Molesey Boat Club quartet Greg Searle, James Foad, Cameron Nichol and Mohamed Sbihi will lead the local charge at this year’s World Rowing Championship’s in New Zealand.

All four will make up the backbone of the men’s eight crew for the trip to Lake Karapiro at the end of October, where they will hope to add to their two World Cup bronze medals from the summer.

Molesey captain Andrew Triggs-Hodge - and partner Peter Reed - will be hoping to end break a ten race losing streak to Kiwi duo Hamish Bond and Eric Murray in the pen’s pair.

Tirggs-Hodge and Reed - Olympic champions in the men’s four - have chosen a hard path in taking on the New Zealanders but believe they are getting there.

“Of course racing is tough when you're collecting silvers, but we are hard guys and we're constantly improving,” added Reed, a world silver medalist with Triggs-Hodge last year.

“We're the fastest boat the GB Rowing Team can field and we've moved on significantly.”

Meanwhile, Wimbledon’s Sophie Hosking and partner Hester Goodsell will be looking to go at least one step further than in 2009 when they finished third in the lightweight double scull.

They are the only female 2009 medal-winning crew to remain together since last year's event and face strong potential opposition from Greece, Australia and the USA.

“We are getting used to tight racing. Last year we didn't have that experience until the world championships,” said Goodsell after their World Cup finals silver in Lucerne.

Surbiton’s Jane Hall goes in the women’s lighweight quadruple scull, while Molesey Boat Club’s Melanie Wilson and Banstead’s Ro Bradbury are on the list of reserves for the women’s open squad.