August 28, 2011 News British Rowing NewsBritish Rowing EventsRowing CommunityGB Rowing TeamCompetitions and ClubsIndoor RowingPartners#YourStoriesArchive Purchase and Hunter make winning return GB Rowing Team Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter, the Olympic and world champions, raced today for the first time since May, won their heat and now move through to the World Championships quarter-finals in Bled, Slovenia. Purchase has been struggling with a post viral episode since the world cup in May and the pairing will now test their form again in the quarters on Wednesday.The GB Rowing Team men’s four had what stroke Alex Gregory described as “our best heat ever” to win from world champions France this afternoon.ADVERT Despite the bumpy conditions the four, featuring Beijing gold medallist Tom James with Ric Egington and Matt Langridge, moved away from the French in the second half to take victory in 5:49.20 and progress to a semi-final next Saturday. Alan Campbell qualified smoothly for Wednesday’s quarter-finals of the men’s single scull whilst Frances Houghton somewhat unsurprisingly – given a build up limited by injury – will race a repechage of the equivalent women’s event also on Wednesday after taking fourth place today. This afternoon’s trio of heat wins brings Britain’s tally of successes today to 11 of which nine were in the Olympic classes. Tomorrow’s race programme includes all the heats of the adaptive boat classes in which Britain has three entries seeking Paralympic Games qualification. Their first races here coincide, fittingly, with the Paralympic One Year countdown to London. Britain will also contest heats tomorrow in the lightweight women’s double and quadruple sculls as well as the women’s eight where newcomers like Vicky Thornley, who responded to Sir Steve Redgrave’s Sporting Giants rallying call only a few years ago for tall people to take up the sport, have forged a crew with more established rowers like Jess Eddie, Natasha Page and Louisa Reeve. *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 Alan Campbell has had an up and down kind of season so far. He was fifth at the Munich world cup, won Henley’s Diamond Sculls and then missed the Lucerne leg of the World Rowing Cup. Today was a first chance to test his race pace in a heat he was expected to win. He led the field through the first two markers, holding a four second lead by halfway over the American Kenneth Jurkowski. There was no holding back the Coleraine man from there. He raced onto victory in 6:51.67 to Jurkowski’s 6:55.61 to move into the quarter-finals which take place on Wednesday. The men’s four found themselves in a strong heat when the draw was made in Bled’s Festival Hall on Friday. They had world champions France to contend with. The French beat them on New Zealand’s Lake Karapiro last Autumn and led today’s heat to within 100m of the halfway point. That’s when Alex Gregory, Matt Langridge, Ric Egington and Tom James seemed to pick up the pace and motor into a lead. From there they went on to take a clear-water victory and book the only semi-final qualifying slot from the heat, consigning the world champions to the repechage. “It was good to get our first race out of the way. We’ve done some awesome stuff on training camp in Portugal and now we need to step on from today”, said Egington. “We will now make improvements as the week goes on and as we move towards the semis. We need to keep our minds in race mode”, added Gregory. “It was nice to kick off with a win and be the quickest overall but heat times don’t really mean much”, said Langridge. “It was Ok today. It was good to start off with a win but we can do much better than that and deal with the conditions better”, said James. Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase, like Campbell, have had a patchy season so far. The duo, who are the reigning Olympic and world champions, were fourth in Munich at the world cup but have not raced together since there as Purchase has been battling a post-viral episode. In Bled today they bumped along with leaders France to the halfway point where they were just two-tenths behind. The battle ensued over the next 500m with the British moving into a lead at 1500m of six-tenths as the crews bounced past Bled Island with its picture-postcard church in somewhat choppier conditions that this morning’s racing enjoyed. They took a comfortable victory from there in 6:16.76 to reach the quarter-finals. Frances Houghton rounded up the day’s action by taking fourth place in her women’s single scull heat. The 2008 Beijing women’s quad silver medallist has had months out of the boat this year and is working her way back to fitness. China won the heat with Germany in second and Belgium third. Houghton came back on the Belgian in the final phases of the race. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE=============================== ===============================RESULTS(Events featuring GB Rowing Team crews only. Full results:www.worldrowing.com) OPEN WOMEN HEATS Single scull 1 . Zhang Xiuyun (China) 7:29.232. Annekatrin Thiele (Germany) 7:32.603. Annick de Decker (Belgium) 7:42.604. Frances Houghton (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:43.115. Camila Vargas Palomo (El Salvador) 7:54.106. Fie Udby Erichsen (Denmark) 7:58.10 MEN Four 1. Matthew Langridge/Ric Eginton/Tom James/Alex Gregory (GREAT BRITAIN) 5:49.202. France 5:53.803. Czech Republic 5:57.634. Spain 6:02.355. Poland 6:07.47 Single scull 1. Alan Campbell (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:51.672. Kenneth Jurkowski (USA) 6:55.613. Moustafa Fathy (Egypt) 7:06.564. Roberto Lopez (El Salvador) 7:23.575. Mathias Raymond (Monaco) 7:30.376. Kelvin Bwibo (Kenya) 7:42.33 LIGHTWEIGHT MEN Double scull 1. Zac Purchase/Mark Hunter (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:16.762. Jeremie Azou/Frederic Dufour (France) 6:17.823. Eyder Batista Vargas/Yunior Perez Agiulera Perez (Cuba) 6:25.824. Matevz Malesic/Jure Cvet (Slovenia) 6:31.345. Mario Cejas/Miguel Mayol (Argentina) 6:40.75 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)/Bill Lucas (London RC/Kingswear/13.09.87)/Sam Townsend (Reading Univ BC/Reading/26.11.85) 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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