PHOTOS thanks to Rowing NZ. Jeff Francis Jeff 3^rd from left in both.

Francis Silver at the 2013 Under 23 World Rowing Champs...

Switzerland had the fastest time coming through from yesterday’s semifinal. But semifinal times were closely packed and this was shaping up to be an incredibly tight race. It was the reigning World Champions, Ukraine, that jumped out first rating a huge 50 strokes per minute. But their lead didn’t last long. Roeoesli, Maillefer, Stahlberg and Delarze of Switzerland had pushed ahead and, rating 35, it looked like they planned to dominate for the entire race.
Going through the middle of the race Switzerland had earned a handy two second margin over Germany who had pushed into second as Ukraine appeared to run out of steam. Then New Zealand started to come back from a very slow start. Had the New Zealanders stuttered at the start, or was this a tactic? A huge piece by New Zealand, rating 39, in the third 500 enabled them to close the gap on the Swiss. Could Switzerland hold on?
 The race had become all about Switzerland and New Zealand. Both boats charged for the line. Switzerland were at 40, New Zealand at 40. Then New Zealand went to 45. The line got closer. The winner was decided by the final surge. Switzerland had done it. Gold to Switzerland, silver to New Zealand and Germany took the bronze.
 The Swiss rowed to a time just four seconds outside of the under-23 World Best Time. The crew from Switzerland took the gold in 5:43.60, New Zealand was close behind in 5:44.20, and the German’s claimed the bronze.

 

PHOTOS Thanks to Rowing NZ. Claudia Hyde in 1-seat

Claudia Hyde gained 5^th at the 2013 Under 23 World Rowing Champs...

The 2013 under-23 crews have added to New Zealand’s successful overall medal tally at this regatta with New Zealand now having won a total of 32 under-23 world championship medals – 15 gold, 8 silver and 9 bronze.

BW4x  Final A

Rank      Boat       500 m                    1000 m                  1500 m                  Finish    Lane

1              ROU       1:34.10  (2)           3:14.46  (1)           4:55.30  (1)           6:36.35  6

2              POL        1:33.65  (1)           3:14.77  (2)           4:56.07  (2)           6:36.70  4

3              GER       1:36.44  (5)           3:17.36  (5)           4:57.78  (3)           6:37.87  5

4              ITA          1:35.83  (3)           3:16.43  (3)           4:57.98  (4)           6:39.03  2

5              NZL        1:36.03  (4)           3:17.14  (4)           4:59.24  (6)           6:39.41  1

6              USA        1:36.70  (6)           3:17.53  (6)           4:58.56  (5)           6:39.86  3

 

Repechage Results for Claudia Hyde at the 2013 U23 World Rowing Champs

 

Rotorua rower Claudia Hyde is through to the A Final and Jeff Francis is through to the Semi Final at the 2013 World Under 23 Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria.

REPECHAGE Womens quad

Rank      Boat       500 m                    1000 m                  1500 m                  Finish

1              NZL        1:36.33  (2)          3:14.09  (2)           4:52.83  (1)           6:31.98

Claudia HYDE, Olivia LOE, Alexandra SMITH, Hannah OSBORNE 

2              ROU       1:34.84  (1)            3:13.25  (1)          4:53.03  (2)           6:33.65

Andreea-Mihaela TATARU, Mihaela-Teodora BERINDEI, Viviana-Iuliana BEJINARIU, Ioana VRINCEANU 

3               FRA       1:37.20  (3)           3:17.21  (3)           4:58.45  (3)           6:36.98

Marie JACQUET, Justine LECOMTE, Noemie KOBER, Helene LEFEBVRE 

4              NED       1:38.58  (6)           3:19.27  (5)            4:59.47  (4)          6:39.08

Annick TASELAAR, Anne FISCHER, Karien ROBBERS, Ilse PAULIS 

5               UKR      1:37.33  (4)           3:18.81  (4)           5:00.69  (5)           6:40.53

Alona MAKCYMENKO, Lesya GERASYMCHUK, Diana SEREBRIANSKA, Natalia KOVALOVA 

6              RUS       1:38.18  (5)           3:19.82  (6)           5:02.59  (6)           6:43.02

Yana KULYGINA, Iuliia VOLGINA, Vasilisa KOSTYGOVA, Mariia POTCEVICH 

 

Photo Claudia Hyde from Rotorua

Heat Results of the 2013 U23 World Rowing Champs

Rotorua rowers Claudia Hyde and Jeff Francis are racing at the 2013 World Under 23 Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria.

