10th July 1999

British crews in semifinals, repechages and heats

WORLD CUP

Men's single scull: Greg Searle
Finalists: Cop (SLO), Porter (CAN), Waddell (NZ), Spik (SLO), Hacker (GER), Chalupa (CZE). B finalists: Sartori (ITA), Mueller (SUI), Ibrahim (EGY), Jaanson (EST), Koven (US), Vervoorn (NED). Greg Searle. Heat: Third in 7:03.03 behind Rob Waddell (NZ) 6:52.07 who qualifies for semi, and Derek Porter (CAN 6:56.62. Other qualifiers for semifinals from heats: Iztok Cop (SLO) 6:53.29; Xeno Mueller (SUI) 6:53.23; Luka Spik (SLO) 6:49.95; Vaclav Chalupa (CZE) 6:50.99; Marcel Hacker (GER) 6:49.30. Repechage: Searle finished fourth behind Andrius Reinholds (Latvia) and Abdel Ghaffa (EGY) who qualify for semifinals, and Tom Symoens (BEL). Other qualifiers for semifinals from reps: Per Andersson (SWE), Aquil Abdullah (USA), Jamie Koven (USA), Yuri Jaanson (EST), Derek Porter (CAN), Merlin Vervoorn (NED), Jan Ziska (SVK), Hrvoje Telisman (CRO), Ali Ibrahim (EGY), Nicola Sartori (ITA).

Women's coxless pair: Dot Blackie, Cath Bishop
Repechage: First in 7:31.65 ahead of Russia 7:32.23 who also qualified for Final A. Netherlands and Lithuania the also rans. Qualifiers from other rep: Australia 2 and Denmark. Heat: Second in 7:12.35 behind Kathleen Naser and Elke Hipler (GER) 7:08.42. Other qualifier for final from heats: Emma Robinson, Theresa Luke (CAN) 6:56.27.

Men's coxless pair 1: Steve Williams, Simon Dennis
Semifinals (3 to final) 1:1 CRO (Martinov/Saraga) 6:41.41, 2 CAN (Crooks/Calder) 6:42.65, 3 GRE (Kariotis/Dimitrou) 6:45.14, 4 LTU, 5 AUS2, 6 ROM. 2:1 AUS (Ginn/Tomkins) 6:38.05, 2 GER (Kirchhoff/Sens) 6:39.13, 3 GB (Williams/Dennis) 6:39.69, 4 ITA, 5 SLO, 6 ESP1. Heat: First in 6:29.68 ahead of Slovenia, Netherlands, Italy, Australia 2.

Men's coxless pair 2: Jim Walker, Matthew Parish
Heat: second behind Greece (6:30.62), time 6:35.04. Repechage: Third behind Italy and Romania who qualified for semifinal. Qualifiers for semifinals from heats: Martinov and Saraga (CRO) 6:18.73; Kariotis and Dimitriou (GRE) 6:30.62; Kirchhoff and Sens (Germany) 6:31.03; Williams and Denis (GB) 6:29.68. Qualifiers for semifinals from repechages: Drew Ginn and James Tomkins (AUS), Aastair Gordon and Christian Ryan (AUS), Dario Lari and Pasquale Panzarino (ITA), Valeriu Andrunache and Adrian Bucenschi (ROM), Einius Petkus and Giedrius Zadeika (LTU), David Morales and David Llambrich (ESP), Morgan Crooks and David Calder (CAN), Miha Pirih and Greg Srannjek (SLO).

Women's double scull: Miriam Batten, Gillian Lindsay
Semifinals 1: 1 NED (van Dishhoek/van Nes)7:02.77, 2 GB (Batten/Lindsay) 7:04.70, 3 AUS (Hatzakis/Roye) 7:06.16, 4 LTU, 5 DEN, 6 IRL. 2: 1GER (Boron/Thieme) 7:05,27, 2 SUI (Luethi/Wicki) 7:07.11, 3 FRA (Balmary/Garcia) 7:09.09, 4 GER2, 5 HUN, 6 USA. Heat: second in 6:50.24 behind Boron and Thieme of Germany (6:48.17), first three to qualify. Qualifiers for semifinals from heats: Roplavskaja and Sakickiene (LTU); Balmary and Garcia (FRA); Stack and Hussey (IRE); Boron and Thieme (GER); Batten and Lindsay (GB); Luethi and Wicki (SUI); van Dishhoek and van Nes (NED); Kulifai and Szekely (HUN); Hatzakis and Roye (US). Qualifiers from reps: Brooks and Skricki (USA), Petersen and Mathiesen (DEN), Kowalski and Holthaus (GER).

