No. 42 - Zimbabwe

GLRF increased its country membership representation once again when a current member updated his profile to reflect his residence in Zimbabwe. GLRF now counts 42 countries with members.

With the new GLRF Countries application, we were able to bring the GLRF Zimbabwe country page online in less than an hour.

Although rowing in Zimbabwe is not well-known, the country has had several recent high profile rowers winning at the Under 23 World Championships as well as compete at the 2012 Olympics.

A recent World Rowing article, highlighted the accomplishments:

Peter Purcell-Gilpin won Junior Sportsperson of the Year and Junior Sportsman while Micheen Thornycroft was runner-up, Sportswoman of the Year. Thornycroft's coach, Rachel Davis won Coach of the Year.

And where does one row in Zimbabwe? At the Hunyani Rowing Club on the Mazowe Dam, of course!