New Zealand first up to name Olympic rowing team

After a week of intensive trials, New Zealand rowing selectors have named the 2012 Olympic team to compete in London at the end of July. There were few surprises in the list that retained the majority of the athletes that raced and qualified 11 boats for the Olympics last year at the World Rowing Championships in Bled.

Both single scullers, Mahe Drysdale and Emma Twigg, retained their spots while the status quo also remained in the men’s pair (Hamish Bond and Eric Murray) and women’s pair (Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown) and men’s double sculls (Joseph Sullivan and Nathan Cohen) and women’s double sculls (Fiona Paterson and Anna Reymer). The women’s quadruple sculls stays the same with Eve Macfarlane, Fiona Bourke, Louise Trappitt and Sarah Gray remaining in the boat. This crew finished third at last year’s World Rowing Championships.

Full list of crews and coaches for London 2012

Men’s Single Scull
Mahé Drysdale
Coach – Richard Tonks
Women’s Single Sculls
Emma Twigg
Coach – Richard Tonks
Men’s Pair
Eric Murray and Hamish Bond
Coach – Richard Tonks
Women’s Quadruple Sculls
Eve Macfarlane, Fiona Bourke, Louise Trappitt and Sarah Gray
Coach – Richard Tonks
Women’s Pair
Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown
Coach – John Robinson
Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls
Julia Edward and Louise Ayling
Coach – John Robinson
Men’s Double Sculls
Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan
Coach – Calvin Ferguson
Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls
Peter Taylor and Storm Uru
Coach – Calvin Ferguson
Women’s Double Sculls
Fiona Paterson and Anna Reymer
Coach – Gary Hay
Men’s Quadruple Sculls
Robbie Manson, Matthew Trott, Michael Arms and John Storey
Coach – Mike Rodger
Men’s Four
Sean O’Neill, Chris Harris, Jade Uru and Tyson Williams
Coach – Dave Thompson


The rest of the story here: worldrowing.com