Nottingham City Regatta is a 2000m course that races in six lanes at the National Water-sports Centre at Holme Pierrepoint that will be happening on the 11th of May. This is only of the first regattas of the season and so it will be interesting to see what impact these clubs’ winter training has had on their performances.
In the W J18 1x there are four different clubs entered and so we will be seeing the likes of Hinksey, who have entered to boats, Kingston Grammar, who have also entered to athletes, Sheffield City and Twickenham.
Hinksey
This club specialises in sculling and so will definitely be a strong competitor for one of the top places in this event. At National Schools’ last year both Jessica Foster and Alice Vine raced together in the Championship Girls Double Sculls and so both will have very good experience in the smaller boat categories. In addition, Alice Vine sat at bow and so she will have gained very good skills from steering the crew and so this will be valuable in her racing this weekend.
Kingston Grammar School
This school has entered two athletes which shows the breadth of their abilities. Alongside this, both Holly Blake and Lily Abbott competed in the Championship Girls Quadruple Sculls. At this stage, they will have been racing up a year and so it will be interesting to see whether they can transfer the skills that learnt at this stage into the single racing style.
Twickenham
This rowing club had two athletes competing in the Championship Girls Single Sculls, although they finished in the C and D finals, this event is very competitive and so it gives the club some more experience in developing athletes who can confidently row a single scull. If these girls have learnt some good skills from their leavers then they will be good competitors in this race.
We expect to see the likes of both Hinksey and Kingston Grammar School’s crews, alongside Twickenham to be competing for the top places in this event but the results will be dependent on their ability to maintain their speed throughout the 2000m race.
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