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Race 22, 15:45 Hwt men 30-34 The raffle presentation comes before this race, so a slight delay. OK, it's "row!" and the last race is under way for the day. Rob Smith and Tony Larkman off fast, with Larkman in the lead, Smith behind and John Davis in third. Tony Maskell staying with Davis for third, while the top two, and especially Larkman move away . 1400m to go, Larkman looking very relaxed, just with a lot of power each stroke. Still the same order for the top four, with Larkman apparently aiming for sub 6 minutes, but its still flicking between 1.30 to 1.31, so he'll have to push for the line. 1000m left, with the leaders in the second row a way back from the leaders. Rob Smith has stopped - not sure why, but he's looking around not sure what happened. Larkman down to the last 500m, now almost 100m ahead of the new third place of Davis. Still 1.30s for Larkman, he'll win this very easily, but it's all about his own goals instead now. Davis now moving ahead into second place - the crowd really getting behind the rowers now, and now we've got Parker coming up on second place, it's a real blanket for the minor medals. And Larkman did it - over the line in 5.58.9, a long way ahead. John Davis kept just ahead for second, 6.19.1, with Parker in third with 6.19.8. HM30-34: Larkman 5.58.9, Davies 6.19.4, Parker 6.19.8 Race 21, 15:30 Hwt men 35-39 Two more races to go, and the stadium arena is emptying, although there are still plenty of important people around to chat up. I think the medals for the most recent races are being presented by Sir Steve round the back of the screen. Time to tidy up some results. OK, they're off, and there's a very fast pack all get going together. Fleming, O'Mahony, O'Grady, Greenwood, to name but a few. Fleming moves off in front, O'Mahoney and O'Grady either side of him on the next ergs, second and third. Fleming's nickname is "Big Bird" and he's now starting to move off, splits of 1:31 taking him further into a strong lead. And here we come with Neil Ridge starting to push past into second, and Tim Hall also looking strong. 800 to go, Fleming still leading, Ridge second, O'Mahoney settles into third. There are some possible medallists in the back rows, but all the attention is in the front. 500 metres left, Fleming looking very cool and calm, O'Mahoney now making a push to get past Ridge, the splits all starting to drop towards 1:30 again. Hall also challenging, could get bronze here, O'Grady hurting, O'Mahoney holds off Ridge, Fleming down to 1:27, and wins in 6:06.3, O'Mahoney second,n 6:15.0, Hall gets third with 6:14.3. HM35-39: Fleming 6.06.3, Hall 6.14.8, O'Mahony 6.15.0 Race 20, 15:15 Hwt men 40-44 They're interviewing everything that moves, while trying to get the presentation for the relay done as quickly as possible. It's going to be a while before this lot are able to get going. Finally they shift the Famous People away and can let the rest of the stalwarts warm up on the machines. In this competitive category it's John Dixon and Tony Edwards off in front, with Robert Ward also looking strong. 1500 to go, and it's still very tight, only metres between each of the first five. Antti Niskanen creeping up into second and threatening Dixon for the lead, yes he gets it. 1000 gone, halfway, and it's Niskanen (with no socks on) from Dixon, with Andreas van Tonder sneaking into third. 600 metres to go, and Niskanen shifts up a gear and moves away, Dixon second being caught by van Tonder, while Gary Herbert is filmed on an erg by the BBC cameraman showing them how to do it. 200 to go, Niskanen in front, Dixon holding off van Tonder, these three will get the medals but how close can they get to the record? Final score Niskanen 6:05.7, a second outside Dixon's own record of 6:04, Dixon himself gets 6:09.7, with van Tonder 6:12. The leaders shake hands as the rest finish their race. HM40-44: Niskanen 6.05.7, Dixon 6.09.7, Van Tonder 6.12.3 Race 19, 15:00 Redgrave Relay This is a team event, set up to benefit Redgrave's charity trust, which