Sally Kehoe: Winners of the World Cup Series

Towards 2012

Beijing has been and gone. Many lessons have been learnt. London 2012 may seem a while away, but for us, the journey has already begun.

This year I have been selected in the Australian Women's Double Scull to compete at the World Rowing Championships in Poznan at the end of August. My partner, Pippa Savage, a fellow Toowoomba girl, made her international debut last year in the Olympic Single Scull. In the past Pippa and I have shared a great rivalry, competing for Australia's Single Scull title, however, not until now have we combined our talents; and it is proving to be a formidible duo.

As we close in on this year's world championships, we are excited about our potential. This weekend we will be racing at Sydney International Regatta Centre alongside our fellow Australian team mates, testing our speed over 2000m and working on consistent performances. At the regatta's conclusion, we will be entering into a four week intensive training camp in Penrith before flying to Verase, Italy for a pre-World's speed camp.

Important Dates:
10th-12th July - SIRC Rowing Australia 'World Cup' regatta
14th-31st July - Penrith Intensive Training Camp
1st-9th August - Australian Rowing Team Preparation Camp
9th August - Fly to Italy
10th-20th August - Pre-World's Speed Camp (Varese, Italy)
23rd-30th August - World Rowing Championships, Poland

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Winners of the World Cup Series

At the conclusion of the third World Cup in Poznan, in which we didn't compete in, the Australian Women's Eight became winners of the 2008 World Cup Series. The series is done on a point system and with our gold medal from Munich and the silver medal from Lucerne we came out on top just in front of Romania and Canada respectively.

This achievement doesn't mean a lot in the big picture as we head towards the Olympic Games, although it is a nice win to get along the way, and something that Australia hasn't achieved in many years.

Back in to training now in Canberra, and it is a lovely chilly and foggy morning here. We will be getting on the water at 10:30 thankfully, however we did have to do 90minutes of cross training this morning... just to keep out of the cold!