July 13, 2007 News British Rowing NewsBritish Rowing EventsRowing CommunityGB Rowing TeamCompetitions and ClubsIndoor RowingPartners#YourStoriesArchive Eleven crews progress in Lucerne GB Rowing Team Eleven British crews progressed from their heats this morning at this season’s third and final world cup of the season in Lucerne. The men’s four, racing with a substitute, and the women’s quadruple scull, both sponsored by Camelot, were amongst nine heat winners putting the men through to a semi tomorrow and the women directly into the final on Sunday. Alan Campbell, in the single scull, plus double scullers Stephen Rowbotham and Matt Wells, both boats backed by Siemens, were the other open weight Olympic class heat winners.ADVERT But the story of the morning came from the lightweight squad who won all three Olympic class boat classes,sponsored by Siemens here, for the first time ever. "It’s been a pretty good morning all round", said GB Performance Director David Tanner. "I’ve been particularly impressed with the lightweight group who can be very pleased with their performances". Britain’s men’s eight also put in a solid performance to qualify for tomorrow’s semi-finals after their bronze in Amsterdam, three weeks ago whilst Anna Bebginton, back from a knee injury, and Elise Laverick opened their racing campaign of the season by qualifying for tomorrow’s semi-finals of the Siemens-sponsored women’s double scull in second place. Campbell will race a quarter-final later today and the men’s and women’s pairs and men’s quadruple scull and second men’s double all have second chances through repechages either today or tomorrow. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE =============================== =============================== RACE REPORTS For a period of half an hour today on Lucerne’s Rotsee the British lightweight Olympic class boats grabbed the attention more than any others. They clocked up three heat wins in a row in the men’s and women’s double scull and the lightweight men’s four – all crews sponsored by Siemens. "I can’t remember any previous time when we have won heats in all three of the lightweight Olympic classes", said GB Performance Director, David Tanner. Victories for Helen Casey and Hester Goodsell, alongside Mark Hunter and Zac Purhcase in the two doubles were followed by a good win by Richard Chambers, James Lindsay-Fynn, Paul Mattick and James Clarke in the lightweight men’s four. The wins for the lightweights came in the middle of a run of six consecutive heat wins for Great Britain which began with the open men’s double and four and ended with the women’s quadruple scull. Matt Wells and Stephen Rowbotham, in the Siemens-sponsored men’s double scull, showed continuing race maturity in winning their heat this morning in a time of 6:27.19. They were third at 500m, second at the half-way point before moving into a lead which they maintained to move through to tomorrow’s semi-finals. Bill Lucas and Charles Cousins, who will race for GB at the world U23 championships later this month, were fifth in the opposing heat which was won by Olympic medallists Luka Spik and Itzok Cop of Slovenia. Alan Campbell, fresh from his Henley Royal Regatta win, made sure of his progress to the quarter-finals, scheduled for later this afternoon, with a comfortable victory in the morning heats in 7:11.79 in a race which he led throughout. Great Britain’s Camelot-sponsored men’s four are racing here in Switzerland with Tom James as a substitute for the injured Alex Partridge. Today they won their heat from the front despite some late challenges from Slovenia. Looking across the other heat results, the British quartet could face some tight racing with the Netherlands and New Zealand as the event progresses through tomorrow’s semi-final and Sunday’s final. Despite losing Robin Bourne-Taylor, one