14 Oct 2010

Rowing champs arrival pace picks up

7:44 am on 14 October 2010

It's getting busy at Lake Karapiro as more teams arrive for the 2010 World Rowing Championships that start on October 30th.

The Greek team is spending a few days at Lake Karapiro before moving to Tauranga's Bay Coast Club while 44 Dutch rowers are based at Wairakei Resort in Taupo until October 28th, training at Lake Maraetai.

And the Swiss team, under head coach and former Great Britain Olympic gold medallist Tim Foster, has arrived and will also be training on Lake Maraetai.

The next arrivals will be the first group from the Canadian team and advance team management staff for Belarus, France, Great Britain and Poland.