National Schools’ Regatta, which is held on the iconic Olympic venue, Dorney Lake, and hosts spectators and athletes alike framed by a colourful patchwork of school flags and gazebos who have all have come to witness a dazzling display of the best of what junior rowing in this country has to offer. For many J16’s, […]
With the arrival of National Schools’ Regatta, we are well and truly at the sharp end of the rowing season, when boys and girls from around the country come together to see if all their hard work will finally pay off at arguably the biggest junior rowing event of the year. However, this event has […]
With less than three months between Schools’ Head and National Schools Regatta (two out of what are known as the big three), we are clearly entering the sharp end of the school rowing season. Schools’ Head is where crews with high ambitions start to see if their winter training has paid off and where they […]
Hammersmith Head is generally considered to be the first big junior rowing event of the spring racing calendar, and there’s every chance that with the light winds and sunny conditions predicted this Sunday, this could be just the race to shake of some of those winter rowing blues. Starting at Chiswick Bridge and ending near […]
With Schools’ Head just around the corner, Reading Uni head will be an extremely good indicator of everyone’s speed coming into the most important race of the Head season. Whilst the 4.6km course isn’t the same length as the 7km stretch of the Tideway raced on at Schools’ Head, it will give crews an opportunity […]
Hampton Head is usually a very popular event and is normally oversubscribed. This year is no different, with a total of 648 crews entered across all of the categories. This year sees high level of competition in both Junior Men’s and Junior Women’s eights over this 3km course, and with it being a shorter length […]
With a large number of championship eights schools entered in this event, these crews will be looking to see how they can perform in the first big boats race of the season. A number of other school clubs, such as Shiplake College Boat Club and Royal Shrewsbury School Boat Club have opted to race in Open 8s in the […]
After Leander’s top performance at Fours Head last weekend, with both their top and second junior quads taking the top two positions in the rankings, the clubs entered in this event will be looking to prove themselves and try and show that they have a chance at contesting with Leander this season. With Leander’s absence […]
We have finally reached the penultimate race of the LDS series, and for once, it looks like we won’t be cancelled, so hopefully this small field of 80 can race on what is looking to be a blustery day, occurring on the same day as fours head. South Hylton is a tricky course, running through […]
The two-day trial in Boston sees athletes fight for invitations to Spring Assessments. Last weekend’s racing over 5km was slightly different from other years as the JM scullers raced the single on the Saturday followed by doubles the next day. Single Scull Blustery conditions meant athletes faced a tough headwind after the first 2km. […]