August 3, 2012 News British Rowing NewsBritish Rowing EventsRowing CommunityGB Rowing TeamCompetitions and ClubsIndoor RowingPartners#YourStoriesArchive London 2012 Day 7: GB has 47 rowers in the top six in the world GB Rowing Team As the final two days of rowing begin at Eton-Dorney David Tanner, GB Rowing Team Performance Director, has expressed his pride in a squad where every single rower has qualified for the Olympic finals. “It has been fantastic to have 13 boats in finals here. That means 47 rowers in the top six in the world and I am sure that this is the best by far of any nation and the best by far and further for Great Britain. “It shows the depth of our squad, the quality of our coaching and support team and I am very, very proud of this squad.ADVERT “Equally, we are grateful to the lottery for the funding we receive for the squad and to our backers across the four-year period”. British Rowing is the governing body for all rowing within the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland. The GB Rowing Team trains, prepares and selects crews to represent Great Britain in international competitions at junior, U23 and senior level, from Under 16s to World Cups, World Championships the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games. The GB Rowing Team has a proud history as one of GB’s most successful Olympic sports producing World and Olympic Champions from across the UK. GB Rowing Team website: https://www.britishrowing.org/gb-rowing-team GB Rowing Team Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gbrowingteam GB Rowing Team Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gbrowingteam ADVERT Open AllCrew ListCrews listed Bow to Stroke followed by (Club, Home Town, Date of Birth) OPEN WOMEN ADVERT Pair Helen Glover (Minerva Bath, Penzance, 17/06/86) Heather Stanning (Army RC, Lossiemouth, 26/01/85) Coach: Robin Williams Eight Olivia Whitlam (Agecroft RC, Warrington, 16/09/85) Louisa Reeve (Leander Club, London, 17/05/84) 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) Annabel Vernon (Leander Club, Wadebridge, 01/09/82) Katie Greves (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 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 Melanie Wilson (Imperial College BC, London, 25/06/84) Debbie Flood (Leander Club, Guiseley, W. Yorks, 27/02/80) Frances Houghton (Leander Club, Oxford, 19/09/80) Beth Rodford (Gloucester RC, Gloucester, 28/12/82) Coach: Ade Roberts Spares Jo Cook (Leander Club, Sunbury-on-Thames, 22/03/84) Emily Taylor (Leander Club, Lincoln, 28/06/87) OPEN MEN Pair George Nash (Molesey BCGuildford, 02/10/89) Will Satch (Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames, 09/06/89) Coaches: Christian Felkel & John West Four Alex Gregory (Leander Club, Wormington, 11/03/84) Pete Reed (Leander Club, Nailsworth, Glos, 27/07/81) Tom James (Molesey BC, Wrexham, 11/03/84) 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) Matt Langridge (Leander Club, Northwich, 20/05/83) Constantine Louloudis (Leander Club, London, 15/09/91) Phelan Hill (cox) (Leander Club, Bedford, 21/07/79) Coaches: Christian Felkel & John West Single Scull Alan Campbell (Tideway Scullers School, Coleraine, 09/05/83) 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 Stephen Rowbotham (Leander Club, Winscombe, Somerset, 11/11/81) Charles Cousins (Reading Univ BC, Willingham, Cambs, 13/12/88) Tom Solesbury (Leander Club, Petts Wood, Kent, 23/09/90) Matthew Wells (Leander Club, Hexham, Northumberland, 19/04/79) Coach: Mark Banks Spares Marcus Bateman (Leander Club, Torquay, 16/09/82) Cameron Nichol (Molesey BC, London, 26/06/87) LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN Double Scull Sophie Hosking (London RC, Wimbledon, 25/01/86) Katherine Copeland (Tees RC. Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, 01/12/90) Coach: Paul Reedy LIGHTWEIGHT MEN Four Peter Chambers (Oxford Brookes Univ BC, Coleraine, 14/03/90) Rob Williams (London RC, Maidenhead, 21/01/85) Richard Chambers (Leander Club, Coleraine, 10/06/85) 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 Spare Adam Freeman-Pask (Imperial College BC, Windsor, 19/6/85) TEAM SUPPORT David Tanner: Team Leader Maurice Hayes: Equipment Manager Ann Redgrave: Doctor John Tetley: Boatman Mark Edgar: Physio / Head of Rowing Medical Service Caroline Searle: Press Officer Sally Brown: Physio Maggie Netto: Asst. 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