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All rights reserved. Material may not be reproduced in any media without written permis- sion of RowingVoice Contact: voice@ The quad qualify for the Olympics with Vernon at stroke. But Grainger was back in the back rowingservice.com seat by next morning Photograph: Peter Spurrier/Intersport Images tel 07710-538114 fax 0870-164-1650 Quad arrives in Published irregularly. Race by race: where the GB crews GB crew - finished and where they’re going next, by Unfortunately, perhaps, Dennis drew the toughest Our grateful thanks to Christopher Dodd and Rachel Quarrell. heat. It contained the title holder, Marit Van Eu- Peter Spurrier/ pen of the and the only-just Ameri- Intersport Images and Women’s quadruple sculls can sculler Jen Goldsack, late of Wallingford and Sybrand Treffers for the Qualified direct to final - CHN, GBR GB Rowing. Only the first earned a passage to photographic contribu- GB crew - // the semifinal, and the Canadian was tions in this issue. Fran Houghton/Annie Vernon leading after 500 metres. Dennis was third at 1000 A brilliant opening performance which kept the metres, but the drama was being played out in Germans in their place and was faster than the front between Van Eupen and Goldsack. Van other heat winners, , put the Anglo-Scottish Eupen moved very fast in the third quarter but the SUPPORT THE VOICE Camelot GB quad into the 2008 Olympics. They American stamped on the threat with the fastest finish. Her time was 7 minutes 41.61 seconds, Help the Voice continue and the host country are the first two crews to secure boats for Beijing (although the line-up can seconds faster than the next fastest heat. So its work by donating change in the next year). They have the rest of Dennis still has a chance of reaching a semifinal. a small amount to our the week off. Germany (, Manuela GB result - fourth fighting fund. Just a Lutz, , Stephanie Schiller) were less Next racing - repêchages on Tuesday Number to Olympics - 0 couple of quid, euros than half a length behind at the line, the Brits’ or dollars per issue you time being 6:30.87. The Chinese (6:32.90) were Lightweight men’s single sculls chased by Ukraine and France, with Romania have enjoyed is enough. nowhere. Qualified direct to semifinals - Ivan Baldychev Visit www.rowingserv- GB result - first (USA), Lorenzo Bertini (ITA), Takahiro Suda ice.com/voice for credit Next racing - final on Sunday (JPN), Duncan Grant (NZL) Qualified for Olympics 2008 GB crew - Alasdair Leighton-Crawford card donations. Those Leighton-Crawford has come a long way since who have already Lightweight women’s singles finishing last in the A-final nearly donated, thank you Qualified direct to semifinals - Benedicte Dorf- quarter of a minute behind Duncan Grant of New very much, it all helps! man (FRA), Maria Pertl (DEN), Jen Goldsack Zealand, the fastest lightweight sculler of the (USA), Mirna Rajle (CRO) World Cup Regatta series. This time the Briton Repechages explained, weather forecast and women’s racing page 2 » 28 August 2007 page 2 ROWINGVoice update Repechage system, was only six seconds and one place back at the for medals throughout a fascinating World line, and clearly saved his energy once losing Cup series, so the only surprise was in heat 2007 version: the only qualification spot was inevitable after four when Argentina’s finest, Fernandez, beat 7-8 entries: two heats (1 the first 500 metres. His speed and Olympic champion . Campbell’s from each through to final), were much improved since the start of the sum- race developed in predictably calm fashion: he then rep (4 through), final. mer, and approaching the line he raced Cana- was chased hard by Ralph Kreibich in the first da’s Timothy Coulson well, finishing strongly couple of minutes, but kept his cool and soon 9-12 entries: two heats in second. Beating Grant was always unlikely saw the Austrian drop back. The margin never (1 through), two reps (2 but Leighton-Crawford should be looking to moved out to clear water, but with Campbell through), final. win his repêchage now. In the other heats at 29 there’s no denying who was in charge. 