July 11, 2015 News British Rowing NewsBritish Rowing EventsRowing CommunityGB Rowing TeamIndoor RowingRowing & RegattaPartners#YourStoriesArchive Tarrant helps deliver his own golden birthday present GB Rowing Team Mat Tarrant delivered himself a special birthday present today, with the help of Callum McBrierty and cox Henry Fieldman, winning gold in the two-boat men’s coxed pair final at the World Cup in Lucerne today. McBrierty, Tarrant and Fieldman were emphatic winners over Germany’s Paul Shroeter, Bjoern Birkner and Jonas Wiesen in 7:38.68. It was close in the initial 500m before the British crew pulled away. ADVERT Tarrant said: “It’s my first World Cup gold on my 25th birthday so that’s not bad. The coxed pair is a very different beast and that’s only our sixth session together, so it was a great experience. We can build on that in the next few weeks.” McBrierty added: “We actually really learnt a lot from yesterday’s race [for lanes], understanding how the boat runs and feels. It set us up to have a good rhythm today. It also felt a bit like Henley, the head-to-head racing, so last week was really good preparation – it felt like the same heat and head wind as well!” Jono Clegg and Sam Scrimgeour followed up with silver in a thrilling ding-dong battle with Italy in the final phase of their llightweight men’s pair final. In a swirling head-breeze, the GB duo led early, were overtaken by Italy with 500m to go but never gave up, looking at one stage as if victory was in their grasp. Only two-tenths separated the crews at the line. Denmark were third in the six-boat final. Clegg said: “Sam and I are a bit disappointed by that, we felt it was there for the taking but we maybe went a bit too early. There was a really tough head wind, especially in the middle 1000m. We’ve had disappointments as a team in the past, though, and we know what we need to do to fix it before the Worlds”. European Champion Imogen Walsh concluded the race programme with silver in the lightweight single scull final behind New Zealand’s world best-time holder Zoe McBride who also won world cup gold in Varese last month. Walsh paced her race well and moved up into second part-way through the race. Denmark’s Runge Holmegaard mounted a challenge in the final 500m but Walsh was able to hold her off successfully. “You have to be happy when you get a medal, it’s always something to be proud of, but I think there is far more to come from me and that is the important thing. If that was my best today then I know my best in six weeks’ time [at the Worlds] will be much better.”, said Walsh. “Three out of three medals in the international classes is a strong result. I am more than happy with the way we finished the day”, said Sir David Tanner, GB Rowing Team Performance Director. Tomorrow nine GB boats will contest A finals of the Olympic-class events on the Rotsee. Racing starts at 9.18 UK time with the women’s pair and concludes at 14.03 with the men’s eight. BBC coverage of those finals will be live on the Red Button 09.15 – 11.10 and 12.30 – 14.15 and there will be a highlights show on BBC 2 on Monday at 15.00. The GB Rowing Team for the 2015 World Championships – which is also the Olympic and Paralympic qualifying regatta – will be announced on July 21st. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE ===================================================== RESULTS (Events featuring GB Rowing Team crews only. For full results – www.worldrowing.com) FINALS OPEN MEN Coxed Pair 1. Callum McBrierty/Mat Tarrant/Henry Fieldman (cox) (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:29.03 2. Paul Schroeter/Bjoern Birkner/Jonas Wiesen (cox) (Germany) 7:38.68 LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN Single scull 1. Zoe McBride (New Zealand) 7:33.84 2. Imogen Walsh (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:40.32 3. Runge Holmegaard (Denmark) 7:41.79 4. Jackie Kiddle (New Zealand 2) 7:47.46 5. Judith Anlauf (Germany) 7:51.48 6. Giulia Polini (Italy 1) 7:53.94 MEN Pair 1. Petru Zaharia/Armando Dell’aquila (Italy) 6:54.52 2. Jonathan Clegg/Sam Scrimgeour (GREAT BRITAIN) 6: 54.71 3. Emil Espensen/Steffen Jensen (Denmark) 6:56.81 4. Augustin Mouterde/Theophile Onfroy (France) 7:00.43 5. Jonas Kilthau/Matthias Arnold (Germany) 7:08.43 6. Mark O’Donovan/Shane O’Driscoll (Ireland) 7:14.15 SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE ===================================================== CREW LISTS (Includes club, home town, date of birth) GB Rowing Team for World Cup 11I Lucerne, Switzerland, July 10-12. OPEN WOMEN Pair – two boats Helen Glover (Minerva Bath RC/Penzance/17.06.86) Heather Stanning (Army RC/Lossiemouth/26.01.85) Coach: Robin Williams Karen Bennett (Leander Club/Edinburgh/05.02.89) Rebecca Chin (Agecroft RC/Deganwy/11.12.91)/ Coach: Robin Williams Eight Katie Greves (Leander Club/Oxford/02.09.82) Louise Reeve (Leander Club/London/16.05.84) Jessica Eddie (London RC/Durham/07.10.84) Donna Etiebet (Sport Imperial/London/29.04.86) Victoria Meyer-Laker (Leander Club/Premnay/18.03.88) Olivia Carnegie-Brown (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Oxford/28.03.91) Rosamund Bradbury (Leander Club/Banstead/17.12.88) Zoe Lee (Imperial College BC/Richmond/15.12.85) Zoe de Toledo (Cox) (Leander Club/London/17.07.87) Coach: James Harris Double Scull Katherine Grainger (St Andrew BC/Glasgow/12.11.75) Victoria Thornley (Leander Club/Wrexham/30.11.87) Coach: Paul Thompson Single scull Beth Rodford (Gloucester RC/Gloucester/28.12.82) Coach: Nick Strange Quadruple Scull Melanie Wilson (Imperial College BC/London/25.06.84) Kristina Stiller (Tees RC/Yarm/23.06.87) Frances Houghton (Univ of London Tyrian Club/Oxford/19.9.80) Jessica Leyden (Leander Club/Todmorden/22.02.95) Coach: Nick Strange OPEN MEN Pair – two boats James Foad (Molesey BC/Southampton/20.03.87) Matt Langridge (Leander Club/Northwich/20.05.83) Coach: Rob Dauncey Oliver Cook (Univ of London BC/Windsor/05.06.0) Stewart Innes (Leander Club/Henley-on-Thames/20.05.91) Coach: Rob Dauncey Coxed Pair Callum McBrierty (Leander Club/Edinburgh/13.08.92) Mat Tarrant (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Shepperton/11.07.90) Henry Fieldman (cox) (Molesey BC/Barnes/25.11.88) Coach: John West Four Alan Sinclair (Leander Club/Munlochy/16.10.85) Scott Durant (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Lancaster/12.02.88) Tom Ransley (Leander Club/Ashford/06.09.85) Nathaniel Reilly-O’Donnell (Univ of London BC/Durham/13.04.88) Coach: Christian Felkel Eight Matt Gotrel (Leander Club/Chipping Campden/01.03.89) Constantine Louloudis (OUBC/London/15.09.91) Pete Reed (Leander Club/Nailsworth/27.07.81) Paul Bennett (Univ of London BC/Leeds/16.12.88) Mohamed Sbihi (Molesey BC/Surbiton/27.03.88) Alex Gregory (Leander Club/Wormington/11.03.84) George Nash (Molesey BC/Guildford/02.10.89) Will Satch (Leander Club/Henley-on-Thames/09.06.89) Phelan Hill (cox) (Leander Club/Bedford/21.07.79) Coach: Jurgen Grobler Single Scull Alan Campbell (Tideway Scullers School/Coleraine/09.05.83) Coach: John West Double Scull John Collins (Leander Club/Twickenham/24.01.89) Jonny Walton (Leander Club/Leicester/06.10.90) Coach: Mark Banks LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN Single scull Imogen Walsh (London RC/Inverness/17.01.84) Coach: Paul Reedy Double Scull Charlotte Taylor (Putney Town RC/Bedford/14.08.85) Kat Copeland (Tees RC/Ingleby Barwick/01.12.90) Coach: Paul Reedy LIGHTWEIGHT MEN Pair Jonathan Clegg (Leander Club/Maidenhead/14.07.89) Sam Scrimgeour (Imperial College BC/Kirriemuir/28.01.88) Coach: Rob Morgan Four Jamie Kirkwood (Leander Club/Cresswell, N’bland/30.08.89) Peter Chambers (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Coleraine/14.03.90) Chris Bartley (Leander Club/Chester/02.02.84) Mark Aldred (London RC/Birmingham/18.04.87) Coach: Rob Morgan Double Scull Will Fletcher (Leander Club/Chester-le-Street/24.12.89) Richard Chambers (Leander Club/Coleraine/10.06.85) Coach: Darren Whiter SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE ================================================= CONTACT DETAILS For background information about the The GB Rowing Team contact the Press office via [email protected] or 07831 755351 For picture requests please contact: [email protected] GB Rowing Team website, including full rower biogs: www.gbrowingteam.org.uk Follow us on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/gbrowingteam Twitter: www.twitter.com/gbrowingteam Youtube: www.youtube.com/gbrowingteam ================================================= THE GB ROWING TEAM is supported by the Lottery through UK Sport and has Science in Sport as a supplier. 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