Sporting Digest: Rowing

LUCERNE REGATTA Men: Eights first semi-final: 1 Germany 5min 31sec; 2 Holland 5.33; 3 Russia 5.34; 4 Great Britain (Partridge, Larkin, Unwin, McAdams, Johnson, Evans, Brown, Gore, Coxan, Thomas) 5.35. Second: 1 USA 5.31; 2 France 5.32; 3 Romania 5.33; 4 GB (Taylor, Phelps, Manners, Parish, Walker, Searle, Bridge, Cracknell, Coxan, Herbert) 5.36. Final: 1 Germany 5:27.27; 2 USA 5:27.84; 3 Netherlands 5:30.46. Coxed fours final: 1 Australia 6:06.55; 2 Netherlands 6:08.16; 3 France 6:09.37; 6 GB (T Morrison, R Hamilton, C McLennan, L Nolan, cox M Tompsett) 6:16.09. Coxless fours final: 1 France 5:54.58; 2 Slovenia 5:55.90; 3 Germany II 5:56.31. Coxless pairs first semi-final: 1 Germany 6.32; 2 Belgium 6.33; 3 Australia 6.36. Second: 1 GB (S Redgrave and M Pinsent) 6.27; 2 Canada 6.29; 3 Croatia 6.33. Final: 1 GB 6:18.34; 2 Germany (P Holtzenbein and T Streppelhoff) 6:18.92; 3 Canada (P Graham and D Barber) 6:24.37. Quadruple sculls final: 1 Germany 5:40.92; 2 Australia 5:43.07; 3 France 5:43.33. Double sculls first semi-final: 1 Norway 6.19; 2 France 6.23; 3 Italy 6.24; 5 GB (Fletcher, Kaliszan) 6.29. Second: 1 Spain 6.20.57; 2 Germany 6.20.92; 3 Hungary 6.22. Final: 1 Norway 6:13.14; 2 Hungary 6:13.31; 3 Spain 6:14.66. Single sculls first semi-final: 1 Switzerland 6.47; 2 Italy 6.48; 3 Canada 6.49. Second: 1 Slovenia 6.51; 2 Romania 6.53; 3 Denmark 6.54. Final: 1 Switzerland 6:38.97; 2 Romania 6:40.25; 3 Slovenia 6:42.05. Lightweight eights: 1 GB 5:37.36; 2 Germany 5:38.73; 3 Denmark 5:40.57. Lightweight coxless pairs final: 1 Ireland (A O'Connor and N Maxwell) 6:38.82; 2 Italy (C Gaddi and L Pettineri) 6:39.56; 3 Germany (R Handle and C Dahlke) 6:41.82. Lightweight coxless fours first semi- final: 1 Denmark 6.06.06; 2 France 6.06.51; 3 Germany, 6.07. Second: 1 GB (A Butt, N Strange, I Watson, B Helm) 6.07.01; 2 Canada 6.07.39; 3 Italy 6.10. Final: 1 Denmark 5:56.21; 2 GB 5:57.50; 3 Canada 5:58.27. Lightweight single sculls first semi-final: 1 USA 7.03; 2 Denmark 7.04; 3 France 7.08. Second: 1 GB (P Haining) 7.09; 2 Australia 7.10; 3 Ireland 7.11. Final: 1 GB (Haining) 6:57.41; 2 Ireland (N O'Toole) 6:57.60; 3 Denmark (K Nielsen) 6:58.73. Lightweight double sculls first semi-final: 1 Spain 6.24; 2 Italy 6.22; 3 Poland 6.29; 4 GB (Sinton, Whitelaw) 6.30. Second: 1 Switzerland 6.31; 2 Germany 6.33; 3 Germany 6.35. Final: 1 Italy I 6:23.51; 2 Spain 6:25.55; 3 Switzerland 6:27.63. Lightweight quadruple sculls: 1 Austria 5:54.12; 2 Germany 5:57.28; 3 Australia 5:57.62; 5 Ireland (N Darby, E O'Brien, B Dolan, M Kelly) 6:01.46.

WOMEN: Eights final: 1 USA 6:12.30; 2 Romania 6:14.80; 3 Australia 6:15.52. Coxless pairs first semi-final: 1 GB (M Batten and J Turvey) 7.17; 2 Canada 7.19; 3 Germany 7.20; 6 GB (Grose, Reid) 7.29. Second: 1 France 7.12; 2 Australia 7.15; 3 Germany 7.20. Final: 1 France (H Cortin and C Grosse) 7:14.65; 2 GB (Batten and Turvey) 7:16.79; 3 Australia (A Ozolins and C Clomp) 7:19.27. Coxless fours final: 1 Netherlands 6:40.47; 2 Australia 6:41.14; 3 Germany 6:41.80; 5 Scottish ARA 6:54.26. Single sculls first semi-final: 1 Canada 7.26; 2 Canada 7.26; 3 Germany 7.27. Second: 1 Romania 7.30; 2 Belguim 7.35; 3 Denmark 7.38; 6 GB (Batten) 8.00. Final: 1 Canada I (S Laumann) 7:17.09; 2 Canada II (M McBean) 7:20.12; 3 Germany I (K Boron) 7:21.43. Double sculls final: 1 Germany 6:51.05; 2 Bulgaria 6:52.71; 3 Netherlands 6:56.37. Quadruple sculls final: 1 Germany 6:18.15; 2 Poland 6:27.52; 3 Australia 6:31.31. Lightweight double sculls first semi- final: 1 Denmark 7.14; 2 France 7.15; 3 GB 7.16. Second: 1 Canada 7.05; 2 Netherlands 7.08; 3 Sweden 7.09. Final: 1 Canada (C Miller and W Wiebe) 7:05.10; 2 Netherlands (A Bogstra and E Meliesie) 7:09.79; 3 Denmark (A Helleberg and M Bloch) 7:12.97; 5 GB (P White and H Mangen) 7:15.62. Lightweight single sculls first semi-final: 1 Canada 7.42; 2 Italy 7.43; 3 Canada 7.45; 6 GB (Corless) 8.05. Second: 1 Italy 7.42; 2 Romania 7.45; 3 Switzerland 7.46. Final: 1 Romania (C Pipota) 7:37.40; 2 Italy II (L Bertini) 7:40.10; 3 Canada II (M Darville) 7:40.32. Lightweight fours: 1 USA 6:44.20; 2 GB 6:49.72; 3 USA II 6:53.18.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Nottingham; winners only) MEN: Junior 16: Eights: Bedford School 4min 34:08sec. Coxless fours: King's, Chester 4:42:55. Coxed fours: King's, Chester 4:54:37. Coxless pairs: Westminster School A 5:16:96. Quadruple sculls: Windsor Boys School 4:38:53. Doubles sculls: Durham School 5:04:41. Singles sculls: Poplar Blackwall 5:19:32. Junior 15: Coxed quadruple sculls: Sir William Borlase's 4:53:14. Double sculls: Hampton School 5:04:16. Single sculls: Maidstone Invicta 5:33:75. Junior 14: Coxed quadruple sculls: Windsor Boys School 3:18:71. Singles sculls: Notts County RA 3:37:70. Double sculls: Star Club 3:36:36. WOMEN: Junior 16: Eights: George Watson's 5:09:01. Double sculls: Henley A 5:47:79. Single sculls: Bewdley 6:04:20. Junior 15: Coxed quadruple sculls: Henley 5:26:88. Double sculls: Kingston GS 5:58:73. Singles sculls: Grosvener 6:11:52. Junior 14: Double sculls: Christchurch 3:52:64. Coxed quadruple sculls: Henley 3:39:67. Single sculls: Henley 4:08:91.