Four Kiwi crews qualify for finals

      A clean sweep of semifinal qualifiers gave Rowing New Zealand another boost at the world rowing championships today.
All four Kiwi boats in the semifinals at Chungju, South Korea, advanced to their finals on Sunday, giving the national team seven entries into the last two days of finals at the regatta.
The New Zealand men's double sculls crew of Michael Arms and Robbie Manson opened proceedings when they were second in the second http://castlhat.yolasite.com/ semifinal in their class to comfortably make Sunday's final.
The duo, who have won all three World Cup regattas this season in Sydney, Eton Dorney and Lucerne, finished behind Lithuania with Italy third.
Norway, Germany and Argentina were the crews to qualify from the first semifinal.
The Kiwi women's double sculls combination of Zoe Stevenson and Fiona Bourke were then second in the first of the two semifinals to also advance, with the first three from each semi qualifying. Lithuania were again winners, with Belarus third while Great Britain, Germany and Denmark will also contest the final.
The Kiwi duo, who joined up as a crew last summer, have made a fine fist of their first year together, with a win in Sydney and a third place in Lucerne in their two World Cup appearances.
The New Zealand lightweight men's four still have a chance to win their fourth major title of the year by finishing second in the second of the semifinals in their class.
The crew of Curtis Rapley, Peter Taylor, James Lassche and James Hunter led for the first 1500m before being passed by Great Britain but staved off late finishes from Olympic champs South Africa (third) Cheap Snapbacks For Sale
They advanced to Sunday's final, where they will seek to complete a perfect season with a win to follow their three World Cup triumphs this year.
Arch-rivals Denmark won the first semifinal, with France and the United States also qualifying.
Kiwi women's single sculler Emma Twigg was second in her semifinal to compete a hugely successful day for New Zealand boats.
Twigg, fourth at the London Olympics, kept close to winner Kim Crow, of Australia, to indicate she's a definite contender in Sunday's final, with Eleanor Logan, of the US, third.
Earlier, NZ men's lightweight single sculler Duncan Grant won his C final while women's lightweight single sculler Louise Ayling was second in the B final. The Kiwi men's four won their C final while the NZ men's quad were second in their C final.

Three New Zealand boats will contest finals in Chungju tomorrow - the men's pair of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray,https://twitter.com/murieleileera the women's pair of Kayla Pratt and Rebecca Scown and the women's lightweight double sculls crew of Lucy Strack and Julia Edward.