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30 August 2002
Weather to
Row? I've been checking out weather links and have now
put what seems to be a reliable one for 4-day forecasts for Strathclyde
Park onto the National Rowing Academy page.
It includes wind speed and direction, which many don't. If you follow
the link, you can ask it for forecasts for other centres (by town)
in Scottish rowing.
FISA Masters 2005: many in the Scottish rowing
community will know that Scotland put forward a strong bid to host
the 2005 FISA Masters Regatta at Strathclyde Park. We now know that
the regatta will be in Denmark that year, but SARA's bid for major
events will carry on undiminished. As SARA President Ronnie Goldie
says: "It is very unusual to get these major events at the
first bid. We will most definitely be continuing with the bidding
process for Masters 2006 and indeed other major events that we want
to bring to our outstanding venue "
Wanted: GUBC are hoping someone can help them
move a boat home from repair, and someone's in the market for a
Speedcoach: see the Sales and Wants
page for details
29 August
Masters update:
I see the full draw
is now up (complete with the year of birth of every competitor -
I guess there's no privacy in sport, eh?). There is a positive rash
of Scottish entries, mostly from St Andrew, Clydesdale, Clyde Masters,
Glasgow RC and Inverness (with apologies to any clubs I've missed).
Scots racing at World Masters? Only one crew has
advised SARA of its intention to race (this is actually a requirement
of SARA rule of racing A12 in case you're wondering why I make the
point) at the FISA
Masters Regatta next weekend in Racice, Czech Republic. It would
help me to report the crews' exploits if some of the members of
the Scots crews who will be taking part could tell
me names/clubs/events they are competing in. Is there anybody
who will be attending the regatta and will have access to a computer
who fancies being the SARA web site's reporter on the spot?
Aberdeen Sprint: all the captains seem to back
from hols and organising their sprints! Today we have the poster/events
for the Aberdeen Sprint on 21 September.
28 August
Glasgow Sprint
Regatta: Glasgow are innovating a bit with their events
offered on 14 September, so the captain's invitation
letter is as much worth reading as the poster/events
offered (indeed you'll need to read it for the definition of
an 'intermediate' crew).
Inverness Morrison Sprint Draw:
thanks to those who mailed me about the broken link to this. I have
uploaded a new copy of the file and it seems to be working now.
27 August
Inverness
Sprint: Good news: the Morrison Sprint at Inverness this
Saturday is on - indeed I spotted competitors from 10 clubs entered
on a quick scan of the draw. The draw
is now here
SARA Executive news: the SARA Executive meeting
last night recorded congratulations to Scotland's Commonwealth Champions
in women's coxless pairs, to our 6 other medal-winning crews in
the recent Commonwealth Rowing Championships, and to all the crews
and coaches who were selected to represent Scotland in the event.
Among a wide range of other business, the meeting also decided
that the SARA Chatboard is not serving a useful purpose and it is
therefore being discontinued.
26 August
Boat Transport
Needed: a SARA eight from the National Rowing Academy fleet
has been at Janousek for repair and is now ready for return. Callum
MacDonald (development Officer) would be grateful if any club
with a trailer heading that way could contact him to discuss whether
they could help bring it back.
Planning you winter head racing programme? The
events page has been updated with not
only the dates (and links where available) of Scottish events but
also of the Fours Head, Pairs Head and Scullers Head on the Thames.
24 August
Inverness
Sprint: a reminder that entries close Sunday 25th at 6.00pm.
The poster and entry
form have been on line for some time, and the fact that an e-mail
address is included suggests entries by this route can still be
made up to that time. It was a shame to lose the first sprint of
the season at Loch Lomond due to a poor entry: let's not make it
two in a row (no pun intended).
23 August
Inverness
RC web site: Inverness have launched a new and excellent
web site. Well worth a visit
Faskally Coaching Weekend: details
and a booking form for
this ever-popular coaching event (18-20 October) are now up. I see
numbers have had to be capped at 50, so early responses sound the
order of the day.
Video clips from the Commonwealth Rowing Championships:
there are now video clips of racing and medal presentations from
the Commonwealths on RowTV
21 August
Articles
for Rowing Action: the next issue of Rowing Action goes
to press shortly. Ailie
Ord would welcome articles, club news, letters, pictures etc
(and there certainly has been plenty of news made in Scottish rowing
this summer!) to reach her by 26 August.
