes – as well as crucial repechages for the Siemens-sponsored men’s and women’s eights, quadruple scull and lightweight women’s double scull. Equally, the lightweight men’s quad will be fighting for a place in the final through their repechage of this International boat class. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE =============================== =============================== RACE REPORTS Matt Wells and Stephen Rowbotham, the "quiet men" of the British team who have been consistent world cup medallists this season, moved smoothly into the World Championships semi-finals here in Munich today by winning their quarter-final of the men’s double scull. The Siemens-backed duo ignored the fast-starting Italians, whose early pace proved latterly suicidal, and emerged from the pack around the half-way point. From there they put on the pressure to lead throughout the second half, responding well to any moves from behind. "It was a big race today for many of the crews because if you didn’t get through to the semi-finals you’re not going to the Olympic Games. That’s why several of the crews went out so quickly to try and qualify. You could see it at the end with the Belgians being so happy but with the Italians and Russians being so down", said Wells afterwards. "We’re racing well within ourselves here and the big race is now on Thursday with the semi-finals", he added. Wells and Rowbotham will be joined on Thursday by Alan Campbell, part of a strong British sculling group. The Siemens-sponsored single sculler this morning booked his semi-final place by finishing second to world champion Mahe Drysdale, of New Zealand, in the quarter-finals. The British and Kiwi scullers, who have been training partners in the past and are still good friends, traded punches in the opening 500m with the lead swapping hands several times before they opened up sufficient gap on the rest of the field to settle into their rhythm and control the race. Both upped the pace a tad towards the finish in order to keep the remainder of the field at bay. "It was just controlled, relaxed racing again today", said Campbell afterwards. "Yes, there was some jockeying for position with Mahe early in the race, but once we’d opened up the lead I thought I’d just stay relaxed". The comment shows his growing maturity as a racer. Whilst the focus was on the established men’s crews, Beth Rodford and Natasha Page put in an excellent performance of their own in the Siemens-sponsored women’s pair to win their repechage and move into the semi-finals, also on Thursday. In a tightly-bunched field, the newly-formed duo were led at first by the Italians, whose coach must take the prize as the regatta’s "philosopher king" for the encouragements he yelled from his bicycle during the race. Then the British took the lead just after the half-way point. Russia subsequently posed the greatest threat alongside the Dutch, with the Italians falling away. Rodford and Page were able to hold, though, for victory. "It felt really relaxed and calm out there today", said Page afterwards. "We put in a couple of pushes to get past the Russians and it’s good to get a solid win under our belts", said Rodford. Alasdair Leighton-Crawford and Andrea Dennis, Britain’s two lightweight single scullers, both moved through to Thursday’s semi-finals by winning repechages in style this morning. Dennis came past the early Spanish leader as the crews moved through the 600m mark and created the opportunity to watch the field from the front with Finland her nearest challenger in the latter stages. Leighton-Crawford