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2017 AUSTRALIAN ROWING TEAM FOR 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS, SARASOTA-BRADENTON, USA REINHOLD BATSCHI MEN’S NATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE, CANBERRA, ACT (RBMNTC) MEN’S COACHES Head Coach – Ian Wright Senior Coach – Mark Prater Senior Coach – Andrew Randell Oversees Men’s Program. Crews: M2x, M2+, Mx and LMx reserves Crew: M8+ Crews: M4- and LM4x HANCOCK PROSPECTING WOMEN’S NATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE, PENRITH, NSW (HPWNTC) WOMEN’S COACHES Head Coach – John Keogh Senior Coach – Tom Westgarth Senior Coach – Ellen Randell Oversees Women’s Program. Crew: W4- Crews: W2x and Women’s Reserves Crews: W4x and LW4x PARA-ROWING COACHES Senior Para-rowing Coach PR1 Coach Gordon Marcks Jason Baker INTERESTING FACTS: Number of 2017 Australian Rowing Team Members who went to the 2016 Rio Olympic or Paralympic Games: 10 Madeleine Edmunds W4x Olympia Aldersey W8+ David Watts M2x Spencer Turrin M2- Genevieve Horton W2x Molly Goodman W8+ Erik Horrie PR1 M1x Lucy Stephan W8+ Alexander Hill M4- Joshua Hicks - Reserve - Men’s Sweep Number of 2017 Australian Rowing Team Members who went to US Colleges: 4 Tim Masters - Princeton ’15 (majored in History) / Ben Coombs – Columbia ’14 (majored in International Politics and Russian Language) Joshua Hicks - Harvard ’13 (majored in Political Science) / Simon Keenan – Yale ’15 (majored in Political Science) Oldest Member of the World Rowing Championships Team: Erik Horrie (37, PR1 Men’s Single Scull) Youngest Member of the World Rowing Championships Team: James Rook (19, Men’s Eight Coxswain) 2 MEN’S CREW LISTS FOR 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN’S COXLESS FOUR JOSHUA HICKS SPENCER TURRIN JACK HARGEAVES ALEXANDER HILL MEN’S EIGHT ANGUS MOORE NATHAN BOWDEN BEN COOMBS TIM MASTERS CAMPBELL WATTS COXSWAIN SIMON KEENAN HAMISH PLAYFAIR ALEXANDER PURNELL JAMES ROOK LIGHTWEIGHT MEN’S QUADRUPLE SCULL RESERVE HAMISH PARRY REDMOND MATTHEWS JAMES KERR CAMERON FOWLER SEAN MURPHY MEN’S COXED PAIR (ALSO MEN’S RESERVES) MEN’S DOUBLE SCULL ANGUS COXSWAIN DARCY WRUCK DAVID WATTS LUKE LETCHER WIDDICOMBE JAMES ROOK PR1 MEN’S MEN’S SCULLING SINGLE SCULL RESERVE ERIK HORRIE CALEB ANTILL 3 WOMEN’S CREW LISTS FOR 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS WOMEN’S COXLESS FOUR LUCY STEPHAN KATRINA WERRY SARAH HAWE MOLLY GOODMAN LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN’S QUADRUPLE SCULL AMY JAMES ALICE ARCH GEORGIA MIANSAROW GEORGIA NESBITT WOMEN’S DOUBLE SCULL OLYMPIA ALDERSEY MADELEINE EDMUNDS WOMEN’S QUADRUPLE SCULL LEAH SAUNDERS GENEVIEVE HORTON ROWENA MEREDITH CAITLIN CRONIN RESERVE RESERVE GEORGIE GOTCH FIONA EWING 4 MEN’S FOUR National Training Centre Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC, Canberra or SIS/SAS Rowing Club Sydney University Boat Club State New South Wales Coach Ian Wright Favourite song 808 state in yer face (bicep remix) or Hiphouse by Kabale und Liebe & Lauhaus to listen to before racing Height 1m 97cms Weight 92 kgs Hometown Nyngan, New South Wales when not at the NTC Hobbies Trivia, going out for coffee, sleeping Outside of rowing, Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology do you study? Outside of rowing, Not currently, but in the past I’ve worked at an after school