Indoor rowers from York pulled in the medals at the British Championships in Birmingham.

Leading the way were silver medallists Malcolm Fawcett and Philip Stubley.

Fawcett, 64, clocked seven minutes 8.4 seconds over the Olympic regatta distance of 2,000 metres to finish second in the men's 60-64 lightweight category.

Sixty five-year-old Stubley, was in the 65-69 lightweight category and timed 7 mins 25.7 secs.

John Brooks, 44, took bronze in his lightweight class in 6 minutes 43.8 seconds.

The championships attracted 2,000 entrants and was watched by 7,000 spectators.

Updated: 10:08 Saturday, November 27, 2004