European Rowing Championships 2023

62 athletes have been selected to represent Great Britain at the Championships, taking place from 25-28 May in Bled, Slovenia.

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Day 4 (Sunday)

Find the morning’s start list here

Para Squad Races

Boat	Time	Position	Race
PR3 Mix4+	*	*	A Final
PR3 Mix2x	*	*	A Final

Boat :: PR3 Mix4+
Time :: *
Position :: *
Race:: A Final

Boat :: PR3 Mix2x
Time :: *
Position :: *
Race:: A Final

Women's Squad Races

Boat	Time	Position	Race
W8+	*	*	A Final
LW1x	07:52.03	2nd	B Final
W2-	*	*	A Final
W2x	07:06.09	3rd	B Final

Boat :: W8+
Time :: *
Position :: *
Race:: A Final

Boat :: LW1x
Time :: 07:52.03
Position :: 2nd
Race:: B Final

Boat :: W2-
Time :: *
Position :: *
Race:: A Final

Boat :: W2x
Time :: 07:06.09
Position :: 3rd
Race:: B Final

Men's Squad Races

Boat	Time	Position	Race	Next Race
M4-	*	*	*	A Final
M2-	*	*	*	A Final

Boat :: M4-
Time :: *
Position :: *
Race :: *
Next Race:: A Final

Boat :: M2-
Time :: *
Position :: *
Race :: *
Next Race:: A Final

Day 3 (Saturday)

Find the morning’s start list here

Para Squad Races

Boat	Time	Position	Race	Next Race
PR1 M1x	10:07.13	5th	A Final
PR3 Mix2x	07:43. 68		A Final

Boat :: PR1 M1x
Time :: 10:07.13
Position :: 5th
Race :: A Final

Boat :: PR3 Mix2x
Time :: 07:43. 68
Position :
Race :: A Final

Women's Squad Races

Boat	Time	Race
W4-	06:23.72	A Final
W4x	06:22.13	A Final
LW2x	06:52.32	A Final

Boat :: W4-
Time :: 06:23.72
Position :
Race :: A Final
Next Race:: --

Boat :: W4x
Time :: 06:22.13
Position :
Race :: A Final

Boat :: LW2x
Time :: 06:52.32
Position :
Race :: A Final

Men's Squad Races

Boat	Time	Position	Race	Next Race
M2-	06:30.07	1st	A/B Semi-Final	→ A Final
M4x	05:44.10	4th	A Final
M8+	05:28.09		A Final

Boat :: M2-
Time :: 06:30.07
Position :: 1st
Race :: A/B Semi-Final
Next Race:: → A Final

Boat :: M4x
Time :: 05:44.10
Position :: 4th
Race :: A Final

Boat :: M8+
Time :: 05:28.09
Position :
Race :: A Final

Men's eight at the European Rowing Championships 2023

Day 2 (Friday)

Find the morning’s start list here

Race Report

Para Squad Races

Boat	Time	Position	Race	Next Race
PR3 Mix4+	07:00.31	1st	Preliminary Race	→ A Final
PR3 Mix2x	07:35.80	4th	Preliminary Race	→ A Final

Boat :: PR3 Mix4+
Time :: 07:00.31
Position :: 1st
Race :: Preliminary Race
Next Race:: → A Final

Boat :: PR3 Mix2x
Time :: 07:35.80
Position :: 4th
Race :: Preliminary Race
Next Race:: → A Final

Women's Squad Races

Boat	Time	Position	Race	Next Race
W8+	06:22.69	2nd	Preliminary Race	→ A Final
LW1x	07:52.42	3rd	Repechage	→ B Final
W2-	07:15.00	2nd	Repechage	→ A Final
W2x	06:55.01	3rd	Repechage	→ B Final

Boat :: W8+
Time :: 06:22.69
Position :: 2nd
Race :: Preliminary Race
Next Race:: → A Final

Boat :: LW1x
Time :: 07:52.42
Position :: 3rd
Race :: Repechage
Next Race:: → B Final

Boat :: W2-
Time :: 07:15.00
Position :: 2nd
Race :: Repechage
Next Race:: → A Final

Boat :: W2x
Time :: 06:55.01
Position :: 3rd
Race :: Repechage
Next Race:: → B Final

Men's Squad Races

Boat	Time	Position	Race	Next Race
LM2x	06:30.11	3rd	C Final

Boat :: LM2x
Time :: 06:30.11
Position :: 3rd
Race :: C Final

Day 1 (Thursday)

