August 30, 2011 News British Rowing NewsBritish Rowing EventsRowing CommunityGB Rowing TeamCompetitions and ClubsIndoor RowingPartners#YourStoriesArchive Beighton and Scowen book first GB 2012 place GB Rowing Team Nick Beighton and Sam Scowen became the first boat to win the nation a qualifying place for the 2012 Games today when they qualified for the final of their Paralympic-class mixed adaptive double. The duo were second to Australia in their repechage but the performance was good enough to guarantee the all-important top eight finish on Slovenia’s Lake Bled in this morning’s session of the World Championships.ADVERT “It’s a big relief to qualify for the Games. That has been our target here all along”, said Beighton, a Captain in the British Army. Utter despair, by contrast, showed on the faces of Mel Wilson, Beth Rodford, Annabel Vernon and Debbie Flood, the latter three of whom are reigning world champions, when they failed to get through to the final of the women’s quadruple scull in a tight repechage finish with winners USA and China. 0.75 of a second separated the British and the Chinese at the line as all three crews sprinted for the line with America’s margin of victory being 12 hundredths of a second. To achieve a London Olympic Games place the quartet will now need to win Thursday’s B Final. Asked about the tight finish Vernon said: “That’s sport, you’ve got to be on the right side of those margins when it counts. “We have no-one to blame but ourselves. It wasn’t our worst rowing today but it wasn’t our best either”. The GB men’s quadruple scull compensated somewhat later in the session, coming through their repechage to achieve a semi-final place. Again, the margins were tight with New Zealand taking the verdict over GB by just 0.01 of a second. “I’m pleased that our men’s quad got through and clearly delighted with the mixed adaptive double’s result. It’s a surprise that our women’s quad are not in the final. They were certainly capable of it. They have been on the wrong side of two very tight finishes here in both the heat and the semis and it shows how strong the fields are here in Bled”, said GB Performance Director, David Tanner. Adam Freeman Pask is also through to the semi-finals here in the international class lightweight men’s single scull. He led from the front to win his repechage. Tomorrow’s racing programme will see GB boats contesting the semi-finals of the women’s pair, men’s eight and lightweight men’s pair as well as repechages of the women’s eight and single. Alan Campbell races in the quarter-finals of the men’s single whilst Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase will be in the quarter-finals of the lightweight men’s double scull. *SIEMENS is the high performance partner of the GB Rowing Team(as such they sponsor all the Olympic and Paralympic Classboats in the senior squad and add value to the GB RowingTeams’ Start and High Performance Programme in Clubs Schemes) SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE=============================== ===============================RACE REPORTS The GB Rowing Team women’s quadruple scull looked focussed and connected off the start of their repechage in Bled this morning. A top two finish would see them into Thursday’s final but also book the boat a place at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Stroke Debbie Flood set the rhythm and pace which saw them reach the 500m mark first in 1:32.48 from the USA and China. At halfway they still held the lead but a slim one. By the 1500m mark the quartet of Mel Wilson, Beth Rodford, Annabel Vernon and Flood were marginally down on the USA, setting up a tough final 500m in the choppy conditions, as China picked up their pace, too. The effort from the three boats was palpable as each strived to take one of the vital two qualifying spots. At the line the USA took victory and GB were outdone in the last few strokes by China. That leaves the British boat needing to win the B final in order to get a place in London. Sam Townsend, Bill Lucas, Tom Solesbury and Stephen Rowbotham were towards the back of a totally tight pack behind Estonia in the repechage of the equivalent men’s event