Kim Brennan AM, Tim McLaren OAM to join sporting legends in Hall of Fame
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by Rowing Australia
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Kim Brennan AM Two greats of Australian rowing have been announced as inductees of the prestigious Sport Australia Hall of Fame (SAHOF), with Kim Brennan AM and Tim McLaren OAM to join the ranks of legends and household names on the honour board. Brennan and McLaren were among seven inductees announced by SAHOF, with Socceroos icon Tim Cahill AO, three-time Paralympic Gold Medallist Kurt Fearnley AO, Olympic aerial skiing champion Lydia Lassila OAM, Hockeyroos star and indigenous trailblazer Nova Paris OAM and rugby league superstar Johnathan Thurston AM rounding out the list.. The inductees ..read more
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Rowing Australia’s Energising New Partnership: Rowing to Success with Inglewood Coffee
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by Rowing Australia
6M ago
Australia’s best rowers will now be energised by Australia’s premier coffee after the announcement of a new partnership between Rowing Australia and Inglewood Coffee Roasters. This exciting collaboration will see Inglewood become the exclusive coffee provider of the Australian Rowing Team, as well as an Official Partner of Rowing Australia. Head Roaster and Inglewood founder, Cory Slater said he and co-founder and director Julien Moussi were thrilled to be part of the Rowing Australia crew and looked forward to supporting the team as it powered towards the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games a ..read more
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Rowers ready for the world stage in Italy
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by Rowing Australia
6M ago
Ready to row: (backrow from left) Michael Russell, Marcus Della Marta, Phoebe Robinson, Lucy Hope, (front from left) Lillyan Cristaudo, Elliot Shackcloth-Bertinetti, Macintyre Russell and Jack O’Toole are about to take to the water at the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals. (Missing: Laryssa Biesenthal). Australian rowers are ready to test themselves on the global stage as they join a record number of competitors at the 2023 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals at Barletta in Italy. There will be six athletes in the green and gold when racing starts from September 29-October 1; Lucy Hope (Coastal ..read more
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Rowing gets another boost in second stream of Olympic and Paralympic preparation funding
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by Rowing Australia
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Rowing Australia has been announced as one of 26 sports to receive a boost in the second stream of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Preparation Fund. It’s part of a $20 million commitment from the Australian Government announced in July to significantly enhance medal potential and improve the performance of Australian athletes in Paris. The majority of the funding will support sports to deliver critical pre-Paris training camps and ensure essential performance support staff are on hand to assist the athletes directly. Several projects will also help sports make critical gains in their Ol ..read more
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Bronzed Aussies: Eights, Rigney finish with a flurry to close out World Championships
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by Rowing Australia
7M ago
Onwards and upwards: The Women’s Eight jump for joy after a securing a Bronze Medal and a quota spot for the boat at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo: Vera Bucsu/Rowing Australia By Rupert Guinness with the Australian Rowing Team in Belgrade Australia firmed its status as a force in the blue riband Eights for Men and Women on Sunday with both boats winning Bronze Medals in the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade. Australia signed off the World Championships with triple-Bronze. Along with the two Eights, Tara Rigney took Bronze in the Women’s Single Scull, backing up her breakthrough pe ..read more
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Silver lining for Morrison, McIntyre as Pair cast their eyes toward Paris
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by Rowing Australia
7M ago
Jess Morrison OAM and Annabelle McIntyre OAM show off their World Rowing Championships Silver Medals. Photo: Vera Bucsu/Rowing Australia By Rupert Guinness with the Australian Rowing Team in Belgrade The passion and drive of Annabelle McIntyre OAM and Jessica Morrison OAM for their Olympic Games campaign in the Women’s Pair will ramp up after they won Silver at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on Saturday. Their medal Australia’s second of the World Championships and the high point of a frustrating day for the Australian Rowing Team. The Championships end on Sunday when Au ..read more
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Altschwager, Ayers on top of the world after Gold Medal row
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by Rowing Australia
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Nikki Ayers and Jed Altschwager celebrate their World Championship crown. Photo: Vera Bucsu/Rowing Australia By Rupert Guinness with the Australian Rowing Team in Belgrade Nikki Ayers and Jed Altschwager reaffirmed their status as the crew to beat in the PR3 Mixed Double when they won Australia’s first Gold Medal in a challenging headwind at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade on Friday. The Australian duo’s win not only qualified the boat for the Paralympic Games in Paris next year. It also placed them in high reckoning to be Gold Medal favourites on the biggest stage of all. These W ..read more
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New-look Double lead the way for Aussies in Belgrade
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by Rowing Australia
7M ago
Amanda Bateman and Laura Gourley are becoming a formidable combination in the Double Scull. Photo: Vera Bucsu/Rowing Australia By Rupert Guinness with the Australian Rowing Team in Belgrade Amanda Bateman and Laura Gourley are a brand-new crew at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. But as the Australian Women’s Double Scull, they turned plenty of heads on Wednesday with their commanding win to progress to the A-B Semi-Finals and move one race closer to qualifying the boat for Australia at the Olympic Games in Paris next year. The win on day four of the titles, where Australia ..read more
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Eights make World Champs statement as first boat qualifies for Paris
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by Rowing Australia
7M ago
The PR3 Coxed Four was the first Australian boat to qualify for Paris. By Rupert Guinness with the Australian Rowing Team in Belgrade The Australian Men’s Eight confirmed that it will be major force to be reckoned with at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, by winning its Heat to make the Final on day three of racing on Tuesday. The Eight’s performance capped off a terrific day on the Ada Ciganlija Regatta Course for an Australian Rowing Team that is also trying to qualify boats for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. The Men’s Eight that won the final of World Cu ..read more
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PR3 Mixed Double, Women’s Pair in dominant form in early rounds of World Rowing Championships
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by Rowing Australia
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Jed Altschwager and Nikki Ayers in action on Monday in Belgrade. Photo: Vera Buscu/Rowing Australia By Rupert Guinness with the Australian Rowing Team in Belgrade Nikki Ayers and Jed Altschwager know the high expectations they carry at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade. As World Best (WB) Time holders in the PR3 Mixed Double that is no surprise, especially after their eye- catching win in the Heats of the PR3 Mixed Double on Monday. Into a headwind, there was no likelihood of the Chad King coached crew bettering their WB of 7:12.70s at World Cup II on Lake Varese, Italy, in June. Bu ..read more
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