Scotland's gold medallists at the Commonwealth Rowing Championships:
I was a bit embarrassed not to have a photo of our only winning
crew, so I'm grateful to Gordon Barnes for sending me this of Ali
Barnes and Pam Dixon, Commonwealth Champions in Women's Coxless
Pairs.
20 August
Above:
Gavin Shaw races for the line in LM1x and (left) receives his
Silver Medal (one of two silvers he won, the other being in
LM 2x with Jonny Logan)
Jo
Ganley and Katrine McPherson (above) reach out in the closing
stages of their LW2- in which (left) they won Bronze
See it, believe it: that's Scotland leading
Australia in a men's heavyweight event.
Loch Lomond left in the lurch: unfortunately,
due to lack of entries, Loch Lomond have had to cancel their sprint
scheduled for this weekend.
This is terribly disappointing: Loch Lomond are working hard to
redevelop their club and, in this of all years, could really have
done with the support of other clubs (expressed in entries) to help
them on their way. Here's hoping this is the only sprint to suffer
this fate this summer.
I promised more photos from the Commonwealth Rowing Championships:
unfortunately I have none from the Saturday, but here are some of
Sunday's racing and medal presentations. Thanks, as ever, to Martin
Worth for the photos: if anyone can send me any good photos of other
Scottish performances at the Commonwealths I'd be delighted to put
them on the web site.
Full results from the Commonwealth Rowing Championships
are here.
18 August - Day 2 of the Commonwealth Rowing Championships
Scotland ultimately
finished these Commonwealth Rowing Championships with 7 medals:
1 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze.
Dan
Saoul, John Langley, Tom Morgan, Drew Hendry and Angus Argyle:
Scotland's silver medal winners in men's coxed fours. More
photos tomorrow, but for now I have a lovely 7 hour drive
ahead . . . (photo: Martin Worth)
Silver in Men's Coxed Fours: a fantastic race
this. Scotland led in the first 500m from England followed by Australia,
New Zealand and Wales. By 1000m, England had a 2ft lead from Scotland
who had 1 length on Australia, then 1/2 length to New Zealand and
4-5 lengths to Wales. Scotland held the England lead to 2 ft with
500 to go, but these two were starting to open up on the rest; Australia
now almost a length down on Scotland, New Zealand a further 1/2
length back.
As the crews came to the line this was one of the best, if not
the best, of the day; England took the gold by a second over Scotland,
with New Zealand and Australia all but dead heating (but NZ taking
it) for Bronze less than a second behind. A real corker, and a superb
performance by the Scotland crew who had suffered such a close defeat
in the bronze medal re-row in 4- yesterday.
Bronze in Women's Lightweight Coxless Pairs: this
was another of Scotland's hastily formed late entries following
the musical chairs in the GB squad which saw Leonie Barron called
up - and Jo Ganley looking for a new partner. Enter Katrine McPherson.
Four boat race, with Scotland trailing for the first 1000m (2 lengths
off Wales, third, at that point). Zimbabwe continued pushing from
1000m and took the lead from England at 1100m. meanwhile Scotland
pushed to level with Wales, at which point Wales' steering seemed
to go awry under the pressure. As Wales responded to warning for
steering out of their lane with 250m to go, Scotland capitalised
and established a clear position in bronze which they held to claim
their medal.
A great start to Sunday with silver for Gavin Shaw for
Scotland IN LM 1x. The first half of the race was hard
fought, with the Australian taking an early lead but England, Wales
and Scotland fighting on level terms for the remaining medals until
half distance. Beyond half distance, Gavin started to make his push;
the England sculler faltered, then got back. The Wales sculler stayed
with him. It had to be an extended push, but Gavin did well. By
1500 the Australian was 10 seconds ahead of the rest, Scotland 2nd,
Wales 3rd (but by less than 1 sec), England a length back and Guernsey
- whose sculler confessed to never having raced 2000 m before),
40 seconds adrift. In the final 500, Gavin Shaw pushed and pushed
- there really was no let-up - and opened a length and a half to
Wales. An excellent race and a silver medal well taken.
A sultry, still afternoon with the lightest of breezes
from lane 1 to lane 6.
Once again, the Rowing Service are doing summary
commentaries coming up shortly after each race
17 August - Commonwealth Rowing Championship (most recent news
at top)
In the re-row
of men's coxless fours, Scotland went off fast and held
a one length lead after 1500 metres. But the England crew pulled
through in the closing 500m, reaching level with 150m to go and
drawing ahead by a couple of feet in the closing strokes. The English
crew take bronze, but the Scots have another go - perhaps for something
better even than bronze(?), in the 4+ tomorrow.
