For more than four years James Thompson and John Smith (Tuks/HPC) have been ‘brothers in arms’ and established themselves as one of the most respected rowing combinations in the world.

Nicole van Wyk (Tuks Rowing ) won the HPC High Performer of the day award on the Roodeplaat Dam at the John Waugh Rock the Boat Regatta on Saturday.

Saturday's John Waugh Rock the Boat Regatta at Roodeplaat Dam is a very special event, because sports fans don’t often get the opportunity to test their skills against Olympian or world champion medallists.

Kirsten McCann and Ursula Grobler made South African rowing history at the weekend when they won the bronze medal in the lightweight women’s double sculls at the world championships in Auguebelette, France.

'The moment of truth is upon us.' This is how the World Rowing Championships, which begin on Sunday in Aiguebelette, France, is perceived by rowers all over the world, including the cream of South African rowers.

South Africa’s rowers were in awesome form over the weekend, winning two silver medals and having two more crews competing in the A Finals at the World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Although South Africa’s world champion rowers, James Thompson and John Smith, ‘gave as good as they got’ in the weekend's Henley Regatta’s Double Sculls Challenge Cup final, they had to settle for second as Britain’s John Collins and Jonathan Walton beat the South Africans by slightly more than two boat lengths.

Three South African crews will be in action at the historic Henley Regatta in Britain this week.

Johannesburg rowing cox Willie Morgan recently returned from an international regatta in Italy where he helped one of Team South Africa's para-rowing crews earned a silver medal, writes Mark Etheridge.

Just four months after beating cancer, Lawrence Brittain will represent South Africa at the Henley Royal Regatta and the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland next month.