raises money for children's good causes. The four members of the team have their scores totted up on the fly as the 500-metre sprint goes, so that when they reach 2km between them, the team can stop. That way the weaker athletes don't row as far as 500m, while the stronger ones do. After a quick interview, Sir Steve gets back to his erg, and all the teams are carefully introduced. Plenty of scope for technical cockups here, as the monitors are linked and the computers run the race even more than usual. False start from David Lloyd Southampton gym. Try again. Redgrave's team are doing OK but not the fastest off. Cracknell standing behind Redgrave and commentating on his technique. First to show are 100km record-holders Royce's Gym, with David Lloyd Brooklands and BNP Paribas with Morgan Stanley. David Lloyd Brooklands first, at a combined 1:23.1 dead-heating with Royce's Gym. In the sprint, Oxford's team beat Cambridge, while Sir Steve's lot came in second-last, ahead of Birmingham City Council. Race 18, 14:45 BUSA men hwt (b, main race) With this year's boatrace showing on the big screens, the front row are filled with OUBC and CUBC, split 10 each side - a sea of dark blue closer to our position, black and light blue on the far side. Closer to us is a gaggle of junior women, all camping out by the side of the commentary position to get James Cracknell's autograph. Oxford and Cambridge Presidents Wayne Pommen and Sam McLennan are side by side at the centre of the front row. And they get off quickly, the hugely strong xford President, who has the edge to start with, Peter Reed from his own club also bursting through to an early dominant position. Behind them the pack is pretty evenly split, Andrew Shannon of CUBC third, and Kris Coventry, also from the Fens, fourth with Nate Kirk. 1250 to go, and now Peter Reed has taken an impressive lead over McLennan, who seems to have blown a bit, and drops down the rankings to fourth as a mass of light blue slips past him. 800 to go, Reed still in front, Kirk getting past McLennan, splits are all in the low 1:30's, Reed now 25+ metres in front. Now it's Coventry coming from fourth through to third, pushing Kirk out of the way, Shannon still second behind Reed, McLennan fifth ahead of Nick Walter, Reed being caught slightly as they approach the last 100m. Shannon closing, the commentators get excited, Shannon catching Reed but he's going to run out of space. Reed 5:58.5, Shannon 6:00.2, Kirk 6:02.4, Coventry 6:04.4, honours even between the Boat Race universities, with Durham, Bristol, and a dozen other clubs in the row behind. HM BUSA: Reed 5.58.2, Shannon 6.00.2, Kirk 6.02.4 Race 17, 14:30 BUSA men hwt (a)/lwt The hwt racers are in the slow heat, so almost certainly will not figure in the final medal placings. The front two rows are all lwts, everyone is ready to go. A long hold, but now they're off, no false starts to keep things simple. Paul Mattick just ahead in front as the field settles to a racing pace. Thomas Sargant moves away from the blanket field, and now overtakes Mattick for the lead. Those two, then a length back to the rest of the field, with no-one wanting to claim that third place. Andy Hudson now just moves into that third slot, with 1350m to go, still with Sargant ahead of Mattick., both splitting at 1.35s. The second row we have George Valzzey, but he's splitting slower than the front row leaders, so probably won't figure overall. Sargant's split occasionally wonders, allowing Mattick to creep back on his lead. Hudson just holding on to third. 