Final medal tally at the end of day 1:
Canada 4 Gold, 2 Silver, 0 Bronze (total 6)
Australia 4 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze (total 5)
England 1 Gold, 5 Silver, 3 Bronze (total 9)
Scotland 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze (total 4)
Zimbabwe 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze (total 1)
Wales 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 5 Bronze (total 5)
Ali Barnes never expected to be racing single sculls
in this regatta, and with one Gold Medal in her pocket (for W2-)
I suspect she will be happy to settle for bronze (given that this
year's National Champion, Lulu Butler-Stoney (England), could only
manage silver behind Canada.
Silver in Lightweight Men's Double Sculls: Australia
had this race form a very early stage with Scotland, Wales, Northern
Ireland and England all within a boat's length. After 1000m, England
started to be dropped from the group and after 1500m Scotland started
to make a positive break into a clear second. They continued to
go away from there to the finish.
Re-row news: the re-row in Men's coxless fours
will take place at 5.55. Incredibly, this is the second opportunity
of being 'saved by the re-row' this England crew has had, they being
the Oxford Brookes and Imperial College crew who controversially
won the Visitors at Henley after a re-row following complaints of
interference from geese on the course. This time it was Kiwis that
impeded the ornithologically-challenged IC/OUBC four
Women's Lightweight Double Sculls: England have
their first gold of the championships, with Zimbabwe silver and
Scotland (Kat Ramsay and Lorna Ferguson) bronze, 4th Wales, 5th
Northern Ireland.
Men's lightweight pairs: sadly, the Scottish pair
of Henry Westwood and Douglas Murray were somewhat off the pace
in this one. Canada gold, England silver, Wales bronze (Scotland
5th)
Controversy in men's coxless fours. Australia
had this one bagged from the early stages, with Canada safely second.
There was a definite overlap between New Zealand and Scotland (contesting
bronze, with New Zealand having the better of it for most of the
time) and England sandwiched in the lane between these two and trying
to get in on the act. In the closing 100m, New Zealand (lying 3rd)
crashed into England (lying 5th) leaving Scotland (lying 4th) to
row through to 3rd place. Umpire Mike Haggerty disqualified the
New Zealand crew (out of lane when crashed with England) and ordered
a re-row for bronze between Scotland and England: time of the re-row
still to be announced.
Brilliant start: Gold in Women's 2-. The boats
were level after 500 m, all rating about 37. Approaching 1000, Scotland
started to make their move on Canada - who were by this stage 2/3
length up. By 1000m, Canada's lead was down to a canvas with Scotland
coming through all the time. After 1200m, Ali Barnes and Pam Dixon
for Scotland had the lead for the first time and were steadily going
away - and that's how it finished. Scotland won by 4 lengths from
Canada, England 3rd.
"We're over the moon" said Ali Barnes. "The crew
was put together at the last minute and we'd hardly done any work
together. It was a fantastic race and it went to plan."
Scorching weather with a stiff cross/slight head wind.
Lane 1 favoured. The good news is that all Scottish crews
are in good health and will race: there have been some scratchings
in other teams, notably Australia who have had a 'bug' sweep through
their camp.
The Rowing Service are carrying race-by-race
commentary and since it's a Scot doing it (Trevor Chambers,
ex AUBC), there's no point in me providing a separate Scottish perspective!
I will be doing periodic round-ups, however.
16 August
Reports
from the Commonwealth Rowing Championships: the SARA site
will be carrying reports from the Commonwealths this weekend, and
I believe there will also be live commentary, on some of the racing
at least, on the Festival of Rowing web site. Good luck to all the
Scotland crews.
15 August
World Rowing
Masters Regatta update: in light of the disastrous flooding
in the Czech Republic, reassuring
news about the Masters on the FISA site today.
National Rowing Academy
- Strategy 2002-2003: an on-line copy of the policy document
which has been going out in response to Academy Athlete registration
requests, and which describes the mission and plans National Coach
John McArthur
has laid out for the coming year.
14 August
With a little
help from my friends: if you/your club has ever had a bit
too much in the 'adventure' department getting your boats safely
to a regatta, try reading this
tale of woe (on the FISA site) about the New Zealand team's
efforts to get their boats to the Junior Worlds. Still, they all
lived happily ever after . . .
