{"id":563765,"date":"2026-05-03T09:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/563765\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T09:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:26:12","slug":"great-britain-wins-the-womens-windermere-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/563765\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Britain wins the Women\u2019s Windermere Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great Britain wins the Women\u2019s Windermere Cup<\/p>\n

In the 40th running of the Windermere Cup, the British women won the invitational event for a third time in Seattle<\/p>\n

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Credit: Scott Eklund\/Redbox Pictures<\/p>\n

Great Britain\u2019s women struck gold in the Windermere Cup, beating the University of Washington and the Canadian National Team.<\/p>\n

Following victory in Friday night\u2019s Twilight Sprints, the British women backed up that performance and won the Windermere Cup for a third time. This adds to the victories of 1998 and 2022. No team, other than the University of Washington, has won the women\u2019s event more times.<\/p>\n

The combination. featured six from the Eight that won bronze in Shanghai: Jack Tottem<\/a>, Megan Slabbert<\/a>, Lauren Irwin<\/a>, Amelia Standing<\/a>, and Heidi Long<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They were joined by Olympic bronze medallist Annie Campbell Orde, as well as Lizzie Witt<\/a> and Jade Lindo<\/a> in the bows, the first to cross the finish line in the iconic Montlake Cut.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been an amazing week out here in Seattle,\u201d said Olympic bronze medallist Lauren Irwin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cA huge thank you to the University of Washington for inviting us again. We\u2019ve had the best time, and we hope to be back!\u201d<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Olympic Head Coach Andrew Randall added, \u201cWhat a fantastic opportunity to be out here and execute some of our plan. We probably got three-quarters of it right today, and there\u2019s plenty to work on for the future, but we always take a win when you can, so well done to the girls.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Men\u2019s race was one of the closest in 40 years of Windermere Cup. Following an early lead for the Washington Huskies, the British men fought their way back into contention, setting the scene for an epic finale. After a photo finish, victory went to the home team by just 0.16s.<\/p>\n

\"\" Credit: Scott Eklund\/Redbox Pictures<\/p>\n

Washington\u2019s crew featured several British athletes, including cox Nikita Jacobs, who steered Great Britain\u2019s Women\u2019s Eight to victory at the 2025 U23 World Rowing Championships. He was joined by Cameron Tasker in the two-seat, part of last year\u2019s Eight that won gold in Poznan, as well as\u00a0 Sam Ford at five, part of the Molesey Boat Club boat that won the Thames Challenge Cup in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew Washington was sharp, that they\u2019d go off hard and be formidable opposition,\u201d said High Performance Coach Steve Trapmore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe set off to try and contend with that, but they had a really good first 500m of the race, which we were able to counter, but we\u2019d lost too much ground in the early stages. The guys did an incredible job to rally and pull the deficit back in the second half of the race to unfortunately miss the win by a photo finish of 0.16s.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating, but we\u2019ve learned a lot from the experience. The training has been really good, and it\u2019s been well worth coming. A huge thank you to everyone for making this happen, and the British teams have worked very well together here. It\u2019s felt very collaborative, and it\u2019s great to be a part of the staff team here who have been operating together really well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a tough early-season race. However, that\u2019s why we came here, to put ourselves under pressure and test ourselves to see where we are after a couple of weeks in this Eight. We\u2019ve shown some really positive attributes, but also come away with some really clear points to work on ahead of racing at the World Rowing Cup I in Seville.\u201d<\/p>\n

Results<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Windermere Cup
Great Britain (6:10.021)
University of Washington (6:13.543)
Canada (6:15.278)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Windermere Cup
University of Washington (5:29.082)
Great Britain (5:29.247)
Northeastern University (5:35.914)<\/p>\n

The GB Rowing Team at the 40th Windermere Cup<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Eight
Lizzie Witt<\/a> (Leander Club \/ Imperial College BC)
Jade Lindo<\/a> (Molesey BC \/ Twickenham RC)
Lauren Irwin<\/a> (Leander Club \/ Durham University \/ Chester-le-Street ARC)
Katherine George<\/a> (Leander Club)
Amelia Standing<\/a> (Oxford University BC)
Megan Slabbert<\/a> (Molesey BC)
Heidi Long<\/a>\u00a0(Oxford University BC \/ Leander Club)
Annie Campbell-Orde<\/a> (Marlow RC\/Leander Club)
Jack Tottem<\/a>\u00a0(cox) (Leander Club \/ Oxford University BC)
Coach: Andrew Randall<\/p>\n

Reserves: Angharad Broughton<\/a> and Eleanor Brinkhoff<\/a><\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Eight
Matt Aldridge<\/a> (Christchurch RC\/Oxford Brookes University BC)
Archie Drummond<\/a> (Leander Club)
David Bewicke-Copley<\/a>\u00a0(Oxford Brookes University BC)
Fergus Woolnough<\/a>\u00a0(Oxford Brookes University BC)
Gabriel Obholzer (Cambridge University BC)
Sam Nunn<\/a>\u00a0(Oxford Brookes University BC)
Miles Beeson<\/a> (Leander Club)
Harry Geffen<\/a> (Oxford University BC)
Tom Bryce<\/a> (cox) (Oxford Brookes University BC)
Coach:\u00a0Steve Trapmore<\/a><\/p>\n

Reserves: Matt Rowe<\/a> and James Vogel<\/a><\/p>\n

Support Staff
Jo Bates<\/a> \u2013 Team Manager
Stephen Greenan \u2013 Physio<\/p>\n

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