Stiff Test in Poland
GB Rowing re-enters the world cup fray in Poznan, Poland, from Thursday-Saturday (15-17 June) after a solid start to the World Cup season in Munich three weeks ago.
19 crews (61 rowers) will represent Great Britain at the regatta which features New Zealand, quadruple gold medallists at last year’s World Championships, for the first time this season.
Britain’s flagship female crew, backed by Camelot and stroked by Katherine Grainger, won in Munich but will face 2005 world silver medallists, Germany, in Poland
The Camelot-sponsored men’s four of Steve Williams, Peter Reed, Alex Partridge and Andy Hodge also won in Munich, where they were pushed home by the Netherlands and Germany – the latter being in the draw in Poznan.
Meanwhile Alan Campbell, who burst onto the scene on his debut by winning in Munich, will line up against his聽 sometime training partner and world champion Mahe Drysdale, of New Zealand, in the men’s single scull.
Unusually, Britain has entered two men’s eights in Poland.
The first features the same personnel that were finalists in Munich but in a reshuffled pack which sees Kieran West, Olympic gold medallist in聽 2000, take up the stroke seat.
The second bloods some talented under-23s like Sam Townsend and includes Marcus Bateman – both are graduates of the ARA’s Lottery-funded World Class Start programme.
Mark Hunter will contest the lightweight men’s double scull in Poznan with James Lindsay-Fynn. After sustaining a knee injury earlier this year, Hunter has gradually worked his way back into this Olympic-class boat.
In the equivalent women’s boat Helen Casey and Jane Hall will be looking to build on their seventh place in Munich.
Finally, in the women’s eight Alison Knowles comes into the crew to replace Jess Eddie.
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GB ROWING CREW LISTS
ROWING WORLD CUP – MUNICH
25-27 MAY, 2006
(Crews bow to stroke – plus cox – clubs
in brackets)
OPEN
WOMEN
Eight
Baz Moffat/Alison Knowles (Thames RC)/Vicki Etiebet
(Thames RC)/Carla Ashford (Thames RC)/Natasha Howard
(Tideway Scullers)/Natasha Page (Reading Uni)/Katie
Greves (Uni of London)/Elise Laverick (Thames RC)/
Caroline O’Connor (cox) (Oxford Brookes)
Double scull
Annie Vernon (Thames RC)/Anna Bebington (Leander)
Quadruple scull
Debbie Flood (Leander)/Sarah Winckless (Walbrook)/
Frances Houghton (Uni of London)/Katherine Grainger
(St Andrew)
MEN
Pair
Ben Smith/Oliver Moore
Four
Steve Williams (Leander)/Peter Reed (Leander)/Alex Partridge (Leander)/Andy Hodge (Molesey)
Eights
Jonno Devlin (Oxford Brookes)/Tom Stallard (Leander)/Matt Langridge (Leander)/Tom Solesbury (Molesey)/Josh West (Leander)/Hugo Lee (Oxford Brookes)/Toby Garbett (Leander)/Kieran West (CUBC)/Acer Nethercott (cox) (OUBC)