was first to all four timing points, including the finish line, in a well-controlled and smooth race. Finland’s Matt Jaeaeskelainen was second. Helene Raynsford looked more her usual self in today’s repechage of the Siemens-backed women’s adaptive single scull which she won comfortably after taking the lead before half-way. By the line she had a two length lead over the field. In yesterday’s heats the reigning world champion had suffered an asthma attack whilst racing and was unable to produce her normal level of performance. By winning she booked a British quota place at the Paralympic Games next year. James Roberts and Karen Cromie, in the Siemens-sponsored women’s double scull, also upped their game over yesterday’s heats performance to win the repechage today which they led throughout. The British women’s four were earlier in action in a seeding race for Saturday’s final. They finished fifth. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE =============================== =============================== RACING TIMETABLE Racing in Munich from now on takes place as follows (full timetable at www.worldrowing.com): 29 August Repechages & Quarter-finals 30 and 31 August Semi-finals FINALS 1 and 2 September (Full details: www.worldrowing.com and click on media center before selecting events). SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE =============================== =============================== RESULTS – Day three/28 August (races featuring GB crews only. Full results: www.worldrowing.com) QUARTER-FINALS OPEN MEN Single scull 1. Mahe Drysdale (New Zealand) 7:26.36 2. Alan Campbell (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:29.77 3. Peter Hardcastle (Australia) 7:31.72 4. Valentinos Sofokleous (Cyprus) 7:34.63 5. Dzianis Suravets (Belarus) 7:46.81 6. Gabor Bencsik (Hungary) 7:57.20 Double scull 1. Matthew Wells/Stephen Rowbotham (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:52.23 2. Scott Brennan/David Crawshay (Australia) 6:52.85 3. Stijn Smulders/Christophe Raes (Belgium) 6:57.05 4. Sergey Fedorovtsev/Nikolay Spinev (Russia) 7:02.10 5. Jean Smerghetto/Simone Venier (Italy) 7:04.06 6. Vladimir Chernenko/Rusian Naurzaliyev (Uzbekhistan) 7:27.53 REPECHAGES OPEN WOMEN Pair 1. Beth Rodford/Natasha Page (GREAT BRITAIN) 7;47.85 2. Vera Pochitaeva/Alevtina Podvyazkina (Russia) 7:48.29 3. Nienke Kingma/Helen Tanger (Netherlands) 7:51.01 4. Simona Roccarina/Samanta Molina (Italy) 7:53.27 LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN Single scull 1. Andrea Dennis (GREAT BRITAIN) 8:22.25 2. Ilona Hiltunen (Finland) 8:24.10 3. Maria Lima (Portugal) 8:33.47 4. Lourdes Cruz Guillen (Spain) 8:35.17 5. Ilda Theka (Albania) 9:20.50 MEN Single scull 1. Alasdair Leighton-Crawford (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:46.10 2. Matti Jaeaeskelainen (Finland) 7:52.26 3. Carlos Fernandes (Portugal) 8:01.31 4. Paul Kondrashov (Israel) 8:06.46 5. Liam Molloy (Ireland) DNS ADAPTIVE WOMEN Single scull 1. Helene Raynsford (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:57.68 2. Martyna Snopek (Poland) 7:02.40 3. Agnese Moro (Italy) 7:14.97 4. Cho Ping (Hong Kong) 7:48.84 5. Fusako Inaishi (Japan) 9:11.51 MIXED Double scull 1. Karen Cromie/James Roberts (GREAT BRITAIN) 4:42.15 2. Caitlin Renneson/Wilfredo More Wilson (Canada) 4:54.37 3. Igor & Mary Kogan (Israel) 4:54.68 4. Megumi Masumoto/Hideki Yahagi (Japan) 5;54.31 5. Alexey Malyshev/Nadejda Andreeva (Russia) 6:17.10 RACE FOR LANES OPEN WOMEN Four 1. USA 6:59.70 2. Australia 7:03.78 3. Germany 7:06.30 4. China 7:10.52 5. Georgina