ROWING: Stourport Boat Club star Tim Dorrell begins his pursuit of glory at the famous Henley Royal Regatta in Oxfordshire today.

Dorrell, competing for the Silver Goblets and Nickalls' Challenge Cup in the coxswainless pairs, teams up with Upper Thames' M Partridge.

Their first-round clash with Londoners' M Harris and P Haining is today with the quarter-finals, semis and the final contested over the next three days.

Dorrell has won bronze at the Commonwealth Games for Wales, is a national champion and was voted Wyre Forest senior sports personality of the year in 1999.