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1997 GB Womens selection race in fours

The following is taken from the 1997 report in Helena Smallman-Smiths excellent website about GB Womens rowing https://rowingstory.com/ "After the under-23 Nations Cup had taken place in late July, trials were held for an ‘extra four’ who would double up with the GB coxless four into an eight for the World Championships. With only three entries in the eights at Lucerne, it seemed that many countries weren’t prioritising the boat that year and so it offered an opportunity for developing athletes to gain top-level experience. The four selected were Katherine Grainger and Francesca Zino (who had won the pairs at the Nations Cup), Kate Mackenzie and former lightweight Rachel Woolf. As Katherine noted in her autobiography Dreams Do Come True, they were set the goal of coming within a length of the main four in a 2,000m piece at the end of a training camp in Nottingham which followed the trials. If they achieved this, the eight would be entered; if not, not. The second four grasped the opportunity, and both Kate and Katherine did some great work in planning and preparing how they would race. For the first 1,500m they managed to stay right up with the other crew with the lead changing hands by small amounts several times, before the main GB four moved out to nearly a length’s lead in the last quarter. This, however, was enough for the eight to be sent to the Worlds." For the record the first four won Gold and the eight took the bronze at the World Championships