Four heat wins for GB at World U23 Champs
The GB Rowing Team won four heats in Brest, Belarus, at the World U23 Championships today before thunderstorms forced a suspension in racing.
Nathaniel Reilly O’Donnell, Matt Rossiter, George Nash and Constantine Louloudis created a positive opening to their campaign in the men’s four by recording the fastest time of the day to win their heat from Italy after a tight tussle. They know, though, that the Czech Republic and Australia could prove tough future opponents.
Britain’s other victories came from Peter Chambers in the lightweight men’s single – his first win internationally since he was a junior – the lightweight men’s double scull of Ben Rowe and Kieren Emery as well as the lightweight men’s quadruple scull.
GB also booked its first A final slot through the men’s coxed four who were second in their heat.
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RESULTS
(Events featuring GB crews only. Full results
at www.worldrowing.com)
OPEN
WOMEN
Four
Heat 1
1. Australia 6:46.02
2. Germany 6:47.81
3. Jenny Arnold/Monica Relph/Lottie Howard-Merrill/Polly Swann
(GREAT BRITAIN) 6:49.32
4. Belarus 6:58.92
Single scull
Heat 3
1. Norway 7:50.13
2. Estonia 7:51.10
3. Rosamund Bradbury (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:59.26
4. Serbia 8:00.09
5. Ireland 8:05.71
MEN
Four
Heat 1
1. Nathaniel Reilly O’Donnell/Matt Rossiter/George Nash/Constantine
Louloudis (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:11.17
2. Italy 6:18.07
3. Romania 6:21.06
4. Slovenia 6:22.82
5. Croatia 6:36.98
Coxed four
Heat 2
1. Italy 6:12.44
2. Andrew Holmes/Thomas Clark/Ertan Hazine/Patrick Lapage/
Max Gander (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:13.32
3. New Zealand 6:13.45
4. Belarus 6:31.94
LIGHTWEIGHT
WOMEN
Double scull
Heat 3
1. Greece 7:18.02
2. Sweden 7:21.62
3. Kat Copeland/Charlotte Burgess (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:22.78
4. USA 7:25.07
5. Iraq 7:47.70
MEN
Single scull
Heat 1
1. Peter Chambers (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:05.99
2. France 7:10.62
3. Italy 7:25.76
4. Algeria 7:26.82
5. Georgia 7:28.38
6. Belarus 8:03.93
Double scull
Heat 3
1. Ben Rowe/Kieren Emery (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:40.25
2. Bulgaria 6:43.25
3. Sweden 6:46.70
4. Hungary 7:00.97
5. Portugal 7:01.31
Quadruple scull
Heat 3
1. Zak Lee-Green/Sam Scrimgeour/Jamie Watson/Carl Delaney
(GREAT BRITAIN) 6:04.75
2. Canada 6:07.54
3. Netherlands 6:09.76
4. Poland 6:11.29
5. USA 6:20.39
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GB ROWING TEAM ENTRIES
World U23 Championships, Brest, Belarus
22-25 July, 2009
(listed from bow to stroke with club/home town/d.o.b.)
OPEN
WOMEN
Four
Jenny Arnold (Durham University/Wargrave/6.2.90)/Monica Relph(Nottingham RC/Cambridge/15.1.88)/Lottie Howard-Merrill (Sport Imperial/Oxford/15.11.89)/Polly Swann (Glasgow RC/Edinburgh/6.5.88)
Coach: Neasa Folan
Single scull
Rosamund Bradbury (Jesus College/Banstead/17.12.88)
Quadruple scull
Ruth Walczak (Molesey BC/Rochdale/15.9.88)/Georgie Hazell
(Reading Uni/Hook, Hants/2.12.88)/Vicki Meyer-Lake (Nottingham
RC/Insch, Aberdeenshire/18.3.88)/Rachel Gamble-Flint (Yarm School/Darlington/13.9.91)
Coach: Nick Strange
MEN
Four
Nathaniel Reilly O’Donnell (Uni of London/Durham/13.4.88)/Matt
Rossiter (Durham Uni/Newbury/25.9.89)/George Nash (Cambridge Uni/
Guildford/2.10.89)/Constantine Louloudis (Eton College/London/15.9.91)
Coach: Chris Collerton
Eight
Karl Hudspith (Oxford Brookes Uni/Twickenham/31.3.88)/Will Satch
(Leander/Henley-on-Thames/9.6.89)/Matt Tarrant (Oxford Brookes
Uni/Shepperton/11.7.90)/Calum Wright (Molesey BC/Esher,
Surrey/10.2.89)/Frazer Brent (Molesey BC/Cobham, Surrey/23.12.88)/
Scott Durant (Oxford Brookes Uni/Lancaster/12.2.98)/Anthony
Locke (Leander & Harvard/Newbridge, I.O.W/30.10.88)/Mike Evans
(Princeton &Leander/23.8.90)/Henry Fieldman (cox) (Imperial College/
Barnes, London/25.11.88) Coach: Henry Baillhache-Webb
Coxed four
Andy Holmes (Molesey BC/Lochwinnoch/4.10.91)/Tom Clark (Leander/
Worcester/28.1.89)/Ertan Hazine (Wallingford/Maidenhead/1.8.91)/
Patrick Lapage (Harvard/16.6.90)/Max Gander (cox) (Uni of London/
Oxford/26.1.90)
Coach: Ben Lewis
Quadruple scull
John Collins (Reading Uni/24.1.89)/Jonny Walton (Loughborough Uni/
Leicester/6.10.90)/Nick Middleton (Leander/12.8.88)/Jack Hockley
(Leander/High Wycombe/5.10.89)
LIGHTWEIGHT
WOMEN
Double scull
Katherine Copeland (Uni of London/Stockton-on-Tees/1.12.90)/
Charlotte Burgess (Reading Uni/Bedford/25.6.90)
Coach: Eira Parry
MEN
Single scull
Peter Chambers (Oxford Brookes/Coleraine/14.3.90)
Coach: Pete Sheppard
Double scull
Ben Rowe (Tees RC/Middlesbrough/5.11.88)/Kieren Emery (Leander/
Newcastle-upon-Tyne/1.6.90)
Coach: James Harris
Four
Dave Jones (Leander/Maidenhead/8.7.88)/Jono Clegg (Leander/
Maidenhead/14.7.89)/William Fletcher (Durham Uni/Chester-le-Street/
24.12.89)/Jamie Kirkwood (Imperial College/Northumberland/30.8.89)
Coach: Rob Dauncey
Quadruple scull
Zak Lee-Green (Agecroft RC/Cardiff/5.2.91)/Sam Scringeour
(Glasgow RC/Forfar, Angus/28.1.88)/Jamie Watson (Durham Uni/
Windsor/18.7.88)/Carl Delaney (Nottingham RC/Wallingford/7.3.88)
Support Team
Steve Gunn, Team Manager
Peter Sheppard, Chief Coach U23 & Juniors
Michelle Earby, Doctor
Abbie Turner, Physio
Andy Knee-Robinson, Equipment manager
Dez Atkins, Driver