Jeff Francis should be feeling confident of an A Final after placing second in his Men’s Quad Heat in a time of 5:46.60.

He is seated in sight of a medal at the 4^th overall fastest time of the three heats and 17 crews.

His New Zealand Men’s Quad will join the 5 fastest boats; Switzerland, France, Romania, Germany and Poland from the heats in the Semi Finals. Hyde , 4^th in her heat, with the 5^th fastest time of the two Heats, has a very good chance for a medal.

She goes to repechage. It is Rowing New Zealand’s policy to send athletes able to place in the first 6, to international regattas.

RESULTS

Mens Quad

Heat ONE of Three

Rank      Boat       500 m                    1000 m                  1500 m                  Finish

1              SUI         1:22.85  (1)           2:49.93  (1)           4:19.19  (1)           5:46.60

Roman ROEOESLI, Augustin MAILLEFER, Nico STAHLBERG, Barnabe DELARZE 

2              NZL        1:25.51  (4)            2:53.91  (3)          4:22.83  (3)           5:48.63

Christopher MORRISON, Giacomo THOMAS, Jeffrey FRANCIS, Karl MANSON 

3               FRA       1:25.36  (3)           2:53.07  (2)           4:22.31  (2)           5:48.72

Damien GALLET, Hugo BOUCHERON, Mickael MARTEAU, Alberic CORMERAIS 

4              ITA          1:25.79  (5)           2:55.14  (5)           4:26.05  (4)            5:57.42

Corrado VERITA, Tiziano EVANGELISTI, Michele MANZOLI, Davide MUMOLO 

5              EST        1:26.59  (6)           2:55.91  (6)           4:27.25  (6)            5:58.13

Joosep LAOS, Juri-Mikk UDAM, Sten-Erik ANDERSON, Geir SUURSILD 

6               BLR       1:24.61  (2)            2:54.59  (4)          4:26.97  (5)           5:58.92

Anatoli SHAUCHENKA, Yauheni PUTSIKAU, Maksim RADZKO, Mikhail BARANOUSKI 

WOMENS QUAD  Heat 2 

boat progression: 1-2 to Final A, Remainder to Repechage

Rank    Boat     500 m               1000 m             1500 m             Finish

1ST      POL      1:35.77  (1)        3:15.83  (1)        4:56.81  (2)        6:36.00

Ariana BORKOWSKA, Marta WIELICZKO, Maria SPRINGWALD, Monika CIACIUCH 

2ND     ITA       1:36.95  (3)        3:16.49  (3)        4:56.53  (1)        6:36.12

Cecilia BELLATI, Giada COLOMBO, Sara MAGNAGHI, Alessandra PATELLI 

3 RD    ROU     1:37.90  (4)        3:18.42  (4)        4:59.19  (4)        6:39.07

Andreea-Mihaela TATARU, Mihaela-Teodora BERINDEI, Viviana-Iuliana BEJINARIU, Ioana VRINCEANU 

4 TH     NZL      1:35.78  (2)        3:15.91  (2)        4:58.27  (3)        6:39.28

Claudia HYDE, Olivia LOE, Alexandra SMITH, Hannah OSBORNE 

5 TH     FRA     1:38.09  (5)        3:18.94  (5)        5:00.57  (5)        6:41.84

Marie JACQUET, Justine LECOMTE, Noemie KOBER, Helene LEFEBVRE 

 

 

PHOTOS; Claudia in Women’s quad on far right. 

UPDATE ON U23 ROWING.....

Rotorua’s Jeff Francis and Claudia Hyde will row at the 2013 Under 23 World rowing Championships from 24th -28th July in Austria at the Linz-Ottensheim course.Claudia Hyde will compete in the Rowing NZ’s Women’s Quad. Claudia Hyde wrote to let us know she has one more week until racing.

It sounds like the boats to watch will be Poland, Germany and Italy. Hyde’s event heat will be at about 4pm. ” It'll be strange racing that late, I can already tell its going to be one antsy day waiting round for our heat” she said “No more sightseeing for us, with only a few more days to go we're on lockdown.”

