Amber Anderson and Jack Shepherd returned from Munich this weekend (8th/9th May) with 2 golds and a bronze. This is the first time a girls four has won gold at this regatta and only the third time a boys crew has won.
On the Saturday Jack and Amber were at bow in their respective coxless fours and came through close racing to cross the line first. On the Sunday Jack added to his gold with a bronze in the eight.
The GB rowing team enter Munich regatta because the level of the entries is such that it provides an excellent test of our leading juniors in the run up to the Junior Worlds later in the summer. Amber Anderson (at Molesey on the Start programme, supported by Siemens) and Jack Shepherd (in his second season with Molesey, having started his rowing at Weybridge) had both been selected for the top crews on day one following impressive performances at trials in February, March and April.
Both athletes will now be representing Molesey at the National Schools regatta and Henley before returning to the last stage of testing for the GB team. Should they be successful at final trials they will represent Great Britain at the Junior Worlds in Racice, Czech Republic in August this year.
