Rotorua Rowing Club: World Rowing Championships

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Monday, September 2, 2013

A Final at the 2013 World Rowing Championships

Lucy Strack and Julia Edward put in a fantastic showing in the women’s lightweight double scull finishing up in fifth. They had a hard race with a head wind.This place positions Julia in the top 50% of the New Zealand Elite Crews.

New Zealand entered 14 crews, finishing with 7 entries in A Finals.The New Zealand rowing crews bagged a total of five medals – one gold, three silver and one bronze. The men’s pair won gold, women’s double scull, men’s lightweight four and the women’s single scull took silver while the women’s pair picked up bronze.

The Italian crew which won the event, have only been together for a year, but 30 year old Sancassani and 28 year old Milani have both been rowing for two decades. Until 2012 Sancassani was rowing at heavyweight grade. Milani was 3^rd in the Lightweight single at the 2010 World Rowing Champs at Karapiro. The Italian crew won Gold at the 2013 WRC III in Lucerne, also winning Gold ahead of the Silver Olympic medal winners from Greece at last year’s 2012 European Championships and Gold at the same event this year.

Germany's Lena Mueller and Anja Noske have been at the forefront of the field this year, with a Silver from the 2013 European Rowing Champs in Seville and a gold from the Eton Dorney World Cup (2013 WRC II).

Great Britain's Kathryn Twyman and Imogen Walsh also presented serious competition, having won Bronze in Sydney (2013 RWC I) and silver at Eton Dorney (2013 WRC II).The Brit crew was the only crew which had not changed from their 2012 London Olympic entry.

This year Julia won Gold in Sydney at the WRC I in Sydney and Bronze at the WRC III (did not attend WRC II.)Last year Julia won a Gold at WRC III in Munich and a silver at WRC II in Lucerne.( did not attend WRC I).

Last year Julia Edward and Louise Ayling competed in the Olympics, finishing 9^th.

World Rowing Championships; Chungju, Korea - LW2x

31.8.13 Final A

1 ITA 7:17.31 Laura MILANI, Elisabetta SANCASSANI

2 USA 7:20.73 Kristin HEDSTROM, Kathleen BERTKO

3 GER 7:22.24 Lena MUELLER, Anja NOSKE

4 GBR 7:24.64 Kathryn TWYMAN, Imogen WALSH

5 NZL 7:27.33 Julia EDWARD, Lucy STRACK

6 NED 7:34.36 Elisabeth WOERNER, Maaike HEAD

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Julia Edward through to A Final at 2013 World Rowing Champs in Korea

The women's lightweight double sculls crew of Rotorua Rowing Club’s Julia Edward and her crewmate Lucy Strack have made it into the A final of the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Korea.

Finishing third in their semifinal, they followed second-place United States and winner Italy to qualify for Saturday's final (NZ time 18:15)

The girls are relaxing and enjoying the success of making the final, but Friday their minds will be back to racing.

Each race has been better than the last” said Edward.

Italy has proven to be very dominant this season and the rest of the field will all be very tight.

“We are racing the best of the best and can’t wait “ said Edward. “We know the final is going to be a very close race between the six of us.”

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

PHOTO SUPPLIED by ROWING NZ team

Our girl’s training in an ice jacket in South Korea…

The team physiologist and nutritionist for Rowing NZ have Rotorua Rowing Club’s Julia Edward (right) and Lucy Strack wearing ice jackets and drinking ‘slushies‘ prior to training sessions in South Korea, to keep their body temperatures cool .

“The weather is so humid and so hot that at each turn around on the course we are dunking our hats and feet in the water quickly before we get going again” added Edward. The girls will train for 2 weeks before they compete in the Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls event at the 2013 World rowing Championships.

“There isn't much going on where we are, our hotel is in the hills in the middle of nowhere” said Edward. ” It’s a really nice place to stay and everybody is very welcoming.”

Their heat is NZ time 3.13pm, 25^th August. “If you want to keep in touch follow Lucy and I on our facebook page ‘NZLW2X’."

Sunday, August 11, 2013

PHOTO; (left to right); Julia Edward, Lucy Strack

The Women’s Lightweight Double Scull is perfectly balanced

Rotorua Rowing Club’s Julia Edward and her partner Lucy Strack have their boat balancing perfectly. The Rowing New Zealand rowers are on their way to Chungju, South Korea to compete in the Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls at the 2013 World Rowing Championships , 25th -1st Sep 2013. Edward and Strack have their heat at 3:13pm (NZ time) on the first day.