13 August
Programme
for other events at the Commonwealth
Rowing Championships: there are other events running
at Holme Pierrepont (Nottingham) this weekend which take up some
of the rest of the 'racing day'.
Incidentally, it looks like there will be a fair crowd of Scottish
supporters living in the camp site at the Commonwealths. Do
I feel a barbecue on Saturday night coming on? (esp with
the nice long lie afforded by the programme on the Sunday!). Shall
we use the Chatboard
as a forum to plan one?
Buyers looking for boats: quite a few people seem
to be in the market just now. Today's additions are looking for
a 2- and an 8. See Sales and Wants
for details.
Talented Athlete Funding and Academy Athlete applications:
a reminder that the closing date for applications under either of
these schemes to reach John
McArthur is this Friday. See earlier news
item dated 1 August for details.
Scotland today announced its team to compete at the Commonwealth
Rowing Championships at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham on 17-18 August.
Rowing has not been included in the Commonwealth Games proper since
1986 – when the Games were hosted in Scotland. The Commonwealth
Rowing Championships have been sustained by the enthusiasm of the
governing bodies of rowing throughout the Commonwealth nations in
the years since.
Scotland’s team will line up against stiff competition from
some of the great (and much larger) rowing nations like Australia,
England and Canada – but team management are confident medals
can be won.
The Scottish team includes two members of the current Great Britain
under 23 team, 12 current Home Countries Champions, 2 reigning National
Champions of Great Britain and 4 Henley medallists of 2002. The
team draws on the strengths of most of Scotland’s major rowing
centres, and adds extra weight through the call-up of Anglo-Scottish
athletes. The coaching team is led by Scotland’s recently
appointed National Rowing Coach, John McArthur, based at the National
Rowing Academy at Strathclyde Park – where crews are currently
based for final training for the Commonwealth regatta.
Team manager Mary Massaro has the highest admiration for the athletes’
commitment. "The Commonwealth Rowing Championships is the highest
level at which Scotland's rowers can compete under the Scottish
flag,” she says. “The athletes have trained not just
for months but for years toward this goal: they must now rise to
the challenge of racing against the tough competition we know will
come from larger nations - Australia and England in particular."
Nations competing in the Commonwealth Rowing Championships include
Australia, Canada, England, Guernsey, New Zealand, Northern Ireland,
Scotland, South Africa, Wales and Zimbabwe.
Commonwealth Rowing Championships 2002: Scottish Team
Saturday 17th August Women’s coxless pairs: Ali Barnes, Pam Dixon
(both Thames Rowing Club). Men’s coxless fours:
John Langley, Tom Morgan, Angus Argyle, Drew Hendry (all Aberdeen
Boat Club) Men’s lightweight coxless pairs:
Henry Westwood, Douglas Murray (both Glasgow Rowing Club)
Women’s lightweight double sculls: Kat Ramsay (Marlow
Rowing Club), Lorna Ferguson (Wallingford Rowing Club) Men’s
lightweight double sculls: Gavin Shaw (Aberdeen University
Boat Club), Johnny Logan (George Watson’s College)
Women’s single sculls: Ali Barnes (Thames Rowing
Club)
Sunday 18th August Men’s lightweight single sculls: Gavin Shaw
(Aberdeen University Boat Club) Women’s lightweight
coxless pairs: Jo Ganley (Thames Rowing Club) & Katrine
McPherson (Tideway Scullers School) Men’s coxed fours:
John Langley, Tom Morgan, Angus Argyle, Drew Hendry (all Aberdeen
Boat Club), cox: Dan Saoul (Edinburgh University Boat Club)
Women’s eight: Pam Dixon (Thames Rowing Club), Elaine
Law (Castle Semple Rowing Club), Clare Haley, Fiona Insch (both
Aberdeen Boat Club), Ailie Ord (Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club),
Helen Little (St Andrew Boat Club), Olivia Clarke (Aberdeen Boat
Club), Alison Hulme (St Andrew Boat Club), cox Caitie Gorton (Clydesdale
Amateur Rowing Club)
Team Captain: Ailie Ord Reserve: Martin Harris (London Rowing Club) Umpires: Jim MacRitchie, Peter Morrison, Mike Haggerty Team Officials: Mary Massaro, John Bowie, Willie
Brown Team Medical Support: John Dennis Team Coaches: John McArthur, Ali Paterson, Russ
Haley, Matt Arnold, Gary Phillips, Alan Hodgkins
10 August
Scots girl
misses bronze by a length in the Junior Worlds. Results
were hard to get during racing, but now we know.
