September 17, 2011 News British Rowing NewsBritish Rowing EventsRowing CommunityGB Rowing TeamCompetitions and ClubsIndoor RowingPartners#YourStoriesArchive GB Rowing Team crews reach finals of European Championships GB Rowing Team The GB Rowing Team saw three out of four boats reach the finals of the European Championships in Bulgaria with first and second places in the repechages today. The lightweight women’s double won their race in emphatic fashion while the men’s double and lightweight double crews both claimed the second qualifying spots on the Plovdiv course for Sunday’s finals. The men’s four have to settle for a place in the B final though after being pipped to the final qualifying spot in their repechage by Slovenia.ADVERT Pete Sheppard, the GB Rowing Team’s team manager for the championships which Britain traditionally use to grant race experience to development crews, had set the goal of reaching the finals given the calibre of the field with many nations bringing their World Championship crews. “Getting three of the four crews into the A finals is good, that was always our target,” said Sheppard. “The lightweight women’s double dominated and the men’s double and lightweight double did their job well to make sure they qualified.” He sounded a note of caution though as to expectations for tomorrow’s finals. “For both the men’s doubles getting on the podium will be a very stiff order. We have an opportunity to get on the podium with a couple of the boats and they have to make a step up to achieve that result.” Molesey Boat Club’s Henry Pelly and Manchester’s Graeme Thomas from Agecroft Rowing Club set the standard in GB’s first race of the day, following the Ukraine home and into the final ahead of Austria, Bulgaria and Israel in good conditions. There was heartbreak for the GB men’s four though who were off the pace they produced in yesterday’s heat and couldn’t quite overhaul Slovenia for the second qualifying place in the final after a tight finish. Mason Durant, Fred Gill, Matthew Tarrant and Scott Durant finished third in front of Poland and will contest the B final tomorrow. “Obviously the men’s four is a bit disappointed,” said Sheppard. “They rowed their best race and the Slovenians must have hid something from us yesterday.” Oxford’s Kathryn Twyman and Andrea Dennis stormed to victory in their repechage, the World Champions in the lightweight women’s quad showing their intent in the double with a comfortable win ahead of Italy and Austria. And in the men’s lightweight double Maidenhead’s Jono Clegg and Chris Boddy, a product of Tees Rowing Club, almost repeated the feat, finishing just behind winners Poland and crucially ahead of Austria to reach their final after a very close sprint for the line. They join the GB women’s eight in Sunday’s finals which start from 8am UK time for the GB crews and is being streamed live on www.worldrowing,com. For action photos or head shots please email: [email protected] For biographies please go to the GB Rowing Team website: www.gbrowingteam.org.uk SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE ========================================================= ========================================================= RESULTS 2011 European Rowing Championships, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (GB crews only – for full results go to www.worldrowing.com) Repechages – Saturday 17 September MEN Double scull 1. Ukraine 6:32.95 2. Henry Pelly/Graeme Thomas (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:36.34 3. Austria 6:39.34 4. Bulgaria 6:45.58 5. Israel 6:46.51 Four 1. Spain 6:04.57 2. Slovenia 6:07.26 3. Mason Durant/Fred Gill/Matthew Tarrant/Scott Durant (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:09.65 4. Poland 6:11.94 5. Croatia 6:14.01 6. Ukraine 6:17.22 LIGHTWEIGHT Women Double scull 1. Kathryn Twyman/Andrea Dennis (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:15.51 2. Italy 7:19.95 3. Austria 7:20.39 4. Russia 7:23.34 5. Czech Republic 7:24.73 6. Romania 7:36.08 Men Double scull 1. Poland 6:38.12 2. Jono Clegg/Chris Boddy (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:39.41 3. Austria 6:40.15 4. Turkey 6:46.40 5. Czech Republic 6:54.55 SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE ============================================================= ============================================================= GB ROWING TEAM CREW-LIST (Name/Club/Home town/Date of birth) 2011 European Rowing Championships, Plovdiv, Bulgaria September 16-18, 2011 (Listed bow to stroke) WOMEN Eight Leonora Kennedy (Sport Imperial/Putney/12.01.1987)/ Zoe Lee (Sport Imperial/London/15.12.1985)/ Erica Bodman (Reading Uni BC/St Martins, Guernsey/24.01.1988)/ Vicki Meyer-Laker (Nottingham RC/Nottingham/18.03.1988)/ Ro Bradbury (Leander Club/Banstead, Surrey/17.12.1988)/ Emily Taylor (Leander Club/Lincoln/28.06.1987)/ Monica Relph (Reading Uni BC/Henley on Thames/15.01.1988)/ Polly Swann (Leander Club/Henley-on-Thames/05.06.1988)/ Zoe de Toledo (Leander Club/Henley-on-Thames/17.07.1987) Coach: Eira Parry Spare Lucinda Gooderham (Upper Thames RC/Diss, Norfolk/09.06.1984) MEN Four Mason Durant (Oxford Brookes Uni BC/Lancaster/12.02.1988)/ Fred Gill (Molesey BC/Shrewsbury/09.01.1986)/ Matthew Tarrant (Oxford Brookes Uni BC/Shepperton, Surrey/11.07.1990) Scott Durant (Oxford Brookes Uni BC/Lancaster/12.02.1988) Coach: Henry Balihache-Webb Double Scull Henry Pelly (Molesey BC/London/30.07.1983)/ Graeme Thomas (Agecroft RC/Preston/08.11.1988) Coach: Paul Stannard LIGHTWEIGHT Women Double Scull Kathryn Twyman (Wallingford RC/Oxford/29.03.1987)/ Andrea Dennis (Imperial College BC/Oxford/03.01.1982) Coach: Pete Sheppard Men Double Scull Jono Clegg (Leander Club/Henley-on-Thames/14.07.1989)/ Chris Boddy (Leander Club/Stockton-on-Tees/16.11.1987) Coach: Paul Stannard SUPPORT STAFF Team manager and lead coach: Pete Sheppard Coach: Paul Stannard Coach: Eira Parry Coach: Henry Balihache-Webb, Oxford Brookes Physio: Katherine Vials Lead driver: Phil Gray Second driver: Karl Offord SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE ============================================================= ============================================================= PROVISIONAL ERC SCHEDULE (for full timetable go to www.worldrowing.com) Opening Ceremony – Thursday, September 15 Heats & Repechages – Friday, September 16 Repechages, Semi-finals and Finals A, B, C – Saturday, September 17 Finals A and B – Sunday, September 18 ============================================================= ============================================================= MORE INFORMATION For a full timetable and results go to the FISA website: www.worldrowing.com For more information on the GB Rowing Team go to: www.gbrowingteam.org.uk *SIEMENS is the high performance partner of the GB Rowing Team (as such they sponsor all the Olympic and Paralympic Class boats in the senior squad and add value to the GB Rowing Teams’ Start and High Performance Programme in Clubs Schemes) SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE =============================== =============================== ============================================================== KEY DATES FOR 2011/2012 The 2012 season is about to begin for the nation’s top rowers culminating in the London Olympic and Paralympic Games. SEPTEMBER 2011 16-18 European Rowing Championships, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 27-28 Start of training for the 2012 season – senior and adaptive members of the GB Rowing Team MARCH 2012 8-11 GB Rowing Team senior trials, Eton/Dorney MAY 2-6 Rowing world cup I and final Paralympic Qualification Regatta, Belgrade, Serbia 20-27 Rowing world cup II and final Olympic Qualification Regatta, Lucerne, Switzerland JUNE 13-17 Rowing world cup III, Munich, Germany JULY 9-15 World Rowing U23 Championships, Trakai, Lithuania July 24 – August 5 OLYMPIC GAMES REGATTA, Eton/Dorney AUGUST 12-19 World Rowing Senior and Junior Championships, Plovdiv, Bulgaria August 25 – September 3 PARALYMPIC GAMES REGATTA, Eton/Dorney SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE =============================== =============================== CONTACT DETAILS For media enquiries about The GB Rowing Team please contact: Caroline Searle, Andy Sloan or Miranda Edwards on: T: (01225) 443998 M: CAROLINE (07831) 755351 M: ANDY (07714) 168391 e: [email protected] For European Championship enquiries contact Andy Sloan GB Rowing Team website www.gbrowingteam.org.uk – full biogs available here. 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