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Reed to Continue to London 2012

agroves — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:15:00 +0000

2008 Olympic gold medallist Peter Reed today became the first member of Britain's gold medal-winning four to announce publicly that he will continue in the sport towards the Olympic Games of London 2012.

27 year old Reed, who is a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, said that he will continue to row for another four years with the aim of going for gold again.

"I am absolutely delighted that the Royal Navy have agreed to continue to support me as an athlete for another four years in the run up to the Olympics in London 2012," said Reed, who was a member of the British men's four alongside Andy Triggs-Hodge, Steve Williams and Tom James that won gold at the Beijing Olympics.

"I am certain that without them, I would not be an Olympic Champion and I am sure their training, help, guidance will be instrumental when it comes to aiming for gold again on home water."

2nd Sea Lord for the Royal Navy said: "It gives the Royal Navy great pleasure to be able to continue our support of Peter. We will provide every assistance we can to help him go for gold in 2012."

Chief Coach for the men's squad Jurgen Grobler said: "I am very pleased that Peter has made this decision, and that the Navy has agreed to support him. I am sure that Peter has not yet reached his top performance and that there is more to come from him. Hopefully this will come in London in four years time."

GB rowers help launch Stroke for Stroke week

static_news — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:12:59 +0000

Olympic silver medallist Matt Langridge and Olympic bronze medallist Elise Laverick were in London today to help launch Stroke for Stroke Week, a partnership between The Stroke Association and Siemens, the High Performance partner of GB Rowing.

GB Rowing Senior & U23 Trials, Boston

JoBates — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:53:29 +0000

To see the results from today's GB Rowing Senior & U23 Trial in Boston please click on the attachments below.

For those wishing to view the BUCS Small Boats Head Results, please visit the BUCS website; www.bucs.org.uk

Trials and BUCS Small Boats Head

randolph — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:56:12 +0000

To find out information on registration, timings and general procedures for the BUCS Small Boats Head and the GB rowing 1st Assessment taking place in Boston this coming weekend, go to GB trials.

GB Rowing's Coaching line-up

static_news — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:47:50 +0000

Jurgen Grobler and Paul Thompson, Chief Coaches for GB Rowing's senior squads, are to continue in their roles, the ARA has announced today. For British rowing this is a considerable coup in the post-Olympic volatile job market as both are proven, successful medal-winning coaches.

The GB Women's eight find silver lining in Athens' storm clouds

static_news — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:50:41 +0000

GB Rowing's women's eight found a silver medal lining in the cloudy and rainy conditions of a storm-rescheduled European Championships this morning in Athens when they came home just adrift of Romania but ten seconds ahead of the rest of the field to take second place in the final.

Four finalists and an international first for Townsend

static_news — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:06:27 +0000

GB Rowing has four boats through to the finals of the European Championships in Athens on a day when Sam Townsend recorded his first senior international race win in a single scull to reach the semi-finals.

Medallist Flood Back in Top Action

randolph — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:18:20 +0000

Debbie Flood becomes the first Beijing Olympic rowing medallist to get back into top action this coming week when she teams up with Olympic reserve Tina Stiller to contest the women's double scull at the European Championships, taking place from Friday onwards (19 - 21 September) in Athens.

"I just love racing", said Flood of the decision to get back in a boat so soon after the Games. "I always said I wanted to do the Europeans", she added.

Two Golds and a Bronze as GB Tops Table

randolph — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:36:40 +0000

ParalympicsGB's rowing squad took two golds and a bronze today as GB topped the table at the sport's inaugural Paralympic Games regatta on the lake at Shunyi, Beijing.

Helene Raynsford completely dominated her single scull final from start to finish to take gold. Tom Aggar emulated that feat in the equivalent men's boat but was pushed all the way by the Ukraine.

Four Crews into Finals

randolph — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:03:20 +0000

The GB mixed adaptive coxed four and double scull today qualified for tomorrow's Paralympic Games finals at the Shunyi regatta course by winning and taking second place in their respective repechages.

GB has now qualified all four crews for the finals of the inauguaral Paralympic Regatta as the men's and women's single sculls both moved through yesterday having won their heats.