800m to go now. Mattick now really in touch with Sargant, almost level now,. Now with 550m left, Mattick goes through, with third place going between any one of about 4 athletes. Mattick now falters, with Sargant behind, but finding something extra in the tank. 100m left, still Mattick left - but now Sargant comes through, just his nose in front and finishing stronger, just a couple of strokes left, and Sargant takes it 6.24.6, Mattich with 6.26.6, with Hudson holding his third place and almost catching the leading pair with 6.26.7, clearing fourth place by a second. Official results: LM BUSA: Sargant 6:24.6, Mattick 6:26.4, Hudson 6:26.7 Race 16, 14:15 BUSA women hwt/lwt A slight delay due to the number of camera crews wanting their five minutes with the top finishers, including our own RQ, hiding behind Cracknell (from our vantage point at least) as he's interviewed. Now they've brought out his son, James having a little cuddle on camera. All the BUSA women are patiently waiting in the wings to be let on the ergs to warm up and get ready. This heat has quite a lot of the U23 women's team racing, most of whom know each other from the sculling trials held in Boston earlier this autumn. Ready to go - and they're off clean. Clare Leake heads the heavyweights out, with Liz Macintosh looking good from Helen Ellison in the ltws. In Hwt, it's Anna Bebington taking second place, looking strong at 1.40 with 1650m to go. She's now taken the lead from Clarke, and undersplitting her. Ellison now moves ahead of Macintosh, and fairly clearly leading the lwts. In the hwts, Anna now has a good lead, rating 27, pulling 1.42s all the way. In the lwts, there's a blanket for second place, Macintosh, Pip Cook and Lucy Clarke looking good. Hwt - Bebington still leading the field with 1.43 stilll. Annabel Vernon under splitting her, slightly to move up into second, but now they're both splitting 1.43s, with Bebington leading. Lwts, Pip Cook is making second place her own now, ahead of Clarke. 600m left to go, with Bebington pulling it back down to 1.42, with Vernon behind. Jo Cook in third place, but splitting much slower than the top two. Now it's only 250m to go, with Vernon pushing hard into Bebingtons lead - 1.34 from Vernon now with 100m to go. Those two out in front, with Cook clear in third. Anna Bebington wins in 6.47.7, Vernon in 6.52.4, Cook in 7.04.1 - a new championship record for Anna Bebington there, ahead of the old mark of Debbie Flood of 6.50.7. Lwts win for Helen Ellison, 7.23.8, Pip Cook in second. HW BUSA: Bebington 6.47.7, Vernon: 6.52.4, Cook 7.04.1 LW BUSA: Ellison 7.23.8, Cook 7.30.1, Clarke 7.31.4 Race 15, 13:55 Hwt men Open (c, main race) They're warming up the crowd for the main event of the day, with the front row stuffed full of the GB team. Showing clips of the World Championships 4- and 8+. Strangely enough they've not promised to show the 2- event. Matthew Pinsent is warming up, with James Cracknell just behind him who's just sat down and sorting his kit out. Everyone is now ready, waiting for the final countdown. Steve Redgrave, asked for a prediction, didn't give too much away. They're away, with James and Matthew off stroke for stroke. James stopped - complaining about something - and they've made everyone stop. They called a stop for row B, since someone false started, and James didn't hear. Everyone is now waiting around, trying to refocus for the race ahead. A few people get up and walk around. Now after a delay, they call everyone to the start again. The crowd goes quiet before the race, and they're off - a clean start, away we go. 1.23 from James and Matthew as they go through the first few hundred meters. Pinsent has a slight lead over James, with Josh West and Steve Williams vying with Matthew Wells for the bronze medal place. Almost 500m gone, with Pinsent in front, from Cracknell, from Williams. 1.27s now, for the middle thousand. Pinsent still slightly pulling away from Cracknell - a second lower on the split. Kieran West moved up to contest third place, just ahead of Williams. Well it's Pinsent ahead of Cracknell in the lead, almost a length clear now. 850m left, with still 1.27 from Pinsent: Cracknell and West on 1.28. Pinsent and Cracknell rowing stroke for stroke now, with Pinsent just getting a little more out of each stroke. Now 550m left, with West sitting well in third place. All the top three on 1.27s, with James trying to claw back a few meters, now undersplitting Matthew. James now at 1.26s, 2 second under Matthew, 150m left. Can James make it up for the finish?, but now Pinsent goes, 1.25, 1.24, holding