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.
With eights racing taking place on the same day, this category tends to be a little smaller than the former so we are likely to see some second fours racing here, but fierce racing nonetheless.
With many of the top junior scullers racing- very successfully- at Munich International Regatta, we didn't see a number of the top crews race their full lineups at Wallingford Regatta at the start of the month. With the standard of sculling nationally constantly pushing upwards in recent times, this will undoubtedly make for a cracking race.
The coxed four is not a championship event, but a popular option for schools who might not have the depth to field a full eight, especially given the rule changes this year that have arguably closed the door somewhat on smaller programmes. With so many entries into School 4+ for the boys, and very few in Non-Champ 8 this is very noticeable. Alongside only two entries into girls' second eights this year, it appears many clubs have opted to field second girls fours.