Training is progressing well “We've been getting some good speeds from the crew.” said Hyde

” We're looking forward to racing, it's come around so quickly but we all feel ready for the challenge. “

Jeff will crew the Rowing New Zealand Men’s quad.

PHOTOS ; JEFF FRANCIS 3 SEAT, CLAUDIA HYDE 1 SEAT

Francis and Hyde training well..

Rotorua’s Jeff Francis and Claudia Hyde will compete in the 2013 U23 World Rowing Championships. Here they are training in the Winter series at Karapiro.

2013 U23 World Rowing Championships -Wednesday, 24th Jul 2013 — Sunday, 28th Jul 2013,  Linz-Ottensheim

Men’s Under 23 Quad

Karl Manson (Central RPC, Blenheim RC)

Jeff Francis (Waikato RPC, Rotorua RC)

Giacomo Thomas (Auckland RPC, Hawkes Bay RD)

Chris Morrison (Waikato RPC, Cambridge RC)

Coach: Mike Rodger

Women’s Under 23 Quad

Hannah Osborne (Waikato RPC, Te Awamutu RC)

Allie Smith (Waikato RPC, Waikato RC)

Olivia Loe (Southern RPC, Avon RC)

Claudia Hyde (Waikato RPC, Rotorua RC)Coach:  James Coote

Jeff and Claudia go to the 2013 World Rowing Under 23 Championships

Wednesday, 24th Jul 2013 — Sunday, 28th Jul 2013

Linz-Ottensheim

Rotorua Rowing Club’s two young rowers will compete in the world rowing arena for the 2013 World rowing Under23 Championships, this year at Linz-Ottensheim, Austria.

.Claudia Hyde in the Women’s Quad and Jeff Francis in the Men’s Quad.

The regatta course of Linz-Ottensheim was constructed on an arm of the Danube in early 1972 before a lock and hydro-electric station was built. The extension to eight lanes was completed in 2006. Since 1972 international rowing regattas as well as the Austrian Rowing Championships have taken place regularly.
The venue has hosted the World Rowing Junior Championships in 1998, a World Rowing Cup in 2007, the World Rowing Junior and non-Olympic Senior Championships in 2008, as well as the Nations Cup in 1990 and 2001.

Men’s Under 23 Quad

Karl Manson (Central RPC, Blenheim RC)
Jeff Francis (Waikato RPC, Rotorua RC)
Giacomo Thomas (Auckland RPC, Hawkes Bay RD)
Chris Morrison (Waikato RPC, Cambridge RC)
Coach:          Mike Rodger

Women’s Under 23 Quad

Hannah Osborne (Waikato RPC, Te Awamutu RC)
Allie Smith (Waikato RPC, Waikato RC)
Olivia Loe (Southern RPC, Avon RC)
Claudia Hyde (Waikato RPC, Rotorua RC)
Coach:          James Coote

 

Jeff Francis 6^th in the Men’s U23 quad…

Jeff Francis took on the best and came away 6^th in the  Men’ s quad
 at the 2012 World U23 Rowing Champs. No mean feat for a first time .
Congratulations Jeff!!!

Rotorua Rowing Club’s Jeff Francis is into the A Final tomorrow at 2.30am  (NZ TIME) for the Under 23 World Rowing Champs in Trakai, Lithuania.

 From 19 Men’s Quad crews, Jeff’s is in the top 6 in the world, which will include ….

France, Italy, Australia, Czech Rep and Ukraine.

 Looking at the times I think there might be a good race for medals between France,Italy, Australia and New Zealand, with a show by Ukraine in the first quarter.It will be tough for Bronze. Let’s hope that fight will be between France and Australia,leaving our boat to battle the Italians for Gold.

 New Zealand came 1^st in their heat and third in their semi. France started badly in their heat but made it up to finish first and they took their semi final from start to finish, leaving NZ in third, Australia in second.

 Italy seems to be fast in starts and endurance; winning both their heat and semi.Australia took the lead in their heat as did the Czech Rep, but Ukraine beat the Czech Rep boat in their semi,and New Zealand beat the Ukraine boat in their heat.

PHOTO Jeff in red

Jeff Francis through to the semi finals

The men's quadruple scull of Giacomo Thomas, Jeffrey Francis, Jonathan Wright and Karl Manson enjoyed a race long battle with the Ukraine as both crews pulled clear of Norway, Switzerland and the USA to secure the automatic semi-final qualifying spots. The Kiwi crew were almost two seconds to the good at the finish line.

