April 19, 2012 News British Rowing NewsBritish Rowing EventsRowing CommunityGB Rowing TeamIndoor RowingRowing & RegattaPartners#YourStoriesArchive Rowers back training in rain after 100-day marker passes GB Rowing Team At a press day to mark 100 days to the Games, yesterday, the GB Rowing Team said that Olympic champion Tom James will be the “fourth man” in the GB Rowing Team men’s four for the season’s opening World Cup in Belgrade (4-6 May) whilst Alex Partridge has the chance to pursue his passion for the eight instead. The announcement means a reunion for James with Andrew Triggs Hodge and Peter Reed, with whom he won men’s four gold in Beijing, and with Alex Gregory with whom he won World gold in 2011.ADVERT For Partridge the opportunity now arises to rekindle the excitement of the eight in which he won silver in Beijing and World silver in 2010 and 2011. “The objective has always been to have a strong strategy across the squad and to produce more than one top boat. There are no winners and losers today”, said Men’s Chief Coach, Jurgen Grobler, summing up the confident mood in a men’s squad that has strong medal aspirations for both Belgrade and the London Games, which begin 100 days from today. “I love the eight, I love racing in it and I’m very excited to be with such a strong group of guys. At the end of the day I want to be in a place in the team where I know that I can do everything I can to be the best I can be when the Games come round”, said Partridge from the team’s training camp in Italy. Tom James said: ”I’m looking forward to being in the four in Belgrade. After a long and sometimes difficult winter of training, it will be good to get racing”. Great Britain won silver in the men’s eight in Beijing and silver at the 2010 and 2011 World Championships. The men’s four were champions in Beijing and World Champions in 2009 and 2011. “These tight selection calls show the high quality of both of these boats with all our top guns vying for places through the long trials and testing process”, said GB Rowing Team Performance Director David Tanner. =================================================== HILL CLIMBS INTO COXING SEAT AND QUAD LINE-UP FINALISED Phelan Hill, on leave from his role as a special advisor at HM Treasury, can now count on steering the GB Rowing Team men’s eight in Belgrade. He retains his seat in the boat that won World Silver in 2010 and 2011. Britain has also named its men’s quadruple scull for the first world cup. Matt Wells and Stephen Rowbotham – who were double scull bronze medalists in Beijing – will race in Belgrade with Charles Cousins and Tom Solesbury. This means that 2010 World double scull silver winner, Marcus Bateman, will contest the single scull in Serbia “It’s good to have the last bits of the jigsaw in place and we look forward to taking on the rest of the world in Belgrade. This is an important first step to test out our boats after an excellent winter’s preparation across the squads”, said Tanner. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE =================================================== SAMSUNG WORLD ROWING CUP I Belgrade, Serbia, 4-6 May, 2012 GB ROWING TEAM CREWS LIST (See home-towns, clubs and dates of birth in list below. Named here in crews bow to stroke unless indicated. Coach in brackets). OPEN WOMEN Pair Helen Glover/Heather Stanning(Robin Williams) Eight Jo Cook/Emily Taylor/Polly Swann/Olivia Whitlam/Louisa Reeve/Jess Eddie/Katie Greves/Lindsey Maguire/Caroline O’Connor (cox)(Nick Strange) Single scull – two boats Annabel Vernon(Paul Thompson) Rachel Gamble Flint(Jane Hall) Double scull Anna Watkins/Katherine Grainger (Paul Thompson) Quadruple scull Beth Rodford/Melanie Wilson/Frances Houghton/Victoria Thornley(Ade Roberts) MEN Pair – two boats George Nash/Will Satch(John West & Christian Felkel) Dan Ritchie/Cameron Nichol(John West & Christian Felkel) Four Alex Gregory/Peter Reed/Andrew Triggs Hodge/Tom James (Jurgen Grobler) Eight Alex Partridge/James Foad/Tom Ransley/Ric Egington/Moe Sbihi/Greg Searle/Matt Langridge/Constantine Louloudis/Phelan Hill (cox)(John West & Christian Felkel) Single scull – two boats Alan Campbell(Bill Barry) Marcus Bateman(Mark Banks) Double scull Bill Lucas/Sam Townsend(Mark Earnshaw) Quadruple scull Matt Wells/Tom Solesbury/Charles Cousins/Stephen Rowbotham(Mark Banks) LIGHTWEIGHTS WOMEN Single scull Kathryn Twyman(Paul Reedy) Double scull – two boats Sophie Hosking/Kat