Peterborough Head of the Nene consists of two race course options: a full course that stretches over five kilometres and a short course of 2.6 kilometres. In the junior women’s quads event, the six boats entered will race down the short course as they seek to showcase their speed in one of the first races in the 2025 season.
Bedford Rowing Club
Entering one of the first races of the 2025 season, this crew will be looking to build off their performances from earlier in the season. With a successful set of results from previous races at the end of last year, this crew will want to optimise their speed as they prepare for the final batch of winter races. For example, at Star Autumn Head back in November, Crisp won the women’s junior 17 single as well as a win in the women’s junior J18 double at Bedford Small Boats Head. This highlights some of the talent in this crew, which will encourage them to race their fastest time down the course. Having raced as a crew before, this quad will be going into this race with high expectations.
Bedford Girls’ School Rowing Club
Bedford Girls’ School Rowing Club have two quads entered in this junior women’s category, looking to showcase the talent across their squad. With a lack of racing this past season due to unfortunate weather conditions, this crew will be excited for a day of racing with the hopes of highlighting their strong winter training and looking to build off from their successes in races that took place at the end of the 2024 season. With a relatively large squad, we can expect a promising performance from this boat as they look to assert themselves in this category before the major national races like Schools’ Head of the River in the upcoming months.
Peterborough City Rowing Club
Peterborough City Rowing Club are yet another crew to watch closely in this category. With the Head of the Nene being on their home course, this provides this quad with a home advantage as they know the ins and outs of the river and are looking to maximise their potential in this race on the stretch of the river they train on weekly. As well as this, this crew has seen some recent success in racing, for example at Nottingham Autumn Head, the Peterborough quad finished in the top three. This result will give the crew confidence to head into the weekend of racing, looking to dominate their home course.
King’s School Ely Boat Club
King School Ely Boat Club is another club that will be looking to forward to getting some racing experience after a long block of winter land training due to heavy rain and consistent red boards. With a successful last season for the club, including a win in the C final of the Champ W4x at the National Schools’ Regatta in May, I am certain this has provided the crew with motivation helping them gain speed that will be presented during their run down the 2,600m course this weekend.
Ley’s School Boat Club
With few details available of this crew, it will be an exciting watch for spectators as they take to the course to showcase their potential. This crew will be looking to demonstrate the hard work and effort they have put into their training the past few months whilst gaining valuable racing experience, which can be used for the upcoming races in the next few weeks and months.
Prediction
With two crews entering into this category, I don’t think we can overlook the potential of Bedford Girls’ School. As well as the recent success in racing results from both Peterborough City and Bedford Rowing Club, this may lead to some tight results. Overall, I think this weekend’s racing will be a chance for all crews to get out on the river for the first time in a little while, and therefore, we can expect some close results as all crews put down their fastest times.
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