in the first half of the race. By halfway they were beginning to get into their rhythm behind New Zealand and Estonia who were still in the lead. Looking smooth and strong the four men piled on the power in the final 500m to overhaul Estonia and challenge for first with New Zealand, losing out by just one hundredth of a second. They are now safely through to Friday’s semi-final. France came through to pip Estonia for third on the line. Adam Freeman-Pask had the lead in his repechage of the lightweight men’s single scull by the 500m mark with only the top two able to progress to the semi-finals. Hong Kong and Turkey were his nearest challengers. By halfway the Masters Engineering student was two seconds ahead of the field. In the final 500m the Turkish sculler Huseyin Kandemir put in a big push past the Island but Freeman Pask made sure of his semi-final place with a win in 7:00.40. Hong Kong finished third. Earlier in the day, Sam Scowen and Nick Beighton came through in second place from their repechage of the mixed adaptive double scull to gain not only the final here but also a qualifying place for the boat at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The new GB combination took the race by the throat with a good start putting them in contention for one of the two qualifying places from the outset. They led at halfway but were caught by Australia who won in 4:10.82 to GB’s 4:11.92. Scowen said “I’m thrilled to have qualified the double for London 2012 and to be the first British crew to qualify for the Games is an honour. Poland were third – seven seconds behind. “We went out there and did what we had to do. Our focus now is on the final on Saturday. It’s going to be a really tight race and we are really looking forward to it”. Beighton added: “It’s a big relief to qualify for the Games. That has been our target here all along. I know it sounds a bit backwards but the pressure is off us for the final really and we can just go out there and do our best”. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE=============================== ===============================RESULTS(Events featuring GB Rowing Team crews only. Full results:www.worldrowing.com) REPECHAGES OPEN WOMEN Quadruple scull 1. USA 6:19.032. China 6:19.153. Mel Wilson/Beth Rodfod/Annabel Vernon/Debbie Flood (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:19.904. Italy 6:38.23 MEN Quadruple scull 1. New Zealand 5:46.762. Tom Solesbury/Stpehen Rowbotham/Sam Townsend/Bill Lucas (GREAT BRITAIN) 5:46.773. France 5:47.784. Estonia 5:48.705. Slovenia 5:54.406. Denmark 5:59.40 LIGHTWEIGHT MEN Single scull 1. Adam Freeman-Pask (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:04.002. Huseyin Kandemir (Turkey) 7:07.033. So Sau Wah (Hong Kong) 7:07.274. Diogo Pinheiro (Portugal) 7:09.615. Kamal Mammodov (Azerbajan) 7:14.636. Ruthtanaphol Theppibal (Thailand) 7:26.95 ADAPTIVE MIXED Double scull 1. John Maclean/Kathryn Ross (Australia) 4:10.822. Nick Beighton/Sam Scowen (GREAT BRITAIN) 4:11.923. Michal Gadowski/Jolanta Pawlak (Poland) 4:18.344. Jacqueline Kapinowski/Anthony Davis (USA) 4:27.385. Dejan Fabcic/Mojca Tomazin (Slovenia) 5:59.42 SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE=============================== ===============================GB ROWING TEAM CREW-LISTS2011 World Rowing Championships, sponsored by SamsungAugust 28 – September 4, 2011(listed bow to stroke plus cox) OPEN WOMEN Pair Helen Glover (Minerva Bath/Penzance/17.06.86)/Heather Stanning (Army RC/Lossiemouth/26.01.85) Coach: Robin Williams Eight Alison Knowles (Thames RC/Bournemouth/27.03.82)/Jo Cook (Leander Club/Sunbury-on-Thames/22.03.84)/Jessica Eddie (Univ of London BC/Durham/07.10.84)/Lindsey Maguire (Wallingford RC/Edinburgh/15.01.82)/Natasha Page (Gloucester RC/Hartpury/30.04.85)/Louisa Reeve (Leander Club/London/16.05.84)/Katie Solesbury (Leander Club/Oxford/02.09.82)/Victoria Thornley (Leander Club/Wrexham/30.11.87)/Caroline O’Connor (cox) (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Ealing, London/25.04.83) Coach: Nick Strange Single scull Frances Houghton (Leander/Oxford/19.09.80) Coach: TBC Double scull Anna Watkins (Leander Club/Leek, Staffs/13.02.83)/Katherine