Rowing Australia media releases
Day III
Sunday 20 June
Crow creates history with bronze medal
Kim Crow (VIC) became Australia’s first international medallist in the women’s single scull as she claimed bronze at Rowing World Cup 2 in Munich, Germany.
Crow, who was only entered in the women’s single scull field after double scull partner Kerry Hore (TAS) was ruled out with injury last week, executed an excellent race to win bronze behind Belarus’ Ekaterina Karsten and Russia’s Julie Levina.
Fellow Australian sculler Sally Kehoe (QLD) finished in fifth place, but it was Crow that re-wrote Australian rowing history.
She led the field across the first 500m, before falling just behind Karsten at the halfway mark. Crow managed to do enough across the closing stages to hold on for an excellent third place, finishing in a time of 7:43.58.
National High Performance Director Andrew Matheson reflected on Crow’s achievement.
“Kim rowed three great races across the regatta and to walk away with a bronze medal is a fantastic effort,” Matheson said. “To have both Kim and Sal in the final is a great achievement and is a good stepping stone for this tour and also the rest of the year.”
Crow’s bronze medal capped a successful day for Australia, after the men’s four of Joshua Dunkley Smith (VIC), Nicholas Purnell (NSW), Sam Loch (NSW) and Will Lockwood (VIC) won gold.
Earlier in the afternoon the men’s quad scull of Karsten Forsterling (VIC), David Crawshay (VIC), Daniel Noonan (NSW) and Chris Morgan (SA) finished fourth in the final, while the men’s lightweight four of Todd Skipworth (WA), Blair Tunevitsch (TAS), Sam Beltz (TAS) and Anthony Edwards (TAS) recorded a fifth place finish.
The Australian team will now head to Varese, Italy to attend a 15-day training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport’s European Training Centre, before then competing at World Cup 3 in Lucerne, Switzerland from 9–11 July.
For full race results please visit www.rowingaustralia.com.au/comp_intl_wcups_wc2_2010.shtm
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Sunday 20 June
Golden performance from Australian four
Australia has produced a great performance to win gold in the men’s four at Rowing World Cup 2 in Munich, Germany.
The crew featuring Joshua Dunkley Smith (VIC), Nicholas Purnell (NSW), Sam Loch (NSW) and Will Lockwood (VIC) upstaged their more fancied rivals to claim the gold medal in calm and cool conditions.
Australia 2 entered the race off good form in the heat and semi final but faced reigning world champions Great Britain in the final, as well as the other Australian crew of Francis Hegerty (NSW), Cameron McKenzie-McHarg (VIC, James Marburg (VIC) and Matt Ryan (NSW), the current silver medallists at World Championship and Olympic level.
Australia 2, stroked by Dunkley Smith, led the race from start to finish to beat home the USA in a time of 5:59.91, while Great Britain won the bronze medal. Australia 1, stroked by Hegerty, finished in fourth place, two seconds shy of the British crew.
Lockwood, who rowed bow seat in Australia 2, said the start of the race was key.
“We have had really quick starts in the heat and semi-final and definitely went into this race with the same mindset,” Lockwood said. “We wanted to get out by a boat length and then sit on the lead and see the rest of the field.
“We’re a pretty young crew, with three of us still under 23, and came here to gain further race experience, but to win it is great.”
Australia will feature in three other A Final’s tonight.
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Day II
Saturday 19 June
Single scullers lead six crews into finals
Australian women single scullers Sally Kehoe (QLD) and Kim Crow (VIC) led the Australian charge on semi-final day of Rowing World Cup 2 in Munich, Germany.
Crow and Kehoe both finished second in their respective semi finals to qualify for the A Final, the first time Australia has had two finalists in an international women’s single scull A Final.
A total of six Australian crews will race in A Final’s on Sunday, a good return for their first international regatta of the season.
The athletes were greeted with calm conditions on the middle day of the regatta, a welcome change from the cold and windy first day, and Kehoe and Crow took advantage.
Crow was drawn against the queen of international women’s sculling, Ekaterina Karsten of Belarus, as well as form New Zealand rower, Emma Twigg.
Crow pushed Karsten all the way to the line, at one stage taking the lead, before finishing second in 7:55.63, 0.28 seconds behind Karsten.
Kehoe raced straight after Crow and burst to a quick start, taking the lead for the first 1300m of the race before the field closed in. Chinese rower Jingli Duan passed Kehoe and held on by 0.15 seconds to pip the Australian for the win, with Kehoe clocking a 7:56.33 to join Crow in the final.
Two of the three Australian men’s four crews progressed to the A Final after finishing first and second in their semi-final.
