Good Luck Team GB 2012!

The eyes of the world will be watching in awe, at the spectacle of the Opening Ceremony launching the London 2012 Olympic Games on Friday 27 July 2012.

There is great excitement mixed with anticipation here at Northwich RC as we focus our attention to the start of the Rowing events with the Heats at Dorney Lake, Eaton on Saturday. In particular the Men’s coxed Eight with our hopes and best wishes going to Matt Langridge in the seven seat. This crew is an unknown quantity having been dogged by injury for several months, depriving the final crew formation, a race. Despite that, the crew has been successful this summer in the 2012 World Cup Regattas winning two Silver medals. However, their sights are set on winning an Olympic Gold on Wednesday 1 Aug.

This will be Matt’s third Olympic Games having won Silver at Beijing 2008 Olympics in the Men’s Eight.

Matt has explained “Working hard to win rowing races is what we are trained to do so that is what we have to keep in mind. If we allow ourselves to think that London is something special, something extra, then there is a risk of being distracted. We train to be ready to put together a perfect race, it’s so important not to forget that because of the occasion. I’ve learned from my experiences at the past two Olympic Games that it’s important to see it for what it is; it is a great spectacle but what we need to do remains the same. We can only worry about being faster than the other five crews alongside us on the water on any given day. It is as simple as that. That said I think we are ahead in terms of our development as a crew compared to Beijing.”

Good Luck Team GB we are with you, all the way!