Find the morning’s start list here

Find the afternoon’s start list here

Race Report

Women's Squad Races

Boat	Time	Position	Race	Next Race
W2-	07:24.54	3rd	Heat 2	→ Rep
W2x	07:09.28	3rd	Heat 2	→ Rep
LW1x	07:58.32	2nd	Heat 1	→ Rep
W4-	06:38.19	1st	Heat 2	→ A Final
LW2x	07:00.17	1st	Heat 1	→ A Final
W4x	06:21.35	1st	Heat 1	→ A Final

Boat :: W2-
Time :: 07:24.54
Position :: 3rd
Race :: Heat 2
Next Race:: → Rep

Boat :: W2x
Time :: 07:09.28
Position :: 3rd
Race :: Heat 2
Next Race:: → Rep

Boat :: LW1x
Time :: 07:58.32
Position :: 2nd
Race :: Heat 1
Next Race:: → Rep

Boat :: W4-
Time :: 06:38.19
Position :: 1st
Race :: Heat 2
Next Race:: → A Final

Boat :: LW2x
Time :: 07:00.17
Position :: 1st
Race :: Heat 1
Next Race:: → A Final

Boat :: W4x
Time :: 06:21.35
Position :: 1st
Race :: Heat 1
Next Race:: → A Final

Para Squad Races

Boat	Time	Position	Race	Next Race
PR1 M1x	10:08.39	5th	Preliminary Race	→ A Final
PR2 Mix2x	08:17.39	1st	Heat 1	→ A Final

Boat :: PR1 M1x
Time :: 10:08.39
Position :: 5th
Race :: Preliminary Race
Next Race:: → A Final

Boat :: PR2 Mix2x
Time :: 08:17.39
Position :: 1st
Race :: Heat 1
Next Race:: → A Final

Men's Squad Races

Boat	Time	Position	Race	Next Race
M2-	06:37.00	1st	Heat 2	→ A/B Semi Final
LM2x	07:08.77	5th	Heat 3	→ Rep
M4-	05:57.28	1st	Heat 2	→ A Final
M4x	05:46.44	1st	Heat 1	→ A Final
M8+	05:30.30	1st	Preliminary Race	→ A Final
LM2x	06:30.84	4th	Repechage 1	→ C Final

Boat :: M2-
Time :: 06:37.00
Position :: 1st
Race :: Heat 2
Next Race:: → A/B Semi Final

Boat :: LM2x
Time :: 07:08.77
Position :: 5th
Race :: Heat 3
Next Race:: → Rep

Boat :: M4-
Time :: 05:57.28
Position :: 1st
Race :: Heat 2
Next Race:: → A Final

Boat :: M4x
Time :: 05:46.44
Position :: 1st
Race :: Heat 1
Next Race:: → A Final

Boat :: M8+
Time :: 05:30.30
Position :: 1st
Race :: Preliminary Race
Next Race:: → A Final

Boat :: LM2x
Time :: 06:30.84
Position :: 4th
Race :: Repechage 1
Next Race:: → C Final

Paralympic Crews

All four Paralympic boats are new or have changed line-ups since 2022.

PR3 mixed coxed four (PR3 Mix 4+)

Frankie Allen (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Giedre Rakauskaite (Worcester RC)
Morgan Fice-Noyes (Bradford-on-Avon RC)
Ed Fuller (Reading University BC)
Erin Kennedy (cox) (Leander Club)
Coach: Nicola Benavente

PR3 4x+ crew on landing stage

PR3 mixed double sculls (PR3 Mix 2x)

Annie Caddick (Molesey BC)
Sam Murray (Molesey BC)
Coach: Nick Baker

PR3 Mix 2x on landing stage

PR2 mixed double sculls (PR2 Mix 2x)

Lauren Rowles (Birmingham RC)
Gregg Stevenson (Agecroft BC)
Coach: Nicola Benavente

PR2 Mixed 2x in boathouse

PR1 men’s single sculls (PR1 M1x)

Callum Russell (Agecroft RC)
Coach: Nick Baker

Head Coach

Paralympic Head Coach: Nick Baker

Men’s Crews

GB will be defending their European titles in the Men’s eight and four.

Men’s eight (M8+)

Rory Gibbs (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Morgan Bolding (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Jacob Dawson (Leander Club/Plymouth ARC)
Tom Digby (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Charlie Elwes (Leander Club)
Sholto Carnegie (Leander Club)
James Rudkin (Newcastle University BC)
Tom Ford (Leander Club)
Harry Brightmore (cox) (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Coach: Steve Trapmore

Men's eight on landing stage

Men’s quadruple sculls (M4x)

Callum Dixon (Twickenham RC)
George Bourne (Leander Club)
Matt Haywood (Nottingham RC / Burton Leander Rowing Club)
Tom Barras (Leander Club/Burway RC)
Coach: Paul Stannard

M4x on landing stage

Men’s four (M4-)