care facility in North JACK HARGREAVES do you work? Sydney D.O.B: 24 JULY 1993 Where is your Nepean River, New South Wales NICKNAME: REDTOP / RED / SACK favourite place to row? 1 GOLD 2017 World Rowing Cup 2, M4- 3 SILVER 2017 World Rowing Cup 3, M8+ / 2015 U23 World Rowing Championships, BM2- / 2014 U23 World Rowing Championships, BM2- National Training Centre Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC, Canberra or SIS/SAS Rowing Club Sydney Rowing Club State Western Australia Coach Ian Wright Height 1m 87cms Weight 85 kgs Hometown Perth when not at the NTC Hobbies Sharing memes… Outside of rowing, Economics JOSHUA HICKS do you study? D.O.B: 29 APRIL 1991 Where is your Inside, away from the harsh rays of sun, I’ve very fair skin… NICKNAME: THE HICKSMAHN favourite place to row? A Harvard graduate, Hicks won the Harvard-Yale battle every year from 2010 to 2013. 1 GOLD 2017 World Rowing Cup 2, M4- 4 SILVER 2017 World Rowing Cup 3, M8+/ 2016 World Rowing Cup 2, M4- / 2012 World Rowing U23 Championships, BM4- / 2009 World Rowing Junior Championships, JM4- 5 MEN’S FOUR cont’d... National Training Centre Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC, Canberra or SIS/SAS Rowing Club Adelaide Rowing Club State South Australia Coach Ian Wright Favourite song Anything by Shakira… to listen to before racing Height 1m 94cms Weight 94 kgs Hometown Loxton, South Australia when not at the NTC Hobbies Erging… Outside of rowing, Biomechanics of the rowing stroke do you study? Outside of rowing, Rowing Coach / Consultant at Scotch College, Adelaide ALEXANDER HILL do you work? D.O.B: 11 MARCH 1993 Where is your Murray Bridge, South Australia NICKNAME: HILLY favourite place to row? 6 GOLD 2017 World Rowing Cup 2, M4- / 2015 World Rowing Cup 3, M4- / 2014 World Rowing 1, M8+ / 2013 World Rowing Cup 1, M8+ / 2013 Youth Olympic Games, M4x / 2011 World Rowing Junior Championships, JM4+ 6 SILVER 2017 World Rowing Cup 3, M8+ / 2016 Rio Olympic Games, M4- / 2016 World Rowing Cup 3, M4- / 2015 World Rowing Championships, M4- / 2013 World Rowing Cup 1, M4- / 2013 World Rowing U23 Championships, BM2- 1 BRONZE 2012 World Rowing U23 Championships, BM8+ National Training Centre Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC, Canberra or SIS/SAS Rowing Club Sydney Rowing Club State New South Wales Coach Ian Wright Favourite song Anything by the Lepers and Crooks to listen to before racing Height 1m 90cm Weight 92 kgs Hometown Dungog, New South Wales when not at the NTC Hobbies Spending time at Sydney Rowing Club SPENCER ALF TURRIN D.O.B: 29 AUGUST 1991 Where is your Sydney NICKNAME: SPENCE favourite place to row? 5 GOLD 2017 World Rowing Cup 2, M4- / 2015 World Rowing Cup 3, M4- / 2014 World Rowing Cup 1, M8+ / 2014 World Rowing Cup 1, M4- / 2013 World Rowing Cup 2, M4- 6 SILVER 2017 World Rowing Cup 3, M8+ / 2016 World Rowing Cup 3, M2- / 2015 World Rowing Championships, M4- / 2014 World Rowing Cup 2, M4- / 2013 World Rowing Championships, M4- / 2013 World Rowing Cup 1, M4- 2 BRONZE 2014 World Rowing Championships, M4- / 2012 World Rowing U23 Championships, BM8+ 6 MEN’S EIGHT National Training Centre Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC, Canberra or SIS/SAS Rowing Club Sydney Rowing Club State South Australia Coach Andrew Randell Height 1m 93cms Weight 87 kgs Hometown Adelaide, South Australia