Fourth place in World Rowing Junior Championships for Exeter School pupil

Exeter School Sixth Former Phoebe Campbell has taken fourth place in the World Rowing Junior Championships.

The Upper Sixth Former represented the GB Rowing Team at the 2017 World Rowing Junior Championships held in Trakai, Lithuania in August.

The crew trained together at Pangbourne and Caversham before flying out to Lithuania three days before the competition.

A record entry of 742 rowers in 258 boats from 59 countries was received for this year's 13-event competition.  GB made it through to the A final, which was won by Romania, with Germany only a half second behind.

At half way GB were in a podium position but were pushed out of bronze by Switzerland in the second half of the 2km race to finish fourth overall.  The USA crew finished 5th and the Netherlands 6th.

Phoebe said it was an incredible experience and will hopefully set her up well for the Junior World Championships next year.
“Exeter School has been amazingly supportive and massively understanding when I've been under a lot of pressure,” she said.

“I really would not have managed to juggle schoolwork and training without the help of my teachers.”

And Phoebe’s excellent AS Level results with A grades in every subject show that she is successfully handling both.