Eleven New South Wales’ rowers have been named on the Australian Junior Rowing Team has this morning at the 2011 Rowing Australia National Selection Trials in Penrith.

Following three days of trialling New South Wales athletes were part of all five crews that will compete at the 2011 World Junior Rowing Championships in Eton, England. The regatta, which runs from August 3-6, will also serve as the official test event for the rowing venue that is to be used at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Louis Snelson (NSW) was selected for his third consecutive Australian junior team, while Nick Wheatley (NSW), Aaron Wright (NSW), Natasha Gay (WA), Eleanor Wilson (QLD) and Chloe Hill (QLD) will make their second appearance on the Australian team.

The team will meet for two training camps at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra ahead of the world championships, whilst also continuing their own training programs in the interim.

2011 Australian Junior Rowing Team

Men’s Quad Scull

Sam Heron                    (Sandy Bay, Tasmania)                          Hutchins School

Jay Ditmarsch               (Seaforth, New South Wales)                 Mosman Rowing Club

Daniel Whitehead          (Orange, New South Wales)                   Kinross Walaroi

Riley Elvery                   (Gulmarrad, New South Wales)               Sydney Rowing Club

Men’s Coxless Four

Nicholas Wheatley         (Roseville, New South Wales)                 Sydney University Boat Club

Nathan Bowden             (Salisbury East, South Australia)             Adelaide Rowing Club

Jason Izydorczyk           (Hampton, Victoria)                               Xavier College Boat Club

Jake Grave                    (Mosman, New South Wales)                 Mosman Rowing Club

Men’s Coxed Four

Alexander Hill                (Loxton, South Australia)                       Adelaide Rowing Club

Phillip Adams                (Randwick, New South Wales)                Sydney Rowing Club

Aaron Wright                 (Clovelly, New South Wales)                  Mosman Rowing Club

Louis Snelson               (Roseville, New South Wales)                 Sydney Rowing Club

Stuart Sim – cox           (Hawthorn, Victoria)                               Scotch College

 Tom Laurich (COACH)    (Freshwater, New South Wales)              Mosman Rowing Club

Women’s Quad Scull

Leah Saunders              (Woodford Island, New South Wales)     Lower Clarence Rowing Club     

Sarah Zillmann              (Westlake, Queensland)                         Brisbane GPS Rowing Club

Chloe Hill                      (Chapel Hill, Queensland)                       Brisbane GPS Rowing Club

Jessie Allen                  (Woollahra, New South Wales)               UTS Rowing Club

Women’s Coxless Four

Natasha Gay                 (Churchlands, Western Australia)            Swan River Rowing Club

Eleanor Wilson              (Indooroopilly, Queensland)                   Brisbane GPS Rowing Club

Georgia Gotch              (Mosman, New South Wales)                 Mosman Rowing Club/Queenwood School

Lilly Tinapple                 (Nedlands, Western Australia)                Swan River Rowing Club