European Champs
Olympic fever is growing as GB retain their position as top rowing nation in Europe after bringing home 10 medals at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in Szeged, Hungary. Leander rowers featured heavily in the success. For full reports from British Rowing, please click on reports for Saturday and Sunday.
Women’s four (W4-)
Gold: Helen Glover (Minerva Bath RC), Esme Booth, Sam Redgrave, Rebecca Shorten (IC)
Men’s eight (M8+)
Gold: Sholto Carnegie, Rory Gibbs (Oxford Brookes), Morgan Bolding (Oxford Brookes), Jacob Dawson, Charlie Elwes, Tom Digby, James Rudkin (Newcastle Uni), Tom Ford and cox Harry Brightmore
Women’s quad (W4x)
Gold: Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson and Georgie Brayshaw
Men’s quadruple sculls (M4x)
Fourth: Callum Dixon (Twickenham), Tom Barras, Matt Haywood (Notts and Burton) and Graeme Thomas (Agecroft)
Men’s pair (M2-)
Gold: Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George
PR3 Mixed coxed four (PR3 Mix4+)
Gold: Leander’s Erin Kennedy coxed Frankie Allen, Josh O’Brien, Giedre Rakauskaite, Ed Fuller to win with a 13-second lead on France.
Women’s eight (W8+)
Silver: Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Holly Dunford, Eve Stewart, Lauren Irwin, Emily Ford, Hattie Taylor, Annie Campbell-Orde, and cox Henry Fieldman
Men’s single (M1x)
Sixth: George Bourne
Women’s pair (W2-)
Fifth: Rebecca Edwards and Chloe Brew
Women’s double (W2x)
Seventh: Becky Wilde with Reading University’s Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne
Men’s double (M2x)
Ninth: Seb Devereux and John Collins
