Coach Roger Barrow says he will keep the squad on their toes for the SA championships next weekend
Ursula Grobler and Kirsten McCann, from left. Picture: EPA/PETER
The men’s four of David Hunt‚ Sandro Torrente‚ Kyle Schoonbee and Jake Green were third in Saturday’s A-final‚ just 1.34sec behind the European champion Romanians and 0.27sec behind Italy‚ the second-placed world championship runners-up. Barrow said there was a small margin between his squad’s top heavyweight men‚ adding he would put them into three pairs and two fours at the SA championships next weekend.Ursula Grobler won the lightweight women’s single sculls by more than 3sec on Saturday‚ ahead of young Italian Paola Piazzolla‚ a three-time under-23 world champion in the quadruple sculls.
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