Men's double scull: Colin Greenaway, Matthew Wells
Semifinals (3 to final): 1: 1 GER1, 2 USA, 3 CAN, 4 ITA, 5 NED, 6 EST1. 2: 1 NOR, 2 FRA, 3 DEN, 4 UKR, 5 AUT, 6 HUN. Heat: Third in 6:23.73 behind Agostino Abbagnale (ITA) 6:14.95 and Guillaume Jeannet and Frederic Kowal (FRA) 6:19.44. First to semifinal. Qualifiers from heats to semifinals: Krause and Uhl (AUT) 6:16.72; Abbagnale and Raineri (ITA) 6:14.95; Bertil Samuelson and Bo Kaliszan (DEN) 6:16.37. Repechage: Third behind Canada and Hungary, who qualified for semifinals. Qualified from reps for semifinals: Olaf Tufte and Fredrik Bekken (NOR), Ian McGowan and Nicholas Peterson (USA), Lawrence Nwaesei and Todd Hallet (CAN), Tibor Peto and Akos Haller (HUN), Guillaume Jeannet and Frederic Kowal (FRA), Gerritjan Eggenkamp and Gerard Egelmeers (NED), Leonid Gulov and Andrei Silin (EST), Konstantin Zaytsev and Konstantin Pronenko (UKR).

Men's coxless four 1: James Cracknell, Steve Redgrave, Ed Coode, Matthew Pinsent
Semifinals (three to final): GB2 lineup today is Graham Smith, Greg Searle (subbing for injured Richard Dunn), Jonny Searle, Jonny Singfield. 1: 1 GB1 5:55.42, 2 NOR 5:57.10, 3 GER 5:59.61, 4 FRA 6:0034, 5 GB2 6:07.70, 6 ROM 6:08.21. 2: 1 ITA 5:58.03, 2 AUS 5:59.25, 3 NED 6:00.73, 4 EGY 6:01.42, 5 LTU 6:06.61, 6 CRO2 6:08.08. Heat: First in 5:52.20 ahead of Germany, Romania, Croatia and Czech Republic.

Men's coxless four 2: Graham Smith, Richard Dunn, Jonny Searle, Jonny Singfield
Heat: Second in 5:50.43 behind Norway (5:46.12) and ahead of Australia (Stewart, Hanson, Dodwell, Stewart - 4th in World Champs 1998), Belarus and Lithuania. Qualifiers from heats to semifinals: Norway (Undset, Bjoervig, Stoerseth, Simonsen) 5:46.12 (world's fastest time), Italy (Molea, Di Rossi, Carboncini, Mornati) 5:49.72, GB1 5:52.20. Repechage: GB2 came second in a very close race between four crews for three places. Netherlands and Lithuania also qualified for semifinals. Qualified for semifinals from repechages: Netherlands, GB2, Lithuania, France, Egypt, Romania, Australia, Germany, Croatia.

Women's lightweight double scull: Tracy Langlands, Jane Hall
Semifinals (3 to final) 1: 1 SUI (Puegge/Weisshaupt) 7:04.11, 2 HUN (Alliquander/Remsei) 7:05.91, 3 FRA (Luzuy/Fernandez) 7:06.10, 4 ITA, 5 GRE, 6 AUT1. 2: 1 ROM (Burcica/Macoviciuc) 7:01.77, 2 GER (Stephan/Blasberg) 7:04.35, 3 NED (Poot/Vermulst) 7:06.85, 4 SWE, 5 AUS1, 6 GB (Langlands/Hall) 7:15.50. Heat: fifth in 7:30.74 behind Germany, Austria 1, Sweden, Japan 1. Qualified from heats to semifinals: Hrysi Bisktzi and Irine Zora (GRE) 7:00.71; Karin Stephan and Claudia Blasberg (GER) 6:57.53; Kim Pluegge and Pamela Weisshaupt (SUI) 6:54.89, Constanta Burcica and Camelia Macoviciuc (ROM) 6:54.88. Repechage: Langlands and Hall were second to the Italians Barelli and Skerlavaj to qualify for the semifinals. Qualified from reps to semifinals: Hedi Poot and Laurien Vermulst (NED), Benedicte Luzuy and Christelle Fernandez (FRA), Anna Aliquander and Monika Remsei (HUN), Sofia Joensson and Kristina Knep (SWE), Sally Newmarch and Virginia Lee (AUS), Margret Sperrer and Karola Schustereder (AUT), Marianna Barelli and Antonella Skerlavaj (ITA), Tracy Langlands and Jane Hall (GB).