Joshua Dunkley Smith (VIC), Nicholas Purnell (NSW), Sam Loch (NSW) and Will Lockwood (VIC) won the semi-final after leading from the opening stroke. They won in a time of 6:10.28, leading home the crew of Francis Hegerty (NSW), Cameron McKenzie McHarg (VIC), James Marburg (VIC) and Matt Ryan (NSW) who clocked a time of 6:12.01.
The Australian men’s quad scull also booked their place in the A Final with a third placed finish in their semi-final with a time of 5:56.39. Karsten Fosterling (VIC), David Crawshay (VIC), Daniel Noonan (NSW) and Chris Morgan (SA) will look to challenge for medals tomorrow against Great Britain, Poland and Croatia.
The men’s lightweight four crew of Sam Beltz (TAS), Anthony Edwards (TAS), Blair Tunevitsch (TAS) and Todd Skipworth (WA) finished third in their semi-final to qualify for the A Final. They finished behind Denmark and Serbia in a time of 6:14.72.
Sarah Cook (ACT) and Sarah Tait (VIC) finished fourth in their semi-final of the women’s pair to narrowly miss out on the A Final, while Dominic Grimm (NSW) and Bryn Coudraye (SA) also missed a place in the A Final of the men’s pair by 0.4 of a second with a fourth place finish in their semi-final.
Alice McNamara (VIC) and Hannah Every-Hall (QLD) raced in the women’s heavyweight double scull despite being lightweights, and finished third in their repechage to miss out on the A Final by one place.
Earlier in the day, Sydney University rower Nicholas Hudson (NSW) won the E Final of the men’s single scull in a time of 7:27.99, while Danjels Reedman (NSW) and Jared Bidwell (QLD) claimed third place in the C Final of the men’s double scull.
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Day I
Friday 18 June
Young brigade lead way in Munich
Australian crews have had a successful first morning in Rowing World Cup 2 in Munich, Germany.
13 Australian crews opened their 2010 World Cup campaign in windy and cold conditions on the 2007 World Championship course, with six crews safely moving through to the semi-finals.
The highlight of the morning was the performance of the young Australian men’s four crew of Joshua Dunkley Smith (VIC), Will Lockwood (VIC), Sam Loch (NSW) and Nicholas Purnell (NSW).
The second ranked Australian men’s four boat, who will also race in the men’s eight at World Cup 3 later in the year, led their heat from start to finish, recording a time of 5:52.85 to qualify for the semi-finals.
The reigning Olympic and World Championship silver medallist men’s four crew of Francis Hegerty (NSW), Cameron McKenzie-McHarg (VIC), James Marburg (VIC) and Matt Ryan (NSW) finished second in their heat (5:57.66) to also progress to the semi-finals.
Queenslander Sally Kehoe stormed to victory in her heat of the women’s single scull after a commanding first half of the race set up victory. Kehoe crossed the line in 7:34.14 to advance straight to the semi-final, in a class she was crowned junior world champion in 2004.
The men’s quad scull of Karsten Forsterling (VIC), David Crawshay (VIC), Daniel Noonan (NSW) and Chris Morgan (SA) comfortably won their heat after a brilliant third 500m set up their victory. The Australian crew moved to the lead over Russia at the 1100m mark and won in a time of 5:49.32.
Sarah Cook (ACT) and Sarah Tait (VIC) was the first crew to compete on the opening morning of action and they impressed in the women’s pair to earn a second place finish (7:18.70) that secured a semi-final berth.
Four times Olympian Anthony Edwards (TAS) returned to the Australian team in fine fashion as he helped the men’s lightweight four crew, also featuring Sam Beltz (TAS), Blair Tunevitsch (TAS) and Todd Skipworth (WA), to a second place finish (6:02.81) in their heat. The number one ranked Australian men’s lightweight four crew progress directly to the semi-final with the result.
Rowing Australia National High Performance Director Andrew Matheson says the Australian crews coped well with some tricky conditions.
"All the crews faced a really tough first session of rowing but they stuck to the task and did their jobs really well," Matheson said. "I was really impressed with both the men's four crews that progressed and Sally (Kehoe) executed an excellent race plan.
"Seven more of our crews will have a second chance to get through this afternoon and they will all be better after getting their first row under their belts."
The remaining Australian crews will all be required to row repechages later this afternoon (Munich time) in a bid to qualify for the semi-finals.
For full race results please visit www.rowingaustralia.com.au/comp_intl_wcups_wc2_2010.shtm
For more information please call
David Polglase on 0401 453 041
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Friday 18 June
Australia targets German World Cup
The Australian Senior A Rowing Team has completed its preparations ahead of the start of World Cup 2 tonight in Munich, Germany.