Oli Wilkes (Oxford Brookes University BC)
David Ambler (Oxford University BC)
Matt Aldridge (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Freddie Davidson (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Coach: Christian Felkel

M4- on landing stage

Men’s double sculls (M2x) - withdrawn

John Collins (Leander Club)
Seb Devereux (Leander Club)
Coach: Dan Moore

Men’s pair (M2-)

Ollie Wynne-Griffith (Leander Club/Cambridge University BC)
Tom George (Leander Club/Cambridge University BC)
Coach: Dan Moore

Lightweight men’s double sculls (LM2x)

Dale Flockhart (Edinburgh University BC)
Dan Jones (Edinburgh University BC)
Coach: Colin Williamson (Edinburgh University BC)

Reserves

Aidan Thompson (Twickenham RC/University of Surrey RC)
Tobias Schröder (Leander Club)
Will Stewart (Leander Club)
Sam Nunn (Oxford Brookes University BC)

Head Coach

Olympic Head Coach – Men: Paul Stannard

Women’s Crews

The women’s team are coached by Andrew Randell, James Harris and Darren Whiter. GB are reigning European champions in the quad, four and lightweight double.

Women’s eight (W8+)

Natasha Morrice (Leander Club)
Emily Ford (Leander Club)
Lauren Irwin (Leander Club)
Karen Bennett (Leander Club)
Esme Booth (Leander Club)
Samantha Redgrave (Leander Club)
Hattie Taylor (Leander Club)
Annie Campbell-Orde (Leander Club)
Henry Fieldman (cox) (Leander Club)
Coach: Women’s coaching team

Women's eight with male cox

Women’s four (W4-)

Heidi Long (Leander Club)
Rowan McKellar (Leander Club)
Helen Glover (Marlow RC)
Rebecca Shorten (Imperial College BC)
Coach: Women’s coaching team

Women's 4 standing on landing stage

Women’s quadruple sculls (W4x)

Lauren Henry (Leicester RC/University of Leicester BC)
Hannah Scott (Bann RC/Leander Club)
Georgie Brayshaw (Leander Club)
Lucy Glover (Edinburgh University BC/Warrington RC)
Coach: Women’s coaching team

4 women rowers

Women’s pair (W2-)

Emily Ford (Leander Club)
Esme Booth (Leander Club)
Coach: Women’s coaching team

2 women standing on landing stage

Women’s double sculls (W2x)

Kyra Edwards (Nottingham RC)
Saskia Budgett (Tideway Scullers School)
previously Meg Saunders (Tideway Scullers School)
Coach: Women’s coaching team

2 women standing on landing stage

Lightweight women’s double sculls (LW2x)

Emily Craig (University of London BC)
Imogen Grant (Cambridge University BC)
Coach: Women’s coaching team

2 women standing on landing stage

Lightweight women’s single sculls (LW1x)

Olivia Bates (Nottinghamshire County RA)
Coach: Dec Gamble (Nottinghamshire County RA)

Reserves

Flo Donald (Leander Club)
Rebecca Edwards (Leander Club)
Saskia Budgett (Tideway Scullers School)

3 women standing on landing stage

Head Coach

Women’s Olympic Head Coach: Andrew Randell

2022 European Rowing Championships results

Paralympic Squad

Boat	Result
PR3 Mix4+ Ollie Stanhope (Molesey BC) Ed Fuller (Molesey BC) Giedre Rakauskaite (Worcester RC) Frankie Allen (Oxford Brookes University BC) Erin Kennedy (cox) (Leander Club)
PR1 M1x Benjamin Pritchard (City of Swansea RC)

Boat:: PR3 Mix4+
Ollie Stanhope (Molesey BC)
Ed Fuller (Molesey BC)
Giedre Rakauskaite (Worcester RC)
Frankie Allen (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Erin Kennedy (cox) (Leander Club)
Result:

Boat:: PR1 M1x
Benjamin Pritchard (City of Swansea RC)
Result:

Women's Squad

Boat	Result
W8+ Rebecca Edwards (Leander Club) Lauren Irwin (Leander Club) Emily Ford (Leander Club) Esme Booth (Leander Club) Samantha Redgrave (Leander Club) Rebecca Shorten (Imperial College BC) Rowan McKellar (Leander Club) Heidi Long (Leander Club) Cox: Morgan Baynham-Williams (Leander Club and Ross RC)
W4x Jess Leyden (Leander Club) Lola Anderson (Leander Club) Georgie Brayshaw (Leander Club) Lucy Glover (Edinburgh University BC / Warrington RC)
W4- Rebecca Shorten (Imperial College BC) Samantha Redgrave (Leander Club) Heidi Long (Leander Club) Rowan McKellar (Leander Club)
W2x Kyra Edwards (Nottingham RC) Saskia Budgett (Tideway Scullers School)	5th
W2- Esme Booth (Leander Club) Emily Ford (Leander Club)
LW2x Emily Craig (University of London BC) Imogen Grant (Cambridge University BC)
LW1x Maddie Arlett (Edinburgh University BC)	Withdrawn after repechage

