Purchase back to his best

Great Britain's five golds in an 11-medal haul at the season's second rowing World Cup which concluded in Munich on Sunday included a remarkable comeback performance by Mark Hunter and Marlow's Zac Purchase in the lightweight men's double scull.

The duo, who sat out last year completely, were back in harness for the first time since taking Olympic gold in Beijing and they won against opposition which included the world champions from New Zealand.

There was also gold medal success for GB, and Marlow, in the double sculls as Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins beat ther Czech Republic's opponents when they cwm home in 7mins 2.39secs.

Then little more than an hour later, Grainger and Watkins took silver in the women's quadruple scull, alongside Beth Rodford and Marlow's Annie Vernon.

"In our double scull we were in control of the race and did what we had to", said Grainger. "In the quad final we didn't expect the Germans to go out so fast but I'm pleased at the way we responded after that. We just ran out of room."

Another Marlowvian, Greg Searle, took home a bronze as part of the GB eight which finished behind Germany and China.

There was also a gold for Maidenhead-born Rob Williams as part of the four which finished more than a second ahead of nearest rivals Denmark.

Windsor's Adam Freeman-Pask rowing alongside Chris Boddy in the lightweight pairs did not qualify for the final.