Britain does one better

Press, 7 November 1978, Page 34

Britain does one better

By TIM DUNBAR Winning three medals at the world rowing championships at Lake Karapiro was worth £15.000 for British rowing. I The British team’s reward for I success will come from a tobacco company. State Express, which promised this figure if Britain won ff two medals of any kind.” A gold medal would have been worth £25.000 and reaching five finals £lO.OOO. The team won silver medals in the coxless pairs and double', sculls, and a surprise bonus f bronze in the coxless fours. i According to a “v’ery pleased”! British manager, Mr Mike i i Sweeny, it. was the first time Britain had won more than two | medals at a world champion- i ships, first contested in Lucerne j in 1962. Winning this amount of prize money was by no means assured < as the coxless four was not par- ; ticularly highly rated and the coxless pair, although a silver ' medallist last year, had what Mr I Sweeny described as a “diabolical season” and it was considered likely that it might not. reach the final.