Germany takes the 2006 Team Trophy

This honour is awarded to the highest scoring nation based on a points system similar to the Rowing World Cup points system. The team trophy was handed to Helmut Griep, President of the German Rowing Federation following the men's eight victory ceremony this afternoon.It is also Germany who tops the overall medal count, with 11 medals (3 gold, 7 silver and 1 bronze) followed by Great Britain with 8 medals.Great Britain however, top the 2006 World Rowing Championships Medal Table with a total of four gold medals, one silver and three bronze. From the total of 81 medals awarded during these championships, Great Britain took away 8 spots on the podiums, 3 of which were achieved today in adaptive racing in the adaptive legs trunk and arms mixed coxed four (LTAMX4-) and in the arms only men and women’s single sculls (AM1x and AW1x), as well as in the women’s quadruple sculls. FISA counts medals on the same basis as for the Olympic Games by prioritizing the number of gold medals.The Championships ended today in Eton, Great Britain and were followed by nearly 40'000 spectators on the banks of Dorney Lake throughout the entire 8 day event.