Issue 100 - Centenary July 1997

Highs & Lows

Highs

• 1987 GB win first ever Junior World gold medal.
• 1988 Tim Foster first ever junior to win two Junior World golds.
• 1989
  • Junior coxless four wins gold by 10 seconds
  • Greg Searle wins first gold.
• 1990
  • Junior men's sweep best ever results - 4- gold, 8+ silver (best ever), 4+ bronze
  • Greg Searle wins second gold.
• 1991 Graham Smith wins first gold in 4-.
• 1992
  • Graham Smith wins second gold in 4-;
  • GB win gold in junior men's 4- five times in six years.
• 1993
  • Junior girls win first ever medal, 2-;
  • Graham Smith wins third medal (silver), first athlete to do this.
• 1994
  • Junior men 4x win first ever medal;
  • Junior women win two medals;
  • Team wins medals in three of the four disciplines - JM sweep, JM scull, JW sweep
  • Tessa Morris first girl to win two medals;
  • Best medals total ever.
• 1995 Junior women win medal for third consecutive year.
• 1996 JW4x first GB sculling boat to reach final.

Lows

• 1995 Poisoned in Poznan - 13 substitutions made.
• 1996 Had to wait to last race of day to win medal.

© Copyright M. Banks, 1997.