In the A final of junior women's coxless fours, the GB crew with
Aberdeen Schools' Lucy Buglass on board finished fourth - less than
a length off bronze. This is the best A final finish by a Scot in
a Junior Worlds event for a long time.
In junior men's quadruple sculls, the GB crew featuring Chris Logan
of George Watson's won the C final in a time which would not only
have won today's B final but have taken silver in the A final: one
suspects either that there is a glitch in the results or a story
to tell on their return about disasters in qualifying or changing
conditions during finals day.
There have been no Scots in the GB Junior Worlds team for the last
couple of years (since Alison Whelpdale in the eight), so two in
the team and one just off the medals is a big step forward this
year. Congratulations to both athletes.
The best British performance of these Championships was a silver
in junior men's coxless fours. Full Junior World Rowing Championships
results here.
Congratulations to SARA Treasurer Alison Harrison and
her husband Andrew on the birth of their first child, a daughter,
this morning. Mother and baby are reportedly doing very well.
9 August
Scotland
names team for Commonwealth Rowing Championships (press
release today from SARA)
Scotland today announced its team to compete at the Commonwealth
Rowing Championships at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham on 17-18 August.
Rowing has not been included in the Commonwealth Games proper since
1986 – when the Games were hosted in Scotland. The Commonwealth
Rowing Championships have been sustained by the enthusiasm of the
governing bodies of rowing throughout the Commonwealth nations in
the years since.
Scotland’s team will line up against stiff competition from
some of the great (and much larger) rowing nations like Australia,
England and Canada – but team management are confident medals
can be won.
The Scottish team includes two members of the current Great Britain
under 23 team, 12 current Home Countries Champions, 2 reigning National
Champions of Great Britain and 4 Henley medallists of 2002. The
team draws on the strengths of most of Scotland’s major rowing
centres, and adds extra weight through the call-up of Anglo-Scottish
athletes. The coaching team is led by Scotland’s recently
appointed National Rowing Coach, John McArthur, based at the National
Rowing Academy at Strathclyde Park – where crews are currently
based for final training for the Commonwealth regatta.
Team manager Mary Massaro has the highest admiration for the athletes’
commitment. "The Commonwealth Rowing Championships is the highest
level at which Scotland's rowers can compete under the Scottish
flag,” she says. “The athletes have trained not just
for months but for years toward this goal: they must now rise to
the challenge of racing against the tough competition we know will
come from larger nations - Australia and England in particular."
Nations competing in the Commonwealth Rowing Championships include
Australia, Canada, England, Guernsey, New Zealand, Northern Ireland,
Scotland, South Africa, Wales and Zimbabwe.
Commonwealth Rowing Championships 2002: Scottish Team
Saturday 17th August Women’s coxless pairs: Ali Barnes, Pam Dixon
(both Thames Rowing Club). Men’s coxless fours:
John Langley, Tom Morgan, Angus Argyle, Drew Hendry (all Aberdeen
Boat Club) Men’s lightweight coxless pairs:
Henry Westwood, Douglas Murray (both Glasgow Rowing Club)
Women’s lightweight double sculls: Kat Ramsay (Marlow
Rowing Club), Lorna Ferguson (Wallingford Rowing Club) Men’s
lightweight double sculls: Gavin Shaw (Aberdeen University
Boat Club), Johnny Logan (George Watson’s College)
Women’s single sculls: Ali Barnes (Thames Rowing
Club)
Sunday 18th August Men’s lightweight single sculls: Gavin Shaw
(Aberdeen University Boat Club) Women’s lightweight
coxless pairs: Jo Ganley (Thames Rowing Club) & Katrine
McPherson (Tideway Scullers School) Men’s coxed fours:
John Langley, Tom Morgan, Angus Argyle, Drew Hendry (all Aberdeen
Boat Club), cox: Dan Saoul (Edinburgh University Boat Club)
Women’s eight: Pam Dixon (Thames Rowing Club), Elaine
Law (Castle Semple Rowing Club), Clare Haley, Fiona Insch (both
Aberdeen Boat Club), Ailie Ord (Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club),
Helen Little (St Andrew Boat Club), Olivia Clarke (Aberdeen Boat
Club), Alison Hulme (St Andrew Boat Club), cox Caitie Gorton (Clydesdale
Amateur Rowing Club)
Team Captain: Ailie Ord Reserve: Martin Harris (London Rowing Club) Umpires: Jim MacRitchie, Peter Morrison, Mike Haggerty Team Officials: Mary Massaro, John Bowie, Willie
Brown Team Medical Support: John Dennis Team Coaches: John McArthur, Ali Paterson, Russ
Haley, Matt Arnold, Gary Phillips, Alan Hodgkins
Sponsored row for the Carolyn Jones Trust: many
will know of Carolyn’s need for long term care following her
canyoning accident in Switzerland last year. Carolyn, originally
from Edinburgh, was a member of Scotland rowing teams in the late
1990s. Her club, Wallingford RC, has organised a sponsored long-distance
row on the Thames on 21st/22nd September. They hope that as many
of Carolyn’s friends and former team colleagues will either
sponsor rowers taking part or join the row and recruit their own
sponsors – with proceeds going to help provide the care Carolyn
needs.