on to the lead, and finishes in 5.47.9, Cracknell in 5.49.3, West in 5.51.8. All now fallen off the ergs on to the floor, and the crowd give just applause for their efforts. The top 16 people are all under 6 minutes, good news for the GB team in this Olympic year. After beating his break even point of 5.48, Matthew Pinsent is saying that he would have preferred to break 47 or 46 - along with most people here I think... MH: Pinsent 5.47.9, Cracknell 5.49.3, West 5.51.8 Race 14, 13:35 Hwt men Open (b), Lwt men Open This is the big lightweight men's race, with more slow(ish) open men on the achines behind - again we'll be ignoring them since they aren't likely to medal. With the national lightweight squad largely absent, this could be anybody's race but Tom Kay on A10 and James Stephenson on A9 are probably well worth watching. There will be international interest of another kind in this race, though, with squad coxes Christian Cormack and Peter Rudge racing (?for their seats?) in the front row. Probably the last time this year either will be encouraged to be heavy! Off goes the race, no false start. Kay, Stephenson and Tom Hanna are all doing well, splits around 1:35, while the two coxes are splitting 1:50's. Stephenson recently came second behind James Cracknell in the trials, while Hanna's managing to hold him. Stephenson's rating 38 now, kay just coming through Hanna with the best split of the pack. Stephenson still in front with 1000 metres gone, Kay in second, Hanna slipping a little. On to row B but they won't be medalling today. Kay sitting in what has to be the most faded Notts County lycra in the arena, now stroke for stroke with Hanna and Stephenson. The coxes are going steadily, Cormack slightly ahead of Rudge. At the front, Kay just behind Stephenson but knocking his split down like an old pro. Kay's about to take him, 200 to go, Kay now draining the tank, Hanna not threatened in third. Kay still going, here's the line, Kay 6:13.6, with Stephenson 6:14.5, Hanna 6:17.7. 100 to go for the coxes, they are totally synchronised on rate, Rudge a little longer, but Cormack pushing hard with his legs as he urges his crew to do on the water. Cormack 7:30.2, Rudge 7:40.7. ML: Kay 6.13.6, Stephenson 6.14.6, Hanna 6.17.7 Race 13, 13:15pm Hwt women Open, Lwt women Open OK, the heavyweight women are ready to rock and roll, with the lightweights just behind. Off they go, a decent start, and all sounds very quiet compared with the row of the last race. Vicki Etiebet off first in the heavyweight category, but within a few strokes Debbie Flood's undersplitting. In the lightweights, it's Jen Goldsack from Chantal Shalhoub, while in the HW event Laura Gater is giving Flood a very hard time. 1450 to go, Gater has Flood by about 2 metres. Server hung up for a minute, but we're back now. Leonie Barron's taken second place in the women's lightweights, while Gater and Flood are still tussling. The two heavyweights are neck and neck, splitting 1:41/2, nothing to choose between them as they get to 750 to go. Debbie Flood trying to dominate, pulling huge long strokes. Gater was injured last year, and is a very strong student from Durham whom people will have seen in the middle of their eight. Here goes Flood, 1:41 splits and moving away, leaning right back a la Ripley, as Natasha Smith moves into third place. Flood has 250 to go, showing her world class, just dropping into 1:37 splits, while Jen Goldsack is running away with the lightweight gold. Flood 100 to go, sitting up again and taking up the rate, Gater slightly behind, trying to match her and grimacing from the lactate. Flood 6:43.1, Gater 6:47.4, Smith and Louise Engel battling for third, Engel gets it in 7:06.3. In the lightweights, it's Jen Goldsack 7:09.3, Leonie Barron 7:24.9, Chantal Shalhoub third. Official results: HW Open: Flood 6:43.1, Gater 6:47.4, Engel 7:06.3 LW Open: Goldsack 7.09.3, Shalhoub 7.24.2, Barron 7.24.9 Race 12, 13:00pm Hwt men Open (a), hwt men 45-49 While these guys get ready, Martin Cross is interviewing Colin Prescot, who was on the C row in the