This photo was taken by Margaret Webster, Marketing and Communications Manager, Rowing New Zealand on her phone at the pontoons at the Lake Karapiro Rowing High Performance Centre a couple of days before the Team left for South Korea (the 11^th August).

Saturday, November 6, 2010

PHOTO ANN WOOLLIAMS

WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS NEW ZEALAND 2010

FINALS 6^th in the World at 19 years old! Julia and Lucy Strack made a valiant effort to get on the podium at the final of the Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls. They were a tight 3^rd at 1750m but lost their position as the European crews mowed through, for the line. When the spray cleared Julia and Lucy were 6^th. With their winning a Silver at the U23 World Championships in July and their ferocious challenge at these 2010 NZ World Championships, there is one thing for sure…Rowing NZ are going to have these young rowers firmly in their sights for future international events. Fantastic job Julia. I feel I can speak for all supporters of Rotorua Rowing when I say the 2010 NZ World Championships were certainly exhilarating and exciting because of your racing. All the very best wishes for the future Julia and Lucy!

http://www.rowingnz.com/Article.aspx?id=4665&Mode=1

The heroics of women's lightweight double Lucy Strack and Julia Edward in sensationally making the A final were a little tempered by the fact that they too had the inferior lane 6. They stayed more or less on the pace for the whole race, but couldn't quite hang on to the leaders. Sixth was the result, and like the four, these young stars were satisfied to have made their mark in an Olympic class boat.

Result World Rowing Championships 2010, Karapiro - Race 120: LW2x Final A

Rank Boat 500 m 1000 m 1500 m Finish Lane

1 CAN 2:01.53 (2) 4:09.91 (2) 6:13.08 (1) 8:06.20 4

2 GER 2:01.09 (1) 4:09.61 (1) 6:13.45 (2) 8:07.33 1

3 GRE 2:03.02 (4) 4:11.79 (3) 6:14.08 (3) 8:09.14 5

4 AUS 2:03.79 (6) 4:13.30 (4) 6:17.31 (5) 8:11.17 2

5 GBR 2:03.16 (5) 4:13.85 (6) 6:17.03 (4) 8:13.90 3

6 NZL 2:02.98 (3) 4:13.40 (5) 6:18.00 (6) 8:15.69 6

And best wishes to Laura Fischer who, due to injury, was unable to compete. Talking to Glen at the Champs yesterday - his short and confident comment “She’ll be back” said it all!

BACKGROUND TO THE LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULLS

http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324979

http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324987

Semifinal One: The reigning World Champions, Christina Giazitzidou and Alexandra Tsiavou of Greece may have spent most of this season rowing apart, but it did not impact their performance today. Jumping out at the start, Giazitzidou and Tsiavou got half a boat length over the field within the first 30 strokes. Following closely behind was Hester Goodsell and Sophie Hosking of Great Britain. The Brits have gathered a number of medals this season and are proving to be consistent performers. The United States followed in third. Coming through the third 500, Hosking and Goodsell had come alongside the Greeks and the two crews matched each other stroke for stroke. Then as the finishing grandstand came into view the New Zealanders came alive. Lucy Strack and Julia Edward took their stroke rate into the high 30s and charged for the finish line. The crowd loved it. Great Britain and Greece held themselves together. The United States didn’t. Great Britain, Greece and New Zealand are in the final.

Christina Giazitzidou and Alexandra Tsiavou are the reigning World Champions in the Lightweight women’s double. They started the 2010 season by winning bronze at the Rowing World Cup in Bled and were beaten in Lucerne by the Australians whom they will find back in the final at Lake Karapiro in New Zealand. They are two times European Champions together since they paired up in 2009. For Tsiavou, 2010 was her fourth European title in a row, the two first ones being with her former partner Chrysi Biskitzi who since retired. Giazitzidou and Tsiavou have an impressive number of medals at World Rowing events between them; and added up they amount to more than 20 medals of which 15 gold.