The 1972 Olympic Regatta Course will host the three day event that features the majority of top crews from around the globe.
Despite less than ideal conditions in the lead up to the regatta, with rain prevailing over much of Munich, conditions are expected to clear for the first morning of racing.
The Australian men’s eight crew withdrew from the regatta on Thursday to focus on their men’s fours crews.
National High Performance Director Andrew Matheson says the men’s eight didn’t want to push themselves too hard having only just arrived in Europe.
“We initially entered the guys in the both the men’s eight and two separate men’s four crews with the target of them competing in both,” Matheson said. “The program was looking a bit full for them however, with quite a large number of crews entered in both races, so we thought it was best to not burn them out.
“The guys are raring to go in their men’s fours crews though and it will be good to see what their speed is like.
“The waiting is over for international racing now and all our crews are excited to get out there and give it a crack in the heats.”
Racing will commence from 9am (5pm Australia) on Friday morning with the heats of the women’s lightweight single scull, where Ingrid Fenger (TAS) will be representing Australia.
All crews will race on Friday morning and look to avoid the afternoon repechages on a busy first day of racing.
Live race reports, image galleries and full results will be available at www.rowingaustralia.com.au
The full race program can be found at http://www.worldrowing.com/index.php?pageid=91
Media contact
David Polglase on 0401 453 041
Full Australian Team for World Cup 2 in Munich
Men’s Single Scull
Nick Hudson (NSW)
Men’s Quad Scull
Chris Morgan (SA)
Dan Noonan (NSW)
David Crawshay (VIC)
Karsten Forsterling (VIC)
Men’s Double Scull
Danjels Reedman (NSW)
Jared Bidwell (QLD)
Men’s Pair
Bryn Coudraye (SA)
Dominic Grimm (NSW)
Men’s Four
Matthew Ryan (NSW)
James Marburg (VIC)
Cameron McKenzie-McHarg (VIC)
Francis Hegerty (NSW)
Men’s Four
William Lockwood (VIC)
Sam Loch (NSW)
Nicholas Purnell (NSW)
Joshua Dunkley Smith (VIC)
Men’s Four
Tom Larkins (VIC)
Tom Swann (VIC)
Fergus Pragnell (NSW)
Brodie Buckland (NSW)
Men’s Lightweight Four
Anthony Edwards (TAS)
Sam Beltz (TAS)
Blair Tunevitsch (TAS)
Todd Skipworth (WA)
Men’s Lightweight Four
Ross Brown (WA)
Perry Ward (WA)
Michael McBryde (QLD)
Angus Tyers (VIC)
Women’s Double Scull
Kerry Hore (TAS)
Kim Crow (VIC)
Women’s Double Scull
Hannah Every-Hall (QLD)
Alice McNamara (VIC)
Women’s Single Scull
Sally Kehoe (QLD)
Women’s Single Scull
Kim Crow (VIC)
Women’s Lightweight Single Scull
Ingrid Fenger (TAS)
Women’s Pair
Sarah Tait (VIC)
Sarah Cook (ACT)
For more information please call
David Polglase on 0401 453 041
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Pre-regatta
Tuesday 15 June
Hore forced to withdraw from World Cup tour
Tasmanian rower Kerry Hore has been forced to withdraw from the Australian Rowing Team’s World Cup tour following an injury she sustained last week.
Hore, who was due to compete with Kim Crow (VIC) in the women’s double scull during the two World Cups went for scans on an injured rib and was subsequently ruled out of the four week tour.
Hore and Crow had been training well at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra under the tutelage of Australian Women’s Head Coach, Lyall McCarthy, but with Hore’s injury, Crow is now set to compete in the women’s single scull at World Cup 2 this weekend in Munich, Germany.
Crow will join Sally Kehoe (QLD) in the women’s single scull field.
The Australian team has a 15 day training camp in Varese in between the World Cup events before returning to Australia to complete preparations for the 2010 World Championships.
National High Performance Director Andrew Matheson says Hore’s injury was a setback.
“The injury to Kerry at such a late stage in preparations is a blow but these things happen in sport and I am sure that Kim will have a good crack in the single scull this weekend,” Matheson said. “At the moment everyone’s focus is on competing well in World Cup 2.”
The remainder of the Australian team arrived safely in Munich yesterday and are now adjusting to the conditions ahead of World Cup 2 this weekend (18-20 June).
The final draw for the event will be released later this week, before racing commences on Friday morning.
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David Polglase on 0401 453 041
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