Result  World_Rowing_U23_Championships,_Trakai - Race 12: BW4x  Heat 1

boat progression: 1 to Final A, Remainder to Repechage

Rank  Boat  500 m       1000 m      1500 m      Finish     

1     GER   1:32.35(1) 3:10.63(1) 4:51.47(1) 6:29.61    

Ulrike TOERPSCH, Judith SIEVERS, Marie-Catherine ARNOLD, Mareike ADAMS

2     AUS   1:34.03(2)  3:12.83(2) 4:54.15(2) 6:31.28

Jessica HALL, Olympia ALDERSEY, Madeleine EDMUNDS, Rebekah HOOPER

3     NZL   1:38.01(4) 3:18.99(4) 5:00.04(3)  6:42.88

Olivia LOE, Genevieve BEHRENT, Lucy SPOORS, Linda MATTHEWS

4     RUS   1:36.66(3)  3:17.65(3)  5:01.89(4)  6:44.66

Yana KULYGINA, Mariia POTCEVICH, Vasilisa KOSTYGOVA, Iulia MOLCHANOVA

5     USA   1:39.15(5) 3:22.91(5) 5:07.19(5)  6:49.66

Martha KUZZY, Agatha NOWINSKI, Samantha WARREN, Britta SYVERSON

6     LAT   1:40.74(6)  3:28.49(6) 5:18.88(6)  7:04.82

Agnese KALNINA, Agnese ZAKE, Laura ZILVARE, Zane PUTNINA

From: Jeff Francis
Sent: Monday, 9 July 2012 4:01 a.m.
Subject: Lithuania

 Hi All

We arrived in Lithuania on Monday, and spent Tuesday setting up our new boat. the weather here is fantastic, allot better than England and the course is fantastic. We have had about 8 rows here so far and all of them have been great, the boat is feeling fast and we can’t wait to get racing. We get a thunder storm almost every afternoon and they are massive. our first race is on Thursday and all going well the A final on Sunday evening. i will keep you all up dated 

Thanks again for your support. Cheers Jeff   

Jeff Francis v Australia at Henley

The Under 23 men’s quadruple sculls fell victim to the Australian squad boats and will be looking forward to their U23 Worlds campaign, starting on the1th july .

PHOTO(at Karapiro training before leaving NZ) left to right; Joe Wright , Giacomo Thomas, Jeff Francis (Rotorua), Karl Manson.

PHOTO (in maroon = at Henley) ) left to right;  Karl Manson, Joe Wright, Jeff Francis, Giacomo Thomas

Henley, then the worlds

Jeff Francis, a RRC (Rotorua Rowing Club) member is in the ‘final countdown’ of his rowing year.The NZ Men’s Quad blocked out the Norwegians at the Royal Henley Regatta on the Thames, last night, our time, and will be looking to win the Queen Mother Challenge Cup, the Men’s Quad event..

“Well our first race is over and done with.” said Jeff Francis last night  “We won, so that is a nice start to our overseas campaign. It was a very tough race with a strong head wind and the quad had to row into the current. We managed to hold a boat length over the Norwegians most of the way and increased it to a boat length and a half over the line. “ said Francis. “Tomorrow we race the Australians in the semi-final.  I’m looking forward to it.”

Henley is a club regatta, albeit a very prestigious one – so they don’t have National crews competing as such. The course is 2,112 metres, upstream , usually into a headwind , so the race takes quite a bit longer than usual. Crews from Australia, Holland, Norway and Canada , along with Denmark, Ireland and the London Rowing Club, are on the Men’s Quad start list and it looks to be a full international level event this year.

“The regatta format is match racing – a very simple concept –if you win you progress to the next round – lose, & you’re out.There is only 1 winner ” Rob Francis , Jeff’s Dad and former Rotorua Rowing Coach said.

Rowing NZ has a banner under which our National rowers compete in order to meet the club criteria – called Waiariki Rowing club (no connection with the Polytech) .The crew now progress to the next round - against the Australian men’s U23 Quad, win this & they’re in the final.