of two representatives from the British Army in the men’s eight, to injury, the British men’s eight followed up their bronze medal in Amsterdam by qualifying in second place for tomorrow’s semi-finals. The Siemens-backed boat included James Orme in Bourne-Taylor’s place and was stroked by the Army’s Alastair Heathcote once more. They led briefly at the 1500m mark and were less than a second down on Germany at the finish. The men’s quadruple scull of Ian Lawson, Alex Gregory,Simon Fieldhouse and Sam Townsend, also Siemens-sponsored, were not far off qualifying for the semi-finals direct but now have a repechage to face later this evening after finishing third in 6:00.73 behind France and Germany. They hauled themselves back from fifth place at the halfway mark. Colin Smith and Matt Langridge were slow in the first half and very quick in the final quarter of the men’s pair heats this morning. Unlike in Linz, at the season’s opening world cup where the Siemens-backed duo won gold, the tactic was not enough to see them through to the semi-finals here so they will race a repechage late this afternoon, having finished third behind Poland and Croatia. The Katherine Grainger-stroked GB women’s quadruple scull, sponsored by Camelot and winners in Linz but beaten in Amsterdam, stamped their authority on the morning’s heat by winning in 6:34.79 from Romania. Germany have a stengthened quad and won the other heat to set up a tantalising final on Sunday. Anna Bebington and Elise Laverick raced for the first time this season here today in the Siemens-backed women’s double scull. They will be pleased, as were the British supporters in the crowd, that they came through comfortably in second place to reach tomorrow’s semi-final. Bebington, a world cup winner with Annie Vernon in this event last year, has been battling a knee injury this season. The GB women’s eight, like their male counterparts, have had their preparation here disrupted by injury. Rebecca Rowe was part of the crew here for the first time in today’s seeding race in which GB finished fourth. Earlier in the day the lightweight men’s pair of Daniel Harte and Matt Beechey made light work of winning their heat to become the first GB crew through to a final here. They will race that on Saturday evening. They were swiftly followed by the lightweight men’s quadruple scull who emerged from a race-long contest with Germany to take the only qualifying slot. Andrea Dennis and Alasdair Leighton-Crawford, meanwhile, were third and sixth and went onto race in the late afternoon repechages of their events. Finally, at the end of the opening session of racing the lightweight women’s quadruple scull won their seeding race and will now have the coveted "best lane" in tomorrow’s final. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE =============================== =============================== RESULTS HEATS OPEN WOMEN Pair Heat 1 1. Megan Cooke/Anna Mickelson (USA) 7:22.14 2. Natasha Howard/Natasha Page (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:27.33 3. Nienkie Kingma/Helen Tanger (Netherlands) 7:28.42 4. Lea Jacobsen/Fie Graugaard (Denmark) 7:34.56 5. Simona Roccarina/Samanta Molina (Italy) 7:37.76 6. Nina Wengert/Nadine Schmutzler (Germany 2) 7:43.27 Double scull Heat 3 1. Christiane Huth/Peggy Waleska (Germany 1) 7:06.84 2. Elise Laverick/Anna Bebington (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:09.43 3. Ana Maria Apechitei/Simona Musat (Rumania 1) 7:20.57 4. Doina Ignat/Aurica Barascu (Rumania 2) 7:27.87 Quadruple scull Heat 1 1. Annie Vernon/Debbie Flood/Fran Houghton/Katherine Grainger (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:34.79 2. Romania 6:37.20 3. Belarus 6:51.93 4. Switzerland 7:01.42 MEN Pair Heat 2 1. Niksa & Sinisa Skelin (Croatia) 6:37.49 2. Jaroslaw Godek/Piotr Hojka (Poland 2) 6:37.56 3. Colin