24 July 2008
Day three of the 2008 World Junior Rowing Championships (Linz, Austria) was a great day for Australia's junior crews as all participants moved through to the next stage of the competition, either the semi-finals or the A Final.
The all NSWIS crew of Rachel See, Beatrix Sheldrick, Ashleigh Peppernell and Olivia Heath moved straight to the A Final after coming second in their repercharge of the Women's Four. They crossed the line in a time of 7:07.16 and finished behind Germany.
NSWIS’ Ryan Edwards and Matthew Dignan won the quarter-final of the Men's Pair but were pushed all the way by a very competitive German crew. With three crews progressing to the semi-final, Edwards and Dignan still wanted to gain a confidence boost and crossed first in a time of 6:55.48.