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World awards for British rowers

By Mike Rowbottom

Anna_Watkins_and_Katharine_Grainger_receive_world_awards_January_22_2011January 23 - Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger, world champions in the double scull and unbeaten in 2010, were named World Rowing Female Crew of the Year tonight, while Tom Aggar also earned an award for Britain as World Adaptive Crew of the year for the second time running.

Annecy 2018 bid is young at heart

Annecy_learn_to_skiJanuary 23 – Annecy's decision to put youth at the heart of its bid to host the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games has resulted in almost 9,000 local schoolchildren learning to ski over the past year, they have claimed.