“Whilst they have trained in NZ in Fillipi boats, they are using an Empacher “ said Francis senior ”It has taken a quite a few rows to set the boat up the way they like it, “ he added “but they have got there and he said it is starting to give them the speed that they are looking for”

After Henley they travel to Trakei in Lithuania, to be joined by the rest of the NZ team,for the 2012 World Under 23 Rowing Championships. Heats, start on the 11^th July. Jeff is the first male rower from the Rotorua Rowing Club, to compete in a World Rowing Under 23 event.  The next step is the Elite NZ Rowing Team and the next Olympics in Rio, 2016.

Go the U23 Men’s Quad!!!!!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GAiv8GHJYE

PHOTO; NZ Men’s U23 Quad; Jeff Francis (in red) ‘pushes off‘  for a dawn training session.

Row that boat

Former John Paul College student, Jeff Francis, is training towards the Under 23 World Rowing Championships, in Lithuania in July, and he is happy training is “going really well”.

His schedule is rigorous, but he looked terrific when I called by Lake Karapiro Rowing NZ Elite Training Centre on Friday.

Rowing is all there is at the moment. Jeff is either about to go ‘on- water ‘or about to go ‘off- water’.He trains on Lake Karapiro twice a day, at least 3 times a week, in his Men’s Quad, alternating with time trials. Then he adds in, weights programmes, off- water.

Rowing NZ monitors the crew’s speed over varying distances, week by week, and prepares ‘prognostics’. These time trials tell the Rowing New Zealand coaches whether the crews are performing, according to their progress plans and nearing their projected world class race times.

The crews are on a programme which intensifies as time goes by. Once the boat and its crew are performing as a perfect rowing machine, the four scullers will be doing more speed work, all the while, making sure they stay in perfect health.

CONGRATULATIONS JEFF FRANCIS

Congratulations Jeff on being selected for the NZ 2012 Under 23 Team to go to Lithuania in July.

Photo; Julia Edward (left) and Alyce Pulman on the podium. Photo supplied by Rowing NZ

Bronze for Julia at the U23 World Rowing

Rotorua’s Julia Edward and crew mate Alyce Pulford ploughed through the competition to gain a bronze medal in the final of the Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls  at the Under 23 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Sunday .

A low start hampered Julia Edward and Alyce Pulford in a race against all the top rowing nations and up and coming Olympic class lightweight boats. The Kiwi girls were in the pack but only fourth at the first marker. They remained there at the half way point, rowing through the fading Germans to get themselves into the medals in the third quarter and in the last five hundred metres secured their bronze medal by pulling away from the Dutch.  There was nothing they could do about the leaders, however, with the eventual winners Greece and the runners up Spain, a few seconds ahead of them.

The women's eight took a silver medal, adding to Saturday's silver medal that lightweight pair of Curtis Rapley and Armin Svboda won.

Two silvers and a bronze were a solid result for the NZ team in another very busy and competitive regatta.

 

PHOTO; 21.5.11 WOMEN’S U23 QUAD TRAINING AT THE 2^ND WINTER SERIES AT KARAPIRO,PRIOR TO THE WORLD U23 CHAMPIONSHIPS .

Laura Fischer misses Bronze by less than a second

With a  0:83 of a second distance behind Australia, at the finish line, the New Zealand Women’s Quad’s bold effort did not, unfortunately, gain them a medal.

Finishing 4^th in a time of 6:31.71 in a world event is a success in itself albeit disappointing for the crew of Kate Reymer, Olivia Loe, Lucy Spoors 

and Rotorua’s Laura Fischer.

Rowing New Zealand expects a 1^st to 6^th place in a world event and Laura certainly accomplished that. With Germany taking Gold and Italy the Silver, Laura was in fine company.

 

 

2011 UNDER 23 TEAM chosen –

to attend the Under 23 World Rowing Championships, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Under 23 Women’s Quad Scull                                                                                                                                                                                                         Lucy Spoors (Southern RPC Canterbury RC)
Laura Fischer (Waikato RPC, Rotorua RC)
Kate Reymer (Waikato RPC, Cambridge RC)
Olivia Loe (Southern RPC, Avon RC)
James Coote (Coach)

Under 23 Women’s Lightweight Double Scull                                                                                                                                                                                       Julia Edward (Waikato RPC, Rotorua RC)
Alyce Pulford (Waikato  RPC, Hauraki Plains RC)
Dave Hill (Coach)