Menheneott/Rebecca Rowe/Vicky Etiebet/ Vicky Myers (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:15.31 6. Italy 7:32.42 SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE =============================== =============================== GB CREWS FOR THE 2007 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Munich, August 26 – September 2, 2007) (NB – listed from bow to stroke with athlete name followed by club, home town and date of birth in brackets). OPEN WOMEN Pair Beth Rodford (Thames RC/Burton-on-Trent/ 28.12.82)/ Natasha Page (Reading Uni/Hartpury/30.4.85) Coach: John Keogh Four Georgina Menheneott (Mortlake, Anglian & Alpha RC/North Bradley, Wilts/18.12.79)/Rebecca Rowe (Rebecca/Bridgend/16.5.81)/ Vicki Etiebet (Auriol Kensington/Ottowa, Canada/12.2.79)/ Vicky Myers (Leander/Cheshire/31.3.81) Coach: Nathan Williams Eight Carla Ashford (Thames RC/Northallerton/13.3.79)/Baz Moffat (Thames RC/Bradford/8.4.78)/Alice Freeman (Wallingford RC/Oxford/ 6.9.78)/Louisa Reeve (Leander/London/16.05.84)/Natasha Howard (Tideway Scullers/West Runton/3.9.80)/Alison Knowles (Thames RC/ Bournemouth/27.3.82)/Katie Greves (Uni of London/Oxford/2.9.82) Jess Eddie (Uni of London/Durham/7.10.84)/Caroline O’Connor (Oxford Brookes/Ealing/25.4.83) (cox) Coaches: John Keogh Double scull Elise Laverick (Thames RC/Poling, W.Sussex/27.7.75)/ Anna Bebington (Leander Club/Leek, Staffs/13.2.83) Coach: Miles Forbes Thomas Quadruple scull Annie Vernon (Thames RC/Wadebridge/1.9.82)/Debbie Flood (Leander Club/Leeds/27.2.80)/Fran Houghton (Uni of London/Oxford/19.9.80)/Katherine Grainger (St Andrews BC/Aberdeen/12.11.75) Coach: Paul Thompson MEN Pair Colin Smith (Leander/Henley on Thames/23.9.83)/ Matt Langridge(Leander Club/Northwich/20.5.83)/ Coach: Jurgen Grobler Four Steve Williams (Leander Club/Cheltenham/15.4.76)/Peter Reed (Leander Club/Nailsworth, Glos/27.7.81)/Alex Partridge (Leander Club/Alton, Hants/25.1.81)/Andy Triggs Hodge (Molesey BC/Hebden, N.Yorks/3.3.79) Coach: Jurgen Grobler Coxed four Oli Moore (Imperial/Burford)/James Orme (Leander Club/ Colchester/1.4.84)/Marcus Bateman (Leander Club/Torquay/ 16.9.82)/Tom James (CUBC/Wrexham/11.3.84)/Phelan Hill (London RC/London/21.7.79) – cox Coach: Richard Tinkler Eight Tom Parker (OUBC/Winchester/24.10.82)/Tom Stallard (Leander/Welwyn, Herts/11.9.78)/Tom Lucy (Oxford Brookes/ Monmouth/1.5.88)/Tom Solesbury (Molesey BC/Petts Wood, Kent/23.9.80)/Josh West (Leander/Santa Fe/25.3.77)/Richard Egington (Leander/Knutsford/26.2.79)/Robin Bourne-Taylor (Army RC/Oxford/22.7.81) /Alastair Heathcote (Army RC/London/18.8.77)/Acer Nethercott (OUBC/Harlow/28.11.77) (cox) Coaches: Mark Banks, John West Single Scull Alan Campbell (Tideway Scullers/Coleraine/9.5.83) Coach: Bill Barry Double Scull Matt Wells (Leander Club/Hexham, Northumberland/19.4.79)/ Stephen Rowbotham (Leander Club/Winscombe, Somerset/11.11.81) Coach: Mark Earnshaw Quadruple scull Simon Fieldhouse (Molesey/Thames Ditton/4.9.76)/Sam Townsend (Reading Uni/Reading/26.11.85)/Alex Gregory (Reading Uni/ Wormington/11.3.84)/Ian Lawson (Leander/Otley, W.Yorks/4.3.77) Coach: Steve Gunn LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN Single scull Andrea Dennis (Wallingford RC/Oxford/03.01.82) Coach: Rob Dauncey Double scull Helen Casey (Wallingford RC/Oxford/6.2.74)/ Hester Goodsell (Rob Roy/Cambridge/27.6.84) Coach: Robin Williams Quadruple scull Sophie Hosking (Durham Uni/Wimbledon/25.01.86)Laura Greenhalgh (Rob Roy/Oxford/2.9.85)/Mathilde Pauls (Imperial College BC/Berlin & Putney/26.09.83)/ Jane Hall (Leander/Caversham/20.10.73), Coach: Rob