Former star a real master

AFTER a return to winning form at the World Masters Games in October, rowing champion Hannah Every-Hall is focused on competing in the 2012 London Olympic Games.Bringing home the gold in the singles sculls and fours at the Masters Games in Sydney has earned Every-Hall The Advertiser-WIN Television Sports Star of the Month award for October.The 32-year-old is a multiple winner of the monthly award, which is supported by RegionalOne.She was also crowned The Advertiser-WIN Television Sports Star of the Year in 2001-02.Every-Hall competed professionally in 2004, before illness forced her to stop.She hopes to reignite her professional career in 2010, nearly six years on from her first stint of professional rowing.Signs have been good for Every-Hall in 2009, with a silver medal at the 4km Long Course Trials in addition to the three gold medals she took home from the World Masters Games this year.“I was just going to use this year as a comeback, but results have been really positive,” she said.“Making the 2012 Olympics is my ultimate aim.”In order to achieve her aim of Olympic selection, Every-Hall would need to perform well at the upcoming National Camp at the AIS, where the best female rowers in the country will be assessed for national selection in the Australia open-age team.Every-Hall says selection in the national team will increase her chances of future selection for the Olympic Games.“The more experience you have internationally the more the selectors look at you favourably.”If she makes the team, she will be jetting off to NZ for the World Rowing Championship and to Europe for a series of events.Unlike six years ago, when Every-Hall last was on the competitive circuit, her personal training sessions now need to be based around her family - husband Michael and sons Harrison 3, and Charlie, 1.“I’m training about 12 sessions a week,” she said.“Some of those sessions have to be after I put the kids to bed.“At the moment they don’t mind and are easily entertained. My husband Michael has been the superdad.”