13-15 entries: three heats Baldychev was faster but in a tight scrap with Various games with rate and effort were played (3 through), one rep (3 Dutchman Jaap Schouten, so Grant still looks by the rest of the big boys: Karonen won in through), semis, final. like the most likely gold medallist at the mo- a much faster time but apparently also going ment, which further improves the appearance much harder, perhaps to avoid specific scull- 16-18 entries: three heats of Leighton-Crawford’s result. ers in the quarterfinals. Synek dawdled home (2 through), two reps (3 GBR result - second ahead of the surprisingly excellent Valentinos through), semis, final. Next racing - repêchage on Tuesday Sofokleous from Cyprus (13th at the world Number to Olympics - 0 under-23s for the last two years), while world 19-20 entries: four heats champion Drysdale and Germany’s darling (2 through), two reps (2 Women’s single sculls Hacker won their heats competently and were through), semis, final. Heat winners going into the quarterfinals never led. 21-24 entries: four heats - (USA), Zhang Xiuyun GBR result - first (1 through), four reps (2 (CHN), (BUL), Ekaterina Next racing - quarterfinals on Tuesday through), semis, final. Karsten-Khodotovich (BLR), Mirka Knapkova Number to Olympics - 11 (CZE), Sophie Balmary (FRA). 25-30 entries: six heats GB crew name - none. We’ll follow it anyway Women’s pairs (top 24 through), four quar- since it’s an important Olympic event. Qualified direct to semifinal - AUS, BLR, ters (3 through), semis, final. Since the retirement a couple of years ago GER; CAN, CHN, DEN; NZL, ROU, USA 31-36 entries: six heats of Katrin Rutchow-Stomporowski (much in GB crew - Beth Rodford/Natasha Page (top 24 through), quarters, evidence around the boat area at these champs) Rodford and Page were unfortunate to draw the semis, final. has had it pretty much her first three crews in the world cup final. own way. She, the Chinese sculler and Neyk- It duly turned into the fastest race duly reflect- ova posted virtually the same times in their ed it. The three qualifying places were taken by Updated weather forecast: heats, but with everyone saving their beans for the Kiwis and Nicola Coles, the From day to day the forecast is the obligatory quarterfinals it’s anyone’s guess Romanians Georgeta Damian-Andrunache and changing quite quickly. This is the latest. how that ranking is going to develop - other Vlorica Susanu and the Americans Portia Mc- Tue 28: 18deg, cloudy, 7 mph NE than that Karsten will probably be miles in Gee (née Johnson) and Anna Mickelson. The winds. front. GBR’s policy of not putting in entries British crew was changed just before Munich Wed 29: 11deg, rain showers who don’t have sufficient speed has paid off, when Beth Rodford was brought in for Natasha early, then cold and cloudy, 7.5 since Atlanta St John, who was being consid- Howard who is feeling twinges of tinosinovi- mph NE winds. ered for a racing spare (and thus like Alasdair tis in her right forearm. It was felt prudent to Thu 30: 12deg, cooler with 5 Leighton-Crawford would have competed) switch her to the eight and bring Rodford in mph NE winds. has been able to help the women’s quad out to join Page. With luck, this will turn out to Fri 31: 21deg, rainy, 5 mph NNE while Katherine Grainger recovered from back be one of those occasions when a repêchage winds. Sat 1: 17deg, cloudy, 4 mph N trouble. St John was part of the GB under-23 gives them a chance to find form. They are not winds. quad which won bronze in Strathclyde, and complete strangers to each other, having come Sun 2: 18deg, cloudy, sunny has hugely impressed the GB selectors - team second together at final trials. The American intervals, 4 mph N winds. manager David Tanner said the quad didn’t go pair, meanwhile, was a good medal prospect, appreciably differently with her in. but McGee was brought in the day before Champs on UK TV: Next racing - repêchages on Tuesday because is injured. The name of Number to Olympics - 9 their game now, like the Brits, is to get in the BBC: Saturday 1 and Sunday top eight to secure a boat in 2 September on BBC interac- Men’s single sculls Beijing 2008. tive, various times. Some Heat winners going into the quarterfinals GBR result - fourth live and recorded coverage - Alan Campbell (GBR), Lassi Karonen (SWE), Next racing - repêchages on Tuesday on BBC 2 and Five Live radio. Ondrej Synek (CZE), Santiago Fernandez Number to Olympics - 8 Eurosport: (ARG), Marcel Hacker (GER), Mahe Drysdale Thu 30 August 08:45-11:30 (NZL) Men’s coxless pairs Fri 31 August: 13:30-15:00 GB crew - Alan Campbell Qualified direct to semifinal - GBR, NZL, Sat 1 and Sun 2 September: Honorary Brit - Mahe Drysdale (Tideway AUS, FRA live coverage. Scullers) GB crew names - Colin Smith/Matt Langridge More or less the same top six have been vying Another British crew in the fastest heat of the

