Marlow rower set for Olympic showdown

Paralympian rower from Marlow Rowing club has been selected to take part in the Olympic qualifying regatta in Poznan, Poland later this month.

Naomi Riches, will be taking part in the new-look GB adaptive coxed four at the international competition that starts on her 26th birthday, on June 15.

Riches will be teaming up with last year's teammates Vicky Hansford and Alistair McKeanby and being joined by former new recruit and former captain of Deal Rowing Club, James Morgan>

The crew will be looking to build on their previous appearance at the event when they were silver medallists last year.

Speaking about his team's entrance for the competition this year, GB Performance Director, David Tanner said: "There is a massive entry for this year's Olympic qualifying regatta.

"We're pleased to enter three boats which are development boats for us to see if they can join the 11 priority boats we qualified for Beijing through last year's World Championships in Munich.

"We know that the competition will be a tough one."