Boat:: W8+
Rebecca Edwards (Leander Club)
Lauren Irwin (Leander Club)
Emily Ford (Leander Club)
Esme Booth (Leander Club)
Samantha Redgrave (Leander Club)
Rebecca Shorten (Imperial College BC)
Rowan McKellar (Leander Club)
Heidi Long (Leander Club)
Cox: Morgan Baynham-Williams (Leander Club and Ross RC)
Result:

Boat:: W4x
Jess Leyden (Leander Club)
Lola Anderson (Leander Club)
Georgie Brayshaw (Leander Club)
Lucy Glover (Edinburgh University BC / Warrington RC)
Result:

Boat:: W4-
Rebecca Shorten (Imperial College BC)
Samantha Redgrave (Leander Club)
Heidi Long (Leander Club)
Rowan McKellar (Leander Club)
Result:

Boat:: W2x
Kyra Edwards (Nottingham RC)
Saskia Budgett (Tideway Scullers School)
Result:: 5th

Boat:: W2-
Esme Booth (Leander Club)
Emily Ford (Leander Club)
Result:

Boat:: LW2x
Emily Craig (University of London BC)
Imogen Grant (Cambridge University BC)
Result:

Boat:: LW1x
Maddie Arlett (Edinburgh University BC)
Result:: Withdrawn after repechage

Men's Squad

Boat	Result
M8+ Rory Gibbs (Oxford Brookes University BC) Morgan Bolding (Oxford Brookes University BC) David Bewicke-Copley (Oxford Brookes University BC) Sholto Carnegie (Leander Club) Charlie Elwes (Oxford University BC) Tom Digby (Oxford Brookes University BC) James Rudkin (Newcastle University BC) Tom Ford (Leander Club) Harry Brightmore (Oxford Brookes University BC) (cox)
M4x Harry Leask (Leander Club) George Bourne (Tideway Scullers School) Matt Haywood (Nottingham RC) Tom Barras (Leander Club)	4th
M4- Will Stewart (Leander Club) Sam Nunn (Oxford Brookes University BC) Matt Aldridge (Oxford Brookes University BC) Freddie Davidson (Oxford Brookes University BC)
M2- Ollie Wynne-Griffith (Cambridge University BC) Tom George (Cambridge University BC)
M1x Graeme Thomas (Agecroft RC)	5th Overall
LM2x Dale Flockhart (University of Edinburgh BC) Jamie Copus (Oxford Brookes University BC)	7th Overall

Boat:: M8+
Rory Gibbs (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Morgan Bolding (Oxford Brookes University BC)
David Bewicke-Copley (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Sholto Carnegie (Leander Club)
Charlie Elwes (Oxford University BC)
Tom Digby (Oxford Brookes University BC)
James Rudkin (Newcastle University BC)
Tom Ford (Leander Club)
Harry Brightmore (Oxford Brookes University BC) (cox)
Result:

Boat:: M4x
Harry Leask (Leander Club)
George Bourne (Tideway Scullers School)
Matt Haywood (Nottingham RC)
Tom Barras (Leander Club)
Result:: 4th

Boat:: M4-
Will Stewart (Leander Club)
Sam Nunn (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Matt Aldridge (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Freddie Davidson (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Result:

Boat:: M2-
Ollie Wynne-Griffith (Cambridge University BC)
Tom George (Cambridge University BC)
Result:

Boat:: M1x
Graeme Thomas (Agecroft RC)
Result:: 5th Overall

Boat:: LM2x
Dale Flockhart (University of Edinburgh BC)
Jamie Copus (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Result:: 7th Overall

GB W4x on podium at 2022 European Rowing Championships with gold medals

History

The first European Rowing Championships was held in 1893. They were later to be replaced by the World Rowing Championships, which became annual from 1974 when women’s events were added to their programme. Separate Women’s European Rowing Championships (sometimes immediately preceding the men’s European Rowing Championships at the same venue) were held from 1954-1973. Both the women’s and men’s European Championships were ‘European’ in location only; they were open to competitors from anywhere in the world, although entries from outside Europe were rare.

In 2006 the members of the International Rowing Federation (FISA, now known as World Rowing) voted to re-introduce the European Championships and the first event of ‘new-era’ was held in 2007 on Lake Malta in Poznan in Poland.