Tom Parker (OUBC)/Nick Lloyd /Ryan Davies (Oxford Brookes)/Marcus Bateman (Reading Uni)/Simon Fieldhouse (Molesey)/Sam Townsend (Reading Uni)/James Orme (CUBC)/Matt Tucker (Oxford Brookes)/Seb Pearce (cox) (OUBC)
Single sculls
Alan Campbell (Tideway Scullers)
Alex Gregory (Reading Uni)
Double scull
Matthew Wells (Uni of London)/Stephen Rowbotham (Leander)
LIGHTWEIGHT
WOMEN
Single scull
Laura Ralston (Rob Roy)
Double sculls
Helen Casey (Wallingford)/Jane Hall (Leander)
Hester Goodsell (Rob Roy)/Jenny Goldsack (Wallingford)
Lindsay Dick (Glasgow RC)/Antonia van Deventer (Rob Roy)
MEN
Pairs
Nick English (Notts & Union)/Dave Currie (Leander)
Chris Bartley (Notts Uni)/Richard Chambers (Oxford Brookes)
Four
Matt Beechey (Leander)/Daniel Harte (London)/Paul Mattick
(Wallingford)/James Clarke (Durham Uni)
Single scull
Tim Male (Tideway Scullers)
Double scull
Mark Hunter (Leander)/James Lindsay-Fynn (London)
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GB ROWING SQUADS = HOME TOWNS LIST
BRITISH ROWING SQUADS
NAME聽聽 聽聽聽 聽聽聽 聽D.O.B/PLACEofBIRTH/HOMETOWN/LIVING/ROWING CLUB
Carla Ashford聽聽 聽聽聽 聽13.3.79/Northallerton, N.Yorks/Masham, N.Yorks/Brentford/
Chris Bartley聽聽 聽聽聽 聽2.284/Farndon, Cheshire/Nottingham/Notts Uni
Marcus Bateman聽聽 聽16.9.82/Bermuda/Torquay/Henley on Thames/Reading Uni
Anna Bebington聽聽 聽13.2.83/Leek, Staffs/Leek/Crowthorne, Berks/Leander
Matt Beechey聽聽 聽聽聽 聽3.4.77/Worcester/Worcester/Henley on Thames/Leander
Nick Brodie聽聽 聽聽聽 聽6.8.96/Oxford聽聽 聽/Oxford/Oxford/OUBC
Alan Campbell聽聽 聽聽聽 聽5.9.83/Coleraine/Coleraine/Mortlake/Tideway Scullers
Helen Casey聽聽 聽聽聽 聽6.2.74/Stockport/Oxford/Oxford/Wallingford
Richard Chambers聽聽 聽10.6.85/??/??/Oxford/Oxford Brookes
James Clarke聽聽 聽聽聽 聽13.12.84/London/London/Durham/Durham Uni
Ryan Davies聽聽 聽聽聽 聽16.2.85/??/Henley on Thames/Oxford Brookes
Jonno Devlin聽聽 聽聽聽 聽17.3.76/South Africa/Oxford/Putney/Oxford Brookes
Lindsay Dick聽聽 聽聽聽 聽27.7.71/Strathaven/??/??Glasgow RC
Jess Eddie聽聽 聽聽聽 聽7.10.84/Durham/Durham/Chiswick/Uni of London
Richard Egington聽聽 聽26.2.79/Knutsford/n/a/Henley on Thames/Leander
Robin Ejsmond-Frey聽聽 聽14.3.86/London/Hammersmith/Oxford/OUBC
Nick English聽聽 聽聽聽 聽11.5.78/Coventry/Whitley Bay/Nottingham/Notts&Union
Simon Fieldhouse聽聽 聽4.9.76聽聽 聽n/a/n/a/Thames Ditton, Sy/Molesey
Debbie Flood聽聽 聽聽聽 聽27.2.80/Harrogate/Leeds/Henley on Thames/Leander
Toby Garbett聽聽 聽聽聽 聽14.11.76/Chertsey, Sy/West Byfleet/Ascot, Berks/Leander
Hester Goodsell聽聽 聽27.6.84/London/London/Cambridge/Rob Roy
Katherine Grainger聽聽 聽11.12.75/Glasgow/Aberdeen/Bisham, Bucks/St Andrew
Alex Gregory聽聽 聽聽聽 聽11.3.84n/a/Wormington/Reading/Reading Uni
Katie Greves聽聽 聽聽聽 聽2.9.82/London/Oxford/Mortlake/Uni of London
Joanna Hammond聽聽 聽28.1.80/Leamington Spa/Leamington/Cambridge/Leander
Daniel Harte聽聽 聽聽聽 聽12.12.75n/a/n/a/Putney/London
Mike Hennessy聽聽 聽聽聽 聽24.12.76/London/Deptford/Chiswick/Tideway Scullers
Rob Hollis聽聽 聽聽聽 聽14.2.84/Wendover/Monmouth/Cowley/Oxford Brookes