when not at the NTC Hobbies Drinking coffee and cycling Outside of rowing, Yes, Construction Management do you study? Outside of rowing, Yes, I also do Project Administration do you work? NATHAN BOWDEN Where is your Murray Bridge, South Australia D.O.B: 2 APRIL 1993 favourite place to row? NICKNAME: NATE 1 SILVER 2017 World Rowing Cup 3, M2+ 1 BRONZE 2016 World University Championships, M2- National Training Centre Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC, Canberra or SIS/SAS Rowing Club University of Technology, Sydney RC State Victoria Coach Andrew Randell Favourite song Rhythm of the Night - Corona, Box Chevy - Rick Ross , to listen to before racing Flight of the Valkyries - Wagner Height 1m 95cms Weight 96 kgs Hometown Melbourne, Victoria when not at the NTC Hobbies Seneca, reading, music, cycling, listening to an Angus Moore argument Outside of rowing, Yes, I am a Management Consultant at Ernst & Young TIMOTHY MASTERS do you work? D.O.B: 2 JANUARY 1992 Where is your NICKNAME: MASTERS OR THE BULL Hanover, New Hampshire, USA favourite place to row? 4 SILVER 2017 World Rowing Cup 3, M8+ / 2014 World Rowing U23 Championships, BM8+ / 2013 World Rowing U23 Championships, BM4- / 2012 World Rowing U23 Championships, BM4- 7 MEN’S EIGHT cont’d... National Training Centre Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC, Canberra or SIS/SAS Rowing Club Sydney University BC State New South Wales Coach Andrew Randell Favourite song Miami – Will Smith to listen to before racing Height 1m 95cms Weight 94 kgs Hometown Sydney, New South Wales when not at the NTC Hobbies Netflix, skiing Outside of rowing, Yes, Arts and Commerce do you study? Outside of rowing, Yes, I’m a warehouse assistant at TNW do you work? CAMPBELL WATTS Where is your Linley Point, Lane Cove River in NSW/ Lake Burley Griffin in ACT D.O.B: 10 NOVEMBER 1995 favourite place to row? NICKNAME: ARNOLD National Training Centre Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC, Canberra or SIS/SAS Rowing Club University of Technology, Sydney RC State New South Wales Coach Andrew Randell Favourite song My Heart will Go On – Celine Dion to listen to before racing Height 1m 94cms Weight 91 kgs Hometown Sydney, New South Wales when not at the NTC Hobbies Rowing Outside of rowing, Graduated from UTS in 2014 with a Bachelor of Business, did my Cert III in do you study? Personal Training last year and looking to do my Cert IV this year Outside of rowing, Prioritising study for now HAMISH PLAYFAIR do you work? Where is your D.O.B: 21 DECEMBER 1991 Looking Glass Bay, Gladesville favourite place to row? 1 SILVER 2017 World Rowing Cup 3, M8+ Rowing Club Mercantile RC State Victoria Coach Andrew Randell Favourite song Money for Nothing – Dire Straits to listen to before racing Height 1m 68cms Weight 55 kgs Hometown Melbourne when not at the NTC Hobbies If I'm not rowing I'd be playing hockey for Hawthorn Hockey Club Outside of rowing, Yes, Teaching JAMES ROOK do you work? D.O.B: 18 NOVEMBER 1997 Where is your Upstream on The Yarra, Melbourne NICKNAME: ROOKNOOSH favourite place to row? 2 SILVER 2017 World Rowing Cup 3, M2+ and M8+ 8 MEN’S EIGHT cont’d... National Training Centre Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC, Canberra or SIS/SAS Rowing Club Sydney RC State New South Wales Coach Andrew Randell Favourite song My Heart