ZAC Purchase will be seeking a third World Cup gold medal when he rejoins race partner Mark Hunter in Switzerland this weekend.

Purchase, who won gold with Hunter in the lightweight men's double in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, has won in the last two World Cup stages this year.

His first gold was from racing solo in Bled, Slovenia, in May due to Hunter's return being delayed by injury.

The second was won last month in Munich, Germany, when Purchase and Hunter raced competitively together for the first time since Beijing.

Nailsworth's Pete Reed and partner Andrew Triggs Hodge will get another chance to take on their New Zealand rivals in Lucerne.

Having lost to the Kiwis at the first two World Cup races, as well as at the recent Henley Royal Regatta, the duo will be keen to end the World Cup season with a victory.

Gloucester's Natasha Page has been named in the women's eight for Lucerne.

At the first two world cup events she won a gold with the eight in Bled and a silver in Munich.

Beth Rodford, also from Gloucester, won silver with the women's quadruple scull in Munich after taking gold in Bled.

In Lucerne she will race in both the quad and the double scull with Annabel Vernon.

Cheltenham's Alex Gregory will compete in the men's four in Lucerne and will be looking to help his reigning world champion crew improve on the bronze they won in Munich.

The World Cup series is a series of three races.

The series started in Bled in May, continued in Munich last month and finishes in Lucerne from Friday to Sunday.

The World Championship will be held in Lake Karapiro in New Zealand from October 31 to November 7.

ENTRIES LUCERNE OPEN WOMEN EIGHT: Jo Cook (Leander Club/Sunbury-on-Thames), Louisa Reeve (LeanderClub/London), Natasha Page (Reading Uni BC/Hartpury); Victoria Thornley (Minerva Bath/Wrexham), Jessica Eddie (Uni of London BC/Durham); Lindsey Maguire (Wallingford RC/Edinburgh); Olivia Whitlam (Agecroft RC/Warrington); Alison Knowles (Thames RC/Bournemouth); Caroline O'Connor (Oxford Brookes Uni BC/Ealing/25.04.83) (cox).

Double scull – two boats: Katherine Grainger (St Andrew BC/Aberdeen); Anna Watkins (Leander Club/Leek, Staffs); Beth Rodford (Gloucester RC/Gloucester); Annabel Vernon (Marlow RC/Wadebridge).

Quadruple scull: Annabel Vernon (Marlow RC/Wadebridge); Beth Rodford (Gloucester RC/Gloucester); Anna Watkins (Leander Club/Leek, Staffs); Katherine Grainger (St Andrew BC/Aberdeen).

OPEN MEN Pair – two boats: Peter Reed (Leander Club/Nailsworth, Glos); Andrew Triggs Hodge (Molesey BC/Hebden, N.Yorks); Cameron Nichol (Molesey/Glastonbury); Tom Burton (Leander Club/Barton-le-Clay, Beds).

Four: Alex Partridge (Leander Club/Alton, Hants); Richard Egington (Leander Club/Knutsford/26.02.79); Matt Langridge(Leander Club/Northwich/20.05.83); Alex Gregory (Leander Club/Wormington/11.03.84).

LIGHTWEIGHT MEN Pair double scull: Zac Purchase (Marlow RC/Tewkesbury); Mark Hunter (Leander Club/Romford, Essex).