Rotorua Rowing Club

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Julia Edward wins Bronze at 2013 World Cup III

Rotorua Rowing Club’s Julia Edward and her rowing partner Lucy Strack have won Bronze at the 2013 World rowing Cup III, in Lucerne , Switzerland over the weekend.There was a fight at the line for third position and Edward and Strack took it from Germany by 0.09 of a second.

A year ago on the Rotsee waters at Lucerne ,Edward was part of the New Zealand lightweight women’s double that set a World Best Time with then partner Louise Ayling. This record still remains.

The winners of the event, Italians Milani and Sancassani have both been rowing for two decades and until 2012 Sancassani was rowing at heavyweight grade.

Edward and Strack first teamed up for the Under 21 Rowing Championships and then again for the 2010 World Championships held at Karapiro. “We want to make our combination dominant and make sure we’re in the boat for the next 3 years buildup for Rio” Edward told worldrowing.com.

The girls are coached by New Zealand’s world famous DickTonks, and have definitely gained by his coaching. The girls do the kilometres in training to get them through the middle 1000m, with an advantage in the last 500metres. This helps avoid a late sprint to finish at the end of a strenuous 2 kilometres race. In rowing it is psychologically easier to be in the front and watch your competition behind you.

Edward said to Worldrowing.com “For the last four years we have been building the lightweight squad in New Zealand. We have got some good girls coming through. So they keep us on our toes.”

World Rowing.com talked to Julia Edward on YouTube; “ The reason we work so well” said Edward“is that we tell each other then and there…we’re always on the same page.”

Edward and Strack will be home on the 17^th to train for the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Korea.

RANK BOAT 500 M 1000 M 1500 M 2000 M

1 ITA 01:43.21 (3) 03:26.71 (2) 05:10.10 (1) 06:52.41 (1)

Laura MILANI (bow) , Elisabetta SANCASSANI (stroke)

2 USA 01:41.71 (1) 03:26.46 (1) 05:11.82 (2) 06:55.36 (2)

Kristin HEDSTROM (b) , Kathleen BERTKO (s)

3 NZL 01:43.91 (6) 03:30.54 (6) 05:15.97 (6) 06:57.31 (3)

Julia EDWARD (b) , Lucy STRACK (s)

4 GBR 01:43.79 (5) 03:28.06 (3) 05:13.12 (3) 06:57.40 (4)

Kathryn TWYMAN (b) , Imogen WALSH (s)

5 NED 01:43.39 (4) 03:28.71 (5) 05:15.47 (4) 06:59.77 (5)

Elisabeth WOERNER (b) , Maaike HEAD (s)