Grainger (St. Andrew BC/Aberdeen/12.11.75) Coach: Paul Thompson Quadruple scull Debbie Flood (Leander Club/Guiseley/27.02.80)/Beth Rodford (Gloucester RC/Gloucester/28.02.82)/Annabel Vernon (Leander Club/Wadebridge/01.09.82)/Melanie Wilson (Imperial College BC/London/25.06.84)/ Coach: Ade Roberts RESERVES Ro Bradbury (Leander/Banstead, Surrey/17.12.88)Emily Taylor (Leander/Lincoln/28.06.87) OPEN MEN Pair Pete Reed (Leander Club/Nailsworth, Glos/27.07.81)/Andrew Triggs Hodge (Molesey BC/Hebden, N. Yorks/03.03.79) Coach: Jürgen Grobler Four Matthew Langridge (Leander Club /Northwich/20.05.83)/Richard Egington (Leander Club/Knutsford/26.02.79)/Tom James (Molesey BC/Wrexham/11.03.84)/Alex Gregory (Leander Club /Wormington, Glos/11.03.84) Coach: John West Eight Nathaniel Reilly O’Donnell (Univ of London BC/Durham/13.04.88)/Cameron Nichol (Molesey BC/Glastonbury/26.06.87)/James Foad (Molesey BC/Southampton/20.03.87)/Alex Partridge (Leander Club /Alton, Hants/25.01.81)/Mohamed Sbihi (Molesey BC/Surbiton/27.03.88)/Greg Searle (Molesey BC/Marlow/20.03.72)/Tom Ransley (York City RC/Cambridge/06.09.85)/Daniel Ritchie (Leander Club/Herne Bay/06.01.87)/Phelan Hill (cox) (Leander Club/Bedford/21.07.79) Coach: Christian Felkel Single scull Alan Campbell (Tideway Scullers/Coleraine/09.05.83) Coach: Bill Barry Double scull Matthew Wells (Leander Club/Hexham, Northumberland/19.04.79)/Marcus Bateman (Leander Club/Torquay/16.09.82) Coach: Mark Earnshaw Quadruple scull Tom Solesbury (Leander Club/Petts Wood, Kent/23.09.80)/Stephen Rowbotham (Leander Club/Winscombe, Somerset/11.11.81)/Sam Townsend (Reading Univ BC/Reading/26.11.85)/Bill Lucas (London RC/Kingswear/13.09.87) Coach: Mark Banks RESERVES Tom Broadway (Leander Club/Newport Pagnell/21.08.82)Constantine Louloudis (Isis BC/London/15.09.91)/George Nash (Cambridge Uni BC/Guildford/02.10.89) LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN Single scull Katherine Copeland (Tees RC/Ingelby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees/01.12.90) Coach: James Harris Double scull Hester Goodsell (Imperial College BC/London/27.06.84)/Sophie Hosking (London RC/Wimbledon/25.01.86) Coach: Paul Reedy Quadruple scull Steph Cullen (London RC/Bury, Lancs/27.11.80)/Imogen Walsh (London RC/Inverness/17.01.84)/Kathryn Twyman (OUWBC/Edmonton, Canada/29.03.87)/Andrea Dennis (Imperial College BC/Oxford/03.01.82)/ Coach: Ben Reed LIGHTWEIGHT MEN Pair Peter Chambers (Oxford Brookes Uni BC/Coleraine/14.03.90)/Kieren Emery (Leander Club/Newcastle-upon-Tyne/01.06.1990) Coach: Peter Sheppard Four Richard Chambers (Leander Club /Coleraine/10.06.85)/Chris Bartley (Leander/Wrexham/02.02.84)/Paul Mattick (Leander Club /Frome, Somerset/25.04.78)/Rob Williams (London RC/Maidenhead/21.01.85)/ Coach: Rob Morgan Single scull Adam Freeman-Pask (Imperial College BC/Windsor/19.06.85) Coach: Darren Whiter Double scullZac Purchase (Marlow RC/Tewkesbury/02.05.86)/Mark Hunter (Leander Club /Romford, Essex/01.07.78) Coach: Darren Whiter ADAPTIVES MEN Arms & shoulders single scull (ASM1x) Tom Aggar (Royal Docks RC/London/24.05.84) Coach: Tom Dyson Trunk & arms mixed double scull (TAMix2x) Nick Beighton (Guildford RC/Yateley/29.09.81)/Sam Scowen (Dorney BC/Wokingham/29.10.87) Coach: Tom Dyson Legs, trunk & arms mixed coxed four (LTAMix4+) Pamela Relph (Birmingham Uni BC/Aylesbury/14.11.89)/Naomi Riches (Marlow RC/Harrow/15.06.83)/James Roe (Stratford upon Avon BC/ Stratford upon Avon/28.03.88)/David Smith (Reading Uni BC/Dunfermline/21.04.78)/Lily van den Broecke (cox) (Headington School BC/Oxford/08.01.92) Coach: Mary McLachlan SUPPORT STAFF Performance: Team Manager: David TannerChief Coach Men: Jürgen GroblerChief Coach Women & Lightweights: Paul ThompsonAssistant Team Manager (Adaptive): Louise Kingsley Medical & Sports Science: Doctor: Ann RedgraveLead Physio: Mark EdgarPhysios: Liz Arnold, Sally BrownPsychologist: Chris ShambrookPhysiologists: Craig WilliamsNutritionist: Wendy Martinson Media/Admin/Logistics: Assistant Team Manager (admin): Maggie NettoResources Manager: Maurice HayesBoatman: John TetleySponsorship Liaison: Fran BullockPress Officer: Caroline Searle SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE=============================== ===============================SCHEDULE OF MEDALS/EVENTS IN BLED WHEN ARE THE MEDALS DECIDED?