07 Dec 2011
E.ON Hanse Cup goes live
Five international elite men's eights from Germany (2006 World Champions), the United States (2004 Olympic Champions), Great Britain (2006 fifth place at the World Rowing Championships), the Netherlands and Cambridge University Boat Club (Great Britain) will be competing in Rendsburg, Germany on the busiest artificial waterway in the world, the Kiel Canal.
Competition begins today with ergometer racing and continues on Saturday 7 October with sprint racing. The weekend will wrap up on Sunday with the main race, the 12.7km E.ON Hanse Cup.
Organisers expect 150 000 spectators and for those who can’t be there NDR German television will be broadcasting live over the race weekend. NDR is available on SES-Astra Satellite 19.2 east (11,582 GHz. hor.).
Saturday 7 October 17:00-17:30 (LIVE)
Sprint-Race international eights
Sunday 8 October 13:45-15:15 (LIVE)
Long-Distance race
(All times are local German times)
Crew line ups:
Germany
1: Jörg Diessner
2: Stephan Koltzk
3: Ulf Siemes
4: Jan Tebrügge
5: Sebastian Schulte
6: Thorsten Engelmann
7: Philipp Stüer
8: Bernd Heidicker
Coxswain: Peter Thiede
Coach: Dieter Grahn
United States
1: Matt Schnobrich
2: Matt Deakin
3: Dan Beery
4: Beau Hoopman
5: Brett Newlin
6: Dan Walsh
7: Steve Coppola jr.
8: Josh Inman
Coxswain: Marcus McElhenney
Coach: Matt Imes
The Netherlands
1: David Kuiper
2: Christof Coenders
3: Dirk Lippits
4: Roel Haen
5: Simon Glazenborg
6: Mitchel Steenman
7: Jurrien Rom Colthoff
8: Peter Vos
Coxswain: Noortje Tollenaar
Coach: Mark Emke / Nike Hanneman
Great Britain
1: Ben Smith
2: Alex Gregory
3: Peter Reed
4: Marcus Bateman
5: Simon Fieldhouse
6: Andy Triggs-Hodge
7: Tom Parker
8: Oliver Moore
Coxswain: Nick Ford
Coach: Jürgen Grobler / Peter Sheppard
Cambridge University
1: David Billings
2: Kip McDaniel
3: Peter Champion
4: Don Wyper
5: Jake Cornelius
6: Oliver de Groot
7: Tom James
8: Kieran West
Coxswain: Russell Glenn
Coach: Duncan Holland
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