Final Australian crew makes grade for Poland

Wednesday 22 July 2009

An Australian adaptive legs, trunk and arms coxed four is the final crew to be selected for the 2009 World Rowing Championships.

Peter Siri (QLD), Henry Macphillamy (NSW), Carol Cooke (VIC), Alexandra Green (NSW) and Lisa Brown (VIC) (cox) were nominated to the Rowing Australia board late last week before being ratified as the 10th Australian crew to contest the World Championships in Poland this year.

Siri, Cooke and Brown were all part of the crew in 2008, while Macphillamy and Green will debut for Australia in their first year as part of the adaptive rowing set up.

The crew is currently taking part in an adaptive training camp at the Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith which will conclude on Sunday. They will then return to their home states for a week, before returning to Penrith to join the rest of the World Championships team in a pre-departure camp.

National High Performance Director, Andrew Matheson, says the crew has earned their World Championship selection.

“Earlier in the season this crew was not quite up to speed with the times they needed to be competitive in Europe,” Matheson said. “But they went away and worked hard at a number of areas and proved they have the desire and speed to race in Poland.

“Our adaptive rowing program is growing stronger each year and it is important that these rowers get the exposure at international level if we are going to continue to make progress.”

The Australian team departs for Europe on Sunday 9 August where they will initially head to the AIS Training Facility in Varese, Italy for an eight day camp.

They will then travel to Poznan, Poland to compete in the World Championships (23 – 30 August).

For more information please call David Polglase on 0401 453 041

Stakeholders

Partners

Supporters

Rowing NSW relies heavily on
the support of a number of
Sponsors, Merchandisers
and Service Providers more...