Men’s nearly lose their shirts page 3 » 28 August 2007 page 3 ROWINGVoice update event, though in this case not by much. Smith (W2x continued) Voices off in Munich and Langridge hit the world cup in the first GB result - first round, the “Laurel and Hardy” of pairs. They Next racing - semifinals on Thursday Off to a flying start began their roller-coaster by winning in , Number to Olympics - 8 Mariya Filimonova avoided winning again in Amsterdam as part of the “su- punishment when she ar- pereight”, and bombing to eleventh in the pair Men’s double sculls rived late on the start for again in Lucerne. On Sunday there they bounced Heat winners going into the quarterfinals her heat of the single sculls. back, although they made it exciting by leading - SLO, FRA, GER, EST, GBR, CHN Officials delayed the race at 500, lying fourth at 1000, second at 1500 and GB crew - Matt Wells/Steve Rowbotham while the Kazakhstan sculler first with clear water over the Americans Jason The ‘new Matt and Steve’, this eminently was whisked from Munish Read and Kyle Larson at the finish. The classy double act have everything it takes to airport to the start, where former champions Sinisa and Niksa Skelin match or improve on their bronze medal of last her boat awaited her having (Croatia) were leading at 1500 but disappeared year. Throughout the season they’ve irritated been rowed up by her coach. into fourth place behind the Canadians. The everyone else in the event with their medal- Among those waiting for her current champions, and winningly fast second thousand, plus a tidy was the Olympic champion of Australia, had an easy time. Kiwis Nathan starting minute when things go right. However Ekaterina ‘Choco’ Karsten, Twaddle and George Bridgewater who have had they’ve been annoyed in their turn by Estonia, who duly won the heat, while a good season also had an easy time, and so did whose evergreen veteran Jueri Jaanson added the Kazakh finished fourth the French winners of the fourth heat, Erwan experience and race-nous to his young partner and should be in time for her Peron and Laurent Cabot. Tonu Endrekson’s brawn to win the second and repechage on Tuesday. GB result - first third world cups. There was nobody to touch Shouts and murmurs Next racing - semifinals on Thursday the Brits in their opening heat, so unsurpris- Amaud Pornin of France was Number to Olympics - 11 ingly they sailed through, more importantly relegated to last place in the posting halfway times as good as all but the lightweight sculls because Women’s double sculls Slovenes and French. Nobody had a really his boat was underweight. Qualified direct to semifinal - GBR, NZL; hard race here, apart from Hungary’s Akos The Iraqi lightweight sculler CHN, ROU; ITA, GER Haller and Tibor Peto (former world champi- Hamza Jaber, was not al- GB crew - Elise Laverick/Anna Bebington ons, 4th in the GBR heat), who later withdrew lowed to race when he failed To the rest of the world, Laverick and Bebington citing medical problems for Peto. the weight test. Meanwhile, are dark horses, an injury for Bebington having GB result - first the Lithuanian entry with- kept them out of racing until Lucerne. Time to Next racing - quarterfinals on Tuesday drew for medical reasons put them straight, and the Brits did it the stylish Number to Olympics - 11 before the competition started way, getting quickly ahead of the former world and necessitated a change in and current Olympic champions New Zealand Men’s coxless fours the progression system to four - the Evers-Swindell twins - and tussling all the Qualified direct to semifinal - GBR, CZE, heats and four repêchages way down the course with them. The Kiwis got NED, NZL instead of quarterfinals. A back in front briefly with a few hundred metres GB crew - /Peter Reed/Alex similar situation arose in the to go, but the Brits put their foot down and Partridge/Andy Triggs Hodge open men’s sculls when the robbed them of a victory New Zealand clearly As always, the fours have been exciting. GB Egyptian El Husseiny Abd wanted. Both qualify for the semis, but it was lost their unbeaten record in Lucerne, with