UK Circuit — J18 RSS

What's different from last year? How has the rule change affected entries to J18 eights? And who will take the medals?

On Sunday the Champ Girls 4- will take to Dorney lake to show what they can do. This year the event has 16 boats from all different parts of the UK, both clubs and schools are competing.     Many of the competitors have been putting good performances in other categories like the Champ girls 4+. Henley have shown some good performances in that category. At SHORR, they took the best time in that category. Also, at Wallingford Regatta they took the win again, finishing 12.06 seconds ahead of Marlow. This is a crew who have been competing in a different category at races recently, in the 4-, they are a hopeful medal contender. Molesey have also followed the path...

As soon as racing on Saturday is over, the attention for nearly every junior girls’ squad is fixed onto the quad. Unlike for junior boys, there is no sweep event at Henley Royal Regatta and qualification spots in the Diamond Jubilee are beyond sought after.

With 36 fierce crews entered and only 18 making it through to multilane racing this is sure to be a closely fought race, with all crews fighting to get through the time trial.  We are going to look at some of the contenders and attempt to predict what could happen in this exciting category.

With north of 40 entries, this years Internationals Cup is highly contested and with such a variety of talent and such emphasis on an individual athletes season, it'll be interesting to see the how the podium ends up on Saturday.