By Mark Etheridge Young James Thompson is enjoying a week outside the confines of the pencil-slim craft that is effectively his home from home because he knows full well that from next week he's back in the boat for six weeks of heads-down action.
Rowing
Our rowers return from Lucerne, Switzerland boosted by a solid performance in the World Cup event this weekend and full of hope for the upcoming Olympic Games in London, writes Mark Etheridge.
By Mark Etheridge Both South African Olympic rowing crews have made it into the A-finals at this weekend's World cup event in Lucerne, Switzerland.
By Mark Etheridge Already qualified for the London Olympics later this year, our men's fours rowing combination got their World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland off to a good start on Friday.
By Mark Etheridge Our hopes of having a third rowing boat at the London Olympics later this year were left wallowing in the Rotsee Regatta course in Lucerne, Switzerland on Tuesday.
By Mark Etheridge Our Olympic hopeful rowing pairs pulled out all the stops on Monday to progress through to the crucial A-Final in Lucerne, Switzerland.
By Mark Etheridge Naydene Smith has got the nod to join Lee-Ann Persse in the women's pairs rowing combination at the 2012 Olympic Games in London later this year.
By Mark Etheridge As the race to fine-tune the crew for our women's pairs rowing berth at this year's London Olympics gathers momentum, the backbone of the team has had an injury setback.
Hayley Arthur is fighting tooth and nail for a spot in the women's pairs rowing boat that South Africa have qualified for the Olympic Games in London later this year. Lee-Ann Persse has already booked her seat in the boat and now Arthur and Naydene Smith are contesting the remaining berth.
Our three-time Olympian rower Ramon di Clemente has finally hung up his oars to concentrate on, amongst other things, his recent marriage and business interests.