previous race, and is planning to go round the world in a balloon shortly. Meanwhile Martyn Low is doing a good impression of a man with absolutely no breath left. And the big screen showing the 2001 race between Pinsent and Cracknell which was very nearly a dead heat. This year they are both supposed to be competing again, with Pinsent doing so despite cutting his hand two weeks ago in what we gather was "a domestic accident". We're only interested in the HM45-49, because this round of the open men is likely to be at least 30 seconds slower than the top heat. So we are looking at rows A and B with the 45-49 bunch. Off they go, and first to show is Ian McNuff, with Nicholas Rockliff, Paul Winton, and John McAvoy behind him. McNuff's splitting 1:30's, even after 250 metres gone, and building up a good lead. Last year McNuff was one of the few Brits to beat all the Americans in the category, so he's on for an easier win this time. Nobody looks like they can challenge from the second row, and although there's an Open competitor doing 1:30's in the back rows, that may not be enough. Back to the top row, 1100 to go, and McNuff is now 20 metres in front, Rockliff trying to hold off Winto behind him, and McAvoy being pressured by Philip Dyer for the minor places. Dyer's undersplitting, should move up, but McNuff is streaking so far ahead now he could stop for a breather and still win. Dyer and McAvoy moving up, four for the two lesser medals, Rockliff finding it very hard now as Dyer moves up into fourth and threatens third. McNuff now 300 to go, Dyer in second, McAvoy into third, McNuff trying for his record and the shouters asking for crowd support. He's finding it so hard now, but 100 to go, 5:56 on the clock and he needs to bring it down. McNuff wins in 6:11.0 just outside his own record, second Dyer in 6:28.1, third McAvoy in 6:30.9. Andy Ripley will be happy: that leaves his older record still on the books. HM45-49: McNuff 6.11.0, Dyer 6.28.1, McAvoy 6.30.9 Race 11, 12:45pm Hwt men 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-79, 80-89 Medal parade over, and the next bunch take to the ergs. Two competitors have already won Rudy Eye Project glasses before they row! Andy Ripley, an ex-rugby international of some ergometer fame, is out in front with Tom Hinsby in the same 55-59 category. 50-54 leader is Pete Cox, in front of a blanket field. Ripley streaking out ahead of the entire race so far. On row B, we have David Houston and Steve Rounds in the 65-69 and 70-79 respectively. Rounds is awesome, well ahead of all the other youngsters in the 65-69 category! The commentators giving some coaching advice to the veterans... what's happening up in the front row? 1200 to go for the race, although Andy Ripley is well ahead, coming up to 1km to go. His nearest challengers are a cluster about 20 metres back, but he won't be caught. In 50-54 it's Paul Langguth from Martyn Low, from James McClenaghan. Less than 900 to go for most of the competitors now, and the splits sitting around 1:50 for most of the top ergers here. In 70-79 Bill Payne is catching Stpehen Rounds and undersplititing, just getting the lead. Back on Row A and Ripley is down to 450 to go now, huge long strokes. 60-64 it's Arnie Cooke from Tideway Scullers, ahead of Ken Clark (no not that one), but that's a tighter race. Andy Ripley now down to 250 to go, while the older guys are down to 400metres. Rounds ahs blown, Payne leads the 70-79 event, Houston still in front of Lancaster for the 60's. Ripley finishes, 6:21.3, Langguth wins 50-54 with 6:27.5, Houston holding off Lancaster in the row behind, Lancaster goes up to 39 spm to get it, just catches Houston. Lancaster 7:16.2 with Houston 0.3 behind, Payne 7:21.6, Cooke wins his in 6:52.8. Ripley's time is a new British record. HM50-54: Langguth 6.27.5, Low 6.31.1, Brodie 6.37.1 HM55-59: Ripley 6.21.3, Hinsby 6.36.8, Holland-Lloyd 6.47.9 HM60-64: Cooke 6.52.8, Clark 6.54.9, Holmes 7.04.0 HM65-69: Lancaster 7.16.2, Houston 7.16.5, Westropp 7.24.5 HM70-79: Payne 7.21.6, Rounds 7.28.1, French 7.28.2 HM80-89: Dobinson 8.34.2 We've just been updating the official results at the foot of each race, so look down if you missed them earlier. There have been several new British records so far, and a world record. There's a gap in the schedule now, whilst they parade the medal winners from the first half of today's racing. The first set of medallists are moving out now, but there's a pretty big queue of people to go through, so we'll see how much glory time they can given everyone. This year they have already handed the medals out to the competitors, in a private ceremony round the back of the competition area, so now they do a "parade" where each trio (or not) walk to the podium and wave to the crowd. A better system, and it lets commentator David Goldstrom make jokes about which competitors have been kidnapped. Race 10, 12:00noon Junior men J16, J18 Hwt, J18 Lwt About to go off now - and row! 1.16 from Sam Townsend, powering off the start. Alex Hall currently in second. In J18L it's very even with Nick Clarke just nosing in front. Now 500m gone, and now we're seeing the second row informarion, with Willington Sculley leading that row, 1250 to go. Best splits here is 1.34, but now back on row A, best split is 1.32, all in front of the second row. Sam Townsend still well out in front from Will Robinson, both in J18H. They're sitting next to each other, 900m to go. Michael Jonson is leading J16, in 5th place over all against all the J18s. Second place in J16 is Rob Francis. I think only Willkinson on the second row is the only one threatening the front row. J18L is Colaluca and Clarke within a length of each other, sitting in 6th and 7th overall. Still it's Townsend in front, still undersplitting everyone. Robinson starting now to make an impression on Townsend, with Johnson and Cololuca leading J16 and J18L. Townsend wins, 6.07.4, 6.13.0 for Robinson. J16 Michael Johnson is 4th overall, 6.28.0, J18L was won by John Colaluca in 6.28.8. MJ16: Johnson 6.28.0, Francis 6.30.0, Lucas 6.41.2 M18: Townsend 6.07.4, Robinson 6.13.0, Wilkinson 6.20.4 ML18: Colaluca 6.28.8, Clarke 6.34.3, Dyson 6.40.2 Race 9, 11:45 Junior men J14, J15 We moved downstairs to the main arena, so missed most of this race, but the final results were that in the J15 Sbihi won in 6.39.8, Breretan 6.44. In J14, Dan Bream and Alexander Walker finished one-two in 6.39.0 and 6.46.1, with another 5 second backs to third place. A new championship record for Dan Bream there. He's now giving an interview on the big screen, but only managing one or two word answers - poor boy, looks exhausted. MJ15: Sbihi 6.39.8, Brereton 6.44.9, Ball 6.56.3 MJ14: Bream 6.39.0, Walker 6.46.1, Sharpe 6.51.7 Race 8, 11:25 Junior men J13, J14 J13 Men here, and the front row have a false start, whilst the rest of them start off. Now they start, and it's Thomas Walker, Jordan Hislop picking it up from the front, sat side by side in the middle of the row. 1.42 splits for the leaders, 1700m to go. Walker, from Dickinson in the lead now, while we wait fort he screens to show the leader board again in order. They're currently showing the second row, closing to 1km, but I think they're all slower than the front row. Back on the leaders, and it's still Walker, Dickinson putting pressure on in second place, under splitting Walker with 1.49-1.50, 1100m to go. Hislop in third place. Walker is splitting slower than both 2nd and 3rd place. Dickinson now takes the lead, with Walker fading a little. Dan Page is now coming up from fourth to third, pushing past Hislop. 