Smith/Matthew Langridge (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:39.64 4. Andreas Penkner/Jochen Urban (Germany) 6:39.78 5. Bart Sjenitzer/Willem de Graaf (Netherlands) 7:03.89 6. Goran Jagar/Nikola Stojic (Serbia) 7:07.55 Four Heat 1 1. Steve Williams/Peter Reed/Tom James/Andy Hodge (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:01.76 2. Slovenia 6:03.32 3. Ireland 6:07.96 4. Germany 6:10.67 5. Australia 6:17.78 6. Portugal 6:22.06 Eight 1. Germany 5:37.04 2. Tom Lucy/Tom Stallard/James Orme/Tom Solesbury/ Josh West/Richard Egington/Tom Parker/Alastair Heathcote/Acer Nethercott (GREAT BRITAIN) 5:37.70 3. Australia 5:39.15 4. Belarus 5:51.48 Single scull Heat 5 1. Alan Campbell (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:11.79 2. Paul Rosenquist (Sweden 2) 7:15.08 3. Christof Uhl (Austria 2) 7:18.88 4. Pier Giorgio Negrini (Italy) 7:20.29 Double scull Heat 2 1. Matthew Wells/Stephen Rowbotham (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:27.19 2. Matthew Trott/Nathan Cohen (New Zealand) 6:29.03 3. Stijn Smulders/Christophe Raes (Belgium) 6:35.46 4. Nikolay Spinev/Sergey Fedorovtsev (Russia) 6:36.42 5. Joerg Lehnigk/Maneul Brehmer (Germany 2) 6:37.04 6. Ioannis Tsamis/Ioannis Christou (Greece) 6:42.39 Heat 3 1. Luka Spik/Itzok Cop (Slovenia) 6:27.12 2. Kestutis Keblys/Mindaugas Griskonis (Lithuania) 6:31.11 3. Akos Haller/Tibor Peto (Hungary) 6:38.97 4. Jean Smerghetto/Federico Gattinoni (Italy) 6:42.71 5. Bill Lucas/Charles Cousins (GREAT BRITAIN 2) 6:50.20 6. Rene Bertram/Robert Sens (Germany 1) 7:08.95 Quadruple scull Heat 2 1. France 5:53.89 2. Germany 1 5:56.75 3. Simon Fieldhouse/Sam Townsend/Alex Gregory/ Ian Lawson (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:00.73 4. Netherlands 6:02.12 5. Italy 2 6:09.76 LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN Single scull Heat 2 1. Michaela Taupe (Austria) 7:57.13 2. Valentina Galmarini (Italy 1) 8:03.03 3. Andrea Dennis (GREAT BRITAIN) 8:13.17 4. Carola Tamboloni (Italy 2) 8:16.50 5. Anna Alliquander (Hungary) 8:40.57 Double scull Heat 3 1. Helen Casey/Hester Goodsell (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:17.24 2. Wendy Tripician/Jana Heere (USA) 7:19.64 3. Pamela Weisshaupt/Fabiane Albrecht (Switzerland) 7:22.66 4. Sinead Jennings/Niamh Ni Cheilleacher (Ireland) 7:26.46 5. Elena Lyakisheva/Anna Yuchenko (Russia) 7:27.13 6. Monika Hrabankova/Klara Janakova (Czech Republic) 7:48.35 MEN Pair Heat 1 1. Matt Beechey/Daniel Harte (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:52.25 2. Ross Brown/Michael McBryde (Australia) 6:57.53 3. Liolios Athanasios/Ioannis Tsahouhos (Greece 1) 6:59.67 4. Apostolos Kourkoumpas/Evangelos Tsourtsoulas (Greece 2) 7:04.37 5. Justin Gaevaert/Ek Olivier (Belgium) 7:05.02 6. Marc Rippel/Stephan Schad (Germany 2) 7:23.35 Four Heat 1 1. Richard Chambers/James Lindsay-Fynn/Paul Mattick/ James Clarke (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:07.02 2. Egypt 1 6:09.62 3. Canada 6:10.24 4. Greece 6:13.26 5. Denmark 6:16.61 6. Czech Republic 6:33.26 Single scull Heat 2 1. Duncan Grant (New Zealand) 7:06.88 2. Franco Sancassani (Italy) 7:11.68 3. Lorenzo Bertini (Italy 3) 7:11.90 4. Timothy Colson (Canada) 7:17.73 5. Richard Coakley (Ireland) 7:22.58 6. Alasdair Leighton-Crawford (Great Britain) 7:28.03 Double scull Heat 2 1. Zac Purchase/Mark Hunter (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:41.86 2. Zsolt Hirling/Tamas Varga (Hungary) 6:47.71 3. Wouter Van der Fraenen/Kristof Dekeyser (Belgium) 6:52.38 4. Dimitry Margolin/Vladimir Polomartchouk (Israel) 6:53.58 5. Pekka Nieminen/Matti Jaeaeskelainen (Finland) 6:55.17 Quadruple scull Heat 2 1. Simon Jones/Robert Williams/Chris Bartley/Dave Currie (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:06.78 2. Germany 1 6:10.97 3. Austria 6:30.35 4. Switzerland 