Fours Head is potentially the biggest race of the season so far and therefore many of these crews entered will be looking to put in as strong a performance as possible to scare off some of the competition, to show their competitors what they are made of and the results they can achieve. The junior […]
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 […]
There are only seven entries in this race, with five of them being from the Bedford Modern School, so the results are hard to predict and will probably be dominated by BMS no matter what. DEB-Tyndale-Hardy At BRICs almost a year ago, Tyndale-Hardy pulled a 7:54, which is a decent ergo score provided the athlete […]
After a long Summer of international success and well-earned rest for junior rowers around the country, the time has come to get back in the saddle and usher in the new season. With this comes a significant amount of change to Junior Rowing News. You’ll probably notice that the site looks slightly different after its maintenance period, […]
As the head season quickly progresses and the School’s Head approaches in exactly 40 days, the attention this weekend turns upstream to the 2015 Hampton Head. First of all, hats off to Hampton School for organising what is set to be a fantastic head, especially in the J18 VIIIs category. Hampton have had some bad […]
As requested, here is my review of the women’s J17 quad event from last Friday… A bit of a whitewash by Marlow, who swept all before them to claim top spot once again. That club consistently turn out classy athletes and these girls, in their wonderful FluidDesign quad, looked superb. They are technically efficient and […]
A huge 24 boat entry to this event although I have a few favourites in mind. The preview… Headington School Oxford A After their performance at the Scullery, where they won the WJ184X by 21 seconds and recorded the second fastest women’s time of the day, they have to go into this event as favourites. […]