in a field containing several Olympic qualified boats, but remained positive about further improvements in the B Final - still just their third international race together. "Today in our semi-final we knew that it was going to be the most important race of this World Cup for us," said Grant. "It was a chance to be in the A-Final, so we focussed on that fact and went all out to get one of the two spots available. "We stuck to our race plan and we learned that at our best we are up with the best crews in the lightweight four field. That's a real positive for us and even though we are all disappointed at not making the A-Final after fading a little in the sprint for the line we definitely feel that we are tracking well for the qualification regatta in a few weeks. We now plan to finish this World Cup on a high by winning the B-final." The heavyweight four of Tyson Williams, Jade Uru, Chris Harris and Sean O'Neill also failed to make the cut for the A Final, and like the light four had been in contention during the race. Another new-look crew, it held third place until the final 500 metres before being overhauled in the sprint for the line for the final qualifying spot by the Czech Republic. Greece and the Belarusians locked out the top two places. There was more disappointment for the men's eight.  It finished last in a field