6:38.73 RACE FOR LANES WOMEN Eight 1. USA 6:09.01 2. Germany 6:13.83 3. Netherlands 6:15.96 4. Baz Moffat/Carla Ashford/Georgina Menheneott/Rebecca Rowe/Beth Rodford/Jess Eddie/Katie Greves/Louisa Reeve (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:17.35 5. Russia 6:20.22 6. New Zealand 6:23.79 LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN Quadruple scull 1. Sophie Hosking/Laura Greenhalgh/Mathilde Pauls/Jane Hall (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:43.59 2. Netherlands 6:46.54 3. Germany 2 6:51.01 4. Italy 6:55.50 5. Germany 1 6:56.50 6. Switzerland 7:02.68 SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE =============================== =============================== GB CREWS FOR THIRD WORLD CUP OF 2007 (Lucerne, July 13-15 ) (NB – listed from bow to stroke with athlete name followed by club, home town and date of birth in brackets). OPEN WOMEN Pair Natasha Page (Reading Uni/Hartpury/30.4.85) Natasha Howard (Tideway Scullers/West Runton/3.9.80) Four Rebecca Rowe (Rebecca/Bridgend/16.5.81)/Vicki Etiebet (Auriol Kensington/Ottowa, Canada/12.2.79)/Vicky Myers/Alice Freeman Eight Baz Moffat (Thames RC/Bradford/8.4.78)/Carla Ashford (Thames RC/Northallerton/13.3.79)/Georgina Menheneott (Mortlake, Anglian & Alpha RC/North Bradley, Wilts /18.12.79)/ Jess Eddie (Uni of London/Durham/7.10.84)/Beth Rodford (Thames RC/Burton-on-Trent/ 28.12.82)/Rebecca Rowe (Rebecca/Bridgend/16.5.81)/Katie Greves (Uni of London/Oxford/2.9.82)/Louisa Reeve (Leander/London/16.05.84)/Caroline O’Connor (Oxford Brookes/Ealing/25.4.83) Double scull Elise Laverick (Thames RC/Poling, W.Sussex/27.7.75)/ Anna Bebington (Leander Club/Leek, Staffs/13.2.83) Quadruple scull Debbie Flood (Leander Club/Leeds/27.2.80)/Annie Vernon (Thames RC/Wadebridge/1.9.82)/Fran Houghton (Uni of London/Oxford/19.9.80)/Katherine Grainger (St Andrews BC/Aberdeen/12.11.75) MEN Pair Colin Smith (Leander/Henley on Thames/23.9.83)/Matt Langridge (Leander Club/Northwich/20.5.83) Four Steve Williams (Leander Club/Cheltenham/15.4.76)/Peter Reed (Leander Club/Nailsworth, Glos/27.7.81)/Tom James (CUBC/Wrexham/11.3.84)/Andy Triggs Hodge (Molesey BC/Hebden, N.Yorks/3.3.79) Eight Tom Parker (OUBC/Winchester/24.10.82) Tom Solesbury (Molesey BC/Petts Wood, Kent/23.9.80) Tom Lucy (Oxford Brookes/Monmouth/1.5.88) Tom Stallard (Leander/Welwyn, Herts/11.9.78) Josh West (Leander/Santa Fe/25.3.77) Richard Egington (Leander/Knutsford/26.2.79) James Orme (Leander Club/Colchester/1.4.84) Alastair Heathcote (Army RC/London/18.8.77) Acer Nethercott (OUBC/Harlow/28.11.77) Single Scull Alan Campbell (Tideway Scullers/Coleraine/9.5.83) Double Scull – two boats Matt Wells (Leander Club/Hexham, Northumberland/19.4.79)/ Stephen Rowbotham (Leander Club/Winscombe, Somerset/11.11.81) Second boat – see U23 section below 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) LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN Single scull Andrea Dennis (Wallingford RC/Oxford/03.01.82) Double scull Helen Casey (Wallingford RC/Oxford/6.2.74)/ Hester Goodsell (Rob Roy/Cambridge/27.6.84) Quadruple scull Laura Greenhalgh/Jane Hall (Leander/Caversham/ 20.10.73), Mathilde Pauls (Imperial College BC/Berlin & Putney/26.09.83)/ Sophie Hosking (Durham Uni/ Wimbledon/25.01.86) MEN Pair Matt Beechey (Leander/Worcester/3.4.77)/Daniel Harte (London/Edinburgh/12.12.75) 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) Single scull Alasdair Leighton-Crawford (Tideway Scullers/Richmond-upon-Thames/09.12.81) Double scull Zac Purchase (Marlow RC/Tewkesbury, Glos/2.5.86)/ Mark Hunter (Leander Club/Romford, Essex/1.7.78) Quadruple scull Chris Bartley/Simon Jones/Rob Williams/Dave Currie UNDER-23 CREWS OPEN MEN Double scull – competing in senior open event Bill Lucas (Reading Uni/Dartmouth/13.9.87)/Charles Cousins (Rob Roy/Willingham, Cambs/13.12.88) ADVERT