GB TEAM 2007

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Munich GER: 25 Aug - 2 Sep 2007
(with GB results)

Men

Women

Lightweight Men

Lightweight Women

event result event result event result event result
8 M8 BRONZE W8 BRONZE LM8 *
4+ M4+ 4th
4- M4- 4th W4- 4th LM4- GOLD
4x M4x 15th W4x GOLD LM4x BRONZE LW4x SILVER
2+ M2+ *
2- M2- BRONZE W2- 12th LM2- 5th
2x M2x 4th W2x BRONZE LM2x BRONZE LW2x 8th
1x M1x 4th W1x * LM1x 7th LW1x 5th

Non-Olympic events shown in italics.
* in table above shows events with no GB entry

Adaptive
event result
LTAMx4+ SILVER
TAMx2x 8th
AM1x GOLD
AW1x 5th
Summary of GB results so far
GOLD

3

SILVER

2

BRONZE

6

GB crews in Final A 19
GB crews in Final B 4
GB crews in Final C 1
GB crews qualified for 2008 Olympics or Paralympics 15

Men:

Eight:  
Tom Parker (OUBC) [replaced by Tom James (CUBC)]/ Tom Stallard (Leander)/ Tom Lucy (Oxford Brookes Univ)/ Tom Solesbury (Molesey BC)/ Josh West (Leander)/ Richard Egington (Leander)/ Robin Bourne-Taylor (Army RC)/ Alastair Heathcote (Army RC)/ Acer Nethercott (OUBC) cox
Coaches: Mark Banks, John West
3rd in heat;  1st in repechage;  2nd in SF;  to Final A (& qualified for 2008 Olympics) - BRONZE MEDAL

Coxed Four:
James Orme (Leander)/ Marcus Bateman (Leander)/ Tom Wilkinson (Leander) [replacing Tom James (CUBC) who moved into M8]/ Oli Moore (Imperial College)/ Phelan Hill (London RC) cox
Coach: Richard Tinkler
4th in race for lanes;  in Final A - 4th place

Coxless Four:  
Steve Williams (Leander)/ Peter Reed (Leander)/ Alex Partridge (Leander)/ Andy Triggs Hodge (Molesey BC)
Coach: Jurgen Grobler
1st in heat;  1st in SF;  to Final A (& qualified for 2008 Olympics) - 4th place

Coxed Pair:
No GB entry

Coxless Pair:  
Colin Smith (Leander)/ Matt Langridge(Leander)
Coach: Jurgen Grobler
1st in heat;  2nd in SF;  to Final A (& qualified for 2008 Olympics) - BRONZE MEDAL

Quadruple Scull:
Simon Fieldhouse (Molesey BC)/ Sam Townsend (Reading Univ)/ Alex Gregory (Reading Univ)/ Ian Lawson (Leander)
Coach: Steve Gunn
3rd in heat;  3rd in repechage;  1st in C/D SF;  3rd in Final C - 15th overall.

Double Scull:
Matt Wells (Leander)/ Stephen Rowbotham (Leander)
Coach: Mark Earnshaw
1st in heat;  1st in quarter-final;  2nd in SF;  to Final A (& qualified for 2008 Olympics) - 4th place

Single Scull:
Alan Campbell (TSS)
Coach: Bill Barry
1st in heat;  2nd in quarter-final;  1st in SF;  to Final A (& qualified for 2008 Olympics) - 4th place

Men's Reserves:
Tom Wilkinson (Leander) [moved into M4+], Charles Burkitt (Leander), Bill Lucas (Reading Univ)


Lightweight men:

Eight:
No GB entry

Coxless Four:
Richard Chambers (Oxford Brookes Univ)/ James Lindsay-Fynn (London RC)/ Paul Mattick (Wallingford RC)/ James Clarke (London RC)
Coach: Robin Williams
1st in heat;  2nd in quarter-final;  1st in SF;  to Final A (& qualified for 2008 Olympics) - GOLD MEDAL 

Coxless Pair:
Matt Beechey (Leander)/ Daniel Harte (London RC)
Coach: Paul Reedy
2nd in heat;  1st in repechage;  to Final A - 5th place

Quadruple Scull:
Simon Jones (Leander)/ Rob Williams (London RC)/ Chris Bartley (Wallingford RC)/ Dave Currie (Leander)
Coach: Rob Morgan
2nd in heat;  1st in repechage;  to Final A - BRONZE MEDAL

Double Scull:
Zac Purchase (Marlow RC)/ Mark Hunter (Leander)
Coach: Darren Whiter
1st in heat;  1st in quarter-final;  3rd in SF;  to Final A (& qualified for 2008 Olympics) - BRONZE MEDAL

