Taking on Georgia proved to be a master stroke for this rowing coach

ROWING coach Nick Garratt admits he was just being polite when he replied to a London school girl's email two years ago.

WHEN Mosman Rowing's head coach Nick Garratt replied to an emailed inquiry from a London school girl two years ago, he admits he was probably just being polite.

Yet this week, Georgia Miansarow became an Australian representative and, at just 20, she will row in the Samsung World Cup in Sydney from March 22.

"Georgia has an Aussie Mum and an English Dad and said she really wanted to row for Mosman," Garratt said.

"She came out here and now two years later she's at senior A level for Australia. It's just incredible."

A Mosman local, Georgia is one of three Mosman Rowers selected for the World Cup, the first ever in Sydney. She is joined by Genevieve Horton and Kieran Kobelke.

Miansarow and Horton were winners at the recent NSW Championships, where Mosman won the club point score for the first time in living memory.

With a total of 12 victories, Mosman overcame Australia's heavyweight clubs of the sport, Melbourne and Sydney Universities, and Mercantile.

A year ago Gen Horton was rowing for her school.

She is just 18, but now finds herself in the Australian coxed eight.

Kieran Kobelke was accepted as an AIS scholar this year and will row the single cull at the World Cup, the first held in the southern hemisphere.

Mosman's success has come from a push for more resources and coaches during the last three years.

"Three years ago we had two elite girls, now we have eight," Garratt said.