Tom El Hady withdrew before the not hard to see which was the happier double. James subbing for , although heats to sub into his country’s Rightly, the girls pointed out that New Zealand a drubbing from New Zealand and then the quad. The Iraqi open sculler may not be the in-form crew: the Chinese and Netherlands - both heat winners on Sunday Haydar Rashid turned up with Italians, the other heat winners, were both able - was hardly James’s fault. Only just re-join- no equipment and was lent to slacken off at the end. A confidence-boosting ing the squad after finishing his final year at a boat by FISA and blades start though, and our girls are well in the mix Cambridge, he fitted in well. But everybody by GB Rowing. Jaroslav with the top boats. is ratcheting up. Here in Munich it was plain Hellebrand of Greece did not meet the classification criteria for the arms-only men’s single sculls. The Hungarian men’s double withdrew from the E final because Tibor Peto is ill. The German legs trunk arms mixed coxed four was relegated to last place because the boat did not meet the minimum weight require- ment. The men’s eights had to be re-drawn after the first attempt put all the best ones Keep your shirt on.... Britain’s four blast off the blocks in the same heat. Photograph: Peter Spurrier Lightweight men winning all over the place pages 4-5 » 28 August 2007 page 4 ROWINGVoice update Seat-swapping that the lesson of losing had been learned: GB ardo Pettinari (nine world and one Olympic It’s musical seats for some of the went off at 46 but were soon led by France and medal, mostly gold) in the bow seat. No biggest names here in Munich. Ireland. Meanwhile, the threat of with surprise that the Brits could not do better than On Monday Katherine Grainger at stroke was not realised - or second, which means a repêchage, but they had was extolling the benefits of being at bow in the GBR W4x has not been realised yet. The Brits were lead- a very similar race profile to that of Germany, only to switch back for Tues- ing at the 1500 metre mark and the next three second in the other heat. That means the medal day morning’s training session. over the finish line were Ireland, France and zone beckons, as long as nobody else in the “We’ll just have to keep guess- Canada. Incidentally, there was a bit of a fol- heats has massive but hidden speed. A good ing”, said coach Paul Thomp- lowing breeze during this, the last event of the first race, and rowing effectively but well inside son when drawn on whether day. The Czechs won the second heat, pressed themselves in the second half, but that wasn’t Grainger would stay at stroke. by Australia to a time close to the British heat. the real fight. Meanwhile the Australians and The Slovenians pressed the Dutch in heat 3, and GB result - second Americans have had the same the Kiwis could see the German and American Next racing - repêchages on Wednesday idea: get your born racer in the crews all the way in heat 4. The Americans may Number to Olympics - 0 stroke seat. AUS M8+ moved not have shown the hand that is revealed in the Jimmy Tomkins to stroke after Lightweight women’s doubles losing in Lucerne, to good effect. crew roster and by rumour of performance. Yesterday the USA M4- moved GB result - first (eventually) Qualified direct to semifinals - Finland, Bryan Volpenhein up to stroke, Next racing - semifinals on Thursday China; Greece, Denmark; Australia, Germany. back to bow, and Number to Olympics - 11 GB crew names - Helen Casey/Hester Good- the others up a notch. Expect sell fireworks: Olympic champion Lightweight men’s pairs Casey and Goodsell were in a great tussle for stroke Volp is known for his Qualified direct to final - ITA, AUS two qualifying places. While massive sprints. GB crew - Matthew Beechey/Daniel Harte and Marguerite Houston (Australia) sowed up Beechey and Harte met their match in Ross the front spot, the Brits, after a slow start, had If you can’t win, emigrate Brown and Michael McBryde (Australia) who a great tussle with the Germans Berit Carow Jen Goldsack is not the only GBR had a lead over the Brits of 6 secs by halfway and Marie-Louise Draeger for the second. In national to have changed allegiance in the heat. The Italians Andrea Caianiello and the end it was 7:11.22 for Germany and 7:11.26 after discovering that the rowing Armando Dell’Aquila were stylish and faster in for