Aside from the large tideway Pairs’ and Fours’ Heads, this is the largest field of schoolboy eights so far this year, and promises to be an exciting battle between both first and second crews racing in the same category. The exciting thing about Hampton Head is that it is a much quicker race than the […]
This year’s Hampton Head, held over 3000m on Saturday 3rd February, is one of the first major head races of the year for juniors, in the lead up into School’s Head of the River in March. Although only held over 3000 metres, it is good opportunity for schools and clubs to showcase their early season […]
The first of many tideway heads to come in these first few months of the year is finally upon us. Schools’ Head is less than seven weeks away, so crews will now start to make statements that their winter training has been strong. This first race will give us an initial ranking into who has […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Of all the male youth events, this is the most popular by British standards with entries from four different schools. The Charles river is notoriously difficult to steer, including a near-ninety degree bend towards the end of the course where the crews will be most fatigued. This is too big an opportunity and experience […]
For the 13 crews entered in this category, it will most likely be their first race of the head season. Therefore, the 4250m course will really test all of the crew’s fitness levels and will certainly provide for an exciting race with unpredictable results. As it is so early on in the season, all of […]
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 preview of the KRC Head of the river. A good shout actually as there are some good entries and it will be a good indication of speed before SHORR. Jun 8+ Two main players here. Eton, who I spoke about in my SHORR CH8+ preview, [http://juniorrowing.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/schools-head-of-the-river-2014-championship-eights-preview/] are racing an VIII […]