Men's lightweight double scull: Tim Male, Tom Kay
1: 1 FRA (Touron/Chapelle) 6:16.41, 2 ITA (Crispi/Pettinari) 6:16.98, 3 SUI (Gier/Gier) 6:18.64, 4 AUS, 5 SUI2, 6 USA. 2: 1 GER (Euler/Rueling) 6:24.67, 2 GB (Male/Kay) 6:26.01, 3 GRE (Polymeros/Miliotis) 6:26.92, 4 SVK, 5 DEN, 6 NED. Heat: second in 6:18.97 behind Pascal Touron and Thibault Chapelle (FRA) 6:15.53, sixth in the World Champs 1998. Also rans were Ireland (Armstrong, O'Toole), Spain 2 and Netherlands. One to qualify for semifinals. Qualified from heats to semifinals: Michelan Crispi and Leon Pettinari (ITA) 6:16.45, Ingo Euler and Bernhard Rueling (GER) 6:17.20, Pascal Touron and Thibault Chapelle (FRA) 6:15.53; Vassilis Polymeros and Panaciotis Miliotis (GRE) 6:17.71. Repechage: Male and Kay were second in a close finish with the Swiss Baenninger and Laett to qualify for the semifinals. Qualifiers from reps to semifinals: Torben Bech Jensen and Soeren Madsen (DEN), Conal Groom and Robert Tucker (USA), Michael Baenninger and Nicolas Laett (SUI), Tim Male and Tom Kay (GB), Maarten van der Linden and Pepijn Aardewijn (NED), Bruce Hick and Haimish Karrash (AUS), Markus and Michael Gier (SUI), Viliam Mlynarik and Lubos Podstupka (SVK).

Men's lightweight coxless four: James Brown, Jim McNiven, Dave Lemon, John Warnock
Semifinals (3 to final) 1: 1 FRA 5:56.20, 2 ITA 5:56.86, 3 NED 5:58.30, 4 AUT 6:0075, 5 GB 6:03.51, 6 SUI. 2: 1 DEN 5:58.61, 2 GER 5:59.65, 3 CAN 6:00.11, 4 ESP, 5 AUS, 6 RUS. Heat: Third in 5:56.70 behind world champions Denmark 5:45.60 (world best time) and Netherlands. Qualified from heats to semifinals: Italy 5:48.99, 2, France 5:47.89, Denmark 5:45.60. Repechage: GB finished second in a tight finish with Australia for three qualifying places. Qualified from reps to semifinals: Australia, GB, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Canada, Austria, Russia.

Women's quadruple scull: Lisa Eyre, Katherine Grainger, Sarah Winckless, Guin Batten
Repechage: Second in 6:35.94 to Denmark 6:34.85 to qualify for Final A. Ukraine and Romania were the losers in a tight race, with Australia bringing up the rear. Qualifiers from other rep: USA, Belarus. Heat: Fifth in 6:32.11 behind Germany 6:11.69, USA, Ukraine and Italy. First to final. Qualifiers to final: Germany 6:11.69; Denmark 5:45.60. Russia 6:15.82.

Men's quadruple scull: Pete Gardner, Garry McAdam, Mike Webb, Tom Gale
1: 1 NED 5:46.83, 2 GER1 5:47.72, 3 SUI 5:52.60, 4 BEL, 5 SWE, 6 GER2. 2: 1 UKR 5:49.92, 2 AUS 5:51.58, 3 AUT 5:53.15, 4 USA 5:54.91, 5 GB 5:55.20, 6 NOR. Heat: Sixth in 5:51.71 behind Australia 1 5:42.89, Germany 2, Belgium, First to semifinal. Qualified from heats to semifinals: Netherlands (Verberne, Lippits, Simon, Bartman) 5:39.21; Australia (Hardcastle, Burton, Day, Reside) 5:42.89; Germany (Hajek, Geisler, Volkert, Willms) 5:37.99. Repechage: GB qualified for semi in a four-boat finish for three places with Ukraine, Belgium and the unsuccessful Danish crew. Qualified from reps to semifinals: USA, Norway, France, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Ukraine, GB, Belgium.

