Two more Brits qualify as World Rowing umpires
They are amongst 13 World Rowing Umpires from Great Britain who have been selected for international duties this year
New World Rowing Umpires Zoe (left, with her family) and Clare
Congratulations to Zoë Hayes of Tideway Scullers School and Clare Harvey from Thames RC, who both qualified as World Rowing umpires during 2023. Zoë and Clare will be members of the juries at the European Rowing Under 19 Championships and European Rowing Under 23 Championships later this year.
Meanwhile Gary Painter has retired as a World Rowing Umpire after 20 years. He explains, “Having thoroughly enjoyed officiating at all of the major World Rowing regattas, I decided to make way for the many excellent younger British umpires.” Gary qualified at the 2003 Nations Cup (now the World Rowing Under 23 Championships) in Belgrade, so it was fitting that his final international duty was back in Belgrade at the 2023 World Rowing Championships last September. He continues to be a British Rowing Multi-Lane Umpire.
British umpires selected for World Rowing event Juries in 2024
| World Rowing or European Rowing Competition | GBR Umpire |
|---|---|
| World Rowing Indoor Championships – Prague (CZE) European Rowing Indoor Championships – Prague (CZE) | Gary Bain |
| World Rowing Cup I – Varese (ITA) | Jen Thomson (Spare) |
| European Olympic and Paralympic Games Qualification Regatta – Szeged (HUN) | Heidi Hackett Ben Helm |
| European Rowing Championships – Szeged (HUN) | Heidi Hackett Ben Helm |
| Final Olympic and Paralympic Games Qualification Regatta – Lucerne (SUI) | Claire McIntosh |
| World Rowing Cup II – Lucerne (SUI) | Claire McIntosh |
| European Rowing Under 19 Championships – Kruszwica (POL) | Zoë Hayes |
| World Rowing Cup III – Poznan (POL) | Sir Matthew Pinsent |
| European Rowing Beach Sprint and Coastal Rowing Championships – Gdanske (POL) | Ben Helm |
| Olympic Games Regatta – Paris (FRA) | Judith Packer |
| World Rowing Senior, Under 23 and Under 19 Championships – St. Catharines (CAN) | Gary Bain (Spare) |
| Paralympic Games Regatta – Paris (FRA) | Mark Blandford-Baker (Spare) |
| World Rowing Coastal Rowing Championships – Genoa (ITA) | Richard Packer |
| European Rowing Under 23 Championships – Edirne (TUR) | Clare Harvey |
| World Rowing Masters Regatta – Brandenburg (GER) | Christopher Anton Joanna Cotgrove (Spare) |
- World Rowing or European Rowing Competition:
- World Rowing Indoor Championships – Prague (CZE)
European Rowing Indoor Championships – Prague (CZE) - GBR Umpire:
- Gary Bain
- World Rowing or European Rowing Competition:
- World Rowing Cup I – Varese (ITA)
- GBR Umpire:
- Jen Thomson (Spare)
- World Rowing or European Rowing Competition:
- European Olympic and Paralympic Games Qualification Regatta – Szeged (HUN)
- GBR Umpire:
- Heidi Hackett
Ben Helm
- World Rowing or European Rowing Competition:
- European Rowing Championships – Szeged (HUN)
- GBR Umpire:
- Heidi Hackett
Ben Helm
- World Rowing or European Rowing Competition:
- Final Olympic and Paralympic Games Qualification Regatta – Lucerne (SUI)
- GBR Umpire:
- Claire McIntosh
- World Rowing or European Rowing Competition:
- World Rowing Cup II – Lucerne (SUI)
- GBR Umpire:
- Claire McIntosh
- World Rowing or European Rowing Competition:
- European Rowing Under 19 Championships – Kruszwica (POL)
- GBR Umpire:
- Zoë Hayes
- World Rowing or European Rowing Competition:
- World Rowing Cup III – Poznan (POL)
- GBR Umpire:
- Sir Matthew Pinsent
- World Rowing or European Rowing Competition:
- European Rowing Beach Sprint and Coastal Rowing Championships – Gdanske (POL)
- GBR Umpire:
- Ben Helm
- World Rowing or European Rowing Competition:
- Olympic Games Regatta – Paris (FRA)
- GBR Umpire:
- Judith Packer
- World Rowing or European Rowing Competition:
- World Rowing Senior, Under 23 and Under 19 Championships – St. Catharines (CAN)
- GBR Umpire:
- Gary Bain (Spare)
- World Rowing or European Rowing Competition:
- Paralympic Games Regatta – Paris (FRA)
- GBR Umpire:
- Mark Blandford-Baker (Spare)
- World Rowing or European Rowing Competition:
- World Rowing Coastal Rowing Championships – Genoa (ITA)
- GBR Umpire:
- Richard Packer
- World Rowing or European Rowing Competition:
- European Rowing Under 23 Championships – Edirne (TUR)
- GBR Umpire:
- Clare Harvey
- World Rowing or European Rowing Competition:
- World Rowing Masters Regatta – Brandenburg (GER)
- GBR Umpire:
- Christopher Anton
Joanna Cotgrove (Spare)
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