Racing over 3000 Metres, Hampton Small Boats Head is one of the last big races remaining in 2017, and is one of the few heads exclusively for junior rowers. Competing over two divisions, is a total of 778 competitors, which should make it an exciting day of racing. In J18 doubles this year, there […]
Many of these athletes raced at EIDs last weekend, some even with GB vests already at hand. There were close margins between some of these rowers last weekend, whoever came out on bottom will be aiming to reverse this result. The top half of the finishing order is likely to be dominated by the […]
With end of term 5k erg test looming, many schools have chosen to race different combinations in this event and in the Op8+ category. This puts an extra pressure on the crews not only to perform well against the competition, but also against their peers. Weather is predicted to be cold but clear on […]
On Sunday, a mighty 54 junior men’s quads took to racing down the 6.8km stretch of the infamous Tideway. Some crews will have been competing at this race for the experience, to post a respectable time and to set them up for some of the other big races, such as Schools Head and the Scullery, […]
Held on the championship course, yet with the finish line a few hundred metres further away than Schools Head, and given that coxed fours are slower than eights, this is going to be one of the longest races of the season for these athletes. Fitness and prowess between the Barnes and Hammersmith bridges, as these […]
Radley College BC Fresh back and ready to race again after their fourth place finish in Youth Coxed Fours at Head of the Charles Regatta, USA, McChesney, Innes-Ker, and Senior will have happy memories of the Henley course, where they were part of the British schoolboy crew that made it the furthest in the Princess […]
At any racing event, rowing in a singles category is usually known to be one of toughest things to manage as these categories are usually extremely competitive. With a total of 93 single scullers entered in the open J18 single at Henley Sculls this year, it makes this category insanely challenging and will therefore make it […]
Now that all crews have had their practice racing in smaller events across the country, it is time to see who can make a statement for the rest of the season at the doubles event where it really counts. Weather conditions for Saturday afternoon are expected to be dry with a low of 15 degrees. […]
Pairs Head will be the first race of the 2017-2018 racing season on the Tideway for the crews entered into this event and will allow these crews to gain a great deal of experience racing on this stretch of the River Thames, which will assist them at other upcoming races, such as Scullers Head and […]
This event was last held in 2015 and is one of the first long distance sculls events held nationally, preceding Wallingford. It is the first in the northern rowing LDS series so is one of our first chances to survey the competitiveness of the J18 scullers in the country. This year we see a reasonably […]
Such little can be told about crews when it is the start of a new season. With only three entries in this category, it is going to be great race down the course. The fact that all crews are starting close to one another where they can see each other, the winner may know who […]
Wallingford will, for many crews, present the first opportunity for laned racing of the season. Â Consequently results here will show the quads who have transitioned well from head racing into the more gladiatorial form required for 2000m racing. Â 24 boats are entered across four heats. Â Only the fastest crew from each heat gains automatic entry […]