Wallingford Regatta is a key racing opportunity ahead of the National Schools Regatta later this month and sees a huge variety of entries from J15 level up to J18, and then onto seniors. What are the key points to note for the junior entries this year?
Perhaps a little under the radar and less well understood by non-particiating schools, yesterday's private regatta saw the summer of racing for junior boys from Bedford, Abingdon, St. Paul’s, Hampton, Eton and Radley really getting underway.
The period after junior programmes return from their training camps is always strange, with the excitement of side-by-side racing seemingly put on hold until the season truly kicks off with Wallingford regatta. What is in store for us this summer?
The Second (and Third!) Eights categories are a fantastic demonstration of inclusion for all athletes. Especially in the younger years, it is great to keep kids in the sport and allow them to continue to develop. Believe it or not, athletes who have gone on to win medals at Junior World Championships and the like started in their J14 and J15 B crews!
With a nine year streak at National Schools in this event, it was beginning to become an assumption that the Oxford school would win the junior girls’ eights, however with Henley RC taking the event by their grasp so far this year, could the possible decade of glory come down in one big race?