Semifinal Two: Germany and Australia have both medalled internationally this season and Canada had the fastest qualifying time from the heats. Lindsay Jennerich and Tracy Cameron of Canada took the starting edge with Australia (Hannah Every-Hall and Alice McNamara) just a nose ahead of Germany (Daniela Reimer and Anja Noske). And this is how the order remained – from start to finish. These were the three crews that expected to perform and these are the three crews through to the final.

http://www.row2k.com/news/news.cfm?ID=57841 The lightweight women's double of Tracy Cameron of Shubenacadie, NS, and Lindsay Jennerich of Victoria, BC, won the heat in 6:54.14 (2000m), advancing to the semi-final. Greece was second in 6:56.55. "Today Lindsay and I went out on a fact-finding mission," said Cameron, who rowed to the bronze medal in this event at the 2008 Olympic Games (with Melanie Kok). "We knew it was going to be challenging (due to wind), but it was really nice up at the start. So as long as you got out there and did well in the first 1000, I think it set you up nicely for when the bad water hit. That's exactly what our plan was.... The last 500 was especially rough, but we knew it was going to be the same for everyone, so we just got through it and didn't panic. We are thrilled to have this race under our belts."

http://www.ausport.gov.au/news/ais_news/australia_wins_gold_in_womens_lightweight_double_scull_at_rowing_world_cup_3 Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) athletes Hannah Every-Hall and Alice McNamara won gold in the women’s lightweight double scull final, after a magnificent performance on 11 July at Rowing World Cup 3 in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Canada, NZ, Papua New Guinea, Australia -all at training this morning at Lake Rotorua .

You could be mistaken in thinking Rotorua Rowing Club was hosting the World Championships this morning. We had Nic Kerkham and John Jackson –the Papua New Guinean Lightweight pair manning a ‘teenie’ (that’s coach boat for you kiwis ). There was Will Liley from Mosman, Australia doing an Erg to keep in his training for the ‘Head of the Yarra’ on the 26^th of this month. There were 2 Canadian Dads going for a row in a double who are here in New Zealand to watch one of their daughter’s Emma Darling row bow seat in the Canadian Women’s Eight in the 2010 NZ World Rowing Champs. She sounds like a really sweetie….Here’s what she said after her 2010 Lucerne world cup Silver ;

Emma Darling (CAN) – Silver
“I’m happy about the race. We had a very quick start. At the end we had to stick together to keep through. Winning Henley gave us power. We trained on speed before the racing and we will go on with that to make it perfect. It’s my first time in Lucerne. It’s also a good place for my family who came with me.”

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

PHOTO ANN WOOLLIAMS

WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS NEW ZEALAND 2010

SEMIS Kiwi Battlers take a place in the A Final After finishing third in their heat, Julia Edward and Lucy Strack battled their way through Tuesday's repechage round to advance to the semifinals.

They needed a top 3 place to go to the A final and , with 500m to go, were in fourth place, a length and a half off the Americans in third. They chose the last 35m to power on and take the Americans out of the race finishing 3^rd behind Greece in 2^nd and Great Britain in 1^st.

This was the more competitive semi final. The 2^nd Semi was raced at a slower pace and the top 3 were comfortable most of the way. This will hold surprises possibly for the ‘kiwi battlers’ but they have proved they are up to it. Edward told the NZ Herald they have their sights set on the podium….

"That's definitely the goal; we've got to now sit down with our coach and re-evaluate everything and discuss our tactics and race plan."

Edward said the step up from under-23 to senior level has been a huge eye-opener, but with the pair eyeing a selection for the London Olympics, they are exactly where they want to be.

"The competition is so much more extreme and aggressive."

PHOTO ANN WOOLLIAMS

WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS NEW ZEALAND 2010

REPECHAGE Julia Edward and Lucy Strack force their way to 1^st in the repechage and stoke their confidence ready for the semis .

Their time of 7.00.86 is five seconds faster than their previous PB. Julia told the Daily Post…

"We had an awesome race, we had a good start and a really strong race. Whenever we made a move, it seemed to work well. We are definitely happy with what we did today .While the top crews are focusing on the semifinal, we were happy going to the repechage. To get another race is beneficial for us. We will be doing the best we can and more [come the semifinal]. Anytime we get on the water, we try to do better."
Belgium followed in 2^nd place and Italy 3^rd.

PHOTO Thanks to Rowing NZ

WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS NEW ZEALAND 2010

HEATS Julia Edward and Lucy Strack finish 3^rd in heat 3 and proceed to repecharge. The winds whipped up and only the heats for the Lightweight Mens Coxless Pair and the Lightweight Womens Double Sculls were raced before FISA closed the gate and the heats were postponed til the next day.

HEAT 3; 1^ST-GREAT BRITAIN; 7:02:12, 2^ND-AUSTRIA 7:02:24, 3^RD NEW ZEALAND JULIA EDWARD AND LUCY STRACK; 7:06:8

PHOTO ANN WOOLLIAMS

WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS NEW ZEALAND 2010

Ramon di Clemente and new rowing partner Peter Lambert are ready for the worlds. They compete in the Men’s coxless pairs.