Women's eight: Bow - Elise Laverick, Alison Sanders, Helen Raine, Caroline Kirman, Kate MacKenzie, Rowan Carroll, Sue Walker, str Alex Beever, cox Suzie Ellis
Repechage: Sixth behind Canada, Netherlands, Belarus and Australia who qualified for Final A and USA who qualified for Final B. GB Eliminated. Heat: Fourth in 6:13.50 behind Romania 5:57.02, Canada and Australia. Qualified from heats to final: Germany 5:57.63; Romania 5:57.02 (world best time).

Men's eight: Bow - Bob Thatcher, Ben Hunt-Davis, Fred Scarlett, Louis Attrill, Luka Grubor, Kieran West, Tim Foster, str Steve Trapmore, cox Rowley Douglas
Repechage: First in 5:36.51 ahead of Canada 5:38.44 who also qualify for Final A. Also rans: Austarlia 1 and 2 and Egypt. Qualifiers from other rep:Romania and Russia. Heat: Third in 5:25.84 behind Netherlands 5:23.15 and Romania. Qualified from heats to final: Germany 5:25.62; Netherlands 5:23.15.

NON WORLD CUP

Men's lightweight eight: Bow - Aidan Tucker, Ned Kittoe, Nick Strange, Michael Louzado, James McGarva, Gareth Davies, Philip Maker, str Ben Webb, cox Christian Cormack
Repechage: First 5:49.86 ahead of Germany 5:50.90, Netherlands, Spain, Germany 2. First four go to Final A. Heat: second behind Italy 5:41.19; GB 5:43.72. Other qualifier for final: Canada 5:41.70

Men's lightweight single scull: Peter Haining
Repechage: Fourth in 7:14.05 behind Michal Vabrousek (CZE) 7:06.83, Gergely Kokas (HUN) and Martin Falcke (GER). First two to Final A, Haining to Final B. Qualifiers from other reps: Karsten Nielsen (DEN), Karl Parker (AUS), Sam Lynch (IRE) and Simone Forlani (ITA). Heat: second in 7:06.84 behind Simone Forlani (ITA), 7:06.47. Other qualifiers for semifinal: Sam Lynch (IRE) 7:12.13; Filippo Mannucci (ITA) 7:08.82; Karsten Nielsen (DEN) 7:09.45; Gergely Kokas (HUN) 7:04.88 Michal Vabrousek (CZE). Repechage: Haining finished second and qualified for the semifinals behind Frederic Dufour of France.Other qualifiers from repechages: Silvio Ambrus (Croatia), Luca Moncada (ITA), Calvin Ferguson (NZ), Christoph Praschnig (AUT), Martin Falcke (GER), Rinze Krol (NED), Lars Achtruth (GER), Derek Holland (IRE), Karl Parker (AUS), Martin Balazoviech (SVK).

Women's coxless four: Claire Fox, Charlotte Hill, Kate Templeton, Caroline Dring
Straight final.

Men's coxed four:
Straight final.

Women's lightweight coxless pair: Malindi Myers, Jo Nitsch
Straight final.

Women's lightweight single scull 1: Kirsty McClelland Brooks
Repechage: Kirsty McClelland Brooks third in 7:52.25 behind Valerie Viehoff (GER) and Marit van Eupen (NED) to qualify for Final A. Sarah Birch fifth in same rep in 8:00.36, eliminated. Qualified from other rep: Mirna Rajle (CRO), Pia Vogel (SUI) and Malene Leisted Busk (DEN). Heat: third in 7:26.70 behind Marit van Eupen (NED) 7:15.88 and Myriam Lamolle (FRA) 7:24.28. Three qualified for semifinal.

Women's lightweight single scull 2: Sarah Birch
Heat: third in 8:01.82 behind Valerie Viehoff (GER) 8:01.82 and Mirna Rajle (CRO) 8:01.98. Qualified from heats to semifinals: Marit van Eupen (NED), Myriam Lamolle (FRA), Kirsty McClelland Brooks (GB), Pia Vogel (SUI), Kisahn Lamshed (AUS), Katja Cadorin (GER), Valerie Viehoff (GER), Mirna Rajle (CRO), Sarah Birch (GB).

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