2016 Australian Rowing Team announced

The 2016 Australian Rowing Team competing at World Cups two and three and the final Olympic and Paralympic qualifiers has been announced, with 16 NSWIS athletes included.

Highlighting the selections is triple world champion and Paralympic gold meda hopeful Erik Horrie, who will compete at the third World Cup of the season in Poznan, Poland.

A total of 12 NSWIS athletes will compete at the final Paralympic and Olympic qualifying regattas in April in May, with the full team listing below.

Men’s Quadruple Scull
Cameron Girdlestone (Sydney University BC/NSW – NSWIS)

Men’s Double Scull
Chris Morgan (Sydney RC/SA – NSWIS)

Women’s Double Scull
Elizabeth Kell (Sydney University BC/NSW)* Subject to Medical Clearance
Women’s Sculling Reserve: Genevieve Horton (Mosman RC/NSW – NSWIS)

Arms Shoulders Men’s Single Scull
Erik Horrie (Sydney RC/NSW – NSWIS)

Legs Trunks and Arms Mixed Coxed Four
Jeremy McGrath (Balmain RC/NSW – NSWIS)
Kathleen Murdoch (Nepean RC/NSW – NSWIS)
Coxswain – Josephine Burnand (Mosman RC/NSW – NSWIS)

Men’s Coxed Eight Squad
Jack Hargreaves (Sydney University BC/NSW – NSWIS)
Joshua Hicks (Sydney RC/WA – NSWIS)
James Chapman (Sydney RC/NSW – NSWIS)
Nicholas Purnell (Sydney University BC/NSW – NSWIS)
James Medway (UTS RC/NSW)
Charles Risbey (UTS RC/VIC)
Nick Wheatley (Sydney University BC/NSW – NSWIS)

Women’s Coxed Eight Squad
Georgina Gotch (Mosman RC/NSW)
Genevieve Horton (Mosman RC/NSW – NSWIS)