Copeland(Paul Reedy) Imogen Walsh/Andrea Dennis(Paul Reedy) MEN Pair Paul Mattick/Adam Freeman-Pask(Rob Morgan/Darren Whiter) Four Peter Chambers/Richard Chambers/Rob Williams/Chris Bartley(Rob Morgan) Double scull Zac Purchase/Mark Hunter (Darren Whiter) SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE=================================================== HOME TOWN LISTS OPEN WOMEN CLUB HOME TOWN DATE OF BIRTH Pair Helen Glover Minerva Bath Penzance 17/06/86 Heather Stanning Army RC Lossiemouth 26/01/85 Coach: Robin Williams Eight Jo Cook Leander Club Sunbury-on-Thames 22/03/84 Emily Taylor Leander Club Lincoln 28/06/87 Polly Swann Leander Club Edinburgh 05/06/88 Olivia Whitlam Agecroft RC Warrington 16/09/85 Louisa Reeve Leander Club London 16/05/84 Jessica Eddie Univ of London BC Durham 07/10/84 Katie Greves Leander Club Oxford 02/09/82 Lindsey Maguire Wallingford RC Edinburgh 15/01/82 Caroline O’Connor (cox) Oxford Brookes Univ BC Ealing, London 25/04/83 Coach: Nick Strange Single Scull (Boat 1) Annabel Vernon Leander Club Wadebridge 01/09/82 Coach: Paul Thompson Single Scull (Boat 2) Rachel Gamble-Flint Leander Club Darlington 13/09/91 Coach: Jane Hall 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 Beth Rodford Gloucester RC Gloucester 28/12/82 Melanie Wilson Imperial College BC London 25/06/84 Frances Houghton Leander Club Oxford 19/09/80 Victoria Thornley Leander Club Wrexham 30/11/87 Coach: Ade Roberts OPEN MEN Pair (Boat 1) George Nash Molesey BC Guildford 02/10/89 Will Satch Leander Club Henley-on-Thames 09/06/89 Coaches: John West & Christian Felkel Pair (Boat 2) Daniel Ritchie Leander Club Herne Bay 06/01/87 Cameron Nichol Molesey BC Glastonbury 26/06/87 Coaches: John West & Christian Felkel Four Tom James Molesey BC Wrexham 11/03/84 Alex Gregory Leander Club Wormington 11/03/84 Pete Reed Leander Club Nailsworth, Glos 27/07/81 Andrew Triggs Hodge Molesey BC Hebden, N. Yorks 03/03/79 Coach: Jürgen Grobler Eight Alex Partridge Leander Club Alton, Hants 25/01/81 James Foad Molesey BC Southampton 20/03/87 Tom Ransley York City RC Cambridge 06/09/85 Richard Egington Leander Club Knutsford 26/02/79 Mohamed Sbihi Molesey BC Surbiton 27/03/88 Greg Searle Molesey BC Marlow 20/03/72 Matthew Langridge Leander Club Northwich 20/05/83 Constantine Louloudis Leander Club London 15/09/91 Cox – Phelan Hill Leander Bedford 21/07/79 Coaches: John West & Christian Felkel Single Scull (Boat 1) Alan Campbell Tideway Scullers School Coleraine 09/05/83 Single Scull (Boat 2) Marcus Bateman Leander Club Torquay 16/09/82 Coach: Bill Barry Double Scull Bill Lucas London RC Kingswear 13/09/87 Sam Townsend Reading Univ BC Reading 26/11/85 Coach: Mark Earnshaw Quadruple Scull Charles Cousins Reading Univ BC Willingham, Cambs 13/12/88 Stephen Rowbotham Leander Club Winscombe, Somerset 11/11/81 Tom Solesbury Leander Club Petts Wood, Kent 23/09/80 Matthew Wells Leander Club Hexham, Northumberland 19/04/79 Coach: Mark Banks LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN Single Scull Kathryn Twyman Wallingford RC Oxford 29/03/87 Coach: Paul Reedy Double Scull (Boat 1) Sophie Hosking London RC Wimbledon 25/01/86 Katherine Copeland Tees RC Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees 01/12/90 Coach: Paul Reedy Double Scull (Boat 2) Imogen Walsh London RC Inverness 17/01/84 Andrea Dennis Imperial College BC Oxford 03/01/82 Coach: Paul Reedy LIGHTWEIGHT MEN Pair Paul Mattick Leander Club Frome, Somerset 25/04/78 Adam Freeman-Pask Imperial College BC Windsor 19/06/85 Coaches: Rob Morgan & Darren Whiter Four Richard Chambers Leander Club Coleraine 10/06/85 Peter Chambers Oxford Brookes Univ BC Coleraine 14/03/90 Rob Williams London RC Maidenhead 21/01/85 Chris Bartley Leander Club Chester 02/02/84 Coach: Rob Morgan Double Scull Zac Purchase Marlow RC Tewkesbury 02/05/86 Mark Hunter Leander Club Romford, Essex 01/07/78 Coach: Darren Whiter SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE=================================================== TIMETABLE OF RACING Friday 4 May Heats and repechages 09.00 – 18.30 Saturday 5 May Quarter-finals, semi-finals: 09.00 – 16.30 FINALS (International classes only) 17.00 – 18.00 Sunday 6 May 09.20 – 10.30 B Finals – (Olympic classes) FINALS – (Olympic classes) The dates and venues for the other two world cups are: SAMSUNG ROWING WORLD CUP II Lucerne, Switzerland, 24-26 May SAMSUNG ROWING WORLD CUP III Munich, Germany, 15-17, June ADVERT