ESCRICK rower Joel Lancaster struck gold at the European Junior Championships.
Lancaster, 17, joined Great Britain team-mate Rupert Osbourne, from Oxfordshire, to clinch victory in the spare pairs competition.
Their efforts helped Great Britain regain the Coupe de la Jeunesse Trophy, which they had lost to Italy in 2004.
In fact, GB won both the men's and women's competitions at Dorney Lake, Eton, which will be the venue for the 2012 Olympics.
Lancaster, who has been a York City Rowing Club member for the last two years, and Osbourne finished 20 seconds ahead of their second-placed Italian rivals in a straight race-off.
The victory follows a silver-medal winning performance at last year's National Junior Championships.
Updated: 10:56 Wednesday, August 03, 2005
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