GB. A place in the semis is likely through establishment didn’t value evident the other heat. But the Brits should qualify for the rep. In the first heat the Finns Sanna Sten talent. Former Tideway Sculler Rod Chisholm pushed off Down Under the final through the repêchage. and Minna Nieminen came from fifth to win after failing to make it through the GB result - second ahead of Dongxiang Xu and Haixia Chen GB trials system, and now sits at Next racing - repêchage on Wednesday (China) in 7:11.32. Qualifiers from the sec- bow in the very fast Australian LM4, Number to Olympics - 0 ond heat were Chrysi Biskitzi and Alexandra a potential Olympic crew. What did Tsiavou (Greece) in 7:08.51 and Katrin Olsen we miss? Lightweight women’s quads and Juliane Rasmussen (Denmark). Niamh Ni Qualified direct to final - AUS, GBR Cheilleacher and Sinead Jennings (Ireland) Haining, McCarthy on GB crew - Sophie Hosking/Laura Greenhalgh/ were fourth. the move I hear that Peter Haining has parted Mathilde Pauls/Jane Hall GB result - third company with Oxford Brookes, The British women gave themselves the dream Next racing - repêchage on Wednesday and Simon McCarthy likewise with ticket to Sunday, becoming the first in the team Number to Olympics - 8 the Regatta Centre. What to qualify via racing for the A-finals when they a dialogue there will be if Haining won their heat. However, it was a harder yet Lightweight men’s doubles should happen to flag down a black slower race than the other heat, in which the Heat winners going to quarterfinals - AUS, cab and find that McCarthy, in his Chinese (half last year’s world champion crew) GBR, GRE, HUN, FRA, DEN. latest incarnation, is the driver. gave up the ghost halfway when they found GB crew - Zac Purchase/ they couldn’t best Australia at the first time of Purchase and Hunter are in good company after ammer mith asking. GB by comparison had to fend off the winning their heat and reaching the quarterfinal H S USA right down the course, yet were still a round. Heats were uneventful because the first Send tittle and tattle to length slower than the Aussies. Great racing, three or in some races four went to quarterfi- [email protected] but it doesn’t mean a gold is in the bag yet. nals. Reigning world champions and fastest GB result - first ever boat in light doubles The Maple Leaf Rag Next racing - A final on Sunday and Rasmus Quist (Denmark) won in 6:33.59, Mike Spracklen, Canada’s men’s Number to Olympics - 0 with China unable to catch them. second all coach and sometime coach to Red- way with fastest last 500. other heat winners grave & Pinsent, , Lightweight men’s quads were Sam Beltz and Tom Gibson (Australia), India, GB and the US, will celebrate Qualified direct to final - FRA, ITA Dimitrios Mougios and Vasileios Polymeros turning 70 with a lecture on his life’s GB crew - Simon Jones/Rob Williams/Chris (Greece), Zsolt Hirling and Tamas Varga (Hun- journey from Marlow, , Bartley/ gary), and Fabrice Moreau and Frederic Dufour to Victoria in British Columbia at If you had to draw anyone for your first quads (France). the River & Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames, on Saturday 8 race, you might prefer it not to be Italy, whose GB result - first September. Book now! Tickets and 2006 world champion crew has probably been Next racing - quarterfinal on Wednesday further info from www.rrm.co.uk. strengthened by the inclusion of legend Leon- Number to Olympics - 11

Eights face the repechages after tough racing in the heats page 5 » 28 August 2007 page 5 ROWINGVoice update Lightweight men’s fours Men’s eights What they said Heat winners going to quarterfinals - CHN, Qualified direct to semifinal - GER, NED; EGY, AUS, CAN, GBR, FRA CAN, AUS; RUS, CHN “That was quite a good race. GB crew - /James Lindsay- GB crew - (sub)/Tom Stallard/Tom They certainly put up more of Fynn/Paul Mattick/James Clarke Lucy/Tom Solesbury/Josh West/Ric Egington/ a fight then than the Kiwis did The boys made beating Germany and Japan Robin Bourne-Taylor/Al Heathcote/cox Acer today” – Zac Purchase, :GBR look easy, but that’s partly because they are Nethercott LM2x, on dead-heating with flowing so well together. In such a crowded What a race. With season leaders Canada in the GBR W4x during training event, they’re going to be tested every other their heat GB starts brilliantly, never losing camp day until the