It’s not often I put direct appeals on the SARA site, but
I would encourage you to visit the Wallingford
RC site and support the row in whatever way you can.
8 August
Another World
Juniors Update: the GB junior men's 4x finished 3rd in
the repechage this afternoon and therefore goes to Semi Final C
World Juniors Update: the results
service from Trakai is working much better now. The GB junior
women's 4- has won their repechage today and goes to the A final.
The junior men's 4x repechage is this afternoon (see below for Scottish
interest in these crews).
World Junior Rowing Championships: in the first
day's racing at the world juniors in Trakai, Lithuania yesterday,
the GB women's coxless four, with Lucy Buglass of Aberdeen Schools
on board, came 2nd in their heat and go to the repechage. The men's
quadruple scull, which includes Chris Logan of George Watson's College
came 5th (last) in their heat, but also live to fight another day
in the repechage. Results
are coming up on the official Championships web site, but access
seems awkward at times to the (race by race) database driven section.
7 August
Another women's
lightweight single scull wanted: see the Sales
and Wants page for details.
6 August
More Club
Contacts updates:Glasgow University BC
has a new captain and secretary (Craig Love and Andy Dickie respectively)
and would also invite anyone starting courses at Glasgow Uni this
autumn to get in touch as soon as they like about joining the Boat
Club. Details (and the club web site) on the contacts
page.
5 August
Full Home
International Regatta results (with finish times) at last! Pages
1 and 2.
Apologies that this has taken so long: bit of a hiccup in our usually
very reliable system for getting the results from the Park onto
the web.
New captain at Aberdeen BC: ABC have had their
AGM and elected Colin Wilson as their new captain (full details
on the contacts page.
Other Club Secretaries: please do check your club's
entry on the contacts page: if there is out of date information
(or if it becomes out of date in coming weeks at your AGM) please
do let me
know
4 August
Results from
the Munich round of the Rowing World Cup are on the FISA
site
Vowed to train harder this winter? A Concept Ergo
has come up for sale on the Sales and Wants
page.
2 August
Sculler seeks
single: a potential new buyer in the market today for a
lightweight single scull on the Wanted
page
Zurich Rowing World Cup at Munich this weekend:
results are coming through on the FISA
site. Don;t look for Cracknell and Pinsent - they've withdrawn
to concentrate on training for the World Championships. But good
to see Leonie Barron, who was due to race for Scotland in LW2-,
getting a good result in her first outing for GB: 1st in today's
exhibition LW2- race.
1 August
Nominations
for National Rowing Academy athlete appointments: clubs
or coaches wishing to nominate athletes - or athletes wishing to
apply in their own name - for selection as National Rowing Academy
Athletes in 2002-2003 should contact John
McArthur by the closing date of 16th August.
Deadline for Talented Athlete Programme funding applications
to reach John McArthur is 16th August. Entry to the sportscotland
Talented Athlete Programme is designed for athletes with the potential
and the dedication necessary to achieve GB selection. If you think
you fulfil these criteria, contact John
McArthur to get application details.
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for Rowing Action: the next issue of Rowing Action goes
to press shortly. 
Above:
Gavin Shaw races for the line in LM1x and (left) receives his
Silver Medal (one of two silvers he won, the other being in
LM 2x with Jonny Logan)
Jo
Ganley and Katrine McPherson (above) reach out in the closing
stages of their LW2- in which (left) they won Bronze
