Family’s sleepless night
PA Auckland While the New Zealand rowing team was celebrating its two gold medals in Duisburg yesterday, the wife and children of the fours coach, Brian Hawthorne, went back to selling raffle tickets and manure to pay for his trip. Jackie Hawthorne, her daughter Rachel, aged 13, and son, Shaun, aged 16, had little more than 10 minutes sleep on Sunday night be-
tween a constant flood of congratulatory phone calls to their Birkenhead home. “The phone started as soon as the fours race ended and just hasn’t stopped,” said Mrs Hawthorne. “Family, friends and even people Brian went to school with have called.” The one call the family was still awaiting was from the coach himself, Mr Hawthorne. “I know he will be ter-
ribly, terribly excited,” said Mrs Hawthorne. “Brian is not a person who usually bubbles with emotion but he will today. “You give up so much for your husband’s ambition — and it is these things which make it worth while.” She said her husband’s ultimate ambition was near to being realised: “He has always wanted to coach a crew at the Olympics. This win may be all he needs to realise that ambition.”
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