700m to go, and lots of change on the leader board. These four are fairly safe from behind, but someone isn't going to get a medal. Page now has taken the lead, splitting 1.44, with Dickinson trying to respond. Both now swapping the lead every stroke. Page, who is long and slow, rating around 24 with big strokes, still just has the edge. The leaderboard is now showing rowB, about 200m from finishing. Commentators looking a little worried as they are waiting for the screens to change. Page and Dickinson tying for the lead, with Dickinson just edgeing Page out for the gold, with Hislop ending up clear in third. MJ13: Dickinson 7.05.1, Page 7.06.2, Hislop 7.11.8. Race 7, 11:10am Junior women J15, J16, J18 Hwt, J18 Lwt Row A we have WH18 and WL18, with Natasha Page leading the WH,she was in the WJ4- which won silver in Athens athte Junior Worlds this year. Second row we have J16s, Prestidge, and J15s, Larson leading the way neck and neck together. Donna Etiebet is now challanging Page for the lead. In the WL18, Greenhalgh is leading the way, 5th over all including the WH18 category. Page is still just staying in the lead from Etiebet. Prestidge and Larson will up the front - Larson is beating all the rest of the J16s, and Prestidge has a good lead over the rest as well. Both will be hard to catch, with only 900m left to go. In row8, the top 7 only are shown on the screen, they've got off so fast. Stubbings and Wheeler are fighting for bronze in WJ18, and they are moving up on Etiebet in second. Page splitting 1.47, with 500 to go. Etiebet on 1.50 is looking in danger from behind. Second row, Larson still leading J15, but another J16 has overtaken her, Bladon trying to take Prestidge for the lead. Last 10 strokes, and Page has it in the bag, 20m in the lead. Stubbings trying to take Etiebet for silver, and Greenhalgh easily has WL18, sitting in 5th overall. WJ18H: Page 7:08.4, Etiebet 7:15.1, Stubbings 7:15.4 WJ18L: Greenhalgh 7:27.9, Young 8:00.5, Bobyk 8:17.8 WJ16: Prestidge 7:33.6, Bladon 7:35.3, Soini 7:45.3 WJ15: Larsen 7:42.4, Leighton 7:45.4, Osborne 7:57.0 Race 6, 10:50am Junior women J13, J14 J14 in row A sees Cogger and Entwistle a leading, with Dinsey coming through into the front. Very close for the first 5 places, with the leaders splitting 1.50. Dinsy with her nose in front, but with Entwistle putting in a push, she takes over that lead. 1500m to go, Entwistle, Cogger, Dinsey is how it stands. Essen-Jayes coming through into third now. Still a long way to go, with places changing all the time. The front two however are starting to move away, Entwistle sittin g half a length up from Cogger. Third place is a 3 way tie. No sign of the J13s on the second row. Now we see them, with the top 5 neck and neck - Oaks, Lee, Gurney (who has just taken the lead), Bream and Bullard - all 5 have a chance of gold. Back to the J14, with Cogger still sitting just behind Entwistle. Kershaw just holding onto third, but with lots of competition behind her. 750m to go now, back on row b. Still very tight, now between the top 4, with Bream having dropped back off the pace. Gurney just doing a push to take the lead off Bullard, they both have a few meters off the other two. J14s, the top two still there, has Cogger got a strong finish in her? Still holding position, now with 250m to go, sitting next to each other. J13s - Bream has taken the lead. Cogger just pulling a little harder now, and just started to level the top spot, and now really pushing ahead in the final stages. And yes, after sitting tactically there all the way through, she picks up the gold. In J13s, Elizabeth Gurney finally took it. Cogger now being interviewed, grinning her head off as if it was just a walk in the park. WJ14: Jenny Cogger 7.43.4, Entwistle 7:46.2, Stevenson 8:06.3 WJ13: Elizabeth Gurney 8:09.2, Bullard 8:11.7, Bream 8:12.5 Race 5, 10:35am Junior men and women J11, J12 With the J11 and J12 events in this race, there's not much form to go by. Racing over 1000m, it's one to watch for the future. Hodge Hill School in Birmingham has sent 21 athletes including pupils with hearing difficuilties, selected from 400 pupiles tested over the past few months. The front rows, however, are dominated by people involved in the Project Oarsome scheme, where local rowing clubs get together with local schools. There off, and Christopher Johnstone is way out in front, MJ12, with Tom Pearson behind him. WJ12 sees Rebecca Kerns in the lead at the early stages. She's second overall, beating most of the J12 men. J11, Lucy Hatton and Ruth Wyman are neck and neck, both of htem beating all of the J11 men, with Vasishta