By Mark Etheridge National coach Roger Barrow has confirmed that despite the glory of winning gold at the London Olympics last year, our rowers are still very much battling upstream when it comes to attracting sponsorship and funding as the next Olympic cycle gathers momentum.
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The Bulls team of Karl Platt and Urs Huber won Tuesday's 146-kilometre second stage of the gruelling Absa Cape Epic in 5hr 35min 32,1sec.
Olympic rowing champions Mathew Brittain and James Thompson will participate in their first Absa Cape Epic mountain bike race, which takes place from 17-24 March in the Western Cape.
The South African rowing team will aim for realistic goals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, reports Gareth Duncan.
By Mark Etheridge in London National rowing coach Roger Barrow said on Friday that he knew on the morning of our lightweight men's fours historic Olympic gold medal that the boys would bring home the gold.
By Gary Lemke in London Producing an incredible finish, the South African rowing lightweight rowing fours of James Thompson, Matthew Brittain, John Smith and Lawrence Ndlovu won the gold medal in Thursday's final. It was the country's third gold at these Olympics, following the heroics of Cameron van der Burgh and Chad le Clos in the pool.
By Mark Etheridge in London Team South Africa are enjoying a dream start to their 2012 Olympic Games campaign after two gold medals in the pool. Now, dare we dream of some more metallic reward in another water-based sport?
South African rowing was put on the world map on Tuesday when the men's lightweight fours produced a high-class performance to reach the final after finishing second behind Olympic champions Denmark ÔÇô and ahead of world champions Australia ÔÇô at the 2012 London Games.
Our rowers had mixed fortunes out on the man-made venue of Eton Dorney Lake on Saturday, writes Mark Etheridge.
By Mark Etheridge Despite ending sixth and last in the women's pairs at the recent World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland, our two rowing aces are both confident ahead of the final pull to the London Olympics.