Dauncey MEN Pair Matt Beechey (Leander/Worcester/3.4.77)/Daniel Harte (London/Edinburgh/12.12.75) Coach: Paul Reedy Four Richard Chambers (Oxford Brookes/Coleraine/10.6.85)/ James Lindsay-Fynn (London/Trim/29.9.75)/Paul Mattick (Wallingford/Oxford/25.4.78)/James Clarke (London RC/ London/13.12.84) Coach: Robin Williams Single scull Alasdair Leighton-Crawford (Tideway Scullers/Richmond-upon-Thames/ 09.12.81) – racing spare. Double scull Zac Purchase (Marlow RC/Tewkesbury, Glos/2.5.86)/ Mark Hunter (Leander Club/Romford, Essex/1.7.78) Coach: Darren Whiter Quadruple scull Simon Jones (Leander/Henley/8.6.78)Rob Williams (London RC/Maidenhead/21.1.85)//Chris Bartley (Wallingford/Chester/ 2.2.84)/Dave Currie (Leander/Bridgend/10.1.82) Coach: Rob Morgan ADAPTIVE CREWS WOMEN Single scull Helene Raynsford (Guildford RC/Frimley/29.12.79) Coach: Chad King MEN Single scull Tom Aggar (Royal Docks/Barnet, London/24.5.84) Coach: Chad King MIXED Mixed adaptive coxed four Naomi Riches (Marlow RC/Harrow Weald/15.6.83)/ Alastair Mckean (Herne Bay ARC/Whitstable/14.4.79)/ Alan Crowther (Nottingham BC/Derby/29.7.65)/ Vicki Hansford (Guildford RC/Lewisham/31.10.79)/ Alan Sherman (cox) Coach: Chad King Double scull Karen Cromie (Royal Docks BC/Ballinamalllard, Co.Fermanagh/ 24.9.79)/James Roberts (Swansea/11.5.86) Coach: Chad King SPARES Olivia Whitlam (Agecroft RC/Warrington/16.9.85) Tom Wilkinson (Leander/Henley/4.7.85) Charles Burkitt (Leander/Reading/28.4.86) Bill Lucas (Reading Uni/Dartmouth/13.9.87) Atlanta St John (Reading Uni/North Leigh, Oxon/13.1.87) TEAM MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT Team Manager: David Tanner Assistant Team Manager: Maggie Netto Doctor: Ali Sanders Chief Coach Men: Jurgen Grobler Chief Coach Women and Lightweights: Paul Thompson Logistics Manager: Maurice Hayes Adaptive boats coordinator: Louise Kingsley Lead Physio: Mark Edgar Physios: Pam Gardiner, Gill Edmondson, Mike Chisholm Physiologist: Al Smith Pyschologist: Chris Shambrook Nutritionist: Wendy Martinson Sponsorship Liaison Manager: Fran Bullock Drivers: Phil Tinsley, John Brockway Press Officer: Caroline Searle SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE =============================== =============================== OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC QUALIFYING DETAILS Each nation competing in Munich will be seeking to qualify for Olympic Games’ quota places, available for each event. It is important to remember, though, that it is the "boats" that qualify in Munich and at the later regattas (see below). In Britain’s case the individual "rowers’ names" will not be put to the places in each boat until late June, 2008. Events (with quota places available in Munich) MEN Single scull (11) Pair (11) Double scull (11) Four (11) Quadruple scull (11) Eight (7) WOMEN Single scull (9) Pair (8) Double scull (8) Quadruple scull (7) – GB qualified (27/08/07) Eight (5) LIGHTWEIGHT MEN Double scull (11) Four (11) LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN Double scull (8) If British boats do not gain a quota place in any given event in Munich, there will be one further chance via the final qualifying regatta in June of 2008 in Lucerne, Switzerland where a small number of further quota places will be available but for which the competition will be fierce. ADAPTIVE BOAT CLASSES Each adaptive boat class has eight spaces available in Munich for Beijing 2008. For those who do not qualify in Munich there will be a second-chances at the world cup from 9-11 May, 2007. Women’s arms only single scull – qualified 28/08/07 ADVERT