weekend, but deal with pressure overlap. Relative to Canada it was beauti- “I would have liked us to win pretty capably. They didn’t take long to get a fully paced, but the spanner in the works was by more. But we knew the lead and lose the first-race nerves. With three Australia, stroked by their version of Redgrave, pressure of racing the home through, Germany and Japan weren’t trying Jimmy “nine golds” Tomkins. This 42-year-old champions” – Paul Thomp- once they had a clear length over South Africa. is bullying the young Aussie eight into rowing son, coach of the GBR W4x Heat 3 was won by Australia, whose bowman his way from the stroke seat, and launched an is Rod Chisholm, another former Brit with dual insane final 500m which saw them claw back a “Whatever way round we sit nationality. They look to have picked up speed length on GB and snatch the second qualifying we bring things to the boat. recently. China, defending world champions, spot a few bare metres from the line. Fortu- It’s different, but we go fast are the ones nobody has beaten yet, and appar- nately the plan never relied upon avoiding the whichever way round we row” ently loitered around, posting an exceptionally repêchage, so the British eight will turn extra – Debbie Flood, GBR W4x slow time with quickly lengthening splits, which racing to their advantage and get on with it. “There was no holding back can’t be explained by wind. Things get serious Fly in the ointment may be signs of cracks ap- in the race, certainly not with on Wednesday’s quarterfinals, in which the Brits pearing under the Australian pressure in the last the back. I’m stronger than have drawn Canada, whom they beat compre- minute, but GB’s time would have had them an ox” – Katherine Grainger, hensively in Lucerne. winning let alone qualifying, in either of the GBR W4x GB result - first other heats, so it’s not all doom and gloom. Next racing - quarterfinals on Wednesday GB result - third “Yes I like the stroke seat. It’s Number to Olympics - 11 Next racing - repêchages on Wednesday really different in how the boat Number to Olympics - 7 feels and really different in the Men’s quads roles I have. It’s been quite a Qualified direct to semifinals - POL, EST; Arms-only women’s singles sharp learning curve for me. GER, FRA; CZE, UKR; ITA, RUS (1000 metres) At bow when we get out quite GB crew - Simon Fieldhouse/Sam Townsend/ Qualified direct to final - Liudmila Vauchok quickly I feel quite isolated /Ian Lawson (BLR), Claudia Santos (BRA) up there. Now you feel much There’s a real battle on for this crew to reach its GB crew - Helene Raynsford more in the action.” – Annie qualifying place. A slow start gave the quad the Raynsford had an asthma attack during her race Vernon, GBR W4x, 16 hours problem of coming through wash from the back and was assisted off the course after finishing before being swtiched back to of the field, but they steadily hacked away at fourth. She has recovered, but there has to be bow for training. it and by 1500m gone were in just about touch a question mark over her starting in Tuesday’s with second-placed France, although clear water rep. Her heat was won by Liudmila Vauchok down on Germany. The two leaders obviously (), and the other qualifier the final was had plenty in the bag, though, so there was no Claudia Santos (Brazil), behind whom Svitiana avoiding the repêchage. Kuprijanova (Ukraine) and Martyna Snopek GB result - third (Poland) were split by a third of a second for Next racing - repêchages on Wednesday 2nd and 3rd. Number to Olympics - 11 GB result - fourth Women’s eights Next racing - repêchage on Tuesday Number to Paralympics - 12 Qualified direct to final - ROU, USA GB crew - Carla Ashford/Baz Moffat/Alice Arms-only men’s singles Freeman/Louisa Reeve/Natasha Howard/Alison Knowles//Jess Eddie/cox Caroline (1000 metres) “If you’re still with us at 400m O’Connor Qualified direct to semifinal - Tom Aggar to go you’re going to have to GB go through the rep after finishing fourth (GBR), Pierre Morel (CAN); Eli Nawi (ISR), pay the price” – Colin Smith, after US, Australia and Canada. They finished in Dominic Monypenny (AUS); Ronald Harvey GBR M2- (USA), Patrick Laureau (FRA) an echelon of half-length gaps, the winning time “It’s really easy to turn rowing GB crew - Tom Aggar being 6:12.79 and Britain’s 6:18.90. This was into a zen metaphysical sport Aggar led his heat by miles, and the Frenchman the faster heat, the other being won by Romania and forget it’s about rowing Morel was well clear of the rest for the second ahead of Germany and China in 6:14.46. long strokes and pushing qualifying place. Other winners were Eli Nawi GB result - fourth hard” – Colin Smith, GBR (Israel) in the fastest time, beating Australia’s Next racing - repêchage on Wednesday M2- Number to Olympics - 5 double world champion Dominic Monypenny