Dasari leading the chasing pack. Johnstone has just finished, 50m ahead of the rest, at 3.37.0. Rebecca Kerns wins the WJ12 on the front row, 3.58.4, just under 2min split, but is overtaken by back markers on the other rows. WJ11 won by Lucy Hatton 4.00.5, and Dasari wins MJ11 in 4.15.5, 13 seconds ahead of the next MJ11. Good on the girls... Official results (over 1000m): WJ12: D'Urso 3:48.3, Thompson 3:55.1, Kerns 3:58.5 WJ11: Hatton 4:00.5, Whyman 4:05.6, Haseldine 4:22.4 MJ12: Lennon 3:35.4, Johnstone 3:37.0, Lambert 3:55.2 MJ11: Dasari 4:15.5, Williams 4:28.4, Fitzpatrick 4:32.8 Race 4, 10:20am Lwt men 30-34, 35-39, 40-44 This one should be going off a little bit late, with the delay from the previous events having a knock-on effect. The lightweight men's categories in these age-groups are very competitive, and often produce some of the best racing of the day. Today sees a whole haul of previous medallists, including Neil Staite, Duncan Patterson, Neil Aldridge, and some new names such as Keith Silvester, who came to the sport from "crew classes". Up here as we wait for the race to begin, Sir Steve Redgrave is also waiting, to do a radio spot, and we're all keeping an eye on the Australia-New Zealand score in the rugby (22-10 if you were wondering). They've gone off, and first to show is Toby Hessian in the front row, with Peter Billin in the second row. Richard Wilder's also making good ground,n the LM30-34, with Glen Cook first off out of the LM40-44 category. Right, we're nearly halfway through, and Richard Wilder's leading Lee Rankin and Glen Cook in the main category. Martin Cross of Radio 5 Live and David Goldstrom of Eurosport are doing the commentary. Here comes the last 500metres, and Neil Staite's just pushed through Glen Cook and into third position overall, leading his LM40-44 category. Richard Wilder has a good 10 metres lead, Lee Rankin being closed down by the pack. Staite's lower-splitting than Rankin, Cook's wavering, the leaders finish and the screens jump to show us row B. Wilder 6:17.1, Staite 6:25.2, we didn't catch third. LM30-34: Wilder 6.17.1, Rankin 6.24.8, Mizen 6.33.7 LM35-39: Robson 6.29.8, Paterson 6.30.8, Hudson 6.37.2 LM40-44: Staite 6.25.2, Cook 6.30.2, Lloyd 6.32.9 Race 3, 10:05am Lwt men 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-89, 90+ A huge race, with nine different categories, including the oldest competitor here today, John Hodgson, aged 93. He's just finishing, nice and steady with all the attention in the arena on him. Nine minutes and 55 seconds, not bad for a nonagenerian lightweight. LM45-49: English 6.38.7, Peters 6.40.8, Hislop 6.44.1 LM50-54: Cureton 6.28.0 (NEW WORLD RECORD), Bertram 6.37.7, Ylonen 6.46.4 LM55-59: Prowse 6.45.7, Meredith 6.58.1, Bayko 7.02.5 LM60-64: Stubley 7.06.1, Adams 7.10.2, Fawcett 7.11.1 LM65-69: Junttila 7.11.1, Bangay 7.12.2, Lake 7.28.4 LM70-74: Gradley 8.07.1, Huddy 8.30.6, Brunt 8.32.3, Franklin 8.54.6 LM75-79: Leah 7.37.6, Everington 7.46.6, Towler 8.08.4 LM80-89: Melody 8.52.8 LM90+: Hodgon 9.55.4 Race 2, 09:50am Lwt women 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69 LW30-34: Moore 7.19.1, Kotivuori 7.56.1, Whitten 8.09.2 LW35-39: Ashcroft 7.23.7, Coope 7.35.6, Haseldine 7.40.2 LW40-44: Slade 7.47.8, Sapsford 7.50.3, Craig 7.51.2 LW45-49: Davey 7.55.5, Yates 8.08.4, Barker 8.23.0 LW50-54: Little 7.44.2, Speachley 8.01.2, Pople 8.12.8 LW55-59: Parker 8.11.9, Whitmore 8.36.7, Johnson 8.4.7 LW60-64: Armstrong 8.16.6, Wallis 8.28.3, Hotson 9.10.9 LW65-69: Darling 9.24.5, Sloan 9.28.7 Race 1, 09:30am Hwt women 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-79 Official results: HW30-34: Hollerbach 7.09.9, O'Neil 7.23.7, Hocking 7.24.8 HW35-39: Montalto 7.09.4, Barnett 7.22.1, Beet 7.24.2 HW40-44: Axten 6.59.3, Banasiewic, 7.42.7, Edwards 7.45.3 HW45-49: Springman 7.10.1, Green 7.36.2, Hyams 7.43.0 HW50-54: Bailey 7.07.8, Phillips 7.38.3, MacDonald-Smith 7.40.7 HW55-59: Baliff 7.51.9, Mannix 8.21.1, Sutton 8.35.5 HW60-64: Hamilton 8.28.7, Cowell 8.48.4, McAllister 9.05.6 HW65-69: Allen, 8.34.5 HW70-79: Frain 9.04.3