University of Bath graduate Adam Freeman-Pask represents Great Britain at the first rowing World Cup of the year, which gets underway in Banyoles, Spain tomorrow (Friday). Freeman-Pask trained under Paul Stannard while studying at the University, from which he graduated with a degree in Natural Sciences in 2006. The 23-year-old will race in the lightweight single scull in Banyoles. The GB Rowing Squad is supported by the National Lottery Sports Fund as part of UK...
University of Bath graduate Adam Freeman-Pask won the lightweight men's single scull title at the third GB Winter Assessment Trials, held in Boston, Lincolnshire, on Saturday (14th February). Freeman-Pask, who graduated from the University with a degree in Natural Sciences in 2006 and is now rowing for Imperial College in London, finished just under two seconds ahead of reigning world lightweight men's four champion Paul Mattick. Meanwhile Vicky Thornley and Gemma Akers, both racing for...
University of Bath rowers raised hundreds of pounds for charity and set an unofficial record in Saturday’s marathon fund-raising effort. Ten rowers completed a 100km relay row in just four hours 59 minutes and 14 seconds. It is believed their effort is a British Universities ‘small mixed team’ record – confirmation of this is expected soon. A further group of 24 rowers covered the same distance in a little over six hours. Their efforts have...
Several potential rowing Olympians have emerged from more than 200 people tested this weekend at the University of Bath by the Amateur Rowing Association's (ARA's) World Class Start Scheme, sponsored by Siemens, according to the manager of the sport's talent development programme, Peter Shakespear.The scheme aims to test tall people aged 16–25 who may have the qualities needed to succeed in the sport. Bath's participants – just like the 500 tested already in Nottingham and...
University of Bath graduate Heather Stanning was one half of the crew that won Britain’s only gold medal at rowing’s World Under-23 Championships at the weekend. Heather (pictured), who has recently graduated from the University with a degree in Sports Technology, struck gold in the women’s pair partnering Liv Whitlam. The pair won yesterday’s (Sunday) final by three lengths to take gold ahead of the Romanian crew at the championships at Strathclyde Park in 7:15.90....
University of Bath rower Heather Stanning has been selected to represent Great Britain at the World Cup event in Amsterdam later this month. The 22-year-old University of Bath Sports Technology student is among the under-23 squad rowers included in the GB squad for the World Cup. The under-23s are under consideration for inclusion in the GB team for next month’s World Under-23 Championships in Scotland and have been included in the World Cup squad to...
Following their performances at the Senior Trials in Belgium in April and after further testing at the GB Rowing facility at Caversham, University of Bath rowers Dave Lyons and Heather Stanning were selected to race at Essen Regatta in Germany with the rest of GB’s potential Under 23 Squad. Heather raced with her pairs partner from the World Class Start and Potential Centre at Agecroft Rowing Club in Manchester, Olivia Whitlam. Heather and Olivia have...
Rower David Lyons has been named University of Bath Sports Personality of the Year for 2007. The 22-year-old Coach Education and Sports Development student topped a poll of his fellow students from a shortlist of four candidates. Lyons said he was delighted to feature on the shortlist, alongside athletes such as track sprinter Craig Pickering, silver medallist at this year’s European Indoor Athletics Championships. “I was impressed to be on the shortlist,” he said. “It...
Dave Lyons and Heather Stanning both showed strong performances in their recent erg tests and both finished at the top end of the men’s and women’s Under 23 Squads. Dave’s time of 5:56.3 is a one second PB and shows his talent after a couple of weeks reduced training following an injury.Heather had a blip in her last 2k test with a 7:03 following her sub-7 minutes in November but showed that her training is...
Illness robbed University of Bath student Dave Lyons of his opportunity to make his senior rowing debut in Great Britain colours. The Coach Education and Sports Development student was due to compete in one of two GB fours at last weekend’s FISA Team Cup in Seville, Spain, but a member of his crew was ill, so the boat couldn’t race. Lyons was selected to row in a GB eight in Germany in October last year,...