(events featuring GB crews only) Thursday 1 September Women’s pair and quad; Men’s eightLightweight men’s pair Friday 2 September Women’s eight and quad; Men’s doubleLightweight men’s fourLightweight men’s and women’s single scullsMen’s adaptive single scull Saturday 3 September Women’s doubleMen’s pair, single and squadLightweight women’s quadMixed adaptive double scull Sunday 4 SeptemberWomen’s singleMen’s fourLightweight men’s and women’s double scullsMixed adaptive coxed four ===============================SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Sunday 28 August- Morning Heats of the: Women’s pair, double and quadruple scull;Men’s pair, eight, double and quadruple scull;Lightweight men’s single, pair and four. Sunday 28 August – Afternoon Heats of the: Women’s single;Men’s four and single scull;Lightweight men’s double scull Monday 29 August – morning Heats of the: Women’s eight, Men’s coxed pair;Lightweight women’s double and quadruple scullAdaptive women’s and men’s single sculls; mixed double and coxed four Repechages of the: Women’s pair and single and quadruple scull;Men’s four, eight and single and double scull;Lightweight men’s pair, four and single and double scull Tuesday 30 August – morning Repechages of the: Women’s doubleMen’s pair and quadLightweight women’s singleAdaptive men’s and women’s single, mixed double and coxed four Quarterfinals of the: Men’s doubleLIghtweight men’s four and single Wednesday 31 August – Morning Repechages of the: Women’s eight and singleMen’s coxed pairLightweight women’s double and quad and men’s quad Quarter-finals of the: Men’s four and singleLightweight men’s double scull Semi-finals of the: Women’s pair and quadruple scullMen’s eightLIghtweight men’s pairAdaptive women’s single scull Thursday 1 September – Morning Semi-finals of: Men’s double scullLightweight men’s four and single scullLIghtweight women’s single scullAdaptive men’s single scull B Finals of the: Women’s pair and quadruple scullMen’s eightLightweight men’s pair FINALS OF THE: Women’s pair and quadruple scullMen’s eightLightweight men’s pairAdaptive women’s single scull and mixed ID coxed four Friday 2 September – morning Semi-finals of the: Women’s doubleMen’s pair, single and quadruple scullAdaptive mixed double scull B-Finals of the: Women’s eightMen’s double and coxed pairLightweight men’s four and women’s and men’s single scullAdaptive men’s single scull FINALS of the: Women’s eightMen’s double and coxed pairLightweight men’s four, men’s and women’s single scullAdaptive men’s single scull Saturday 3 September – Morning Semi-finals of the: Women’s singleMen’s fourLightweight men’s and women’s double scullAdaptive mixed coxed four B Finals of the: Women’s double scullMen’s pair and single and quadruple scullMixed adaptive double scull FINALS of the: Women’s four and double scullMen’s pair and single and quadruple scullLightweight women’s quadruple scullMixed adaptive double scull Sunday 4 September B Finals of the: Women’s single scullMen’s fourLightweight men’s and women’s double scullAdaptive mixed coxed four FINALS of the: Women’s single scullMen’s fourLightweight men’s and women’s double scull, men’s quadruplescull and eightAdaptive mixed coxed four SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE=============================== ===============================BBC TV and Radio Coverage from Bled TV Thursday 1 and Friday 2 SeptemberRed button coverage -more details to follow Saturday 3 September1400-1630, BBC One/online Sunday 4 September1545-1700, BBC Two/online RADIO 5 Live Sports Extra on DAB Radio Thursday 1 September From 11.15 Friday 2 September From 10.55 Saturday 3 September From midday live on 5 Live (not 5 Live Sports Extra) Sunday 4 September From 10.55 SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE=============================== ===============================FINAL DIARY DATE SEPTEMBER 16-18European Rowing Championships, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 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