Bourne finishes rollercoaster season with silver

George Bourne rode the wave of a topsy-turvy season to chisel out silver at the World Rowing Championships. The Cambridge rower joined forces with Harry Leask, Matt Haywood and Thomas Barras to reach the podium in the men's quad sculls in RaÄice, Czech Republic. Ad Bourne's season began in the double with Haywood and ended on the global rostrum on his first appearance at the Championships.

RowingGeorge hoping tough world lessons will propel him to ParisAN HOUR AGO He said: «I'll be celebrating this one all winter! »Matt and I were quite consistently just outside the medals so to finish on the podium here, it's an awesome feeling. «I'm chuffed to be with these guys and it was brilliant to work with Matt. To come away with a medal is a real plus.» The quartet successfully roused themselves from the disappointment of finishing fourth at August's European Championships in Munich.

Having been beaten by the Italians into second in Thursday's semi-finals, Britain let Italy and Poland go to the front in the early stages. They made a move in the third 500m and overhauled Italy, beating them to silver by more than a second although the Poles slipped clear to gold by the same margin. Leask said: «It's been very up and down this season, we didn't have the best start.

But this result speaks for itself and it's amazing to be back on the podium. »What an exciting project this is to be a part of. We've grown massively as a crew even in this regatta.