Two adaptive crews qualifying for Beijing page 5 » 28 August 2007 page 6 ROWINGVoice update

German mixed adaptive four beats GB... but was relegated for underweight boat. Photograph: Sybrand Treffers

“You don’t often get the chance with a ferocious sprint, and Ronald Harvey stay in contact with GB, gave them a nasty to row world champions to a (US). A place in the semi-final guarantees that shock, nipping into a slight lead and resolutely standstill” – Ian South, coach Britain will have a single sculler at the Beijing staying there. GB weren’t rowing their best, of USA LW1x Jen Goldsack Paralympics, with Aggar heading the list to be and their first loss ever will have made them (formerly in the GBR LW2x in selected. think again about how to beat the home crew. 2005) GB result - first Ironically, an hour after the race Germany “They had a go at us and took Next racing - semifinal on Thursday was relegated officially to last after their boat the rate up” – Anna Bebington, Qualified for Paralympics 2008 weighed light, so GB win the heat after all. GBR W2x, on the Germans Nobody else bar these two has much chance Trunk/arms mixed double at the gold medal. Oh, and they have already “With all the hard training we’ve Qualified direct to semifinals - ITA, USA; qualified for the Paralympics. done we’ve got to be positive” CHN, GRE; BRA, AUS GB result - second, then moved to first – Peter Reed, GBR M4- GB crew - Karen Cromie/James Roberts Next racing - semifinals on Thursday Last of all the GB crews to be selected, Cromie Number to Paralympics - 12 “That we were able to win like and Roberts had the toughest race, dropped into that gave us confidence” – Steve Racing schedule fourth early on and never able to get back on Rowbotham, GBR M2x Tuesday - Group A reps/qfinals terms. The surprise of the heats was Americans 9:30 W4- race for lanes “The biggest problem with the Scott Brown and Angela Madsen, who have 9:38-9:42 M2+ reps world championships is that won this event all four times it has been raced 9:48-10:06 LW1x reps boredom does set in quite badly” at the championships, being slapped into second 10:12-10:30 LM1x reps – Alan Campbell, GBR M1x by Italy. There are rumblings of discontent 10:36 LM8+ race for lanes among the team managers about classification 10:42-11:00 W1x quarterfinals “It’s very fun being in the team for all the adaptives: perhaps this result will 11:06-11:24 M1x quarterfinals at the moment. There are high add the USA’s voice to those clamouring for an 11:30 W2- rep 11:36-11:54 M2- reps expectations, mostly from the improvement before the Paralympics. 12:00-12:06 W2x reps athletes, but now we have the GB result - fourth muscle to back them up” – Alan 12:12-12:30 M2x quarterfinals Next racing - repêchages on Tuesday 12:36-12:54 M4- reps Campbell, GBR M1x Number to Paralympics - 12 14:00-14:10 AW1x reps “The heat’s going to be hard, 14:20-14:30 AM1x reps well good. They perform well Leg/trunk/arms mixed fours 14:40-14:50 TA2x reps when theyre’ challenged” – team Qualified direct to semifinals - GBR, RUS, 15:00 LTA4+ rep UKR; ITA, NED, BRA; CAN, USA, ISR manager David Tanner before Wednesday - Group B reps/qfs the GBR W4’s first race GB crew - Vicky Hansford/Alan Crowther/ 9:30 M4+ rep Alistair McKean/Naomi Riches/cox Alan 9:36 LW4x rep “Breizac was a wonderfully hard ‘Woody’ Sherman 9:42 LM4x rep camp: we managed to drive Britain has a fair grasp on this event, champi- 9:48-9:54 LW2x reps ourselves into the ground pretty ons for the last three years, and all of this crew 10:00-10:18 LM2x quarterfinals well” – Zac Purchase, GBR involved at least once. The Paralympic classes 10:24-10:42 LM4- quarterfinals LM2x are developing fast though, and other countries 10:48-10:54 M4x reps 11:00-11:06 W8+ reps are catching up fast. Germany, possibly the 11:12-11:18 M8+ reps only other crew bar the Netherlands who can Rowing Voice - puts the gold into the world championships