Naomi Hoogesteger聽聽 聽22.5.81n/a/Wells/Spennymoor/Durham Uni
Frances Houghton聽聽 聽19.9.80/Oxford/Oxford/Putney/Uni of London
Natasha Howard聽聽 聽3.9.80/Harare, Zimbabwe/West Runton/Chiswick/Tideway Scullers
Mark Hunter聽聽 聽聽聽 聽1.7.78/Forest Gate, London/Romford/Cadmore End, Bucks/Leander
Tom James聽聽 聽聽聽 聽3.11.84/Cardiff/Wrexham/Cambridge/CUBC
Simon Jones聽聽 聽聽聽 聽8.6.78n/a/n/a/Cropwell Butler/Leander
Alison Knowles聽聽 聽聽聽 聽27.3.82/Bournemouth/Bournemouth/Putney, London/Thames Matthew Langridge聽聽 聽20.5.83/Northwich, Cheshire/Northwich/Henley on Thames/Leander
Elise Laverick聽聽 聽聽聽 聽27.7.75/Rustington, Sx/Poling, W Sx/Putney/Thames
Ian Lawson聽聽 聽聽聽 聽4.3.77/Bradford/Otley, W.Yks/Henley on Thames/Leander
Hugo Lee聽聽 聽聽聽 聽5.3.84/Guildford/Jeburgh, Scottish Border/Oxford/Oxford Brookes
James Lindsay-Fynn聽聽 聽29.9.75/Dublin/Trim, Ireland/London/London
Rachel Loveridge聽聽 聽7.5.80/Swindon/Hayling Island/Putney/Thames
Tim Male聽聽 聽聽聽 聽9.7.75/Yeovil, So/Yeovil/Chiswick/Tideway Scullers
Paul Mattick聽聽 聽聽聽 聽25.4.78n/a/Oxford/Wallingford
Acer Nethercott聽聽 聽28.11.77/Newmarket/Harlow, Ex/Oxford/OUBC
Lorna Norris聽聽 聽聽聽 聽23.12.75n/a/na/a/Mortlake/Mortlake Anglian
Caroline O鈥機onnor聽聽 聽25.4.83Ealing/Ealing/Ealing/Oxford Brookes聽聽 聽
Natasha Page聽聽 聽聽聽 聽30.4.85n/a/Hartpury/Reading/Reading Uni
Charlie Palmer聽聽 聽聽聽 聽25.10.78/Melbourne聽聽 聽Hagley, Tasmania/Cambridge/CUBC
Tom Parker聽聽 聽聽聽 聽24.10.82/Hammersmith/Winchester/Oxford/OUBC
Alex Partridge聽聽 聽聽聽 聽25.1.81/San Francisco/Alton, Hants/East Sheen/Leander
Seb Pearce聽聽 聽聽聽 聽10/5/82/?/Bromsgrove/Oxford/OUBC
Peter Reed聽聽 聽聽聽 聽27.7.81/Seattle, USA/Nailsworth/Oxford/Leander
Beth Rodford聽聽 聽聽聽 聽28.12.82/Burton/Trent/Gloucester/Cowley/Thames聽聽 聽
Steve Rowbotham聽聽 聽11.11.81n/a/Winscombe/West Molesey/Leander
Rebecca Rowe聽聽 聽聽聽 聽16.5.81/Bridgend/Cardiff/Cardiff/Rebecca
Phil Simmons聽聽 聽聽聽 聽6.2.75/Wimbledon/Thames Ditton/Thames Ditton/Molesey
Colin Smith聽聽 聽聽聽 聽3.9.83/ Harare, Zimbabwe/Henley on Thames/Oxford/OUBC
Tom Stallard聽聽 聽聽聽 聽11.9.78/London/Welwyn, Herts/London/Leander
James Stephenson聽聽 聽4.4.77/n/aChipstead/Thames Ditton聽聽 聽/Molesey
Florence Temple聽聽 聽11.3.79/Harlow/Northampton/Putney/Thames
Sam Townsend聽聽 聽n/a/ Reading/Reading/Reading/Reading Uni
Andrew Triggs Hodge聽聽 聽3.8.79/Aylesbury/Hebden, Skipton/East Molesey/Molesey
Matt Tucker聽聽 聽聽聽 聽5.1.85/??/Winkfield, Nr Windsor/Oxford Brookes
Antonia van Deventer聽聽 聽23.7.78/?/London/Rob Roy
Annie Vernon聽聽 聽聽聽 聽1.9.82n/a/Wadebridge, Cornwall/Marlow, Bucks/Thames
Matthew Wells聽聽 聽聽聽 聽19.4.79/Bradford/Hexham, Northumberland/East Sheen/Uni of London
Josh West聽聽 聽聽聽 聽25.3.77/Santa Fe, USA/Santa Fe/Oxford/Leander
Kieran West MBE聽聽 聽18.9.77/Kingston-upon-Thames/W. Byfleet/Mortlake/CUBC
Steve Williams聽聽 聽聽聽 聽15.4.76/Warwick/Cheltenham/Henley/Leander
Sarah Winckless聽聽 聽18.10.73/Reading/Hurley, Bucks/Marlow, Bucks/Walbrook