Lightweight men reserves:
Racing spare in Single Scull:
Alasdair Leighton-Crawford (TSS)
2nd in heat;  1st in repechage;  4th in SF;  1st in Final B - 7th overall

Women:

Eight:
Carla Ashford (Thames RC)/ Baz Moffat (Thames RC)/ Alice Freeman (Wallingford RC)/ Louisa Reeve (Leander)/ Natasha Howard (TSS)/ Alison Knowles (Thames RC)/ Katie Greves (Univ of London)/ Jess Eddie (Univ of London)/ Caroline O'Connor (Oxford Brookes Univ) (cox)
Coach: John Keogh
4th in heat;  2nd in repechage;  to Final A - BRONZE MEDAL (& qualified for 2008 Olympics)

Coxless Four:
Georgina Menheneott (MAABC)/ Rebecca Rowe (Rebecca)/ Vicki Etiebet (Auriol Kensington)/ Vicky Myers (Leander)
Coach: Nathan Williams
5th in race for lanes;  in Final A - 4th place 

Coxless Pair:  
Beth Rodford (Thames RC)/ Natasha Page (Reading Univ)
Coach: John Keogh
4th in heat;  1st in repechage;  5th in SF;  6th in Final B - 12th overall

Quad Scull:
Katherine Grainger (St Andrew)/ Debbie Flood (Leander)/ Fran Houghton (Univ of London)/ Annie Vernon (Thames RC)
Coach: Paul Thompson
1st in heat;  to Final A (& qualified for 2008 Olympics) - GOLD MEDAL 

Double Scull:
Elise Laverick (Thames RC)/ Anna Bebington (Leander)
Coach: Miles Forbes Thomas
1st in heat;  1st in SF;  to Final A (& qualified for 2008 Olympics) - BRONZE MEDAL (photofinish with NZL for silver)

Single Scull:
No GB entry

Spares:
Atlanta St John (Reading Univ)
Olivia Whitlam (Agecroft RC)

Lightweight women:

Quad Scull:
Sophie Hosking (Durham Univ) Laura Greenhalgh (Rob Roy)/ Mathilde Pauls (Imperial College)/ Jane Hall (Leander)
Coach: Rob Dauncey
1st in heat;  to Final A - SILVER MEDAL 

Double Scull:
Helen Casey (Wallingford RC)/ Hester Goodsell (Rob Roy)
Coach: Robin Williams
3rd in heat (in photofinish);  1st in repechage;  6th in SF;  2nd in Final B - 8th overall (& qualified for 2008 Olympics)

Single Scull:
Andrea Dennis (Wallingford RC)

Coach: Rob Dauncey
4th in heat;  1st in repechage;  1st in SF;  to Final A - 5th place 

Adaptive crews:

Legs trunk and arms mixed coxed four:
Vicki Hansford (Guildford RC)/ Alan Crowther (Nottingham RC)/ Alistair McKean (Herne Bay ARC)/ Naomi Riches (Marlow RC)/ Alan Sherman (Thames Tradesmens RC) cox
Coach: Chad King
1st in heat (originally 2nd, but GER relegated to last as boat under weight);  1st in SF;  to Final A (& qualified for 2008 Paralympics) - SILVER MEDAL 

Women's arms only single scull:
Helene Raynsford (Guildford RC)
Coach: Chad King
4th in heat;  1st in repechage;  to Final A (& qualified for 2008 Paralympics) - 5th place

Men's arms only single scull:
Tom Aggar (Royal Docks RC)
Coach: Chad King
1st in heat;  1st in SF;  to Final A (& qualified for 2008 Paralympics) - GOLD MEDAL  

Mixed trunk and arms double scull:
James Roberts (Rebecca)/ Karen Cromie (Royal Docks RC)
4th in heat;  1st in repechage;  4th in SF;  2nd in Final B - 8th overall (& qualified for 2008 Paralympics)  

TEAM MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT

Team Manager: David Tanner
Assistant Team Manager: Maggie Netto
Chief Coach Men: Jurgen Grobler
Chief Coach Women and Lightweights: Paul Thompson
Adaptive boats coordinator: Louise Kingsley
Team Doctor: Ali Sanders
Lead Physio: Mark Edgar
Physios: Pam Gardiner, Gill Edmondson, Mike Chisholm
Physiologist: Al Smith
Pyschologist: Chris Shambrook
Nutritionist: Wendy Martinson
Resources Manager: Maurice Hayes
Press Officer: Caroline Searle

See also press release & original list published by BIRO, addition of further crews, & BIRO preview.  Also biographies of team members.


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