Good luck men against current World Champions –New Zealanders Eric Murray and Hamish Bond!!! Ramon competed in the 2008 World Cup against Eric Murray and Hamish Bond with then partner Shaun Keeling and achieved Bronze.

We enjoyed hosting you and wish you the best of luck!

PHOTO ANN WOOLLIAMS

WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS NEW ZEALAND 2010

The South African Squad trained at Lake Rotorua as guests of the Rotorua Rowing Club before heading to Karapiro for the Worlds.

Tony Paladin, James Thompson , John Smith and Lawrence Ndlovu arrive back at the pontoon beside RRC’s Boathouse after a training row.

John Smith (aka ‘Bean’) was asked the squad’s strategy for the worlds…

“ Plan A-Win from the front, Plan B….just win!” he said.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

PHOTO; Julia Edward (left) and Lucy Strack take off for a run.

Rotorua's 1^st Elite rower gets ready…

Hey, We are now in the countdown for our heat on October 31st therefore nutrition, training and resting are all very important at this stage in the preparation towards racing. I live in a flat with 3 other rowers competing at the world champs so we are eating very healthy meals to keep us going in trainings. Being a lightweight I have to be 57kgs, luckily I sit naturally around that weight so I can store up with good food. We are into the tapering phase of training now so this means shorter rows between 8-12km with fast pieces. The boat is going well, we are gaining confidence from the good feeling of the boat and we're starting to freshen up. More athletes are starting to arrive at Karapiro so the atmosphere is building up. I'm feeling good about racing, more excited than nervous but I think that everything will start getting more tense and realistic when we move into camp. We move into a Cambridge motel on October 25th for two weeks. I'm looking forward to moving into camp because it will bring the team together and will make it feel more like a world champs environment. It has been very motivating training with the top rowers of New Zealand who are expecting medals. It has made me very focused on my goals and made the build up to World Champs very professional. I feel so privileged to be a part of the World Champs held here at home in New Zealand.

Thanks -Julia Edward

Friday, October 15, 2010

PHOTO; 2008 WORLD CUP KIWI WINNERS NATHAN TWADDLE AND GEORGE BRIDGEWATER BESIDE SILVER MEDALISTS SHAUN KEELING AND RAMON DI CLEMENTE OFSOUTH AFRICA.

Our club will be hosting the South African World Championship Rowing team ….

…as part of their training programme prior to the World Champs. It is a great opportunity for our rowers to be able to interact with an international team as part of the build up to the champs. A few points of interest:

- The squad is 6 at this stage plus Coach, Asst Coach and Physio

- Their equipment is a Filippi coxless four and Filippi pair

- They will probably row the Mens Pair and Mens Lightweight Pair and possibly Mens Lightweight Four.

-The pair, a new combination of one very experience rower (Bronze in 2004 Athens, 5^th Beijing) and now working with young rower towards 2012

- They are yet to confirm the times for their on-water training

- Their off-water training will be some ERG sessions at our clubrooms and were also some weight training at a Gym (currently sorting out)

- The plan at this stage is that the boats will be stored.

- They will also have exclusive use of two coach boats

- Hopefully we will get a chance to be on the water at the same time and we will certainly be interacting off the water.

Kevin Cooney, Club Captain

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Ramon Di Clemente -

Nationality: South Africa (RSA)DOB 02.05.1975 AGE 35

Boat Class: M2-

Key Results: Olympic Games: 1 bronze,World Rowing Championships: 2 silver, 2 bronze, Rowing World Cups: 1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze

3-time Olympian Ramon Di Clemente won the first Olympic rowing medal for his country with a bronze in the men’s pair in 2004 at Athens. Since he debuted on the international scene at age 18, he has won 12 South African titles, four World Championship medals, and holds four prestigious Henley Regatta victories. In 2008, a back injury for his former partner Donovan Cech meant starting with a new internationally inexperienced partner Shaun Keeling(23). After a successful experience at the Beijing Olympics, the 35-year-old Johannesburg native continues to thrive on his passion to excel in the boat and manage urban renewal projects in his city’s Central Business District (CBD).

Shaun Keeling

Nationality; South African (RSA) DOB 21.01.1987 AGE 23

Boat Class M2-

Key Results;

2009 Lucerne Rotsee, Switzerland

M2- 6th 06:46.46

2009 Banyoles Estany, Spain

M2- 2nd 06:33.85

2008 Olympic Games - Beijing Shunyi, People's Republic Of China

M2- 5th 06:47.83

2008 - Poznan Malta, Poland

M2- 3rd 06:48.12